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− | + | Pensacola has seen it's share of history. Known as the Florida's First Place City and teh City of Five Flags, Penscola has been goverened by 5 different governments throughout history. | |
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− | + | '''1515''' -- [[Ponce de Leon]] 'discovered' Florida | |
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− | + | '''1516''' -- Miruelos MAY have entered Pensacola Bay | |
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− | + | '''1525''' -- Panfilo de Narveaz explored Florida | |
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− | + | '''1539''' -- [[Hernando de Soto]] explored Florida | |
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− | + | '''1559''' -- 06/11/1559 - Members of Luna's expedition embarked at Vera Cruz, Mexico, for their journey to establish Pensacola | |
− | + | '''1559''' -- 08/14/1559 - Luna's expedition entered Pensacola Bay | |
− | + | '''1559''' -- 08/19/1559 - A hurricane struck Pensacola Bay, virtually destroying Luna's fleet | |
− | + | '''1561''' -- 03/16/1561 - Villafane arriveed at Pensacola for relief for Luna's expedition after the hurricane of 1559 | |
− | + | '''1561''' -- 04/09/1561 - Villifane became the governor of Florida | |
− | + | '''1565''' -- St. Augustine, on Florida's East Coast, was founded by the Spanish | |
− | + | == 1600's == | |
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− | + | '''1682''' -- 04/06/1682 - La Salle claimed Louisiana for France | |
− | + | '''1684''' -- Sieur de la Salle descended the Mississippi River an made a failed attempt to establish a colony near the mouth of the Mississippi | |
− | + | '''1686''' -- 02/06/1686 - An expedition under the command of Juan Enriques Barroto (Juan Jordan Reina) entered Pensacola Bay | |
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+ | '''1692''' -- 06/26/1892 - Conde de Galve, viceroy of Mexico, was given instructions by the Spanish King to explore the gulf coast | ||
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+ | '''1693''' -- 04/07/1693 - Admiral Andres de Pez's expedition entered Pensacola Bay | ||
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+ | '''1694''' -- 06/13/1694 - The King of Spain (Charles II??) gave the go ahead to settle Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1698''' -- 11/06/1698 - An expedition under Juan Jordan de Reina sailed from Havana, Cuba, to settle Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1698''' -- 11/17/1698 - An expedition under the command of Juan Jordan Reina arrived at Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1698''' -- 11/21/1698 - An expedition under the command of Andres de Arriola, arrived in Pensacola from Vera Cruz, Mexico | ||
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+ | == 1700's == | ||
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+ | '''1702''' -- French, under d'Iberville, founded Mobile, Biloxi, and Dauphin Island | ||
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+ | '''1702''' -- Spanish settlers at Pensacola suffered a severe epidemic, probably [[Yellow Fever]] | ||
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+ | '''1704''' -- Pensacola received its first women settlers | ||
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+ | '''1707''' -- [[Creek Indians]], under the urging of the British, attacked and burned Spanish Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1707''' -- [[Creek Indians]] laid siege to [[Fort San Carlos]] at Pensacola, but withdrew | ||
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+ | '''1719''' -- Spanish recaptured Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1719''' -- 05/13/1719 - French from Mobile sailed to Pensacola in an attempt to capture the town | ||
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+ | '''1719''' -- 05/16/1719 - The French Fleet, under [[Jean Baptiste Le Moyne]] and his brother Sieur de Bienville, entered Pensacola Bay, fired on [[Fort San Carlos]], and captured the Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1719''' -- 09/18/1719 - French recaptured Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1720''' -- France and Spain make peace. | ||
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+ | '''1722''' -- France burns Pensacola in a scorched earth policy. Spanish secure return of Pensacola from France and reoccupy, November 25. Spaniards build on [[Santa Rosa Island]] - the "Second Pensacola." | ||
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+ | '''1723''' -- Spanish built a village on [[Santa Rosa Island]] | ||
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+ | '''1723''' -- French left Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1743''' -- The first timber export left Pensacola by the Havana Company | ||
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+ | '''1753-1763''' -- Spanish garrisoned at Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1754''' -- Hurricane destroys the village of Pensacola on Santa Rosa Island. Survivors move to the mainland. | ||
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+ | '''1757''' -- 12/23/1757 - King Ferdinand VI(I?) issues royal orders naming settlement near San Miguel mission (near today's Seville Square), 'Presidio San Miqual de Panzacola' or [[Panzacola]] - the "Third Pensacola." | ||
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+ | '''1760''' -- A Hurricane struck Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1763''' -- Spanish left Pensacola as a result of the [[Treaty of Ghent]], which gave Florida to the British | ||
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+ | '''1763''' -- 02/10/1763 - The Spanish and British signed the [[Treaty of Paris]], resulting in Spain ceding Florida to the British | ||
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+ | '''1763''' -- 07/10/1763 - Colonel [[Augustine Prevost]] sailed from Havana, Cuba with 4 ships & 350 men on their way to accept the transfer of Florida from Spain to Great Britain | ||
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+ | '''1763''' -- 08/05/1763 - Lieutenant Colonel [[Augustine Prevost]] arrived in Pensacola with 350 men to accept the transfer of Florida from Spain to Great Britian | ||
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+ | '''1763''' -- 08/06/1763 - Lieutenant Colonel [[Augustin Prevost]] and troops took command of Pensacola for the British | ||
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+ | '''1763''' -- 09/03/1763 - The Spanish left Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1764''' -- First meeting of West Florida Council, November. Began by declaring all titles purchased from departing Spaniards void. Surveyor, [[Elias Durnford]], prepares a plan for the city. Divides town into building and garden lots with the dviding line being present day [[Garden Street]] | ||
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+ | '''1764''' -- 10/21/1764 - George Johnstone arrived in Pensacola as West Florida's first British governor | ||
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+ | '''1764''' -- 11/24/1764 - The first council was convened by the British in Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1767''' -- George Johnstone relieved as governor of West Florida and succeeded by Monfort Browne | ||
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+ | '''1769''' -- [[John Eliot]] arrived in Pensacola as the new governor | ||
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+ | '''1769''' -- 05/02/1769 - [[John Eliot]], governor of West Florida, hanged himself | ||
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+ | '''1769''' -- 07/31/1769 - [[Elias Durnford]] named Lieutenant Governor as acting governor | ||
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+ | '''1770''' -- [[Peter Chester]] arrived in Pensacola as the new British governor | ||
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+ | '''1770''' -- [[Bernardo de Galvez]] appointed governor of Spanish Louisiana | ||
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+ | '''1770''' -- 08/10/1770 - [[Peter Chester]] arrived in Pensacola as governor of West Florida | ||
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+ | '''1773-1774''' -- Botanist [[William Bartram]] explores Florida across what is now known as the Batram Trail | ||
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+ | '''1774''' -- 10/24/1774 - Continental Congress wrote to the Assembly in Pensacola, but was suppressed by Governor Chester | ||
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+ | '''1775-1783''' -- Revolutionary War, Florida remains loyal to England | ||
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+ | '''1777''' -- 01/01/1777 - [[Don Bernardo Galvez]] became the acting Governor of Louisiana | ||
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+ | '''1779''' -- 06/21/1779 - Spain declared war on England (implications for Florida) | ||
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+ | '''1780''' -- [[Elias Durnford]] surrendered Mobile to Galvez | ||
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+ | '''1780''' -- 01/28/1780 - [[Bernardo de Galvez]] sailed from New Orleans in an abortive attempt to capture Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1781''' -- The land that St. Michaels Cemetery occupies was designated a burying place. | ||
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+ | '''1781''' -- 02/28/1781 - [[Bernardo de Galvez]] sailed again from New Orleans with an invasion force headed for Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1781''' -- 03/09/1781 - [[Bernardo de Galvez]] entered Pensacola Bay and lays siege to the British | ||
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+ | '''1781''' -- 05/07/1781 - [[Bernardo de Galvez]] began his siege of the British [[Fort George]], located just north of Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1781''' -- 05/08/1781 - British [[General John Campbell]] surrendered Pensacola to [[Bernardo de Galvez]] after a shot from the Spanish cannon (mortar) destroys the British powder magazine | ||
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+ | '''1781''' -- 05/09/1781 - British soldiers left their fort at Pensacola, officially ending the British presence in Florida | ||
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+ | '''1783''' -- Florida given to Spain by England in exchange for Bahamas and Gibraltar. Most British settlers leave. | ||
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+ | '''1784''' -- Spanish census of Pensacola. Population = 593 persons | ||
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+ | '''1785''' -- Panton, Leslie & John Forbes & Co. Trading Post in Pensacola is established | ||
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+ | '''1792''' -- [[Francisco Moreno]] was born in Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1794''' -- 08/10/1794 - [[Jackson Morton]] was born | ||
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+ | '''1795''' -- Spain yields its claim to the northern part of West Florida . The United States and Spain signed the [[Pickney Treaty]] establishing the borders between the United States and Spanish Florida | ||
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+ | '''1798''' -- [[William H. Chase]] was born in Massachusetts | ||
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+ | == 1800's == | ||
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+ | '''1801''' -- [[William Panton]], co-owner of [[Panton-Leslie & Company]], died at sea | ||
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+ | '''1803''' -- Louisiana Purchase. Capital of Spanish West Florida moves from New Orleans to Pensacola. | ||
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+ | '''1804''' -- The [[Panton-Leslie & Company]] changed its name to John Forbes & Company | ||
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+ | '''1805''' -- Population = 1,398 persons | ||
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+ | '''1807''' -- The Inneraity family assumed control of John Forbes & Company | ||
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+ | '''1808''' -- [[Thomas William Brent]] was Born in Washington DC | ||
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+ | '''1808''' -- Pensacolians rename their principal streets and plazas in honor of their deceased monarch, [[Ferdinand VII]], and the spirited Spanish resistance movement against Napoleon. | ||
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+ | '''1810''' -- Republic of West Florida proclaimed. Formal survey of [[St. Michaels Cemetery]]. | ||
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+ | '''1810''' -- Population = 1,000 persons | ||
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+ | '''1812''' -- [[Stephen Russell Mallory]], future US Senator and Confederate Secretary of the Navy, was born in Trinidad | ||
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+ | '''1812''' -- [[War of 1812]], United States declares war on England, June 18. United States annexed portions of West Florida to Louisiana and to the Mississippi Territory. | ||
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+ | '''1813''' -- General [[James Wilkinson]] and troops captured Mobile | ||
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+ | '''1813''' -- 08/30/1813 - Fort Mims Massacre | ||
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+ | '''1814''' -- 03/27/1814 - [[Andrew Jackson]] and his Tennessee Volunteers defeated the [[Creek Indians]] at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend | ||
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+ | '''1814''' -- 11/14/1814 - [[Andrew Jackson]] captured Pensacola and occupies it for the first time , November 7-9. He evicts British from the Spanish forts. | ||
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+ | '''1815''' -- 06/20/1815 - [[Angela Moreno]] (later Angela Moreno Mallory) is born | ||
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+ | '''1816''' -- 08/14/1816 - [[John Innerarity]] writes James Innerarity that they expect an attack on Pensacola real soon | ||
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+ | '''1818''' -- [[Andrew Jackson]] captured St Marks | ||
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+ | '''1818''' -- May 24, [[Andrew Jackson]] captured Pensacola again to end Spanish supply of arms to Indians. | ||
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+ | '''1819''' -- 02/22/1819 - Spain and the United States signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, giving the United States possession of Florida | ||
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+ | '''1820''' -- Spanish census of Pensacola. Population = 712 persons. | ||
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+ | '''1821''' -- [[Andrew Jackson]] leaves Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1821''' -- 03/12/1821 - [[Andrew Jackson]] was given a commission by President James Monroe to oversee the transfer of Florida to the United States and became Florida's first American governor | ||
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+ | '''1821''' -- 07/17/1821 - The United States officially assumed control of Florida in a flag-exchange ceremony at Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1821''' -- 07/17/1821 - [[Jose Cavalla]], Spanish governor of Florida, officially turned over Florida to [[Andrew Jackson]], representing the United States | ||
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+ | '''1821''' -- 08/18/1821 - [[''The Floridian'']] Newspaper, published by George Tunstall and Cary Nicholas, issued its first edition on August 18, 1821 | ||
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+ | '''1821''' -- 10/03/1821 - A farewell party was given in honor of [[Andrew Jackson]] and his wife Rachel at Austin's Tavern | ||
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+ | '''1821''' -- Florida organized into two (2) counties, [[Escambia]] (West Florida) and St. Johns (East Florida). | ||
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+ | '''1822''' -- [[Yellow Fever]] epidemic in Pensacola (forced the 1st Legislative council to move elsewhere) 237 people died | ||
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+ | '''1822''' -- 07/22/1822 - The 1st session of Florida's legislative council convened in Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1822''' -- Florida organized as a territory. March 30. | ||
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+ | '''1822''' -- Jackson and Duval counties created, causing changes in Escambia and St.John's counties. | ||
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+ | '''1822''' -- 08/13/1822 - The Pensacola Board of Health reported [[yellow fever]] was present in Pensacola, which eventually killed 237 people | ||
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+ | '''1824''' -- 05/16/1824 - Edmund Kirby Smith, future Confederate General, was born in St. Augustine, Florida | ||
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+ | '''1824''' -- ''Pensacola Gazette'' and ''West Florida Advertiser'' first published, March 13th. | ||
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+ | '''1824''' -- City of Pensacola incorporated. | ||
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+ | '''1824-1826''' -- Road built from St. Augustine to Pensacola. | ||
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+ | '''1825''' -- Paul Rosasco, father of Albert T. and William Sebastian, was born in Genoa, Italy | ||
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+ | '''1825''' -- 11/04/1825 - A three-person board consisting of James Biddle, [[Lewis Warrington]], and William Bainbridge, recommended the construction of a [[Navy Yard]] at Pensacola. Construction was authorized. | ||
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+ | '''1826''' -- 04/20/1826 - Commodore [[Lewis Warrington]], United States Navy, assumed command of the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] | ||
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+ | '''1826''' -- 10/27/1826 - Warrington's last day as commandant of the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] | ||
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+ | '''1826''' -- 11/08/1826 - The navy issued its first contract to area businessmen for lumber to be used in the construction of the navy yard | ||
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+ | '''1826''' -- 12/20/1826, [[Pensacola Lighthouse]] first illuminated. | ||
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+ | '''1827''' -- The [[Naval Live Oaks Reservation]] was established on land previously owned by Henry M. Breckenridge | ||
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+ | '''1827''' -- 03/14/1827 - A labor strike commenced in Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1828''' -- The towns of [[Warrington]] and [[Woolsey]] were constructed for the workmen who are working at the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] | ||
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+ | '''1830''' -- 12/09/1830 - [[Joseph Forsyth]] transferred half his land holdings to Andrew and Ezekiel Simpson, and together the three men built a lumber mill | ||
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+ | '''1830''' -- Florida's first Federal census. Indian removal begins. | ||
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+ | '''1831''' -- [[Bank of Pensacola]] chartered | ||
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+ | '''1832''' -- [[Old Christ Church]] is Built in downtown Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1833''' -- The first bank in Pensacola is organized | ||
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+ | '''1834''' -- Construction of [[Fort Pickens]] concluded | ||
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+ | '''1837''' -- Bank Panic hit Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1838''' -- [[Stephen Russell Mallory]] married [[Angela Moreno]], daughter of [[Francisco Moreno]] | ||
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+ | '''1839''' -- Construction of [[Fort Barrancas]] commenced | ||
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+ | '''1842''' -- Santa Rosa county created from Escambia county. | ||
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+ | '''1843''' -- Construction on [[Fort McRee]] commenced | ||
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+ | '''1843''' -- [[Jonathon Walker]], was arrested on the coast of Florida, while attempting to run off with some slaves in a boat; was put in jail in Pensacola, tried, and sentenced to pay a fine and be branded with S.S. (slave stealer) in the palm of the hand. | ||
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+ | '''1844''' -- Construction of [[Fort Barrancas]] concluded | ||
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+ | '''1845''' -- 03/03/1845''' -- Florida entered the Union as a State. Sections and townships laid out by the General Land Office. | ||
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+ | '''1849''' -- 03/04/1849 - Jackson Morton took his seat as a Whig in the United States Senate | ||
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+ | '''1850''' -- [[Stephen Russell Mallory]] was elected to the United States Senate | ||
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+ | '''1851''' -- 5/06/1851 - Dr. John Gorrie patented his ice-making machine | ||
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+ | '''1852''' -- [[Yellow Fever]] hit the Pensacola Area | ||
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+ | '''1853''' -- [[Yellow Fever]] epidemic struck Pensacola again | ||
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+ | '''1855''' -- [[Joseph Forsyth]] Died and his mill changed its name to Simpson & Company | ||
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+ | '''1855''' -- 03/03/1855 - [[Jackson Morton]] resigned his seat in the United States Senate | ||
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+ | '''1856''' -- 05/16/1856 - Construction began on the Alabama & Florida Railroad between Pensacola and Montgomery, Alabama | ||
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+ | '''1856''' -- 10/30/1856 - Major [[William H. Chase]], who supervised the construction of the local forts, retired from military service | ||
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+ | '''1857-1859''' -- The [[USS Pensacola]] and [[USS Seminole]] were constructed at Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1858''' -- 01/01/1858 - The [[Pensacola Lighthouse]] went into operation | ||
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+ | '''1859''' -- 06/25/1859 - The [[USS Seminole]], built in Pensacola, was launched | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/05/1861 - Florida's secession Convention convened in Tallahassee | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/06/1861 - State troops seized the Federal arsenal at Apalachicola | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 1/07/1861 - State troops seized Fort Marion at St. Augustine | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/07/1861 - [[Adam Slemmer]] met with the command of the Navy Yard as to what action should be taken in case local citizens and/or militia tried to take possession of the Yard, or any of the forts | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/08/1861 - First shots of Civil War fired at Fort Barrancas. Col. [[William Chase]] authorized by Governor M. Perry to seize the forts at Pensacola. | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/10/1861 - Florida seceded from the Union | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/10/1861 - [[Adam Slemmer]] transferred his small artillery force from Fort Barrancas to Fort Pickens | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - State officials demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - Troops from Alabama and Florida occupied the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - State troops seized the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]], [[Fort McRee]], [[Fort Barrancas]], and Barrancas [[Barracks]] | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/15/1861 - State officials (Col. [[William H. Chase]]) again demanded [[Fort Pickens]] surrender. Fort Pickens never did surrender and was the only Union controlled fort in the south during the Civil War. | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 01/18/1861 - State Officials for a third time demanded the surrender of [[Fort Pickens]] | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 02/06/1861 - The USS Brooklyn arrived of [[Fort Pickens]] with reinforcements | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 3/11/1861 - [[General Braxton Bragg]] arrived in Pensacola and assumes command of all Confederate forces | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 04/12/1861 - Confederate Forces extinguished the [[Pensacola Lighthouse]] | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 04/12/1861 - US Troops aboard the USS Brooklyn landed and reinforced US Artillery troops at [[Fort Pickens]] | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 04/19/1861 - [[General Braxton Bragg]] declared marshal law in Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 04/19/1861 - President Abraham Lincoln issued orders that all Southern Ports be blockaded | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 09/02/1861 - US Navy boats destroyed the Pensacola Navy Yard | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 09/14/1861 - Union troops from [[Fort Pickens]] boarded and set fire to the Confederate ship Judah | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 10/09/1861 - Battle of Santa Rosa Island | ||
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+ | '''1861''' -- 11/22/1861 - Artillery Duel between Fort Pickens and Confederate Batteries | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1862''' -- Confederates burned the mills and many of the homes around the [[Bagdad]] area as they abandoned Pensacola and the surrounding area | ||
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+ | '''1862''' -- 01/01/1862 - Artillery duel between Confederates and Union | ||
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+ | '''1862''' -- 05/09/1862 - Confederate Forces evacuate Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1862''' -- 05/10/1862 - Acting Mayor Broshaham surrendered Pensacola to Union officials after the Confederates evacuated the town | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1865''' -- Florida formally surrendered to Federal forces, May 20. Civil War over in June. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1867''' - Perry Home built by Danish-born [[Charles F. Boysen]], currently the [[Scottish Rite Lodge]] (1922) at Palafox and Wright Streets. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1868''' -- Reconstruction in Florida ended | ||
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+ | '''1868''' -- 03/28/1868 - The Pensacola & Louisville Railroad bought the Alabama & Florida Railroad, which had gone bankrupted after the Civil War, for $55,000 | ||
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+ | '''1868''' -- 5/25/1868 - Florida readmitted to the Union | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1870''' -- Lumber boom begins. | ||
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+ | '''1870''' -- The Railroad finally connected Pensacola to the outside world | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1872''' -- Public school system established in Pensacola | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1873''' -- 11/09/1873 - [[Stephen R. Mallory]] died | ||
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+ | '''1874''' -- 11/20/1874 - [[Jackson Morton]] Died | ||
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+ | '''1876''' -- 8/10/1876 - First burial at St. Johns Cemetery | ||
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+ | '''1876''' -- 10/01/1876 - [[F. C. Brent]] and [[Louis P. Knowles]] founded the banking firm of [[Knowles & Brent]] | ||
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+ | '''1880''' - Pensacola is Florida's third largest city. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1880''' -- 02/27/1880 - Louisville & Nashville RR bought the Pensacola Railroad | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1880s''' -- Pensacola Gas Company founded | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1881''' -- 06/01/1881 - Construction on the Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad began | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1881''' -- 08/22/1881 - Construction began on railroad bridges over Pensacola Bay and the Choctahatchee and Apalachicola Rivers | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1882''' -- The Tarragona Street Depot was destroyed by fire | ||
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+ | '''1882''' -- [[Francisco Moreno]] died | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1882''' -- 08/15/1882 - The first passengers took a ride on the Pensacola & Atlantic RR | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1882''' -- 08/15/1882 - The first train carrying passengers crossed the railroad bridge over Pensacola Bay | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1883''' -- Opening of the Opera House, built by Daniel F. Sullivan. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1883''' -- Saunders Fish Company formed by Thomas E Welles and Captain E. E. Saunders. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1883''' -- 04/11/1883 - The Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad was completed between Pensacola and Jacksonville | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1885''' -- A new court house is completed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1885''' -- 05/20/1885 - Milton's business district burned. Fire may have started in the Mayer Bros store | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1886''' -- [[St Michael's Catholic Church]] was built | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1886''' -- [[Geronimo]] was brought to Pensacola as a prisoner | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1888''' -- A Presbyterian Church was built on Chase Street by Turner Construction Company | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1888''' -- Electric power company went online | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1889''' -- [[F. C. Brent]] helped organize the [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1889''' -- 09/16/1889 - The [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]] met for the first time (organized) and [[William Dudley Chipley]] became the 1st president | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1890''' -- Horse drawn streetcar system became operational | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1890s''' -- Fires swept through Pensacola | ||
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+ | '''1891''' -- 6/17/1891 - Lee Square, formerly Florida Park, dedicated in memory of [[Jefferson Davis]], [[Stephen R. Mallory]], [[Edward A. Perry]] and the Confederate dead. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1892''' -- [[John A. Merritt]] married the daughter of [[R. H. Turner]] | ||
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+ | '''1892''' -- 01/23/1892 - The [[First National Bank of Pensacola]] and the Brent's Bank merged | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1895''' -- Young Men's Business League of Pensacola founded | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1897''' -- Temple Beth-El built on Chase Street | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1898''' -- Spanish-American war erupted | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1898''' -- 03/21/1898 - Pensacola Electric Railway Company went into operation | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''c. 1898''' -- [[William D. Chipley]] monument erected in [[Ferdinand Plaza]]. Chipley was several times mayor of Pensacola, founder of the Florida Chautauqua and Florida State Senator. The monument is inscribed, Soldier - Statesman - Public Benefactor. | ||
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+ | '''1899''' -- 6/20/1899 - Gun Powder at [[Fort Pickens]] exploded, destroying an entire bastion | ||
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+ | == 1900's == | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1900''' -- Baars, Dunwoody & Company established | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1900''' -- St. Anthony's Hospital established | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1900''' -- Pensacola Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company established | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1900''' -- American National Bank established | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1900''' - [[Alger-Sullivan Company]] begins operation in Century. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1901''' -- Theisen Building built and named for Danish-born Chris Thiesen. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1902''' -- Pensacola established its first streetcar system | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1902''' -- Pensacola navy yard received a dry dock | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1904''' -- William, Albert, and Peter Rosasco bought the Bay Point Mill Company | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1905''' -- The last yellow fever epidemic in Pensacola. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1905''' -- 01/01/1905 - F. C. Brent retired as the president of the First National Bank | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1905''' -- 10/31/1905 - Fire erupted in downtown Pensacola destroying the Brent Block which included the Brent and Blount buildings as well as many other buildings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1906''' -- A Hurricane hit Pensacola, category #3, MS/ AL/ Pensacola - 134 dead. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1906''' -- Dry dock at the Pensacola Navy Yard destroyed by a hurricane | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1908''' - New Pensacola City Hall built, current site of T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1910''' - Hotel San Carlos opens. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1911''' -- 10/20/1911 - The United States Government closed the Pensacola Navy Yard and it was abandoned | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1913''' -- 11/17/1913 - FDR arrived in Pensacola to announce plans to create a Naval Air Station at Pensacola | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1914''' -- 01/20/1914 - The first naval flight school was established at the Pensacola Navy Yard | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1914''' -- 2/2/1914 - Banks in Pensacola collapse | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1914''' -- 11/01/1914 - The firm of Crow, Rudolf & Company in Liverpool, England, went bankrupted. The First National Bank of Pensacola had put a lot of money into the company and lost a lot when it when belly up. It caused an economic depression in Pensacola. | ||
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+ | '''1915''' - Pensacola Hospital opens on 12th Avenue by Daughters of Charity (Sacred Heart Hospital). | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1916''' -- A Hurricane hit NW Florida destroying much of Pensacola and Milton. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1916''' -- The Newport Company, a naval stores industry, was established in Pensacola | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1917''' -- A Hurricane hit Pensacola, destroying the Pensacola Opera House | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1918''' -- A Flu Epidemic struck Pensacola | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1919''' - Serious influenza epidemic stricks Pensacola. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1920''' - Ten cases of bubonic plague epidemic in Pensacola which includes 6 deaths. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1921''' -- The Newport company closed | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1925''' -- Saenger Theater built at current location on Palafox Street. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1926''' -- WCOA AM radio went on the air | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1926''' -- A hurricane hit Pensacola, category #4, Miami/ MS/ AL/ Pensacola 134 dead. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1929''' -- The Stock Market Crashed | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1930''' -- Warrington, a civilian community named for Capt. Lewis Warrington, moves from Naval Air Station to present site across Bayou Grande. | ||
+ | H. Clay Armstrong produces the History of Escambia County. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1931''' -- Bridges are built across Santa Rosa Sound and Pensacola Bay. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1936''' -- Spearman Brewery opens. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1938''' -- Pensacola's first public library opened for white residents of the community. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1939''' -- 01/24/1939 - A post office was established in Gulf Breeze | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1941''' -- Pensacola Pulp & Paper Company opens, becomes St. Regis and then Champion International. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1941''' -- 12/07/1941 - The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, bringing the United States into World War II | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1948''' -- Escambia General Hospital opens, becomes University Hospital. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1951''' -- Baptist Hospital opens. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1961''' -- 08/10/1961 - Gulf Breeze's first mayor and city council were officially sworn into office | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1961''' -- 08/17/1961 - The Gulf Breeze City Council held its first official meeting | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1963''' -- University of West Florida founded, opens in 1967. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''1995''' -- 10/05/1995 - Hurricane Opal hit Pensacola |