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The following persons were executed under British rule (1763-1783): . Hannon, a white male, hanged in St. Augustine in 1769. Hannon, a mason, had killed his wife and child after she came to the city with his brother from New York but Hannon had become "familiar with another woman"; Hannon's brother forced him to acknowledge his marital status, however, after which he killed her.
Spanish Florida was established in the 1500s, when Spain laid claim to land explored by several expeditions across the future southeastern United States.The introduction of diseases to the indigenous peoples of Florida caused a steep decline in the original native population over the following century, and most of the remaining Apalachee and Tequesta peoples settled in a series of missions ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Florida since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.. The total amounts to 107 people. Of the 107 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 63 have been executed by lethal injection.
This is a list of solved missing person cases of people who went missing in unknown locations or unknown circumstances that were eventually explained by their reappearance or the recovery of their bodies, the conviction of the perpetrator(s) responsible for their disappearances, or a confession to their killings. This list includes ...
Florida Museum of Natural History: Gainesville: Alachua North Central Natural history Located on the campus of the University of Florida, flora, fauna, fossils and historic peoples of the state of Florida Florida Museum of Photographic Arts: Tampa: Hillsborough Central West Art Photography, formerly Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts Florida ...
The 130-foot HMS Tyger, which had been around since about 1647, patrolled waters off Florida and chased Spanish ships into the Gulf of Mexico during an Anglo-Spanish conflict known as the War of ...
The remains of a 300-year-old British warship found 30 years ago in the waters off Florida have finally been identified as belonging to HMS Tyger by US archaeologists.
The Cracker Country museum started in 1978 and the Tampa Museum of Art began in 1979. The Ybor City Museum Society was established in 1982. The Children's Museum started in 1987. Tampa's first history museum were started in 1989. The Florida Aquarium opened in 1995.