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Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on what is believed today to be Galveston Island.
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In search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado lead an expedition into the present southwestern United States and across northern Texas.
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Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay, and thus formed the basis for France's claim to Texas.
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Throughout the 18th century, Spain established Catholic missions in Texas, and along with the missions.
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About 130-men strong, the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine from Louisiana.
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Jean Laffite occupied Galveston Island and used it as a base for his smuggling and privateering operation.
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3 Jan 1823 Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River.
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Relations between the Texans and Mexico reached a new low when Mexico forbid further emigration.
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9 Oct 1835 The Goliad Campaign of 1835 ended when George Collingsworth, Ben Milam, and forty-nine other Texans stormed the presidio at Goliad.
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Jim Bowie, James Fannin and 90 Texans defeated 450 Mexicans at the Battle of Concepcion, near San Antonio.
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The Consultation met to consider options for more autonomous rule for Texas. A document known as the Organic Law outlined the organization
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6 Mar 1836 Texans under Col. William B. Travis were overwhelmed by the Mexican army after a two-week siege at the Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio.
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The Battle of Plum Creek, near present-day Lockhart, ended the boldest and most penetrating Comanche challenge to the Texas Republic.
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Sam Houston authorized Alexander Somervell to lead a retaliatory raid into Mexico. The resulting Somervell Expedition dissolved, however, after briefly taking the border towns of Laredo and Guerreo.
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San Antonio was again captured, this time by 1400 Mexican troops under Adrian Woll. Again the Mexicans retreated, but this time with prisoners.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican-American War and transfering ownership of Utah to the USA
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Mexican explorer Alonso de Leon reached Fort St. Louis, and found it abandoned, during an expedition.
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Utah became a state January 4,1896
