In November 1831, a ship carrying 230 Irish laborers to New Orleans ran aground. The passengers rose up and caused havoc in Key West.

1912 – While driving a Key West Gas Company truck down Fleming Street, Maitland Knowles was struck in the eye by a rock thrown by a boy,...

1865 – Dr. Samuel Mudd, Edward Spangler, Michael O’Laughlen, and Samuel Arnold – all convicted as conspirators in the assassination of...

1869 – Two ironclad monitor-class ships of the Peruvian Navy, along with three support vessels, arrived at Key West. The ships had been...

1854 – The brig Governor Brown , sailing from St. Marks to New York with a cargo of cotton, put into Key West and was detained there...

1869 – One hundred and thirty-seven Cuban refugees fleeing Spanish oppression arrived at Key West, with more expected. “The city is...

1829 – The four owners of the Island of Key West – John Simonton, Pardon Greene, John Whitehead and John Fleming – signed an agreement...

1922 – Twenty-five aliens were arrested at Marathon for trying to enter the country illegally. The party – one Greek, four Chinese, and...

1862 – The USS Magnolia , while on patrol for blockade runners, captured the British schooner Carmita off the Marquesas Keys and sent...

1863 – Two prisoners at Fort Jefferson attempted to escape from the Dry Tortugas on a floating plank. The water was rough, and they did...

1899 – Annie Fay, a White woman, and Will Harrison, a Black man, were convicted in the criminal court at Key West for having married....

1839 – The lightship Key West was returned to its station at the Northwest Channel passage after having undergone repairs. 1923 –...

1909 – Dutchy Melbourne, who was serving a 13-year sentence in the state penitentiary, escaped. He had been convicted of the murder of...

1815 – The ship Argus , sailing from Matanzas to Baltimore, was wrecked on the Basin Reef at Key Largo. The crew and a small part of the...

1853 – Charles Bowman, assistant light keeper at Sand Key, was nearly killed when he fell from the first tier of pilings to the ground....

1905 – The cornerstone of the National Bank building at the corners of Duval and Front streets was laid. John T. Sawyer, one of the...

1856 – The clipper ship Stephen R. Mallory was launched at Key West for the firm of Bowne and Curry. Shipbuilder John Bartlum used only...

1867 – The steamer Narva left Key West to begin laying telegraph cable between there and Cuba. The average rate of paying out cable was...

1823 – Commodore David Porter ordered the USS Hornet to sail from Key West, rendezvous with the U.S. schooner Fox at Havana, and from...

1909 – A man died of leprosy in a house on Virginia Street. The house and all contents were destroyed by fire under the direction of...