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St. Augustine Timeline
Created by
Anthony
⟶ Updated 30 Dec 2017 ⟶
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Events
1513 - Ponce de Leon Lands near Present-Day Cape Canaveral
1566 - FIRST FORT in St. Augustine burned by Indians
1565 - Pedro Menedez lands in St Augustine & quickly takes Ft Caroline
1527 - Panfilo de Narvaez
1539 - Hernando de Soto
1559 - Tristan de Luna
1586 - Sir Fancis Drake burns the city down
September 2nd, 1599 - Fire & Hurricane destroys city
1668 - Pirate Robert Searles plunders town & kills 60
June 26th 1740 - Spanish & Black troops crept out of the lines and drove them from FT Mose
1693 - Spain's King Charles II grants liberty to all escaped slaves that can make it to Florida
May 1740 - General Ogelthorpe occupies Ft Mose and drops siege guns on Anastasia Island and bombards the Fort/City for 27 days
July 7th 1740 - Two ships from Havana appear on the horizon bringing relief - Oglethorpe retreats.
1763 - French & Indian War Ends / Treaty of Paris gives Spanish Florida to the British in exchange for Cuba
July 12th, 1784 - Official transfer of government from England to Spain
1906 - A group of local women prevent city officials from demoloshing the "City Gates"
1827 - Ralph Waldo Emerson visits for 10 weeks
1812 - Monumento de la Constitucion erected
July 10th, 1821 - Spain sells Florida to United States for 5 Million Dollars
April 1888 - Franklin Smith sells Casa Monica Hotel to Henry Flagler
January 9th, 1861 - Florida becomes the 3rd state to seceed from the Union
1883 - Henry Flagler makes his first visit to St. Augustine
December 1888 - Alcazar Hotel opens (now Lightner Museum)
January 30th, 1888 - Franklin Smith opens Casa Monica Hotel
December 1891 - Old Jail is built by Pauley Jail Company paid by Henry Flagler
1927 - Bridge of Lions is Completed
1928 - Exchange Bank Building is completed
1988 - Lincolnville listed in National Register of Historic Places
1937 - St. Augustine Alligator Farm opens in current location
1874 - St. Augustine Lighthouse & Keepers Quarters completed
1492 - Christopher Columbus lands in what today is the Bahamas
May 14th, 1607 - Jamestown Colony Founded in East Virginia
February 1733 - Savannah and the Colony of Georgia Founded
1566 - SECOND FORT in St. Augustine
1566 - THIRD FORT in St. Augustine
1571 - FOURTH FORT in St. Augustine
1586 - SIXTH FORT in St. Augustine
1579 - FIFTH FORT in St. Augustine
1742 - FORT MATANZAS Completed
1587 - SEVENTH FORT in St. Augustine
1604 - EIGHTH FORT in St. Augustine
1653 - NINTH FORT in St. Augustine
1808 - Current City Gates built
1837 - Osceola seized under a flag of truce and imprisoned at the Fort
1961 Henry Thomas arrested at Woolworth's
September 18th, 1963 - KKK Rally 4 black men beaten
May 26th, 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King speaks @ 1st Baptist
June 11th, 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King arrested at the Monson Motor Lodge
June 18th, 1964 - Swim-In at the Monson Motor Lodge
July 2nd, 1964 - Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
October 1st, 1971 - Walt Disney World opens in Orlando
Periods
1st Spanish Period 1565-1763
British Period 1763-1784
2nd Spanish Period 1784-1821
COLONIAL ERA
Exploration Period 1513-1565
AMERICAN ERA
U.S. Territorial Period 1821-1845
Early Statehood Period 1845-1861
U.S. Civil War 1861-1865
Post Civil War Period 1865-1885
Flagler Era 1885-1913
21st Century & Restoration 1913-Present
1672-1695 Castillo de San Marcos Constructed
1765-1783 American Revolution
Pre-Columbian Period
