Ciela's Texas History Timeline By arguellesciela Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Jun 30, 2016 Texas History Jan 1, 1492 age of contact Jan 1, 1492 CHRISTIPHER COLUMBAS Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Dec 31, 1689 Age of Contact Jan 1, 1689 spanish colonial Jan 1, 1821 mexican national Jan 1, 1835 revilition and republic Jan 1, 1845 early statehood Jan 1, 1850 cotton cattle rail roads Jan 1, 1861 civil war reconstruction Jan 1, 1901 age of oil Jan 1, 1945 civil rights conservatism Jan 1, 1992 great deression world war 2