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*'''[[Decoration Day]]''' ([[Confederate]] Memorial Day) was traditionally held with services at [[Florida Square]]/[[Lee Square]].
*[[1781]] – '''[[Siege of Pensacola]]''': Major General [[John Campbell]] ordered an attack upon Spanish forces entrenched around [[Gage Hill]], but it was repulsed.
*[[1818]] – Major General [[Andrew Jackson]] convened a court martial at [[Fort St. Marks]] for two British subjects, '''[[Alexander Arbuthnot]]''' and '''[[Robert C. Ambrister]]''', charged with inciting the [[Creek Seminole Indians]] against the United States.
*[[2001]] – A bill by State Representatives [[Jerry Maygarden]] and [[Durrell Peaden]] to transfer '''[[Historic Pensacola Preservation Board]]''' to [[UWF]] control passed the Florida House without opposition.
