Nahriahs Texas history Timeline 2015-2016 By nahriah2015 Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Jun 30, 2016 Texas History Period: Oct 1, 1492 to Dec 31, 1689 The age of contact Oct 13, 1492 christopher columbus italians who sailed for spain first euro to reach the new world thought that he had a route to china Period: Jan 1, 1689 to Jan 1, 1821 Spanish Colonial Period: Jan 1, 1835 to Jan 1, 1845 Revoulution and republic Period: Jan 1, 1845 to Jan 1, 1861 Early statehood Period: Jan 1, 1850 to Jan 1, 1901 cotton,cattle,and railroad Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Jan 1, 1870 civil war and reconstruction Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Jan 1, 1929 age of oil Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1945 great depressions and world war 2 Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 2016 civil rights and conversations Oct 15, 2015 San antonio san antonio was town made by the spanish Oct 15, 2015 adams-onis-treaty Oct 15, 2015 battle of medina Oct 15, 2015 cry of delores Oct 15, 2015 treaty of cordoba Period: Jan 1, 2016 to Dec 1, 2016 contemporary texas