Ursuline nuns arrive in New Orleans after a journey that nearly saw them lost at sea or to pirates or disease
1745-53
Construction of the Old Ursuline Convent
1824
Ursuline Convent and Ursuline Academy move downriver to Dauphine Street, turning over the original convent to the bishop of New Orleans, Louis William Valentine DuBourg
9 Oct 1960
Old Ursuline Convent designated a National Historic Landmark
15 Oct 1966
Old Ursuline Convent listed on the National Register of Historic Places
c. 1970
Old Ursuline Convent Museum is restored and repaired for $3 million
