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== 1500s == | == 1500s == | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[1515]] – [[Ponce de Leon]] 'discovers' Florida. |
*[[1516]] – Miruelos enters what may be [[Pensacola Bay]]. | *[[1516]] – Miruelos enters what may be [[Pensacola Bay]]. | ||
*[[1525]] – Panfilo de Narveaz explores Florida. | *[[1525]] – Panfilo de Narveaz explores Florida. | ||
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== 1700s == | == 1700s == | ||
*[[1702]] – French, under d'Iberville, found [[Mobile]], [[Biloxi]], and [[Dauphin Island]]. | *[[1702]] – French, under d'Iberville, found [[Mobile]], [[Biloxi]], and [[Dauphin Island]]. | ||
− | *[[1702]] – Spanish settlers at Pensacola suffer a severe epidemic, | + | *[[1702]] – Spanish settlers at Pensacola suffer a severe epidemic, probably [[yellow fever]]. |
*[[1704]] – Pensacola receives its first women settlers. | *[[1704]] – Pensacola receives its first women settlers. | ||
*[[1707]] – [[Creek Indians]], under the urging of the British, attack and burn Spanish Pensacola. | *[[1707]] – [[Creek Indians]], under the urging of the British, attack and burn Spanish Pensacola. | ||
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*[[1808]] – [[Thomas William Brent]] is born in Washington, DC. | *[[1808]] – [[Thomas William Brent]] is born in Washington, DC. | ||
*[[1808]] – Pensacolians rename their principal streets and plazas in honor of their deceased monarch, [[Ferdinand VII]], and the spirited Spanish resistance movement against Napoleon. | *[[1808]] – Pensacolians rename their principal streets and plazas in honor of their deceased monarch, [[Ferdinand VII]], and the spirited Spanish resistance movement against Napoleon. | ||
− | *[[1810]] – Republic of West Florida proclaimed. Formal survey of [[St. | + | *[[1810]] – Republic of West Florida proclaimed. Formal survey of [[St. Michaels Cemetery]]. |
*[[1810]] – Population = 1,000 persons | *[[1810]] – Population = 1,000 persons | ||
*[[1812]] – [[Stephen Russell Mallory]], future US Senator and Confederate Secretary of the Navy, was born in Trinidad | *[[1812]] – [[Stephen Russell Mallory]], future US Senator and Confederate Secretary of the Navy, was born in Trinidad |