Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis Antoine de Bougainville was born on November 12, 1729. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (; French: [buɡɛ̃vil]; 12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) was a French military officer and explorer. After having served in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War, Bougainville later gained fame for his expeditions, including a circumnavigation of the globe in a scientific expedition in 1763, the first recorded settlement on the Falkland Islands, and voyages into the Pacific Ocean. Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea as well as the flowering plant Bougainvillea are named in his honour.