Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, also named "l'élu de Poix" or the Sieur de Roberval, (c. 1495 – 1560) was a French officer who was appointed viceroy...

It was renamed Lake St-John—Roberval in 1935. The 1947 redistribution created a new riding with the name Lac-Saint-Jean (in English and French), created...

Roberval (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁval]) is a city on the south-western shore of Lac Saint-Jean in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality...

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁval lak sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃]; formerly known as Roberval) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada...

Roberval can refer to: Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and scientist Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval, lieutenant-general of New France...

Gilles Personne de Roberval (August 10, 1602 – October 27, 1675), French mathematician, was born at Roberval near Beauvais, France. His name was originally...

25, 1544, the city was pillaged by a French Huguenot nobleman, Jean-François Roberval, known as "Robert Baal". Cartagena was not yet fortified and was...

by 5 ships and 1,000 men under the command of the French pirate Jean-François Roberval, who took advantage of the city still without walls. Heredia was...

de Léry to Brazil; and those of Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier, and Jean-François Roberval to Canada. The last section was the least original part of his work...

list of the viceroys of New France in chronological table form. Jean-François Roberval was appointed in 1540 by Francis I his lieutenant and governor for...

2015. La Roque de Roquebrune, R. (1979) [1966]. "La Rocque de Roberval, Jean-François de". In Brown, George Williams (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography...

counted 4,000 inhabitants (of which 1,500 were in Louisbourg), and Île Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island) had 500 inhabitants. In 1791, the Province of...

reign of only three months. 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide...

France was the first census conducted in North America. It was organized by Jean Talon, the first Intendant of New France, between 1665 and 1666. According...

The district is named after 16th century French explorer Jean-François de la Roque de Roberval. * Result compared to Action démocratique * Result compared...

by Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval and with the goal of finding the Kingdom of Saguenay. But, it was unsuccessful. In 1541, Jean-François Roberval...

its founding, the city was pillaged by a French Huguenot nobleman Jean-François Roberval, (circa 1500 - killed in France by a mob, 1560), known as "Robert...

Languedoc. She was co-seigneuress of Pontpoint, with relative Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a nobleman privateer favoured by Francis I of France. (The...

noblewoman Marguerite de La Rocque was marooned by her relative Jean-François Roberval as punishment for an affair. "Marguerite's Cave" is one of the attractions...

explorers thereafter expanded the King's territory inland and, in 1541, Jean-François Roberval was appointed as Viceroy of Canada, to represent King Henry IV....

named "Auber" and other hypotheses include that of French explorer Jean-François Roberval, who would have stayed on the island in 1542, having named it "Havre...

Government offices Preceded by Jean-François Roberval Lieutenant General of New France 1578–1598? Succeeded by hiatus until 1602, then Aymar Chaste...

decreased due to diseases and confrontations with colonizers. 1543 – Jean-François Roberval plunders the city 1544 – Town was captured and plundered by pirates...

Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval, a Huguenot courtier and friend of the king named as the first lieutenant general of French Canada. Roberval was...

Jean-François Niceron (5 July 1613 – 22 September 1646) was a French mathematician, Minim friar, and painter of anamorphic art, on which he wrote the...

resigned in 2008. In the 2014 election, Couillard moved to the riding of Roberval, where he resides. He was the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 2013...

regional county municipality in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is in Roberval, and it is named for the King of France, who owned...

Minister Stephen Harper on July 28, 2007. The third vacancy, in Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, occurred after the other two by-election campaigns were already...

service of the Dutch Republic. Jean de Gassion, Gascon military, commander at the 1643 battle of Rocroi. Jean-François Roberval, adventurer and first Lieutenant...

great quantities of gold and other riches". In 1541, Francis sent Jean-François de Roberval to settle Canada and to provide for the spread of "the Holy Catholic...