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apr 3, 1559 - Tristán de Luna y Arellano attempted Florida's first settlement

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Tristán de Luna y Arellano, with 1500 participants, attempted Florida's first settlement, Puerto de Santa Maria (today's Pensacola Naval Air Station.) Within a year, the remaining colonists left to return to Cuba.

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apr 3, 1559
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~ 467 years ago