Spanish Mission Timeline

By madeleine65
  • A successful mission is built in El Paso after many failed attempts to build one

    A successful mission is built in El Paso after many failed attempts to build one

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  • Francisco Hidalgo crosses Atlantic and helped found the mission College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro

    Francisco Hidalgo crosses Atlantic and helped found the mission College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro

  • Fray Antonio Margil de Jesus lands in Veracruz to work on Missions

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  • Father Damian Massanet leaves Barcelona to be a missionary in the New World

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  • Massanet goes with Alonzo de Leon to successfully find La Salle’s Fort St. Louis

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  • San Fransico de los Tejas is founded

    San Fransico de los Tejas is founded

    San Fransico de los Tejas is founded by Father Damian Massanet and the first mission in Texas.

  • San Franciso de los Tejas is set on fire

    San Fransico de los Tejas is set on fire by Father Damian Massanet and other priets when they head to Couhilia

  • Massanet and other priests set fire to San Francisco de los Tejas and head to Coahuila

  • St. Denis sailed from La Rochelle to Louisiana on the second expedition of Pierre Le Moyne

  • Spanish force moved north to Monclova Coahuila trying to settle land and convert indians

    Spanish force moved north to Monclova Coahuila trying to settle land and convert indians

  • - St. Denis takes part in the making of six missions and a presidio in East Texas

    - St. Denis takes part in the making of six missions and a presidio in East Texas

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  • Mission San Antonio de Valero founded

    Mission San Antonio de Valero founded

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  • The San Antonio Mission is placed in its present site after many moves.

    The San Antonio Mission is placed in its present site after many moves.

  • Jose de Escandon subdued an Indian uprising in Celaya and earned the rank of a sergeant major of the regiment in Queretaro

    Jose de Escandon subdued an Indian uprising in Celaya and earned the rank of a sergeant major of the regiment in Queretaro

  • The Corpus Christi de la Ysleta was built in the El Paso area

    The Corpus Christi de la Ysleta was built in the El Paso area

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  • Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) houses soldiers of Alamo de Parras, Coahuila, Mexico

    Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) houses soldiers of Alamo de Parras, Coahuila, Mexico

    This is how this mission got it's name.
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