Fort Frederik, also known as Frederiksfort, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark in Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands. It was built between 1752...
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Mauritsstad (redirect from Fort_Frederik_Hendrik)
Americas. The city was eventually recaptured by the Portuguese in 1654. Fort Frederik Hendrik (Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas) was a pentagonal fortress...
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Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas (redirect from Fort Frederik Hendrik)
Tiago das Cinco Pontas is a fort located in Recife, Pernambuco in Brazil. It is on the location of the former Fort Frederik Hendrik, a pentagonal fortress...
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of the wind) for calm seas and a naturally deep port. It is home to Fort Frederik, constructed to protect the town from pirate raids and attacks from...
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Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (redirect from Frederik Hendrik of Orange)
Frederick Henry (Dutch: Frederik Hendrik; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht...
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the ruins of Fort Frederik Henrik, named after Frederik Henrik, Prince of Orange. The Dutch discovered Mauritius in 1598, and built the fort in 1638. When...
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Reinier or Reiner Por (died 7 January 1653 at Fort Frederik Hendrik, near Mahébourg) was the Dutch opperhoofd or governor of Mauritius from 1648 to 1653...
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Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
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West Indies. .. The town is dominated by the red and white Fort Frederik from the 1750s. The fort has special meaning to both USA and Denmark-Norway. It was...
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uninhabited and abandoned for another 38 years. In 1725, St. Thomas Governor Frederik Moth encouraged the Danish West Indies Company's directors to consider...
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restoration of the ruins and the name Fort Frederik Hendrik has been restored to the site. On 18 November 2010, the Frederik Hendrik Museum was opened by Ad...
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Christiansværn Fort Frederik Fort Segarra Fort Willoughby Fortsberg Fort Columbia Fort Colville Fort Dent Fort George Wright Fort Lawton Fort Lewis Fort Nez Percés...
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106.831162°E / -6.170422; 106.831162 The Citadel Prins Frederik, also called Fort Prins Frederik, was a fortification built in 1837 by the Dutch in Batavia...
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Fort Frederik...
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dancing, workshops, a historical skit, and a reenactment of the walk to Fort Frederik. Abolitionism Fifth of July (New York) Juneteenth Kwanzaa Slave Trade...
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Croix. That evening, hundreds of slaves gathered peaceably outside Fort Frederik refusing to work the next day and demanding freedom. By 10 a.m. the...
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previous commander, George Frederik Wreden, had recently drowned in the surf while in a dinghy. The fortified lodge, named Fort Frederik Hendrik, was in a state...
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Island, including Fort Willoughby, which was built on the site of the older Prince Frederik's Battery (Fort Frederik), as well as Fort Shipley (Shipley's...
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District includes the original town laid out in a gridiron plan in 1751. Fort Frederik, which now houses a museum, was the original focal point of the town...
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and on July 2, 1848, approximately 8,000 people gathered outside of Fort Frederik. On July 3, 1848, General Buddhoe delivered an ultimatum, declaring...
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(Vermont) Fort Frederik, U.S. Virgin Islands Fort Frederick, U.S. Virgin Islands Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA Fort Fredrick...
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Breskens, Oostburg, Zuidzande and Cadzand, as well as the coastal fortress Fort Frederik Hendrik. When advancing, the Canadians proceeded very slowly and used...
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town at the mouth of the Scheldt river. In June 1785, Ras sailed from Fort Frederik-Hendrik Berendrecht [fr; nl] near his hometown as a ship's boy on board...
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Waasland. After crossing the river Scheldt on 7 November at the former fort Frederik Hendrik in Berendrecht with some difficulties, and being reinforced...
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Union between Sweden and Norway (section Attempted coup d'état by Hereditary Prince Christian Frederik)
to surrender the Norwegian border forts to Swedish troops. The four-power delegation rejected Christian Frederik's proposal that Norway's constitution...
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Fort Willoughby (previously Prince Frederik's Battery) is a historic fort on Hassel Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The fort was built in 1777-1780...
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Breskens, Oostburg, Zuidzande and Cadzand, as well as the coastal fortress Fort Frederik Hendrik. Operation Switchback ended on November 3 when the First Canadian...
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Danneskjold-Samsoe. Frederik Emil August (23 August 1800 – 2 July 1865), the “Prince” of Nør (Noer) Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon "Fort Augustaborg". NO...
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1976 (#76001853) Roughly bounded by Fisher Street, the cemetery, and Fort Frederik 17°42′44″N 64°52′53″W / 17.712222°N 64.881389°W / 17.712222; -64...
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website Cinnamon Bay Interpretive Center — Cruz Bay Fort Christian — Charlotte Amalie Fort Frederik — Frederiksted French Heritage Museum — Charlotte Amalie...
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