Timeline of Laredo, Texas
timeline of the history of Laredo, Texas, United States
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Laredo, Texas, USA.
18th-19th centuries
1755 - May 15: Villa de Laredo founded by Tomás Sánchez and others in Spanish colonial Nuevo Santander, Viceroyalty of New Spain.
1760 - Chapel built.
1767 - San Agustin Church founded.
1790 - Population: 708.
1821 - Laredo becomes part of independent Mexican Empire.
1840 - Laredo becomes capital of the Mexican insurgent Republic of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Federalist War.
1846 - Laredo taken by U.S. Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War.
1847 - U.S. forces occupy town.
1848
Laredo becomes part of the U.S. per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at end of Mexican–American War.
Webb County, Texas created.
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