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Louisiana History timeline
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Construction of fort Le Moyne
Le Moyne builds a fort about 40 miles above the mouth of the Mississippi. -
Capitol is moved
The capital is moved to Fort Louis de la Mobile, near the site of present-day Mobile, Alabama -
First slave trade in New Orleans
Africans are first brought to New Orleans and sold as slaves, mainly to planters. -
New Orleans is made the capitolcolony of Louisiana
New Orleans becomes the capital of the colony of Louisiana. It has about 100 Cyprus cabins and 500 inhabitants. 2 squares on the riverfront are reserved for the military (Place d'Armes) and the church. -
Revolutionary war begins
The Revolutionary War begins. Spain allows agents of the Continental Congress to use New Orleans as a base--they ship supplies up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to the struggling American colonies. -
spain gives Louisiana to France
Spain ceded Louisiana back to France . -
Claiborne becomes territorial governor
Congress provides a government for the territory on March 25th. Claiborne is the territorial governor. Louisianans desire immediate statehood. -
Steamboat completes trip down Mississippi river .
The steamboat New Orleans, completes a trip down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers from Pittsburgh in January, beginning a period of commercial expansion. The Mississippi River soon becomes the chief shipping waterway of the inland area of the U.S. -
Louisiana secedes
Louisiana secedes from the union in January. The Civil War begins. The confederate government seems oblivious to the importance of holding New Orleans. -
Southern univerrsity is founded
The Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, a land-grant school, is founded for blacks. -
MobLynching in New Orleans
Mob in New Orleans lynched 11 Italians charged in murder of Police Chief Hennessy. -
New constitution
May 12, Louisiana adopted a new constitution with a "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters. -
Bonnie and Clyde in Louisiana
Outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow gunned down by law enforcement officers and posse near Gibsland . -
Second Free port opens
The second free port in the U.S. opens at New Orleans. -
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Longest over-water bridge in world - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened -
Bus segregaton ends
Segregation on city buses abolished in New Orleans -
New Orleans is said tobe destroyed
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that New Orleans, already on the average 8 miles below sea level, will be on the verge of extinction by this time next century. -
Martial law in New Orleans
National Guardsmen rolled into New Orleans to reinforce a depleted police department and battle a surge in violence. -
Gulf Oil spill
11 people killed, 17 injured in explosion of British Petroleum (BP) off-shore oil rig in Gulf of Mexico; massive oil spill occurred; over 65 miles of coastal wetlands ruined . -
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Gulf oil spill
11 people killed, 17 injured in explosion of British Petroleum (BP) off-shore oil rig in Gulf of Mexico; massive oil spill occurred; over 65 miles of coastal wetlands were ruined . -
Two hostages killed in long standoff
Fuaed Abdo Ahmed (20) shot two hostages, killing one, at a rural bank before police shot him dead after an hours long standoff.
