Saint Augustine Chronology and Coat of Arms
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| Florida discovered by Ponce De Leon, 1513. St. Augustine founded by Menendez, 1565. Plundered and burned by Sir Francis Drake, 1586. Post Office, Formerly Spanish Governor's Mansion. Built 1598. St. Augustine burned by John Davis, a pirate, 1665. Wooden part of town burned by Governor Moore of South Carolina, 1702. City Gates, built 1702-27. Besieged by Oglethorpe, governor of Georgia, 1740. Castillo de San Marcos, begun 1586, completed 1756. Re-ceded to Spain in exchange for Bahama Islands, 1784. Florida ceded to Great Britain in exchange for Cuba, 1762. Old Cathedral built in 1793-97; partly rebuilt after fire in 1887. Spanish Monument, in Plaza, erected in 1812. Florida ceded to U.S. for five million dollars, 1821. Sea Wall, built 1835-37. Old Slave Market, built in 1840 |
