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'''1818''' -- [[Andrew Jackson]] captured St Marks
'''1818''' -- May 24, [[Andrew Jackson]] captured Pensacola again to end Spanish supply of arms to Indians.
'''1819''' -- 02/22/1819 - Spain and the United States signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, giving the United States possession of Florida
'''1820''' -- Spanish census of Pensacola. Population = 712 persons.
'''1821''' -- [[Andrew Jackson]] leaves 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 on August 18, 1821
'''1821''' -- 10/03/1821 - A farewell party was given in honor of [[Andrew Jackson]] and his wife Rachel at Austin's Tavern
'''1821''' -- Florida organized into two (2) counties, [[Escambia]] (West Florida) and St. Johns (East Florida).
'''1822''' -- [[Yellow Fever]] epidemic in Pensacola (forced the 1st Legislative council to move elsewhere) 237 people died
'''1822''' -- 07/22/1822 - The 1st session of Florida's first legislative council convened in Pensacola '''1822''' -- Florida organized as a territory. March 30.
'''1822''' -- 07/22/1822 - The 1st session of FloridaJackson and Duval counties created, causing changes in Escambia and St.John's legislative council convened in Pensacola counties.
'''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''' -- ''Pensacola Gazette'' and ''West Florida Advertiser'' first published, March 13th.
'''1824''' -- City of Pensacola incorporated.
'''1824-1826''' -- Road built from St. Augustine to Pensacola.
'''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 . Construction was authorized.
'''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
'''1826''' -- 12/20/1826, [[Pensacola Lighthouse]] first illuminated.
'''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 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
'''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 Florida's first Federal census. Indian removal begins.
'''1831''' -- [[Bank of Pensacola]] chartered
'''1839''' -- Construction of [[Fort Barrancas]] commenced
'''1842''' -- Santa Rosa county created from Escambia county. '''1843''' -- Construction on[[ Fort McRee]] commenced '''1843''' -- [[Jonathon Walker]], was arrested on the coast of Florida, while attempting to run off with some slaves in a boat; was put in jail in Pensacola, tried, and sentenced to pay a fine and be branded with S.S. (slave stealer) in the palm of the hand.
'''1844''' -- Construction of [[Fort Barrancas]] concluded
'''1845''' -- 03/03/1845''' -- Florida entered the Union as a State . Sections and townships laid out by the General Land Office.
'''1849''' -- 03/04/1849 - Jackson Morton took his seat as a Whig in the United States Senate
'''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''' -- 01/08/1861 - First shots of Civil War fired at Fort Barrancas. Col. [[William Chase]] authorized by Governor M. Perry to seize the forts at Pensacola.
'''1861''' -- 01/10/1861 - Florida seceded from the Union
'''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.
