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Pierre-Joseph Céloron de Blainville (29 December 1693 – 14 April 1759), also known as Celeron de Bienville (or Céleron, or Céloron, etc.), was a French Canadian Officer of Marine. In 1739 and 1740 he led a detachment to Louisiana to fight the Chickasaw in the abortive Chickasaw Campaign of 1739 .
Country Areas visited Date(s) Details Germany Berlin: 15 May: Macron's state visit to Germany was his first international trip as president. He chose Germany as the first foreign trip of his presidency in a demonstration of a pro-European sign, as well as to follow the tradition of French presidents making their first international trip to Germany. [1]
Céloron de Blainville is a French family of officers and colonial administrators, who notably played a role in New France beginning in the 17th century. One member, Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville , is the subject of a folk song by Robert Schmertz entitled Celoron .
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne was the son of Charles le Moyne, born in Longueil, near Dieppe, and Catherine Primot (also known as Catherine Thierry), born in Rouen, both cities in the Province of Normandy. Charles le Moyne established his family in the settlement of Ville-Marie (present day Montreal) at an early age and had fourteen children.
Rivière de la Licorne (English: Unicorn River), Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada Stade de la Licorne (English: Unicorn Stadium ), a soccer stadium in Amiens, France La Licorne (English: The Unicorn ), Le Plateau-Mont-Royal , Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a theatre
Opération Licorne was a French Armed Forces peacekeeping operation in support of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. The French forces had been stationed in the country since shortly after the outbreak of the Ivorian Civil War. The troops' main mission was to support the United Nations peacekeeping mission and to ensure the ...
The licorne was a hybrid between the howitzers and guns of the era (a gun-howitzer), with a longer barrel than contemporary howitzers, giving projectiles a flatter trajectory, but longer range. [4] Similar to the howitzers, they had a powder chamber of smaller diameter than the gun caliber , but whereas a howitzer's chamber was cylindrical, a ...
The Unicorn The Unicorn, from The Secret of the Unicorn, set in 1676 Publication information First appearance The Secret of the Unicorn (1943) The Unicorn is a fictional 17th-century French Navy warship featured in The Adventures of Tintin, a comic book series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It plays a leading role in both The Secret of the Unicorn (1943) and Red Rackham's Treasure (1944). The ...