Historical place archive

Louisiana in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Louisiana in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels3 people1861–1996

Historical events in Louisiana

1861

1 26 1861
Slave State Secession
Abraham Lincoln · Republican Party Government

Louisiana becomes the sixth slave state to secede from the Union

1968

23 April 1968
Louisiana Supreme Court Writ Denied
Clay LaVerne Shaw · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The Louisiana Supreme Court denied Shaw's application for review of the venue decision on April 23, 1968.

1996

8 January 1996
Governor
Mike Foster · Government of USA

Appointed Governor of Louisiana

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Louisiana. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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