Texas history 1400-2014

By thaboss
  • Period: Sep 24, 1400 to

    Texas history

  • Period: Sep 29, 1400 to

    Age of contact

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus finds Caribian islands

    Columbus landed in the Caribian islands in octuber 12th of 1492
  • Feb 25, 1519

    HERNAN CORTEZ

    landed in mexico in febrruary 1519 and conquered the aztects with a 500 men army
  • Sep 26, 1519

    Alonso alvarez

    first european to explore texan coast, Also in 1519
  • Sep 26, 1528

    Cabeza de vaca

    shipedwrecked in texas in 1528
  • Sep 29, 1539

    Fray marcos

    set expedition towarsds Mexico
  • Sep 29, 1539

    Mosocso expedition

    Luis de Moscoso Alvarado was a member of Hernando De Soto's expedition to explore La Florida and to obtain gold and other riches from the native peoples of the North American continent. The army of an estimated 600 men sighted land on May 25, 1539,
  • Sep 29, 1540

    Coronado

    Coronado reaches civola and quivola but finds no gold.
  • Corpus Christy De La Ysleta

    SSpain establishes first Permenent European settlementin Texas
  • la salle expedition

    René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, sailed from Rochefort, France, on August 1, 1684, to look forthe Misissippi River by sea
  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo
  • Texas Declaration of independence

    Texas Declaration of independence
  • End of Battle of the Alamo

    End of Battle of the Alamo
  • battle of san jacinto

    battle of san jacinto
  • Texas enters Union

    Texas enters Union
  • Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo
  • Abe Lincon avoids assasination

    Abe Lincon avoids assasination
  • Fort sumpter was attacked

    Fort sumpter was attacked
  • Enmancipation proclamation

  • Lincon is shot

    Lincon is shot
  • Battle of palmito Ranch

    Battle of palmito Ranch
  • Transcontinental railroad built

  • Galveston Hurricane

  • Spindletop oil field

  • United States declares War on Germany

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • Atomic bombings

  • Death of JFK