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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR |
| 1699 | French colony | Pierre Le Moyne, sieur d'Iberville | |
| 1699 | Sauvole de la Villantray | ||
| 1701 | Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville (I) | ||
| 1713 | Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac | ||
| 1716 | Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville (II) | ||
| 1717 | Jean Michel de l'Espinay | ||
| 1718 | Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville (III) | ||
| 1724 | Pierre Dugué, sieur de Boisbriant | ||
| 1726 | Étienne Périer de Salvert | ||
| 1733 | Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville (IV) | ||
| 1743 | Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cabagnal | ||
| 1753 | Louis Billouart, chevalier de Kerlérec | ||
| 1763 | Part of Spanish colony of Cuba | ||
| 1803 | 20 december | U.S. Territory | William C.C. Claiborne |
| 1812 | 30 april | 18^ state of U.S.A. | |
| 1861 | 26 january | Secession | |
| 1861 | 8 february | 4^ State of Confederate States of America | |
| 1868 | 25 june | Reunion to U.S.A. |