| 42 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 4234.2813 | 7560 | from 1492 | 1492-1493—A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, travels with Christopher Columbus’ first expedition to the New World. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 4234.2814 | 7060 | to 1493 | 1492-1493—A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, travels with Christopher Columbus’ first expedition to the New World. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 4234.2814 | 7560 | 1494 | 1494—The first Africans arrive in Hispaniola with Christopher Columbus. They are free persons. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4235.0000 | 7060 | To 1500 | Prior to (1500) the arrival of the first European explorers, numerous tribes of the Indians of Texas occupied the region between the Rio Grande to the south and the Red River to the north. | Texas timeline http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 4235.2111 | 7560 | 1501 | 1501—The Spanish king allows the introduction of enslaved Africans into Spain's American colonies. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 21 | 16 | 4235.2116 | 7560 | 1511 | 1511—The first enslaved Africans arrive in Hispaniola. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 4235.2210 | 7560 | 1517 | 1517 -1518 - First Spanish effort to colonize mainland Mexico. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 4235.2210 | 7560 | 1517 | 1517—Bishop Bartolome de Las Casas petitions Spain to allow the importation of 12 enslaved Africans for each household immigrating to America's Spanish colonies. De Las Casas later regrets this plea, and becomes a strong opponent of slavery. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 4235.2212 | 7560 | 1519 | 1519 - Alfonsó Alvaréz Pinéda reconnoiters the Gulf coast from Florida to Rio Panuco (the Gulf of México Coast). | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 4235.2212 | 7560 | 1519 | 1519—Hernan Cortez begins his conquest of the Aztec Empire. Black Spaniards are among the Conquistadors. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 4235.2212 | 7760 | Mid-1519 | Sailing from a base in Jamaica, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, a Spanish adventurer, was the first known European to explore and map the Texas coastline. | Texas timeline http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 4235.2213 | 7060 | 1520 | 1520 - Alvaréz de Pinéda sails across the Gulf of México from Texas to Florida. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 4235.2213 | 7060 | 1520 | 1520s—Enslaved Africans are used as laborers in Puerto Rico, Cuba and Mexico. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 4235.2215 | 7060 | 1524 | 1524 Franciscan Monks arrive. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 4235.2217 | 7060 | 1528 | 1528 - The same fleet entered near Tampa Bay, St Petersburg, Florida, (had come from Cúba this trip). Explores coastline from Tampa Bay to Galveston. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 4235.2217 | 7060 | 1528 | 1528 - Alvar Nuñez Cabéz de Vacá and three others off the coast of Texas, at Galveston Island they were castaways of the Narvaez expedition. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 4235.2217 | 7060 | 1528 | 1528—Esteban, a Morocco-born Muslim slave, is one of four survivors washed ashore near present-day Galveston, Texas. He is the first known person of African ancestry to enter what is now the western United States. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 4235.2217 | 7464 | November 1528 | Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on what is believed today to be Galveston Island. After trading in the region for some six years, he later explored the Texas interior on his way to Mexico. | Texas timeline http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 4235.2217 | 7464.51 | 06 Nov1528 | 1528 November 6 Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked near Galveston. He begins an incredible journey that marks the white man's first exploration of Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 34 | 22 | 18 | 4235.2218 | 7060 | 1530 | 1530 - Tampico (Modern day Texas), established by Fray Andrés de Olmos | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 4235.2312 | 7060 | from 1534 | 1534- 1536 - Cabéza de Vacá (and three others from the Narvaez expedition), walk from Galveston (Texas), New méxico, and Arizona and to the west coast of México. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 4235.2313 | 7060 | 1536 | 1536 - Melchor Diáz (under Coronado) welcomes the Castaways -Nuñez Cabeza de Vacá & his men back to civilization. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 4235.2313 | 7060 | to 1536 | 1534- 1536 - Cabéza de Vacá (and three others from the Narvaez expedition), walk from Galveston (Texas), New méxico, and Arizona and to the west coast of México. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 14 | 4235.2314 | 7560 | 1539 | 1539—Esteban is part of an expedition led by Friar Marcos de Niza from Mexico City into the far north of New Spain (Colonial Mexico). Esteban, who moves ahead of the main expedition, is killed at the Zuni town of Hawikuh, just east of the present-day border of Arizona and New Mexico. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 14 | 4235.2314 | 7560 | from 1539 | 1539 to 1542 - Hernando de Sóto explores the lower south of the present day United States of America, leaves Cubá, travels inland across ten states, discovers the Mississippi River. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 4235.2315 | 7060 | 1540 | 1540 - Francisco Vasquéz de Coronado Fráncisc7oacute; Vasquéz de Coronado explores California, Kansas, Arizona, New México, Texas, Oklahoma. Francisco Vasquéz de Coronado with 1000 soldiers, leaves México City in search of Cibola, ventures into New México- Zuni. (note: Hernan Cortés had also voluntered for the expedition, but he was needed elsewhere.) Went near Santa Fé, New México. Vasquéz de Coronado cris crossed where Cabéza de Vacá had been. * Lope de Samaniego (was the first to die in the expedition.) * included in the expedition were three women Franciscá de Hozes (wife of the shoemaker), María Maldonado (was expeditions nurse), and natural wife of Lope Caballéro.* | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 4235.2315 | 7262.58 | 22 Apr 1540 | 1540 April 22 The Coronado Expedition sets out for Texas in search of the seven cities of Cibola. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 4235.2315 | 7265.54 | 23 May 1541 | 1541 May 23 Coronado gives thanks for having found friendly Indians in the Palo Duro Canyon; Texas has a Thanksgiving 79 years before the Pilgrims. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 4235.2315 | 7560 | 1541 | 1541 - De Sotó explores the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 4235.2315 | 7560 | 1541 | 1541—Persons of African ancestry accompany the expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado from Mexico City to what is now central Kansas. Some Africans remain behind in Kansas and New Mexico. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 4235.2316 | 7060 | 1542 | 1542—The Spanish Crown abolishes Indian slavery in its colonial possessions. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 4235.2316 | 7060 | to 1542 | 1539 to 1542 - Hernando de Sóto explores the lower south of the present day United States of America, leaves Cubá, travels inland across ten states, discovers the Mississippi River. | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 4235.2412 | 7560 | 1551 | 1551 - The First University on the North American continent established. The Real y Pontificia Universidad de Mexico, had the same privileges as the Universidad de Salamanca, had five facultades/schools. (The University of Salamanca, Spain, was the leading University in Europe of its time and still a leading University). | Hispanic World Timeline http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/0dchron.htm |
| 42 | 34 | 24 | 14 | 4235.2414 | 7368 | 22 Sep 1554 | 1554 September 22 Fourteen years after setting out for Texas, Coronado dies. He is one of the first white men to explore Texas, and leader of one of 20 Spanish explorations of the area. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 34 | 24 | 16 | 4235.2416 | 7560 | 1609 | 1609—Fugitive slaves in Mexico, led by Yanga, sign a truce with Spanish colonial authorities and obtain their freedom and a town of their own. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 4235.2512 | 7560 | 1617 | 1617—The town of San Lorenzo de los Negros receives a charter from Spanish colonial officials in Mexico and becomes the first officially recognized free settlement for blacks in the New World. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 4235.2513 | 7560 | 1619 | 1619—Approximately 20 blacks from a Dutch slaver are purchased as indentured workers for the English settlement of Jamestown. These are the first Africans in the English North American colonies. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 4235.2514 | 7060 | 1570 | 1570—New Spain’s (Colonial Mexico) population includes 20,569 blacks and 2,439 mulattoes. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 4235.2514 | 7560 | 1571 | 1571—Free and enslaved black or mulatto women can no longer wear gold, silk or pearls unless they are married to a Spaniard. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 25 | 15 | 4235.2515 | 7560 | 1573 | 1573—Professor Bartolome de Albornoz of the University of Mexico writes against the enslavement and sale of Africans. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 4235.2712 | 7060 | 1598 | 1598—Isabel de Olvera, a free mulatto, accompanies the Juan Guerra de Resa Expedition which colonizes what is now New Mexico. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 4235.2713 | 7060 | from 1600 | 1600-1790s—Persons of African ancestry are among the founders or early settlers of numerous towns in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California including San Antonio, Laredo, El Paso, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Tucson, San Diego, Monterey and San Francisco. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 34 | 27 | 14 | 4235.2714 | 7060 | 1602 | 1602—By Spanish law, mulattoes (people of combined African and European ethnicity), convicts, and "idle" Africans may be shipped to Latin America and forced to work in the mines there. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 4236.2213 | 6460 | 1646 | 1646—New Spain’s (Colonial Mexico) population includes 35,089 blacks and 116,529 mulattoes. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 4236.2418 | 7167.56 | 20 Mar 1687 | 1687 March 20 La Salle, a French explorer, lands in Texas instead of finding the mouth of the Mississippi. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 4236.2616 | 7666.53 | 02 Jun 1716 | July 2 The Spanish build a presidio west of the Neches River. It marks the beginning of continuous settlement in the province of Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 4236.2616 | 7668.52 | 24 Jun 1716 | 1716 June 24 To celebrate the feast of St. John, soldiers of the Ramón expedition stage the first horse race in Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 4237.2211 | 7766.55 | 04 Sep 1766 | 1766 September 4 The first recorded hurricane strikes the Texas coast near Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 23 | 15 | 4237.2315 | 7060 | to 1790 | 1600-1790s—Persons of African ancestry are among the founders or early settlers of numerous towns in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California including San Antonio, Laredo, El Paso, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Tucson, San Diego, Monterey and San Francisco. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 23 | 16 | 4237.2316 | 7560 | 1793 | 1793—New Spain’s (Colonial Mexico) population includes 6,100 blacks and 369,790 mulattoes. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 4237.2318 | 7762.54 | 17 Jul 1797 | 1797 July 17 Philip Nolan receives a passport to go to Mexican Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 4237.2413 | 7663.55 | 30 Apr 1803 | 1803—On April 30, Louisiana is purchased from the French. The new territory nearly doubles the size of the United States. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 4237.2512 | 7560 | From 1817 | Jean Laffite occupied Galveston Island (from 1817) and used it as a base for his smuggling and privateering operation. | Texas timeline http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 4237.2513 | 7060 | To 1820 | Jean Laffite occupied Galveston Island (to 1820) and used it as a base for his smuggling and privateering operation. | Texas timeline http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 4237.2513 | 7367.52 | 12 Sep 1818 | 1818 September 12 A hurricane wrecks the fleet of pirate Jean Lafitte in Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 14 | 4237.2514 | 7060 | from 1820 | 1820-1825—Free African Americans from the United States settle in Mexican Texas. One of the most notable is former North Carolinian William Goyens who settles near Nacogdoches in 1820. By the time of his death in 1856, Goyens will have acquired 13,000 acres of land. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 14 | 4237.2514 | 7562.54 | 17 Jan 1821 | 1821 January 17 The Mexican government gives Austin permission to settle 300 families in Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 14 | 4237.2514 | 7653.57 | 04 May 1821 | May 4 Jean Lafitte abandons Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 4237.2516 | 7060 | 1824 | 1824—A new Mexican Constitution adopted on October 4 outlaws slavery throughout Mexico including Mexican Texas. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 4237.2516 | 7560 | 1825 | Sixty nine of 1,347 residents of the Austin colony in Mexican Texas are slaveholders. They own 443 enslaved people. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 4237.2516 | 7560 | to 1825 | 1820-1825—Free African Americans from the United States settle in Mexican Texas. One of the most notable is former North Carolinian William Goyens who settles near Nacogdoches in 1820. By the time of his death in 1856, Goyens will have acquired 13,000 acres of land. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 18 | 4237.2518 | 7060 | 1828 | 1828—The contract labor system is introduced in Texas. It is quickly revealed as a subterfuge to get around Mexico’s ban on slavery. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 25 | 18 | 4237.2518 | 7560 | 1829 | 1829—On September 15, Mexican President Vicente Ramon Guerrero issues the Guerrero Decree which prohibits slavery in any form in Mexico. Guerrero however issues a subsequent decree on December 2 which exempts Texas from the ban. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 4237.2611 | 7060 | from 1831 | 1831-1842—The Trail of Tears brings Native Americans and their black slaves, approximately seventy thousand people, from Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida to their new home in the Indian Territory. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 4237.2612 | 7363.56 | 01 Nov 1832 | November 1 Lyne Barret is born. He is the first to hit oil in Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 4237.2612 | 7671.51 | 01 Apr 1833 | 1833 April 1 Santa Anna is inaugurated president of Mexico. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 4237.2613 | 7560 | 1835 | 1835—At the beginning of the year there are approximately 25,000 English-speaking inhabitants of Mexican Texas including 5,000 enslaved African Americans. The Tejano population is approximately 6,000 and there are 14,500 Indians. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 4237.2613 | 7664.58 | 17 May 1835 | 1835 May 17 A. B. Dodson marries Sarah Bradley. She later gives him a - flag-a red, white and blue banner with a lone star - for his army company. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 4237.2613 | 7861.57 | 10 Oct 1835 | October 10 Gail Borden Jr. begins publishing the Telegraph and Texas Register. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 4237.2613 | 7864.52 | 07 Nov 1835 | On November 7, Anglo-Texans meet at San Felipe de Austin to establish a provisional government in Mexican Texas and elect a general council to govern the area north of the Rio Grande. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 4237.2613 | 7865.55 | 25 Nov 1835 | November 25 The Texas navy is created. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7060 | 1836 | The Alamo is captured by the Mexican Army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna on March 6. Hundreds of enslaved Texans leave the farms and plantations to join or support the Mexican Army. Far more take advantage of the war of independence to escape south across the Rio Grande, or north across the Red River into the sparsely populated Indian Territory. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7166.52 | 02 Mar 1836 | 1836—On March 2, the General Council of Texas declares the province’s independence from Mexico. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7166.54 | 06 Mar 1836 | March 6 The Alamo falls. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7262.57 | 21 Apr 1836 | Texans under Sam Houston routed the Mexican forces of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Thus, independence was won in one of the most decisive battles in history. | Texas timeline http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7262.57 | 21 Apr 1836 | General Sam Houston's Texas army wins independence from Mexico in the Battle of San Jacinto. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7262.57 | 21 Apr 1836 | April 21 The Texans beat the Mexican army at San Jacinto. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7262.57 | 22 Apr 1836 | On April 22, General Santa Anna surrenders to Texan forces led by General Sam Houston. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7264.56 | 14 May 1836 | May 14 Santa Anna and President David Burnet sign the Treaty of Velasco. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7266.53 | 03 Jun 1836 | June 3 Land-based Texas Rangers capture Mexican ships, earning the nickname "Horse Marines." | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7365.57 | 26 Aug 1836 | August 26 The Allen Brothers buy the site for "Houston." | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7560 | 1837 | The Laura is the first steamship to visit Houston. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7560 | from 1837 | General Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas, signs an act authorizing Houston to incorporate. Houston was capitol of the Republic from 1837 until 1839, in which the capitol was moved to Austin. The capitol building was located at the corner of Texas Avenue and Main Street. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 4237.2614 | 7663.52 | 26 Apr 1837 | April 26 John J. Audubon comes to Texas to study bird-life and to paint birds for his famous work. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 4237.2615 | 7163.51 | 25 Jan 1839 | January 25 The Republic of Texas adopts its new flag. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 4237.2615 | 7560 | to 1839 | General Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas, signs an act authorizing Houston to incorporate. Houston was capitol of the Republic from 1837 until 1839, in which the capitol was moved to Austin. The capitol building was located at the corner of Texas Avenue and Main Street. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 16 | 4237.2616 | 7060 | 1840 | The first local dock was constructed as the Texas Congress authorized the city to build and maintain wharves. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 16 | 4237.2616 | 7560 | 1841 | The Houston-Austin stage line begins operations. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 16 | 4237.2616 | 7560 | 1841 | A city council ordinance establishes the Port of Houston, giving it control over all wharves, landings, slips, and roads on the banks of Buffalo and White Oak Bayous as well as the right to collect wharfage fees and invest the funds in Bayou improvements. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 4237.2617 | 7060 | 1842 | Texas' oldest newspaper, The Galveston Daily News, starts publication. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 4237.2617 | 7060 | to 1842 | 1831-1842—The Trail of Tears brings Native Americans and their black slaves, approximately seventy thousand people, from Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida to their new home in the Indian Territory. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 4237.2617 | 7161.58 | 11 Feb 1842 | 1842 February 11 The crew of the San Antonio stages the republic's first, and only, mutiny | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 18 | 4237.2618 | 7560 | 1845 | 1845—Texas is annexed to the United States. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 26 | 18 | 4237.2618 | 7868.55 | 29 Dec 1845 | December 29 Texas enters the union as the 28th state. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 4237.2710 | 7060 | 1846 | Texas becomes 28th state. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 4237.2710 | 7060 | from 1846 | 1846-1848—War with Mexico. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 4237.2710 | 7263.51 | 25 Apr 1846 | April 25 A border skirmish near Brownsville marks the beginning of the U.S. war with Mexico. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 4237.2712 | 7060 | to 1848 | 1846-1848—War with Mexico. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 4237.2712 | 7163.57 | 02 Feb 1848 | 1848 February 2 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican-American War. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 4237.2712 | 7163.57 | 02 Feb 1848 | 1848—On February 2, Mexico and the United States sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty transfers control of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah from Mexico to the United States. Mexico also relinquishes its claim to Texas in exchange for $20 million. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 4237.2712 | 7866 | Dec 1849 | By the end of 1849, 150 volunteers throughout the United States were reporting weather observations to the Smithsonian regularly. By 1860, 500 stations were furnishing daily telegraphic weather reports to the Washington Evening Star, and as the network grew, other existing systems were gradually absorbed, including several state weather services. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 4237.2713 | 7060 | 1850 | First census after Texas joins the Union counts 2,397 Houstonians. Galveston is the state's largest city. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 4237.2713 | 7164.54 | 10 Feb 1850 | 1850 February 10 Texas's first railroad, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado, is chartered. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 4237.2714 | 7468.51 | 24 Dec 1852 | 1852 December 24 The General Sherman goes into service as the first locomotive in Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 4237.2714 | 7560 | 1853 | Houston's first railroad--the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad--begins operations. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 4237.2714 | 7866.53 | 03 Dec 1854 | December 3 One hundred Polish families arrive in Galveston, an event marking the start of major Polish immigration to Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 4237.2715 | 7560 | 1855 | 1855—Approximately 4,000 escaped slaves live in or near Matamoros, Mexico just south of Brownsville, Texas. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 4237.2716 | 7060 | 1856 | Construction was begun on the Houston Tap. Built with slave labor, it would link Houston to national lines by 1873. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 4237.2716 | 7263.54 | 29 Apr 1856 | 1856 April 29 The first camels arrive in Texas for use by the army in the West. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 4237.2716 | 7566.52 | 03 Mar 1857 | 1857 March 3 Congress authorizes the Butterfield Mail and Stage Line | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 4237.2718 | 7166.58 | 12 Mar 1860 | 1860 March 12 Columbus "Dad" Joiner, who finds the East Texas Oil Field, is born in Alabama. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 4237.2718 | 7464.51 | 06 Nov 1860 | On November 6, Abraham Lincoln is elected president. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 4237.2718 | 7467.57 | 20 Dec 1860 | On December 20, South Carolina secedes from the Union. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 4237.2718 | 7560 | 1861 | Houston and Harris County vote to secede from the Union. During the war, the closest fighting was at Galveston. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 4237.2718 | 7566.53 | 04 Mar 1861 | 1861—On March 4, Texas joins Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana in creating the Confederate States of America. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 4237.2718 | 7662.51 | 12 Apr 1861 | The Civil War begins on April 12. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 4237.2718 | 7763.57 | 03 Aug 1861 | August 3 The U.S.S. South Carolina fires on Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 27 | 18 | 4237.2718 | 7766.58 | 09 Sep 1861 | September 9 Col. Benjamin Terry organizes his "Texas Rangers." | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 4237.2810 | 7060 | 1862 | Houston becomes inundated with refugees from Galveston when federal troops occupy Galveston. Many of the refugees chose to remain after the end of the war. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 4237.2810 | 7263.58 | 05 May 1862 | May 5 Cinco de Mayo; the Mexicans rout the French at Puebla. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 4237.2810 | 7266 | Jun 1862 | 1862—In June Congress abolishes slavery in the territories of the United States. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 4237.2810 | 7560 | 1863 | 1863—Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation takes effect on January 1, legally freeing slaves in areas of the South in rebellion including Texas and the Indian Territory. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 4237.2810 | 7561.51 | 01 Jan 1863 | 1863 January 1 The Confederates win the Battle of Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 4237.2810 | 7561.51 | 1 Jan 1863 | After several weeks of Federal occupation of Texas' most important seaport, the Battle of Galveston restored the island to Texas control for remainder of Civil War. | Texas timeline http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 4237.2810 | 7565.53 | 21 Feb 1863 | On February 21, the pro-Union Cherokee government issues an emancipation proclamation abolishing slavery in the Nation. The Cherokees are the only Indian Nation to end slavery before 1865 | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 10 | 4237.2810 | 7766.57 | 07 Sep 1863 | September 7 Federal gunboats arrive off the bar at Sabine Pass where Dick Dowling and his men are waiting. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 4237.2812 | 7560 | 1865 | Major General Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston and proclaims the emancipation of Texas slaves, becoming what would be known as "Juneteenth." | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 4237.2812 | 7560 | from 1865 | The transcontinental railroad is joined at Promontory, Utah Territory in 1869. Approximately three hundred African Americans are employed on the Union Pacific's work crews in 1865. Few African American rail construction workers are present at the "Last Spike" ceremony at Promontory although there are some Buffalo Soldiers on hand as they are transferred from military posts in Kansas to new assignments in California. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 4237.2812 | 7667.56 | 19 Jun 1865 | June 19 Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston with word that slavery has been abolished. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 4237.2812 | 7667.56 | 19 Jun 1865 | On June 19, General Gordon Granger leads Union forces ashore at Galveston, Texas where he issues the Texas Emancipation Proclamation. From that point the freedpeople of Texas and their descendants commemorate that day as “Juneteenth.” | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 4237.2812 | 7867.55 | 18 Dec 1865 | December 18 The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified; slavery is abolished. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 4237.2813 | 7060 | 1866 | Antioch Missionary Baptist Church is organized in Houston. It is the oldest continually operating African American church in the city. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 4237.2813 | 7060 | 1866 | Mother Mary Blandine Matelin, Sister Mary Joseph Roussin, and Sister Mary Ange Escude arrive in Galveston, Texas. They founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 4237.2813 | 7560 | 1867 | In Galveston the Sisters open Charity Hospital. It is the first Catholic hospital in the state. Only months after opening the hospital the city is struck by a yellow fever epidemic which takes the life of Mother Blandine. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 4237.2813 | 7667.58 | 22 Jun 1867 | 1867 June 22 This is the worst single day of a yellow fever epidemic that sweeps coastal Texas in 1867. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 4237.2814 | 7060 | 1868 | First trolley cars (mule-drawn) appear; first gaslights installed. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 4237.2814 | 7060 | 1868 | Beginning with the cattle drive of William G. Butler that summer, African American cowboys will participate for the next two decades in trail drives from central Texas to the railheads at Abilene, Dodge City, Denver, Cheyenne and other central plains towns. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 4237.2814 | 7560 | 1869 | 1869—On February 26, Congress sends the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution to the states for approval. The amendment guarantees African American males the right to vote. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 4237.2814 | 7560 | 1869 | Walter Burton is elected sheriff of Fort Bend County. He becomes the first African American in the West to hold that post. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 4237.2814 | 7560 | 1869 | The name of Charity Hospital is changed to St. Mary's Infirmary. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 4237.2814 | 7560 | To 1869 | The transcontinental railroad is joined at Promontory, Utah Territory in 1869. Approximately three hundred African Americans are employed on the Union Pacific's work crews in 1865. Few African American rail construction workers are present at the "Last Spike" ceremony at Promontory although there are some Buffalo Soldiers on hand as they are transferred from military posts in Kansas to new assignments in California. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 15 | 4237.2815 | 7060 | 1870 | Texas readmitted to the Union. 1870 census shows Houston's population up to 9,332. Harris County's has reached 17,375, ranking it second in the state. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 15 | 4237.2815 | 7060 | 1870 | Congress designates Houston a port; first survey of Houston's proposed ship channel conducted. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 15 | 4237.2815 | 7361 | Jul 1870 | By the middle of the year forty-six Freedman’s Bureau-sponsored schools are operating in Texas for black children. The largest numbers are in Galveston, Houston, San Antonio and Brownsville. The Bureau reports 5,182 black pupils attending these schools in contrast to the 11 black children enrolled in schools in the state in 1860. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 15 | 4237.2815 | 7662.54 | 17 Apr 1871 | April 17 Texas A&M is created. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 4237.2816 | 7466.57 | 08 Dec 1872 | December 8 Architect Nicholas Clayton comes to Galveston and builds it into a city of beautiful homes. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 4237.2816 | 7767.55 | 16 Sep 1873 | 1873 September 16 R. L. More is born in Decatur. He amasses the world's largest private collection of bird eggs in his lifetime. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 17 | 4237.2817 | 7060 | 1874 | Houston Board of Trade and Cotton Exchange organized. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 36 | 28 | 17 | 4237.2817 | 7865.55 | 24 Nov 1874 | November 24 J.F Glidden patents barbed wire. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 4238.2110 | 7060 | 1875 | First grain elevator built on Houston Ship Channel. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 4238.2110 | 7060 | 1875 | New St. Mary's Infirmary with 150 beds opens in Galveston. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 4238.2110 | 7267.53 | 14 Jun 1875 | June 14 Jefferson Davis is invited to serve as the first president of Texas A&M, but he declines. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 4238.2110 | 7564.57 | 15 Feb 1876 | 1876 February 15 The Texas Constitution is adopted. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 4238.2110 | 7767.55 | 16 Sep 1875 | September 16 A hurricane destroys the city of Indianola. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 4238.2110 | 7768.54 | 27 Sep 1876 | September 27 Former Civil War Gen. Braxton Bragg drops dead as he crosses a street in Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 4238.2110 | 7861.53 | 04 Oct 1876 | October 4 Texas A&M opens with 40 students and a faculty of six men. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 4238.2112 | 7060 | 1877 | Houston's first telephone is installed. Its range was about one mile. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 4238.2112 | 7568.55 | 31 Mar 1878 | 1878 March 31 World Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson is born in Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 4238.2113 | 7560 | 1880 | First telephone exchange created. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 4238.2114 | 7560 | 1882 | Houston Electric Light Co. organized. Houston and New York were the first cities to build electric power plants. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 4238.2114 | 7761.53 | 04 Jul 1882 | July 4 The first recorded rodeo in Texas is held at Pecos. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 4238.2114 | 7761.58 | 11 Jul 1881 | July 11 William Buckley is born at Washington-on-the-Brazos. His son James becomes a senator from New York, and his son William Jr. is famous as a writer, magazine editor and television talk show host. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 4238.2114 | 7767.54 | 15 Sep 1882 | September 15 The organizational session of the new University of Texas is attended by 221 students. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 4238.2114 | 7865.51 | 17 Nov 1882 | November 17 The cornerstone is laid for the first building at the University of Texas in Austin. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 4238.2114 | 7865.58 | 28 Nov 1882 | November 28 A labor-union-called "holiday" on the Galveston docks protesting black laborers begins a segregation battle that lasts for years. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 4238.2117 | 7060 | 1887 | 1887—The National Colored Farmers’ Alliance is formed in Houston County, Texas. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 4238.2117 | 7060 | 1887 | St. Joseph Infirmary, now St. Joseph Hospital, opens and is Houston's first general hospital. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 4238.2118 | 7560 | 1890 | Houston becomes the railroad center of Texas. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 4238.2210 | 7060 | 1891 | 1891: The Secretary of Agriculture directs R.G. Dyrenforth to carry out rain-making experiments by setting off explosions from balloons in the air; Weather Bureau becomes responsible for issuing flood warnings to the public; Telegraphic reports of stages of rivers were made at 26 places on the Mississippi and its tributaries, the Savannah and Potomac Rivers. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 4238.2211 | 7662.57 | 22 Aprl 1892 | 1892 April 22 The first class graduates from the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 4238.2211 | 7668.54 | 28 Jun 1892 | June 28 The first battleship Texas is launched. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 4238.2212 | 7060 | 1893 | 1893—The Texas Freeman is established in Houston by Charles and Lilla Love. It eventually evolves into the Houston Informer which is the oldest continuously operating black newspaper in Texas. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 4238.2212 | 7560 | 1894 | A new St. Joseph's Infirmary is opened in Houston. A few months after its completion, a fire spreads from a nearby boarding house destroying the infirmary killing two Sisters. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 4238.2213 | 7564.53 | 08 Feb 1895 | 1895 February 8 Hollywood film director King Vidor is born in Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 4238.2213 | 7564.57 | 14 Feb 1895 | February 14 A rare Gulf Coast snowstorm dumps up to 20 inches of snow on the Houston-Galveston area. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 4238.2213 | 7665.55 | 25 May 1896 | May 25 The first meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy in Texas is held. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 4238.2214 | 7060 | 1897 | Hotel Dieu Hospital is established in Beaumont. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 4238.2214 | 7560 | 1898 | St. Anthony's Home for the Aged is established in Houston and later becomes St. Anthony Center. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 4238.2215 | 7164.55 | 12 Feb 1899 | February 12 The temperature drops to -23°F in Tulia, the coldest day on record for Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 4238.2215 | 7267.55 | from 17 Jun 1899 | June 17-28 A severe flood on the Brazos kills nearly 300. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 4238.2215 | 7268.54 | to 28 Jun 1899 | June 17-28 A severe flood on the Brazos kills nearly 300. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 4238.2215 | 7560 | 1900 | A devastating hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, costing some 8,000 lives and untold property damage. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 4238.2215 | 7560 | 1900 | Galveston is struck by a hurricane that kills more than 6,000 residents, including 10 Sisters and 90 children at St. Mary's Orphanage. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 4238.2215 | 7766.53 | 8-Sep-1900 | September 8 The Great Galveston Storm destroys half the city and kills thousands. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 4238.2216 | 7060 | 1901 | Oil discovered at Spindletop. Spindletop, and later discoveries of oil at Humble in 1905 and Goose Creek in 1906, put Houston in the center of new oil and oilfield equipment development. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 4238.2216 | 7060 | 1901 | New St. Mary's Orphanage opened in Galveston. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 4238.2216 | 7161.57 | 10-Jan-1901 | The discovery of "black gold" at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont launched Texas into a century of oil exploration, electronics, and manned space travel. | Texas timeline http://www.lsjunction.com/events/events.htm |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 4238.2216 | 7161.57 | 10-Jan-1901 | 1901 January 10 The Lucas Gusher hits at Spindletop; America enters the Oil Age. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 4238.2216 | 7166.55 | 7-Mar-1901 | March 7 The bluebonnet is named the state flower. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 4238.2216 | 7560 | 1902 | Congress appropriates $1 million for work on the Houston Ship Channel. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 4238.2216 | 7863.53 | 27-Oct-1902 | October 27 Galveston begins construction of the seawall. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 4238.2217 | 7060 | 1903 | The city council orders separate compartments on streetcars for blacks and whites. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 22 | 18 | 4238.2218 | 7161.56 | 7-Jan-1905 | 1905 January 7 The Humble Oil Field is discovered. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 4238.2300 | 7060 | 1907 | The first traffic control measures are instituted, with horses having the right-of-way. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 4238.2300 | 7060 | 1907 | Sisters take charge of Dr. T. E. Schumpert's 16-room hospital and School of Nursing. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 4238.2300 | 7560 | 1908 | In Lake Charles, St. Patrick's Sanitarium, later to be called St. Patrick Hospital, is dedicated on St. Patrick's Day. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 4238.2311 | 7865.53 | 20-Nov-1908 | November 20 Howard R. Hughes Sr. applies for a patent for his rock bit, a drill bit that changes the oil patch. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 11 | 4238.2311 | 7868.53 | 26-Dec-08 | 1908—On December 26, Jack Johnson of Galveston, Texas, defeats Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia to become the first African American heavyweight boxing champion of the world. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 4238.2312 | 7266.54 | 4-Jun-1909 | June 4 The Lone Star Gas Company files for a charter to become the first gas distributor in Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 4238.2313 | 7060 | 1911 | The Ship Channel Navigation District is established. A bond issue of $1,250,000 for channel improvements is authorized. The federal government matches the amount -- a precedent. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 4238.2313 | 7060 | 1911 | T.E. Schumpert Memorial Sanitarium, a 90-bed facility, is dedicated on the 3rd anniversary of Dr. Schumpert's death. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 4238.2313 | 7060 | 1911 | 1911: The first transcontinental airplane flight, from New York City to Pasadena, California, by C.P. Rogers, in 87 hours and 4 minutes, air time, over a period of 18 days. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 4238.2313 | 7261.55 | 7-Apr-1911 | April 7 Sarah Bernhardt plays Galveston in her farewell performance. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 4238.2313 | 7265.53 | ######### | May 21 Dictator Porfirio Diaz resigns, bringing temporary calm to revolution-torn Mexico. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 4238.2313 | 7665.51 | ######### | May 18 The second battleship Texas is launched. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 4238.2314 | 7261.55 | 7-May-1915 | May 7 The sinking of the Lusitania: World War I is at hand, and Texas will send thousands away to die in the fighting. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 4238.2314 | 7465.55 | 23-Nov-1915 | November 23 An Aggie prank creates "Bevo," the Texas mascot. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 4238.2314 | 7560 | 1914 | 25' deep Houston Ship Channel completed and formally dedicated. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 4238.2315 | 7560 | 1916 | The new Michael Meager Memorial Hospital opens in Texarkana, Arkansas. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 4238.2315 | 7567.35 | Mar-16 | 1916—In March the Tenth Cavalry is one of two cavalry units under the command of General John J. Pershing given the assignment to capture Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa. The Seventh Cavalry is the other. They are unsuccessful. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 4238.2316 | 7060 | 1917 | 1917: Norwegian meteorologists begin experimenting with air mass analysis techniques which will revolutionize the practice of meteorology. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 4238.2316 | 7267.57 | 21-Jun-1917 | 1917 June 21 The Humble Oil Company incorporates. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 4238.2316 | 7560 | 1918 | Women vote in Texas for the first time. Mrs. Hortense Ward is the first woman to register at the courthouse to vote. In Houston, 15,640 women register for the first time for a national election. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 16 | 4238.2316 | 7560 | 1918 | 1918: The Weather Bureau begins issuing bulletins and forecasts for domestic military flights and for new air mail routes. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 17 | 4238.2317 | 7765.57 | 26-Aug-20 | 1920—On August 26, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified giving all women the right to vote. Black women already have the right to vote in Wyoming, Washington, Colorado, California and other western states. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 23 | 18 | 4238.2318 | 7567.57 | 22-Mar-1922 | 1922 March 22 Oilman James Abercrombie invents the oil well blowout preventer | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 0 | 4238.2400 | 7060 | 1923 | Second National Bank becomes Houston's first air-conditioned building. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 0 | 4238.2400 | 7060 | 1923 | St. Mary's Hospital, now St. Mary Medical Center, in Long Beach, California is dedicated. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 4238.2411 | 7265.57 | ######### | 1923 May 28 The Santa Rita No. j gusher brings the University of Texas vast oil fortunes. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 4238.2413 | 7163.55 | 31-Jan-1927 | 1927 January31 The mockingbird is named the official state bird | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 4238.2413 | 7560 | 1928 | First airmail arrives at the Houston airport, a cow pasture without runways, lights, or drainage. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 4238.2413 | 7560 | 1928 | The Motherhouse, the official residence of the Mother General and her Council, is transferred from Galveston to Houston. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 14 | 4238.2414 | 7463.55 | 29-Oct-1929 | October 29 "Black Tuesday". The stock market crashes and America is plunged into the Great Depression. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 14 | 4238.2414 | 7560 | 1930 | St. Mary Hospital, a 50-bed facility, is established in Port Arthur at the request of the Mary Gates Hospital. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 14 | 4238.2414 | 7664.51 | 6-May-1930 | 1930 May6 The weather bureau says this is the worst single day for tornadoes in Texas history. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 14 | 4238.2414 | 7861.53 | 3-Oct-1930 | October 3 The Daisy Bradford well blows in, and the giant East Texas Oil Field is on its way. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 15 | 4238.2415 | 7060 | 1931 | St. Bernardine Hospital in San Bernardino, California, is established. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 16 | 4238.2416 | 7060 | 1933 | An earthquake destroys St. Mary's Hospital in Long Beach. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 16 | 4238.2416 | 7263.55 | 30-Apr-1933 | 1933 April 30 Country and Western star Willie Nelson is born in Abbott. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 16 | 4238.2416 | 7362.57 | 22-Jul-1933 | July 22 A record-breaking rainstorm hits Freeport. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 16 | 4238.2416 | 7363.53 | 28-Jul-1933 | July 28 W.E. Morris becomes the first Texas farmer to be paid for plowing his cotton crop under. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 16 | 4238.2416 | 7560 | 1934 | The Sisters purchase Beaumont General Hospital in Beaumont, Texas, and re-open it as St. Therese Hospital. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 4238.2417 | 7060 | 1935 | Braniff International inaugurates air service to Houston. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 4238.2417 | 7060 | 1935 | 1935: A hurricane warning service is established; The Smithsonian Institution begins making long-range weather forecasts based on solar cycles; floating automatic weather instruments mounted on buoys begin collecting marine weather data. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 4238.2417 | 7764.55 | 12-Aug-1936 | 1936 August 12 The temperature hits 120°F. in Seymour-the hottest reading ever recorded in Texas. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 4238.2418 | 7261.57 | 10-Apr-1937 | April 10 Lyndon Johnson wins his first election. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 4238.2418 | 7762.55 | 19-Jul-1938 | 1938 July 19 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan of Galveston flies "by mistake" to Ireland. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 4238.2511 | 7560 | from 1940 | Petrochemical complex develops, taking feedstocks from nearby refineries. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 4238.2513 | 7661.53 | 3-Apr-44 | 1944—On April 3, the U.S. Supreme Court in Smith v. Allwright, a case from Houston, Texas, declares that state’s white only political primary unconstitutional. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 14 | 4238.2514 | 7560 | 1946 | St. Edward-Rischar Memorial Hospital in Cameron, Texas, is dedicated. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 4238.2515 | 7060 | 1947 | Engineering begins on Gulf Freeway, Texas' first freeway. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 4238.2515 | 7060 | 1947 | At the request of the Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, the Sisters open a home for the aged called St. Joseph Villa. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 4238.2515 | 7560 | 1948 | Port of Houston ranks second nationally in total tonnage. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 4238.2515 | 7560 | 1948 | Having operated Meagher Memorial Hospital in Texarkana for 32 years, the Sisters dedicated a new 127-bed facility named St. Michael Hospital. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 4238.2515 | 7560 | 1948 | 1948: USAF Air Weather Service meteorologists issue first tornado warnings from a military installation. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies begins research into use of a computer for weather forecasting; Chicago Weather Bureau office demonstrates use of facsimile for map transmission; truck mounted campers first used as mobile forecast stations in major forest fires. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 4238.2515 | 7763.52 | 26-Jul-48 | 1948— On July 26, President Harry Truman issues Executive Order 9981 directing the desegregation of the armed forces. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 4238.2515 | 7765.58 | 28-Aug-1948 | August 28 Lyndon Johnson wins his senate race by 87 votes, thanks to Box 13 in Jim Wells County. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 4238.2516 | 7060 | 1949 | KLEE-TV broadcasts first Houston commercial TV program. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 4238.2516 | 7060 | to 1949 | Petrochemical complex develops, taking feedstocks from nearby refineries. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 4238.2516 | 7365.55 | 24-Aug-1949 | August 24 Herman Barnett, a black, becomes a student at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 4238.2516 | 7560 | 1950 | St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana, opens. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 4238.2516 | 7560 | 1950 | 1950: The Weather Bureau begins issuing 30-day weather outlooks; authorizes release of "tornado alerts" to the public. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 17 | 4238.2517 | 7764.57 | 14-Aug-1952 | August 14 The first leg of the Gulf Freeway connecting Houston and Galveston is dedicated. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 17 | 4238.2517 | | 12-Jun-1952 | 1952 June 12 Henry Cohen, founder of the Galveston Plan to settle European Jews, dies in Houston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 4238.2518 | 7060 | 1953 | Houston becomes the nation's most air-conditioned city. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 4238.2518 | 7060 | 1953 | KUHT-TV, the nation's first public broadcast TV station, goes on the air. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 4238.2518 | 7265.53 | ######### | May 22 President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Tidelands Bill, giving Texas rights to its offshore oil. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 4238.2518 | 7560 | 1954 | Segregation on city buses ends. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 4238.2518 | 7560 | 1954 | KPRC-TV made Houston's first color broadcast. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 4238.2518 | 7560 | 1954 | Two Sisters are assigned to the San Jose Clinic, a Catholic Charities center for Latin Americans in Houston. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 4238.2600 | 7560 | 1956 | 1956: The Bureau initiates a National Hurricane Research Project. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 4238.2600 | 7768.54 | 27-Sep-1956 | 1956 September 27 Babe Zaharias, America's greatest woman athlete, dies in Galveston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 4238.2613 | 7560 | 1958 | Kenny Rogers of Houston has his first national hit record with "Crazy Feeling." | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 4238.2613 | 7560 | 1960 | Rice Institute becomes Rice University. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 4238.2613 | 7560 | 1960 | 1960: World's first weather satellite, solar orbiting TIROS I, successfully launches from the Air Force Missile Test Center at Cape Canaveral, FL; the Bureau and NASA invite scientists from 21 nations to participate in the analysis of weather data gathered by TIROS II. In cooperation with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Weather Bureau meteorologists issue first advisories on air pollution potential over the Eastern United States. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 4238.2613 | 7767.56 | 8-Sep-60 | On September 8, first grader Tyronne Raymond Day takes his seat with twenty-nine white classmates to become the first African American to attend a desegregated school in Houston. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 4238.2614 | 7060 | 1961 | 1961: President Kennedy, in his State of the Union address, invites all nations to join the United States in developing an International Weather Prediction Program. The Bureau assumes full responsibility for severe weather forecasting, establishing the National Severe Storms Center in Kansas City; special training begins for Federal Aviation Authority employees to equip them to brief pilots as part of a joint FAA-Bureau program; to USAF Air Weather Service issues first official forecast of clear air turbulence; scientists from 27 countries attend NASA Weather Bureau sponsored international workshop on technique to interpret weather satellite data. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 4238.2614 | 7367.51 | 10-Sep-1961 | September 10 Hurricane Carla strikes the upper Texas coast. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 4238.2614 | 7560 | 1962 | NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center moves to Houston. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 4238.2614 | 7560 | 1962 | St. Elizabeth Hospital, built to replace St. Therese Hospital and eventually Hotel Dieu, in Beaumont is dedicated. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 4238.2615 | 7162.52 | 14-Jan-1963 | 1963 January 14 The border dispute between Mexico and Texas is finally settled with the Treaty of El Chamizal. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 4238.2615 | 7266.52 | 1-Jun-1963 | June 1 Texas A&M allows women to enroll; the "Maggie" is born. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 4238.2615 | 7365.58 | 28-Aug-63 | 1963—On August 28, the same day as the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the Seattle Public School District becomes the first major school system in the country to initiate a voluntary desegregation plan. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 16 | 4238.2616 | 7060 | 1965 | First event held in Astrodome, originally named Harris County Domed Stadium. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 16 | 4238.2616 | 7261.57 | 9-Apr-1965 | 1965 April 9 The Astrodome opens in Houston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 16 | 4238.2616 | 7266.53 | 3-Jun-1965 | June 3 Ed White of San Antonio becomes the first American to walk in space. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 16 | 4238.2616 | 7560 | 1966 | The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word celebrate their 100th anniversary by publishing their history, "Serving With Gladness," by Sister Mary Loyola Hegarty. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 17 | 4238.2617 | 7367.57 | 20-Sep-1967 | 1967 September20 A giant hurricane named Beulah hits the coast. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 4238.2618 | 7060 | 1969 | Houston Intercontinental Airport begins operations. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 4238.2618 | 7060 | 1969 | The Congregation assumes the management and staffing of St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 4238.2618 | 7060 | 1969 | 1969: Weather related historic event: Neil Armstrong, Commander of spacecraft Apollo 11, becomes first man to set foot on the moon. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 4238.2618 | 7560 | 1970 | After a federal pollution panel inspected the ship channel, one of its members termed the waters "too thick to drink and too thin to plow." | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 4238.2618 | 7560 | 1970 | In September, Mexican-Americans open a boycott of Houston's public schools and set up all-Mexican-American "hulga" schools. Demands included to be treated as a separate ethnic minority with special problems and to not be grouped with blacks or any other group. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 4238.2618 | 7560 | 1970 | The CCVI Hospital Services opens on the grounds of the Villa de Matel in Houston. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 4238.2618 | 7560 | 1970 | 1970: ESSA becomes NOAA--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with Dr. White as Administration. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 4238.2618 | 7560 | 1972 | The Galleria opens. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 4238.2712 | 7060 | 1973 | Arab oil embargo quadruples oil prices in 90 days, fueling Houston's 1973-1981 economic boom. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 4238.2712 | 7060 | 1973 | 1973: National Weather Service purchases its second generation radar (WSR-74). | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 4238.2712 | 7560 | 1974 | Carrigoran House in Ireland opens as a nursing home and retirement center. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 4238.2713 | 7060 | 1975 | The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Health Care System of Houston (SCH) replaces Hospital Services as the health care corporation. A new 342-bed Schumpert Memorial Hospital is dedicated. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 4238.2713 | 7060 | 1975 | 1975: The first "hurricane hunter" Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) is launched into orbit; these satellites with their early and close tracking of hurricanes, will greatly reduce the loss of life from such storms. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 14 | 4238.2714 | 7560 | 1978 | The Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) drops it 126 year old ban on African American men in the priesthood. | African American Timeline http://blackpast.org/?q=timelines/african-american-history-american-west-timeline |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 16 | 4238.2716 | 7060 | 1981 | Three Sisters arrive in Nassau Bay, Texas to convert a previous Public Health Service facility situated across from the Johnson Space Center into St. John Hospital. St. Elizabeth Hospital in Houston is purchased from the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 4238.2717 | 7060 | 1983 | Hurricane Alecia strikes the Texas Gulf Coast with Houston directly in its path. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 4238.2717 | 7365.51 | 18-Aug-1983 | 1983 August 18 Alicia, the most expensive hurricane in U.S. history, hits Galveston and Houston. | Texas http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc8.html |
| 42 | 37 | 27 | 18 | 4238.2718 | 7560 | 1986 | St. Joseph's Home for the Aged in Monroe, Louisiana, is purchased by SCH. St. Anthony Center and St. Elizabeth Hospital, both in Houston, have ceased to served the SCH mission and are closed. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 28 | 0 | 4238.2800 | 7060 | 1987 | The George R. Brown Convention Center and the Wortham Theater are completed. | HOUSTON TIMELINE Compiled by Ashley Streetman http://www.houstonculture.org/resources/houstontime.html |
| 42 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 4238.2812 | 7060 | 1989 | SCH withdraws from St. Edward's Hospital in Cameron. The Sisters of Charity Health Care System begins management of Magnolia Hospital in Magnolia, Arkansas. A ten-year lease is signed with the Jasper Memorial Hospital District for the 95 -bed Jasper Memorial Hospital in East Texas. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 4238.2812 | 7560 | 1990 | Continued development and planning for the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS). Today, routine surface observations are collected manually each hour at 260 Weather Service facilities with 1,200 people giving at least part time to the task. By freeing them of manual observations, the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) will help provide this vital time. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 4238.2812 | 7560 | 1990 | A joint effort of NOAA and the Federal Aviation Administration, the ASOS program will produce as many as 1,700 units--scheduled for installation at U.S. airports by the mid 1990s. Operating automatically 24 hours a day, they will alert forecasters to significant weather changes. | National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/pa/history/timeline.php |
| 42 | 37 | 28 | 15 | 4238.2815 | 7560 | 1996 | St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston, the first hospital established by the Sisters, is sold to the University of Texas Medical Branch. The Galveston ministry of the Sisters continues through community-based services. St. Mary's Hospital and St. Bernardine Medical Center in California are transferred from the Sisters of Charity Health Care System to Catholic Healthcare West. The Congregation, through CHW, continues a sponsorship role. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 28 | 16 | 4238.2816 | 7560 | 1997 | The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Houston and the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio agree to work together to form a new co-sponsored health care ministry. SCH purchases Huckabay Memorial Hospital in Coushatta, Louisiana and renames the facility, Coushatta Health Care Center. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
| 42 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 4238.2817 | 7560 | 1999 | A new health care system, CHRISTUS Health, is created through the consolidation of the Sisters of Charity Health Care System and the Incarnate Word Health System. The Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word cosponsors the new health system with the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. | Sisters of Charity http://www.sistersofcharity.org/legacy-timeline.html |
