Henri de Tonti (né Enrico Tonti; c. 1649 – September 1704), also spelled Henri de Tonty, was an Italian-born French military officer, explorer, and voyageur...

was the inventor of the form of life insurance known as the tontine. Henri de Tonti, involved in LaSalle's exploration of the Mississippi River and the...

Lietto, gave birth to their first son, the future explorer Henri de Tonti. Shortly afterwards, Tonti was involved in a revolt against a Spanish viceroy in...

and cardinal Henri de Tonti (ca. 1649–1704), French-Italian explorer Lino Tonti (1920–2002), Italian motorcycle engineer Lorenzo de Tonti (ca. 1602–ca...

population of 402,391 in 2020. Established in 1691 by the French explorer Henri de Tonti, Peoria is the oldest permanent European settlement in Illinois according...

for Tonti and his party, who had crossed the Lower Michigan peninsula on foot. On 3 December 1679, with a group of 40, La Salle and Henri de Tonti headed...

Henri de Tonti was a primary founder of both the Crevecouer and Pimiteoui posts. On January 15, 1680, French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de...

Mississippi Alluvial Plain and present-day U.S. state of Arkansas. In 1686, Henri de Tonti established it on behalf of Louis XIV of France for the purpose of trading...

Bisaillon was one of twenty-five men who went with Henri de Tonti to search for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle at the mouth of the Mississippi,: 195 : 130–31 ...

Italy. Tontitown was settled in 1898 and named for Italian explorer Henri de Tonti. The 35 initial families settled on 10 acres (4.0 ha) plots, planting...