ORIEANS TEST AND GUIDE
1. 1682: Year La Salle claims the center of the North American Continent for Louis XIV
2. 1699: Year French Canadian brothers, the Sieurs d'Iberville and Bienville, arrive to found the French Colony
3. 1718: Year Bienville founds New Orleans (Iberville having died)
4. 1719: Year first slaves arrive in NOLA: 3000 over the next 12 years
5. 1722: Year Adrien de Pauger lays out the Vieux Carré AGAIN after a hurricane. Streets divided into blocks bounded
by drainage canals that emptied into boundary canals and into the swamp
6. 1724: Year the Code Noir was first instituted in French Colonies, including Louisiana
7. 1727: Year Ursuline nuns arrive for education and improvement of the city
8. 1729: Year Natchez Indians revolt
9. 1762: Year Louis XV gives LA to his cousin Carlos III of Spain, settling the 7 Yrs war
10. 1769: Year General O'Reillly arrives with 2000 soldiers to claim NOLA for Spain
11. 1788: Year Vieux Carré burns down 850 of 1000 buildings
12. 1794: the year that New Orleans burns down AGAIN.
13. 1795: Year Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin (not in New Orleans). The cotton gin was an important if unintended
cause of the American Civil War. Before the invention of the cotton gin, slavery had been on the decline, but the cotton
gin remonetized the institution. Inspired by observing a cat attempting to pull a chicken through a fence, and could
only pull through some of the feathers
14. 1803: Year of the LOUISIANA PURCHASE (15 mil for New Orleans and W Mississippi) 15 states eventually carved
out of LA purchase
15. 1812: Year of the first steamboat on the MS (Nicholas Roosevelt and Lydia Latrobe)
16. April 30 1812: Day and Year of Louisiana Statehood became the 18th American State. 15 states were
eventually carved out of LA purchase
17. 1815: Year of the Battle of New Orleans at Chalmette, Gen Andrew Jackson, leader
18. 1832: Year "Lafayette" (Garden District) was founded by Samuel Peters
19. 1853: Year that nearly 10,000 people died of Yellow Fever in New Orleans
20. 1857: Krewe of Comus is founded with flambeaux parades
21. 1861-1865: Years of the War between the States, though New Orleans surrendered in 1862
22. 1862: New Orleans surrenders to the Union, David Faragutt commanding. NOLA is occupied by Benjamin
"Spoons" Butler
,23. 1872: Year Mardi Gras Krewe of Rex is founded to honour Grand Duke Alexii of Russia
24. 1884: Year Cotton Centennial held on the site of Audubon Park
, 25. 1896: Year Plessey vs Ferguson was decided by the Supreme Court, protecting racism in the US through the
'seperate but equal' ruling. It was not overturned until 1954 with Brown vs Bd of Education (Topeka KS)
26. 1897-1917: Years that Storyville flourished
27. 1936: Vieux Carré Commission is founded under leadership of Elizabeth Werlein
28. 1960: Year that Ruby Bridges integrates Wm Frantz Elementary School at 3811 N Galvez
29. 2005: Year Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastate New Orleans
30. Louis XIV: French King for whom Louisiana was named and claimed
31. Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle (Sieur de la Salle): Noble French explorer who claimed LA
for Louis XIV in 1682
32. Pierre Le Moyne di'berville (Sieur d'Iberville): French Canadian who founded the French
Colony in 1699
33. Antoine Crozat: French financier given a 5 year lease on Nouvelle France who worked to make the french
colony economically successful. Returned it to Royal Control after 3 years
34. (Jean Baptiste Le Moyne - Sieur de) Bienville: French noble who founded NOLA in 1718
35. John Law: Scotsman, founder of the Banque de France who pushed investments in Lousiana and immigrants
to the colony. Responsible for the Mississippi bubble fiasco
36. Elizabeth Real (Veuve Pascal ou Marin): In the 1770s she was an inn keeper and owner of "Mme
John's Legacy"
37. Madeline Marie Hachard (Soeur Stanislas): Ursuline sister who arrived in 1727 and wrote of
her first experiences in New Orleans
38. Louis XV: French King who gave the entire country west of the Mississippi to his Bourbon cousin, King Carlos
III of Spain
39. Don Antoine de Ulloa: First Spanish Governor of Louisiana. Fled French resistance
40. General Alexander O'Reilly: Irish soldier of fortune and Governor who took command of New Orleans
in 1769 for Spain with an iron fist
41. Pere Antoine de Sedella: Spanish Capuchin priest who unsuccessfully tried to bring the inquisition to
NOLA in 1787. Controversial figure suspected of sedition by the US. Said to be an associate of voodoo priestess Marie
Laveau
42. Gov. Bernardo Galvez: Spanish Governor of Louisiana who campaigned against the English and in favor
of the Americans
43. Don Andres Almonester y Roxas: Spanish alcalde and financier who helped build St Louis Cathedral
after the fire of 1788
1. 1682: Year La Salle claims the center of the North American Continent for Louis XIV
2. 1699: Year French Canadian brothers, the Sieurs d'Iberville and Bienville, arrive to found the French Colony
3. 1718: Year Bienville founds New Orleans (Iberville having died)
4. 1719: Year first slaves arrive in NOLA: 3000 over the next 12 years
5. 1722: Year Adrien de Pauger lays out the Vieux Carré AGAIN after a hurricane. Streets divided into blocks bounded
by drainage canals that emptied into boundary canals and into the swamp
6. 1724: Year the Code Noir was first instituted in French Colonies, including Louisiana
7. 1727: Year Ursuline nuns arrive for education and improvement of the city
8. 1729: Year Natchez Indians revolt
9. 1762: Year Louis XV gives LA to his cousin Carlos III of Spain, settling the 7 Yrs war
10. 1769: Year General O'Reillly arrives with 2000 soldiers to claim NOLA for Spain
11. 1788: Year Vieux Carré burns down 850 of 1000 buildings
12. 1794: the year that New Orleans burns down AGAIN.
13. 1795: Year Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin (not in New Orleans). The cotton gin was an important if unintended
cause of the American Civil War. Before the invention of the cotton gin, slavery had been on the decline, but the cotton
gin remonetized the institution. Inspired by observing a cat attempting to pull a chicken through a fence, and could
only pull through some of the feathers
14. 1803: Year of the LOUISIANA PURCHASE (15 mil for New Orleans and W Mississippi) 15 states eventually carved
out of LA purchase
15. 1812: Year of the first steamboat on the MS (Nicholas Roosevelt and Lydia Latrobe)
16. April 30 1812: Day and Year of Louisiana Statehood became the 18th American State. 15 states were
eventually carved out of LA purchase
17. 1815: Year of the Battle of New Orleans at Chalmette, Gen Andrew Jackson, leader
18. 1832: Year "Lafayette" (Garden District) was founded by Samuel Peters
19. 1853: Year that nearly 10,000 people died of Yellow Fever in New Orleans
20. 1857: Krewe of Comus is founded with flambeaux parades
21. 1861-1865: Years of the War between the States, though New Orleans surrendered in 1862
22. 1862: New Orleans surrenders to the Union, David Faragutt commanding. NOLA is occupied by Benjamin
"Spoons" Butler
,23. 1872: Year Mardi Gras Krewe of Rex is founded to honour Grand Duke Alexii of Russia
24. 1884: Year Cotton Centennial held on the site of Audubon Park
, 25. 1896: Year Plessey vs Ferguson was decided by the Supreme Court, protecting racism in the US through the
'seperate but equal' ruling. It was not overturned until 1954 with Brown vs Bd of Education (Topeka KS)
26. 1897-1917: Years that Storyville flourished
27. 1936: Vieux Carré Commission is founded under leadership of Elizabeth Werlein
28. 1960: Year that Ruby Bridges integrates Wm Frantz Elementary School at 3811 N Galvez
29. 2005: Year Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastate New Orleans
30. Louis XIV: French King for whom Louisiana was named and claimed
31. Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle (Sieur de la Salle): Noble French explorer who claimed LA
for Louis XIV in 1682
32. Pierre Le Moyne di'berville (Sieur d'Iberville): French Canadian who founded the French
Colony in 1699
33. Antoine Crozat: French financier given a 5 year lease on Nouvelle France who worked to make the french
colony economically successful. Returned it to Royal Control after 3 years
34. (Jean Baptiste Le Moyne - Sieur de) Bienville: French noble who founded NOLA in 1718
35. John Law: Scotsman, founder of the Banque de France who pushed investments in Lousiana and immigrants
to the colony. Responsible for the Mississippi bubble fiasco
36. Elizabeth Real (Veuve Pascal ou Marin): In the 1770s she was an inn keeper and owner of "Mme
John's Legacy"
37. Madeline Marie Hachard (Soeur Stanislas): Ursuline sister who arrived in 1727 and wrote of
her first experiences in New Orleans
38. Louis XV: French King who gave the entire country west of the Mississippi to his Bourbon cousin, King Carlos
III of Spain
39. Don Antoine de Ulloa: First Spanish Governor of Louisiana. Fled French resistance
40. General Alexander O'Reilly: Irish soldier of fortune and Governor who took command of New Orleans
in 1769 for Spain with an iron fist
41. Pere Antoine de Sedella: Spanish Capuchin priest who unsuccessfully tried to bring the inquisition to
NOLA in 1787. Controversial figure suspected of sedition by the US. Said to be an associate of voodoo priestess Marie
Laveau
42. Gov. Bernardo Galvez: Spanish Governor of Louisiana who campaigned against the English and in favor
of the Americans
43. Don Andres Almonester y Roxas: Spanish alcalde and financier who helped build St Louis Cathedral
after the fire of 1788
