Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM La Junta de los Rios (the Texas tribesmen A community of farmers East Texas Spanish explorer meeting of the Rivers), Develop and hunters builds stone agricultural tribes Alonso Alvarez de Piñeda the oldest continuously the bow and arrow. dwellings, now called the merge to form becomes cultivated agricultural Buried City, on the the Caddo Confederacy— the first European community in Texas, northern edge an allied civilization. to map and explore is formed. of the Texas Panhandle. the Texas coastline. 1500 B.C. A.D. 500 A.D. 800 1400 1519 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Spanish explorer The Nueces River Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Hernando de Alvarado Francisco Coronado leads Alonso Alvarez de Piñeda (River of Nuts) Vaca and 3 other survivors discovers the Rio Grande, an expedition across the dies at the Panuco colony first appeared on a shipwrecked near calling it Great Plains in search of during a siege by European map as Galveston Island begin Rio de Nuestra Señora fabled cities of gold Huastec Indians. Rio Escondido, their seven-year (River of Our Lady). and writes about Texas’ (the Hidden River). walk across Texas. Llano Estacado . -November 6- -October 20- 1520 1527 1528 1540 1541 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Juan de Padilla, a priest in Francisco Vasquez Juan de Oñate leads 400 A delegation of 50 René Robert Cavelier, Coronado’s expedition, de Coronado, families across the Rio Jumano Indians walk 300 Sieur de LaSalle— returns to Texas one of the first Europeans Grande and claims the miles to Mission Isleta a future Texas explorer — as an evangelist to explore Texas, land for Spain. At El Paso saying a “lady in blue” told is born in to native tribesmen and dies on this day. del Norte they declare a them to ask about the Rouen, France. is martyred on this day. day of Thanksgiving. Christian faith. -November 30- -September 22- -April 30- -July- -November 22- 1544 1544 1598 1629 1643 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Refugees from René Robert Cavelier, French explorer LaSalle Karankawa Indians Mexico sends Alonso the Pueblo Revolt Sieru de LaSalle, is murdered attack Fort St. Louis, DeLeon to re-establish in New Mexico establishes Fort St. Louis by his own men capturing three children Spain’s claim to Texas. celebrate the first mass at at Matagorda Bay, to cover up the murders and killing all who remain He buries the dead at Mission Ysleta del Sur laying a French claim of LaSalle’s nephew of LaSalle’s Fort St. Louis and begins in El Paso. to Texas. and two companions. French colonists. to search for captives. -October 12- -February 18- -March 19- -January - -April 2- 1680 1685 1687 1688 1689 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Alonso DeLeon names Spanish explorer DeLeon Spanish explorers and Mission San Francisco de Domingo Terán the Guadalupe River in discovers the Trinity missionaries blaze a los Tejas, the first East de los Rios honor of Nuestra Señora River—the longest river to trail—El Camino Real (the Texas mission, is built on is appointed as de Guadalupe run its entire course within King’s Highway) from the banks of San Pedro first governor (Our Lady of Guadalupe). Texas—and names it in Mexico City through east Creek in the heart of the of Spanish Texas. honor of the Holy Trinity. Texas to Louisiana. Caddo Confederacy. -May - -January 23- 1689 1690 1690 1690 1691 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Domingo Teran and Spanish explorers Mission San Juan Bautista San Antonio de Valero San Jose y San Miguel de Father Damian Massanet and missionaries is established Mission is established on Aguayo Mission camp along the bring the first cattle on the Rio Grande the San Antonio River’s is founded within the Yanaguana River into Texas. near Eagle Pass east bank with a presidio sound of the bells of and rename it in honor of where El Camino Real (fort) and a villita (village) neighboring mission, San Antonio de Padua. enters Texas. for soldiers’ families. San Antonio de Valero. -June 13- -May 1- -February- 1544 1693 1700 1718 1721 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Spanish explorers Presidio LaBahia After a flood, Mission San East Texas missions Fifty-five Canary Islanders build the first bridge is established on the Antonio de Valero on the Concepcion, San Jose, arrive in San Antonio in Texas banks of Garcitas Creek. San Antonio River is and San Francisco to establish across the rain-swollen It will be moved rebuilt. “The Alamo,” relocate to San Antonio as a civilian settlement, Neches River. to Goliad famous worldwide, Missions Concepcion, San Fernando de Bexar. 28 years later. was never completed. San Juan, and Espada. -March 9- 1721 1721 1724 1731 1731 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM First election held By this date, the farms Jose de Escandon Over 2000 Comanche Texas’ first recorded in Texas. supporting the missions of becomes governor of attack and burn hurricane Voters choose officials for San Antonio produce a new Texas colony the Spanish mission at strikes the gulf coast the municipal government thousands of pounds of —Nuevo Santander— Santa Cruz de San Saba, near Galveston. of San Fernando. cotton annually. and captain general of the killing all but one South Texas region. missionary. -August 1- -June 1- -March 16- -September 4- 1731 1745 1748 1758 1766 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM A group of settlers Sam Houston is born near Spain secularizes Philip Nolan enters Texas The Louisiana Purchase led by Antonio Gil Ybarbo Lexington, Virginia— the five San Antonio with Spain’s permission to makes the United States establish the civilian town the fifth son of missions, capture wild horses, Spain’s neighbor along of Nacogdoches Major Samuel Houston distributing their lands but when caught mapping Texas’ eastern border. near an abandoned and to the Indians the territory, he is Spain deeply resents mission site. Elizabeth Paxton Houston. who live there. executed as a freebooter. France’s broken promise. -March 2- -March 21- -April 30- 1779 1793 1793 1801 1803 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM James Fannin is born The Gutierrez-Magee Texas’ first newspaper, The Gutierrez-Magee Pirate Jean Laffite in Georgia. Expedition with 130 men Gaceta de Tejas Expedition takes San sets up a He will grow up to be crosses the Sabine River (the Texas Gazette), Antonio but is defeated by base of operation the military leader from Louisiana is published the Spanish army in the on Galveston Island of the troops hoping to overthrow in Nacogdoches by Battle of Medina, Texas’ for smuggling and at the Goliad Massacre. Spanish rule in Texas. Jose Alvarez de Toledo. bloodiest battle. privateering. -January 1- -August 8- -August 18- 1804 1812 1813 1813 1817 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM A hurricane strikes The Adams-Onís Treaty Dr. James Long with 300 Aided by the Baron de Mexico Galveston Island, establishes the Red River filibusters invades Texas, Bastrop, Moses Austin wins independence destroying the fleet as Texas’ northern border occupies Nacogdoches, convinces Texas Governor from Spain. of pirate and the Sabine River as and declares Texas an Martinez to endorse his Jean Lafitte. the eastern border. Independent republic. request to begin an Anglo Long is elected president. colony in Texas. -September 12- -June 23- -December 26- -August 24- 1818 1819 1819 1820 1821 Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Copyright 2016 / Discover Texas Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Texas Timeline TM Jane Long, Dr. James Long tries Sam Houston, future When the Mexican Sam Houston elected the “Mother of Texas,” again to make Texas a president of the Texas government will not for a second time gives birth to the first Republic.