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Events on Monday 28 December 1835 1
1835Second Seminole War beginsDade Massacre opens years of conflict in FloridaSeminole warriors ambushed and killed a US Army column led by Major Francis Dade in central Florida, marking the start of the Second Seminole War. The conflict became the longest and costliest of the US Indian removal wars, lasting until 1842.