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Period: Mar 5, 1480 to
Early Explorers of Texas
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Mar 5, 1492
Columbus crosses the Atlantic, lands on Hispaniola
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Mar 5, 1517
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses; starts the Protestant Reformation
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Mar 5, 1519
Álvarez de Pineda maps the Texas coast
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Mar 6, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca wanders and lives with Native Americans in Texas
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Oñate founds a settlement on the upper Rio Grande
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Taj Mahal completed
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English civil war ends with the execution of King Charles I
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Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to England, who rename it New York
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La Salle explores the Mississippi River
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La Salle founds Fort St. Louis—first French settlement in Texas