Celeron de Bienville (1693–1759), French colonial explorer of the Ohio Valley Bienville, Louisiana, U.S. Bienville Parish, Louisiana, U.S. Bienville, Oise...
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Bienville Parish (French: Paroisse de Bienville, pronounced [paʁwas də bjɛ̃vil]) is a parish located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of...
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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist lə mwan də bjɛ̃vil]; /lə ˈmɔɪn də biˈɛnvɪl/; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767)...
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Bienville is a village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 218 at the 2010 census. Bienville was established in 1891 when...
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Oysters Bienville is a traditional dish in New Orleans cuisine of baked oysters in a shrimp sauce. It is served at some of the city's renowned restaurants...
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Bienville House, or the Bienville House Hotel, is a hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Its building dates from 1835. It was converted...
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Bienville Square is a historic city park in the center of downtown Mobile, Alabama. Bienville Square was named for Mobile's founder, Jean-Baptiste Le...
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Bienville University was an unaccredited institution that was based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was run by Thomas J. Kirk. Bienville University was referred...
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Lake Bienville (French: Lac Bienville; Cree: apišikamîš) is a lake in western central Quebec in Canada. The lake was named after Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne...
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Bienville National Forest is a United States National Forest in central Mississippi, named for Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. It lies in parts of...
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Eurville and Bienville, located on opposite banks of the river Marne. Eurville castle Orangerie of Eurville castle Bienville castle Bienville church The...
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USS Bienville was a 1,558 long tons (1,583 t) (burden) wooden side-wheel paddle steamer acquired by the Union Navy early in the American Civil War. She...
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Bienville (French pronunciation: [bjɛ̃vil]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France Communes of the Oise department "Répertoire national...
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CSS Bienville was a light draft steamer "substantially built" of yellow pine and white oak under contract by John Hughes and Co., at Bayou St. John, La...
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Bienville Parish School Board (BPSB) is a school district headquartered in Arcadia, Louisiana, United States. The district serves Bienville Parish. In...
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between 1931 and 1934. They were ambushed by police and shot dead in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. They are believed to have murdered at least nine police...
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Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville (redirect from Celeron De Bienville)
December 1693, Montreal—14 April 1759, Montreal) — also known as Celeron de Bienville (or Céleron, or Céloron, etc.) — was a French Canadian Officer of Marine...
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governor of Louisiana and founder of New Orleans, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville determined to stop Chickasaw trade with the British. In 1721 he was able...
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The canton of Eurville-Bienville is an administrative division of the Haute-Marne department, northeastern France. It was created at the French canton...
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Beauregard Parish 36,549 1166 DeRidder, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area Bienville Parish 12,981 822 Bossier Parish 128,746 867 Shreveport-Bossier City,...
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and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, to establish control over France's claims to La Louisiane. Bienville was appointed as royal governor of...
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Gibsland, Louisiana (category Towns in Bienville Parish, Louisiana)
Gibsland is a town in Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 773. The town is best known for...
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arrangement kept secret for two years. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville brought the first two African slaves to Louisiana in 1708, transporting...
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of LaSalle, Grant, Winn, Caldwell, Natchitoches, Jackson, Lincoln, and Bienville parishes, extend into portions of North Louisiana's border with Central...
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Ringgold, Louisiana (category Towns in Bienville Parish, Louisiana)
Ringgold is a town in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the western half of Bienville Parish. The town of Ringgold is named for United States Army Major Samuel...
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settlement was governed by his younger brother, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. The site can be considered a French counterpart to the English colonial...
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Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha. It was named for Philippe II, Duke...
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abandoned, and the units were officially referred to as "parishes". In 1848, Bienville Parish was formed from Claiborne Parish. In 1852, Winn Parish was formed...
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after he had left New France. For instance, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founded the city of New Orleans, near the mouth of the Mississippi River...
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on May 4. He appointed his teenage brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville as second in command after the French commandant Sauvolle de la Villantry...
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