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| South America & Caribbean:Events of this year in this region influencing Louisiana. |
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| North America:William Penn lands at New Castle, Delaware with survivors of a smallpox-plagued voyage to claim his sylvania; His Society of Friends quickly establishes Philadelphia, city of brotherly love; Mennonites (Pennsylvania Dutch) soon follow from Germanic states to settle in Pennsylvania; Norfolk Virginia founded; |
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| Europe: Louis XIV moves his court to new palacial digs at Versailles, the Duc de Bourgogne (the Duke of Burgundy) the kings eldest grandson is born; kitchens are so far from the dining rooms that food is served cold; Pressure cooker invented by French physicist; Plague in Halle and Magdeburg. |
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January 1682
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February 1682
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March 1682
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April 1682
Robert de La Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River on April 9th to claim the Mississippi Valley for Louis XIV; while descending the river he establishes Fort Prudhomme near the mouth of the Hatchie River in present-day Tennessee.
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