On 20 April 1564 Le Havre became the port of departure for the French expedition of René Goulaine de Laudonnière to the New World where he created the first French colony at Fort Caroline near present-day Jacksonville, Florida.

1940 – May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins (→ Bombing of France during World War II). 1944 – September: greatest destruction of the city centre and the port during bombings of the …

The majority of immigrants did not remain in Louisiana, but proceeded up the Mississippi to St. Louis and Cincinatti, at least before the expansion of the U.S. railway system. In 1818, passage from Le Havre to America was 350-400 francs; in the early 1830s it was 120-150 francs.

Une flotte de guerre, destinée à combattre les Anglais, est armée au Havre. La Marine royale basée au Havre prend 36 navires de commerce flamands. 8 mai, les protestants deviennent maîtres de la ville, en chassent les catholiques et saccagent les églises.

Les distributions massives de passeports en faveur des navires hollandais permirent à Bordeaux de commercer largement avec l’Europe du Nord tandis que les Bordelais fréquentaient assidûment les Antilles. Le Havre et Rouen reçurent eux aussi des passeports. Nantes et Saint-Malo profitèrent indiscutablement de la guerre.

Ship Groton 31 October 1833 Schooner James Edward 6 September 1834 Ship Attica 4 April 1836 Ship Marengo 11 May Brig New Hampshire 16 May Ship Lyons 7 June Ship Marengo 28 July Mozart 15 September Ship Olympia 23 November 1837 Ship Burgandy 20 April 1849 SS Geronde 7 February 1850 Ship St. Denis 22 July 1852 Zurich 1 May Ship Jane D. Cooper 25 ...

Jacques Duval, seigneur d'Eprémesnil, né au Havre en 1674 1, et mort à Paris en février 1748, est un négociant, armateur et négrier français.

Dec 23, 2018 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Cecile Doucet born abt. 1748 Acadie died 1811 Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute Normandie, France including ancestors + mitochondrial DNA + more in the free family tree community.

Le Havre[a] is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy, although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than ...

Jul 29, 2024 · Le Havre was basically a marshy area and subject to silting in the floating docks and a heavy build-up of pebbles at the entrance (hence the sea wall to the North and West of the entrance).