{"slug": "louisiana", "label": "Louisiana", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588", "qid": "Q1588", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 17, "years": 15, "span": [1768, 2020], "span_label": ["1768 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mississippi", "label": "Mississippi", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alabama", "label": "Alabama", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "new-orleans", "label": "New Orleans", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "african-american", "label": "African American", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "democratic-party-united-states", "label": "Democratic Party (United States)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "michigan", "label": "Michigan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yucatan-peninsula", "label": "Yucatán Peninsula", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1768, "year_label": "1768 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – French colonists in Louisiana refuse to accept the colony's acquisition by Spain and begin an uprising that forces Spanish Governor Antonio de Ulloa to flee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369390957#October–December", "title": "1768", "revid": 1369390957, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason. He had been accused of plotting to annex parts of Louisiana and Mexico, to become part of an independent republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733939#July–September", "title": "1807", "revid": 1362733939, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1811, "year_label": "1811 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361375672#January–March", "title": "1811", "revid": 1361375672, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1812, "year_label": "1812 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – Louisiana is admitted as the 18th U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364673712#April–June", "title": "1812", "revid": 1364673712, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1812, "year_label": "1812 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the territory previously known by that name is renamed the Missouri Territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364673712#April–June", "title": "1812", "revid": 1364673712, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1848, "year_label": "1848 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – 1848 United States presidential election: Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana defeats Democrat Lewis Cass of Michigan, in the first U.S. presidential election held in every state on the same day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370038858#October–December", "title": "1848", "revid": 1370038858, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 3", "text": "August 3 – The filibustering Lopez Expedition sails from New Orleans, Louisiana heading to seize Spanish-ruled Cuba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#July–September", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – American Civil War: Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, commanding all Confederate forces in Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana, surrenders his forces to Union General Edward Canby at Citronelle, Alabama, effectively ending all Confederate resistance east of the Mississippi River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361545898#May", "title": "1865", "revid": 1361545898, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1872, "year_label": "1872 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American to govern a U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371307490#December", "title": "1872", "revid": 1371307490, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1872, "year_label": "1872 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Ladislas Lazaro, U.S. Representatives from Louisiana (d. 1927)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371307490#April–June", "title": "1872", "revid": 1371307490, "section": "Births › April–June"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – Huey Long, Louisiana governor and senator (assassinated 1935)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369946190#July–September", "title": "1893", "revid": 1369946190, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – The French Opera House in New Orleans, Louisiana is destroyed by fire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#December", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17–21 – The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana causes widespread damage, and kills 50 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#September", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – Between February 21 and 22, an outbreak of nineteen tornadoes rages across the Mississippi Delta in Mississippi and Louisiana, killing 123 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#February", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24–28 – Hurricane Andrew hits south Florida and Louisiana and dissipates over the Tennessee valley when it merges with a storm system; 23 are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#August", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14–27 – Hurricane Isidore crosses Cuba, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Louisiana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#September", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Lake Charles, Louisiana with winds of 150 mph, making it the strongest hurricane to ever strike the state in terms of windspeed, tied with the 1856 Last Island Hurricane.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#August", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › August"}}]}