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Christopher Columbus and the crews of his three ships found land.
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Alonso Alvarez de Pineda became the first European to explore the Texas coast.
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Hernan Cortes sailed from Cuba and landed his army of appromitately 500 soilders on the eastern coast of Mexico
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a member of a large expedition sent to conquer the area between Florida and Mexico.
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Fray Marcos was a priest and he was sent to head an advance party to check on the stories.
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Francisco Vazquez de Coronado traveleled for five monthes and after that he found Cibola and disappointment. Instead of finding golden treasures, the expedition found only mud, stone, and angry Zuni warriers ready to defend their village.
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Luis de Moscoso led the expedition as far as the lower Brazos River.They met Native Americans but they didn't find riches. They eventually went back to the Mississippi River. There they built boats and set off down river, eventually sailing along the coast to Mexico.
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Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle led the first European expedition that navigated the Mississippi River south to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Spain established the first permanent European settlement in Texas.
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The American colonies win their independence from Great Britain.
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Mexico wins its independence from Spain.
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The degree was an early turning point in relations between the colonists and the Mexican government.
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William B. Travis was surprised when the advance wing of Santa Anna's army arrived at San Antonio
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The Declaration of Independence was signed, so Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
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Mexican troops under Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission, killing all of the Texian defenders.
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The Battle of Jacinto was fought on April 21, 1836.
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President Polk signed the resolution that made Texas a state.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe ended the dispute between the United States and Mexico.
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The people of Texas approved secession from the Union by a vote to 46,153 to 14,747.
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General Beauregard opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter.
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Abraham Lincoln sighns the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth.
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The last significant fighting of the Civil War took place at the Palmito Ranch.
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The first Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
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A deadly hurricane destroys Galveston in Texas.
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Spindletop was a small hill and oil flowed from the well. It bacame the first gusher.
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The United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe.
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Stok market crashed, so the Great Depression began.
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The United States enters World War II.
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An attomic bombs was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
