Question: what historical events happened in louisiana?
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. 1817–1905.