<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle">Robert Cavelier de La Salle</a> discovers the mouth of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>, claims it for France and names it <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Louisiana (New France)">Louisiana</a>.