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Louisiana Timeline

Louisiana Timeline. Years 1541-2005 Unit 1 Activity 8. Discovering Louisiana. (1541-42) Hernando de Soto explored region, discovered Mississippi River (1682) Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed Mississippi watershed for France; named area for King Louis XIV

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Louisiana Timeline

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  1. Louisiana Timeline Years 1541-2005 Unit 1 Activity 8

  2. Discovering Louisiana • (1541-42) Hernando de Soto explored region, discovered Mississippi River • (1682) Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed Mississippi watershed for France; named area for King Louis XIV • (1815) British defeated by Andrew Jackson in Battle of New Orleans

  3. Louisiana Firsts • (1812) Louisiana became 18th state • (1884) World's Fair held in New Orleans • (1901) First oil flow discovered at Jennings • (1916) Natural gas field discovered near Monroe • (1837) New Orleans held first Mardi Gras parade • (1947) First offshore oil well in Louisiana established • (1956) Longest over-water bridge in world - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened • (1966) National Football League awarded franchise to New Orleans Saints • (1973) Lindy Boggs became first congresswoman in Louisiana • (1975) Super Dome in New Orleans completed

  4. Spain in Louisiana • (1762) King Louis XV gave Charles II of Spain all land west of Mississippi • (1768) Louisiana colonists of Louisiana rebelled against Spanish rule • (1769) Spain regained control of Louisiana • (1800) Spain ceded Louisiana back to France

  5. Louisiana Territory • (1803) U. S. purchased Louisiana Territory • (1812) Louisiana became 18th state • (1861) Louisiana seceded from Union; joined the Confederacy • (1868) Louisiana readmitted to Union; state lottery established • (1921) New state constitution adopted

  6. Disasters in Louisiana • (1722) Hurricane destroyed most of New Orleans • (1788) Most of New Orleans destroyed by fire • (1832) Yellow fever and cholera epidemic killed more than 5,000 in New Orleans • (1853) Yellow fever epidemic killed more than 11,000 in New Orleans • (1874) Severe flooding occurred throughout the state • (1893) Hurricane killed over 2,000 in Louisiana and Mississippi • (1915) Hurricane struck New Orleans, killed 275 people, caused $13 million in damages • (1927) Floods devastated 1,300,000 acres, 300,000 left homeless

  7. Disasters in Louisiana • (1957) Hundreds of people in Cameron Parish killed during Hurricane Audrey • (1965) Hurricane Betsy devastated southern Louisiana; over 60 deaths occurred • (1969) Hurricane Camille struck, killed 250 people • (1992) Hurricane Andrew killed 11, caused $1 billion in damages • (1998) Major flooding throughout southern part of state from Tropical Storm Francis • (2005) Hurricane Katrina struck southeastern Louisiana, damaged levees flooded New Orleans, more than 1,500 people killed, over two million homeless; Hurricane Rita caused major flooding Vermilion and Cameron Parishes.

  8. Louisiana Political Figures • (1928) Huey P. Long elected governor • (1935) Huey Long assassinated on steps of state capitol • (1973) Lindy Boggs became first congresswoman in Louisiana • (1983) Edwin Edwards became first three-term governor

  9. New Orleans • (1718) Jean Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founded New Orleans. • (1723) New Orleans became capitol of Louisiana. • (1849) New Orleans is no longer the state capitol - Baton Rouge became capitol of Louisiana .

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