Faster access than browser!
317 relations: A. Baldwin Wood, Aaron Burr, Algiers, New Orleans, Alligator, American Civil War, Andrew Higgins, Andrew Jackson, Artillery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Battle of Lake Borgne, Battle of Liberty Place, Battle of Liberty Place Monument, Battle of New Orleans, Battle of the Head of Passes, Bayou, Bayou St. John, Benjamin Butler, Biloxi, Mississippi, Black people, Bloomberg L.P., Bourbon Democrat, British colonization of the Americas, Cabildo (council), Canal, Canal Street, New Orleans, Capital city, Capture of New Orleans, Cargo, Carondelet Canal, Carrollton, New Orleans, Cash, CBS News, Cession, Chalmette, Louisiana, Charles IV of Spain, Charles T. Howard, Charlotte, North Carolina, Cholera, Civil rights movement, Coastal erosion, Colonialism, Commerce, Confederate States Army, Constitutional convention (political meeting), Cotton, Creoles of color, Cuba, Cypress, Dahlonega, Georgia, ..., David Farragut, David Hennessy, DeLesseps Story Morrison, Desegregation, Dollar coin (United States), Douglas Wilder, Dwight D. Eisenhower, East Coast of the United States, Eastern New Orleans, Edward Pakenham, Electric power, Emergency evacuation, Epidemic, Ernest Nathan Morial, Estuary, Execution by firing squad, Executive order, Faubourg St. John, Federal government of the United States, Fifth Military District, Fire department, Florida, Fort Bowyer, Fort Jackson, Louisiana, Fort St. Philip, Free Negro, Free people of color, French colonial empire, French colonization of the Americas, French First Republic, French language, French Quarter, Fur, Fur trade, Galley slave, Gentilly, New Orleans, German Coast, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Gold, Good Friday, Grace King, Great Britain in the Seven Years' War, Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, Great New Orleans Fire (1788), Great New Orleans Fire (1794), Grid plan, Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Gulfport, Mississippi, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, Henry C. Warmoth, Henry Clay, History of Louisiana, History of slavery in Louisiana, Huey Long, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Betsy, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Illinois Central Railroad, Industrial Canal, ING 4727, Interstate 10, Interstate 55, Interstate 59, Intracoastal Waterway, Italian Americans, Italy, Jackson Square (New Orleans), James Wilkinson, Jean Lafitte, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Jim Crow laws, John Bel Edwards, John Fitzpatrick (mayor), John Lambert (British Army officer), John Law (economist), John McDonogh High School, John McDonogh High School shooting, John McEnery, John Shaw (naval officer), Kingdom of France, Lake Borgne, Lake Maurepas, Lake Pontchartrain, Lakeview, New Orleans, LaPlace, Louisiana, LCVP (United States), Levee, List of ethnic riots, List of mayors of New Orleans, London Avenue Canal, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Louis Billouart, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Louisiana (New France), Louisiana (New Spain), Louisiana Creole people, Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Rebellion of 1768, Louisiana State Lottery Company, Lyndon B. Johnson, Malaria, Marc Morial, March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings, Marksville culture, Martial law, Martin Behrman, May 1995 Louisiana flood, Mel Leavitt, Metairie, Louisiana, Midden, Militia (United States), Milneburg, Mississippi Company, Mississippi embayment, Mississippi River, Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal, Mississippi Territory, Mississippian culture, Mitch Landrieu, Mobile Bay, Mobile, Alabama, Mosquito, Mound, Mule, Multilingualism, MV Bright Field, Napoleon, Nathaniel P. Banks, National Football League, Native Americans in the United States, Natural gas, New Basin Canal, New England, New Orleans, New Orleans metropolitan area, New Orleans Mint, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans Saints, New Orleans tornado of 2017, New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern, New York City, Nickname, Orleans Levee Board, Orleans Parish School Board, P. B. S. Pinchback, Panic of 1837, Panic of 1873, Paul Capdevielle, Philadelphia, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Pierre Clément de Laussat, Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, Pike (weapon), Pinckney's Treaty, Plessy v. Ferguson, Pontchartrain Railroad, Port, Portage, Poydras Street, Prefect, Prince Achille Murat, Public library, Quadroon, Questia Online Library, Quinipissa, Racial segregation, Ray Nagin, Reconstruction era, Red-light district, Refugee, River Ridge, Louisiana, River Road, Louisiana, Robert Charles, Robert Charles riots, Rutherford B. Hayes, Sabal minor, Saffir–Simpson scale, Saint-Domingue, Sauvé's Crevasse, Sea level, Sicilian Mafia, Sidney Barthelemy, Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815), Silver, Slave rebellion, Slavery, Smallpox, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Southern United States, Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish Empire, Spanish Florida, Spanish Fort (New Orleans), Specie Circular, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, St. Louis, St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans), State of emergency, Steam engine, Storm surge, Storyville, New Orleans, Subsidence, Suburb, Sugarcane, Sugarcane mill, Summary execution, Super Bowl XLIV, Supreme Court of the United States, T. Semmes Walmsley, Tallahassee, Florida, Territory of Orleans, The Cabildo, The Historic New Orleans Collection, The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, The Presbytere, The Times-Picayune, Theodore Roosevelt, Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Thomas Kitchin, Timeline of New Orleans, Tourism, Trade route, Treaty of Aranjuez (1801), Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762), Treaty of Ghent, Treaty of Paris (1763), Tremé, Tropical cyclone, U.S. state, Union (American Civil War), Union blockade, United States, United States Army, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Mint, United States Navy, Uptown New Orleans, USA Today, Victor H. Schiro, Wade Hampton I, War of 1812, Western Europe, White League, White people, White supremacy, William Pitt Kellogg, Willow, World Cotton Centennial, World War II, World's fair, WWL-TV, Yellow fever, 1,000,000,000, 17th Street Canal, 1811 German Coast uprising, 1909 Atlantic hurricane season, 1915 Atlantic hurricane season, 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, 9th Ward of New Orleans. Expand index (267 more) »
A. Baldwin Wood
Albert Baldwin Wood (December 1, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an inventor and engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and A. Baldwin Wood · See more »
Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Aaron Burr · See more »
Algiers, New Orleans
Algiers is the second oldest neighborhood in New Orleans and the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Algiers, New Orleans · See more »
Alligator
An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Alligator · See more »
American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
New!!: History of New Orleans and American Civil War · See more »
Andrew Higgins
Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886 – 1 August 1952) was the founder and owner of Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (LCVPs) during World War II.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Andrew Higgins · See more »
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson · See more »
Artillery
Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Artillery · See more »
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana · See more »
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
The Battle of Forts Jackson and St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip · See more »
Battle of Lake Borgne
The Battle of Lake Borgne was a battle between the Royal Navy and Royal Marines on one side and the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines on the other in the American South theatre of the War of 1812.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Battle of Lake Borgne · See more »
Battle of Liberty Place
The Battle of Liberty Place, or Battle of Canal Street, was an attempted insurrection by the Crescent City White League against the Reconstruction Era Louisiana state government on September 14, 1874, in New Orleans, which was the capital of Louisiana at the time.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Battle of Liberty Place · See more »
Battle of Liberty Place Monument
The Battle of Liberty Place Monument is a stone obelisk on an inscribed plinth, formerly on display in New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, commemorating the "Battle of Liberty Place", an 1874 attempt by Democratic White League paramilitary organizations to take control of the government of Louisiana from its Reconstruction Era Republican leadership after a disputed gubernatorial election.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Battle of Liberty Place Monument · See more »
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Battle of New Orleans · See more »
Battle of the Head of Passes
The Battle of the Head of Passes was a bloodless naval battle of the American Civil War.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Battle of the Head of Passes · See more »
Bayou
In usage in the United States, a bayou (or, from Cajun French) is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area, and can be either an extremely slow-moving stream or river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), or a marshy lake or wetland.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Bayou · See more »
Bayou St. John
Bayou St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Bayou St. John · See more »
Benjamin Butler
Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was a major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer and businessman from Massachusetts.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Benjamin Butler · See more »
Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Biloxi, Mississippi · See more »
Black people
Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other populations.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Black people · See more »
Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Bloomberg L.P. · See more »
Bourbon Democrat
Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States in the later 19th century (1872–1904) to refer to members of the Democratic Party who were ideologically aligned with conservatism or classical liberalism, especially those who supported presidential candidates Charles O'Conor in 1872, Samuel J. Tilden in 1876, President Grover Cleveland in 1884–1888/1892–1896 and Alton B. Parker in 1904.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Bourbon Democrat · See more »
British colonization of the Americas
The British colonization of the Americas (including colonization by both the English and the Scots) began in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia, and reached its peak when colonies had been established throughout the Americas.
New!!: History of New Orleans and British colonization of the Americas · See more »
Cabildo (council)
A cabildo or ayuntamiento was a Spanish colonial, and early post-colonial, administrative council which governed a municipality.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Cabildo (council) · See more »
Canal
Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Canal · See more »
Canal Street, New Orleans
Canal Street is a major thoroughfare in the city of New Orleans.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Canal Street, New Orleans · See more »
Capital city
A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Capital city · See more »
Capture of New Orleans
The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was an important event for the Union.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Capture of New Orleans · See more »
Cargo
In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Cargo · See more »
Carondelet Canal
The Carondelet Canal, also known as the Old Basin Canal, was a canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., operating from 1794 into the 1920s – nearly 135 years.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Carondelet Canal · See more »
Carrollton, New Orleans
Carrollton is a historic neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, which includes the Carrollton Historic District, recognized by the.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Carrollton, New Orleans · See more »
Cash
In economics, cash is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Cash · See more »
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio service CBS.
New!!: History of New Orleans and CBS News · See more »
Cession
The act of cession is the assignment of property to another entity.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Cession · See more »
Chalmette, Louisiana
Chalmette is a census-designated place (CDP) in, and the parish seat of St. Bernard Parish, in southeast Louisiana, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Chalmette, Louisiana · See more »
Charles IV of Spain
Charles IV (Spanish: Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego; 11 November 1748 – 20 January 1819) was King of Spain from 14 December 1788, until his abdication on 19 March 1808.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Charles IV of Spain · See more »
Charles T. Howard
Charles Turner Howard (1832–1885) was an American businessman notable for organizing the Louisiana State Lottery Company in 1869.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Charles T. Howard · See more »
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Charlotte, North Carolina · See more »
Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Cholera · See more »
Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement (also known as the African-American civil rights movement, American civil rights movement and other terms) was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Civil rights movement · See more »
Coastal erosion
Coastal erosion is the wearing away of material from a coastal profile including the removal of beach, sand dunes, or sediment by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, drainage or high winds (see also beach evolution).
New!!: History of New Orleans and Coastal erosion · See more »
Colonialism
Colonialism is the policy of a polity seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of developing or exploiting them to the benefit of the colonizing country and of helping the colonies modernize in terms defined by the colonizers, especially in economics, religion and health.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Colonialism · See more »
Commerce
Commerce relates to "the exchange of goods and services, especially on a large scale.” Commerce includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural and technological systems that operate in any country or internationally.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Commerce · See more »
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
New!!: History of New Orleans and Confederate States Army · See more »
Constitutional convention (political meeting)
A constitutional convention is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Constitutional convention (political meeting) · See more »
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Cotton · See more »
Creoles of color
The Creoles of color are a historic ethnic group of Creole people that developed in the former French and Spanish colonies of Louisiana (especially in the city of New Orleans), Southern Mississippi, Alabama, and Northwestern Florida in what is now the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Creoles of color · See more »
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Cuba · See more »
Cypress
Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Cypress · See more »
Dahlonega, Georgia
The city of Dahlonega is the county seat of Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Dahlonega, Georgia · See more »
David Farragut
David Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
New!!: History of New Orleans and David Farragut · See more »
David Hennessy
David C. Hennessy (1858 – October 16, 1890) was a police chief of New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and David Hennessy · See more »
DeLesseps Story Morrison
deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr., known as Chep Morrison (January 18, 1912 – May 22, 1964), was an American attorney and politician, who was the 54th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1946 to 1961.
New!!: History of New Orleans and DeLesseps Story Morrison · See more »
Desegregation
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Desegregation · See more »
Dollar coin (United States)
The dollar coin is a United States coin worth one United States dollar.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Dollar coin (United States) · See more »
Douglas Wilder
Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th Governor of Virginia, from 1990 to 1994.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Douglas Wilder · See more »
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Dwight D. Eisenhower · See more »
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean.
New!!: History of New Orleans and East Coast of the United States · See more »
Eastern New Orleans
The eastern section of New Orleans, colloquially known as "New Orleans East," is a large section of that city.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Eastern New Orleans · See more »
Edward Pakenham
The Honourable Sir Edward Michael Pakenham GCB (pro. pack-en-um) (19 March 1778 – 8 January 1815), was an Anglo-Irish army officer and politician.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Edward Pakenham · See more »
Electric power
Electric power is the rate, per unit time, at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Electric power · See more »
Emergency evacuation
Emergency evacuation is the urgent immediate egress or escape of people away from an area that contains an imminent threat, an ongoing threat or a hazard to lives or property.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Emergency evacuation · See more »
Epidemic
An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time, usually two weeks or less.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Epidemic · See more »
Ernest Nathan Morial
Ernest Nathan Morial, known as Dutch Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989), was an American political figure and a leading civil rights advocate.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Ernest Nathan Morial · See more »
Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Estuary · See more »
Execution by firing squad
Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Execution by firing squad · See more »
Executive order
In the United States, an executive order is a directive issued by the President of the United States that manages operations of the federal government and has the force of law.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Executive order · See more »
Faubourg St. John
Faubourg St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Faubourg St. John · See more »
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Federal government of the United States · See more »
Fifth Military District
The 5th Military District of the U.S. Army was a temporary administrative unit of the U.S. War Department that existed in the American South.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Fifth Military District · See more »
Fire department
A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (British English), also known as a fire protection district, fire authority or fire and rescue service is an organization that primarily provides firefighting services for a specific geographic area.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Fire department · See more »
Florida
Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Florida · See more »
Fort Bowyer
Fort Bowyer was a short-lived earthen and stockade fortification that the United States Army erected in 1813 on Mobile Point, near the mouth of Mobile Bay in what is now Baldwin County, Alabama, but then was part of the Mississippi Territory.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Fort Bowyer · See more »
Fort Jackson, Louisiana
Fort Jackson is an historic masonry fort located some up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Fort Jackson, Louisiana · See more »
Fort St. Philip
Fort St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Fort St. Philip · See more »
Free Negro
In United States history, a free Negro or free black was the legal status, in the geographic area of the United States, of blacks who were not slaves.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Free Negro · See more »
Free people of color
In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres, Spanish: gente libre de color) were people of mixed African and European descent who were not enslaved.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Free people of color · See more »
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.
New!!: History of New Orleans and French colonial empire · See more »
French colonization of the Americas
The French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century, and continued on into the following centuries as France established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere.
New!!: History of New Orleans and French colonization of the Americas · See more »
French First Republic
In the history of France, the First Republic (French: Première République), officially the French Republic (République française), was founded on 22 September 1792 during the French Revolution.
New!!: History of New Orleans and French First Republic · See more »
French language
French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
New!!: History of New Orleans and French language · See more »
French Quarter
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré ("Old Square") or Vieux Carré Historic District, is the oldest section of the City of New Orleans.
New!!: History of New Orleans and French Quarter · See more »
Fur
Fur is the hair covering of non-human mammals, particularly those mammals with extensive body hair that is soft and thick.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Fur · See more »
Fur trade
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Fur trade · See more »
Galley slave
A galley slave is a slave rowing in a galley, either a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar (French: galérien), or a kind of human chattel, often a prisoner of war, assigned to his duty of rowing.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Galley slave · See more »
Gentilly, New Orleans
Gentilly is a broad, predominantly middle-class and racially diverse section of New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Gentilly, New Orleans · See more »
German Coast
The German Coast (French: Côte des Allemands) was a region of early Louisiana settlement located above New Orleans on the east side of the Mississippi River – specifically, from east (or south) to west (or north), in St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James parishes of present-day Acadiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and German Coast · See more »
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), in the United States often known simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette · See more »
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Gold · See more »
Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holiday celebrating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Good Friday · See more »
Grace King
Grace Elizabeth King (November 29, 1851 – January 14, 1932) was an American author of Louisiana stories, history, and biography, and a leader in historical and literary activities.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Grace King · See more »
Great Britain in the Seven Years' War
Great Britain was one of the major participants in the Seven Years' War which lasted between 1754 and 1763.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Great Britain in the Seven Years' War · See more »
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with inundated up to a depth of.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 · See more »
Great New Orleans Fire (1788)
The Great New Orleans Fire (1788) was a fire that destroyed 856 of the 1,100 structures in New Orleans, Louisiana (New Spain), on March 21, 1788, spanning the south central Vieux Carré from Burgundy to Chartres Street, almost to the Mississippi River front buildings.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Great New Orleans Fire (1788) · See more »
Great New Orleans Fire (1794)
The Great New Orleans Fire (1794) was a fire that destroyed 212 structures in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 8, 1794, in the area now known as the French Quarter from Burgundy to Chartres Street, almost to the riverfront buildings.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Great New Orleans Fire (1794) · See more »
Grid plan
The grid plan, grid street plan, or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Grid plan · See more »
Gulf Coast of the United States
The Gulf Coast of the United States is the coastline along which the Southern United States meets the Gulf of Mexico.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Gulf Coast of the United States · See more »
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico · See more »
Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital, Jackson.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Gulfport, Mississippi · See more »
Haiti
Haiti (Haïti; Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly called Hayti, is a sovereign state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Haiti · See more »
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution (Révolution haïtienne) was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Haitian Revolution · See more »
Henry C. Warmoth
Henry Clay Warmoth (May 9, 1842 – September 30, 1931) was an American attorney, Civil War officer in the Union Army, who was elected governor and state representative of Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Henry C. Warmoth · See more »
Henry Clay
Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer, planter, and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Henry Clay · See more »
History of Louisiana
The history of the territory that is now Louisiana began roughly 10,000 years ago.
New!!: History of New Orleans and History of Louisiana · See more »
History of slavery in Louisiana
The history of slavery in the area currently known as Louisiana did not begin only with colonial settlement by Europeans, as Native Americans also reduced captured enemies to the status of slaves.
New!!: History of New Orleans and History of slavery in Louisiana · See more »
Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), self-nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Huey Long · See more »
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas and Florida in mid-August 1992, the most destructive hurricane to ever hit the state until Hurricane Irma surpassed it 25 years later.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Hurricane Andrew · See more »
Hurricane Betsy
Hurricane Betsy was an intense and destructive tropical cyclone that brought widespread damage to areas of Florida and the central United States Gulf Coast in September 1965.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Hurricane Betsy · See more »
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina · See more »
Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Hurricane Rita · See more »
Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad, sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Illinois Central Railroad · See more »
Industrial Canal
The Industrial Canal is a 5.5 mile (9 km) waterway in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Industrial Canal · See more »
ING 4727
ING 4727 was a barge belonging to Ingram Barge Company that became infamous when it went over or through a levee and landed in a residential neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina.
New!!: History of New Orleans and ING 4727 · See more »
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country interstate highway in the American Interstate Highway System.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Interstate 10 · See more »
Interstate 55
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Interstate 55 · See more »
Interstate 59
Interstate 59 (I-59) is an Interstate Highway located in the southeastern United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Interstate 59 · See more »
Intracoastal Waterway
The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Boston, Massachusetts, southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Intracoastal Waterway · See more »
Italian Americans
Italian Americans (italoamericani or italo-americani) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans who have ancestry from Italy.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Italian Americans · See more »
Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Italy · See more »
Jackson Square (New Orleans)
Jackson Square is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Jackson Square (New Orleans) · See more »
James Wilkinson
James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 – December 28, 1825) was an American soldier and statesman, who was associated with several scandals and controversies.
New!!: History of New Orleans and James Wilkinson · See more »
Jean Lafitte
Jean Lafitte (–) was a French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Jean Lafitte · See more »
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767) was a colonist, born in Montreal, New France, and an early, repeated governor of French Louisiana, appointed four separate times during 1701–1743.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville · See more »
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, 1st Count of Maurepas (9 July 1701 – 21 November 1781) was a French statesman and Count of Maurepas.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas · See more »
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Jefferson Parish (French: Paroisse de Jefferson) is a parish in the state of Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana · See more »
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Jim Crow laws · See more »
John Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards (born September 16, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer who is the 56th and current Governor of Louisiana, in office since January 11, 2016.
New!!: History of New Orleans and John Bel Edwards · See more »
John Fitzpatrick (mayor)
John Fitzpatrick (Fairfield, Vermont, May 1, 1844 – April 8, 1919) was an Irish-American mayor of New Orleans from April 25, 1892 to April 27, 1896.
New!!: History of New Orleans and John Fitzpatrick (mayor) · See more »
John Lambert (British Army officer)
General Sir John Lambert (28 April 1772 – 14 September 1847) was a British Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.
New!!: History of New Orleans and John Lambert (British Army officer) · See more »
John Law (economist)
John Law (baptised 21 April 1671 – 21 March 1729) was a Scottish economist who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself and that national wealth depended on trade.
New!!: History of New Orleans and John Law (economist) · See more »
John McDonogh High School
John McDonogh Senior High School (nicknamed John Mac) is a public high school in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and John McDonogh High School · See more »
John McDonogh High School shooting
The John McDonogh High School shooting was a school shooting that occurred on April 14, 2003 at John McDonogh High SchoolYoung, Tara.
New!!: History of New Orleans and John McDonogh High School shooting · See more »
John McEnery
John McEnery (born 1 November 1943) is an English actor and writer.
New!!: History of New Orleans and John McEnery · See more »
John Shaw (naval officer)
John Shaw (1773 – September 17, 1823) was a captain in the early years of the United States Navy.
New!!: History of New Orleans and John Shaw (naval officer) · See more »
Kingdom of France
The Kingdom of France (Royaume de France) was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Western Europe.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Kingdom of France · See more »
Lake Borgne
Lake Borgne is a lagoon of the Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Lake Borgne · See more »
Lake Maurepas
Lake Maurepas (Lac Maurepas) is located in southeastern Louisiana approximately halfway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge directly west of Lake Pontchartrain.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Lake Maurepas · See more »
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain (Lac Pontchartrain) is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain · See more »
Lakeview, New Orleans
Lakeview is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Lakeview, New Orleans · See more »
LaPlace, Louisiana
LaPlace is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States, situated along the east bank of the Mississippi River, in the New Orleans metropolitan area.
New!!: History of New Orleans and LaPlace, Louisiana · See more »
LCVP (United States)
The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II.
New!!: History of New Orleans and LCVP (United States) · See more »
Levee
14.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Levee · See more »
List of ethnic riots
This is a list of ethnic riots, sectarian riots, and race riots, by country.
New!!: History of New Orleans and List of ethnic riots · See more »
List of mayors of New Orleans
The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans, has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the acquisition by the U.S. of of the French province La Louisiane in 1803.
New!!: History of New Orleans and List of mayors of New Orleans · See more »
London Avenue Canal
The London Avenue Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, used for pumping rain water into Lake Pontchartrain.
New!!: History of New Orleans and London Avenue Canal · See more »
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is an international airport under Class B airspace in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · See more »
Louis Billouart
Louis Belcourt, Chevalier de Kerlerec (1704–1770) was a career French naval officer with 25 years experience who was appointed as the governor of the French colony of Louisiana, serving from 1753 to 1763.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louis Billouart · See more »
Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain
Louis Phélypeaux (29 March 1643 – 22 December 1727), marquis de Phélypeaux (1667), comte de Maurepas (1687), comte de Pontchartrain (1699), known as the chancellor de Pontchartrain, was a French politician.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain · See more »
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louisiana · See more »
Louisiana (New France)
Louisiana (La Louisiane; La Louisiane française) or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louisiana (New France) · See more »
Louisiana (New Spain)
Louisiana (Luisiana, sometimes called Luciana In some Spanish texts of the time the name of Luciana appears instead of Louisiana, as is the case in the Plan of the Internal Provinces of New Spain made in 1817 by the Spanish militar José Caballero.) was the name of an administrative Spanish Governorate belonging to the Captaincy General of Cuba, part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1762 to 1802 that consisted of territory west of the Mississippi River basin, plus New Orleans.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louisiana (New Spain) · See more »
Louisiana Creole people
Louisiana Creole people (Créoles de Louisiane, Gente de Louisiana Creole), are persons descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana during the period of both French and Spanish rule.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louisiana Creole people · See more »
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase (Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louisiana Purchase · See more »
Louisiana Rebellion of 1768
The Rebellion of 1768 was an unsuccessful attempt by Creole and German settlers around New Orleans, Louisiana to stop the handover of the French Louisiana Territory, as had been stipulated in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, to Spain in 1762.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louisiana Rebellion of 1768 · See more »
Louisiana State Lottery Company
The Louisiana State Lottery Company was a private corporation that in the mid-19th century ran the Louisiana lottery.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Louisiana State Lottery Company · See more »
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Lyndon B. Johnson · See more »
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Malaria · See more »
Marc Morial
Marc Haydel Morial (born January 3, 1958) is an American political and civic leader and the current president of the National Urban League.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Marc Morial · See more »
March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings
The March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of eleven Italian Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial.
New!!: History of New Orleans and March 14, 1891 New Orleans lynchings · See more »
Marksville culture
The Marksville culture was an archaeological culture in the lower Lower Mississippi valley, Yazoo valley, and Tensas valley areas of present-day Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, and extended eastward along the Gulf Coast to the Mobile Bay area, from 100 BCE to 400 CE.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Marksville culture · See more »
Martial law
Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civilian functions of government, especially in response to a temporary emergency such as invasion or major disaster, or in an occupied territory. Martial law can be used by governments to enforce their rule over the public.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Martial law · See more »
Martin Behrman
Martin Behrman (October 14, 1864 – January 12, 1926), an American Democratic politician, was the longest-serving mayor in New Orleans history.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Martin Behrman · See more »
May 1995 Louisiana flood
The May 1995 Louisiana flood, also known as the May 1995 Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi Flood, was a heavy rainfall event which occurred across an area stretching from the New Orleans metropolitan area into southern Mississippi.
New!!: History of New Orleans and May 1995 Louisiana flood · See more »
Mel Leavitt
Mel Leavitt (né Mahlon Tirre Leavitt) was a local historian and broadcast journalist that served the New Orleans, Louisiana, market from 1949 until near the time of his death in 1997 at age 70.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mel Leavitt · See more »
Metairie, Louisiana
Metairie (French: Métairie) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States and is a major section of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana · See more »
Midden
A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, sherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofacts associated with past human occupation.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Midden · See more »
Militia (United States)
The militia of the United States, as defined by the U.S. Congress, has changed over time.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Militia (United States) · See more »
Milneburg
Milneburg was a town on the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana that was absorbed into the city of New Orleans.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Milneburg · See more »
Mississippi Company
The Mississippi Company (Compagnie du Mississippi; founded 1684, named the Company of the West from 1717, and the Company of the Indies from 1719) was a corporation holding a business monopoly in French colonies in North America and the West Indies.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mississippi Company · See more »
Mississippi embayment
The Mississippi Embayment is a physiographic feature in the south-central United States, part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mississippi embayment · See more »
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mississippi River · See more »
Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal
The Mississippi River – Gulf Outlet Canal (abbreviated as MRGO or MR-GO) is a channel constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers at the direction of Congress in the mid-20th century that provided a shorter route between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans' inner harbor Industrial Canal via the Intracoastal Waterway.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal · See more »
Mississippi Territory
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi and the eastern half became the Alabama Territory until its admittance to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mississippi Territory · See more »
Mississippian culture
The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE, varying regionally.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mississippian culture · See more »
Mitch Landrieu
Mitchell Joseph Landrieu (born August 16, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer who was Mayor of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mitch Landrieu · See more »
Mobile Bay
Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mobile Bay · See more »
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama · See more »
Mosquito
Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mosquito · See more »
Mound
A mound is a heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mound · See more »
Mule
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare).
New!!: History of New Orleans and Mule · See more »
Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Multilingualism · See more »
MV Bright Field
MV Bright Field was a bulk cargo ship that collided with the Riverwalk Marketplace shopping complex in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the afternoon of Saturday, December 14, 1996, after losing engine power.
New!!: History of New Orleans and MV Bright Field · See more »
Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Napoleon · See more »
Nathaniel P. Banks
Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Nathaniel P. Banks · See more »
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
New!!: History of New Orleans and National Football League · See more »
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Native Americans in the United States · See more »
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Natural gas · See more »
New Basin Canal
The New Basin Canal, also known as the New Canal and the New Orleans Canal, was a shipping canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, from the 1830s through the 1940s.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New Basin Canal · See more »
New England
New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New England · See more »
New Orleans
New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New Orleans · See more »
New Orleans metropolitan area
New Orleans–Metairie Metropolitan Statistical Area, or the Greater New Orleans Region (as it is often called by the Louisiana Tourism Commission) is a metropolitan area designated by the United States Census encompassing eight parishes (the Louisiana equivalent of other states' counties) in the state of Louisiana, centering on the city of New Orleans.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New Orleans metropolitan area · See more »
New Orleans Mint
The New Orleans Mint (Monnaie de La Nouvelle-Orléans) operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New Orleans Mint · See more »
New Orleans Public Library
The New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) is the public library service of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New Orleans Public Library · See more »
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New Orleans Saints · See more »
New Orleans tornado of 2017
The New Orleans tornado of 2017 was a large and powerful EF3 tornado that was the strongest to strike New Orleans, Louisiana in recorded history.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New Orleans tornado of 2017 · See more »
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern
The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern was a gauge railway originally commissioned by the State of Illinois, with both Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln being among its supporters in the 1851 Illinois Legislature.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern · See more »
New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and New York City · See more »
Nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place, or thing, for affection or ridicule.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Nickname · See more »
Orleans Levee Board
From 1890 through 2006, the Orleans Levee Board was the body of commissioners that oversaw the Orleans Levee District (OLD) which supervised the levee and floodwall system in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Orleans Levee Board · See more »
Orleans Parish School Board
New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) is the public school system that serves all of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Orleans Parish School Board · See more »
P. B. S. Pinchback
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (born Pinckney Benton Stewart May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher and politician, a Union Army officer, and the first African American to become governor of a U.S. state.
New!!: History of New Orleans and P. B. S. Pinchback · See more »
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Panic of 1837 · See more »
Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 until 1879, and even longer in some countries (France and Britain).
New!!: History of New Orleans and Panic of 1873 · See more »
Paul Capdevielle
Paul Capdevielle (January 15, 1842 – August 14, 1922) was mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 9, 1900 to December 5, 1904.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Paul Capdevielle · See more »
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Philadelphia · See more »
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Charles; 2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723), was a member of the royal family of France and served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans · See more »
Pierre Clément de Laussat
Pierre Clément de Laussat (23 November 1756 – 10 April 1835) was a French politician, and the 24th Governor of Louisiana, the last under French rule.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Pierre Clément de Laussat · See more »
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, S.J. (Petrus Franciscus-Xaverius de Charlevoix; 1682–1761) was a French Jesuit priest, traveller, and historian, often considered the first historian of New France.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix · See more »
Pike (weapon)
A pike is a pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear formerly used extensively by infantry.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Pike (weapon) · See more »
Pinckney's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty, also commonly known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Pinckney's Treaty · See more »
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896),.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Plessy v. Ferguson · See more »
Pontchartrain Railroad
Pontchartrain Rail-Road was the first railway in New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Pontchartrain Railroad · See more »
Port
A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Port · See more »
Portage
Portage or portaging is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Portage · See more »
Poydras Street
Poydras Street (Rue Poydras) is a street that serves as the main artery of the New Orleans Central Business District, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Poydras Street · See more »
Prefect
Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front", i.e., in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but which, basically, refers to the leader of an administrative area.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Prefect · See more »
Prince Achille Murat
Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat (known as Achille, 21 January 1801 – 15 April 1847) was the eldest son of Joachim Murat, the brother-in-law of Napoleon who was appointed King of Naples during the First French Empire.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Prince Achille Murat · See more »
Public library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources, such as taxes.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Public library · See more »
Quadroon
Historically in the context of slave societies of the Americas, a quadroon or quarteron was a person with one quarter African and three quarters European ancestry (or in the context of Australia, one quarter aboriginal ancestry).
New!!: History of New Orleans and Quadroon · See more »
Questia Online Library
Questia is an online commercial digital library of books and articles that has an academic orientation, with a particular emphasis on books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Questia Online Library · See more »
Quinipissa
The Quinipissa (sometimes spelled Kinipissa in French sources) were an indigenous group living on the lower Mississippi River, in present-day Louisiana, as reported by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1682.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Quinipissa · See more »
Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Racial segregation · See more »
Ray Nagin
Clarence Ray Nagin Jr., also known as C. Ray Nagin (born June 11, 1956), is an American former politician, businessman and convicted felon who served as the 60th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 2002 to 2010.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Ray Nagin · See more »
Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 (the Presidential Proclamation of December 8, 1863) to 1877.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Reconstruction era · See more »
Red-light district
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters are found.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Red-light district · See more »
Refugee
A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has been forced to cross national boundaries and who cannot return home safely (for more detail see legal definition).
New!!: History of New Orleans and Refugee · See more »
River Ridge, Louisiana
River Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and a suburb of New Orleans.
New!!: History of New Orleans and River Ridge, Louisiana · See more »
River Road, Louisiana
River Road in Louisiana is the most well-known segment of the Great River Road in the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and River Road, Louisiana · See more »
Robert Charles
Robert Charles (1865–1900) was an African American living in New Orleans whose armed resistance to unlawful arrest and shooting of police officers sparked a major race riot in 1900; known as the Robert Charles riots.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Robert Charles · See more »
Robert Charles riots
The Robert Charles riots of July 24-27, 1900 in New Orleans, Louisiana were sparked after African-American laborer Robert Charles fatally shot a white police officer during an altercation and escaped arrest.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Robert Charles riots · See more »
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States from 1877 to 1881, an American congressman, and governor of Ohio.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Rutherford B. Hayes · See more »
Sabal minor
Sabal minor, commonly known as the dwarf palmetto, is a small species of palm.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Sabal minor · See more »
Saffir–Simpson scale
The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS), formerly the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale (SSHS), classifies hurricanesWestern Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical stormsinto five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Saffir–Simpson scale · See more »
Saint-Domingue
Saint-Domingue was a French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Saint-Domingue · See more »
Sauvé's Crevasse
Sauvé's Crevasse was a Mississippi River levee failure in May 1849 that resulted in flooding much of New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Sauvé's Crevasse · See more »
Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL) (often shortened to sea level) is an average level of the surface of one or more of Earth's oceans from which heights such as elevations may be measured.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Sea level · See more »
Sicilian Mafia
The Sicilian Mafia, also known as simply the Mafia and frequently referred to by members as Cosa Nostra (this thing of ours), is a criminal syndicate in Sicily, Italy.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Sicilian Mafia · See more »
Sidney Barthelemy
Sidney John Barthelemy (born March 17, 1942) is a former American political figure.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Sidney Barthelemy · See more »
Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815)
The Siege of Fort St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815) · See more »
Silver
Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Silver · See more »
Slave rebellion
A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Slave rebellion · See more »
Slavery
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Slavery · See more »
Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Smallpox · See more »
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1998 that operated in the Western United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Southern Pacific Transportation Company · See more »
Southern United States
The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Southern United States · See more »
Spanish colonization of the Americas
The overseas expansion under the Crown of Castile was initiated under the royal authority and first accomplished by the Spanish conquistadors.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Spanish colonization of the Americas · See more »
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire (Imperio Español; Imperium Hispanicum), historically known as the Hispanic Monarchy (Monarquía Hispánica) and as the Catholic Monarchy (Monarquía Católica) was one of the largest empires in history.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Spanish Empire · See more »
Spanish Florida
Spanish Florida refers to the Spanish territory of La Florida, which was the first major European land claim and attempted settlement in North America during the European Age of Discovery.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Spanish Florida · See more »
Spanish Fort (New Orleans)
Spanish Fort, also known as Old Spanish Fort, Fort St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Spanish Fort (New Orleans) · See more »
Specie Circular
The Specie Circular is a United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the Coinage Act and carried out by his successor, President Martin Van Buren.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Specie Circular · See more »
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and St. Charles Parish, Louisiana · See more »
St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana · See more »
St. Louis
St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and St. Louis · See more »
St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans)
The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St.
New!!: History of New Orleans and St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans) · See more »
State of emergency
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to perform actions that it would normally not be permitted.
New!!: History of New Orleans and State of emergency · See more »
Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Steam engine · See more »
Storm surge
A storm surge, storm flood or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low pressure weather systems (such as tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones), the severity of which is affected by the shallowness and orientation of the water body relative to storm path, as well as the timing of tides.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Storm surge · See more »
Storyville, New Orleans
Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Storyville, New Orleans · See more »
Subsidence
Subsidence is the motion of a surface (usually, the earth's surface) as it shifts downward relative to a datum such as sea level.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Subsidence · See more »
Suburb
A suburb is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Suburb · See more »
Sugarcane
Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Sugarcane · See more »
Sugarcane mill
A sugar cane mill can refer to a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw or white sugar.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Sugarcane mill · See more »
Summary execution
A summary execution is an execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without benefit of a full and fair trial.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Summary execution · See more »
Super Bowl XLIV
Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Super Bowl XLIV · See more »
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Supreme Court of the United States · See more »
T. Semmes Walmsley
Thomas Semmes Walmsley, known as T. Semmes Walmsley (June 10, 1889 – June 19, 1942), was the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from July 1929 to June 1936.
New!!: History of New Orleans and T. Semmes Walmsley · See more »
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Tallahassee, Florida · See more »
Territory of Orleans
The Territory of Orleans or Orleans Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from October 1, 1804, until April 30, 1812, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Territory of Orleans · See more »
The Cabildo
The Cabildo was the seat of Spanish colonial city hall of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is now the Louisiana State Museum Cabildo.
New!!: History of New Orleans and The Cabildo · See more »
The Historic New Orleans Collection
The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region of the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and The Historic New Orleans Collection · See more »
The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk
The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, until 2014 Riverwalk Marketplace, is an outlet mall located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk · See more »
The Presbytere
The Presbytère is an architecturally important building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and The Presbytere · See more »
The Times-Picayune
The Times-Picayune is an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, since January 25, 1837.
New!!: History of New Orleans and The Times-Picayune · See more »
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Theodore Roosevelt · See more »
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a treaty between France and Spain in which Spain returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France in exchange for Tuscany.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Third Treaty of San Ildefonso · See more »
Thomas Kitchin
Thomas Kitchin (or Thomas Kitchen) (1718–1784) was an English engraver and cartographer, who became hydrographer to the king.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Thomas Kitchin · See more »
Timeline of New Orleans
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Timeline of New Orleans · See more »
Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Tourism · See more »
Trade route
A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Trade route · See more »
Treaty of Aranjuez (1801)
The Treaty of Aranjuez was signed on 21 March 1801 between France and Spain.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Treaty of Aranjuez (1801) · See more »
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was a secret agreement of 1762 in which France ceded Louisiana to Spain.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762) · See more »
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Treaty of Ghent · See more »
Treaty of Paris (1763)
The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Treaty of Paris (1763) · See more »
Tremé
Tremé is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Tremé · See more »
Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Tropical cyclone · See more »
U.S. state
A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and U.S. state · See more »
Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America and specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states, as well as 4 border and slave states (some with split governments and troops sent both north and south) that supported it.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Union (American Civil War) · See more »
Union blockade
The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Union blockade · See more »
United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
New!!: History of New Orleans and United States · See more »
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
New!!: History of New Orleans and United States Army · See more »
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies.
New!!: History of New Orleans and United States Army Corps of Engineers · See more »
United States Mint
The United States Mint is the agency that produces circulating coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bullion.
New!!: History of New Orleans and United States Mint · See more »
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and United States Navy · See more »
Uptown New Orleans
Uptown is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, encompassing a number of neighborhoods between the French Quarter and the Jefferson Parish line.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Uptown New Orleans · See more »
USA Today
USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.
New!!: History of New Orleans and USA Today · See more »
Victor H. Schiro
Victor Hugo "Vic" Schiro (May 6, 1904 – August 29, 1992), was an American politician who served on the New Orleans City Council and as Mayor from 1961 to 1970.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Victor H. Schiro · See more »
Wade Hampton I
Wade Hampton (1752 – February 4, 1835) was a South Carolina soldier, politician, two-term U.S. Congressman, and may have been the wealthiest planter and one of the largest slave holders in the U.S. at the time of his death.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Wade Hampton I · See more »
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.
New!!: History of New Orleans and War of 1812 · See more »
Western Europe
Western Europe is the region comprising the western part of Europe.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Western Europe · See more »
White League
The White League, also known as the White Man's League, was an American white paramilitary organization started in 1874 to kick Republicans out of office and intimidate freedmen from voting and politically organizing.
New!!: History of New Orleans and White League · See more »
White people
White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view, the term has at times been expanded to encompass certain persons of North African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts.
New!!: History of New Orleans and White people · See more »
White supremacy
White supremacy or white supremacism is a racist ideology based upon the belief that white people are superior in many ways to people of other races and that therefore white people should be dominant over other races.
New!!: History of New Orleans and White supremacy · See more »
William Pitt Kellogg
William Pitt Kellogg (December 8, 1830 – August 10, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as a United States Senator from 1868 to 1872 and from 1877 to 1883 and as the Governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877 during the Reconstruction Era.
New!!: History of New Orleans and William Pitt Kellogg · See more »
Willow
Willows, also called sallows, and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Willow · See more »
World Cotton Centennial
The 1884 World's Fair was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and World Cotton Centennial · See more »
World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
New!!: History of New Orleans and World War II · See more »
World's fair
A world's fair, world fair, world expo, universal exposition, or international exposition (sometimes expo or Expo for short) is a large international exhibition designed to showcase achievements of nations.
New!!: History of New Orleans and World's fair · See more »
WWL-TV
WWL-TV, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 36), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and WWL-TV · See more »
Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration.
New!!: History of New Orleans and Yellow fever · See more »
1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million or milliard, yard, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.
New!!: History of New Orleans and 1,000,000,000 · See more »
17th Street Canal
The 17th Street Canal is the largest and most important drainage canal in the city of New Orleans.
New!!: History of New Orleans and 17th Street Canal · See more »
1811 German Coast uprising
The 1811 German Coast uprising was a revolt of black slaves in parts of the Territory of Orleans on January 8–10, 1811.
New!!: History of New Orleans and 1811 German Coast uprising · See more »
1909 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1909 Atlantic hurricane season was an average Atlantic hurricane season.
New!!: History of New Orleans and 1909 Atlantic hurricane season · See more »
1915 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1915 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1915.
New!!: History of New Orleans and 1915 Atlantic hurricane season · See more »
1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane
The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane was an intense tropical cyclone that affected the Bahamas, southernmost Florida, and the Gulf Coast of the United States in September 1947.
New!!: History of New Orleans and 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane · See more »
1984 Louisiana World Exposition
The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was a World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States.
New!!: History of New Orleans and 1984 Louisiana World Exposition · See more »
9th Ward of New Orleans
The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans, Louisiana, which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city.
New!!: History of New Orleans and 9th Ward of New Orleans · See more »
Redirects here:
Colonial New Orleans, History of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, History of new orleans.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_Orleans
