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Texas Milestones

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    1500s

  • Cabeza de Vaca
    Nov 5, 1528

    Cabeza de Vaca

    Cabeza de Vaca discovered the interior of Texas following a shipwreck on what is now Galveston Island.
  • Coronado
    Apr 20, 1540

    Coronado

    Coronado led an expedition into what is now the southwestern United States in search of a legendary city.
  • Period: to

    1600s

  • La Salle

    La Salle

    La Salle established Fort St. Louis in Matagorda Bay, forming the beginning of France's claim on Texas.
  • Period: to

    1700s

  • Period: to

    1800s

  • Stephen F. Austin's grant

    Stephen F. Austin's grant

    Austin got a grant from the Mexican government and he began colonization in Texas.
  • Mexican Independence

    Mexican Independence

    The Mexicans win their independence from Spain.
  • Stephen F. Austin's imprisonment

    Stephen F. Austin's imprisonment

    Stephen F. Austin is imprisoned.
  • Battle at Gonzales

    Battle at Gonzales

    Texans fought off a group of Mexican soldiers at this spot.
  • The Battle of the Alamo

    The Battle of the Alamo

    After a two-week siege on the Alamo, Texan forces fell under the Mexican army's onslaught.
  • Runaway Scrape

    Runaway Scrape

    Colonists gather up their belongings and run as General Santa Anna ravages their area.
  • Massacre at Goliad

    Massacre at Goliad

    James Fannin and 400 other Texas are murdered ruthlessly by General Santa Anna.
  • Texas joins the US

    Texas joins the US

    Texas joins the USA.
  • Texas joins the CSA.

    Texas joins the CSA.

    Texas joins the CSA.
  • Battle of Galveston

    Battle of Galveston

    Galveston was under control of the Union and the battle restored it to control of Texas for the rest of the war.

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