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• 1718 - May 7 - The city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville .
  
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• 1722 - Hurricane destroyed most of New Orleans
  
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• 1723 - New Orleans became capital of Louisiana
  
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•   1729 - March 15 - Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans
  
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•   1778 - April 1 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
  
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  April 1, 1778
  
•   February 13, 1784 - Ice floes blocked the Mississippi River at New Orleans, then passed into the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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  February 13, 1784
  
•   1788 - March 21 - Fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
  
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  March 21, 1788
  
•   1803 - January 11 - Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
  December 20 - French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark formal transfer of Louisiana Purchase from France to US for $27M
  
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  January 11, 1803
  
• 1815 - January 8 - Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812); the war had ended on 24th December 1814 but none of the combatants knew
  
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•   1827 - Februray 27 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
  
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• 1830 - January 13 - Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
  
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• 1832 - Yellow fever and choloera epidemic killed more than 5,000 in New Orleans
  
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• 1837 - New Orleans held first Mardi Gras parade
  
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•   1838 - March 8 - US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
  
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  March 8, 1838
  
• 1853 - Yellow fever epidemic killed more than 11,000 in New Orleans
  
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• 1854 - New Orleans
  New Orleans, a city, port of entry, and seat of justice of Orleans parish, Louisiana, is situated on the left bank of the Mississippi river, about... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1862 - April 25 - Capture of New Orleans LA by the Union under Flag Officer Farragut
  
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•   1864 - October 4 - New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms
  
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  April 10, 1864
  
•   1868 - September 22 - Race riots in New Orleans La
  
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  September 22, 1868
  
•   1869 - Over $30,000
  Only three persons in New Orleans return an income above $30,000, and the highest is $38,621. St Joseph Herald
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  June 19, 1869
  
• 1874 - September 14 — Battle of Liberty Place: In New Orleans, former Confederate Army members of the White League temporarily drive Republican Governor William P. Kellogg from office,
  replacing him with former Democratic Governor John McEnery. U.S. Army troops restore Kellogg to office five days later.
  
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•   1878 - July 12 - Fever epidemic in New Orleans begins, it will kill 4,500
  
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  July 12, 1878
  
•   1884 - THE LEVEES GIVING WAY. A SERIOUS BREAK THREATENED AT NEW ORLEANS.
  New Orleans, La., March 8. - The water in front of this city rose 5 inches to-day, and now marks 8 inches under the high-water mark, which is the top ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1884 - December 16 – The World Cotton Centennial World's Fair opens in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  
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•   February 13, 1889 - It was the coldest morning of record along the Gulf Coast. The temperature dipped to 7 above zero at New Orleans LA.
  
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  February 13, 1889
  
•   1891 - March 14 – In New Orleans, a lynch mob storms the Old Parish Prison and lynches 11 Italians arrested but found innocent of the murder of Police Chief David Hennessy.
  
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  March 14, 1891
  
•   1892 - THE ENGINEER WAS DRUNK. Fatal Explosion in a New Orleans Ice Factory.
  A boiler exploded in the factory of the Consumers Ice Company, at New Orleans, La., partly wrecking and setting fire fire to the building, killing... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1895 - New Orleans
  New Orleans, or’le-anz (Fr. Nouvelle-Orléans, noo' vèll"-om"lā'b Nu'; Ger. New-Orleans, noi-ot'là-Anz), a city and port of entry of the state of... Read MORE...
  
  
•   February 15, 1895 - Nine inches of snow blanketed New Orleans LA.
  
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•   1895 - THE EXPLOSION AT NEW ORLEANS.
  New Orleans, April 6. - At this writing but four bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the explosion which took place from some unknown cause... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1897 - BIG FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS. NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
  New Orleans, April 16. - One of the most picturesque business structures in the city, known as the Moresque block, owned by Gauch & Sons, was totally ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1899 - SUSPENDER SAVED HIS LIFE - Discharged Soldier Attempts to Kill a Bank Runner
  New Orleans, July 17. - Charles E. Rockel, runner for the Metropolitan bank, had just entered the bank today to begin his duties, when Englehart... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1900 - New Orleans - The Crescent City by Grace King
  Sail across the blue waters of the Gulf and make your way up the mighty current of the Mississippi, like the leisurely traveler of yore, if you wish... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1910 - BUILDING COLLAPSES; ONE KILLED. BAD ACCIDENT AT NEW ORLEANS - FIVE ARE INJURED.
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  New Orleans, April 14. - An unidentified boy, 12 years old, was killed today and five persons were injured in the... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1919 - NEW ORLEANS' FRENCH OPERA HOUSE BURNED. FAMOUS STRUCTURE, BUILT IN 1859, IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE.
  New Orleans, Dec. 5. - (United Press). - The Old French opera house, a landmark of old New Orleans, was burned to the ground Thursday in a fire which ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1927 - April 15 - New Orleans LA was drenched with 14.01 inches of rain, which established a 24 hour rainfall record for the state.
  
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•   1947 - September 19 - The eye of a hurricane passed directly over New Orleans, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.61 inches.
  The hurricane killed fifty-one persons, and caused 110 million dollars damage. It produced wind gusts to 155 mph while making landfall over Fort... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1948 - December 18 - WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
  
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• 1960 - November 14 - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
  
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•   1973 - January 7 – Mark Essex kills 9 people at the Howard Johnson's hotel in downtown New Orleans.
  January 7, 1973
  
• 1977 - November 12 - New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial
  
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• 1992 - Hurricane Andrew causes devastation in Florida and Louisiana
  
• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina