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May 3, 2024 · Étienne Pernet (1824–1899), French Roman Catholic priest, founder of Little Sisters of the Assumption Order. Étienne Provost (1785–1850), French-Canadian fur trader. Étienne Tempier (died 1279), also known as Stephanus of Orleans, French bishop of Paris and Chancellor of the Sorbonne.
6 days ago · The first white explorers whose accounts are fully credited were the trappers Étienne Provost and Jim Bridger, who came upon the lake independently in 1824–25. More detailed investigations were made by Captain John C. Frémont in 1843 and 1845.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The city of Provo, Utah, was named for one Étienne Provost, who visited the area in 1825. The city of Ogden, Utah, was named after Peter Skene Ogden, a Canadian explorer who traded furs in the Weber Valley. In late 1824, Jim Bridger became the first known English-speaking person to sight the Great Salt Lake.
- 84,899 sq mi (219,887 km²)
May 11, 2024 · The group that discovered South Pass through the Rocky Mountains was led by Thomas Fitzpatrick, Jim Bridger, Jedidiah Smith, and Etienne Provost. What is the Pass through the Rocky Mountains? South Pass is a 20-mile wide, gently sloping gap in the Rocky Mountains. It served as one of the most important landmarks along the emigrant trails.
1 day ago · [verification needed] Gaining valuable western frontier experience Frémont met Henry Sibley, Joseph Renville, J.B. Faribault, Étienne Provost, and the Sioux nation. Marriage and senatorial patronage Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator, Missouri, was Frémont's powerful backer in the Senate. Jessie Benton Frémont in 1876
- John Charles Frémont, January 21, 1813, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
- Frederick Tritle
May 8, 2024 · Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, baron de l’Aulne (born, May 10, 1727, Paris, France—died March 18, 1781, Paris) was a French economist who was an administrator under Louis XV and served as the comptroller general of finance (1774–76) under Louis XVI. His efforts at instituting financial reform were blocked by the privileged classes.
Étienne Tshisekedi (born December 14, 1932, Luluabourg, Belgian Congo [now Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo]—died February 1, 2017, Belgium) was a Congolese opposition leader who founded (1982) the country’s first opposition party and worked against the successive presidents Mobutu Sese Seko, Laurent Kabila, and Joseph Kabila.
