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Feb 25, 1519
Alonso Alvrez de Pineda maps the Gulf Coast.
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Apr 26, 1541
Hernando de Soto is the first European to see the Mississippi River.
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Rene-Robert Cavrlier, Sieur de La Salle, names Louisiana.
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Spain wins control of Louisiana.
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Napoleon convinces Spain to return Louisiana to the French.
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Louisiana becomes the 18th state when the war of 1812 began.
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the first martigras was held in New Orlenes
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Baton Rouge becomes Louisiana’s state capital
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Shell Oil installs the Mars platform, the deepest oil platform in the world
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Hurricane Katrina and Rita hit southern Louisiana