Jean Ribault: Timeline

1520   Born

1562   May 1 Jean Ribault, French navigator, lands in Florida Florida

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 and later establishes a Huguenot Huguenot

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 colony at Charlesfort

1565   Spanish Spain

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 fleet of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés lands on modern-day Florida Florida

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 to oust the French under Jean Ribault. He later destroys the French colony Colony

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 of Fort Caroline.

1565   Died