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    Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) or Sieur d'Iberville was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is...
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    the younger brother of explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne was the son of Charles le Moyne, born in Longueil, near Dieppe, and...
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    destroy the fort. In 1690, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville tried but was driven away by a larger English ship. In 1694, d'Iberville returned and captured York...
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    1701 and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville founded La Nouvelle Orléans (New Orleans) in 1718. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founded Baton Rouge in...
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    most famous ones being Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, founder of Louisiana with Biloxi (Mississippi) and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, co-founder...
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    Le Pélican, representing Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville's ship. D'Iberville is named for the rue D'Iberville, in turn named in honour of Pierre Le Moyne...
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    the tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy, led by St. Castine and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, returned and fought a naval battle in the Bay of Fundy before...
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    during King William's War when forces of New France, led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Governor Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan, destroyed...
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    the Hudson Bay outposts continued. One of Troyes' lieutenants, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, made further expeditions against HBC holdings; these culminated...
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    Boston to interrupt the supplies being taken by French officer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville from Quebec to the capital of Acadia, Fort Nashwaak (Fredericton...
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  • D'Iberville, after Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, may refer to the following: D'Iberville, Mississippi D'Iberville High School, the town's local high school...
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  • Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Upon the death of d'Iberville (or Iberville), the settlement was governed by his younger brother, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne...
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    was celebrated on March 3, 1699, and in honor of this holiday, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, a 38-year-old French Canadian, named the spot Point du Mardi...
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    Juneau. Mobile, Alabama was founded in 1702 by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and his brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne. It was the first capital of Louisiana. Natchitoches...
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    a French Catholic tradition with the Le Moyne brothers, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, in the late 17th century...
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  • later as a chaplain during military expeditions carried on by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Jean Baudoin studied at the College of Nantes with the intention...
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  • Lemoyne (redirect from Le Moyne)
    Le Moyne (1828–1918), U.S. Representative from Illinois Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661–1706), founder of French Louisiana Sarah Cowell Le Moyne (1859–1915)...
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  • (English: Little Taensa), who were mentioned in writings by explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1699. However, they are a different group than the Natchezan...
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    A 500-ton ship fitted with 50 guns and commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, she ran aground on the shores of Hudson Bay a few days after...
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    explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who arrived at the area in 1699. Almost 300 years later, D'Iberville officially became a city in 1988. D'Iberville was...
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    population was 30,241 at the 2020 census. The parish is named for Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who founded the French colony of Louisiana. A few archeological...
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    a community on the border with Acadia. The siege was led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Baron de St Castin between August 14–15, 1696. Commander...
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    French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who sailed for France on May 4. He appointed his teenage brother Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville as second...
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    Maurepas (now Ocean Springs, Mississippi), was founded in 1699 by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, a French military officer from New France. By then the French...
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    plans to thwart the other's activities. French Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville had developed a "Project sur la Caroline" in the aftermath of...
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    Mississippi River delta. The islands were named when the explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville was sailing in search of the mouth of the Mississippi River along...
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    the region La Louisiane, for King Louis XIV. On March 2, 1699, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville rediscovered the mouth of the Mississippi, following the death...
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    unknowingly introduced by the first expedition. French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville led an exploration party up the Mississippi River in 1698. The...
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    rest of the city, in 1696 by the French under the command of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. During the centuries, at least six wooden churches stood on...
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    rapidly with the arrival of Europeans; in 1699, French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville renamed the Lake Pontchartrain after Louis Phélypeaux, comte...
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