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1805 Until now, Territory of Orleans is ruled by royal government.
1805 The popular “quadroon balls” begin and continue throughout the antebellum period. |
1808 The first Louisiana public school is established in Pointe Coupee Parish 1808 Internal and domestic slave trade increases. 1808 A new civil law, based on the Napoleonic Code, replaces common law. 1808 Some slaves fake injuries to lower their own price value in hopes to be sold with their family. |
1812 The first steamboat, appropriately called “New Orleans,” docks at the city’s port. 1812 January 22:Louisiana’s first state constitution is adopted. 1812 Bishop Louis Dubourg administers the newly named Diocese of Louisiana |
1819 The Washington heads to Louisville from New Orleans and back in 41 days. 1819 Adams Onis Treaty 1820 The Missouri Compromise |
1824 Andrew Jackson runs for president for the first time but does not win 1824 John Horton donated the land that made up Jackson, originally named Buncombe after his home in North Carolina. |
1827 First Road Improvement bill funds roadways. 1827 The Catholic Church separates the Diocese of New Orleans from the rest of the Diocese of Louisiana. 1828 Andrew Jackson is elected president 1828 First Synagogue is established in New Orleans |
1832 The Board of Public Works is established. 1832 Cholera epidemic kills 6,000 people in Louisiana
1833 " Gumbo” is the African word for okra. |
1837 J McDonogh leaves $750,000 for schools. N. O. Picayune is established 1837 A major depression throughout the United States causes manufacturing to decrease. 1837 Shreveport is founded |
1843 James Dakin designs the Medical College of Louisiana 1843 Saint Joseph’s Church in Baton Rouge decides to perform mass in English rather than in French. 1843 The Baton Rouge Gazette ceases to publish in both English and French |
1848 The Telegraph reaches New Orleans 1848 Cotton is King. 1848 General Zachary Taylor is elected President. 1848 In New Orleans, free men of color form a religious corporation, the African Methodist Episcopal Church. |
1852 Germans contribute to Louisiana culture. 1852 Louisiana Constitution is revised 1853 One of the German-language newspapers blames the yellow fever epidemic on slavery. 1853 Yellow Fever kills 11,000 in New Orleans |
1856 New Orleans houses the leading lithography firm. 1856 Board of Public Works develops a system of levee districts to maintain the levees by sections. 1856 Robert Wickliffe is elected Governor. |
1859 French Opera House opens in New Orleans. 1859 The Legislature allows free men of color to pick a master and become a slave. 1859 Paul Morphy from New Orleans becomes the unofficial world champion of chess |
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| 1803 The United States formally receives Louisiana following the Louisiana Purchase. 1804 1804Keelboats and flatboats dominate river traffic on the Mississippi.
Thomas Jefferson writes to the Ursuline Nuns guaranteeing autonomy for the convent. 1804 New Orleans is the only area east of the Mississippi to be considered part of the Louisiana Territory. |
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1806 Explorer Zebulon Pike is sent by General Wilkinson to accurately map the Red and Arkansas Rivers 1806 The first Methodist congregation is established in Opelousas. 1806 The first Americans to arrive in Louisiana are from the west and are referred to as “Kaintucks". 1807 St. Philip Street Theater in New Orleans is completed. 1807 The legislature creates nineteen electoral units and officially changes the term “counties” to “parishes.” 1807 The term Creole originates from the Portuguese language, translated “of the colony.” |
1809 Louisiana reaches its population requirement and petitions for statehood 1809 Most houses keep netting over the beds to keep mosquitoes away at night.
1810 The Spanish Crown forbids Protestants living in Spanish territory from holding public worship services. 1811 College of Orleans is established on Ursuline St. as Louisiana’s first college. 1811 February 16: President James Madision signs a bill granting Louisiana admission to the United States as the eighteenth state 1811 Charles Deslonde leads the largest slave uprising to occur in the United States. |
1814 Federal raid destroys the Baratarian camp
1816 The Washington is built. 1816 W.C.Claiborne, now 42, is elected by legislature to the U.S. Senate 1816 The Feliciana Parish Courthouse in Jackson is built. 1817 Ribbon cane is introduced and is cultivated for the next few years. 1817 Presbyterian Church is established in New Orleans. |
1821 In New Orleans, John James Audubon teaches students how to draw. 1821 Port of New Orleans registers 75 steamboats 1822 Liberia is founded as the home for freed U.S. slaves 1822 Fort Jessup is built at the boundary line between the United States and Spanish Texas. 1823 The first American theater opens in New Orleans. 1823 The first natural gas field is found at a depth of 400 feet 1823 American Legislators try to move the capital from New Orleans to the West Florida region. |
1825 The College of Louisiana is established at Jackson. 1825 Marquis de Lafayette visits New Orleans. 1825 The West Wing dormitory of the College of Louisiana still exists & is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1826 The College of Orleans closes and replaced with two primary schools and a central school.
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1830 Louisiana Law prohibits the teaching of slaves to read and write 1830 The world’s demand for cotton is growing. 1830 The Legislature meets for the first and last time in Donaldsonville. 1830 Because slaves cannot be taught to read or write, all knowledge is conveyed orally. 1831 Severe Storms and floods disrupt New Orleans 1831 Passengers call the Ponchartrain Railroad “Smoky Mary” |
1834 In New Orleans, Medical College of Louisiana, is chartered by the state. 1834 The Whig party formally enters Louisiana. 1834 St. Patrick’s Church in New Orleans is established. 1836 New Basin Canal is completed. |
1838 New Orleans’ first Mardi Gras parade 1839 Lyon, a free man of color, returns to New Orleans from France & introduces the Daguerreotype Process. 1840 Theatre De La Renaissance opens in New Orleans featuring an all black cast. 1840 Antoine's, the oldest restaurant in New Orleans still in operation, is established. 1841 Louisiana’s first public school system is developed in New Orleans. |
1845 Les Cenelles (Holly Berries) is published by The New Orleans group. 1845 About 2,500 steamboats are in New Orleans. 1845 Louisiana’s original constitution is rewritten 1845 The medical College of Louisiana is recognized as the University of Louisiana by the Constitution of 1845. 1846 Elias Howe patents the sewing machine 1847 Work begins on the State Capital in Baton Rouge. |
1849 M. Gignac opens a school for African American children. 1849 Baton Rouge officially becomes capital 1849 Architect James Dakin designs the Baton Rouge’s capital building 1850 Baton Rouge’s capital building is completed. 1850 Republican Party is born. 1850 Sister of Charity of Donaldsonville is finished 1850 Louisiana is noted as having the highest death rate of any state in the union. |
1854 20,000 people watch the horse race between Lexington and Lecomte. 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act allows territories to decide whether they would allow slavery. 1855 New Orleans opens its first teacher training school. 1855 Slave owners are now required to sue the state in court and for a jury to decide whether to free a slave |
1857 The first formal carnival organization is established. 1857 Emancipations of any kind are prohibited. 1858 Sugar prices are the highest ever pulling in the highest profits in the South. |
1860 Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy is established. 1860 Louisiana ranks among the best of banking systems. 1860 South Carolina is the first State to secede from the United States. 1860 Louisiana is home to the largest Jewish population in the South. 1861 The Secession Convention lasted three days to decide to secede. JUMP TO TIMELINE 3! |
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