[caption id=“attachment_3116” align=“alignnone” width=“3162”]Aerial view of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida[/caption] In the year 1672, the Kingdom of England declares war on the Dutch Republic (Mar 17), France invades the Dutch Republic (Apr 29), Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are slaughtered by a mob in The Hague, Holland, accused of being responsible for major Dutch defeats of late (Aug 20), Spain begins the construction on the fort of Castillo de San Marcos in order to protect St. Continue reading