{"slug": "rene-robert-cavelier-sieur-de-la-salle", "label": "René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier%2C_Sieur_de_La_Salle", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298156", "qid": "Q298156", "description": "17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [1643, 1687], "span_label": ["1643 CE", "1687 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 6}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mississippi-river", "label": "Mississippi River", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "texas", "label": "Texas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "niagara-falls", "label": "Niagara Falls", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gulf-of-mexico", "label": "Gulf of Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "society-of-jesus", "label": "Society of Jesus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-lakes", "label": "Great Lakes", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1643, "year_label": "1643 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340617365#October–December", "title": "1643", "revid": 1340617365, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1667, "year_label": "1667 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – In North America (Canada), explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle is released from the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989201#January–March", "title": "1667", "revid": 1365989201, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1679, "year_label": "1679 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366669253#July–September", "title": "1679", "revid": 1366669253, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1679, "year_label": "1679 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (commonly called \"La Salle\") and Henri de Tonti set off from their fort near Niagara Falls in North America on the first European expedition to explore the upper Mississippi River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366669253#October–December", "title": "1679", "revid": 1366669253, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1682, "year_label": "1682 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, exploring rivers in America, reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560956#April–June", "title": "1682", "revid": 1369560956, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1684, "year_label": "1684 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle sails again from France, with a large expedition designed to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the Mississippi River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366005630#July–September", "title": "1684", "revid": 1366005630, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1685, "year_label": "1685 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, intending to establish a colony near the mouth of the Mississippi River, lands with 200 surviving colonists at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast, believing the Mississippi to be near. 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