Historical place archive

Florida in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Florida in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels2 people1763–1783

Historical events in Florida

1763

10 February 1763
Rule of Florida
George III · Seven Years War

Under the Treaty of Paris Britain gains Florida from Spain

1783

3 September 1783
Rule of Florida
William Pitt the Younger · American War of Independence

Under the Treaty of Paris Britain cedes Florida to Spain

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Florida. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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