1513 | Ponce de Leon landed near Cape Canaveral and named it "La Florida" |
1565 | Pedro Menendez de Avilles established St. Augustine |
1700 | Timucuan Indians lived on the Shores of Lake Monroe |
1760 | Timucuans disappeared from Florida and the Seminoles arrived from Ala. & Ga. |
1763 | Florida became British in an exchange with Spain for Havana |
1783 | Florida returned to Spain after American Revolution |
1902 | Orange County School Board established |
1907 | Orlando's Church Street paved with bricks |
1908 | Sanford Herald newspaper is established |
1912 | Goldsboro annexed into Sanford |
1913 | Seminole County is created from Orange County on April 25 |
1923 | Albertson Public Library opened |
1925 | Florida Land Boom |
1925 | Sanford Zoo opens |
1926 | Hurricane hits Miami and ended Land Boom |
1927 | Orange County Courthouse dedicated |
1928 | More than 2,000 people killed in hurricane on Lake Okeechobee |
1928 | Municipal Airport opened in Orlando |
1929 | Mediterranean Fruit Flies found in Orlando citrus groves |
1934 | First Farmer's Market is established |
1935 | Labor Day hurricane strongest ever to hit Florida at this time frame |
1902 | Orange County School Board established |
1907 | Orlando's Church Street paved with bricks |
1908 | Sanford Herald newspaper is established |
1912 | Goldsboro annexed into Sanford |
1913 | Seminole County is created from Orange County on April 25 |
1923 | Albertson Public Library opened |
1925 | Florida Land Boom |
1925 | Sanford Zoo opens |
1926 | Hurricane hits Miami and ended Land Boom |
1927 | Orange County Courthouse dedicated |
1928 | More than 2,000 people killed in hurricane on Lake Okeechobee |
1928 | Municipal Airport opened in Orlando |
1929 | Mediterranean Fruit Flies found in Orlando citrus groves |
1934 | First Farmer's Market is established |
1935 | Labor Day hurricane strongest ever to hit Florida at this time frame |