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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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  • Donatien de Vimeur, marquis de Rochambeau (26 January 1787 – 3 February 1868) was a French nobleman, military officer and politician. Vimeur was the son...
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    first given the name "Rochambeau" in reference to Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, commander-in-chief of the French troops in the American...
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    Rhode Island and Savannah. In 1780, France sent Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau and François Joseph Paul de Grasse to help the Americans...
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    ISBN 978-0394463889. Dictionary of American Biography "Jean Baptiste Donatien De Vimeur Rochambeau". Gale in Context. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1936. Retrieved June...
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  • equestrian who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (1755–1813), French soldier, son of Jean-Baptiste...
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    is a monument to French nobleman and General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, who was a key commander of the French forces who assisted...
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    Waddington, Henri Martin, Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Oscar Gilbert Lafayette, François Charles Lorraine...
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    defeated a British fleet at Chesapeake Bay while Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette joined...
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    especially Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing, Casimir Pulaski and...
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    and one of two horsemen in the midnight ride. Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French army general Haym Salomon, along with Robert...
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    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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  • 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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    men, sent by King Louis XVI and commanded by Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau. For the rest of the war, Newport served as the base...
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  • from disease. Afterward, Leclerc was replaced by Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau. Rochambeau wrote to Napoleon that, to reclaim Saint-Domingue...
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  • English painter and aristocrat (d. 1757) 1725 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (d. 1807) 1726 – Acharya Bhikshu, Jain...
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    served 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...
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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...
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  • navy at Brest, and as Expeditionary Secretary of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau in the United States (1781–1783). Back in France he...
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    landing of the French expeditionary force of Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur de Rochambeau near Yorktown. Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold Commander...
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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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  • Leclerc died of yellow fever. He was succeeded by Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau. 1803 7 April Toussaint died in the French prison...
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    In this encampment were two French soldiers, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. The encampment...
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  • advocated the cause of the French Revolution Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre, French blackfriar and botanist...
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    of an encampment by the great French general, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and his troops during the American Revolutionary War...
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    The Governor General of Martinique at the time, Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, surrendered to Grey. The British then occupied Martinique until the Treaty...
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  • Adrien-Nicolas Piédefer, marquis de La Salle Succeeded by Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau Personal details Born (1720-01-12)12 January 1720...
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    Commission, suggested the bridge instead be named for Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau. Another letter followed that suggested attaching the...
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