The Soleil-Royal was a ship in the French Navy, the third ship of that name. She was the first 80-gun two-decker to use the 24-pounder long gun on her...
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ship Soleil Royal (1669), present at the Battle of Barfleur French ship Soleil-Royal (1692) French ship Soleil-Royal (1749) Furthermore, French ship Foudroyant (1693)...
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Toulon, design by François Coulomb the Younger) – BU 1780 Soleil Royal 80 (launched 30 June 1749 at Brest, design by Jaques-Luc Coulomb) – Driven ashore...
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Bougainville led the first French circumnavigation of the world. Soleil-Royal (1749) Héros (1752) Foudroyant (1751) Royal Louis (1759) Ville de Paris...
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Louis XIV (redirect from Le Roi Soleil)
as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years...
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Ponant Fleet (category Articles containing French-language text)
Soleil Royal, launched in 1669, flagship at the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690, burnt in 1692 following the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue. Soleil Royal...
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world's longest wooden ships. The vessels are sorted by ship length including bowsprit, if known. Finding the world's longest wooden ship is not straightforward...
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Joseph Broussard (category French Canadian people of the French and Indian War)
participated in a raid on Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia (1724). During King George's War, under the leadership of French priest Jean-Louis Le Loutre, Broussard...
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Arcadio Huang (category Chinese expatriates in France)
that. Helped by the young Nicolas Fréret (1688–1749), he began the hard work of pioneering a Chinese-French dictionary, a Chinese grammar, employing the...
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Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (category Royal Navy admirals of the fleet)
fleet and lay in wait for the arrival of the French. In October 1747, Hawke captured six ships of a French squadron in the Bay of Biscay in the Second...
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