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Period: Apr 1, 1519 to
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Jun 1, 1519
Texas
Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas coastline -
Jan 1, 1541
Texas
- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado crosses the Texas Panhandle in search of in search of the seven cities of Cibola
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Thanksgiving is held near present-day El Paso by Juan de Oñate, the members of his expedition and natives of the region. -
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Jumano Indians requested Spanish missionaries from New Mexico to travel to the vicinity of present-day San Angelo and instruct the Jumanos about Christianity. -
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- First Spanish mission, Corpus Christi de la Isleta, is established a few miles from present-day El Paso
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La Salle is killed by several of his own men at an unknown East Texas location -
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- Missions at San Antonio are producing thousands of pounds of cotton annually.
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Texas' first recorded hurricane strikes near Galveston. -
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- Group of settlers led by Antonio Gil Ybarbo (sometimes spelled Ibarvo or Y'barvo) establishes a civilian community near an abandoned mission site; the new town is called Nacogdoches
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- Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo and several hundred of his parishioners seize the prison at Dolores, Mexico, beginning Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain.
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About 130-men strong, the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine from Louisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas. -
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- Moses Austin dies, his son, Stephen F. Austin, receives authority to continue the colonizing effort.
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Mexico gains independence from Spain -
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- First bloodshed of the Texas Revolution takes place at Velasco when Texans, transporting a cannon from Brazoria to Anahuac, are challenged by Mexican forces at Velasco. The Mexicans surrender on June 29.
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- Mexican troops attempt to retrieve a cannon that had been given to Gonzales colonists for protection from Indian attack. The skirmish that ensues as Gonzales residents dare the Mexicans to "come and take it" is considered the opening battle of the Texas Revolution.
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- 3-day siege of the Alamo by Mexican troops led by Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna ends on this day with a battle in which all remaining defenders are killed.
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In a battle lasting 18 minutes, Texan troops led by Sam Houston defeat the Mexican army commanded by Santa Anna at San Jacinto near present-day Houston. Houston reports that 630 Mexican troops were killed and 730 were taken prisoner. Of the Texas troops, nine of a force of 910 were killed or mortally wounded, and 30 were less seriously wounded. -
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Santa Anna and Texas' provisional president David Burnet sign two Treaties of Velasco -- one public, the other secret -- ending the Texas Revolution. The treaties were, however, violated by both sides. Texas' independence was not recognized by Mexico and Texas' boundary was not determined until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War, was signed in 1848 -
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Baylor University is founded -
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- The Texas Constitutional Convention votes to accept the United States annexation proposal; it drafts an Annexation Ordinance and State Constitution to submit to the voters of Texas.
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The US Congress approves, and President James K. Polk signs, the "Joint Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union." Texas becomes the 28th state. -
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- The Secession Convention approves an ordinance withdrawing Texas from Union; the action is ratified by the voters on Feb. 23 in a referendum vote. Secession is official on March 2.
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Texas accepted as a state by the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, even before its secession from the Union is official. -
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- President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation of peace between the United States and Texas
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- The University of Texas classes begin
