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| South America & Caribbean:With 211,000 slaves in Jamaica alone there is much discussion of slavery in ParliamentPrevious Hispanola: When news of the French Revolution reaches the island the petit blancs celebrate and riot in the cities of Saint-Domingue. The Grand Blancs of the North province form their own assembly and army, wary not only of the petit blancs who have a new found freedom of expression, but the mulatto planters in the south and their own slaves. Collapsing royalist bureaucracy aligns itself with the free mulattoes who want status quo. All want colonial autonomy and liberalization of commerce. Saint-Domingue is the envy of the Caribbean for its wealth, but has 480,000 slaves.Next | ||||||||||||
| North America:The House of Representatives meets for the first time, Washington takes office as president. North Carolina becomes the 12th state and the first to establish a state university. Rochester, New York established. Samuel Slater emigrates to the U. S. with knowledge of the secrets of English textile industry. Georgetown University. First Kentucky Whiskey. Eli Whitney gins cotton. | ||||||||||||
| Europe: The French begin their revolution after rumors of grain monopoly by the nobility. The Estates General is called for the first time in 175 years, but calls itself a National Assembly and seeks to give France a constitution; the Bastille prison is attacked; General Lafayette is named commander of the National Guard; the nobility begins to flee from the revolution; Declaration of the Rights of Man. The Amis de Noirs in France call for the abolition of the slave trade. Mutiny on the Bounty means breadfruit and Bligh will not soon reach the West Indies. Poetry by Blake. | ||||||||||||
January 1789
Spanish Officials: Alcaldes Ordinarios Primer -Joseph de Ortega Segundo - Andres Almonester. Sindico Procurador General Roberto Avant Mayordomo de Proprios Matias Alpuente. |
February 1789
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March 1789
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April 1789
April 4, 1789 The Cabildo meets upon hearing of the death of King Carlos III last December. On April 17, 1789 another meeting is held to plan a funeral events commemorating the accession of his son Carlos IV. April 22, 1789 The pomp and ceremony of the funeral events of Carlos III break the monotony of being an isolated colonial capital. The military and civilian participants dressed in mourning as the procession moved from the Government House to the chapel at Charity Hospital. The Cabildo and the St. Louis Church had been destroyed in last year’s fire. Acting vicar general Fray Antonio de Sedilla delivered the eulogy. Artillery was fired to salute the dead king. Mourning will last for six months. |
May 1789
May 4, 1789 Mourning is suspended while the city celebrates the ascension of Carlos IV. Government and military officials and distinguished citizens meet at the Government House and, accompanied by infantry soldiers and mounted dragoons, they proceed to the home of Alferez Real Carlos de Reggio, custodian of the royal banner. His house is decorated for the occasion. The procession then moved to the chapel of Charity Hospital where the banner was blessed. It was then paraded back to the Government House and around the town to the accompaniment of parades, receptions, orchestra and choral music, military salutes, plays and a general illumination of the city. Unfortunately for Louisiana the reign of Carlos IV is corrupt and inept. An orchestra is on hand in New Orleans to celebrate the accession of Carlos IV to the throne of Spain. Most music is played by military bands who may occasionally entertain the public in the Plaza de Armas on Sundays and holidays. Smaller bands played at public and private balls and street musicians worked the crowds at the markets and the plaza. |
June 1789
The 1789 Spring floods innundate most of the Tchoupitoulas district upriver from the city. Governor Estaban Rodriguez Miro asks the Cabildo to become involved in repairing the levee particularly on lands that Juan Batista Macarty and Leonardo Massange had abandoned because they could not afford to maintain the levee with their own resources. Both the repair of the levee and the tax that the Cabildo imposes are contrary to Spanish law, the Code O’Reilly and custom, but a long explanation is sent to the Council of the Indies to explain the necessity. The Cabildo tries to auction off the abandoned lands, but a clause that it cannot be resold unless the levees are in good repair probably prevented their sale. The lands could not be given away and the next year the new levees are destroyed anew. |
July 1789
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August 1789
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September 1789
September 3, 1789 Juan Arnoul, Receptor de Penas de Camara, dies. The post remains vacant until the transfer of the territory to the United States in 1803. The assignee Cirilo Arnoul becomes involved in litigation with the Royal treasury and a question arose as to whether he was old enough (26). |
October 1789
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November 1789
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December 1789
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As many as 94 taverns are allowed to operate within the city of New Orleans, up from O’Reilly original twelve in 1769. His regulation prohibiting criminals, vagabonds and prostitutes from frequenting these establishments still existed as well as prohibitions of swear words and blasphemy. Jean Louis Allard’s wife inherits the 30 acre plantation that will eventually will become City Park. Allard cultivates corn, some sugar cane and manages 140 head of cattle. His son mortgages the farm in 1829 to finance a crop that fails. The Cabildo buys a fire pump from Oliver Pollock who had ordered it from Philadelphia. St. Louis Cemetery Number 1 created. |
Barthélemy Lafon (1769-1820) arrives in New Orleans. As an architect, engineer, city planner and surveyor he will plan the Faubourgs Marigny and Annunciation and the town of Donaldsonville. He will also accompany Jean Lafitte to plan the settlement on Galveston Island (Compeche) |
In 1789 France breaks out in revolution, bringing fear to the French slave colonies in the Caribbean. With France on the verge of revolution and Louisianians singing La Marseillaise in the streets and the French envoy in the U.S. calling his brothers in Louisiana to seize upper Louisiana. Spanish Governor Carondelet tightens security. |
In 1789 the Spanish crown circulates a liberal
slave code for the Spanish Empire called His Majesty’s Royal
Cedula on the Education, Treatment, and Occupations of Slaves. The
Cabildo asks Governor Estaban
Rodriguez Miro to suspend its enforcement and petition the crown
to nullify it on the basis of its economic unfeasibility and potential
danger.
In 1789 Peter Paulus petitions the Cabildo for permission to treat all venereal diseases and is granted a limited license to practice medicine. |
Destrehan Manor house in St.
Charles Parish is constructed 1789-1790 for Robert de Logny will
be inherited by Jean Noel d’Estrehan in 1800 . It will be bought
from heirs of Pierre A. Rost in 1914 by Mexican Petroleum Co. and donated
1972 to River Road Historical Society by American Oil Co.
Spanish Land Grant made to John Mills, American revolutionary soldier, founder of Bayou Sara West Feliciana Parish in 1790 and also a leader in the West Florida Rebellion of 1810. Daniel Turnbull built the present home at Rosedown in 1835. |
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