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| 1 | 1766 | - 5 Mar 1766: Spanish official Don Antonio de Ulloa arrived in New Orleans to take possession of the Louisiana Territory from the French.
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| 2 | 1770 | - 5 Mar 1770: Boston Massacre
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| 3 | 1773 | - 16 Dec 1773: Boston Tea Party
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| 4 | 1776 | - 4 Jul 1776: Declaration of Independence
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| 5 | 1777 | - 17 Dec 1777: France recognized American independence.
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| 6 | 1779 | - 17 Jun 1779: A hurricane forces major repairs to almost all structures in New Orleans.
- 18 Aug 1779: The first severe hurricane of the Spanish era damages most of the buildings in New Orleans and sinks ships in the river. Lake Pontchartrain and Bayou St. John pour over into the city and add to the damage.
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| 7 | 1781 | - 19 Oct 1781: Corwallis Surrenders at Yorktown
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| 8 | 1783 | - 1783: U.S. Independence recognized at the Treaty of Paris
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| 9 | 1787 | - 1787: U.S. Constitution drawn up
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| 10 | 1788 | - 21 Mar 1788: The first Great Fire of New Orleans destroys 856 buildings out of 1,100.
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| 11 | 1789 | - 1789: George Washington becomes first President of the United States
- 14 Jul 1789: Storming of the Bastille; French Revolution Begins
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| 12 | 1795 | - 1795: New French constitution, French Revolution Ends
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| 13 | 1796 | - 1796: Napoleon defeats Austrians in Italy; start of Napoleonic Wars
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| 14 | 1797 | - 4 Mar 1797: John Adams takes office as 2nd president of the United States
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| 15 | 1800 | - 1800: Napoleon acquires Louisiana from Spain under the Treaty of San Ildefonso; this Treaty is kept secret for 2 years.
- 1800: Washington, D.C. becomes the new Capitol of the U.S. (Moved from Philadelphia)
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| 16 | 1801 | - 4 Mar 1801: Thomas Jefferson sworn in as 3rd president of the United States
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| 17 | 1803 | - 30 Apr 1803: Louisiana Purchase
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| 18 | 1804 | - 1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor
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| 19 | 1809 | - 4 Mar 1809: James Madison sworn in as 4th president of the United States
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| 20 | 1812 | - 18 Jun 1812: Congress declares war on Great Britain; war of 1812 begins.
- 19 Sep 1812: A hurricane destroys ships on the River and on Lake Pontchartrain. Many soldiers at Ft. St. Philip die.
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| 21 | 1814 | - 1814: Napoleon Abdicates; exiled to Elba
- 14 Sep 1814: Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner.
- 24 Dec 1814: War of 1812 ends; treaty signed with British at Ghent, Belgium.
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| 22 | 1815 | - 1815: Napoleon surrenders; exiled to St. Helena
- 8 Jan 1815: Andrew Jackson defeats British in the Battle of New Orleans
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| 23 | 1817 | - 4 Mar 1817: James Monroe takes office as 5th president of the United States.
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| 24 | 1819 | - 1819: Florida purchased from Spain
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| 25 | 1823 | - 2 Dec 1823: Monroe Doctrine: no more European settlement in America
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| 26 | 1825 | - 4 Mar 1825: John Quincy Adams becomes the 6th president of the United States
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| 27 | 1829 | - 4 Mar 1829: Andrew Jackson sworn in as the 7th president of the United States.
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| 28 | 1830 | - Jan 1830: Population of New Orleans is 40,000. There are 16,710 free black men and women of color. As many as 701 in the New Orleans area own slaves themselves.
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| 29 | 1836 | - 1836: Texas wins independence from Mexico; Siege of the Alamo
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| 30 | 1837 | - 4 Mar 1837: Martin Van Buren becomes the 8th president of the United States.
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| 31 | 1838 | - May 1838: First New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade.
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| 32 | 1841 | - 4 Mar 1841: William Henry Harrison sworn in as the 9th President of the United States.
- 4 Apr 1841: President William Henry Harrison dies in office of natural causes; John Tyler sworn in as 10th president of the United States.
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| 33 | 1843 | - 1843: Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol"
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| 34 | 1844 | - 1844: First Telegraph line connects Washington and Baltimore
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| 35 | 1845 | - 4 Mar 1845: James Polk takes over as the 11th president of the United States.
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| 36 | 1849 | - 1849: California Gold Rush
- 4 Mar 1849: Zachary Taylor becomes the 12th president of the United States.
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| 37 | 1850 | - 9 Jul 1850: Zachary Taylor dies in office of natural causes; Millard Fillmore sworn in as 13th president of the United States.
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| 38 | 1856 | - 11 Aug 1856: A Hurricane destroys a resort hotel, several gambling establishments, and approximately 100 houses on Last Island (Islas Dernieres); over 200 people perished, and the island was left void of vegetation and split in half.
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| 39 | 1857 | - 4 Mar 1857: Franklin Pierce becomes 14th president of the United States.
- 4 Mar 1857: James Buchanan becomes 15th president of the United States.
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1764 - 1827 (63 years)