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Timeline Of Texas

By jaxonpaulsen10
  • 1528

    First Foot Set on Texas Soil

    First Foot Set on Texas Soil
    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was the first person to ever set foot on Texas soil in 1528.

  • First Settlers Arrived in Present Day Texas

    First Settlers Arrived in Present Day Texas
    The first major group of Spanish-Speaking settlers arrived in Texas in 1732.

  • Beginning of the Catholic Missions

    Beginning of the Catholic Missions
    From 1789 to the late 1800s, people began to do catholic missions. San Antonio is the first town to start these missions. A catholic mission is where you go to a place and build a town or village there.

  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo
    The Battle of the Alamo took place in San Antonio in 1836 between the Americans and the Mexicans. This battle lasted 13 days in San Antonio. The result was a Mexican victory

  • Texas Becomes a State

    Texas Becomes a State
    Texas gained it's independence from Mexico as its own Republic in 1839. Then Texas joined the United States in 1845.

  • End of Slavery in Texas

    End of Slavery in Texas
    In 1865 Gordan Granger proclaimed the end of slavery in Texas. Also known as The Juneteenth. Galveston and Houston were the first cities to start slavery and the last to end. VIDEO IN DOCS.

  • First Recorded Hurricane to hit Texas

    First Recorded Hurricane to hit Texas
    In 1900 a Category 5 hurricane hit Galveston, TX and stood as the worst natural disaster to hit the state of Texas for over a 100 years.

  • First Oil Found in Texas

    First Oil Found in Texas
    People of Texas started making oil pipelines and pumping oil near Beaumont, TX in 1901

  • First News Broadcast in Texas

    First News Broadcast in Texas
    The first news broadcast aired on channel 7 as KVII Amarillo, in 1957.

  • President Gets Assassinated in Texas

    President Gets Assassinated in Texas
    President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX on November, 22nd 1963 while driving a presidential vehicle in a parade.

  • Texas Governor Becomes President of the United States

    Texas Governor Becomes President of the United States
    Former governor George W. Bush was elected 43rd president of the United States. He served as the president from 2001 to 2009.

  • Space Shuttle Crash in Texas

    Space Shuttle Crash in Texas
    The space shuttle Colombia crashes in Texas killing 7 people in 2003.

  • Hurricane Harvey

    Hurricane Harvey
    Hurricane Harvey hit the coast of Texas as a category 5 storm in August of last year, packing winds of over 130 mph. https://youtu.be/YzQGgyrxXiI

  • World Series Champions

    World Series Champions
    The Houston Astros won against the Los Angeles Angels the World Series last year

  • Church Shooting In Texas

    Church Shooting In Texas
    Mass shooting in Texas takes the life of more than 27 people, and injures 20. Including a new born baby. AUDIO IN DOCS