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Alonso Alvarez de Pineda Maps the entire Gulf Coast. He is the first to map the coastline of Texas.
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Reports his findings in Texas in his book, La Relacion
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Corpus Christi de la Ysleta is established in present-day El Paso, Texas. It is the first Spanish mission to be established in Texas
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Rene Robert Sieur de La Salle estblablishes Ft. St. Louis, near present-day Matagorda Bay, in the name of France.
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The city of San Antonio is officially a city.
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All missions in East Texas are shut down and relocated to San Antonio, due to threat of Indians and French takeover.
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Mission San Jose is completed in San Antonio. It was known as the "Mother of All Missions." Other missions are built, as well.
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Father Hidalgo inspires Mexican Independence from Spain.
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Jose Gutierrez de Lara and Augustus Magee's filibuster expedition into Texas is stopped by the Spanish Army near the Medina River. The Mexican Republican Army of the North, led by Jose Gutierrez de Lara, is defeated by the Spanish Army in a skirmish, known today as the Battle of Medina. Though defeated, this expedition encouraged others to fight for independence.
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Moses Austin gets permission from the Spanish government to settle American colonists in Spanish Texas
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Stephen F. Austin takes over his father's dream of settling Texas.
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Mexico institutes National Colonization Laws for colonists settling in Texas.
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Mexico wins independence from Spain.
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Mexico institutes the Constitution of 1824.
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Over 30 Empresario contracts granted during this time.
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Green DeWitt, an important American empresario, brings 166 families to the area near present-day Gonzalez.
