Timeline: Antoine François de Lonlay de la Tirardière du Breuil: Stewart

1732 -

	Date	Event(s)
1	1752	2 Sep 1752: Britain and British colonies switch from Julien to Gregorian calendar.
2	1755	1755—1763: Expulsion of 11,500 Acadians from Nova Scotia. 1/3 perish from disease or drowning.
3	1756	1756: Seven Years War begins
4	1762	5 Feb 1762: Martinique, a major French base in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, surrendered to the British.
5	1763	10 Feb 1763: Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris ending the French-Indian War. France ceded Canada to England and gave up all her territories in the New World except New Orleans and a few scattered islands including St. Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland.
6	1766	5 Mar 1766: Spanish official Don Antonio de Ulloa arrived in New Orleans to take possession of the Louisiana Territory from the French.
7	1770	5 Mar 1770: Boston Massacre
8	1773	16 Dec 1773: Boston Tea Party
9	1776	4 Jul 1776: Declaration of Independence
10	1777	17 Dec 1777: France recognized American independence.
11	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.
12	1781	19 Oct 1781: Corwallis Surrenders at Yorktown
13	1783	1783: U.S. Independence recognized at the Treaty of Paris
14	1787	1787: U.S. Constitution drawn up
15	1788	21 Mar 1788: The first Great Fire of New Orleans destroys 856 buildings out of 1,100.
16	1789	1789: George Washington becomes first President of the United States 14 Jul 1789: Storming of the Bastille; French Revolution Begins
17	1795	1795: New French constitution, French Revolution Ends
18	1796	1796: Napoleon defeats Austrians in Italy; start of Napoleonic Wars
19	1797	4 Mar 1797: John Adams takes office as 2nd president of the United States
20	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)
21	1801	4 Mar 1801: Thomas Jefferson sworn in as 3rd president of the United States
22	1803	30 Apr 1803: Louisiana Purchase
23	1804	1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor
24	1809	4 Mar 1809: James Madison sworn in as 4th president of the United States
25	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.
26	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.
27	1815	1815: Napoleon surrenders; exiled to St. Helena 8 Jan 1815: Andrew Jackson defeats British in the Battle of New Orleans
28	1817	4 Mar 1817: James Monroe takes office as 5th president of the United States.
29	1819	1819: Florida purchased from Spain
30	1823	2 Dec 1823: Monroe Doctrine: no more European settlement in America
31	1825	4 Mar 1825: John Quincy Adams becomes the 6th president of the United States
32	1829	4 Mar 1829: Andrew Jackson sworn in as the 7th president of the United States.
33	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.
34	1836	1836: Texas wins independence from Mexico; Siege of the Alamo
35	1837	4 Mar 1837: Martin Van Buren becomes the 8th president of the United States.
36	1838	May 1838: First New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade.
37	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.