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In 1492 Columbus sailed for Spain even though he was english. His goal was to reach the Indies. He did not reach the Indies, but the Americas, where he traded with what he called "Indians", or Native Americans.
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Alverez de Pineda has finally reached the coast, and is mapping it. This is very exciting because he is the first succesful person to reach the coast. It is the first succesful map of the coast.
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Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked near Galveston and decides to explore. He explores the coast of Galveston and discovers many old artifacts
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Coronado has crossed the panhandle of Texas. He is in search of the Seven Cities of Gold (Cibola).
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Thanksgiving is held near presant-day El Paso. It is held with members of Juan de Onate' expedition and Natives.
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Jumano Indians request that Spanish Missionarries travel from New Mexico. The Indians Want to learn about Christianity.
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Corpus Christi de Isleta is establisheda few miles from present-day El Paso. This is the first Spanish mission in Texas.
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French explorer Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle were lookking for the mouth of the Mississippi River, and landed in Texas by mistake. He then established Fort St. Louis in present-day Victoria County.
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La Salle is killed by some of his own men at an unknown location in East Texas.
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Colonist at Fort St. Louis are not felled by Indians, disease, poisinous snakes, or malnourishment. Though they are finished off by the Karankawas.
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Spanish General Alonso de Leon finds the remains of Fort St. Louis.Fearing French intentions to lay claim to spanish territory, the Spanish begin establishing missions and settlements in texas.
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The first East Texa s mission is under construction, San Fransisco de los Tejas, near present-day Weches, Houston Co. The mission is closed in 1693
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Spanish build a presidio, Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Tejas, to protect the Eastern missions.
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The Alamo was founded as the chapel in San Antonio. The original name for the Alamo was San Antonio de Valero mission.
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San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo mission was founded near San Antonio de Valero.
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Three East Texas missions moved to San Antoniobecause of economic troubles. They named Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Conception de Acuna San Fransisco de la Espada and San Juan Capistrano.
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55e Canary Islanders arrive in San Antonio to establish a civilian settlement, San Fernando de Bexar.
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The first elections are held in Texas, and the voters choose officials of the municipal government of San Fernando.
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Santa Cruz de San Saba mission near present-day Menard is destroyed and eight residents are killed.
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Spanish troops on a retalitory raid are defeated by Indian residents of a large encampment at Spanish Fort in present-day Montauge County.
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Texas' first recorded hurricane strikes near Galviston.
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A group of settelers led by Antonio Gil Ybarbo 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 pioneres sieze the prison at Dolores, Mexico, begining Mexico's strggle for independance from Spain.
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About 130-men strong, the Guetierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine from Lauisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas.
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A hurricane wrecks the fleet of pirate Jean Lafitte in Galviston.
