Timeline of Florida history

An 18th-century map of Florida

This is a timeline of the U.S. state of Florida.

History of Florida
The seal of Florida reflects the state's Native American history
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Pre-European


1500s
  • 1502: Florida is mapped on the Cantino map
  • 1513 April 2: Ponce de Leon is claimed to have discovered Florida.[1]
  • 1515–1519: Spanish explorers visit Pinellas barrier islands while trading with Tocobaga.
  • 1528: Panfilo de Narvaez expedition explores the Pinellas Peninsula.[2]
  • 1538: The horse introduced into Florida
  • 1539: Hernando de Soto expedition names present Tampa Bay "La Bahia de Espiritu Santo".
  • 1549: A fleet led by Tristán de Luna y Arellano anchors in Pensacola Bay and sets up the encampment of Puerto de Santa Maria.
  • 1560: Menéndez commanded the galleons of the great Armada de la Carrera Spanish Treasure Fleet.
  • 1564: Fort Caroline north of Jacksonville is established by the French.
  • 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés establishes the city of St. Augustine.
  • 1565 September 20: Spanish attack Fort Caroline and kill most of the French, some escape.
  • 1571 December: Pedro Menéndez wrecks at Cape Canaveral and meets hostile natives thought to be of the Ais Indian Nation.
  • 1586 June: Sir Francis Drake attacks and sacks St. Augustine.
  • 1596 March 22: Gonzalo Méndez de Canço appointed Governor and Captain General of Florida.

1600s
  • 1601: King Philip III of Spain commissioned a map of Florida which includes a fort he wants built in Miami.
  • 1603: Pedro Ibarra appointed Governor of Florida.
  • 1605: "Period of Friendship" between Spanish and Native Tribes started because of the diplomatic trip of Alvaro Mexia.[3]

1700s

1800–1842

1810s

1820s
  • 1821
    • February 22: Spain officially cedes Florida to United States as part of the Adams–Onís Treaty.
    • March 10: Andrew Jackson is appointed military governor of Florida by James Monroe being the first American governor.
    • July 10: José María Coppinger leaves office as the last governor of East Florida.
    • July 17: José María Callava the final Spanish and colonial governor of West Florida and Florida as a whole leaves office.
    • July 21: Escambia County and St. John's County, Florida's first two counties are established.
    • December 31: Andrew Jackson leaves office as the governor of Florida.
  • 1822
  • 1824:
    • Florida's first true lighthouse built in St. Augustine.
    • U.S. Army establishes Fort Brooke (later to become Tampa, Florida).
    • Tallahassee chosen as location of capital (half-way between previous capitals of East and West Florida)
  • 1825:
    • Lighthouse built in St. Augustine.
  • 1827

1830s
  • 1832
    • May 9: U.S. government signs the Treaty of Payne's Landing with some of the Seminole chiefs, promising them lands west of the Mississippi River if they agreed to leave Florida voluntarily
  • 1834:
  • 1835–1842: Second Seminole War.
  • 1836
    • March 16: Richard K. Call is appointed Territorial Governor of Florida by Andrew Jackson.
  • 1837: Fort Ann was established on the eastern shore of the Indian River in what is now Brevard County.
  • 1838 January 26: Calhoun County is established.
  • 1839

1840-45

Statehood era (1845–present)

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s
  • 1873:
    • August 11: Tampa reincorporates a town.
  • 1875:
    • July 31: Orlando is first incorporated being a town.
  • 1877: Compromise of 1877 completed the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Florida (aftermath of Civil War)

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s
  • 1943 September 26: Florida's first oil well is drilled in Collier County by Humble Oil Company.[8]
  • 1947: Everglades National Park dedicated.
  • 1949 March 21: The first television station in Florida begins broadcasting, WTVJ. It is the 16th TV station to start broadcasting in the United States and is the oldest station still broadcasting in the state.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s
  • 2000 November 7–December 12: Disputed Florida ballots in the United States presidential election delay the results of the overall national result.

2010s

See also
  • Timelines of cities in Florida

References
  1. Straub, W. L. History of Pinellas County, p. 27. The Record Company. St. Augustine, Florida. 1929.
  2. Largo Bicentennial Book Committee. Largo, then till..., p. 2. Largo Area Historical Society Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine. 1979.
  3. Rouse, Irving (1981). Survey of Indian River Archaeology. Yale University Publications in Anthropology 45. ISBN 978-0-404-15668-8.
  4. "1715 Plate Fleet, Page 10" (PDF). Brevard County Historical Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  5. Pinellas County Planning Department as staff for the Pinellas County Planning Council. (PCPD) Pinellas County Historical Background, p. 4. No city. No date.
  6. ben.dibiase (2015-04-01). "Florida's First Telephone Exchange". Florida Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  7. "History of Sarasota". Sarasota Police Department. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  8. "First Florida Oilwell". aoghs.org. Retrieved February 9, 2015.

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