Henri de Tonti (né Enrico Tonti; c. 1649 – September 1704), also spelled Henri de Tonty, was an Italian-born French military officer, explorer, and voyageur...

was the inventor of the form of life insurance known as the tontine. Henri de Tonti, involved in LaSalle's exploration of the Mississippi River and the...

Lietto, gave birth to their first son, the future explorer Henri de Tonti. Shortly afterwards, Tonti was involved in a revolt against a Spanish viceroy in...

and cardinal Henri de Tonti (ca. 1649–1704), French-Italian explorer Lino Tonti (1920–2002), Italian motorcycle engineer Lorenzo de Tonti (ca. 1602–ca...

for Tonti and his party, who had crossed the Lower Michigan peninsula on foot. On December 3, 1679, with a group of 40, La Salle and Henri de Tonti headed...

population of 402,391 in 2020. Established in 1691 by the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest permanent European settlement in Illinois according...

11 km2) and contains 66 contributing buildings. It was named in honor of Henri de Tonti and consists mainly of townhouses built between 1840 and 1860. It includes...

America and enrolled there as a French soldier. He served as an aide to Henri de Tonti, as commandant at Fort Saint-Louis and Chécagou, and as a captain in...

Mississippi Alluvial Plain and present-day U.S. state of Arkansas. In 1686, Henri de Tonti established it on behalf of Louis XIV of France for the purpose of trading...

Henri de Tonti was a primary founder of both the Crevecouer and Pimiteoui posts. On January 15, 1680, French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de...