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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus
Began Eurpean exploration in the Americas -
Jun 2, 1519
Pineda
Pineda maps the coastline from present day Florida to present day Texas. -
Aug 30, 1521
Hernan Cortes
Cortes lands in present-day Mexico in 1519. Two years later he conquered the Aztec empire -
Nov 7, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
Vaca and three men survive the Narvaez expedition by being shipwrecked on Galvestine island. They are captured by indians and held prisoner for many years. -
Feb 26, 1539
Estevanicio
First black man in amerca -
Jul 26, 1540
Coronado
Searched for the 7 cities of gold. Found nothing, and reported the Texas panhadle held nothing of value -
May 21, 1542
Moscoso
Took over the de Soto expidition and led men into east Texas. He found petroleum, but did not know what its value was at the. Turned around and backtracked home. -
Onate
Claimed the Rio Grande valley for Spain. -
Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
Built by the tigua along the rio grande -
Moscoso
Searched for the 7 cites of gold,but nothing nothing -
Mission San Franciso de los Tejas
Firsr mission founded in east Texas -
Mission Santisimo Nombre de Maria
Second mission founded in east Texas -
Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches
This mission established the town of Nacogdoches -
Mission San Antonio de Valero
The first of 5 missions established near San Antonio -
Mission Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga
The mission was built to serve Karankawa indians -
San Xavier Missions
Lead to the relocation of the missions to a site on the San Marcos river -
Santa Cruz de San Saba
It was attacked and destroyed in a revolt by indians less than a year later -
Nuestra Senora del Refugio
was the last spanish mission founded in Texas