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|event='''1565''': Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founds St. Augustine. | |event='''1562''': French establish Charlesfort in what is now South Carolina; garrison moves to Fort Caroline in 1564. | ||
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|event='''1810-1816''': Part of West Florida occupied and annexed by United States. | |event='''1810-1816''': Part of West Florida occupied and annexed by United States; 'Patriot Army' of U.S. volunteers temporarily seizes Fernandina. | ||
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|event='''1817-1818''': First Seminole War. | |event='''1817-1818''': First Seminole War; United States invades West Florida. | ||
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Revision as of 04:02, 2 October 2008
Timeline for Spanish Florida
A sequence of significant events in the history of Florida under Spain.
1513: Juan Ponce de Leon names Florida and claims it for Spain.
1521: Ponce de Leon's attempt to colonize southwest coast of Florida peninsula is driven off by Calusas; Ponce de Leon is mortally wounded.
1528: Pánfilo de Narváez expedition, from Tampa Bay to Apalachee Bay.
1539-1542: Hernando de Soto expedition, from Tampa Bay to the Appalachian Mountains and then across the Mississippi River..
1559: First foundation of Pensacola; abandoned in 1561.
1562: French establish Charlesfort in what is now South Carolina; garrison moves to Fort Caroline in 1564.
1564: French establish Fort Caroline near present day Jacksonville, Florida.
1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founds St. Augustine; captures Fort Caroline.
1666: Santa Elena founded in what is now South Carolina; abandoned in 1587.
1696: Second foundation of Pensacola.
1763: Florida transferred from Spain to Britain: divided into East Florida and West Florida.
1784: Floridas returned to Spanish rule.
1810-1816: Part of West Florida occupied and annexed by United States; 'Patriot Army' of U.S. volunteers temporarily seizes Fernandina.
1817-1818: First Seminole War; United States invades West Florida.
1821: Floridas transferred from Spain to the United States.
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