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Local Events |
World Events |
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1492 |
Columbus sailing under Spanish flag discovers New World |
Leonardo da Vinci draws flying machine; Pope Alexander VI elected |
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1513 |
Ponce de Leon discovers Florida, claims land for Spain |
Balboa discovers Pacific Ocean; Pope Leo X elected |
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1565 |
Pedro Menendez de Aviles founds the settlement of St. Augustine, celebration of first parish Mass in United States |
Council of Trent ended two years earlier (1545 - 1563) |
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1566 |
First Jesuit missionaries in St. Augustine, first Jesuit martyr in United States |
Sulieman I dies, succeeded by Selim II as Sultan of Turkey |
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1573 |
First Franciscan missionaries in St. Augustine |
Work begun on Mexico City Cathedral (completed 1813) |
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1586 |
Sir Francis Drake raids St. Augustine |
Rebuilding of St. John Lateran in Rome |
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1598 |
Nuestra Senora de la Soledad opened as first hospital in United States across from present-day Motherhouse of Sisters of St. Joseph |
King Philip II of Spain dies, succeeded by Philip III |
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1605 |
Franciscans open seminary, first school in United States |
Jamestown, Virginia, first English settlement, founded two years later; Pope Leo XI elected |
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1620 |
Settlement of St. Augustine celebrated 55th anniversary |
English Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock |
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1650 |
Sisters of St. Joseph founded in Le Puy, France by Jean-Pierre Medaille, SJ |
Harvard College granted charter |
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1670 |
Work begun on Castillo de San Marcos (completed 1696) |
English settlement of Charles Town (Charleston, South Carolina) founded; Clement X elected |
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1674 |
First Catholic priests ordained in United States |
John Milton, author of Paradise Lost, dies |
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1691 |
"O'Reilly House" built from same materials as Castillo de San Marcos |
Massachusetts absorbs Plymouth Colony; Pope Innocent XII elected |
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1702 |
Governor James Moore of Carolina attacks St. Augustine, inhabitants seek refuge in Castillo de San Marcos, few buildings remain |
French found settlement in Alabama |
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1725 |
Captain Lorenzo Josef de Leon assumes ownership of "O'Reilly House" |
Spanish Steps of Rome completed (1721 - 1725) |
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1752 |
Michael (Miguel) O'Reilly born in County Longford, Ireland |
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning conductor |
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1763 |
Seven Years' War Ends: Spain cedes Florida to British in exchange for return of Cuba |
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