• Joseph Anthony de la Rivière Poncet (b. at Paris, 17 May 1610; d. at Martinique, 18 June 1675) was a French Jesuit missionary to Canada. Poncet was born...
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  • Guiana Dan Poncet (born 1953), French painter Jean François-Poncet (1928–2012), French politician and son of André François-Poncet Joseph Poncet (1610–1675)...
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    Superior. The first known European to settle on the island was Father Joseph Poncet, a French Jesuit, who set up a mission near Wiikwemkoong in 1648. The...
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    Antonin Poncet (28 March 1849, Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans, Ain – 16 September 1913) was a French surgeon. Son of Jean Joseph Poncet and Catherine Jeanne...
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    May 12 – Arent Berntsen, Norwegian statistician (d. 1680) May 17 – Joseph Poncet, French missionary (d. 1675) May 18 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker...
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    la Rivière, the 90th Bishop of Troyes (1742–1758); and the cousin of Joseph Poncet de la Rivière, the Jesuit missionary of Canada. Michel de la Rivière...
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    In 1644, François-Joseph Bressani was ritually tortured by Mohawk at Ossernenon after being taken captive. Later on, Joseph Poncet also suffered that...
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    expelled by Portuguese colonists 1653 – A Mohawk war party captures Jesuit Joseph Poncet near Montreal. He is tortured and will be finally sent back with a message...
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  • expelled by Portuguese colonists 1653 – A Mohawk war party captures Jesuit Joseph Poncet near Montreal. He is tortured and will be finally sent back with a message...
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    May 12 – Arent Berntsen, Norwegian statistician (d. 1680) May 17 – Joseph Poncet, French missionary (d. 1675) May 18 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker...
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