Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial was born on November 22, 1698. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
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Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də ʁiɡo də vodʁœj də kavaɲal]; 22 November 1698 – 4 August 1778) was a French military officer and colonial administrator. Born in Quebec, he was governor of French Louisiana (1743–1753) and in 1755 became the last Governor-General of New France. In 1759 and 1760 the British conquered the colony in the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War).