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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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Eurville-Bienville (French pronunciation: [œʁvil bjɛ̃vil]) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. The commune was formed...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Arcadia, Louisiana (category Towns in Bienville Parish, Louisiana)
Arcadia is a town in, and the parish seat of, Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,919 at the 2010 census. Arcadia...
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Driskill Mountain (category Landforms of Bienville Parish, Louisiana)
sea level. It lies about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) southeast of Bryceland, in Bienville Parish. A large pile of rocks marks the high point. It is the third lowest...
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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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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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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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Arcadia Colored High School (redirect from Bienville Parish Training School)
students in Arcadia, Louisiana, United States. It was originally known as Bienville Parish Training School and was later known as Crawford High School. It...
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Arcadia–Bienville Parish Airport (FAA LID: 5F0) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (2.3 mi; 3.7 km) southwest of the central business...
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went to the mainland, Biloxi, with his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. On May 1 he completed Fort Maurepas on the northeast side of the Bay...
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