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The Leiden gunpowder disaster was an event in which a ship carrying hundreds of barrels of black powder exploded in the town of Leiden in the Netherlands on 12 January 1807. The disaster killed 151 people and destroyed over 200 buildings in the town.
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
The history of conflicts involving the Texas Military spans over two centuries, from 1823 to present, under the command authority (the ultimate source of lawful military orders) of four governments including the Texas governments (3), American government, Mexican government, and Confederate government.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 17:35, 6 June 2019: 7,003 × 8,786 (13.33 MB): Michael Barera == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Map |title = ''Map of Texas with Parts of the Adjoining States'' |description = {{en|A requirement of the Anglo-American ''empresario'' Stephen F. Austin's contract with the Mexican government included compiling a map of his Texas colony, which he ...
During the Civil War, local Texas militias, law enforcement, and civilians were concerned with protecting the entire settled portion of the state from interference from both Indians and Mexican bandits. In the late 19th century, the US Army was concerned with protecting settlements and towns in west Texas from Indians.
After the Civil War, reports indicate Black Texas German communities in every county of the German belt, also known as the Texas German Country, running from Houston to the Hills Region. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] For Black Texans, speaking Texas German was a means of social mimicry and protection.
The city of Leiden had plenty of food stored for the siege when it started in October 1573. The siege was very difficult for the Spanish, because the soil was too loose to dig trenches, and the city's defense works were hard to break. Defending Leiden was a Dutch States rebel army consisting of English, Scottish, and Huguenot French troops.
Approximate map of Texas Hill Country. Germans immigrated to Texas as early as 1836. [8] By 1860, the German population in Texas, predominantly first-generation immigrants, reached an approximate level of 20,000 across the entire state. [9] They settled heavily in an area known as the Hill Country. [8] The exact dimensions of Hill Country are ...