Spanish Louisiana

Spanish Louisiana was a colony in Great Plains (North America) that lasted from 1762 to 1801 CE, about 39 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

The vast Louisiana territory west of the Mississippi under Spanish rule. Spain handed it back to France in secret in 1800, and Napoleon sold it to the United States in 1803.

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Facts

Dates

1762 to 1801 CE

Duration

39 years

Type

Colony

Region

Great Plains, North America

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

New Orleans

Came from

• French Louisiana 1682 to 1762 CE

Became

• United States 1776 CE to the present

Events in North America during its time

• 1763 Treaty of Paris ends New France
• 1776 Declaration of Independence

Neighbours in North America

• United States 1776 CE to the present
• 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
• British North America 1763 to 1867 CE
• French Louisiana 1682 to 1762 CE
• Russian America 1799 to 1867 CE
• Danish Greenland 1721 to 1979 CE
• Spanish Florida 1565 to 1821 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• 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
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America

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