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    Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who played a critical role...
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    Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (French pronunciation: [dɔnasjɛ̃ maʁi ʒozɛf də vimœʁ də ʁɔʃɑ̃bo]; 7 April 1755 – 20 October 1813)...
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  • Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (1755–1813), French soldier, the son of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau Cayenne...
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  • the son of Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau and the grandson of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau. In May 1801...
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  • Summer Olympics Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (1755–1813), French soldier, son of Jean-Baptiste Émile-Bernard Donatien (1887–1955)...
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    controversial because the airport's namesake's son, Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau, harshly repressed the Haitian Revolution during...
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    from 1780 to 1783 as a staff officer under Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Count of Rochambeau. On his return, having attained the rank of colonel, he...
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    under the command of Lieutenant-General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, landed at Newport, Rhode Island in 1780 and marched overland...
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    (1722–1794), Marshal of France since in 1791 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725–1807), Marshal of France in 1791 Throughout his reign...
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    by the French expeditionary corps under Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau in 1780–1782 including the 1781 Siege of Yorktown at Yorktown...
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    by the French expeditionary corps under Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau in 1780–1782 including the 1781 Siege of Yorktown. The...
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  • (général de brigade) Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (général de division) Louis Antoine Vimeux (général de division) Henri Catherine...
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    Kingdom of France appointed Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau, as its commander. Rochambeau was replaced in May 1792, and he retired...
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    Charles Leclerc (general, born 1772) (category Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe)
    Sulmona. Leclerc was succeeded in his command by Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau, whose similarly brutal tactics drove more Haitians...
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    following Rochambeau's departure in 1783. Lauzun's brigade led the French march from Rhode Island to Virginia in 1781. Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte...
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    Fort Saint Louis (Martinique) (category Fort-de-France)
    The Governor-General of Martinique at the time was Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau. The British occupied the fort from 22 May 1794 until...
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    Savannah. In 1780, France sent Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau and François Joseph Paul de Grasse to help the Americans, along with...
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    was the illegitimate son of Rachel Warrington and Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau, who was stationed in Williamsburg during the winter...
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  • scandal, bearing a son, Lewis, probably fathered by Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau in late eighteenth century Colonial Williamsburg...
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    Cap-Français (now Cap-Haïtien). On November 17, Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau arrived at Cap-Français, and, by his order, Maurepas...
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  • in Cayenne. Its previous namesake, Rochambeau, was deemed unfit because his son, Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, had brutally attempted to quell the...
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    converged grenadiers in a division commanded by Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau. This was in Guillaume Brune's Army of Italy. During...
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  • assigned to the expedition to Saint-Domingue under Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau. There he was wounded and evacuated back to France...
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    historian, diplomat and Encyclopédiste (d. 1810) Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (d. 1807) July 24 – John Newton, English...
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    Battle of Pozzolo (category Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe)
    Wing's two divisions were under Jean Boudet and Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau. Louis-Nicolas Davout and Claude Ignace François...
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  • Marie Moreau, general (born 1763) 16 October - Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau, soldier (born 1755) 11 November - Nicolas François...
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  • August 1789. D'Aoust was appointed aide-de-camp to Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau on 26 May 1790. He became captain and adjutant...
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  • Jean-Jacques d'Esparbes October 21, 1792 – January 2, 1793 Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau January 2, 1793 – June 19, 1793 Léger-Félicité Sonthonax...
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    in the American Revolutionary War under Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau from 1781 to 1783. Promoted to lieutenant in 1787 and captain...
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    Kościuszko Alexander Hamilton Aaron Burr Marquis de Lafayette Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau John Paul Jones Joshua Barney Rufus Putnam...
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