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18th century · 1680–1767
Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville · United States
Governor of French Louisiana, 'the Father of New Orleans'
Born in Ville-Marie in New France (today's Montreal), the twelfth of 14 children. He served several times as governor of French Louisiana. In 1717 he wrote to the company's directors that he had found a place on a crescent-shaped bend of the Mississippi safe from tidal surges and hurricanes; in the spring of 1718 he founded New Orleans there.
Where the story happened
Los lugares que dejó
Historia · French Quarter
The river bend Bienville chose
In 1717 Bienville, governor of Louisiana, wrote to the directors of France's Mississippi Company that he had found a crescent-shaped bend in the Mississippi sheltered from tidal surges and hurricanes, recommending that the colony's new capital be built there. With approval, he founded New Orleans in the spring of 1718 (7 May later became the traditional founding date, though nobody actually knows the exact day). The city grew up around its central square, the 'Place d'Armes' of the old town — today's French Quarter.
