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SAINT AUGUSTINE CHRONOLOGY
AND COAT OF ARMS
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 Gover-
nor's Mansion. Built 1598.
St. Augustine burned by John Davis,
a pirate, 1665.
Wooden part of town burned by Gov-
ernor 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.
Florida ceded to Great Britain in
St. Augustine, Florida,
Oldest Čity in the United
States under four flags.
exchange for Cuba, 1763.
Re-ceded to Spain in exchange
for Bahama Islands, 1783.
Old Cathedral built in 1793-97; partly rebuilt after fire
in 1887.
Spanish Monument in Plaza, erected in 1813.
Florida ceded to U. S. for five million dollars,
1819-1821.
Sea Wall, built 1835-42.
Old Slave Market, first established 1598-
present structure dates from 1824.
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