Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet (French pronunciation: [abʁa.am dykɛn]; c. 1610 – 2 February 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service...
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Abraham de Bellebat, marquis du Quesne, governor of Martinique in 1716 (see list of colonial and departmental heads of Martinique) Abraham Duquesne (c...
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the eighth French vessel named after the 17th century admiral Abraham Duquesne. Duquesne was decommissioned in 2008. Ships of the Suffren class were designed...
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Captain, later Admiral, Abraham de Bellebat (Belébat?) de Duquesne-Guitton, also spelled Duquesne-Guiton (1648-d. 1724), was a French naval commander...
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Battle of Augusta (section France (Abraham Duquesne))
French fleet of 29 men-of-war, five frigates and eight fireships under Abraham Duquesne, and a Dutch-Spanish fleet of around 27 warships (17 Dutch, 11 Spanish)...
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Duquesne was born to a Boer family of French Huguenot origin in East London, Cape Colony, in 1877. He later moved with his parents, Abraham Duquesne and...
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honour of Abraham Duquesne: Duquesne (1788), a 74-gun ship of the line Duquesne (1811), a captured Russian 73-gun ship, used as a school ship Duquesne (1813)...
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Lyon-class battleship (redirect from French battleship Duquesne)
Lille, Duquesne, and Tourville. The first two were named for cities in France, and the latter pair honored the French admirals Abraham Duquesne and Anne...
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navy. As a punishment, on 5 May a French fleet commanded by Admiral Abraham Duquesne left the Mediterranean naval base of Toulon and began a bombardment...
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daughters married the son of the famous Protestant admiral Abraham Duquesne, Abraham Duquesne-Guiton. Like many other Rochelais (people from La Rochelle)...
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War. The battle occurred between a French fleet of 20 ships under Abraham Duquesne and a combined fleet of 19 allied ships (18 Dutch and one Spanish ship)...
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Without a formal declaration of war, a French fleet, commanded by Abraham Duquesne, bombarded the city of Genoa between May 18 and May 28, 1684. About...
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but not after he repulsed an attack of a superior French fleet under Abraham Duquesne at Stromboli. Several months later in April 1676 De Ruyter repeated...
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Jean Asselin (ca.1610–1652), a Dutch Golden Age painter and drawer Abraham Duquesne (1610–1688), general lieutenant of the French Navy Jean Crasset (1618–1692)...
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the Battle of Rethel. Abraham Duquesne c. 1610–1688 French French naval officer. After a short service in the Swedish Navy, Duquesne became most famous for...
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Walcheren in 1809. It was part of two opposing forts, and named Duquesne after Abraham Duquesne. In 1813, after the French defeat, it was renamed Fort Prins...
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Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623) February 2 – Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610) February 13 – David Christiani, German...
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Abraham Duquesne delivering Christian captives in Algiers after the bombing in 1683....
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French merchant ships off the coast of Provence. Louis XIV sent Admiral Abraham Duquesne, with nine ships under his command, to hunt down the pirates. He tracked...
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Abraham Duquesne delivering Christian captives in Algiers after the Bombardment of Algiers (1683)...
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reserve until condemned for disposal in 1955. She was named to honour Abraham Duquesne, Marquis du Bouchet (c. 1610 – 1688) who distinguished himself during...
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Johan Kievit Victor Löw as De Waerd Aurélie Meriel Filip Peeters as Abraham Duquesne[citation needed] Pip Pellens Bas van Prooijen Nils Verkooijen Viv Weatherall...
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French-Algerian War 1681–1688. Louis XIV sent Duquesne to bombard Algiers after the Dey declared war on France in 1681. Duquesne sailed from Toulon with a fleet of...
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The bombardment of Algiers in 1682, by Abraham Duquesne....
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de Paris is recast. The Port of Honfleur, France, is re-modelled by Abraham Duquesne. The basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, designed by Baldassare...
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major losses itself, and it forced the Dey to sue for peace. However Duquesne's mission had been to secure Dey's complete submission, which time and the...
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Joachim Darquistade (South America) Michel Dubocage (Pacific Ocean) Abraham Duquesne-Guitton (Australia) Louis Feuillée (Antilles, South America) Paul Antoine...
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England (1622, 1655, 1672), all led naval bombardments against Algiers. Abraham Duquesne fought the Barbary pirates in 1681 and bombarded Algiers between 1682...
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White Squadron (French) Guns Captain Terrible 70 (Rear Admiral Abraham Duquesne) Illustre 70 Marquis de Grancey Conquérant 70 M. de Thivas Admirable 68...
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piracy in the Mediterranean basin. In 1681, Louis XIV asked Admiral Abraham Duquesne to fight the Berber pirates. He also ordered a large-scale attack on...
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