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TABLE OF
HISTORICAL SAINT AUGUSTINE
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1. Florida discovered in 1513 by Don
Juan Ponce de Leon in search of
Castillo de San Marcos started
in 1672, completed 1756, with-
stood several English attacks.
the Fountain of Youth.
2. St. Augustine founded by Don
Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1565.
9. City Gates are a remnant of
the town wall built in the early
1700's
September 8th.
3. Shrine, Nuestra Senora de la Leche.
where first Holy Mass celebrated
by Menendez, 1565.
10. Florida ceded to Great Britain
1763 for Cuba.
4. Present State Arsenal occupied as
the Franciscan Monastery in 1577.
11. Receded back to Spain in 1783
in exchange for the Bahama Isl-
ands.
St. Augustine ransacked and burned
on May 28th, 1586 by Sir Francis
Drake, the English pirate.
12. Roman Catholic Cathedral built
in 1793 partially destroyed by fire
in 1887.
Public Market and standard
system of weights and measure
established in 1598.
13. Florida ceded to the United
States in 1821 in settlement of
border disputes.
. Old Spanish Treasury built 1690
1695.
St. Augustine, Florida,
the oldest City in the United States
14. Sea Wall built by United States
1837-1843.
and the
Birthplace of American History.
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