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Louisiana 1650-2014
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Virginia Blockaded
Virginia is blockaded by England after declaring allegiance to the House of Stuart. -
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Bienville was elected govenor 1702 to 1713. He struggled to manage military and commercial alliances. He did not do much things as govenor. -
Revolutionary war
http://www.the-wombat.com/LaTimeline.htmThe Revolutionary war begins. Spain allows agents of the Continental Congress to New Orleans as a base. They ship supplies up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to the struggling American colonies. -
Great New Orleans Fire
http://www.democraticunderground.com/105470The Great New Orleans Fire (1788) was a fire that destroyed 856 of the 1,100 structures in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 21, 1788, spanning the south central French Quarter from Burgundy to Chartres Street, almost to the riverfront buildings. An additional 212 buildings were destroyed in a later city-wide fire, on December 8, 1794. -
Louisiana Purchase
LA purchase The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars. -
Yellow fever
Yellow feverYellow fever Records show that 7,849 people died in New Orleans in 1853 due to yellow fever. The total between 1817 and 1905 was in excess of 41,000. As yellow fever was very easy to diagnose (in the latter phases of the sickness at least), these figures exclude other causes of death. Although this year represents the highest single-year figures, death tolls in previous and subsequent years throughout the 19th century often approached the levels of 1853. -
Hurricane of 1893
Hurricane of 1893Hurricane of 1893 On Sunday, October 1st, 1893 one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States occurred in Louisiana. The Great Storm, or the Hurricane of 1893 destroyed the tiny island of Cheniere Caminada, killing about half of its inhabitants. According to church records, the population of Cheniere at the time of the storm was 1471, and of that number, 779 were killed. In all, the storm would claim over 2000 lives -
Huey Long assasination
Huey Long Assasination On September 8, Huey was in the State Capitol in Baton Rouge for a special session of the Louisiana legislature, pushing through a number of bills including a measure to gerrymander opponent Judge Benjamin Pavy out of his job. A Pavy’s son-in-law, Dr. Carl Weiss, approached Huey in a corridor and shot him at close range in the abdomen. Huey’s bodyguards immediately opened fired on Weiss as Huey ran to safety. Weiss was killed instantly, and Huey was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. An estimated 1,836 people died in the hurricane and the flooding that followed in late August 2005, and millions of others were left homeless along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans, which experienced the highest death toll. -
Saints win first NFL champioship
Saints ChampionshipThe Saints overcame an early 10-point deficit, pulled off a risky onside kick and won their first NFL title by beating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. Brees tied a Super Bowl record for completions and was voted the game's MVP, while the Saints held Peyton Manning to a single score in the final three quarters, intercepting him for a touchdown that sealed the victory.
