Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (29 October 1682 - 1 February 1761) was a French Jesuit traveller and historian distinguished as the first historian of New France. October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 16 - British capture Pondicherry, India from the French. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... A traveller (American English traveler) is a person or an object travelling between two or more locations. ... Generally speaking, a historian is a person who studies history. ... New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763. ...

He was born at St Quentin. At the age of sixteen he entered the Society of Jesus; and at the age of twenty-three was sent to Canada, where he remained for four years as professor at Quebec. He then returned and became professor of belles lettres at home, and travelled on the errands of his society in various countries. Saint-Quentin is a commune of northern France. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ...

In 1720-1722, under orders from the regent, he visited America for the second time, and went along the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River. In later years (1733-1755) he was one of the directors of the Journal de Trewux. He died at La Fleche in February 1761. Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge 16,200 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ...

His works, enumerated in the Bibliographie des Prers de la Compagnie de Jesus (by Carlos Sommervogel), fall into two groups. The first contains his Histoire de l'etablissement, du progres et de la decadence du Christianisme dans I'empire du Japan (Rouen, 1715; English trans. History of the Church of Japan, 1715), and his Histoire et description generate du Japan (1736), a compilation chiefly from Kampfer. The second group includes his historical work on America: Histoire de I'Isle Espagnole ou de Saint Domingue (1730), based on manuscript memoirs of P. Jean-Baptiste Le Pers and original sources; Histoire de Paraguay (1756); Vie de la Mere Marie de I'Incarnation, institutrice et premiere superieure des Urselines de la Nouvelle-France (1724); Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle-France (1744; in English 1769; tr. J. G. Shea, 1866-1872), a work of capital importance for Canadian history.

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