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Period: Apr 13, 1492 to
Shane's Awesome Time Line
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Apr 14, 1492
Columbus
In 1492 Columbus sailed to America. He landed in the Philipines. Then he explored America's coast and found Texas. -
Apr 14, 1519
Alverez de Pineda
Alverez de Pineda explored the Texas coast. This was practically how Texas started out. He shaped Texas like this. -
Apr 14, 1528
Shipwreck.
This year Cabeza De Vaca Shipwrecked in Galveston. -
Thanksgiving.
This year a Thanksgiving was held at El Paso. -
Betrayal
This day La Salle went crazy. He killed his own men. There wasn't an exact place. -
New Capital
This year in Texas Los Adaes became the new capital of Texas. -
Another new capital
Even though Los Adaes became the capital the year before San Antonio became the new capital this year. -
Sieze
Father Hidalgo takes a group to sieze a prison. The prison has a bunch of innocent people in it. -
The first one.
This year the first newspaper came out. First one in Texas. This was in Gaceta de, Texas. -
New People
Near this time Europe was really struggling with potatoes. So a lot of Irish people came to America. This was called the Potatoe Fammin. -
Texas Revolution
This was the first bloodshed of the Texas Revolution. We fought hard in this battle. Even though we lost we still got Texas. -
Declaration
This day the declaration of Texas was signed. It was signed on Washington-on-the-Brazos. This freed rule Mexico. -
"Remember the Alamo"
This was the 3 day long alamo attack. No reinforcements. They lost the battle be we won the war. -
Run away
This was the Runaway Scrape. This is when Natives ran away. The name got itself from how they left their homes when they ran. -
Christmas is over,
18 minutes. That's all it took for Texas to defeat Santa Anna. Which was a surprise to all. -
The last battle.
This was the last battle of the Civil War. Even though the Confederacy won the Union won the battle. This was fought at Palimento Ranch in Texas. -
Ended.
Reconstruction ended on this day. -
Deadliest Hurricane
A deadly hurricane killing 6,000. It was in Galveston, Texas. This was the deadliest hurricane in the U.S. back then. -
One of the two worst tornadoes.
This was one of the worst tornadoes. Killing 114 people it has made records. This was in Goliad. -
Worst Dust Storm
This dust storm was the worst recorded in the U.S. It was on Black Sunday. In Perryton, Texas. -
Highest Tempurature
This was the highest tempurature in Texas. It reached 120'f. This was in Seymour, Texas. -
The first one.
This day the university got their first black student. His name was Herman Sweatt. He majored in law. -
Assassination.
This was the day that JFK was shot and killed. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lyndon Johnson became president. -
UT shooting.
This day changed UT. This was the day Charles Whitman shot people of the tower in UT. He killed 17 people. -
Longest Drought
This year was the least amount of rain. Starting at July 1st going all the way to September 22nd. No rain for 84 days. This was around the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
