WILLOWS: THE CREOLE: TIMELINE

Day	Date	Day	Summary
	1759		François Arceneaux arrives as child in Louisiana.
	1785		François marries Bosa, a mulatto and their first son is born.
	1786		Arceneaux (age 27) buys land and begins construction of house.
	1790		Aimee joins François at the house, though he has taken a mistress of color and fathered several children.
	1796		François Arceneaux is killed.
	1810		Louisiana reverts to French ownership
	1812		Final battle of War of 1812 is fought in New Orleans.
	1876		Narrator goes to college; she is seventeen years old.
	1832		Death of Aimee Arceneaux, great-grandmother.
	1882		Narrator’s father is imprisoned for bribery.
24 May	1883		Narrator is willed the house from father’s sister.
17 April	1883		Travel by train to New Orleans.
30 April	1883		Clement asks about plans for the house/land and narrator hires his men to work on the house.
1 May	1883		Go to New Orleans with Mr. Ferdinand.
2 May	1883		Rain starts
13 May	1883		Rain stops
22 May	1883		Workers return to fields.
24 May	1883		Ask Adele for help inside the house.
4 June	1883		First load of lumber supplies arrives.
10 June	1883		Read Vincent’s journal; witness Voodoo ritual.
13 June	1883		Meet André Ferdinand.
16 June	1883		Ball in New Orleans
21 June	1883		Women come to see house and discuss suffrage movement.
12 July	1883		Second shipment of lumber arrives; horses, cow, etc.
16 July	1883	Monday	Meeting with Mr. Alderman.
20 July	1883	Friday	Meeting with Mr. Alderman and Mr. Baryon.
25 July	1883	Wednesday	Meeting with Mr. Alderman, Mr. Baryon, and Mr. Grenot.
31 July	1883	Tuesday	Meeting in bank with Mr. Oger and Mr. Ferdinand.
5 August	1883	Sunday	Announce the new payroll system; all children must attend school.
19 August	1883		Discover paintings by Vincent.
9 September	1883		Family showing of the paintings.
20 September			Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for president and vice president.
23 September	1883		Women’s cause meeting; showing of Arceneaux collection.
2 October	1883	Thursday	Narrator’s father arrives.
16 October	1883	Tuesday	Meeting with plantation company.
25 October	1883	Thursday	Father returns to meet with plantation company.
31 October	1883	Wednesday	Go to New York.
5 November	1883		Return from New York
27 November	1883		First ball is held with auction.
30 November	1883		Open new bank account; Adele meets her family.
2 December	1883		New schoolhouse is open; Mr. Johnson arrives.
22 December	1883		Adele’s younger sister comes to live on plantation.
26 February	1884	Tuesday	Mardi Gras.
8 March	1884		Susan B. Anthony addresses the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.
15 March	1884		Prosper begins internship.
15 October	1884		Mrs. Lockwood, presidential candidate, speaks at New Woman’s meeting.
1 November	1884		Loreauville Rally.
16 December	1884		World’s fair opens (two weeks late).
10 January	1885		Narrator returns to New York.