<page_title> List of Atlantic hurricanes before 1600 </page_title> <section_title> Systems </section_title> <table> <cell> 1559 <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> 29 August [O.S. 20 August] <col_header> Date (GC) </col_header> <col_header> Date (GC) </col_header> <col_header> Date (GC) </col_header> <col_header> Date (GC) </col_header> </cell> <cell> near Pensacola Florida/Mobile Alabama <col_header> Area(s) affected </col_header> <col_header> Area(s) affected </col_header> <col_header> Area(s) affected </col_header> <col_header> Area(s) affected </col_header> </cell> <cell> First European documented hurricane hitting Florida. Tristán de Luna y Arellano attempted to start a colony around present day Pensacola with a fleet of eleven to thirteen vessels, five hundred soldiers, a thousand to eleven hundred civilians, 240 horses, and supplies; the vessels landed at Pensacola Bay on 14/15 August. <col_header> Damage/notes </col_header> <col_header> Damage/notes </col_header> <col_header> Damage/notes </col_header> <col_header> Damage/notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
On 1559 29 August [O.S. 20 August], near Pensacola, Florida/Mobile Alabama First European documented hurricane hitting Florida.