The area that became Duval County was home to the 16th-century French colony of Fort Caroline, and saw increased European settlement in the 18th century with the establishment of Cowford, later renamed Jacksonville.

In 1967 Baldwin became the first Duval County School to be integrated.

Although some of his contemporaries became the subject of chapbooks, names such as James Hind, Claude Duval and William Nevison, are not nearly as well-known today as the legend of Dick Turpin, whose fictionalised exploits first began to appear around the turn of the 19th century.

William Pope Duval became the first official governor of the Florida Territory and soon afterward the capital was established at Tallahassee, but only after removing a Seminole tribe from the land.

When he won the Players Championship he became the first player in history to win on the same day as his father, Bob Duval, who won a Champions Tour event that same day.

In the book, Dumas became " Armand Duval " and Duplessis " Marguerite Gautier ".

Norman would return to the top ranking in 1995 and 1996, then after a single week at No. 1 by Tom Lehman, Tiger Woods dominated the position from 1997 to 2010 with brief interruptions from Ernie Els, David Duval, and then from September 2004 Vijay Singh, who became the twelfth World No. 1 following his win at the PGA Championship.

When Edmond Richer laboured to revive in the theological faculty a somewhat modified Gallicanism, Ysambert with the theologian Duval became the zealous defender of the rights of the Holy See.

In 2009, it merged with the Xavier Duval Mauritian Party and retained its name but however Xavier Luc Duval became leader and Maurice Allet became President.

Stanton became the main focus for the education of black children in Duval County and the surrounding areas.

In 1981, Stanton College Preparatory School became the Duval County School System's first magnet school.

The 29 schools who became charter members were: Summerlin ( Bartow ), Clearwater, Mainland ( Daytona Beach ), Seabreeze ( Daytona Beach ), DeLand, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Duval ( Jacksonville ), Osceola ( Kissimmee ), Columbia ( Lake City ), Lakeland, Leesburg, Suwannee ( Live Oak ), Miami, Ocala, Orlando, Putnam ( Palatka ), Pensacola, Plant City, Quincy, Seminole ( Sanford ), Ketterlinus ( St. Augustine ), St. Petersburg, Leon ( Tallahassee ), Hillsborough ( Tampa ), Hardee ( Wauchula ), West Palm Beach, and Winter Haven.

In 2009, Montgomery passed the French bar examinations and became an avocat à la Cour, barreau de Paris ; he is a member of the Paris law firm of Noual Hadjaje Duval.

Later Duval announced to NewsForge that he was going to bring suit against Mandriva for " abusive layoff ".

Ponzi was indicted by a Duval County grand jury in February 1926 and charged with violating Florida trust and securities laws.

It was Florida's 28th county created from parts of St. Johns, Alachua, Orange, Duval, and Marion counties.

Clay County was created on December 31, 1858, from a section of Duval County.

Originally known as the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, its name was changed to the Bacharach Giants in honor of the city's mayor, Harry Bacharach.

Duvalier was born in Port-au-Prince, the son of Duval Duvalier, a justice of the peace, and Ulyssia Abraham, a baker.

Duval County was established in 1822, and is named for William Pope DuVal, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834.

At the time Europeans arrived, much of what is now Duval County was controlled by the Saturiwa, one of the most powerful tribes in the region.

Duval County was created in 1822 from St. Johns County.

When Duval County was created, it covered a massive area, from the Suwannee River on the west to the Atlantic Ocean on the east, north of a line from the mouth of the Suwannee River to Jacksonville on the St. Johns River.

Clay County was created from part of Duval County in 1858.

Part of St. Johns County south and east of the lower reaches of the St. Johns River was transferred to Duval County in the 1840s.

On October 1, 1968, the government of Duval County was consolidated with the government of the city of Jacksonville, although the Duval County cities of Atlantic Beach, Baldwin, Jacksonville Beach, and Neptune Beach are not included in the corporate limits of Jacksonville, and maintain their own municipal governments.

Jackson County was created by the Florida Territorial Council in 1822 out of Escambia County, along with Duval County out of St. Johns County, making them the third and fourth counties in the Territory.

Nassau County was created in 1824 from Duval County.

Stanwood R. Duval, United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana as a result of the McWaters v. FEMA class-action, 7 February 2006 was set as the deadline for the official end of any further coverage of temporary housing costs for Katrina victims.

To serve the new residents, a post office was opened at Duval on April 3, 1908.

Jim Hogg County was formed in 1913 from portions of Brooks and Duval counties.

Duval County is historically notorious for corrupt politics, particularly during the mid-20th century, when it was largely controlled by the political machine headed by George Parr, known as the " Duke of Duval ".

Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, located just outside of town, was where David Duval won the Nike Tour Championship in 1993, and was home to the U. S. Women's Open in 1997 and 2003.

Gaël Duval was responsible for communication in the Mandriva management team until he was laid off by the company in March 2006, in a round of cost-cutting.

After recruiting Ronna to cover his shifts at the grocery store, Simon goes off with three of his friends — Marcus ( Taye Diggs ), Tiny ( Breckin Meyer ), and Singh ( James Duval ) — for some adventures in Las Vegas, footing their hotel bill with the credit card he borrowed from Todd.

Following this, Tanner either chases a double-crossing associate of Castaldi's called Duval and smashes him off the road, or gets Castaldi's girlfriend Maya to a hospital after she has overdosed on drugs.

Duval had broken off her relationship with her daughter Caroline, Evelina's mother, and has never acknowledged Evelina.

:* April-The Masters Tournament-Vijay Singh won his second major title in six events, playing steady golf to hold off the challenges of Ernie Els and David Duval.

Tiger Woods completes what becomes known as the " Tiger Slam ", holding off David Duval and Phil Mickelson to win the Masters Championship in April to become the first golfer in history to hold, concurrently, all four professional major championships.

The original location at the time Hemingway frequented Sloppy Joe's is a few doors down to the west, just off Duval Street, at 428 Greene Street, and is now called " Captain Tony's ".

Unfortunately for Duval, this new partnership arrangement got off to an inauspicious start.