Time Periods in Florida and Fort George Island history:FLORIDA READMIITTED TO THE UNION (1868)
THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) FLORIDA BECOMES THE 27 STATE IN THE UNION (MARCH 3rd, 1845) UNITED STATES TERRITORIAL PERIOD (1821-1845) PATRIOTS REBELLION (1811-1814) SECOND SPANISH PERIOD (1783-1821) BRITISH PERIOD (1763-1783) FIRST SPANISH PERIOD (1565-1763) NATIVE AMERICAN PERIOD (500 B.C.-A.D. 1565) National Events February 16, 1988 President Ronald Reagan establishes the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve through the efforts of Florida Congressman Charles E. Bennett 1964 Civil Rights Act passed by Congress making racial discrimination illegal 1941-1945 World War II 1929-1941 Great Depression 1917-1918 U.S. involvement in World War I May 3, 1901 Great Fire of Jacksonville 1898 Spanish-American War 1880s- 1890s Henry Flagler develops the Florida East Coast Railroad 1868 Florida readmitted to the Union 1865-1876 Reconstruction of the South. 1865 Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution passed banning slavery in the United States February 20, 1864 Battle of Olustee, Florida January 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation given by President Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery in the Confederacy is enacted January 10, 1861 Florida secedes from the Union to become the third state to join the Confederacy 1850s Third Seminole War March 3, 1845 Florida joins the Union 1835-1837 Second Seminole War July 10, 1821 Spanish Governor Jose Coppinger formally transfers control of Florida to the United States through U.S. Army Colonel Robert Butler in a St. Augustine ceremony 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty makes Florida a United States territory 1818 First Seminole War 1817 Pirates Gregor MacGregor, and later Luis Aury, capture Amelia Island from the Spanish. U.S. Army troops return the island to the Spanish 1811-1814 War of 1812; Patriots Rebellion in Florida 1783 Second Treaty of Paris returns Florida to Spanish control from the British 1775-1783 American Revolution 1763 The Treaty of Paris makes Florida a British possession, removing it from Spanish control 1756-1763 The French and Indian War 1740 British troops under General James Oglethorpe lay siege to St. Augustine 1738 Spanish Governor Manuel de Montiano established the free Black settlement of Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose (Ft. Mose) two miles north of St. Augustine 1702 South Carolina Governor James Moore burns the city of St. Augustine 1672-1695 Castillo de San Marcos constructed in St. Augustine 1619 A Dutch ship lands in Jamestown, Virginia and sells twenty African captives -- the first Africans in North America. 1565 French Fort Caroline destroyed by the Spanish under the leadership of Pedro Menendez. Menendez established the city of St. Augustine. 1564 French Huguenot captain Rene de Laudonniere builds the fort and settlement of La Caroline. May 1, 1562 Frenchman Jean Ribault establishes contact with the Native Americans in Northeast Florida, near the mouth of the St. Johns River, which Ribault called the River of May. 1518 The Spanish crown authorizes the direct shipment of slaves from Africa to the Americas 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon claims “La Florida” for Spain. . Fort George Island Local Events National Park Service acquires Kingsley Plantation. 1991 Florida Park Service acquires Kingsley Plantation 1955 Ribau!t Club built on the site of the former Fort George Hotel. 1928 Admiral Victor Blue buys the plantation grounds from the Rollins family and organizes the Army-Navy Club of Fort George Island. 1923 Fort George Hotel burns 1889 Saint George Episcopal Church built. 1877 Fort George Hotel built. 1875 Anna Kingsley dies in Jacksonville, Florida. July 1870 John Rollins owns Fort George Island, converting it from agricultural to recreational uses. 1869-1895 Charles Barnwell owns Fort George Island 1860-1869 Charles Thomson owns Fort George Island. He has the tabby house constructed at the south end of the island 1854-1855 John Lewis owns Fort George Island. 1853-1854 Anna Kingsley returns to Jacksonville, Florida, from Haiti 1847 George Kingsley dies while at sea returning to Jacksonville, Florida, from Haiti. 1846 Zephaniah Kingsley dies in New York City at age 78. September 13, 1843 Zephaniah Kingsley’s nephew, Kingsley Beatty Gibbs, owns Fort George Island 1839-1853 Anna Kingsley and her sons, George and John, move to Haiti and establish the plantation of Mayorasgo de Koka 1837 Youngest son of Zephaniah and Anna Kingsley, John Maxwell, born at Kingsley Plantation November 22, 1824 Zephaniah Kingsley owns Fort George Island. He has the kitchen house, barn and slave cabins constructed and operates a sea island cotton slave plantation. 1814-1839 John Houstoun McIntosh owns Fort George Island. He operates a sea island cotton slave plantation and becomes a leader of the Patriots; Rebellion 1804-1814 Zephaniah Kingsley marries a slave from Senegal, West Africa named Anta Majigeen Ndiaye (Anna) in Havana, Cuba 1806 Zephaniah Kingsley immigrates to Spanish Florida. 1803 John McQueen (Don Juan Reyna) owns Fort George Island. He builds the plantation house and operates a Sea Island cotton slave plantation 1791-1804 Naturalists John and William Bartram visit Fort George Island. 1766 Richard Hazard owns Fort George Island. He operates an indigoslave plantation. 1765-1771 James Oglethorpe builds British Fort Saint George on Fort George Island. 1736 San Juan del Puerto destroyed by Carolina Governor James Moore. 1702 Spanish mission San Juan del Puerto established on Fort George Island by Franciscan friars. 1587 Jean Ribault claims Fort George Island for France. 1562 |
Last updated: February 1, 2018