Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1597 <<Previous year    Next year>> Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1500's 1510's 1520's 1530's 1540's 1550's 1560's 1570's 1580's 1590's Year 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 July 1, 1597 Spanish establish mission at Santo Domingo de Asao(Asajo)(St. Simons) September 13, 1597 Juanillo and his followers murder Father Pedro de Corpa, a Franciscan monk. (Santo Domingo de Talaje, sometimes referred to as the Tolomato mission or simply, Tolomato, the name of the nearby Guale town) September 17, 1597 Juanillo, traveling to present-day St. Catherine's Island, kills the Spanish missionary (Santa Catalina de Guale) The best search in Georgia History Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1500's 1510's 1520's 1530's 1540's 1550's 1560's 1570's 1580's 1590's Year 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599
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