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Baton Rouge (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
1890, 1,118,587; 1900, 1,381,625. Capital, Baton Rouge. It differs from the other States in that lands......January, 1779 Galvez captures Baton Rouge from the British......Sept. 21, 1779 Gal attack the reduced garrison of the fort at Baton Rouge, and in the skirmish the Spanish Governor Gr, 1810 Convention of the people of Baton Rouge territory at St. Francisville frame a constitutiPhilip, Jackson, and Livingston, arsenal at Baton Rouge, and United States revenuecutter Lewis Cassssession of New Orleans......May 1, 1862 Baton Rouge occupied by Federals......May 27, 1862 Wtler......June 7, 1862 Federal troops in Baton Rouge, besieged by Confederates, Aug. 5, evacuate....Aug. 21, 1862 General Grover occupies Baton Rouge......Dec. 16, 1862 Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banksof the two wings of the Republican party at Baton Rouge, headed respectively by Packard and Pinchba..March 5, 1883 Levee convention held at Baton Rouge, recommending placing the entire convict fo[6 more...]
Balize (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
ege to the King......Aug. 23, 1717 Company of the West chartered to foster and preserve the colony......Sept. 6, 1717 Three French vessels arrive with sixty-nine colonists and troops and Bienville's commission as governor of Louisiana......Feb. 9, 1718 Fort Naquitoches on the Red River established by M. Bienville......1718 New Orleans founded by Bienville......1718 Eighty girls from a house of correction in Paris arrive in charge of three Ursuline nuns......February, 1721 Balize or buoy established at the mouth of the Mississippi......1722 Company of Germans, settlers on John Law's grant ( Law's bubble ) on the Arkansas River, descend the river to near New Orleans and locate there......1722 Seat of government removed to New Orleans......1723 Black code for punishing slaves promulgated by Bienville......1724 Bienville recalled to France; Perier becomes commander-general......Aug. 9, 1726 Some Jesuits and Ursuline nuns arrive at New Orleans, and a nunne
Natchitoches (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
Three French vessels arrive with sixty-nine colonists and troops and Bienville's commission as governor of Louisiana......Feb. 9, 1718 Fort Naquitoches on the Red River established by M. Bienville......1718 New Orleans founded by Bienville......1718 Eighty girls from a house of correction in Paris arrive in charge of three. 29, Wilkinson, by message to the Spanish commander-in-chief, proposes the withdrawal of troops of both governments from advanced positions to Nacogdoches and Natchitoches respectively, which was agreed to; General Wilkinson reaches New Orleans......Nov. 25, 1806 Arrest in New Orleans of several men charged with abetting Burr'formed, to assist in restoring an honest and intelligent government to the State of Louisiana ......1874 Six Republican officials, arrested near Ooushatta, in Red River parish, while being taken to Shreveport, are shot......Aug. 30, 1874 People send a committee to demand the abdication of Kellogg, and the McEnery faction, 10,
Ship Island (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
cy; State flag adopted, a red ground, crossed by bars of blue and white and bearing a single star of pale yellow......Feb. 4, 1861 Louisiana ratifies the Confederate constitution......March 22, 1861 Louisiana raises 3,000 Confederate troops, and at call of Governor Moore 3,000 additional......April 24, 1861 First gun cast for Confederate navy at Phoenix Iron Works at Gretna, near New Orleans......May 4, 1861 Port of New Orleans blockaded by United States sloop-of-war Brooklyn; Ship Island occupied by Union troops......1861 Banks of New Orleans suspend specie payments......Sept. 18, 1861 Confederate martial law instituted in New Orleans......Oct. 11, 1861 Federal steamship Richmond, under John Pope, while coaling near New Orleans, is struck by a Confederate ram......Oct. 12, 1861 State casts its electoral vote for Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederate States......Feb. 19, 1862 Admiral Farragut passes forts Jackson and Philip with his fleet, morning.
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
s......Dec. 7, 1810 An insurrection of slaves in the parish of St. John is suppressed after sixty or more are killed. The heads of sixteen who were captured and executed were set on poles along the river as a warning......January, 1811 Act to enable the people of Orleans to form a State government signed by President Madison......Feb. 20, 1811 Exclusive grant by legislature to Livingston and Fulton to build steamboats for eighteen years from Jan. 1, 1812......1811 Arrival from Pittsburg of first steamvessel on the Mississippi......Jan. 10, 1812 Constitutional convention at New Orleans adjourns......Jan. 22, 1812 Congress admits Louisiana as a State......April 8, 1812 Congress extends the limits of Louisiana to include all between the Mississippi and Pearl rivers south of lat. 31° N.......April 14, 1812 First session of State legislature at New Orleans......June, 1812 General Wilkinson resumes command in Louisiana and arrives at New Orleans......June 8, 1812
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
Fort Naquitoches on the Red River established by M. Bienville......1718 New Orleans founded by Bienville......1718 Eighty girls from a house of correction in Paris arrive in charge of three Ursuline nuns......February, 1721 Balize or buoy established at the mouth of the Mississippi......1722 Company of Germans, settlers...March 14, 1780 John James Audubon born at New Orleans......May 4, 1780 Galvez invests Pensacola, which capitulates......May 9, 1781 Treaty of peace at Paris between Great Britain, Spain, and the United States......Sept. 3, 1783 Galvez succeeds his father in the viceroyalty of Mexico in 1785; Don Estevan Miro acts ingards his regulation and annuls the prohibition......1803 Laussat, the prefect appointed by Napoleon, arrives at New Orleans......March 26, 1803 By treaty at Paris, Napoleon cedes Louisiana to the United States for 60,000,000 francs......April 30, 1803 Casa-Calvo and Salcedo, Spanish commissioners, present the keys of New
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
inst the Chickasaw Indians......May 26, 1736 Second expedition of Bienville against the Chickasaws, who sue for peace......1740 Marquis de Vaudreuil appointed governor; Bienville returns to France......May 10, 1743 Marquis de Vaudreuil marches against the Chickasaws; unable to take their towns, he garrisons the fort on the Tombigbee erected by Bienville, and returns to New Orleans......1753 Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec, succeeds Vaudreuil, who was appointed governor of Canada......Feb. 9, 1754 First arrival of Acadians at New Orleans; they are sent to Attakapas and Opelousas......1756 M. Dubreuil erects a sugar-mill in New Orleans (cane-growing having been started by the Jesuits in 1751)......1758 Garrison of Fort Du Quesne flee towards New Orleans, evacuating and setting fire to the fort......Nov. 24, 1758 France cedes Louisiana to Spain, and to England all east of the Mississippi River except the island of New Orleans, and makes the Mississippi free
Orleans (France) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
e United States, leaving left bank of Lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain to the Spanish......Dec. 20, 1803 Congress divides Louisiana into a southern territory of Orleans and a northern district of Louisiana......March 26, 1804 Territorial government in Orleans begins: William C. C. Claiborne governor......Oct. 1, 1804 VesselOrleans begins: William C. C. Claiborne governor......Oct. 1, 1804 Vessel bringing nearly 200 French prisoners of the British government, who had captured the ship, Governor Claiborne refuses to allow it to ascend the river; the French desert the ship, which is seized by the United States marshal at request of British claimants......Nov. 3, 1804 New Orleans chartered as a city..1804 Territorial gover are killed. The heads of sixteen who were captured and executed were set on poles along the river as a warning......January, 1811 Act to enable the people of Orleans to form a State government signed by President Madison......Feb. 20, 1811 Exclusive grant by legislature to Livingston and Fulton to build steamboats for eight
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
900, 1,381,625. Capital, Baton Rouge. It differs from the other States in that its jurisprudence is based on the Roman or civil law instead of the common law of England, and the counties are called parishes. Robert Cavalier de la Salle descends the Mississippi to its mouth, names the country Louisiana, and takes possession in 1758 Garrison of Fort Du Quesne flee towards New Orleans, evacuating and setting fire to the fort......Nov. 24, 1758 France cedes Louisiana to Spain, and to England all east of the Mississippi River except the island of New Orleans, and makes the Mississippi free to both nations......Nov. 3, 1762 Kerlerec succeeded by D'Ab John James Audubon born at New Orleans......May 4, 1780 Galvez invests Pensacola, which capitulates......May 9, 1781 Treaty of peace at Paris between Great Britain, Spain, and the United States......Sept. 3, 1783 Galvez succeeds his father in the viceroyalty of Mexico in 1785; Don Estevan Miro acts in his place and rec
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-louisiana
. 15, 1699 Sauvolle appointed governor of Louisiana......Dec. 7, 1699 D'Iberville returns frour Antony Crozat exclusive trading rights in Louisiana for ten years......Sept. 14, 1712 Lamotheps and Bienville's commission as governor of Louisiana......Feb. 9, 1718 Fort Naquitoches on thences; Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos succeeds in Louisiana......Aug. 1, 1797 Don Juan Ventura Morale, 1803 By treaty at Paris, Napoleon cedes Louisiana to the United States for 60,000,000 francs..erchants, planters, and other inhabitants of Louisiana petition Congress, declaring its organizatio (British) by proclamation incites people of Louisiana and Kentucky to revolt......Aug. 29, 1814 rovision for running boundary-line between Louisiana and Arkansas Territory under act of Congressg.-Gen. Geo. F. Shepley military governor of Louisiana......Aug. 21, 1862 General Grover occupieseds......Oct. 17, 1881 Suit begun against Louisiana by New York and New Hampshire on coupons on [27 more...]
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