genesis's Texas history timeline 15-16

texas history

Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Jun 30, 2016

age of contact

Period: Jan 1, 1492 to Dec 31, 1689

christopher columbus

Oct 12, 1492

arrived in the new world
italian
sailed for spain

cortez

Jan 1, 1519

spamish conqistador
met and conquered the aztecs
would be capital of new spain

pineda

Jan 1, 1519

spanish
mapped the coast of texas
explorer

cabeza de vaca

Jan 1, 1527

shipwrecked in galveston
met and lived with the karankawa
has good stories and treasures

coronado

Jan 1, 1540

sent to find cibola
first to see palo duro & grand canyons
explored much of the texas panhandle

la salle

Jan 1, 1685

built ft. st. louis
killed by his men
sailed all the way from canada to the mississipi river

spanish colonial era

Period: Jan 1, 1689 to Dec 31, 1821

grito de delores

Sep 16, 1810

miguel hidalgo y costilla
to rise up and throw off spanish rule
launched mexican war of independence

mexican national era

Period: Jan 1, 1821 to Dec 31, 1836

revolution & republic era

Period: Jan 1, 1835 to Dec 31, 1845

early statehood

Period: Jan 1, 1845 to Dec 31, 1861

cotton caddle & railroads

Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Dec 31, 1901

civil war and reconstruction era

Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Dec 31, 1870

age of oil

Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Dec 31, 1929

great depression & world war II

Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Dec 31, 1945

civil rights & conservatism

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 2016

contemporary texas

Period: Jan 1, 2016 to Dec 31, 2016