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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). Search the whole document.
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Biloxi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
Bienville, Jean Baptiste le moyne, 1680-1701
Pioneer; brother of Le Moyne Iberville, who founded a French settlement at Biloxi, near the mouth of the Mississippi, in 1698; born in Montreal, Feb. 23, 1680.
For several years he was in the French naval service with Iberville, and accompanied him with his brother Sauville to Louisiana.
In 1699 Bienville explored the country around Biloxi.
Sauville was appointed governor of Louisiana in 1699, and the next year Bienville constructed a fort 54 Biloxi.
Sauville was appointed governor of Louisiana in 1699, and the next year Bienville constructed a fort 54 miles above the mouth of the river.
Sauville died in 1701, when Bienville took charge of the colony, transferring the seat of government to Mobile.
In 1704 he was joined by his brother Chateaugay, who brought seventeen settlers from France.
Soon afterwards a ship brought twenty young women as wives for settlers at Mobile.
Iberville soon afterwards died, and Bienville, charged with misconduct, was dismissed from office in 1707.
His successor dying on his way from( France, bienville retained
Montreal (Canada) (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
Bienville, Jean Baptiste le moyne, 1680-1701
Pioneer; brother of Le Moyne Iberville, who founded a French settlement at Biloxi, near the mouth of the Mississippi, in 1698; born in Montreal, Feb. 23, 1680.
For several years he was in the French naval service with Iberville, and accompanied him with his brother Sauville to Louisiana.
In 1699 Bienville explored the country around Biloxi.
Sauville was appointed governor of Louisiana in 1699, and the next year Bienville constructed a fort 54 miles above the mouth of the river.
Sauville died in 1701, when Bienville took charge of the colony, transferring the seat of government to Mobile.
In 1704 he was joined by his brother Chateaugay, who brought seventeen settlers from France.
Soon afterwards a ship brought twenty young women as wives for settlers at Mobile.
Iberville soon afterwards died, and Bienville, charged with misconduct, was dismissed from office in 1707.
His successor dying on his way from( France, bienville retained
West Indies (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
France (France) (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
Mobile, Ala. (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
New Orleans (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
Lamothe Cadillac (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
Le Moyne Iberville (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
Bienville, Jean Baptiste le moyne, 1680-1701
Pioneer; brother of Le Moyne Iberville, who founded a French settlement at Biloxi, near the mouth of the Mississippi, in 1698; born in Montreal, Feb. 23, 1680.
For several years he was in the French naval service with Iberville, and accompanied him with his brother Sauville to LouIberville, and accompanied him with his brother Sauville to Louisiana.
In 1699 Bienville explored the country around Biloxi.
Sauville was appointed governor of Louisiana in 1699, and the next year Bienville constructed a fort 54 miles above the mouth of the river.
Sauville died in 1701, when Bienville took charge of the colony, transferring the seat of government to Mobile.
In 1704 he was oined by his brother Chateaugay, who brought seventeen settlers from France.
Soon afterwards a ship brought twenty young women as wives for settlers at Mobile.
Iberville soon afterwards died, and Bienville, charged with misconduct, was dismissed from office in 1707.
His successor dying on his way from( France, bienville retained
Jean Baptiste le moyne Bienville (search for this): entry bienville-jean-baptiste-le-moyne
Bienville, Jean Baptiste le moyne, 1680-1701
Pioneer; brother of Le Moyne Iberville, who founded a French settlement at nied him with his brother Sauville to Louisiana.
In 1699 Bienville explored the country around Biloxi.
Sauville was appointed governor of Louisiana in 1699, and the next year Bienville constructed a fort 54 miles above the mouth of the river.
Sauville died in 1701, when Bienville took charge of the colony, transferring the seat of government to Mobile.
In 1704 he was settlers at Mobile.
Iberville soon afterwards died, and Bienville, charged with misconduct, was dismissed from office in 17 ied unsuccessfully to cultivate the land by Indian labor, Bienville proposed to the government to exchange Indians for negroe West Indies, at the rate of three Indians for one negro.
Bienville remained at the head of the colony until 1713, when Cadil m ensued.
Cadillac was superseded in 1717 by Epinay, and Bienville received the decoration of the Cross of St. Louis.
In 17