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Mar 27, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon set sail to find the island of Bimini in 1513. -
Jul 28, 1513
Hernando de Soto
A Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto, landed in Florida in 1539. -
Sep 9, 1565
St. Augustine
The Spanish founded a city that became St. Augustine on the east coast of Florida in 1565. -
The Lost Colony
In 1587 a group of settlers called The Lost Colony sailed from England. -
Robert La Salle
Robert La Salle sailed through the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River in 1682. -
George Washington
George Washington was born in 1732. -
James Madison
James Madison was one of the leaders of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. -
George Washington
George Washington became the first president of the United States in 1789. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson became president of the United States in 1801. -
Sequoyah
A Cherokee man named Sequoyah made up an alphabet for the Cherokee language in 1809. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson, who became president in 1829, was the first president to be born in poverty. -
David Crockett
David Crockett was killed in 1836.