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Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked near Galveston. He begins an incredible journey that marks the white man's first exploration of Texas.
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Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay, and thus formed the basis for France's claim to Texas. Two years later, LaSalle was murdered by his own men.
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The Coronado Expedition sets out for Texas in search of the seven cities of Cibola.
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Coronado gives thanks for having found friendly Indians in the Palo Duro Canyon; Texas has a Thanksgiving 79 years before the Pilgrims.
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Fourteen years after setting out for Texas, Coronado dies. He is one of the first white men to explore Texas, and leader of one of 20 Spanish explorations of the area.
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La Salle, a French explorer, lands in Texas instead of finding the mouth of the Mississippi.
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Mexican explorer Alonso de Leon reached Fort St. Louis, and found it abandoned, during an expedition planned to reestablish Spanish presence in Texas.
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The Mission San Francisco de los Tejas is founded in east Texas.
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Don Gregorio de Salinas Varona leads an expedition into Texas, and reports that the land is unsuitable for settlement; a year later Spain abandons the Texas frontier.
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To celebrate the feast of St. John, soldiers of the Ramón expedition stage the first horse race in Texas
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The Spanish build a presidio west of the Neches River. It marks the beginning of continuous settlement in the province of Texas.
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The Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) is founded.
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The Mission San Francisco de Ia Espada is established at San Antonio.
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The first recorded hurricane strikes the Texas coast near Galveston
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Sam Houston is born in Virginia.
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Philip Nolan receives a passport to go to Mexican Texas.
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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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Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River
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Relations between the Texans and Mexico reached a new low when Mexico forbid further emigration into Texas by settlers from the United States.
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The Texas navy is created
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Sam Houston is elected commander-in-chief of the Texas army.
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1 Approval of an ordinance of secession by the convention. 2 Committee of Public Safety directed to seize all federal property in Texas. 9 Proclamation by Gov. Houston setting an election on the Ordinance of Secession. 16 Seizure of the US Army facility at San Antonio under authority of the Committee of Safety. 18 US General David E. Twiggs surrenders all US military posts in Texas. 19 Carlos A. Waite replaces Gen. Twiggs as US Army commander, Department of Texas. 21 Volunteers
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The Texas navy is created
