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Events on Saturday 29 October 1768 1
1768New Orleans rebellion against Spanish ruleColonists expel Spain's governor of LouisianaFrench colonists in New Orleans rose up against Spanish rule and expelled governor Antonio de Ulloa, briefly restoring self-government in Louisiana. Spain responded the next year by sending a large force under Alejandro O'Reilly, who suppressed the revolt and executed its leaders. The uprising is sometimes called one of the earliest colonial revolts in the Americas.