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| Previous Hispanola: 1800 The Directory falls in France. Napoleon declares Toussaint as commander-in-chief of Saint Domingue, but he must make war with only the British and must end feud with Rigaud. Rigaud is defiant , Toussaint drives him from the island to France.
Toussaint places Dessalines in charge of the South Province.
Next South America & Caribbean: Humboldt explores Orinoco River.South America & Caribbean: |
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| North America:Indiana Territory created from division of Northwest Territory; France receives Louisiana Territory from Spain through treaty of 1796, but delays control of the colony for three more years; Jefferson wins election as President after 35 ballots, Aaron Burr becomes vice president; Washington D.C. becomes U. S. capital as Congress moves from New York; slave revolt fails in Virginia; Library of Congress is created; Land Office allowed to sell in 320 acre parcels still at $2 per acre. | |||||||||||
| Europe: Napoleon wins victories over Austria and Turks, establishes Banque de France, reforms economy; Volta creates electrical storage battery; early steam engine; Coleridge, Wordsworth; Beethoven. | |||||||||||
January 1800
 Spanish Officials: Alcaldes Ordinarios Primer - Manuel Pérez Segundo - Juan Bautista Poeyfarre Sindico Procurador General Pedro Dulcido Barran Mayordomo de Proprios Juan de Castañedo. January 24, 1800 Sindico Procurador General Pedro Dulcido Barran asks the Cabildo to improve sanitary conditions by filling in low-lying streets and lots that allow water and filth to accumulate. Rufuse needs to be thrown further out in the river so that it does not wash back ashore. It must not be dumped outside the St. John’s Gate. Several weeks later the Cabildo enforces a city-wide clean up under the supervision of Alcaldes de Barrios (ward commissioners) including cleaning, filling and grading of lots, burial of dead animals and the planting of willow trees and dumping garbage further from the city. Inspections of ships will be made at Fort Felipe de Placaminas. A second wagon and garbage collector are arranged. |
February 1800
 February 5, 1800, with the consent of acting governor, the Casa Calvo, Americans Evan Jones and William Hullings lead ceremonies commemorating the death of George Washington. A small parade and ceremonies on the levee are accompanied by a cannon salute by an American naval vessel on the river. |
March 1800
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April 1800
In April 1800 the Cabildo notes that building regulations to fire-proof structures, particularly roofs, are neither complied with nor enforced. In addition, new buildings are being built in restricted zones that do not comply. The Cabildo calls an extraordinary session to consider the subject, but a fight ensues with Vidal over its right to do so. Vidal finally yields to Sindico Procurador General Pedro Dulcido Barran and calls a session for May 26. The meeting only recognizes that noncompliance is the main problem and passes the decision on to Vidal to take action. He replies three weeks later that compliance would present a hardship to the residents who could not afford tile. He does order some shacks demolished before June of 1801. An appeal to the crown is drafted to enforce fire regulations, but nothing is done before the end of the Spanish era. |
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August 1800
August 1800 Forty planters petition Vidal to renew the importation of bozales directly from Africa. Sindico Procurador General Pedro Barran leads the opposition in the Cabildo. He cites the lack of a fugitive slave fund and the abundance of fugitive slaves everywhere. The Cabildo voted to back him, but Vidal, Casa Calvo and Intendant Lopez pointes out that royal consent was not needed since the King had never validated Carondelet's embargo. |
September 1800
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October 1800
In the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso October 1, 1800 Godoy finally rids himself of Louisiana which he had attempted in June of 1796. It was not a well kept secret. Louisianians will know about it next year and Spanish authority, including the Cabildo's will be severely weakened. |
November 1800
November 1800; the church inquires about the ownership of the old city cemetery. A dispute arises between the church and the Cabildo and by 1801 an appeal is made to the crown. Meanwhile the Cabildo divides it into twelve lots and auctions them off, but construction is denied because the dead have not yet been removed. Neither the crown of the acting bishop will decide the ownership before the Spanish era ends. |
December 1800
December 17, 1800; Regidores Sencillos Gilberto Andry renounces his post. It is purchased by Domingo Bouligny on December 19, 1800. December 24, 1800 Intendant Lopez issues a proclamation permitting importation of bozales. Casa Calvo, who had been a planter in Cuba sympathizes with the planters.. The Cabildo refuses to recognize the validity of the proclamation and appeals to the crown. This is one of the few points on which the Cabildo prevails this late in the Spanish Era. |
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The San Lazaro (St. Lazarus) Hospital for lepers needs renovations in 1800 says Dr. Giovellina who treats them. He believes that public donations can pay for the repairs and that the city doctors can donate their services and pay for a black couple to nurse the lepers. By 1803 the number of lepers in the hospital number at least twenty. In 1800 the Cabildo permits the sinking of three barges to help fill in a crevasse in the levee at Los Naranjos, an orange grove near the lower end of the city. |
In 1800 the fluctuation in price and quality of bread leads the Cabildo to order the bakers to make two grades of bread, one from premium flour the second from common flour and published the fixed rates of tariff. In 1800 Sindico Procurador General Pedro Barran asks the Cabildo to close several taverns that are out of control. Vidal refuses to close down existing bars but will not issue any more licenses. |
After studying the Spanish laws on licensing
physicians Vidal
declares that the exam should include a demonstration of procedures
at the Royal Hospital. The Cabildo accepts his opinion which
is in response to applicant George Pfeiffer who did not speak Spanish.
Pfeiffer was also a protestant, showing the Cabildo';s growing
tolerance and the colony's need for competent physicians.
In 1800 the Cabildo provides a cemetery for Non-Catholics, who had previously been buried randomly in the country side or sometimes not at all. Burial has always been a problem because New Orleans is prone to flooding from river and lake and from abundant rainfall. Low elevation and high water table meant that caskets were often buried in a half filled grave. Because of the risk of disease the Cabildo has ordered cemeteries moved several times, paying for slaves to move the caskets. |
In 1800 Claudio Francisco Girod gets an endorsement from the Cabildo to buy 300 mules which are needed for sugar cane and cotton plantations. The Cabildo wants to prevent him from obtaining a monopoly so they declare that they would suport any mule importer. |
Franklin, La. is named for Benjamin Franklin in 1800 by founder Alexander Guinea Lewis. The town becomes the St. Mary Parish seat in 1811, will be incorporated in 1830 and serves as the Teche country’s port of entry and trade center until the coming of the railroads in the 1870s. French Settlement, "La Cote Française." is settled in the area of future Livingston Parish via the Amite River by French, German, and Italian émigrés. Cypress sawmills, trapping, shingle making, farms and a steamboat service will thrive here. |
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