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Period: Sep 24, 1400 to
taxas history
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Period: Sep 29, 1400 to
age of contact
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Sep 25, 1492
chistorpher columbus
he discoverd the amaricans and established a permanent colony on one island of westindies. -
Sep 25, 1519
hernan cortes
arrived in mexico and defeted the aspectes and built new mexico -
Sep 25, 1519
alonso alvarez de pineda
in 1519 arraved in mexico and was the first to explore the cost -
Sep 25, 1528
alvar nunez cabeza de vaca
he was the frist to enter texas -
Sep 26, 1536
luis de moscoso
he lead the soto east west -
Sep 26, 1539
fray marcos
fray marcos was sent to check on cabeza de vaca's report -
Sep 22, 1554
coronado
coronado sent to explore ciboala -
la salle
Born in Rouen, France, on November 22, 1643, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was an explorer best known for leading an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, claiming the region watered by the Mississippi and its tributaries for France, and naming it Louisiana after King Louis XIV. -
corpus christi de la ysleta
spain estabeses the frist uropean setteement texas -
alamo
the battle of the alamo happend in february -
texas decared independence
on march 2 1836 texas deceared independence -
attacks
on the morning of March 6, 1836, as columns of Mexican soldiers emerged from the predawn darkness and headed for the Alamo's walls. Cannon and small arms fire from inside the Alamo beat back several attacks. -
The Battle of San Jacinto
on april 21 1836 was the battle of san jacinto -
annexation
On this day in december 29 1845, six months after the Congress of the Republic of Texas voted for annexation by the United States, Texas was admitted into the Union as the 28th state. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
the treaty of father hidalgo happened in february 2 1848 -
civil war
on february 23 1861 was the civil war -
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Originally constructed in 1829 as a coastal garrison, Fort Sumter is most famous for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War -
The Emancipation Proclamation
On Jan. 1, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. -
President Abraham death
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. -
The Battle of Palmito Ranch
Since March 1865, a gentleman’s agreement precluded fighting between Union and Confederate forces on the Rio Grande. In spite of this agreement, Col. Theodore H. Barrett, commanding forces at Brazos Santiago, Texas, dispatched an expedition, composed of 250 men of the 62nd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment and 50 men of the 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment under the command of Lt. Col. David Branson, to the mainland, on May 11, 1865, to attack reported Rebel outposts and camps -
Transcontinental railroad completed
on may 10 1869 the railroad was complete -
Galveston hurricane
The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on September 8, 1900, in the city of Galveston, Texas, in the United States. It had estimated winds of 145 miles per hour at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. -
SPINDLETOP
On January 10, 1901, an enormous geyser of oil exploded from a drilling site at Spindletop Hill, a mound created by an underground salt deposit located near Beaumont in Jefferson County, southeastern Texas. Reaching a height of more than 150 feet and producing close to 100,000 barrels a day, the “gusher” was more powerful than any previously seen in the world. -
United States declaration of war on Germany
On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. -
attack on preal harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized. A total of twelve ships sank or were beached in the attack and nine additional vessels were damaged. More than 160 aircraft were destroyed and more than 150 others damaged -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War. -
John F. Kennedy assassinated
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible.