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* 1690 Second in command of the Canadian war party that destroyed Schenectady, New York. | * 1690 Second in command of the Canadian war party that destroyed Schenectady, New York. | ||
* 1694 Captured [[Fort Nelson]] in Hudson Bay and renamed it [[Fort Bourbon]]. | * 1694 Captured [[Fort Nelson (6)|Fort Nelson]] in Hudson Bay and renamed it [[Fort Bourbon]]. | ||
* 1696 Captured [[Pemaquid Fort]] in Maine and all the English settlements on the coast of Newfoundland. | * 1696 Captured [[Pemaquid Fort]] in Maine and all the English settlements on the coast of Newfoundland. | ||
* 1697 Defeated the HBC ships Hudson's Bay, Hampshire, and Dering, captured and burned [[Fort Nelson (6)|Fort Nelson]]. | * 1697 Defeated the HBC ships Hudson's Bay, Hampshire, and Dering, captured and burned [[Fort Nelson (6)|Fort Nelson]]. | ||
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Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661-1706) - Born 16 Jul 1661 in Ville-Marie, New France. D'Iberville was a soldier, ship captain, explorer, colonial administrator, adventurer, privateer, trader and founder of the French colony of Louisiana of New France. He died 9 Jul 1706, of Yellow Fever in Havana, Cuba. Also known as Sieur d'Iberville.
Father: Charles le Moyne (1626-1685) Mother: Catherine Thierry (birth name Primot) (1640-1690) Marriage:
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