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In 1519, Alvarez de Pineda commands an expedition that went from Florida to Cabo Rojo, Mexico. Being the first person to do that, he mapped the coast.
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The San Antonio De Valero (The Alamo) is founded in San Antonio
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In this year, the Louisisana purchase happened. This is when Napoleon Bonaparte (a French emperor) sells a large portion of land for $15 million to the U.S. This doubled the size of the country.
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This year is when Stephen F. Austin brought the Old Three Hundred to Texas. The Old Three Hundred were thr first 300 families that settled in Texas
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The most important thing that happened in this year was the declaration of the independence of Texas. After the battle of San Jacinto, Santa Anna signs the treaties of Velasco which ends the Revolution.
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On February 26, 1845, Texas officaly becomes the 28th of the United States.
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This was the year the Civil War started
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This is the year the Civil War ended.
