On March 19, 1565, King Philip II of Spain appointed Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Adelantado (Governor and Captain-General) of Florida.
Menéndez is credited with ousting the French from Fort Caroline and establishing the colony of St. Augustine in 1565.
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Brutal times. The Catholic Spanish killed the Protestant French men, women and children at Ft. Caroline credited with being established a year earlier in 1564.