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Jean-Amable Lelarge
Jean-Amable Lelarge (Louisbourg, 17 April 1738 — Plabennec, 21 March 1805) was an Acadian sailor. He served as an officer and admiral in the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. Biography During the Quibéron mutinies, Lelarge was on the 110-gun ''Bretagne'', with Captain Richery as flag officer. Représentant en mission Jeanbon Saint-André and Prieur de la Marne relieved him of duty after the incident. In April 1796, Lelarge was a Rear Admiral and was posted in the harbour of Rochefort. When HMS ''Révolutionnaire'', under Captain Edward Pellew, captured ''Unité'', he also captured Lelarge's wife and one of his sons, who served as an officier on ''Unité''. He released them on a cartel. Hennequin, vol. 3, p. 158 Lelarge was in command of the 2nd squadron of the Brest fleet until 24 March 1798, when Jean François Renaudin Jean François Renaudin (13 July 1750Levot, p.430 – 29 April 1809Levot, p.433) was a French Navy officer and Rear-Admiral. He is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisbourg
Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. History The French military founded the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1713 and its fortified seaport on the southwest part of the harbour, naming it in honour of Louis XIV. The harbour had been used by European mariners since at least the 1590s, when it was known as English Port and Havre à l'Anglois, the French settlement that dated from 1713. The settlement was burned the first day the British landed during the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). The French were terrorized and abandoned the Grand Battery, which the British occupied the following day. It was returned to France in 1748 but recaptured by the British in 1758. After the capture in 1758, its fortifications were demolished in 1760 and the town-site abandoned by British forces in 1768. A small civilian population continued to live there after the military left. English settlers subsequently built a small fishing villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prieur De La Marne
Pierre Louis Prieur (Prieur de la Marne) (1 August 1756 – 31 May 1827) was a French lawyer elected to the Estates-General of 1789. During the French Revolution he served as a deputy to the National Convention and held membership in the Committee of Public Safety. Biography Born in Sommesous (Marne), Prieur practised as a lawyer at Châlons-sur-Marne until 1789, when he was elected to the States-General. He became secretary to the National Constituent Assembly, and the violence of his attacks on the ''ancien régime'' won him the pun nickname of ''Crieur de la Marne'' ("Shouter of the Marne"). In 1791, he became vice-president of the criminal tribunal of Paris. Re-elected to the Convention, he was sent to Normandy, where he directed bitter reprisals against the supporters of Federalism. He voted for the death of King Louis XVI, and as a member of the Committees of National Defence and of Public Safety he was despatched in October 1793 to Brittany, where he established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1738 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escapes, and leaves the slaves locked below decks to die. * January 3 – George Frideric Handel's opera ''Faramondo'' is given its first performance. * January 7 – After the Maratha Empire of India wins the Battle of Bhopal over the Jaipur State, Jaipur cedes the Malwa territory to the Maratha in a treaty signed at Doraha. * February 4 – Court Jew Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is executed in Württemberg. * February 11 – Jacques de Vaucanson stages the first demonstration of an early automaton, ''The Flute Player'' at the Hotel de Longueville in Paris, and continues to display it until March 30. * February 20 – Swedish Levant Company founded. * March 28 – Mariner Robert Jenkins presents a pickled ear, which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean François Renaudin
Jean François Renaudin (13 July 1750Levot, p.430 – 29 April 1809Levot, p.433) was a French Navy officer and Rear-Admiral. He is mostly known for captaining the ''Vengeur du Peuple'' at the Fourth Battle of Ushant. Career Early life Renaudin was born to a modest family of Saint-Martin du Gua, and joined the merchant navy before enlisting in the French Royal Navy as a suppleant frigate lieutenant in 1779.Levot, p.431 He served on the fluyt ''Dorade'', on which he took part in four battles. He was promoted to Sous Lieutenant de Vaisseau on 1 May 1786. At the French Revolution, Renaudin was promoted to Lieutenant de Vaisseau on 1 January 1792, and to Captain on 1 January 1793;Amis du Patrimoine he was appointed to command the 20-gun corvette ''Perdrix'', cruising off Belle-Ile and Rochefort. He later transferred to the frigate ''Andromaque'', on which sustained a fight against a ship of the line and four Spanish frigates. The ''Vengeur du Peuple'' at the Glorious First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Gracieuse (1787)
''Gracieuse'' was a 32-gun ''Charmante''-class frigate of the French Navy. Renamed to ''Unité'' in 1793, she took part in the French Revolutionary Wars. The Royal Navy captured her in 1796 off Île d'Yeu and brought her into British service as HMS ''Unite''. She was sold in 1802 French service ''Gracieuse'' was re-commissioned in Rochefort in April 1793 under ''captaine de vaisseau'' Chevillard. She transported troops between the Basque Roads and Sables-d'Olonne, and then returned to Rochefort. She transferred to the naval division on the coasts of the Vendée. There she escorted convoys between Brest and Bordeaux. ''Gracieuse'' took part in the War in the Vendée, capturing the British privateer ''Ellis'' on 11 July. In September 1793 ''Gracieuse'' was renamed ''Unité''. She was to be named ''Variante'' in April 1796, but the Royal Navy captured her before the name change took effect. On 14 May 1794, ''Unité'' captured the ship-sloop after a short fight that left ''Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Pellew
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother Israel Pellew also pursued a naval career. Childhood Pellew was born at Dover, the second son of Samuel Pellew (1712–1764), commander of a Dover packet, and his wife, Constantia Langford. The Pellew family was Cornish, descended from a family that came originally from Normandy, but had for many centuries been settled in the west of Cornwall. Edward's grandfather, Humphrey Pellew (1650–1721), a merchant and ship owner, son of a naval officer, resided at Flushing manor-house in the parish of Mylor. Part of the town of Flushing was built by Samuel Trefusis, MP for Penryn; the other part was built by Humphrey Pellew, who was buried there. He also had a property and a tobacco plantation in Maryland. Part of the town of Annapolis stands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Révolutionnaire (1794)
''Révolutionnaire'' (or ''Revolutionaire''), was a 40-gun of the French Navy, launched in May 1794. The British captured her in October 1794 and she went on to serve with the Royal Navy until she was broken up in 1822. During this service ''Revolutionnaire'' took part in numerous actions, including three for which the Admiralty would in 1847 award clasps to the Naval General Service Medal, and captured several privateers and merchant vessels. French service On 21 October 1794 the 38-gun frigate captured ''Révolutionnaire''. ''Artois'' was part of a four-frigate squadron that encountered ''Revolutionnaire'' at daybreak about eight to ten leagues west of Ushant. She had been out of Le Havre eight days on her first cruise and was sailing to Brest. ''Artois'' outpaced the rest of the squadron and engaged ''Revolutionnaire'', which surrendered after 40 minutes as the rest of the British squadron approached. The British had three men killed and five wounded. The French lost eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
Rochefort ( oc, Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (; oc, Ròchafòrt de Mar, link=no) for disambiguation, is a city and communes of France, commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente (river), Charente estuary. It is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department, located in the administrative regions of France, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes). In 2018, it had a population of 23,583. Geography Rochefort lies on the river Charente (river), Charente, close to its outflow into the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 30 km southeast of La Rochelle. Rochefort station has rail connections to La Rochelle, Nantes and Bordeaux. History In December 1665, Rochefort was chosen by Jean-Baptiste Colbert as a place of "refuge, defence and supply" for the French Navy. The Arsenal de Rochefort served as a naval base and dockyard until it closed in 1926. In September 1757, Rochefor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanbon Saint-André
Jean Bon Saint-André (; 25 February 174910 December 1813) was a French politician of the Revolutionary era. Early career and role in the National Convention He was born in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), the son of a fuller. Although his parents were Protestants, Saint-André was raised by the Jesuits at Marseille, and got baptized, as required by law. As a young boy, Saint-André had ambition to study the law, but his dream was crushed when the King prohibited Protestants and their children from getting involved in much of the public life, including getting the bar. When Saint-André was about sixteen years old, he enrolled in the merchant marine, and became lieutenant several years later and shortly after, captain. In 1771, after three shipwrecks and the loss of all his savings, he abandoned this career. Saint-André later turned Protestant, and became a prominent pastor in Southern France at Castres in 1773, and afterwards in Montauban in 1788. Saint-André studied theology in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plabennec
Plabennec (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. History The area around Plabennec has been occupied since Neolithic times and into the Bronze Age. The commune of Plabennec was formed around the 6th century by a Breton, Saint Abennec. Its name comes from a portmanteau of two Breton language words, ''Plou'' and ''Abennec'', which translates as "Parish of Saint Abennec". The land in the area is especially good for growing crops. Since the 19th century, things such as linen, hemp and wheat have been grown locally. In more recent times, with the advancement of agriculture, the land has started to be used for potato growing. Population Inhabitants of Plabennec are called in French ''Plabennecois''. Breton language In 2008, 13.88% of primary-school children in Plabennec attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> Economy Since the 1960s a lot has ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Représentant En Mission
During the French Revolution, a ''représentant en mission'' (; English: representative on mission) was an extraordinary envoy of the Legislative Assembly (1791–92) and its successor the National Convention (1792–95). The term is most often assigned to deputies designated by the National Convention for maintaining law and order in the départements and armies, as they had powers to oversee conscription into the army, and were used to monitor local military command. At the time France was in crisis; not only was war going badly, as French forces were being pushed out of Belgium, but also there was revolt in the Vendée over conscription into the army and resentment of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Such inspectors had existed in some form under the Ancien Régime, but they were systematized during the Reign of Terror and given absolute power. R. Dupuy, ''Nouvelle histoire de la France contemporaine. La République jacobine'', 2005, p. 156 Some of them abused the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph De Richery
Rear-Admiral Joseph de Richery (13 September 1757 in Allons, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 1798 in Allons) was a French navy, naval officer. Career He distinguished himself in the French Navy in the American Revolutionary War. From 1781 until 1785 he served in the Indian Ocean under Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez. In 1793 he was promoted to captain and given command of French ship Bretagne (1766), ''Bretagne'', but was relieved during the French Revolution after the Quibéron mutinies.Forrer, ''Neptunia'' 202, p.21 He was reinstated in 1794 and given the rank of rear admiral. He commanded a squadron of 6 vessels and three frigates based in Toulon during Richery's expedition. These ships were among the small squadrons used by the French to raid British commerce. In one of its remarkable engagements, his squadron Action of 7 October 1795, captured convoy of trading vessels (around thirty vessels), which the squadron took to Cádiz, Cadiz where it was blockaded by the Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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