The Historic New Orleans Collection - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, was born on this day in 1680. Bienville arrived in Louisiana in 1699, along with his older brother, Pierre Le
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New Orleans might look very different today if these unpredictable moments never happened | Vintage | nola.com
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Did Bienville make the best decision? New Orleans almost was located in Mobile or Manchac | Archive | nola.com
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Wait, Bienville had tattoos? Yep, the founder of New Orleans was inked | Entertainment/Life | nola.com
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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Louisiana history, New orleans, History
![ERIN KRALL on Twitter: "Today in legit efforts of diplomacy...Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founder of New Orleans, was covered from the neck down in snake tattoos, among other things. https://t.co/h1Vsv34WwC" / ERIN KRALL on Twitter: "Today in legit efforts of diplomacy...Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founder of New Orleans, was covered from the neck down in snake tattoos, among other things. https://t.co/h1Vsv34WwC" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dag7YC2VMAAFRrI.jpg)