![]() Louis on Matagorda Bay in Texas (about 70 miles north of Padre Island) after searching in vain for the mouth of the Mississippi River. In February 1685, the French explorer Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle establishes Ft. They do, however, record descriptions of Padre Island as they pass. In 16, the Spanish send naval expeditions to search for La Salle's colony, but never find it. Mary I "Bloody Mary", Queen of England and daughter of Henry VIII, marries Philip II of Spain, who becomes king of Spain on the abdication of his father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1556. ![]() ![]() One other survives by waiting at the wreck site until salvage ships arrive the following year. Although approximately 300 people survive the wrecks, only one is known to have survived the overland trek back to Vera Cruz. This is the first documented instance of Europeans on Padre Island. In late April, three Spanish transport ships, known as naos, wreck on Padre Island after a storm. The Spanish discover California, and in Central America they complete the conquest of the Mayan civilization. Whether they landed on the island is unknown. The last remnants of Hernando De Soto's ill-fated expedition led by Moscoso raft past Padre Island en route Vera Cruz. ![]() Lawrence river and lays claim to Canada for France (1535). Pizarro marches from Panama to Peru (1532) Machiavelli's The Prince is published (1532) the English Reformation begins as Henry VIII of England declares himself head of the English Church after being excommunicated from the Catholic Church by the Pope (1535) Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Cabeza de Vaca's book Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America is the primary source for most current knowledge on the Texas coastal Indians of that time. Cabeza de Vaca and a few others survive several years as captives of the Indians in south Texas and probably in the Padre Island area and eventually rejoin Spanish civilization in California after having crossed the continent on foot. Leonardo da Vinci dies of natural causes.Īlvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and shipmates are shipwrecked on the Texas coast while returning from a disastrous Spanish expedition to present-day Florida. Hernando Cortes conquers Mexico for Spain. Magellan begins first circumnavigation of the globe. Peoples now known as the Coahuiltecans and Karankawas probably come to forage on Padre Island.ĭiscovery of the New World by Christopher ColumbusĪlonso Alvarez De Pineda maps the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to the emergence of the Rockport focus, a less-developed group known as the Aransas focus inhabited the area of the south Texas coast.Ĭlassic pueblo culture of the Anasazi of the American Southwest flourishes circa 1000 to 1300 Viking Leif Eriksson discovers North America and names it Vinland Beowulf, the first work of English literature, written about this time in Old English. The Karankawa Indians, who inhabited the Texas coast 500 years later, are believed to have been part of this focus. Hebrew elders begin writing the Old Testament according to which Solomon succeeds David as King of Israel at about this time the Olmec civlization of Mexico flourishesĪrrival of the people known archeologically as the Rockport focus. Pyramid of Giza built in ancient Egypt Stonehenge built in ancient Britain The first people inhabit what is now the Texas coast.īeginning of settled agriculture in Egypt's Nile river valley and in India.Įarliest estimated formation of the island
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