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Jacksonville Junior College established. WMBR radio begins broadcasting. [27] 1938 WJHP radio begins broadcasting. [27] Theatre Jacksonville built. [28] 1940 U.S. military Naval Air Station Jacksonville commissioned. [1] Population: 173,065. [24] 1946 - Annual Gator Bowl college football game begins. 1947 Jacksonville Urban League formed. [26 ...
1564: Fort Caroline north of Jacksonville is established by the French. 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés establishes the city of St. Augustine. 1565 September 20: Spanish attack Fort Caroline and kill most of the French, some escape. 1571 December: Pedro Menéndez wrecks at Cape Canaveral and meets hostile natives thought to be of the Ais ...
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast is a U.S. Navy maintenance, repair and overhaul depot-level facility located onboard Naval Air Station Jacksonville with intermediate-level detachments at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport and Naval Air Station Key West.
The first Catholic church in Jacksonville, Immaculate Conception, was founded in 1854. It is now the Basilica of Immaculate Conception. [27] In 1858, Pius IX moved Florida into a new Apostolic Vicariate of Florida and named Bishop Augustin Verot as its vicar apostolic. [28]
Pages in category "History of Jacksonville, Florida" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total. ... Timeline of Jacksonville, Florida; 0–9.
The 1888 Subtropical Exposition was held in Jacksonville and attended by President Grover Cleveland, but the Florida-style world's fair did not lead to a lasting boost for tourism in Jacksonville. The area declined in importance as a resort destination after Henry Flagler extended the Florida East Coast Railroad to the south, reaching Palm ...
A shell midden at Enterprise, Florida in 1875.. The foundation of Florida was located in the continent of Gondwana at the South Pole 650 million years ago (Mya). When Gondwana collided with the continent of Laurentia 300 Mya, it had moved further north. 200 Mya, the merged continents containing what would be Florida, had moved north of the equator.
Jacksonville has recorded four days with measurable snow since 1911, most recently a one-inch (2.5 cm) snowfall in December 1989, [88] flurries in December 2010, [89] and 1/10 of an inch of snow in January, 2025. [90] Jacksonville has only received one direct hit from a hurricane since 1871. The rarity of direct strikes is attributed to chance ...