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'''[[May 16]]''':
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*[[1719]] – The [[French Pensacola|French]] fleet, under [[Jean Baptiste Le Moyne]] and his brother [[Sieur de Bienville]], enters entered [[Pensacola Bay]], fires fired on [[Fort San Carlos]], and '''[[Battle of Pensacola (1719)|captures captured Pensacola]]'''.
*[[1824]] – '''[[Edmund Kirby Smith]]''' was born.
*[[1856]] – Construction began on the '''[[Alabama & Florida Railroad]]'''.
*[[2006]] – [{Escambia County Commissioner]]s requested validation of funds for the '''[[Southwest Escambia Improvement District]]''', which was approved but later halted by a complaint by Dr. [[Greg Strand]].