The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Florida:
Florida – third most populous and the southeasternmost of the 50 states of the United States of America. Florida lies between the Gulf of Mexico and the North Atlantic Ocean. The Territory of Florida joined the Union as the 27th state on March 3, 1845. Florida joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, but was readmitted to the Union in 1868.
General reference
Geography of Florida
Geography of Florida
Places in Florida
Places in Florida
Environment of Florida
Environment of Florida
Natural geographic features of Florida
Regions of Florida
Administrative divisions of Florida
Demography of Florida
Demographics of Florida
Government and politics of Florida
Politics of Florida
Branches of the government of Florida
Government of Florida
Executive branch of the government of Florida
Legislative branch of the government of Florida
Judicial branch of the government of Florida
Courts of Florida
Law and order in Florida
Law of Florida
Military in Florida
History of Florida
History of Florida
History of Florida, by period
- Prehistory of Florida
- Indigenous people of the Everglades region
- Maritime history of Florida since 1513
- On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1513, a Spanish expedition led by Juan Ponce de León lands on a huge inhabited island (later determined to be a continental peninsula) that he names for Pascua Florida (the Land of Flowers, now Florida).
- Spanish settlement of Ochuse, 1559âÂÂ1560
- A Spanish expedition led by Tristán de Luna y Arellano establishes a settlement at Santa Maria de Ochuse (Pensacola, Florida) on August 15, 1559.
- A hurricane destroys most of the Ochuse settlement five weeks later on September 19, 1559.
- French colony of Caroline, 1564âÂÂ1565
- Jean Ribault explores the Atlantic coast of Florida for France in 1562.
- French Huguenots led by René Goulaine de Laudonnière establish Fort de la Caroline on June 22, 1564
- Spanish Governor Pedro Menéndez de Avilés captures Fort de la Caroline on September 20, 1565
- Governor Menéndez orders the execution of 140 Huguenots from Fort de la Caroline on September 29, 1565
- Governor Menéndez orders the execution of Jean Ribault and 350 shipwrecked Huguenots on October 12, 1565
- Spanish territory of Florida, 1565âÂÂ1763
- Spanish Governor Pedro Menéndez de Avilés establishes settlement at San AgustÃÂn (Saint Augustine) on September 8, 1565
- Governor Menéndez orders captured Fort de la Caroline rebuilt as Fuerte San Mateo on September 29, 1565
- French raiders led by Dominique de Gourgues destroy Fuerte San Mateo and murder all its defenders on April 27âÂÂ28, 1567
- Treaty of Paris of 1763
- British Colony of East Florida, 1763âÂÂ1783
- British Colony of West Florida, 1763âÂÂ1783
- Treaty of Paris of 1783
- Spanish province of Florida Oriental, 1783âÂÂ1821
- Spanish province of Florida Occidental, 1783âÂÂ1821
- Treaty of San Lorenzo of 1795
- Republic of West Florida, 1810
- First Seminole War, 1817âÂÂ1818
- AdamsâÂÂOnÃÂs Treaty of 1819
- Territory of Florida, 1822âÂÂ1845
- Trail of Tears, 1830âÂÂ1838
- Second Seminole War, 1835âÂÂ1842
- State of Florida becomes 27th state admitted to the United States of America on March 3, 1845
- MexicanâÂÂAmerican War, April 25, 1846 â February 2, 1848
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 â May 13, 1865
- Third state to declare secession from the United States of America on January 10, 1861
- Founding state of the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861
- Florida in the American Civil War
- Florida in Reconstruction, 1865âÂÂ1868
- Third former Confederate state readmitted to the United States of America on June 25, 1868
- Compromise of 1877 removes final U.S. military forces from the former Confederate states
- Everglades National Park established on December 6, 1947
- Biscayne National Park established on June 28, 1980
- Dry Tortugas National Park established on October 26, 1992
History of Florida, by region
History of Florida, by subject
Culture of Florida
Culture of Florida
The arts in Florida
Sports in Florida
Sports in Florida
Economy and infrastructure of Florida
Economy of Florida
Education in Florida
Education in Florida
See also
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