50 YEARS BEFORE LOUISIANA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

- Louis XV gives the 'Island of Louisiana' and all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, to his cousin, Charles III of Spain.

1763

- The Baton Rouge area in Louisiana, ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, at the end of the French and Indian War. The settlement was renamed New Richmond.

- Louisiana transferred to Spain, confirmed by the The Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years' War.

- April 29, Jean-Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie, appointed governor of Louisiana (1763-February 4, 1765).

1764

- Arrival in Louisiana of first four Acadian families from New York.

1765

- February 4, Charles Philippe Aubry, appointed acting governor of Louisiana (1765-March 5, 1766).

1766

- Spain takes over the administration of Louisiana.

- March 5, Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre Guiral, appointed governor of Louisiana (1766-November 16, 1768).

1768

- November 16, Charles Philippe Aubry, appointed acting governor of Louisiana (1768-August 17, 1769).

1769

- Pedro Francisco Olivier, appointed Alcalde Mayor Provincial of New Orleans in Louisiana (1769-January 1, 1770).

- August, Alejandro O'Reilly y McDowell Sillon, appointed governor of Louisiana (1769-December 1, 1769).

- December 1, Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga, appointed governor of Louisiana (1769-April 1, 1777).

1770

- January 1, Luis de La Chaise, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1770-January 1, 1771).

1771

- January 1, Pedro Chabert, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans (1771-January 1, 1772).

1772

- January 1, Hipolito Amelot, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans (1772-January 1, 1773).

1773

- January 1, Pedro Duplessis, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1773-January 1, 1774).

1774

- January 1, Nicolas Forstall, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (17746January 1, 1775).

1775

- January 1, Guy Dufossat, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans (1775-January 1, 1776).

- January 1, Pedro Desneville, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans (1776-January 1, 1777).

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1777

- January 1, Nicolas Forstall, appointed second-term First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1777-January 1, 1778).

- April 1, Bernardo Vicente Polinarde de Galvez y Galardo, appointed governor of Louisiana (1777-July 14, 1785).

1778

- January 1, Martin Navarro, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1778-January 1, 1779).

1779

- January 1, Pedro Piernas, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1779-January 1, 1781).

- September 21, during the first Battle of Baton Rouge in Louisiana, a British garrison was overpowered by the Spanish on Bayou Manchac at Fort Butte.

1781

- Chitimacha, Native American tribe, assigned a settlement near today Plaquemine in Louisiana.

- January 1, Jacinto Panis, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1781-January 1, 1783).

1783

- January 1, Francisco Le Breton, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1783-Januari 1, 1784).

1784

- January 1, Francisco Maria de Reggio, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1784-January 5, 1785).

1785

- January 1, Nicolas Forstall, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1785-January 1, 1786).

- July 14, Estéban Rodriguez Miro y Sabater, appointed governor of Louisiana (1785-November 30, 1791).

1786

- January 1, Joseph de Orue, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1786-January 1, 1787).

1787

- January 1, Pedro Chabert, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1787-January 1, 1788).

1788

- January 1, Joseph Foucher, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1788-January 1, 1789).

1789

- January 1, Joseph de Ortega, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1789-January 1, 1791).

1791

- January 1, Juan Ventura Morales, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1791-January 2, 1792).

- November 30, Francisco Luis Hector de Carondelet de Novelles, baron de Carondelet, appointed governor of Louisiana (1791-August 5, 1797).

1792

- January 1, Pedro Marigny, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1792-January 1, 1793).

1793

- January 1, Manuel Serrano, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1793-January 1, 1795).

1795

- January 1, Ignacio de Lovio, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1795-January 1796).

1796

- First opera performed in the United States, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

- January 1, Manuel Pérez, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1796-January 1, 1797).

1797

- January 1, Manuel Serrano, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1797-January 22, 1798).

- August 5, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos y Amorin y Magallanes, appointed governor of Louisiana (1797-July 18, 1799).

1798

- January 22, Pedro Denis de La Ronde, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1798-January 1, 1799).

1799

- January 1, Francisco de Riaño, appointed First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1799-January 1, 1800).

- July 18, Nicolas Maria Vidal, appointed acting civil governor of Louisiana (1799-July 15, 1801).

- July 18, Francisco Bouligny, appointed acting military governor of Louisiana (1799-September 18, 1799).

- September 18, Sebastian Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill Arango y Arriola, marqués de Casa Calvo, appointed acting military governor of Louisiana (1799-July 15, 1801).

1800

- January 1, Manuel Pérez, appointed second-term First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1800-January 1, 1801).

- October 1, The Spanish ceded Louisiana to France, by the Treaty of Idelfonso.

1801

- January 1, Nicolas Forstall, appointed fourth-term First Alcalde of New Orleans in Louisiana (1801-January 1, 1803).

- July 15, Juan Manuel de Salcedo, appointed governor of Louisiana (1801-November 30, 1803).

1804

- W.C.C. Claiborne, appointed Governor of the Territory of New Orleans.

- March 26, Louisiana is divided into the District of Louisiana and the Territory of New Orleans.

- June 2, James Pitot, appointed mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1804-July 26, 1805).

1805

- July 27, John Watkins, appointed mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1805-March 8, 1807).

1807

- Ascension Parish established in Louisiana, seat Donaldsonville.

- Assumption Parish established in Louisiana, seat Napoleonville.

- Avoyelles Parish established in Louisiana, seat Marksville.

- Concordia Parish established in Louisiana, seat Vidalia.

- Iberville Parish established in Louisiana, seat Plaquemine.

- Lafourche Parish established in Louisiana, seat Thibodaux.

- Natchitoches Parish established in Louisiana, seat Natchitoches.

- Orleans Parish established in Louisiana, seat New Orleans.

- Ouachita Parish established in Louisiana, seat Monroe.

- Plaquemines Parish established in Louisiana, seat Point A La Hache.

- Pointe Coupee Parish established in Louisiana, seat New Roads.

- Rapides Parish established in Louisiana, seat Alexandria.

- St. Bernard Parish established in Louisiana, seat Chalmette.

- St. Charles Parish established in Louisiana, seat Hahnville.

- St. James Parish established in Louisiana, seat Convent.

- St. John The Baptist Parish established in Louisiana, seat Edgard.

- St. Landry Parish established in Louisiana, seat Opelousas.

- West Baton Rouge Parish established in Louisiana, seat Port Allen.

- March 9, James J. Mather, appointed mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana.

1808

- Catahoula Parish established in Louisiana, seat Harrisonburg.

1810

- Louisiana population, 76,556 residents.

- East Baton Rouge Parish established in Louisiana, seat Baton Rouge.

- St. Helena Parish established in Louisiana, seat Greensburg.

- St. Tammany Parish established in Louisiana, seat Covongton.

- September 23, rebellion of local citizens against the Spanish during the Second Battle of Baton Rouge in Louisiana, and renamed the area West Florida Republic.

1811

- St. Mary Parish established in Louisiana, seat Franklin.

April 30, Louisiana LA, 18th state admitted to the Union

Louisiana Today : capital Baton Rouge. Area 51,843 sq.mi.(134.273km²). Counties(Parish) 64 : Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciano, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Jrfferson, Lafayette, LaFourche, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John The Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Terrebonne, Union, Vermillion, Vernon, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Carroll, West Feliciana, Winn. Attractions & Recreation : Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Bodcau Reservoir, Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge, Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge, Bonnet Carre Spillway, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Caddo Lake, Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Cane River National Heritage Area,

- May 16, Charles Trudeau, appointed acting mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1812-October 8, 1812).

- October 8, Nicholas Girod, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1812-September 4, 1815).

1815

- St. Martin Parish established in Louisiana, seat Saint Martinville.

- September 4, Augustin Macarty, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1815-May 13, 1820).

1816

- December 16, Jacques Philipps Villeré, elected governor of Louisiana (1816-December 17, 1820).

1817

- Baton Rouge, incorporated in Louisiana, seat of East Baton Rouge Parish. Coordinates 30°23'N-91°11'W.

1818

- May 28, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, born near New Orleans, Louisiana. West Point graduated Confederate General during the Civil War.

1819

- Washington Parish established in Louisiana, seat Franklinton.

1820

- Louisiana population, 153,407 residents.

- May 14, Joseph Roffignac, Comte de Roffignac, elected myor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1820-May 10, 1828).

- December 18, Thomas Bolling Robertson, elected governor of Louisiana (1820-November 15, 1824).

1822

- Terrebonne Parish established in Louisiana, seat Houma.

1823

- Lafayette Parish established in Louisiana, seat Lafayette.

1824

- East Feliciana Parish established in Louisiana, seat Clinton.

- West Feliciana Parish established in Louisiana, seat Saint Francisville.

- November 15, Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux, appointed acting governor of Louisiana (1824-December 13, 1824).

- December 13, Henry Johnson, elected governor of Louisiana (1824-December 15, 1828).

1825

- Jefferson Parish established in Louisiana, seat Gretna.

1826

- Chitimacha, a native American tribe, assigned a place for settlement near Plaquemine in Louisiana.

1828

- Claiborne Parish established in Louisiana, seat Homer.

- May 12, Denis Prieur, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1828-April 9, 1838).

- December 15, Pierre Auguste C. Bourgignon Derbigny, elected governor of Louisiana (1828-October 6, 1829).

1829

- May 8, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Composer and pianist.

- October 6, Armand Beauvais, appointed acting governor of Louisiana (1829-January 14, 1830).

1830

- Louisiana population, 215,739 residents.

- January 14, Jacques Dupré, elected governor of Louisiana (1830-January 31, 1831).

1831

- St. Delphine land (present Addis area) in Louisiana, acquired by Iadore Daigle.

- January 31, André Bienvenu Roman, elected governor of Louisiana (1831-February 4, 1835).

1832

- Cameron Parish established in Louisiana, seat Cameron.

- Livingston Parish established in Louisiana, seat Livingston.

1835

- February 4, Edward Douglas White, elected governor of Louisiana (1835-February 4, 1839).

1838

- Caddo Parish established in Louisiana, seat Shreveport.

- Caldwell Parish established in Louisiana, seat Columbia.

- Madison Parish established in Louisiana, seat Tallulah.

- April 10, Paul Bertus, appointed acting mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1838-May 12, 1838).

- May 12, Charles Genois, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1838-May 10, 1840).

1839

- Union Parish established in Louisiana, seat Farmerville.

- February 4, André Bienvenu Roman, elected second-term governor of Louisiana (1839-January 30, 1843).

1840

- Louisiana population, 352,411 residents.

- Calcasieu Parish established in Louisiana, seat Lake Charles.

- MAY 11, William Freret, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1840-April 4, 1842).

1842

- 'The Democrat Advocat' newspaper founded in Louisiana.

- April 4, Denis Prieur, elected second-term mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1842-February 7, 1843).

1843

- Abbeville in Vermillion Parish, Louisiana, founded by a Capuchin missionary Abbé A.D. Mégret, named it after a French city.

- Bossier Parish established in Louisiana, seat Benton.

- DeSoto Parish established in Louisiana, seat Mansfield.

- Franklin Parish established in Louisiana, seat Winnsboro.

- Sabine Parish established in Louisiana, seat Many.

- Tangipahoa Parish established in Louisiana, seat Amite.

- Tensas Parish established in Louisiana, seat Saint Joseph.

- January 30, Alexander Mouton, elected governor of Louisiana (1843-February 11, 1846).

- February 7, Paul Bertus, appointed second-term acting mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1843-February 26, 1843).

- February 27, William Freret, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1843-May 12, 1844).

1844

- Morehouse Parish established in Louisiana, seat Bastrop.

- Vermillion Parish established in Louisiana, seat Abbeville.

- May 13, Joseph E. Montegut, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1844-April 5, 1846).

- October 12, George Washington Cable, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Author and reformer, publications e.g. 'Old Creole Days'.

1845

- Jackson Parish established in Louisiana, seat Jonesboro.

1846

- February 12, Isaac Johnson, elected governor of Louisiana (1846-January 27, 1850).

- May 11, Abial Daily Crossman, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1846-March 26, 1854).

1848

- Bienville Parish established in Louisiana, seat Arcadia.

1849

- Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River, appointed as Capital of Louisiana.

1850

- Louisiana population, 517,762 residents.

- Abbeville incorporated as a town, seat of Vermillion Parish in Louisiana. Coordinates 29°58'N-92°08'W. Communities : Baker, Baton Rouge, Zachary

- January 28, Joseph Marshall Walker, elected governor of Louisiana (1850-January 15, 1853).

1852

- Richland Parish established in Louisiana, seat Rayville.

- Winn Parish established in Louisiana, seat Winnfield.

1853

- January 18, Paul Octave Hébert, elected governor of Louisiana (1853-January 21, 1856).

1854

- Abbeville town, appointed seat of Vermillion Parish in Louisiana.

- April 10, John L. Lewis, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1854-June 17, 1856).

1856

- January 22, Robert Charles Wickliffe, elected governor of Louisiana (1856-January 22, 1860).

- June 17, Charles W. Waterman, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1856-June 8, 1858).

1858

- June 21, Gerald Stith, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1858-June 16, 1860).

1859

- St. Delphine Plantation House, built in present Addis area, Louisiana.

1860

- Louisiana population, 708,002 residents.

- Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge Campus, founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

- January 23, Thomas Overton Moore, appointed Confederate governor of Louisiana (1860-January 25, 1864).

- June 18, John T. Monroe, elected mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1860-May 16, 1862).

civil war period

- Federal forces captured Baton Rouge in Louisiana, during the Third Battle of Baton Rouge.

- May 20, George Foster Shepley, appointed acting mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1862-July 11, 1862).

- July 14, Godfrey Weitzel, appointed acting mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1862-August 5, 1862).

- July 2, George Foster Shepley, appointed U.S. military governor of Louisiana (1862-March 4, 1864).

- August 6, Jonas Herrod French, appointed acting mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1862-August 20, 1862).

- August 21, Godfrey Weitzel, appointed second-term acting mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1862-September 30, 1862).

- October 2, Henry C. Deming, appointed acting mayor of New Orleans in Louisiana (1862-January 30, 1863).

50 YEARS AFTER LOUISIANA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

- February 26, Fats Domino, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member, singer, songwriter and pianist - Fats Domino Photo - Buy at AllPosters.com

- March 22, Fred Anderson, born in Monroe, Louisiana. Jazz musician

- February 18, Irma Thomas, born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Grammy Award winning soul, rhythm and blues singer

- June 23, Deacon John Moore, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Musician, R&B, guitar

- August 3, Hamid Drake, born in Monroe, Louisiana. Jazz dummer and percussionist

- March 22, Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Film actress - Reese Witherspoon Photo - Buy at AllPosters.com