East Florida
The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory.
In context
- When
- Saturday, March 30 1822204 years ago
- Category
- Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Era
- 19th century · 1820s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
Russia, Greece and some other countries used the Julian calendar into the early 20th century, so local records may show a date up to 13 days earlier.
At a glance
Dates: 1763-01-01 – 1822-01-01.
Type: historical region.
What happened
East Florida was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 to 1821. The British gained control over Spanish Florida in 1763 as part of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War. Deciding that the colony was too large to administer as a single unit, British officials divided Florida into two colonies separated by the Apalachicola River: the colony of East Florida, with its capital located in St. Augustine; and West Florida,
March 30 through the years
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Sources
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Questions about this entry
When did East Florida happen?
March 30 1822 — 204 years ago, on a Saturday.
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