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{{date|May 15|May 17}} ==Events==*[[1704]] – [[Andrés de Arriola]] arrives in [[Pensacola Bay]] with food supplies to reinforce the [[Presidio Santa María de Galve]], which had previously borrowed provisions from French [[Mobile]].*[[1719]] – The French fleet, under [[Jean Baptiste Le Moyne]] and his brother [[Sieur de Bienville]], enters [[Pensacola Bay]], fires on [[Fort San Carlos]], and [[Battle of Pensacola (1719)|captures Pensacola]].*[[1856]] – Construction begins on the [[Alabama & Florida Railroad]].*[[2006]] – [[Escambia County Commissioner]]s request validation of funds for the [[Southwest Escambia Improvement District]], which was approved but later halted by a complaint by Dr. [[Greg Strand]]. ==Births==*[[1824]] – [[Edmund Kirby Smith]]*[[1875]] – [[John Hunter Workman]]
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