1519 Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps the coastline of Texas.
1528 Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked off the coast of Texas.
1659 Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de El Paso was founded.
1685 The French establish Fort St. Louis and lay claim to Texas.
1691 Texas officially became a Spanish province.
1718 San Antonio is established as a Spanish mission.
1821 With Mexican independence, Texas becomes a province of Mexico.
1821 Stephen Austin founds the first American settlement in Texas.
1830 Mexico passes laws stopping further American immigration to Texas.
1835 Texas settlers begin a revolt against Mexican rule.
1835 October the settlers win the Battle of Gonzales.
1836 The Alamo was captured by the Santa Anna.
1836 April 21 General Sam Houston’s army defeats the Santa Anna and wins Texas independence.
1845 Texas was admitted as the 28th state.
1846 The first Battle of US-Mexican War was won by US troops at Palo Alto.
1861 Texas secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy.
1870 Texas is readmitted to the Union.
1900 A storm hits Galveston killing 6,000 people.
1901 Oil was discovered.
1963 President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas.