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==Events==
*[[1704]] – [[Andrés de Arriola]] arrives in [[Pensacola Bay]] with food supplies to reinforce the [[Presidio Santa María de Galve]], which had previously borrowed provisions from French [[Mobile]].
*[[1719]] – The French fleet, under [[Jean Baptiste Le Moyne]] and his brother [[Sieur de Bienville]], enters [[Pensacola Bay]], fires on [[Fort San Carlos]], and [[Battle of Pensacola (1719)|captures Pensacola]].
*[[1856]] – Construction begins on the [[Alabama & Florida Railroad]].
*[[2006]] – [{[Escambia County Commissioner]]s request validation of funds for the [[Southwest Escambia Improvement District]], which was approved but later halted by a complaint by Dr. [[Greg Strand]].
==Births==