;USA-Louisiana LA ;State of Louisiana - État de Louisiane ;capital: Baton Rouge ;Time zone: Central: UTC-6/-5 ;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help! ;If you find an error please contact: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com LANGUAGE=UTF8 IMAGE=Holiday_US-Louisiana.gif COMMENT=Updated January 8, 2018 TYP=Holy Es-2Dy =Good Friday ;Note=Louisiana Revised Statute 1:55 08.1. =Battle of New Orleans Day/Old Hickory's Day/Jackson Day* ;Note=1815 {d} 19.1. =Robert E. Lee Day* 03.6. =Confederate Memorial Day* ;Note=honoring soldiers who died in the Civil War, RS 1:33 §55 {d} 30.8. =Huey P. Long Day* ;Note=1893 birth Huey P. Long {d} 01.11. =All Saints' Day* TYP=Local Es-7Tu =Mardi Gras ;Note=Louisiana Revised Statute 1:55 TYP=Normal ;yearly days - observances 01.1.+3Fr =Arbor Day* ;Note=3th Friday January {m} 06.1. =Louisiana, off. start Mardi Gras festivities* ;Note={d} 08.1. =Our Lady of Prompt Succor (New Orleans, LA, US, 1809) ;Note=Patroness of New Orleans & Louisiana {d} ;26.3. =Louisiana Territory Day* ;Note=1804, Territory of Orleans {d} 30.3. =Doctors' Day* 30.4. =Louisiana Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1812 {d} 01.11.+4Th+1Dy =Acadian Day* ;Note=Friday after Thanksgiving Day {m} 17.12. =My Nationality American Day* ;regular days 02.11.%1979,4+1Tu =Election Day (Gubernatorial, every 4 years) ;Note=first Tuesday after the first Monday in November ;local events 01.11.+1Sa =Abbeville, Giant Omelette Celebration* ;Note=1st weekend November {m} 01.11.+1Sa+1Dy =Abbeville, Giant Omelette Celebration* ;Note=1st weekend November {m} ;(remembrance) dates by year ;New Spain (1519–1821) territory contained present-day Louisiana (including the western Mississippi river basin & the Missouri River basin) ;(French 1682–1762 & 1802–1804, Spanish 1762-1802) Louisiana territory contained Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans 09.4. =La Louisiane claimed for France #1682 years ago* ;Note=1682, René-Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle, administrative district of New France {d} 07.5. =La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans) founded #1718 years ago* ;Note=1718, French Mississippi Company, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, named after Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Regent of France at the time) {d} 01.10. =Spain ceded La Louisiane back to France #1800 years ago* ;Note=1800, secret treaty of St. Ildefonso, ceded by France to Spain 1762 {d} 30.4. =Louisiana Purchase Treaty, Louisiana territory France >US #1803 years ago* ;Note=1803, signed May 5, 1803, form. transfer ceremony March 10, 1804 {d} 02.5. =Paris, Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed #1803 years ago* ;Note=1803, Treaty Apr. 30, 1803, form. transfer ceremony March 10, 1804 {d} 04.7. =President Jefferson off. announced purchase of Louisiana territory #1803 years ago* ;Note=1803, Treaty signed May 2, 1803 {d} 20.10. =US Senate ratified Louisiana Purchase Treaty #1803 years ago* ;Note=1803, treaty Apr. 30, 1803, reached Washington D.C. July 14, 1803, form. transfer ceremony March 10, 1804 {d} 21.10. =US Senate allowes President Jefferson to take possession of Louisiana territory #1803 years ago* ;Note=1803, form. transfer ceremony March 10, 1804 {d} 20.12. =The Cabildo, off. transfer New Orleans France >US #1803 years ago* ;Note=1803, territory formal ceremony March 10, 1804 {d} 10.3. =St. Louis, formal ceremony transfer Louisiana territory France >US #1804 years ago* ;Note=1804 {d} 26.3. =Territory of Orleans organized #1804 years ago (>Louisiana Territory)* ;Note=1804, eff. Oct. 1, 1804, previously part of the so-called 'Louisiana Purchase' {d} 01.10. =Territory of Orleans off. formed #1804 years ago (>Louisiana Territory)* ;Note=1804, org. March 26, 1804, previously part of the so-called 'Louisiana Purchase' {d} 23.9. =Republic of West Florida established #1810 years ago* ;Note=1810, >Dec. 10, 1810, modern states of Louisiana & Mississippi {d} 26.9. =declaration of independence Republic of West Florida signed #1810 years ago* ;Note=1810, with request for annexation by US, modern states of Louisiana & Mississippi {d} 27.10. =US proclamation to take possession of parts of West Florida #1810 years ago* ;Note=1810, President James Madison, modern states of Louisiana & Mississippi {d} 10.12. =Republic of West Florida annexed to the US #1810 years ago* ;Note=1810, Baton Rouge taken, incorporated into Territory of Orleans, modern states of Louisiana & Mississippi {d} 20.2. =Louisiana Enabling Act #1811 years ago* ;Note=1811, authorizing the formation of a State government alone {d} 08.4. =Act of Congress admitting Louisiana to the Union #1812 years ago* ;Note=1812, eff. Apr. 30, 1812 {d} 30.4. =Louisiana off. admitted to the Union #1812 years ago ;Note=1812, Act of Congress Apr. 8, 1812 {d} 27.2. =New Orleans, 1st Mardi Gras celebration #1827 years ago* ;Note=1827 {d} 02.1. =Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge opened #1860 years ago* ;Note=1860 {d} 26.1. =Louisiana Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d} 08.2. =Louisiana co-founded Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d} 17.2. =Louisiana ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 16th state {d} 02.3. =Fifth Military District formed #1867 years ago (Reconstruction Act)* ;Note=1867, Texas & Louisiana {d} 09.7. =Louisiana readmitted to the Union #1868 years ago* ;Note=1868 {d} 26.6. =New Orleans, 1st US storefront theater #1896 years ago (movie theater)* ;Note=1896, Vitascope Hall, Canal Street, 1st public projection Apr. 23, 1896 New York {d} 23.9. =Louisiana - John T. Nicholls Junior College opened #1948 years ago (1970 >Nicolls State University)* ;Note=1948, campus of Louisiana State University {d} ;The entries for Louisiana were added by: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com - http://users.telenet.be/wdew/ ;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana ;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 165