Difference between revisions of "April 12"
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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
− | *[[2007]] – The [[Pensacola Ice Pilots]] and [[Escambia County]] reach an agreement to keep the team in Pensacola through at least the 2007-08 season | + | *[[1779]] – Spain signs a treaty with France, obligating the latter to declare war against England and help, among other goals, return [[Siege of Mobile|Mobile]] and [[Siege of Pensacola|Pensacola]] to [[Third Spanish period|Spanish rule]]. |
+ | *[[1821]] – [[Transfer of Spanish West Florida to the United States]]: [[Andrew Jackson]] and his wife [[Rachel]] set out for Pensacola. | ||
+ | *[[1856]] – A groundbreaking is held in Pensacola commencing construction of the [[Alabama & Florida Railroad]].<ref>Gregg Turner. ''A Short History of Florida Railroads''. Arcadia Publishing, 2003.</ref> | ||
+ | *[[1861]] – [[Civil War]]: [[Fort Pickens]] is reinforced by several hundred Federal troops aboard the ''Brooklyn''. | ||
+ | *[[2002]] – [[Frank Patti]] pleads guilty to charges of tax fraud. | ||
+ | *[[2007]] – The [[Pensacola Ice Pilots]] and [[Escambia County]] reach an agreement to keep the team in Pensacola through at least the 2007-08 season. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Days| 0412]] | [[Category:Days| 0412]] |
Revision as of 21:05, 9 April 2009
Events
- 1779 – Spain signs a treaty with France, obligating the latter to declare war against England and help, among other goals, return Mobile and Pensacola to Spanish rule.
- 1821 – Transfer of Spanish West Florida to the United States: Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel set out for Pensacola.
- 1856 – A groundbreaking is held in Pensacola commencing construction of the Alabama & Florida Railroad.[1]
- 1861 – Civil War: Fort Pickens is reinforced by several hundred Federal troops aboard the Brooklyn.
- 2002 – Frank Patti pleads guilty to charges of tax fraud.
- 2007 – The Pensacola Ice Pilots and Escambia County reach an agreement to keep the team in Pensacola through at least the 2007-08 season.
References
- ↑ Gregg Turner. A Short History of Florida Railroads. Arcadia Publishing, 2003.