Cahokia is a settlement and former village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, founded as a colonial French mission in 1689. Located on the east...

the Pioneer History of Illinois written by John Reynolds (1788–1865). The book tells the stories of the early settlers of Illinois, based on Reynolds' own...

Retrieved December 4, 2023. Hawley 2017; Newman & Giardina 2011, p. 50. Clark 2016, p. 77; Dueck 2010, p. 258; Hawley 2017; Newman & Giardina 2011, p...

Virginia) Volney, New York – Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (philosopher) Votaw, Texas – Clark M. Votaw (vice president of the Santa Fe Townsite...

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse Latouche Island ("the touch") Lemesurier Island Mount Crillon (for Felix-Francois-Dorothee de Bretton, Comte de Crillon)...

Republic Militia) Seth Warner Virginia George Rogers Clark, led Virginia militia on 1778-79 Illinois campaign, promoted to brigadier general in 1781 by...

Spanish Lieutenant Governor de Leyba, and on the Virginia County courthouse in Cahokia, Illinois, by Lieutenant Colonel Clark. The British initiative under...

Baruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish...

She married into the French nobility in 1921 when she wed Frédéric de Janzé, Comte de Janzé. In the mid-1920s, she was introduced to the Happy Valley set...

Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, commanding his country's forces in North America, sent a desperate appeal to François Joseph Paul de Grasse, the...