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Texas history Timeline

By Isaccramos713
  • Apr 21, 1519

    1519 Mapping of the Texas coast and first mainland Spanish settlement

    1519 Mapping of the Texas coast and first mainland Spanish settlement
    1519,while mapping the Texas coast land and also visited Galveston Island. Pineda was sponsored by the governor of Jamaica,Francisco de Garay, and spent six months mapping the Gulf Coast from northwest Florida to Tampico,Mexico.

  • 1718,founding of San Antonio

    1718,founding of San Antonio
    The Mission San Antonio de Valero,established in San Antonio in 1718, was but one of the many Catholic missions organized as part of the official Spanish plan to Christianize native Americans and colonize northern New Spain.Franciscan monks began building on the present east side

  • 1821 Independence from Spain

    1821 Independence from Spain
    On August 24th,1821 with Spanish troops exhausted and resources low,O'Donoju reluctantly acquiesced,signing the treaty Córdoba and thus ending Mexico's dependence on Old Spain.

  • 1836 Texans independence

    1836 Texans independence
    "Texas Decleration of Independence,1836.On March 2,1836,Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico.The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos,now commonly referred to as the "birthplace of Texas.""

  • 1845 Annexation

    1845 Annexation
    In 1845,the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America,becoming the 28th, U.S. State.Texas annexation as a state tolerated slavery had caused tension in the United States among slave states and those that did not allow slavery.

  • 1861 Civil war begins

    1861 Civil war begins
    On April 12, 1861, the American Civil War officially began with the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The war was and remains one of the bloodiest civil wars ever fought in human history, resulting in more than 600,000 casualties.

  • 1876,Adoption of current state constitution

    1876,Adoption of current state constitution
    "The constitution of 1876 is the sixth constitution by which Texas has been governed since independence from Mexico was achieved in 1836.It was framed by the Constitutional Convention of 1875 and adopted on February 15,1876 by a vote of 136,606 to 56,652, and it remains the basic organic law of Texas.

  • 1901,Discovery of oil at Spindletop

    1901,Discovery of oil at Spindletop
    Spindletop. The Lucas gusher at Spindletop, January 10, 1901. This was the first major gusher of the Texas Oil Boom. Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in the southern portion of Beaumont, Texas in the United States."