Question: what major events happened in new orleans?
Answer: New Orleans' first Mardi Gras – 1699. ...  Its founding – 1718. ...  Spanish takeover – 1763. ...  The Great Fire of New Orleans – 1788. ...  The Haitian Revolution of 1791–1804. ...  The Louisiana Purchase – 1803. ...  Louisiana becomes a state – 1812. ...  Yellow Fever Epidemic – ca.