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Texas History-Callie Wages

By calliewages01
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Before 1500

    Before 1500
    'Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492!'
    Prior to the European Exploration. Numerous Texas Indian tribes occupied the region between the Rio Grande and the Red River.
  • Apr 8, 1519

    Mid 1519

    Mid 1519
    Sailing from a base in Jamaica, Alonso Álvarez De Piñeda, a Spanish adventurer, was the first known European to map the Texas Coastline.

  • 1682

    1682
    Spanish missionaries built the first two missions near El Paso.

  • 1685

    1685
    France also explored Texas and built Fort Saint Louis.

  • 1718

    1718
    San Antonio(The Alamo) was established.

  • 1779

    1779
    Nachogdoches is founded

  • 1782

    1782
    Mission San Josè is complete

  • 1793

    1793
    Most missions in Texas are closed

  • 1803

    1803
    The Louisiana purchase

  • 1811

    1811
    •Juan Bautista de las Casas declares Texas independent from Spain
    •Las Casas is captured and executed
    •Father Hidlago is executed

  • 1810

    1810
    Father Miguel Hidalgo issues the Grito de Dolores

  • 1821

    1821
    Mexico gains independence from spain