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Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV.
In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is considered a simple assault, but biting someone with your false teeth is considered an aggravated assault.
Louisiana is the only state in the union that does not have counties. Its political subdivisions are called parishes.
Louisiana is the only state with a large population of Cajuns, descendants of the Acadians who were driven out of Canada in the 1700s because they wouldn't pledge allegiance to the King of England.
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There is a myth that beginning in 1755 and lasting for several years, Acadians from Canada were deported by the English and sent DIRECTLY to Louisiana. This is NOT true. The Acadians who ended up in Louisiana were mostly deported to Maryland and Pennsylvania. Years later, they left Maryland for Louisiana. At that time, Louisiana was part of Spain.
Story of Acadians, Episode 1, Shaw Community Link
A Louisiana Christmas feast often includes Creole Gumbo. It can include ham, veal, chicken, shrimp, oysters and crabmeat. worldholidaytraditions.com
A last-second home-team touchdown at Louisiana State University in 1988 sent the fans into such a frenzy that the victory registered as an earthquake on a local seismograph. rd.com
"Louisiana comes from the French La Louisiane, or "Land of Louis." It was named for Louis XIV, the King of France from 1643 to 1715." mentalfloss.com
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- 1682 - Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claims vast Louisiana region for France
The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996 - 1699 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville establishes France's first permanent settlement in Louisiana in what is now the southernmost portion of Alabama.
wikipedia.org - 1700 - Louisiana is part of the Spanish Empire
- 1716 - June 6 - 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana
onthisday.com - 1717 - French banker John Law's Mississippi Company sets up business in Louisiana and the Mississippi River basin.
wikipedia.org - Acadians
Contrary to popular belief, no Acadians were deported to Louisiana since it was under French control and then under Spanish control from 1762. It is by their own means that Acadians deported in the southern states of the United States will go to Louisiana, believing to be established in French terri...Read MORE... - 1764 - The first Acadians (20) arrive in Louisiana from New York via Mobile.
www.acadian-cajun.com/ acadtime.htm - 1765 - The first Acadians begin to settle in Louisiana.
www.acadian-cajun.com/ acadtime.htm - 1785 - Spain provides 7 ships to carry over 1600 Acadians from France to Louisiana.
www.acadian-cajun.com/ acadtime.htm - 1800 - Spain ceded Louisiana back to France
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1803 - U. S. purchased Louisiana Territory
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1812 - Louisiana became 18th state
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1815 - British defeated by Andrew Jackson in Battle of New Orleans
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm 
1856 - August 10 – A hurricane destroys Last Island, Louisiana, leaving 400 dead. The whole island is broken up into several smaller islands by the storm.
wikipedia.org
August 10, 1856- 1861 - January 26 - Louisiana seceded from Union; joined the Confederacy
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1874 - Severe flooding occurred throughout the state (Louisiana)
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm 
Railroad Avenue, Donaldsonville, La.
Postcard- 1893 - Hurricane killed over 2,000 in Louisiana and Mississippi
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1895 - Louisiana
Louisiana, loo-ee-ze-ah'na (named in honor of Louis XIV. of France), one of the Gulf States of the American Union, is bounded N. by Arkansas and Mississippi, E. by Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico, S. by the Gulf of Mexico, and W. by Texas. On the N. it is limited partly by the 31st and partly by ...Read MORE... 
New Grunewald Hotel. Audubon Building and Maison Blanche. New Orleans, La.
"The Roosevelt New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 504-room hotel owned by Dimension Development and managed by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was originally built by Louis Grunewald, a German immigrant, and opened in 1893 as "The Hotel Grunewald."
The original hotel building was six stories tall and faced Baronne Street. It was built after Grunewald's Music Hall was destroyed by fire in 1862.... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1927 - Floods devastated 1,300,000 acres, 300,000 left homeless (Louisiana)
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm 
Hotel Heidelberg, Baton Rouge
"The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is a historic hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, originally built in 1927 as the Heidelberg Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Heidelberg Hotel was a favorite dwelling of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who had a seventh-floor suite. For a time it was known as the Capitol House Hotel, when under the management of former State Representative Chris Faser, Jr. Huey P. Long, John F.... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1956 - Longest over-water bridge in world - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1957 - June 27 - Hurricane Audrey smashed ashore at Cameron, LA, drowning 390 persons in the storm tide, and causing 150 million dollars damage in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Audrey left only a brick courthouse and a cement-block icehouse standing at Cameron, and when the waters settled in the town of Crede, only four buildings remained. The powerful winds of Audrey tossed a fishing boat weighing 78 tons onto an off-shore drilling platform. Winds along the coast gusted ...Read MORE... - 1969 - Hurricane Camille struck, killed 250 people
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm - 1987 - June 19 - The Supreme Court strikes down the Louisiana law that requires that schools teach creationism.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/ 
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Railroad Avenue, Donaldsonville, La.
Louisiana, USA
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"The Roosevelt New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 504-room hotel owned by Dimension Development and managed by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was originally built by Louis Grunewald, a German immigrant, and opened in 1893 as "The Hotel Grunewald."
The original hotel building was six stories tall and faced Baronne Street. It was built after Grunewald's Music Hall was destroyed by fire in 1862. The building housed 200 rooms and opened in December 1893 to be ready for the 1894 New Orleans Mardi Gras season. The decision to build a hotel proved to be very sound as the other major hotel in the city, the St. Charles Hotel, was destroyed by fire soon after the Grunewald opened..." wikipedia)
New Grunewald Hotel. Audubon Building and Maison Blanche. New Orleans, La.
"The Roosevelt New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 504-room hotel owned by Dimension Development and managed by Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The hotel was originally built by Louis Grunewald, a German immigrant, and opened in 1893 as "The Hotel Grunewald."
The original hotel building was six stories tall and faced Baronne Street. It was built after Grunewald's Music Hall was destroyed by fire in 1862.... Read MORE...
Louisiana, USA
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![Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgreenerpasture.com%2fPlaces%2fDetails%2f2172&media=https%3a%2f%2fgreenerpasture.com%2fContent%2fancestorimages%2fbaton_rouge_la_1.jpg&description=, Louisiana, USA - Hotel Heidelberg, Baton Rouge
"The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is a historic hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, originally built in 1927 as the Heidelberg Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Heidelberg Hotel was a favorite dwelling of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who had a seventh-floor suite. For a time it was known as the Capitol House Hotel, when under the management of former State Representative Chris Faser, Jr. Huey P. Long, John F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Jimmy Carter, Will Rogers, and Fidel Castro were all guests of the hotel..." wikipedia)
Hotel Heidelberg, Baton Rouge
"The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is a historic hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, originally built in 1927 as the Heidelberg Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Heidelberg Hotel was a favorite dwelling of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who had a seventh-floor suite. For a time it was known as the Capitol House Hotel, when under the management of former State Representative Chris Faser, Jr. Huey P. Long, John F.... Read MORE...
Louisiana, USA
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1682 - Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claims vast Louisiana region for France
The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
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1699 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville establishes France's first permanent settlement in Louisiana in what is now the southernmost portion of Alabama.
wikipedia.org
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1700 - Louisiana is part of the Spanish Empire
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1716 - June 6 - 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana
onthisday.com
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1717 - French banker John Law's Mississippi Company sets up business in Louisiana and the Mississippi River basin.
wikipedia.org
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Acadians
Contrary to popular belief, no Acadians were deported to Louisiana since it was under French control and then under Spanish control from 1762. It is by their own means that Acadians deported in the southern states of the United States will go to Louisiana, believing to be established in French... Read MORE...
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1764 - The first Acadians (20) arrive in Louisiana from New York via Mobile.
www.acadian-cajun.com/ acadtime.htm
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1765 - The first Acadians begin to settle in Louisiana.
www.acadian-cajun.com/ acadtime.htm
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1785 - Spain provides 7 ships to carry over 1600 Acadians from France to Louisiana.
www.acadian-cajun.com/ acadtime.htm
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1800 - Spain ceded Louisiana back to France
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1803 - U. S. purchased Louisiana Territory
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1812 - Louisiana became 18th state
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1815 - British defeated by Andrew Jackson in Battle of New Orleans
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
1856 - August 10 – A hurricane destroys Last Island, Louisiana, leaving 400 dead. The whole island is broken up into several smaller islands by the storm.
wikipedia.org
August 10, 1856
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1861 - January 26 - Louisiana seceded from Union; joined the Confederacy
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1874 - Severe flooding occurred throughout the state (Louisiana)
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1893 - Hurricane killed over 2,000 in Louisiana and Mississippi
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1895 - Louisiana
Louisiana, loo-ee-ze-ah'na (named in honor of Louis XIV. of France), one of the Gulf States of the American Union, is bounded N. by Arkansas and Mississippi, E. by Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico, S. by the Gulf of Mexico, and W. by Texas. On the N. it is limited partly by the 31st and partly by ... Read MORE...
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1927 - Floods devastated 1,300,000 acres, 300,000 left homeless (Louisiana)
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1956 - Longest over-water bridge in world - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1957 - June 27 - Hurricane Audrey smashed ashore at Cameron, LA, drowning 390 persons in the storm tide, and causing 150 million dollars damage in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Audrey left only a brick courthouse and a cement-block icehouse standing at Cameron, and when the waters settled in the town of Crede, only four buildings remained. The powerful winds of Audrey tossed a fishing boat weighing 78 tons onto an off-shore drilling platform. Winds along the coast gusted ... Read MORE...
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1969 - Hurricane Camille struck, killed 250 people
www.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ latimeln.htm
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1987 - June 19 - The Supreme Court strikes down the Louisiana law that requires that schools teach creationism.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/
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