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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 March 30: Florida Territory is organized combining East Florida and West Florida. April 17: Florida's first civilian governor, William Pope Duval takes office.
The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological remains. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records.
Wendy Taylor (2003), Orlando & Central Florida, Lonely Planet, OL 19289916M; Geraldine Fortenberry Thompson (2003). Orlando, Florida. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. Tana Mosier Porter (2004). "Segregation and Desegregation in Parramore: Orlando's African American Community". Florida Historical Quarterly. 82 (3): 289– 312.
There are several types of timeline articles. Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia. Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or ...
1972 - Florida Association of City Clerks headquartered in Tallahassee (approximate date). [chronology citation needed] 1973 - Florida State University College of Social Sciences founded. 1975 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee established. [17] 1977 - Museum of Florida History established. [6] 1980 - Population: 81,548.
A previous tour in January stopped in Newberry, Florida, where a white mob hung six Black Floridians, one of whom was a pregnant woman, and Mims, Florida, where white supremacists bombed the home ...
England cedes Florida to Spain. [1]: 27 1817–1818 First Seminole War. [2]: 19 1821 Spain cedes Florida to United States. [1]: 27 1823 U S Army establishes Fort Brooke (later to become Tampa, Florida.) [1]: 29 1834 Hillsborough County is formed, including Pinellas peninsula as West Hillsborough. [4]: 14
After life in New York, Fort Lauderdale, Namath found peace in Tequesta. His personal history in the area goes back three decades. Namath has called the Jupiter/Tequesta area home for nearly 33 years.