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    Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, Marquis de La Galissonière, sometimes spelled Galissonnière (French pronunciation: [ʁolɑ̃ miʃɛl baʁɛ̃ də la galisɔnjɛʁ];...
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    She was named in honour of Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. During World War II, she served with Vichy France. The La Galissonnière class was designed...
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    fleet under John Byng is defeated by the French under Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. June 20 – A garrison of the British Army in India is imprisoned...
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    the Cape of Good Hope. This was officially sanctioned by Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. There, he constructed an observatory on the shore of Table...
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    in North Africa in November 1942. The three other cruisers of the La Galissonière class, held under Vichy control at Toulon, were scuttled on 27 November...
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    Jacques Barin, marquis de la Galissonnière (Nantes, 1646 – Poitiers, 1737) in 1691. Their son Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, like Catherine's brother...
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    administrations.[citation needed] New France's Governor-General Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière was concerned about the incursion and expanding influence...
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    Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière and Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial. He was the brother of François-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière...
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    Loutre acted in conjunction with Governor of New France, Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, who encouraged the Acadian migration. A prominent Acadian...
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  • 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2015. La Roque de Roquebrune, R. (1979) [1966]. "La Rocque de Roberval, Jean-François de". In Brown, George Williams (ed.)...
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    Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois then Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial...
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  • Governor General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial Governor...
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    of Aix-la-Chapelle on October 17. 1748 – Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière becomes interim governor of New France. 1749 – Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel...
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    dispatch from the French admiral, Byng's counterpart, Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. Without any word from Byng, or any other naval or army...
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  • de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor general (1703–1725) Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor general (1725–1747) Roland-Michel Barrin de...
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    Nassau-Idstein, German princess (d. 1734) November 10 – Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, French admiral (d. 1756) November 13 – Thomas Watson-Wentworth...
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    of his descendants, Marie-Catherine-Antoinette de Lauson, married Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière (1747–1749), who also served as Governor of Canada...
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    General of New France: Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière then Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière Colonial Governor...
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    Blakeney against 15,000 Frenchmen under the Duke de Richelieu and Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. The French sailed to Fort St. Philip and forced...
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    name "Galissonière's Rock" (named after the French naval officer Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière), but with a question mark. Galissoniere's Rock...
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    engineer who built Fort Saint-Jean in 1748. The Officers' Mess, the La Galissonière Pavilion, and the Montcalm Pavilion are British buildings that were...
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    Jean-Michel (2012). "La Galissonnière : Caractéristiques principales". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012)...
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    Mille Roches, 1982) Jean-Yves Gravel. "La fondation du Collège militaire royale de Saint Jean." Revue d'histoire de l'amérique française 27, no. 2 (sept...
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  • Michilimackinac (/ˌmɪʃələˈmækənɔː/ MISH-ə--MAK-ə-naw) is derived from an Ottawa Ojibwe name for present-day Mackinac Island and the region around the...
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    Régiment de Talaru 1er & 2e Bataillons du Régiment de Briqueville 1er & 2e Bataillons du Régiment de La Marine 1er Bataillon du Régiment de La Marche 1er...
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    in Voltaire's novel Candide with the line Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres – "In this country...
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  • their loyalty to France. In 1748 a commitment was made by Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, the Governor General of New France, to send Picquet to...
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  • fleet under John Byng is defeated by the French under Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. 20 June – a garrison of the British Army in India is imprisoned...
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    fleet under John Byng is defeated by the French under Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. June 20 – A garrison of the British Army in India is imprisoned...
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  • while Gorham took two Mi'kmaq prisoner. In response, Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, the governor of New France indicated that, in retaliation...
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