Timeline Monday 12 July 1784

Events on Monday 12 July 1784 1

• 1784 Spain Reestablishes Control of East Florida British evacuation completes transfer agreed at the 1783 Peace of Paris Spanish forces formally took possession of East Florida as British troops and loyalist settlers completed their evacuation under the terms of the 1783 Peace of Paris. The transfer returned Florida to Spanish rule after twenty years of British administration. Spain would govern the territory until ceding it to the United States in 1821.