1739-40
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Wood Gate to the city called “La Leche gate”
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1740
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January
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Tall doomed watchtower built on northeast San Carlos bastion in Castillo.
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May
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Siege by Governor Oglethorpe of Georgia (War of Jenkins Ear)
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June 26
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Fort Mose recaptured by Spanish (Bloody Mose)
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1740-42
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Coquina fort built at Mantanzas
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1742
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Spanish failed invasion of Georgia
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1743
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Royal Hospital built on Aviles Street
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1744
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March 15
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War of Austrian Succession aka King George’s War
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1748
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October 18
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
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1746
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July 9
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Fernando VI, King of Spain
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1749
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Governor Melchor de Navarrete
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1750
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Friary completed at the Franciscan Monastery (Convento de San Francisco)
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1752
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2nd Fort Mose built
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1754
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May 24
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Seven Years War (French and Indian)
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1755
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Governor Alonso Fernandez de Heredia
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Fort Picolata rebuilt.
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1755-56
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Engineer Pedro de Brozas y Garay completes the rest of the Castillo vaults, placed
royal arms over the main gate.
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1758
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Governor Lucas Ferando de Palacio y Valenzuela
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1759
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August 10
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Charles III, King of Spain
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1762
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Governor Melchor Feliu
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1763
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July 21
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End of the First Spanish Period (close of the Seven Years War or the French and
Indian War)
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British Period 1763-1783
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1764
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January 21
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Last Spanish ship leaves St. Augustine
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August 29
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James Grant first Governor arrives
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October 31
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Grant’s inauguration as Governor
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1768
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April 17
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Minorcans sailed for New Smyrna from Gibraltar
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June 26
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Minorcans arrive in St. Augustine
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August 19
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First revolt of the Minorcans at New Smyrna
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1771
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May 9
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John Moultrie becomes acting Governor
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1773
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April 22
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Grant resigns as governor
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1774
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Patrick Tonyn appointed governor
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Kings Road built from Georgia border to New Smyrna.
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1776-1781
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American Revolution
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1777
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June
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first Minorcans flee to St. Augustine
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November 9
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Minorcians with Father Camps arrive in St. Augustine
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Minorcians freed by courts from contract with Turnbull.
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1780
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Thomas Heyward, Jr, Arthur Middleton, and Edward Rutledge, signers of the
Declaration of Independence are among the prisoners held in St. Augustine.
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1783
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January 20
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Treaty of Paris signed
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Second Spanish Period
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1784
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June 26
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Fleet arrives from Havana carrying Gov. Vizente Manuel de Zespedes
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July 12
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Change of Flags takes place
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July 13
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Father Camps officiates at the Te Deum
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1785
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Chapel entrance at the Castillo de San Marcos by Engineer Mariano de la Rocque
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May
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Father Francisco Troconis y Rosas begins teaching the poor without charge.
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1786
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December 8
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King of Spain orders a new house of worship to be built in St. Augustine
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1787
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Father Hassett opens the first free school for Minorcan children.
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1788
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Father Felix Varella born
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February 13
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Government officials order work to begin on Cathedral
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1790-96
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Juan Nepomucena de Quesada governor
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1790
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March
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plans approved for the Cathedral
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May 19
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Father Pedro Camps dies (1735 born)
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1791
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William Bartram writes Travels.
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1793
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January 13
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Father Narciso Font dies
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April 12
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Property acquired for Cathedral
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Cornerstone for Cathedral laid
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1794
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Felix Varela, orphaned, comes to St. Augustine to live with his maternal grandparents.
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1795
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June
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invasion by Georgians and disaffected Floridans
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Father O’Reilly made vicario of East Florida
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1796
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January
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General Jorge Biassou his wife and 23 followers arrive in St. Augustine.
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June 5
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Governor, Colonel Don Enrique White
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1797
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December 8
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Cathedral dedicated
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1800
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May 20
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Permission given to bury Dr. Father Camps in Cathedral
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May 27
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Permission given to bury Father Font in Cathedral
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1801
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July 14
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General Jorge Biassou (Hispaniola) dies in St. Augustine
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1803
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April 8
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Don Miguel Ysnardy (Iznardy) dies and is buried in Cathedral
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1804
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Bishop Augustin Verot – first Bishop of St. Augustine born
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1808
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Current City Gate built by Engineer Manuel de Hita
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Santa Domingo Redoubt 57 feet by 72 feet
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1809
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October 27
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President James Madison ordered the annexation of the western part of West Florida.
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1810
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Buckingham Smith born
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Republic of West Florida
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1811
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Oct
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Hurricane – damages Government House
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1812
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March 13
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Georgians and Floridians declare the Republic of East Florida beginning of Patriots
War
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June
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Sebastian Kindelan Governor of Florida
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1813
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Spanish Constitution Monument erected Geronimo Alvarez Mayor)
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May
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Florida abandoned by American regular troops
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1814
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Nov 7
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Andrew Jackson attacked and captured Pensacola, Florida, defeating the Spanish
and driving out a British force.
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1817
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June 29
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Gregor McGregor proclaims the Green Flag Republic in Fernandina
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Nov 20
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1st Seminole War began in Florida.
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1818
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City Gate completed with addition of stone guardhouses and pomegranate
decorations by Francisco de Cortazar
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April 18
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A regiment of Indians and blacks was defeated at the Battle of Suwanna ending the
1st Seminole War.
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December 14
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General William Wing Loring born
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1819
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February 22
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Onis-Adams Treaty
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Sarah Mather born
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1820
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July 5
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George Fairbanks born
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1821
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February 22
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Onis - Adams Treaty ratified by both countries
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American Territorial Period in Florida
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1821
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June 4
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Castillo de San Marcos turned over to Americans
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July 10
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Exchange of Flags
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Mexico gains independence
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Union Hotel started (Ward House)
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July 7
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Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida.
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July 22
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Mayor - Gabriel Guillermo Perpall (July 22-Aug 1821)
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August 27
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James Grant Forbes, Mayor (to Nov 4, 1822)
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October 7
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Rev. Andrew Fowler conducts the first Episcopal services in St. Augustine Florida
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Huguenot Cemetery built
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1822
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Dr. William H. Simmons publishes Notices of East Florida
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March 30
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Congress combines East and West Florida into the Florida Territory.
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May 27
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Andrew Jackson resigns as Governor of Territory of Florida
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November 4
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Mayor- Waters Smith
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1823
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Treaty of Moultrie Creek (confined Seminoles to reservation)
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Charles Vignoles publishes Observations Upon the Floridas
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February 28
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Joshua M Glenn becomes the first Methodist minister exclusively appointed to Florida
(St. Augustine).
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November 4
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Mayor - Thomas H Penn
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1824
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General Edmund Kirby-Smith born (first infant baptized in Trinity Episcopal)
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Market built in current location on plaza.
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| |
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Watchtower becomes Florida’s first lighthouse with Juan Andreau as the first
lightkeeper
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June 10
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Presbyterian Church formed – Dr. William McWhir first pastor
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November 2
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Mayor - Bernardo Segui
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1825
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June 23
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Trinity Episcopal Church
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November 18
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Mayor - William Reynolds
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1825-1890
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Presbyterian Meeting House on St. George Street.
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1826
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July 18
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Mayor - Davis Floyd, Pro-Tem (July 18, 1826)
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1826-1911
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lifespan of Franklin Smith builder of Villa Zorayda and Casa Monica
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1826
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November 16
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Mayor - Waters Smith
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1827-1895
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General Stephen Vincent Benet (Union)
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1827
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Ralph Waldo Emerson in St. Augustine
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November
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Mayor - John Drysdale until August 10, 1830
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1828
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First internment in St. Augustine’s National Cemetery
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1829-1876
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Bishop Jean-Pierre Augustine Verot
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1829
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Bethel Methodist Church (near Monson)
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1830
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Trinity Episcopal Church constructed
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| |
January 2
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Henry Flagler - Born to Isaac Flagler (died July 1876) and Elizabeth Caldwell
Morrison (died 1861)
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| |
November 11
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Mayor - E. B. Gould
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1831
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January
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Florida Education Association formed in Tallahassee
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| |
November
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Mayor - John Gray Jr.
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1832
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March 31
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Ordinance for a Free School passes St. Augustine City Council
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| |
November
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Mayor - Joseph L. Smith
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1833-34
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Government house renovated with the designs of Robert Mills
|
1833
|
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Florida House Hotel built
|
| |
November 14
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Mayor - Antonio Alvarez (Nov 14, 1833-1835)
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1835-1842
|
|
Second Seminole War
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1835
|
|
freeze destroys Oranges
|
| |
November
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Mayor - Dr. Frederick Weeden (Nov 1835-1836)
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| |
December 8
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Dade Massacure
|
1836
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June 21
|
General Winfield Scott relieved of command
|
| |
November 17
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Mayor - E. B. Gould (Nov 17, 1836- Dec. 30, 1837)
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1837
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October 27
|
Osceola seized under a white flag and imprisoned at Fort Marion
|
| |
November 9
|
Wildcat and 19 followers escape Fort Marion
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1838
|
January
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Mayor - Bernardo Sequi, Pro-Temp (Jan 1838)
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| |
January 27
|
Mayor - Francis L. Dancy ( reelected Nov 14, 1839)
|
| |
January 30
|
Osceola dies at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina (born 1804)
|
| |
May 15
|
Brigadier General Zachary Taylor assumes command
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1839-1924
|
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Dr. Andrew Anderson
|
1839
|
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Construction Begins on Markland
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1840
|
November 10
|
Mayor - Antonio Alvarez (Nov 10, 1840)
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| |
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Clerk of Courts - P B Dumas (1840-1853)
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1841
|
November 10
|
E. B. Gould, Mayor of St. Augustine
|
1842
|
March 23
|
Alexander W. McClure Acting Bishop of the Presbyterian Church in St. Augustine to
July 13, 1845
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August 13
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Andrew Guy and other slaves escape by boat
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November 17
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Abraham Dupont, Mayor of St. Augustine (Oct. 30, 1843 resigned)
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