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Christopher Columbus was trying to sail to the Indies but he accidently sailed to America. he is the founder of America
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Alvarez De Pinea Explores the gulf coast of Texas
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1598 - April 30 - 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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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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Los Adaes became the first Capital of Texas
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San Antonio becomes new capital of Texas
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The U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed
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First of several large groups of Irish immigrants arrive to settle in South Texas.
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Sam Houston becomes president of the republic of Texas
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The battle of the Alamo occurs. Texas wins their Independence
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Texas becomes the 28th state
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the War with Mexico and specifying the location of the international boundary.
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Texas joins the Confederate States of America
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The End of The Civil War.
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Texas voters aprrove a new state constitution
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Reconstruction ends in Texas
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Edmund J. Davis becomes the first rebublican govenor of Texas
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The "Great Hurricane," destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there
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Oil found by mining engineer Capt. A.F. Lucas at Spindletop near Beaumont catapults Texas into the petroleum age
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A massive explosion, blamed on a natural-gas leak beneath the London Consolidated School building in Rusk County, kills an estimated 296 students and teachers. Subsequent deaths of people injured in the explosion bring the death count to 311. As a result, the Texas legislature requires that a malodorant be added to the odorless gas so that leaks can be more easily detected.
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The beginning of World War II
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The US Supreme Court orders racial integration of The University of Texas law school
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I was born!!!!!!!
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- Former Texas Gov. George W. Bush elected President of the United States.
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