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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Basic timeline of Texas

This post is a basic timeline of Texas. There are 29 events listed below chronologically.

Paleo-Indians (9200 - 6000 BC)
Tchefuncte culture (500 - 100 BC)
Atakapa, Caddoan Mississippian, Mogollon, Hasinai, Kadohadocho, Karankawa, Natchitoches, Pueblo and Wichita cultures (Pre-European arrival)
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda and Spain arrive (1520)
Hernando de Soto expedition (1543)
La Salle claims Mississippi River Valley for France (1682)
Alonso De León and Spain establish mission in East Texas (1690)
Comanche Wars (1706 - 1875)
Spain constructs fort at Los Adaes as the first capital of Texas (1721)
France cedes west of Mississippi River to Spain (1762)
Spain cedes Louisiana to France (1799)
United States acquires Louisiana territory from France (1803)
United States cedes Texas to Spain (1819)
Mexico gains independence from Spain (1821)
Battle of Nacogdoches (1832)
Texas Revolution (1835 - 1836)
Battle of the Alamo (1836)
Texas Declaration of Independence and Texas Republic established (1836)
Battle of Salado Creek (1842)
Texas becomes 28th state of the United States (1845)
Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848)
American Civil War (1861 - 1865)
Emancipation Proclamation (1865)
Jaybird-Woodpecker War (1888 - 1889)
Spindletop oil well discovered (1901)
East Texas Oil Field discovered (1930)
Dust Bowl (1930's)
Texas drought (1950's)
John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas (1963)

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