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'''1801''' -- [[William Panton]], co-owner of [[Panton-Leslie & Company]], died at sea | '''1801''' -- [[William Panton]], co-owner of [[Panton-Leslie & Company]], died at sea | ||
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| + | '''1803''' -- Louisiana Purchase. Capital of Spanish West Florida moves from New Orleans to Pensacola. | ||
'''1804''' -- The [[Panton-Leslie & Company]] changed its name to John Forbes & Company | '''1804''' -- The [[Panton-Leslie & Company]] changed its name to John Forbes & Company | ||
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| + | '''1805''' -- Population = 1,398 persons | ||
'''1807''' -- The Inneraity family assumed control of John Forbes & Company | '''1807''' -- The Inneraity family assumed control of John Forbes & Company | ||
'''1808''' -- [[Thomas William Brent]] was Born in Washington DC | '''1808''' -- [[Thomas William Brent]] was Born in Washington DC | ||
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| + | '''1808''' -- Pensacolians rename their principal streets and plazas in honor of their deceased monarch, [[Ferdinand VII]], and the spirited Spanish resistance movement against Napoleon. | ||
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| + | '''1810''' -- Republic of West Florida proclaimed. Formal survey of [[St. Michaels Cemetery]]. | ||
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| + | '''1810''' -- Population = 1,000 persons | ||
'''1812''' -- [[Stephen Russell Mallory]], future US Senator and Confederate Secretary of the Navy, was born in Trinidad | '''1812''' -- [[Stephen Russell Mallory]], future US Senator and Confederate Secretary of the Navy, was born in Trinidad | ||
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| + | '''1812''' -- [[War of 1812]], United States declares war on England, June 18. United States annexed portions of West Florida to Louisiana and to the Mississippi Territory. | ||
'''1813''' -- General [[James Wilkinson]] and troops captured Mobile | '''1813''' -- General [[James Wilkinson]] and troops captured Mobile | ||
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'''1813''' -- 08/30/1813 - Fort Mims Massacre | '''1813''' -- 08/30/1813 - Fort Mims Massacre | ||
| − | '''1814''' -- 03/27/1814 - Andrew Jackson and his Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend | + | '''1814''' -- 03/27/1814 - [[Andrew Jackson]] and his Tennessee Volunteers defeated the [[Creek Indians]] at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend |
| − | '''1814''' -- 11/14/1814 - Jackson captured Pensacola for the first time | + | '''1814''' -- 11/14/1814 - [[Andrew Jackson]] captured Pensacola and occupies it for the first time , November 7-9. He evicts British from the Spanish forts. |
| − | '''1815''' -- 06/20/1815 - Angela Moreno (later Angela Moreno Mallory) is born | + | '''1815''' -- 06/20/1815 - [[Angela Moreno]] (later Angela Moreno Mallory) is born |
| − | '''1816''' -- 08/14/1816 - John Innerarity writes James Innerarity that they expect an attack on Pensacola real soon | + | '''1816''' -- 08/14/1816 - [[John Innerarity]] writes James Innerarity that they expect an attack on Pensacola real soon |
| − | '''1818''' -- Andrew Jackson captured St Marks | + | '''1818''' -- [[Andrew Jackson]] captured St Marks |
| − | '''1818''' -- Andrew Jackson captured Pensacola again | + | '''1818''' -- [[Andrew Jackson]] captured Pensacola again |
'''1819''' -- 02/22/1819 - Spain and the United States signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, giving the United States possession of Florida | '''1819''' -- 02/22/1819 - Spain and the United States signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, giving the United States possession of Florida | ||
| − | '''1821''' -- Andrew Jackson leaves Pensacola | + | '''1821''' -- [[Andrew Jackson]] leaves Pensacola |
| − | '''1821''' -- 03/12/1821 - Andrew Jackson was given a commission by President James Monroe to oversee the transfer of Florida to the United States and became Florida's first American governor | + | '''1821''' -- 03/12/1821 - [[Andrew Jackson]] was given a commission by President James Monroe to oversee the transfer of Florida to the United States and became Florida's first American governor |
'''1821''' -- 07/17/1821 - The United States officially assumed control of Florida in a flag-exchange ceremony at Pensacola | '''1821''' -- 07/17/1821 - The United States officially assumed control of Florida in a flag-exchange ceremony at Pensacola | ||
| − | '''1821''' -- 07/17/1821 - Jose Cavalla, Spanish governor of Florida, officially turned over Florida to Andrew Jackson, representing the United States | + | '''1821''' -- 07/17/1821 - [[Jose Cavalla]], Spanish governor of Florida, officially turned over Florida to [[Andrew Jackson]], representing the United States |
'''1821''' -- 08/18/1821 - The Floridian Newspaper, published by George Tunstall and Cary Nicholas, issued its first edition | '''1821''' -- 08/18/1821 - The Floridian Newspaper, published by George Tunstall and Cary Nicholas, issued its first edition | ||
| − | '''1821''' -- 10/03/1821 - A farewell party was given in honor of Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel at Austin's Tavern | + | '''1821''' -- 10/03/1821 - A farewell party was given in honor of [[Andrew Jackson]] and his wife Rachel at Austin's Tavern |
| − | '''1822''' -- Yellow Fever epidemic in Pensacola (forced the 1st Legislative council to move elsewhere) 237 people died | + | '''1822''' -- [[Yellow Fever]] epidemic in Pensacola (forced the 1st Legislative council to move elsewhere) 237 people died |
'''1822''' -- Florida's first legislative council convened in Pensacola | '''1822''' -- Florida's first legislative council convened in Pensacola | ||
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'''1822''' -- 07/22/1822 - The 1st session of Florida's legislative council convened in Pensacola | '''1822''' -- 07/22/1822 - The 1st session of Florida's legislative council convened in Pensacola | ||
| − | '''1822''' -- 08/13/1822 - The Pensacola Board of Health reported yellow fever was present in Pensacola, which eventually killed 237 people | + | '''1822''' -- 08/13/1822 - The Pensacola Board of Health reported [[yellow fever]] was present in Pensacola, which eventually killed 237 people |
'''1824''' -- 05/16/1824 - Edmund Kirby Smith, future Confederate General, was born in St. Augustine, Florida | '''1824''' -- 05/16/1824 - Edmund Kirby Smith, future Confederate General, was born in St. Augustine, Florida | ||
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'''1825''' -- Paul Rosasco, father of Albert T. and William Sebastian, was born in Genoa, Italy | '''1825''' -- Paul Rosasco, father of Albert T. and William Sebastian, was born in Genoa, Italy | ||
| − | '''1825''' -- 11/04/1825 - A three-person board consisting of James Biddle, Lewis Warrington, and William Bainbridge, recommended the construction of a Navy Yard at Pensacola | + | '''1825''' -- 11/04/1825 - A three-person board consisting of James Biddle, Lewis Warrington, and William Bainbridge, recommended the construction of a [[Navy Yard]] at Pensacola |
'''1826''' -- 04/20/1826 - Commodore Lewis Warrington, United States Navy, assumed command of the Pensacola Navy Yard | '''1826''' -- 04/20/1826 - Commodore Lewis Warrington, United States Navy, assumed command of the Pensacola Navy Yard | ||
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'''1826''' -- 11/08/1826 - The navy issued its first contract to area businessmen for lumber to be used in the construction of the navy yard | '''1826''' -- 11/08/1826 - The navy issued its first contract to area businessmen for lumber to be used in the construction of the navy yard | ||
| − | '''1827''' -- The Naval Live Oaks Reservation was established on land previously owned by Henry M. Breckenridge | + | '''1827''' -- The [[Naval Live Oaks Reservation]] was established on land previously owned by Henry M. Breckenridge |
'''1827''' -- 03/14/1827 - A labor strike commenced in Pensacola | '''1827''' -- 03/14/1827 - A labor strike commenced in Pensacola | ||
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'''1830''' -- 12/09/1830 - Joseph Forsyth transferred half his land holdings to Andrew and Ezekiel Simpson, and together the three men built a lumber mill | '''1830''' -- 12/09/1830 - Joseph Forsyth transferred half his land holdings to Andrew and Ezekiel Simpson, and together the three men built a lumber mill | ||
| − | '''1831''' -- Bank of Pensacola chartered | + | '''1831''' -- [[Bank of Pensacola]] chartered |
| − | '''1832''' -- Old Christ Church is Built in downtown Pensacola | + | '''1832''' -- [[Old Christ Church]] is Built in downtown Pensacola |
'''1833''' -- The first bank in Pensacola is organized | '''1833''' -- The first bank in Pensacola is organized | ||
| − | '''1834''' -- Construction of Fort Pickens concluded | + | '''1834''' -- Construction of [[Fort Pickens]] concluded |
'''1837''' -- Bank Panic hit Pensacola | '''1837''' -- Bank Panic hit Pensacola | ||
| − | '''1838''' -- Stephen Russell Mallory married Angela Moreno, daughter of Francisco Moreno | + | '''1838''' -- [[Stephen Russell Mallory]] married [[Angela Moreno]], daughter of [[Francisco Moreno]] |
| − | '''1839''' -- Construction of Fort Barrancas | + | '''1839''' -- Construction of [[Fort Barrancas]] commenced |
| − | '''1843''' -- Construction on Fort McRee commenced | + | '''1843''' -- Construction on[[ Fort McRee]] commenced |
| − | '''1844''' -- Construction of Fort Barrancas concluded | + | '''1844''' -- Construction of [[Fort Barrancas]] concluded |
'''1845''' -- 03/03/1845''' -- Florida entered the Union as a State | '''1845''' -- 03/03/1845''' -- Florida entered the Union as a State | ||
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'''1849''' -- 03/04/1849 - Jackson Morton took his seat as a Whig in the United States Senate | '''1849''' -- 03/04/1849 - Jackson Morton took his seat as a Whig in the United States Senate | ||
| − | '''1850''' -- Stephen Russell Mallory was elected to the United States Senate | + | '''1850''' -- [[Stephen Russell Mallory]] was elected to the United States Senate |
'''1851''' -- 5/06/1851 - Dr. John Gorrie patented his ice-making machine | '''1851''' -- 5/06/1851 - Dr. John Gorrie patented his ice-making machine | ||
| − | '''1852''' -- Yellow Fever hit the Pensacola Area | + | '''1852''' -- [[Yellow Fever]] hit the Pensacola Area |
| − | '''1853''' -- Yellow Fever epidemic struck Pensacola again | + | '''1853''' -- [[Yellow Fever]] epidemic struck Pensacola again |
| − | '''1855''' -- Joseph Forsyth Died and his mill changed its name to Simpson & Company | + | '''1855''' -- [[Joseph Forsyth]] Died and his mill changed its name to Simpson & Company |
| − | '''1855''' -- 03/03/1855 - Jackson Morton resigned his seat in the United States Senate | + | '''1855''' -- 03/03/1855 - [[Jackson Morton]] resigned his seat in the United States Senate |
'''1856''' -- 05/16/1856 - Construction began on the Alabama & Florida Railroad between Pensacola and Montgomery, Alabama | '''1856''' -- 05/16/1856 - Construction began on the Alabama & Florida Railroad between Pensacola and Montgomery, Alabama | ||
| − | '''1856''' -- 10/30/1856 - Major William H. Chase, who supervised the construction of the local forts, retired from military service | + | '''1856''' -- 10/30/1856 - Major [[William H. Chase]], who supervised the construction of the local forts, retired from military service |
| − | '''1857-1859''' -- The USS Pensacola and USS Seminole were constructed at Pensacola | + | '''1857-1859''' -- The [[USS Pensacola]] and [[USS Seminole]] were constructed at Pensacola |
| − | '''1858''' -- 01/01/1858 - The Pensacola Lighthouse went into operation | + | '''1858''' -- 01/01/1858 - The [[Pensacola Lighthouse]] went into operation |
| − | '''1859''' -- 06/25/1859 - The USS Seminole, built in Pensacola, was launched | + | '''1859''' -- 06/25/1859 - The [[USS Seminole]], built in Pensacola, was launched |
'''1861''' -- 01/05/1861 - Florida's secession Convention convened in Tallahassee | '''1861''' -- 01/05/1861 - Florida's secession Convention convened in Tallahassee | ||
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'''1861''' -- 1/07/1861 - State troops seized Fort Marion at St. Augustine | '''1861''' -- 1/07/1861 - State troops seized Fort Marion at St. Augustine | ||
| − | '''1861''' -- 01/07/1861 - Slemmer met with the command of the Navy Yard as to what action should be taken in case local citizens and/or militia tried to take possession of the Yard, or any of the forts | + | '''1861''' -- 01/07/1861 - [[Adam Slemmer]] met with the command of the Navy Yard as to what action should be taken in case local citizens and/or militia tried to take possession of the Yard, or any of the forts |
'''1861''' -- 01/10/1861 - Florida seceded from the Union | '''1861''' -- 01/10/1861 - Florida seceded from the Union | ||
| − | '''1861''' -- 01/10/1861 - Adam Slemmer transferred his small artillery force from Fort Barrancas to Fort Pickens | + | '''1861''' -- 01/10/1861 - [[Adam Slemmer]] transferred his small artillery force from Fort Barrancas to Fort Pickens |
'''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - State officials demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens | '''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - State officials demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens | ||
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'''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - Troops from Alabama and Florida occupied the Pensacola Navy Yard | '''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - Troops from Alabama and Florida occupied the Pensacola Navy Yard | ||
| − | '''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - State troops seized the Pensacola Navy Yard, Fort McRee, Fort Barrancas, and Barrancas Barracks | + | '''1861''' -- 01/12/1861 - State troops seized the Pensacola Navy Yard, [[Fort McRee]], [[Fort Barrancas]], and Barrancas Barracks |
| − | '''1861''' -- 01/15/1861 - State officials (Col. Chase) again demanded Fort Pickens surrender | + | '''1861''' -- 01/15/1861 - State officials (Col. [[William H. Chase]]) again demanded [[Fort Pickens]] surrender. Fort Pickens never did surrender and was the only Union controlled fort in the south during the Civil War. |
| − | '''1861''' -- 01/18/1861 - State Officials for a third time demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens | + | '''1861''' -- 01/18/1861 - State Officials for a third time demanded the surrender of [[Fort Pickens]] |
| − | '''1861''' -- 02/06/1861 - The USS Brooklyn arrived of Fort Pickens with reinforcements | + | '''1861''' -- 02/06/1861 - The USS Brooklyn arrived of [[Fort Pickens]] with reinforcements |
| − | '''1861''' -- 3/11/1861 - General Braxton Bragg arrived in Pensacola and assumes command of all Confederate forces | + | '''1861''' -- 3/11/1861 - [[General Braxton Bragg]] arrived in Pensacola and assumes command of all Confederate forces |
| − | '''1861''' -- 04/12/1861 - Confederate Forces extinguished the Pensacola Lighthouse | + | '''1861''' -- 04/12/1861 - Confederate Forces extinguished the [[Pensacola Lighthouse]] |
| − | '''1861''' -- 04/12/1861 - US Troops aboard the USS Brooklyn landed and reinforced US Artillery troops at Fort Pickens | + | '''1861''' -- 04/12/1861 - US Troops aboard the USS Brooklyn landed and reinforced US Artillery troops at [[Fort Pickens]] |
| − | '''1861''' -- 04/19/1861 - General Braxton Bragg declared marshal law in Pensacola | + | '''1861''' -- 04/19/1861 - [[General Braxton Bragg]] declared marshal law in Pensacola |
'''1861''' -- 04/19/1861 - President Abraham Lincoln issued orders that all Southern Ports be blockaded | '''1861''' -- 04/19/1861 - President Abraham Lincoln issued orders that all Southern Ports be blockaded | ||
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'''1861''' -- 09/02/1861 - US Navy boats destroyed the Pensacola Navy Yard | '''1861''' -- 09/02/1861 - US Navy boats destroyed the Pensacola Navy Yard | ||
| − | '''1861''' -- 09/14/1861 - Union troops from Fort Pickens boarded and set fire to the Confederate ship Judah | + | '''1861''' -- 09/14/1861 - Union troops from [[Fort Pickens]] boarded and set fire to the Confederate ship Judah |
'''1861''' -- 10/09/1861 - Battle of Santa Rosa Island | '''1861''' -- 10/09/1861 - Battle of Santa Rosa Island | ||
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'''1861''' -- 11/22/1861 - Artillery Duel between Fort Pickens and Confederate Batteries | '''1861''' -- 11/22/1861 - Artillery Duel between Fort Pickens and Confederate Batteries | ||
| − | '''1862''' -- Confederates burned the mills and many of the homes around the Bagdad area as they abandoned Pensacola and the surrounding area | + | '''1862''' -- Confederates burned the mills and many of the homes around the [[Bagdad]] area as they abandoned Pensacola and the surrounding area |
'''1862''' -- 01/01/1862 - Artillery duel between Confederates and Union | '''1862''' -- 01/01/1862 - Artillery duel between Confederates and Union | ||
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'''1872''' -- Public school system established in Pensacola | '''1872''' -- Public school system established in Pensacola | ||
| − | '''1873''' -- 11/09/1873 - Stephen R. | + | '''1873''' -- 11/09/1873 - [[Stephen R. Mallory]] died |
| − | '''1874''' -- 11/20/1874 - Jackson Morton Died | + | '''1874''' -- 11/20/1874 - [[Jackson Morton]] Died |
| − | '''1876''' -- 10/01/1876 - | + | '''1876''' -- 10/01/1876 - [[F. C. Brent]] and [[Louis P. Knowles]] founded the banking firm of [[Knowles & Brent]] |
'''1880''' -- 02/27/1880 - Louisville & Nashville RR bought the Pensacola Railroad | '''1880''' -- 02/27/1880 - Louisville & Nashville RR bought the Pensacola Railroad | ||
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'''1882''' -- The Tarragona Street Depot was destroyed by fire | '''1882''' -- The Tarragona Street Depot was destroyed by fire | ||
| − | '''1882''' -- Francisco Moreno died | + | '''1882''' -- [[Francisco Moreno]] died |
'''1882''' -- 08/15/1882 - The first passengers took a ride on the Pensacola & Atlantic RR | '''1882''' -- 08/15/1882 - The first passengers took a ride on the Pensacola & Atlantic RR | ||
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'''1885''' -- 05/20/1885 - Milton's business district burned. Fire may have started in the Mayer Bros store | '''1885''' -- 05/20/1885 - Milton's business district burned. Fire may have started in the Mayer Bros store | ||
| − | '''1886''' -- St Michael's Catholic Church was built | + | '''1886''' -- [[St Michael's Catholic Church]] was built |
| − | '''1886''' -- Geronimo was brought to Pensacola as a prisoner | + | '''1886''' -- [[Geronimo]] was brought to Pensacola as a prisoner |
'''1888''' -- A Presbyterian Church was built on Chase Street by Turner Construction Company | '''1888''' -- A Presbyterian Church was built on Chase Street by Turner Construction Company | ||
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'''1888''' -- Electric power company went online | '''1888''' -- Electric power company went online | ||
| − | '''1889''' -- F. C. Brent helped organize the Chamber of Commerce | + | '''1889''' -- [[F. C. Brent]] helped organize the [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]] |
| − | '''1889''' -- 09/16/1889 - The Pensacola Chamber of Commerce met for the first time (organized) and Chipley became the 1st president | + | '''1889''' -- 09/16/1889 - The [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]] met for the first time (organized) and [[William Dudley Chipley]] became the 1st president |
'''1890''' -- Horse drawn streetcar system became operational | '''1890''' -- Horse drawn streetcar system became operational | ||
| − | '''1890s''' -- Fires swept through Pensacola | + | '''1890s''' -- Fires swept through Pensacola |
| − | '''1892''' -- John A. Merritt married the daughter of R. H. Turner | + | '''1892''' -- [[John A. Merritt]] married the daughter of [[R. H. Turner]] |
| − | '''1892''' -- 01/23/1892 - The First National Bank of Pensacola and the Brent's Bank merged | + | '''1892''' -- 01/23/1892 - The [[First National Bank of Pensacola]] and the Brent's Bank merged |
'''1895''' -- Young Men's Business League of Pensacola founded | '''1895''' -- Young Men's Business League of Pensacola founded | ||
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'''1898''' -- 03/21/1898 - Pensacola Electric Railway Company went into operation | '''1898''' -- 03/21/1898 - Pensacola Electric Railway Company went into operation | ||
| − | '''1899''' -- 6/20/1899 - Gun Powder at Fort Pickens exploded, destroying an entire bastion | + | '''1899''' -- 6/20/1899 - Gun Powder at [[Fort Pickens]] exploded, destroying an entire bastion |
== 1900's == | == 1900's == | ||
Revision as of 02:26, 14 February 2008
1500's
1515 -- Ponce de Leon 'discovered' Florida
1516 -- Miruelos MAY have entered Pensacola Bay
1525 -- Panfilo de Narveaz explored Florida
1539 -- Hernando de Soto explored Florida
1559 -- 06/11/1559 - Members of Luna's expedition embarked at Vera Cruz, Mexico, for their journey to establish Pensacola
1559 -- 08/14/1559 - Luna's expedition entered Pensacola Bay
1559 -- 08/19/1559 - A hurricane struck Pensacola Bay, virtually destroying Luna's fleet
1561 -- 03/16/1561 - Villafane arriveed at Pensacola for relief for Luna's expedition after the hurricane of 1559
1561 -- 04/09/1561 - Villifane became the governor of Florida
1565 -- St. Augustine, on Florida's East Coast, was founded by the Spanish
1600's
1682 -- 04/06/1682 - La Salle claimed Louisiana for France
1684 -- Sieur de la Salle descended the Mississippi River an made a failed attempt to establish a colony near the mouth of the Mississippi
1686 -- 02/06/1686 - An expedition under the command of Juan Enriques Barroto (Juan Jordan Reina) entered Pensacola Bay
1692 -- 06/26/1892 - Conde de Galve, viceroy of Mexico, was given instructions by the Spanish King to explore the gulf coast
1693 -- 04/07/1693 - Admiral Andres de Pez's expedition entered Pensacola Bay
1694 -- 06/13/1694 - The King of Spain (Charles II??) gave the go ahead to settle Pensacola
1698 -- 11/06/1698 - An expedition under Juan Jordan de Reina sailed from Havana, Cuba, to settle Pensacola
1698 -- 11/17/1698 - An expedition under the command of Juan Jordan Reina arrived at Pensacola
1698 -- 11/21/1698 - An expedition under the command of Andres de Arriola, arrived in Pensacola from Vera Cruz, Mexico
1700's
1702 -- French, under d'Iberville, founded Mobile, Biloxi, and Dauphin Island
1702 -- Spanish settlers at Pensacola suffered a severe epidemic, probably Yellow Fever
1704 -- Pensacola received its first women settlers
1707 -- Creek Indians, under the urging of the British, attacked and burned Spanish Pensacola
1707 -- Creek Indians laid siege to Fort San Carlos at Pensacola, but withdrew
1719 -- Spanish recaptured Pensacola
1719 -- 05/13/1719 - French from Mobile sailed to Pensacola in an attempt to capture the town
1719 -- 05/16/1719 - The French Fleet, under Jean Baptiste Le Moyne and his brother Sieur de Bienville, entered Pensacola Bay, fired on Fort San Carlos, and captured the Pensacola
1719 -- 09/18/1719 - French recaptured Pensacola
1720 -- France and Spain make peace.
1722 -- France burns Pensacola in a scorched earth policy. Spanish secure return of Pensacola from France and reoccupy, November 25. Spaniards build on Santa Rosa Island - the "Second Pensacola."
1723 -- Spanish built a village on Santa Rosa Island
1723 -- French left Pensacola
1743 -- The first timber export left Pensacola by the Havana Company
1753-1763 -- Spanish garrisoned at Pensacola
1754 -- Hurricane destroys the village of Pensacola on Santa Rosa Island. Survivors move to the mainland.
1757 -- 12/23/1757 - King Ferdinand VI(I?) issues royal orders naming settlement near San Miguel mission (near today's Seville Square), 'Presidio San Miqual de Panzacola' or Panzacola - the "Third Pensacola."
1760 -- A Hurricane struck Pensacola
1763 -- Spanish left Pensacola as a result of the Treaty of Ghent, which gave Florida to the British
1763 -- 02/10/1763 - The Spanish and British signed the Treaty of Paris, resulting in Spain ceding Florida to the British
1763 -- 07/10/1763 - Colonel Augustine Prevost sailed from Havana, Cuba with 4 ships & 350 men on their way to accept the transfer of Florida from Spain to Great Britain
1763 -- 08/05/1763 - Lieutenant Colonel Augustine Prevost arrived in Pensacola with 350 men to accept the transfer of Florida from Spain to Great Britian
1763 -- 08/06/1763 - Lieutenant Colonel Augustin Prevost and troops took command of Pensacola for the British
1763 -- 09/03/1763 - The Spanish left Pensacola
1764 -- First meeting of West Florida Council, November. Began by declaring all titles purchased from departing Spaniards void. Surveyor, Elias Durnford, prepares a plan for the city. Divides town into building and garden lots with the dviding line being present day Garden Street
1764 -- 10/21/1764 - George Johnstone arrived in Pensacola as West Florida's first British governor
1764 -- 11/24/1764 - The first council was convened by the British in Pensacola
1767 -- George Johnstone relieved as governor of West Florida and succeeded by Monfort Browne
1769 -- John Eliot arrived in Pensacola as the new governor
1769 -- 05/02/1769 - John Eliot, governor of West Florida, hanged himself
1769 -- 07/31/1769 - Elias Durnford named Lieutenant Governor as acting governor
1770 -- Peter Chester arrived in Pensacola as the new British governor
1770 -- Bernardo de Galvez appointed governor of Spanish Louisiana
1770 -- 08/10/1770 - Peter Chester arrived in Pensacola as governor of West Florida
1773-1774 -- Botanist William Bartram explores Florida across what is now known as the Batram Trail
1774 -- 10/24/1774 - Continental Congress wrote to the Assembly in Pensacola, but was suppressed by Governor Chester
1775-1783 -- Revolutionary War, Florida remains loyal to England
1777 -- 01/01/1777 - Don Bernardo Galvez became the acting Governor of Louisiana
1779 -- 06/21/1779 - Spain declared war on England (implications for Florida)
1780 -- Elias Durnford surrendered Mobile to Galvez
1780 -- 01/28/1780 - Bernardo de Galvez sailed from New Orleans in an abortive attempt to capture Pensacola
1781 -- The land that St. Michaels Cemetery occupies was designated a burying place.
1781 -- 02/28/1781 - Bernardo de Galvez sailed again from New Orleans with an invasion force headed for Pensacola
1781 -- 03/09/1781 - Bernardo de Galvez entered Pensacola Bay and lays siege to the British
1781 -- 05/07/1781 - Bernardo de Galvez began his siege of the British Fort George, located just north of Pensacola
1781 -- 05/08/1781 - British General John Campbell surrendered Pensacola to Bernardo de Galvez after a shot from the Spanish cannon (mortar) destroys the British powder magazine
1781 -- 05/09/1781 - British soldiers left their fort at Pensacola, officially ending the British presence in Florida
1783 -- Florida given to Spain by England in exchange for Bahamas and Gibraltar. Most British settlers leave.
1784 -- Spanish census of Pensacola. Population = 593 persons
1785 -- Panton, Leslie & John Forbes & Co. Trading Post in Pensacola is established
1792 -- Francisco Moreno was born in Pensacola
1794 -- 08/10/1794 - Jackson Morton was born
1795 -- Spain yields its claim to the northern part of West Florida . The United States and Spain signed the Pickney Treaty establishing the borders between the United States and Spanish Florida
1798 -- William H. Chase was born in Massachusetts
1800's
1801 -- William Panton, co-owner of Panton-Leslie & Company, died at sea
1803 -- Louisiana Purchase. Capital of Spanish West Florida moves from New Orleans to Pensacola.
1804 -- The Panton-Leslie & Company changed its name to John Forbes & Company
1805 -- Population = 1,398 persons
1807 -- The Inneraity family assumed control of John Forbes & Company
1808 -- Thomas William Brent was Born in Washington DC
1808 -- Pensacolians rename their principal streets and plazas in honor of their deceased monarch, Ferdinand VII, and the spirited Spanish resistance movement against Napoleon.
1810 -- Republic of West Florida proclaimed. Formal survey of St. Michaels Cemetery.
1810 -- Population = 1,000 persons
1812 -- Stephen Russell Mallory, future US Senator and Confederate Secretary of the Navy, was born in Trinidad
1812 -- War of 1812, United States declares war on England, June 18. United States annexed portions of West Florida to Louisiana and to the Mississippi Territory.
1813 -- General James Wilkinson and troops captured Mobile
1813 -- 08/30/1813 - Fort Mims Massacre
1814 -- 03/27/1814 - Andrew Jackson and his Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
1814 -- 11/14/1814 - Andrew Jackson captured Pensacola and occupies it for the first time , November 7-9. He evicts British from the Spanish forts.
1815 -- 06/20/1815 - Angela Moreno (later Angela Moreno Mallory) is born
1816 -- 08/14/1816 - John Innerarity writes James Innerarity that they expect an attack on Pensacola real soon
1818 -- Andrew Jackson captured St Marks
1818 -- Andrew Jackson captured Pensacola again
1819 -- 02/22/1819 - Spain and the United States signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, giving the United States possession of Florida
1821 -- Andrew Jackson leaves Pensacola
1821 -- 03/12/1821 - Andrew Jackson was given a commission by President James Monroe to oversee the transfer of Florida to the United States and became Florida's first American governor
1821 -- 07/17/1821 - The United States officially assumed control of Florida in a flag-exchange ceremony at Pensacola
1821 -- 07/17/1821 - Jose Cavalla, Spanish governor of Florida, officially turned over Florida to Andrew Jackson, representing the United States
1821 -- 08/18/1821 - The Floridian Newspaper, published by George Tunstall and Cary Nicholas, issued its first edition
1821 -- 10/03/1821 - A farewell party was given in honor of Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel at Austin's Tavern
1822 -- Yellow Fever epidemic in Pensacola (forced the 1st Legislative council to move elsewhere) 237 people died
1822 -- Florida's first legislative council convened in Pensacola
1822 -- 07/22/1822 - The 1st session of Florida's legislative council convened in Pensacola
1822 -- 08/13/1822 - The Pensacola Board of Health reported yellow fever was present in Pensacola, which eventually killed 237 people
1824 -- 05/16/1824 - Edmund Kirby Smith, future Confederate General, was born in St. Augustine, Florida
1825 -- Paul Rosasco, father of Albert T. and William Sebastian, was born in Genoa, Italy
1825 -- 11/04/1825 - A three-person board consisting of James Biddle, Lewis Warrington, and William Bainbridge, recommended the construction of a Navy Yard at Pensacola
1826 -- 04/20/1826 - Commodore Lewis Warrington, United States Navy, assumed command of the Pensacola Navy Yard
1826 -- 10/27/1826 - Warrington's last day as commandant of the Pensacola Navy Yard
1826 -- 11/08/1826 - The navy issued its first contract to area businessmen for lumber to be used in the construction of the navy yard
1827 -- The Naval Live Oaks Reservation was established on land previously owned by Henry M. Breckenridge
1827 -- 03/14/1827 - A labor strike commenced in Pensacola
1828 -- the towns of Warrington and Woolsey were constructed for the workmen who are working at the Pensacola Navy Yard
1830 -- 12/09/1830 - Joseph Forsyth transferred half his land holdings to Andrew and Ezekiel Simpson, and together the three men built a lumber mill
1831 -- Bank of Pensacola chartered
1832 -- Old Christ Church is Built in downtown Pensacola
1833 -- The first bank in Pensacola is organized
1834 -- Construction of Fort Pickens concluded
1837 -- Bank Panic hit Pensacola
1838 -- Stephen Russell Mallory married Angela Moreno, daughter of Francisco Moreno
1839 -- Construction of Fort Barrancas commenced
1843 -- Construction onFort McRee commenced
1844 -- Construction of Fort Barrancas concluded
1845 -- 03/03/1845 -- Florida entered the Union as a State
1849 -- 03/04/1849 - Jackson Morton took his seat as a Whig in the United States Senate
1850 -- Stephen Russell Mallory was elected to the United States Senate
1851 -- 5/06/1851 - Dr. John Gorrie patented his ice-making machine
1852 -- Yellow Fever hit the Pensacola Area
1853 -- Yellow Fever epidemic struck Pensacola again
1855 -- Joseph Forsyth Died and his mill changed its name to Simpson & Company
1855 -- 03/03/1855 - Jackson Morton resigned his seat in the United States Senate
1856 -- 05/16/1856 - Construction began on the Alabama & Florida Railroad between Pensacola and Montgomery, Alabama
1856 -- 10/30/1856 - Major William H. Chase, who supervised the construction of the local forts, retired from military service
1857-1859 -- The USS Pensacola and USS Seminole were constructed at Pensacola
1858 -- 01/01/1858 - The Pensacola Lighthouse went into operation
1859 -- 06/25/1859 - The USS Seminole, built in Pensacola, was launched
1861 -- 01/05/1861 - Florida's secession Convention convened in Tallahassee
1861 -- 01/06/1861 - State troops seized the Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
1861 -- 1/07/1861 - State troops seized Fort Marion at St. Augustine
1861 -- 01/07/1861 - Adam Slemmer met with the command of the Navy Yard as to what action should be taken in case local citizens and/or militia tried to take possession of the Yard, or any of the forts
1861 -- 01/10/1861 - Florida seceded from the Union
1861 -- 01/10/1861 - Adam Slemmer transferred his small artillery force from Fort Barrancas to Fort Pickens
1861 -- 01/12/1861 - State officials demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens
1861 -- 01/12/1861 - Troops from Alabama and Florida occupied the Pensacola Navy Yard
1861 -- 01/12/1861 - State troops seized the Pensacola Navy Yard, Fort McRee, Fort Barrancas, and Barrancas Barracks
1861 -- 01/15/1861 - State officials (Col. William H. Chase) again demanded Fort Pickens surrender. Fort Pickens never did surrender and was the only Union controlled fort in the south during the Civil War.
1861 -- 01/18/1861 - State Officials for a third time demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens
1861 -- 02/06/1861 - The USS Brooklyn arrived of Fort Pickens with reinforcements
1861 -- 3/11/1861 - General Braxton Bragg arrived in Pensacola and assumes command of all Confederate forces
1861 -- 04/12/1861 - Confederate Forces extinguished the Pensacola Lighthouse
1861 -- 04/12/1861 - US Troops aboard the USS Brooklyn landed and reinforced US Artillery troops at Fort Pickens
1861 -- 04/19/1861 - General Braxton Bragg declared marshal law in Pensacola
1861 -- 04/19/1861 - President Abraham Lincoln issued orders that all Southern Ports be blockaded
1861 -- 09/02/1861 - US Navy boats destroyed the Pensacola Navy Yard
1861 -- 09/14/1861 - Union troops from Fort Pickens boarded and set fire to the Confederate ship Judah
1861 -- 10/09/1861 - Battle of Santa Rosa Island
1861 -- 11/22/1861 - Artillery Duel between Fort Pickens and Confederate Batteries
1862 -- Confederates burned the mills and many of the homes around the Bagdad area as they abandoned Pensacola and the surrounding area
1862 -- 01/01/1862 - Artillery duel between Confederates and Union
1862 -- 05/09/1862 - Confederate Forces evacuate Pensacola
1862 -- 05/10/1862 - Acting Mayor Broshaham surrendered Pensacola to Union officials after the Confederates evacuated the town
1868 -- Reconstruction in Florida ended
1868 -- 03/28/1868 - The Pensacola & Louisville Railroad bought the Alabama & Florida Railroad, which had gone bankrupted after the Civil War, for $55,000
1870 -- The Railroad finally connected Pensacola to the outside world
1872 -- Public school system established in Pensacola
1873 -- 11/09/1873 - Stephen R. Mallory died
1874 -- 11/20/1874 - Jackson Morton Died
1876 -- 10/01/1876 - F. C. Brent and Louis P. Knowles founded the banking firm of Knowles & Brent
1880 -- 02/27/1880 - Louisville & Nashville RR bought the Pensacola Railroad
1880s -- Pensacola Gas Company founded
1881 -- 06/01/1881 - Construction on the Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad began
1881 -- 08/22/1881 - Construction began on railroad bridges over Pensacola Bay and the Choctahatchee and Apalachicola Rivers
1882 -- The Tarragona Street Depot was destroyed by fire
1882 -- Francisco Moreno died
1882 -- 08/15/1882 - The first passengers took a ride on the Pensacola & Atlantic RR
1882 -- 08/15/1882 - The first train carrying passengers crossed the railroad bridge over Pensacola Bay
1883 -- 04/11/1883 - The Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad was completed between Pensacola and Jacksonville
1885 -- 05/20/1885 - Milton's business district burned. Fire may have started in the Mayer Bros store
1886 -- St Michael's Catholic Church was built
1886 -- Geronimo was brought to Pensacola as a prisoner
1888 -- A Presbyterian Church was built on Chase Street by Turner Construction Company
1888 -- Electric power company went online
1889 -- F. C. Brent helped organize the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce
1889 -- 09/16/1889 - The Pensacola Chamber of Commerce met for the first time (organized) and William Dudley Chipley became the 1st president
1890 -- Horse drawn streetcar system became operational
1890s -- Fires swept through Pensacola
1892 -- John A. Merritt married the daughter of R. H. Turner
1892 -- 01/23/1892 - The First National Bank of Pensacola and the Brent's Bank merged
1895 -- Young Men's Business League of Pensacola founded
1897 -- Temple Beth-El built on Chase Street
1898 -- Spanish-American war erupted
1898 -- 03/21/1898 - Pensacola Electric Railway Company went into operation
1899 -- 6/20/1899 - Gun Powder at Fort Pickens exploded, destroying an entire bastion
1900's
1900 -- Baars, Dunwoody & Company established
1900 -- St. Anthony's Hospital established
1900 -- Pensacola Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company established
1900 -- American National Bank established
1902 -- Pensacola established its first streetcar system
1902 -- Pensacola navy yard received a dry dock
1904 -- William, Albert, and Peter Rosasco bought the Bay Point Mill Company
1905 -- fires destroys much of downtown Pensacola
1905 -- 01/01/1905 - F. C. Brent retired as the president of the First National Bank
1905 -- 10/31/1905 - Fire erupted in downtown Pensacola destroying the Brent Block which included the Brent and Blount buildings
1906 -- A Hurricane hit Pensacola
1906 -- Dry dock at the Pensacola Navy Yard destroyed by a hurricane
1911 -- 10/20/1911 - The United States Government closed the Pensacola Navy Yard
1913 -- 11/17/1913 - FDR arrived in Pensacola to announce plans to create a Naval Air Station at Pensacola
1914 -- 11/01/1914 - The firm of Crow, Rudolf & Company in Liverpool, England, went bankrupted. The First National Bank of Pensacola had put a lot of money into the company and lost a lot when it when belly up. It caused an economic depression in Pensacola.
1914 -- 01/20/1914 - The first naval flight school was established at the Pensacola Navy Yard
1916 -- A Hurricane hit NW Florida
1916 -- The Newport Company, a naval stores industry, was established in Pensacola
1917 -- A Hurricane hit Pensacola, destroying the Pensacola Opera House
1918 -- A Flu Epidemic struck Pensacola
1921 -- The Newport company closed
1926 -- WCOA AM radio went on the air
1926 -- A hurricane hit Pensacola
1929 -- The Stock Market Crashed
1939 -- 01/24/1939 - A post office was established in Gulf Breeze
1941 -- 12/07/1941 - The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, bringing the United States into World War II
1961 -- 08/10/1961 - Gulf Breeze's first mayor and city council were officially sworn into office
1961 -- 08/17/1961 - The Gulf Breeze City Council held its first official meeting
1995 -- 10/05/1995 - Hurricane Opal hit Pensacola
