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Christopher Columbus reached tha Americas in 1492.
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Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas coastline.
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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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The Apaches arrived in about the 1600s.
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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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The first voting election was held near San Antonio.
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February - San José y San Miguel de Aguayo mission founded near San Antonio de Valero.
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Missions at San Antonio are producing thousands of pounds of cotton annually.
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Santa Cruz de San Sabá mission near present-day Menard destroyed and eight residents killed by Comanches and their allies.
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San Antonio became the new capital of Texas in 1772.
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The Declaration of independance was made to make the U.S an individual country.
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In 1821 Stephen F. Austin settled Texas.
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Mexicans got their Independence in 1821!
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The Battle of the Alamo occured in 1836, Texas won its independence.
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The Alamo fell in 1836.
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Sam Houston was elected President of Texas in 1841.
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Texas became the 28th state in 1845.
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The first Texas railroad began operation in 1852.
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The Civil War ended, slavery ended for Texas in 1865.
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The last battle in Texas occured at Palmito Ranch in 1865.
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Deadliest hurricane in U.S histodry hits Galveston in the 1900s.
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1929 - Feb. 17 - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is founded in Corpus Christi
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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong transmits the first words from the surface of the moon: "Houston, the Eagle has landed."
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Former Texas Gov. George W. Bush elected President of the United States.
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The Twin Towers were crashed into by planes controlled by terrorists.
