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Texas Timeline

By carolinecourter
  • Jan 1, 800

    Caddo communities existed

    Archeological evidence supports Caddo communities
  • Oct 4, 1200

    Apache Settled in Texas

    Moving from Canada, Apache settled in future-Texas
  • Oct 4, 1527

    Narváez & deVaca sail for Florida, land in Texas

    deVaca provides first accounts of Texas' indigenous people
  • Oct 4, 1536

    de las Casas ordained in Americas

    First account of support for American Indians' rights
  • Oct 4, 1581

    Christian Missionaries Arrive in Texas

    First account of Missionaries passing through Texas.

  • Conquistador Oñate claims land as Spanish territory

    200 years of Spanish control of Texas and southwest begins

  • Conflict between Pueblo and Spanish

    El Paso becomes base of Spanish operations, 400 colonizers killed

  • San Antonio founded

    Mission-presidio complex established between Rio Grade Valley and missions of East Texas

  • Apache - Comanche Conflict

    Comanche attacked mission established for the Apache

  • Mexico wins independence from Spain, Austin founds colony

    Austin requests permission for 300 Anglo American families to relocate into Texas

  • Mexico bans immigration to Texas from US

    Mexican and European immigrants allowed, American immigrants denied entry into Texas

  • Santa Anna Becomes President of Mexico

    Santa Anna nullified 1824 Constitution and did not agree with Texas self-rule

  • Austin becomes President of Texas

    Contradicting Santa Anna's laws, Austin assumes Presidency

  • Texans respond to Santa Anna, Austin imprisoned

    Texans voiced their disagreement to Santa Anna, Austin imprisoned for inciting insurrection

  • Texas Revolution

    Texas pushes for separate statehood from Mexico

  • Texas begins road to Independence

    Texas Declaration of Independence drafted and adopted

  • Fall of the Alamo

    Santa Anna attacked Alamo and won; Houston attacked Mexican troops later and captured Santa Anna

  • Austin becomes capital of Texas

    Lone star flag adopted

  • Texas annexed to US, Beginning of US-Mexican War

    President James Polk annexed Texas, resulting in war

  • Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

    Mexico rescinds claim to Texas and New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, and Western Colorado.

  • First railroad in Texas

    Established as the 'Harrisburg Railroad', ran distance of 20 miles.

  • First telegraph office opened in Texas

    Within 12 years, 1500 miles of wire connected Texas
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    Civil War

    Houston worked to prevent the state seceding from the Union, but he was outvoted in 1861.

  • Enslaved African American emancipated

    Freed after the end of the Civil War by US General Granger, African Americans were freed.

  • First African American in Texas legislature

    During reconstruction, African Americans took an active role in Texas government

  • Present Texas Constitution Adopted

    The sixth revision of the Texas Constitution is still adhered to today.

  • State capital building completed

    After several years of construction, the capital building was complete

  • Texas Equal Rights Association is formed

    Supporting women's suffrage, the Association advocated for equal voting right for women.

  • Oil discovered in Corsicana

    Oil discovered, becomes huge Texas industry

  • First Texas Woman Governor

    Miriam 'Ma' Ferguson elected Governor of Texas

  • NASA Spacecraft Center opens in Houston

    Manned spacecraft center established

  • President John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas

    President Kennedy assassinated while attending events in Texas

  • George HW Bush elected President

    From Texas, Bush elected 41st President of the United States

  • George W. Bush elected President

    George W. Bush elected 43rd president of the United States

  • Hurricane Ike hits Texas

    Killing many and causing major damage, Hurricane Ike hit Texas.

  • Texas A&M beats Notre Dame

    Texas A&M wins NCAA Women's Basketball Championship