Famous Birthdays Nov 17 Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, French Canadian trader and explorer of North Dakota and the upper Missouri River, born in Trois-Rivières, New France (d. 1749) Born in 1685 Oct 1685 History by Year Dec 1685 Famous People Who Were Admirals Aviators Gangsters Generals Industrialists Suffragists