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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.
1640 – French and Iroquois Wars escalate to full warfare. 1640 – Virginia courts sentence John Punch a black indentured servant to life of servitude for running away from an abusive plantation owner Hugh Gwyn. 1642 – Beginning of the English Civil War. Montreal founded. 1643 – New England Confederation created.
Richard Eden published The history of travayle in the West and East Indies in 1577—this is not a reprint of the 1555 edition, although, like that, the larger portion is taken up with Peter Martyr d'Anghiera's Decades of the New World, the first formal history of the Americas, and Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (Oviedo)' History of the ...
January 8 – November 23: Battle of Pensacola occurs, some historians believe this to be the first battle of the American Civil War. January 10: Florida secedes from the United States. February 8: Baker and Polk County are established. April 22: Florida joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the Civil War.
Kutler, Stanley I. ed. Dictionary of American History (3rd Edition 10 Volumes, 2003) Martin, Michael. Dictionary of American History (Littlefield, Adams 1989) Morris. Richard, ed. Encyclopedia of American History (7th ed. 1996) Purvis, Thomas L. A Dictionary of American History (Blackwell 1997) Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.
August 8 – Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648), as Ottoman Emperor. August 16 – The Imam of Oman , Nasir bin Murshid , dispatches an army to recapture Muscat from Portuguese occupiers, who eventually surrender the town on January 23, 1650.
The Florida Board of Education passed new standards for teaching Black history in public schools
1640 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1640th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 640th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1640, the ...