French Louisiana

French Louisiana was a colony in Eastern Woodlands (North America) that lasted from 1682 to 1762 CE, about 80 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

La Salle claimed the Mississippi basin for France in 1682 and New Orleans was founded in 1718. France gave the colony to Spain in 1762 to compensate for its losses in the Seven Years' War.

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Facts

Dates

1682 to 1762 CE

Duration

80 years

Type

Colony

Region

Eastern Woodlands, North America

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Mobile, later New Orleans

Came from

• New France 1534 to 1763 CE

Became

• Spanish Louisiana 1762 to 1801 CE

Neighbours in North America

• New France 1534 to 1763 CE
• Thirteen Colonies 1607 to 1776 CE
• Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company) 1670 to 1870 CE
• Comanche empire (Comancheria) c. 1706 to 1875 CE
• Danish Greenland 1721 to 1979 CE
• Spanish Florida 1565 to 1821 CE
• Santa Fe de Nuevo México 1598 to 1821 CE
• Spanish Texas 1690 to 1821 CE
• Acadia 1604 to 1713 CE
• Spanish Louisiana 1762 to 1801 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia

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