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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