Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (* baptized February 23, 1680 in Montreal , New France ; † March 7, 1767 ) in Paris - also known as Sieur de Bienville - was a colonist who served several times as governor of the French between 1701 and 1743 Officiated Colony of Louisiana . His older brother was the explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661–1706).
Le Moyne de Bienville helped found American cities, such as
- Biloxi , Mississippi (1699)
- Mobile , Alabama (1702)
- New Orleans , Louisiana ( Nouvelle Orléans , 1718),
- and other cities
Web links
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- ↑ a b c d e f "Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville" (history), Catholic Encyclopedia , 1907, website (in English): NAdvent-2560b : ( Translate this page, through Yahoo! ).
- ↑ a b c "New Orleans History" (short), Yahoo! Deutschland GmbH, 2007, website: YReisen-NOLA ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
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| SURNAME | Le Moyne de Bienville, Jean-Baptiste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sieur de Bienville |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French colonist and governor of Louisiana |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized February 23, 1680 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1767 |
| Place of death | Paris |