Bienville, the Founder of New Orleans: TRICENTENNIAL MOMENT
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Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville 1680-1767 monument New Orleans USA
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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville 1680-1767 monument New Orleans USA
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was a colonist, born in Montreal, New France, and an early, repeated governor of French Louisiana, appointed four separate times during 1701–1743. A younger brother of explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, he is also known as Sieur de Bienville.