Louisiana History

Discovered Louisiana

Apr 30, 1600

King Louis XI claimed Louisiana and called it Louisiana

Louisiana History

Period: Apr 30, 1600 to Feb 14, 2014

Louisiana Purchase

May 25, 1803

Thomas Jefferson buys 827,000 square miles of land, for $15 million dollars this would be called the Louisiana Purchase

Mardi Gras

Feb 25, 1827

Louisiana celebrates the first annual Mardi Gras in NOLA.

steam boat race

Feb 25, 1925

NATCHEZ VI raced the ROBERT E. LEE in the most famous steamboat race of all time

Huey Long's assanation

Sep 10, 1935

Huey Long was assassinated in Baton Rouge, by Carl Weiss.

First Offshore Oil rig

Oct 25, 1947

First off shore oil rig was a mile off the coast line of south east Louisiana.

Louis Armstrong

Jul 6, 1971

Louis Armstrong dies. Louis was from the great city of New Orleans.

Largemouth Bass

Feb 24, 1994

The Louisiana Largemouth Bassrecord bass was caught on Caney Lake. Greg Wiggins caught the bass.

Hurricane Katrina

Aug 28, 2005

Hurricane Katrina hit and damaged the city of New Orleans.

LSU wins the BCS bowl

Feb 25, 2007

LSU wins the BCS bowl and beats Ohio 38-24.

Bobby Jindle

Feb 25, 2008

Bobby Jindle gets elected as Louisiana's governer.

Al Copeland

Mar 23, 2008

Al Copeland dies. Al founded Popeye's Louisiana Kichen Chicken and Biscuits and the succes full resturant named Copeland's

King Will Ferrell

Feb 19, 2012

Will Ferrell host the Baccus parade in NOLA.

Louisiana Deer Record

Nov 9, 2013

Jason Archer shot a 210 in buck in Concordia Parish.

Gerorge Rodrigue (Blue Dog)

Dec 14, 2013

Blue DogGeorge Rodrigue died. His most famous drawings were of the "Blue Dog"