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Marquis Abraham Duquesne

Marquis Abraham Duquesne (1610 – February 2, 1688) was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy. He was born in Dieppe, France, a seaport, in 1610. He was the son of a naval officer and therefore became a sailor himself, spending his early years in merchant service. Image File history File links Abraham Duquesne. ... Image File history File links Abraham Duquesne. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... Dieppe is a town and commune in the Seine-Maritime département of Haute-Normandie (eastern Normandy), France. ...

Service in the French navy

In 1636, he was appointed to the "Neptune" squadron. In May 1637 he gained some fame for capturing the island of Lerins from the Spanish. Around this time, his father died in a conflict with the Spanish, which permanently increased his animosity towards them and he sought revenge. He fought them viciously at Guetaria in 1638, during the expedition to Corunna in 1639, and in the battles at Tarragona in 1641, Barcelona and the Cabo de Gata. Events February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. ... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ... The Isles of Lérins are two small islands near Cannes, France: The Île de Sainte-Marguerite and the Île de Saint-Honorat. ... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... Corunna is the English name of province and town in Spain, nowadays more frequently known by its Galician name A Coruña or its Spanish name La Coruña. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... A picture from the air Tarragona Ampitheatre Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation). ...

Service in the Swedish navy

Duquesne then left to join the Swedish navy in 1643.On the side of the Swedes, he fought the Danish fleet at the Battle of Colberger Heide. And later at Fehmarn where King Christian IV himself was in command of the Danish fleet, the Danes were defeated, their admiral killed and his ship taken. After a peace had been reached between the Danes and the Swedes in 1645, he returned to France. // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... The naval Battle of Colberger Heide (or Battle of Colberg Heath) took place 1 July 1644 between Denmark and Sweden. ... This took place on 13 October 1644 north-west of the island of Femern, now part of Germany, in the Baltic Sea. ... King Christian IV. Christian IV (April 12, 1577–February 28, 1648), king of Denmark and Norway, the son of Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia of Mecklenburg, was born at Frederiksborg castle in 1577, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father (April 4... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ...

Return to French service

He suppressed a revolt at Bordeaux (which was materially supported by his most hated foe, the Spanish) in 1650, during the Fronde outbreaks. During that same year, he created at his own expense a squadron with which he blockaded the Gironde, forcing that city to surrender. This earned him a promotion in rank to commander of the new French fleet, a castle, and a gift of the entire isle of Indre. The French and the Spanish made peace in 1659, which left him to fight pirates in the Mediterranean Sea. He distinguished himself in the Third Dutch War, fighting as second in command of the French squadron at the battle of Solebay and later supporting the insurgents in the revolt of Messina from Spain, fighting Admiral Michel Adriaanzoon de Ruyter, who had the united fleets of Spain and the United Provinces under his command. He fought the combined Dutch-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Stromboli and the Battle of Agosta were De Ruyter was mortally wounded. On the 2nd of June he was present as second in command when the French fleet under Comte and Vivonne attacked and partly destroyed the Spanish-Dutch fleet at the Battle of Palermo, which secured French control of the Mediterranean. For this accomplishment he received a personal letter from Louis XIV and was given, in 1681, the title of marquis along with the estate of Bouchet, even though he was a Protestant. City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ... // Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ... The Fronde (1648–1653) was a civil war in France, followed by the Franco-Spanish War (1653–1659). ... Gironde is a département in the southwest of France named after the Gironde Estuary. ... Indre is a département in the center of France named after the Indre River. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... The Battle of the Texel, 11–21 August 1673 by Willem van de Velde, painted 1683, depicts a battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. ... The Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672, was the first naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. ... Messina, Italy Strait of Messina, Italy. ... Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Lieutenant-Admiral of the United Provinces by Ferdinand Bol, painted 1667. ... The United Provinces (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden/Provinciën, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands/Provinces — 1581–1795) was a European republic which is now known as the Netherlands. ... During the Anglo-Dutch Wars the Battle of Stomboli took place on the 8th of January 1676 between a French fleet of 20 ships under Duquesne and a combined DutchSpanish fleet of 19 Dutch and 1 Spanish ship under Michiel DeRuyter that lasted 8 hours and ended inconclusive. ... During the Anglo-Dutch Wars the Battle of Agosta took place on the 22th of April 1676 and was fought between a French fleet of 29 man-of-war 8 fireships and 5 frigates under Duquesne and a Dutch/Spanish fleet of 27 (17 Dutch 10 Spanish) plus 5 fireships... This naval battle took place in 1676? and was a French victory over a Dutch/Spanish force of 27 battleships and some galleys. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... Marquis has many different meanings: Don Marquis was a writer, poet, and journalist. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

Duquesne also fought the Barbary pirates in 1681 and bombarded Algiers between 1682 and 1683, to help Christian captives, and bombarded Genoa in 1684. Battle between the british frigate HMS Mary Rose and seven Algerine pirates, 1669 Though at least a proportion of them are better described as privateers, the Barbary pirates operated out of Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers, Salè and ports in Morocco, preying on shipping in the western Mediterranean Sea from the time... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... Map of Algeria showing Algiers province Algiers (French Alger, (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) El-Jazair, The Islands) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Africa. ... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes, German Genua, Spanish Genova) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ...

Last years

In that same year, 1684, he retired from poor health. He may have foreseen the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, though he was exempted from the proscription. He died in Paris on February 2, 1688. The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France to grant French Protestants (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a Catholic nation. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ...

Trivia

• The Marquis Duquesne de Menneville, another famous mariner, was his grand-nephew
• 8 vessels of the French Navy have been named in his honour:
  • A 74-gun ship of the line (1787-1803)
  • A 73-gun school ship (1811-1814)
  • A 86-gun ship of the line (1811-1814)
  • A 74-gun ship of the line (1814-1836)
  • A 82-gun steam and sail ship of the line (1847-1867)
  • A 29 000 ton battleship (1914, never commissioned)
  • A 10 000 ton cruiser of the Free French Naval Forces (1924-1955)
  • A first-rank frigate (1977- present : Duquesne)