Timeline Of New Orleans
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 18th century * 1718 – La Nouvelle-Orléans founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville of the Mississippi Company. * 1722 – Capital of ''La Louisiane'' is relocated to New Orleans, from Biloxi. * 1724 - Code Noir implemented in Congo Square gave enslaved Africans Sundays off "to dance". * 1734 – Ursuline Convent built. * 1752 – Modern-day Ursuline Convent building is finished, today the oldest and finest French Colonial building in the U.S. * 1762 – French colony ceded to Spain under Alejandro O'Reilly. * 1768 - Population: 3.200. (approx). * 1769 - New Orleans City Archives established. * 1770s – Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop was built, one of the oldest extant buildings in New Orleans. * 1779–1781 – Governor-general Bernardo de Gálvez successfully wages the Gulf Coast campaign against British West Florida, as part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1779–83) and in support ...
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