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    Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers (26 March 1710 – 1792) was a French admiral. Louis Guillouet d'Orvilliers was born on 26 March 1710 in Moulins, Allier...
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  • Gilbert Guillouet, seigneur d'Orvilliers (c. 1708 – 11 May 1764) was a French soldier who was commander of French Guiana from 1730 to 1763, and governor...
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    squadron that formed the rear of the French fleet under Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, with his flag on the 80-gun Saint-Esprit. At the Battle...
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    Claude Guillouet d'Orvilliers was governor of Cayenne from September 1716 until his death in December 1729. Claude's son Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers was...
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    Pierre-Nicolas Rolland (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
    of Independence, on board Sibylle in 1778 in the squadron of Louis Guillouet d'Orvilliers, the Amphion in 1779, in the squadron of d'Estaing, the Amphitrite...
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    a commander of a division, Comte de Grasse served under Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers at the First Battle of Ushant from July 23 to 27, 1778. The...
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    frigates, five corvettes and one lugger, commanded by Vice-Admiral Comte d'Orvilliers, who had sailed from Brest on 8 July. Keppel sighted the French fleet...
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  • Governor of the Danish West Indies (1756–1766) French Guiana – Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor of French Guiana (1757–1763) French India – Thomas Arthur...
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    Corrèze). His maternal grandfather, Admiral Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, had been ennobled by Louis XIV. He completed his education under the Admiral...
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  • January - Donat Nonnotte, painter (died 1785) 26 March - Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, admiral (died 1792) 2 September - André le Breton, publisher...
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    Kersaint de Coëtnempren was part of the French fleet, under Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers. The fleet was in a fog and when the fog lifted, the French...
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    fog lifted, she found herself near the French fleet, under Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers. The French cutter Curieuse, of 10 guns and under the command...
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  • Antoine Le Moyne de Châteauguay (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
    replacing the commandant Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers. Châteauguay left for France in June 1743 and d'Orvilliers took over again as head of the colony...
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    Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor 5th time 1763 to 2 January 1764 Jean Pierre Antoine de Béhague, Governor 1st time 1764 to 22 December 1764 Louis-Thomas...
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    which would be butchered on board. Sphinx fought as part of Louis Guillouet d'Orvilliers's fleet against Augustus Keppel's force at the Battle of Ushant...
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    force 100 miles (160 km) west of Ushant. The French admiral, Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, who had orders to avoid battle, was cut off from Brest,...
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    Danish nobleman and enfeoffed count (d. 1741) March 26 – Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers (d. 1792) March 27 – Joseph Abaco, Italian violoncellist...
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  • Danish nobleman and enfeoffed count (d. 1741) March 26 – Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers (d. 1792) March 27 – Joseph Abaco, Italian violoncellist...
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