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| Forbin, painted after his death |
August 6, 1656 - Gardanne, Provence - Claude de Forbin is born
January(?) 1(?), 1668 - Marseille - 12-year old Forbin runs away from home to join, as a cadet, a galley commanded by his uncle
January(?) 1(?), 1673(?) - Marseille - Forbin steals some pieces of silver and goes to Marseille to see an older brother. He is arrested by a goldsmith whom he has turned to sell the stolen items. He is brought home
January(?) 1(?), 1674(?) - Marseille - Forbin returns to Marseille, where he joins the crew his uncle's galley
January 29, 1675 - Toulon - Departs to Messina in the Duke of Vivonne's fleet =(START)
February 11, 1675 - near Stromboli, Italy - First battle of Stromboli - French victory - Forbin serves under the Duke of Vivonne as he sends relief to the town
January 7, 1676 - Off Sicily - Abraham Duquesne arrives off Sicily with 20 ships of the line and 1500 cannons
January 8, 1676 - near Stromboli, Italy - Battle of Stromboli - Indecisive
March 29, 1676 - Messina, Sicily - Vivonne leaves port to fight the Dutch-Spanish on the side of Calabria
April 22, 1676 - near August, Italy - Battle of Augusta (Agosta), Forbin commands the "Apollon" - French Victory
April(?) 29(?), 1676 - Condé-sur-l'escaut - Forbin joins the Royal musketeers. Siege of Condé-sur-l'Escaut
May 2, 1676 - Bouchain, Northern France - The siege of Bouchain starts
May 10, 1676 - Bouchain - Bouchain is taken
July 1(?), 1676 - Aire-sur-la-Lys - The Siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys begins
July 31, 1676 - Aire-sur-la-Lys - The City surrenders to the french
January 1(?), 1677 - Toulon - Forbin is promoted to Enseigne de Vaisseau and assigned to Brest
February(?) 1(?), 1677 - Toulon - Forbin kills Chevalier de Gourdon in a duel. He escapes a death penalty by assuming the identity of his brother
March(?) 1(?), 1677 - Brest - Arrival in Brest, via Lyon, Cosnes
January 1(?), 1679 - Portuguese Coast - Participates in a campaign on the Portuguese coast
April 23(?), 1680 - Rochefort - Forbin joins the fleet commanded by Vice-Admiral Count d'Estrées, sailing to the Antilles
May 22, 1680 - Lisbon, Portugal - At Saint-Catherine, Lisbon, as d'Estrées writes a letter to the Marquis of Seignelay
May 25, 1680 - Off Cascais, Portugal - Unable to continue voyage due to contrary winds
June 24, 1680 - Martinique - D'Estrées arrives at Martinique
July 12, 1680 - Saint-Domingue, Haiti - D'Estrées arrives at Saint-Domingue
July 20, 1680 - Cartagena, Colombia - D'Estrées arrives at Cartagena
July 22, 1680 - Cartagena - D'Estrées sends 2 ships (La Tempête, Le Marin) to reconnoitre the anchorages along the coast of Porto Belo
August 8, 1680 - Santa Marta, Colombia - D'Estrées arrives at Santa Marta
August 11, 1680 - Santa Marta - D'Estrées sets sail from Santa Marta
August 24, 1680 - Petit-Goâve, Haiti - D'Estrées arrives at Petit-Goâve
September 1, 1680 - Tortuga - D'Estrées sails to Tortuga to join 2 ships he sent back to France, but one of them is unseaworthy
September 7, 1680 - Off Caicos - D'Estrées writes a letter to the Marquis of Seignelay
September 10, 1680 - Petit-Goâve, Haiti - Return to Petit-Goâve due to bad weather
October 12, 1680 - Martinique - Return to Martinique
December 26, 1680 - Martinique - D'Estrées departs to France
March 2, 1681 - Chef-du-Bois (Penhoat), Brittany - The fleet of D'Estrées returns to France
March 9, 1681 - Rochefort - Return to Rochefort
January(?) 1(?), 1682 - Toulon - Forbin is assigned to Toulon
February(?) 1(?), 1682 - Toulon - Forbin embarks with Marquis de La Porte on a fleet to bombard Algiers. Command of Duquesne
March(?) 1(?), 1682 - Off Algiers - French bombardment of the city
April(?) 1(?), 1682 - Toulon - Back in Toulon
December(?) 1(?), 1682 - Toulon - Forbin receives instructions personally from Marquis de Seignelay, minister of the Navy
January(?) 1(?), 1683 - Off Algiers - French bombardment of the city
February(?) 1(?), 1683 - Toulon - Back in Toulon
March(?) 1(?), 1683 - Toulon - Forbin receives orders to go to Rochefort and prepare a ship to take Marquis de Torcy to Portugal
April(?) 1(?), 1683 - Rochefort - Forbin arrives in Rochefort, via Blois, Poitiers
June(?) 1(?), 1683 - Lisbon, Portugal - Forbin accompanies the Marquis de Torcy sent to congratulate King Pedro II of Portugal on his accession
June(?) 2(?), 1683 - Belém, Lisbon - Torcy and Forbin visit the Monastery of Belém, the tombs of the Kings, and its gardens
June(?) 5(?), 1683 - Lisbon - Forbin starts selling Saffron in Lisbon at twice the price and using the profit to buy tobacco from Brazil
August(?) 1(?), 1683 - Rochefort - Forbin returns to France
December(?) 1(?), 1683 - Aix-en-Provence - Forbin is involved in an amorous adventure with a chambermaid he disguised as a cadet and established at Aix-en-Provence
January(?) 1(?), 1684 - Rochefort - Forbin departs to Provence
January(?) 12(?), 1684 - Limoges - On his way to Provence
January(?) 20(?), 1684 - Clermont-Ferrand - On his way to Provence
February 1(?) 1684 - Saint-Étienne - On his way to Provence
February(?) 10(?), 1684 - Lyon - Forbin stops in Lyon, to talk with a man that owed money to his uncle
February(?) 20(?), 1684 - Orange - On his way to Provence
February(?) 25(?), 1684 - Aix-en-Provence - Arrives in Aix-en-Provence. With nothing more to do in Provence, he heads to Paris
July(?) 1(?), 1684 - Paris - Forbin arrives in Paris
August(?) 1(?), 1684 - Paris - Forbin is asked by Chevalier de Chaumont to join his embassy to Siam
January(?) 1(?), 1685 - Paris - Forbin is asked to depart to Brest to prepare two ships for the Embassy to Siam
January(?) 15(?), 1685 - Brest - Arrival in Brest
February 27(?), 1685 - Brest - Chaumont e l'abbé de Choisy arrive in Brest
March 3, 1685 - Brest - Forbin departs to Siam with a french Embassy (Chaumont-Choisy), aboard the "Oiseau"
June 3(?), 1685 - Cape of Good Hope - After 3 months sailing, the Oiseau and the Maligne frigate reach the Cape of Good Hope
June 5(?), 1685 - Cape Town, South Africa(?) - The french priests go ashore to pay respects to the Dutch Governor, in the new-built Dutch Fort. Forbin is delighted by the dutch hability in gardening and describes a small french colony inside the Dutch colonial enterprise where they had vineyards
June 13(?), 1685 - Cape Town, South Africa(?) - Eight days upon arrival, Forbin departs to the Straight of Sunda
August 15, 1685 - Bantam, Java - Forbin arrives at Bantam. First night spent at anchor
August 18, 1685 - Bantam - Forbin departs to Batavia
August 20, 1685 - Batavia - Forbin arrives in Batavia
August 28, 1685 - Batavia - After 8 days being very well treated by the dutch officers, Forbin departs to Siam
September 23, 1685 - Bangkok, Siam - Forbin and the french Embassy arrive in Siam
October 18, 1685 - Ayutthaya - Solemn Audience of the First French Embassy
December 12, 1685 - Lopburi - Farewell Audience of the First French Embassy
December 22, 1685 - Lopburi - The French Embassy departs for France, leaving Forbin and the engineer de La Mare to serve King Narai.
July 2, 1686 - Bangkok, Siam - Fathers de Fontaney, Bouvet, Gerbillon and Visdelou leave Ayutthaya for Macao and meet de Forbin at Bangkok
July 15, 1686 - Bangkok - Plot of the Makassars in Ayutthaya discovered. Phaulcon orders Forbin to stop a Makassarese ship at Bangkok, resulting in a slaughter of the Siamese troops.
August 1(?), 1686 - Bangkok(?) - Forbin ordered by Phaulkon to arrest Captain Lake on his ship the "Prudent Mary"
September 12, 1686 - Bangkok - Fathers de Fontaney, Bouvet, Gerbillon and Visdelou meet Forbin after being shipwrecked off Cambodia.
September 14, 1686 - Ayutthaya - Second attack on the Macassar camp in Ayutthaya
December 15(?), 1686 - Bangkok - Forbin departs to Pondichéry aboard the French East Indian Company ship "Saint-Louis"
January 1(?), 1687 - Malacca Strait - On his way to Pondichéry
January 10(?), 1687 - Nicobar Islands, India - On his way to Pondichéry
January 30(?), 1687 - Pondichéry, India - Forbin arrives at Pondichéry, via Malacca Strait
May(?) 1(?), 1687 - Pondichéry - Forbin departs for the Bay of Bengal
December 30, 1687 - Mergui - After wandering around the Bay of Bengal his ship put into Mergui, in time to meet, a little upstream of Tenasserim, the co-ambassador Ceberet returning overland from his mission
February 2, 1688 - Pondichéry, India - Forbin and Céberet depart to France aboard the "Oiseau"
March(?) 1(?), 1688 - Cape of Good Hope - On his way back to France
April(?) 1(?), 1688 - St.Helena island - On his way back to France
May(?) 1(?), 1688 - Ascencion Island - Forbin and crew bring many turtles aboard
July 18, 1688 - Brest - Forbin returns to France with the French India Company
August(?) 5(?), 1688 - Paris - Forbin meets the Minister of the Navy, Seignelay, who presents him to King Louis XIV
April(?) 1(?), 1689 - Dunkirk - Seigneley assigns Forbin to Dunkirk, commanding a 16-gun frigate with orders to cruise in the English Channel
April(?) 15(?), 1689 - Off Calais(?) - Forbin is informed by the Governor of Calais that the Spanish declared war to France
April(?) 20(?), 1689 - Dunkirk - Forbin returns to Dunkirk with 4 small merchant prizes
May(?) 1(?), 1689 - Dunkirk - Jean Bart and Forbin depart to Brest, transporting soldiers
May(?) 10(?), 1689 - Dunkirk - After combat with a dutch privateer, Jean Bart and Forbin learn that they are at war with England
May(?) 15(?), 1689 - S. Isle of Man - Jean Bart and Forbin abandon the escort mission and battle with two 50-gun english warships. Arrested
May(?) 20(?), 1689 - Plymouth - Jean Bart and Forbin arrive to Plymouth in chains
May(?) 31(?), 1689 - Plymouth - Jean Bart and Forbin escape after 11 days in captivity, in a small flemish ship
June(?) 2(?), 1689 - Harqui, close to Saint-Malo - Jean Bart and Forbin reach Brittany
June(?) 4(?), 1689 - Saint-Malo - On his way to Paris
June(?) 8(?), 1689 - Rouen - On his way to Paris
June(?) 15(?), 1689 - Paris - Forbin arrives in Paris
June 17(?), 1689 - Versailles - Made Capitaine de Vaisseau by King Louis XIV. Forbin shares the story of his captivity
July(?) 15(?), 1689 - Brest - Newly-promoted Forbin arrives in Brest to serve with his brother
July(?) 20(?), 1689 - North of Brest - Forbin captures a small british merchant
July(?) 30(?), 1689 - Waterford, Ireland - After capturing another merchant, Forbin is forced to sail to Ireland in a storm
August(?) 12(?), 1689 - Brest - Forbin returns to Brest with his prize
January(?) 1(?), 1690 - Rochefort - Assigned to Rochefort to command the "Le Fidèle"
June(?) 21(?), 1690 - Brest - Forbin arrives in Brest to join Tourville's fleet
June 23, 1690 - Brest - Tourville departs to the English Channel with 75 ships
June 30, 1690 - Off the Lizard - The French Fleet reaches the Lizard
July 10, 1690 - off Beachy Head, English Channel - Battle of Beachy Head - French Victory
July 12(?), 1690 - Off Le Havre - The French Fleet anchors off Le Havre to refit and land their sick
July 26, 1690 - Teignmouth, Devon - The french fleet anchors off Torbay, land 1,000 men and burn Teignmouth
August(?) 10(?), 1690 - Dunkirk - The Fleet returns to Dunkirk and scatters
January(?) 1(?), 1691 - Dunkirk - Preparing the "la Perle", a 32-gun ship to run through the english blockade, for an expedition to the North Sea
February(?) 1(?), 1691 - Dunkirk - Forbin sails from Dunkirk during the night and immediatly takes a 44-gun english warship and the three merchants it was escorting
February(?) 3(?), 1691 - North Sea - Forbin takes a dutch warship and a fleet of harring fishing boats it was escorting
February(?) 15(?), 1691 - Coast of Scotland - Bart and Forbin burn a few scottish villages, including one with a castle
April(?) 1(?), 1691 - Dunkirk - Bart and Forbin return to Dunkirk
April(?) 10(?), 1691 - Paris - Forbin arrives in Paris to explain himself to the new Minister of the Navy, Pontchartrain
May 10, 1691 - Rochefort - Forbin is signatary of a document written in Rochefort on this day
March(?) 1(?), 1692 - Brest - Forbin is assigned to Brest, and to command the "La Perle" once again
March(?) 15(?), 1692 - St-Malo - Forbin and the Sieur d'Ivry, go to St-Malo to escort merchant ships destined to transport troops in La Hogue for the service of King James, who was going to cross to England
May(?) 1(?), 1692 - Off Le Havre - As he heads to Brest, escaping from an english fleet of 45 ships. Forbin is informed of the location of a big french fleet commanded by Tourville, and decides to join them
May 29, 1692 - near Cherbourg Peninsula, France - Battle of Barfleur - tactically indecisive - Anglo-Dutch strategic victory
June 5(?), 1692 - English Channel - Forbin takes two 52-gun dutch warships and 3 fluyts carrying salt from Portugal
June 12(?), 1692 - Brest - Forbin arrives in Brest with his captured dutch ships
October(?) 1(?), 1692 - Aix-en-Provence(?) - Forbin travels to Provence to see his family
May(?) 1(?), 1693 - Brest - Forbin returns from Provence to prepare the "La Perle" for the next season
June 20(?), 1693 - Brest - Tourville departs to Gibraltar with 75 ships
June 27, 1693 - near Lagos, Portugal - Battle of Lagos - French victory - 40 merchantmen captured
July(?) 2(?), 1693 - Strait of Gibraltar - Tourville and Forbin cross the Strait to the Mediterranean and meet D'Estrées
July(?) 12(?), 1693 - Toulon - Tourville and Forbin reach Toulon with a smaller fleet
March(?) 1(?), 1694 - Bayonne - Forbin is assigned to Bayonne
January(?) 1(?), 1695 - Toulon - Forbin returns to Toulon. His brother dies
February(?) 20(?), 1695 - Toulon - Forbin departs to Malta, taking twelve knights to the island
March(?) 1(?), 1695 - Malta - Forbin reaches Malta and the knights disembark
April(?) 1(?), 1695 - Island of Cephalonia, Greece - Forbin reaches the Island of Cephalonia, after a battle with dutch warships
May(?) 1(?), 1695 - Malta - Forbin escorts 20 merchant ships to Malta
July(?) 1(?), 1695 - Toulon - Returns to Toulon. Orders come to prepare to return to Cephalonia
January(?) 1(?), 1696 - Off Majorca - Forbin takes an english ship and sends it to Toulon
January(?) 20(?), 1696 - Off Algier - Forbin arrives off Algier and receives starving christian slaves aboard
February(?) 1(?), 1696 - Between Majorca and Sardinia - Forbin takes a barbary corsair
February(?) 15(?), 1696 - Malta - Short stay in Malta before sailing to Cephalonia
March(?) 1(?), 1696 - Island of Cephalonia, Greece - Forbin arrives in Cephalonia
March(?) 20(?), 1696 - Off Roccella, Naples - Forbin takes two moroccan corsairs
April(?) 1(?), 1696 - Malta - Back in Malta
May(?) 1(?), 1696 - Off Bizerte - Cruising off Bizerte
June(?) 1(?), 1696 - Marseille - Forbin arrives in Marseille bringing captured ships and goods for business
January(?) 1(?), 1697 - Marseille - Forbin receives the command of the "l'Heureux Retour"
January(?) 20(?), 1697 - Coast of Catalonia - Cruising off Catalonia
February(?) 1(?), 1697 - Toulon - Back to Toulon
February(?) 20(?), 1697 - Off Barcelona - Forbin delivers orders from the Court, in consequence of the General Peace
March(?) 1(?), 1697 - Cagliari, Sardinia - Forbin passes through Sardinia to deliver the King's Peace
June 15, 1697 - Off Barcelona - The siege of Barcelona begins
August 8, 1697 - Off Barcelona - The spanish capitulate at Barcelona and the siege is lifted
September(?) 1(?), 1697 - Toulon - Back in Toulon to rest
May(?) 25(?), 1698 - Toulon - Forbin departs to Algier
June(?) 1(?), 1698 - Algier - Forbin arrives in Algier as "Ambassador Extraordinaire"
June(?) 2(?), 1698 - Algier - Forbin departs to Toulon with Dussaut aboard
June(?) 8(?), 1698 - Toulon - Back in Toulon
January(?) 1(?), 1699 - Versailles - Chevalier de Forbin is promoted by King Louis XIV and invited to his Bedroom
January(?) 1(?), 1700 - Lyon - Transporting Clerics to Rome, after the death of the Pope
January(?) 10(?), 1700 - Avignon - Transporting Clerics to Rome, after the death of the Pope
January(?) 15(?), 1700 - Marseille - Transporting Clerics to Rome, after the death of the Pope. Takes Cardinals Janson and Coaslin aboard
January(?) 20(?), 1700 - Toulon - Forbin joins a fleet commanded by Marquis de Villars against the algerian corsairs
January(?) 30(?), 1700 - Off Malaga - Forbin finds 5 algerian corsair ships and commands their obediance
February(?) 12(?), 1700 - Cádiz, Spain - The fleet reaches Cádiz. Orders to cruise between Gibraltar and Málaga
September(?) 1(?), 1700 - Toulon - Back in Toulon. End of Season and period of inactivity
January(?) 1(?), 1701 - Toulon - Forbin departs to Brindisi, in the Kingdom of Naples
January(?) 23(?), 1701 - Cagliari, Sardinia - Forbin reaches Cagliari after 3 weeks sailing against contrary winds
January(?) 25(?), 1701 - Cape Passaro - Forbin finds contrary winds again
February(?) 1(?), 1701 - Brindisi - Forbin arrives at Brindisi and receives the Spanish Governor aboard. Two frigates join his command
March(?) 1(?), 1701 - Adriatic Sea - Venice? Ancona? Trieste?
April(?) 1(?), 1701 - Venice - Forbin blockades Venice
April(?) 15(?), 1701 - Fiume - Forbin ramsons Fiume for 100,000 "scudi"
May(?) 1(?), 1701 - Ancona - Business in Ancona
June(?) 1(?), 1701 - Brindisi - Back in Brindisi
August(?) 1(?), 1701 - Trieste - Forbin blockades and bombs Trieste
September(?) 1(?), 1701 - Toulon(?) - Returns to Toulon(?)
January(?) 1(?), 1703 - Versailles - He goes to Versailles where he hoped for a promotion for his services. Instead he clashes with the minister of the navy; he is accused of embezzlement and of having held back the money of the ransoms, especially the "100,000" of Fiume
April(?) 1(?), 1703 - Toulon - Cagliari - Malta - Toulon - Forbin successfully protects the french trade fleets in the Mediterranean, going to Malta several times and bringing several knights of the Gerosolomian order to France, until 1705
December(?) 1(?), 1705 - Dunkirk - Receives the command of a squadron of 8 ships from Dunkirk. organizes and starts hunting for opponents with about ten ships. At the height of Ostend intercepts an English convoy of 40 ships from the Dutch ports with the escort escort of a war vessel and 2 frigates. Attack and catch 10 ships; sends the prey to Dunkirk and continues in the running war. At the island of Texel he comes across a Dutch convoy protected by 4 ships; prepares for the assault when he sees a team of 15 Dutch warships on the horizon. It gives itself to escape and flows on the English coasts. It prevents the direct fleet in Russia to leave the ports; fires about fifty herring fishermen's boats and heads for a Norwegian port to stock up on supplies and ammunition. To escape the surveillance of an English team of 12 vessels returns to France following the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. It takes possession of a 56-gun Dutch vessel carrying 60000 silver shields and making more prey; near Brest captures 2 ships with their loads
June 1(?), 1706 - Off Ostende, Belgium - Forbin attacks an english convoy of 40 ships, capturing 10 of them and sending them to Dunkirk
July 12, 1706 - Norwegian coast(?) - Forbin seizes 2 dutch ships
July 28, 1706 - Norwegian coast(?) - Forbin engages a strong escorted dutch convoy, capturing 3 ships and sinking another
September(?) 1(?), 1706 - Brest - Returns to Brest
May 12, 1707 - Off Brighton - Forbin captures a British convoy of 18 ships en route for Portugal
July 16, 1707 - Kildin Island, White Sea - When the main body of the british trade was safe in the Dvina River discharging cargoes, Forbin takes a round dozen of the stragglers in or near the port of Kildin
August 1, 1707 - Vardø, Norway (close to the russian border) - Forbin catches 17 dutch ships in danish territory as the rest of the dutch fleet reached Arkhangelsk
August(?) 28(?), 1707 - Off Faroe Islands - Sailing back to France
September 10(?), 1707 - West of Ireland - Forbin avoids the enemy by sailing to Brest by the west of Ireland, instead of to Dunkirk through the North Sea
September 23, 1707 - Brest - Forbin returns to Brest with 34 captured ships
September 27, 1707 - Brest - Made Chef d'Escadre
October 19, 1707 - Brest - Forbin and Duguay-Trouin set sail from Brest
October 20, 1707 - (While in the West English Channel) - An english merchant fleet of 80 to 130 ships departs from Plymouth to Portugal, with supplies for the armies in Spain. Five ships-of-the-line commanded by commodore Edwards escort the fleet
October 21, 1707 - Lizard Point, Cornwall - Battle at the Lizard - 1 80g warship destroyed + 3 captured. At least 15 merchants captured (1000+ dead)
October 28, 1707 - Brest - Forbin and Duguay-Trouin return to Brest with their prizes
February 28, 1708 - Dunkirk - 6,000 troops, from the French regiments of Bernay, Auxerre, Agen, Luxembourg, Beauferme, and Boulogne plus elements of the Irish Brigade are ready to embark
March 9, 1708 - Dunkirk - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart arrives
March 17, 1708 - Dunkirk - Forbin's fleet of 30 privateers and 5 warships departs to Scotland with Prince James Francis Edward Stuart aboard
March 23, 1708 - near Fife Ness, Scotland - The french anchor near Fife Ness. Spends the next day searching for a landing place, allowing Byng to catch up with them
March 27(?), 1708 - Off Moray Firth - Forbin's light privateers head north and spend two days attempting to enter the Moray Firth before giving up
April 7, 1708 - Dunkirk - After a stormy passage, Forbin and James return to Dunkirk with only 9 ships
January 1(?), 1709 - Dunkirk - Forbin is sent to Dunkirk to defend the port against an expected british attack (that never came). He starts suffering from his old wounds. He writes to the Minister for permission to go to Toulon to recover from his wounds and infirmities in his "native air"
March(?) 1(?), 1709 - Provence - Forbin is denied leave to Toulon but gets a 3-months leave in Provence
June(?) 1(?), 1709 - Versailles(?) - Forbin goes to the french Court where he stays for some time
January(?) 1(?), 1710 - Dunkirk - The year after I had to go back to Dunkirk again to fulfill the functions of commander in the port
March(?) 1(?), 1710 - Provence - The decline of age increase his infirmities enormously and many of his wounds reopen. He looks for the surgeons in Provence and writes to the Minister again
May(?) 1(?), 1710 - Toulon - Forbin writes to Cardinal Janson and receives orders to live in Toulon to recover from his wounds. He get a pension of 4,000 "livres" and begins planning to retire
January 1(?), 1712 - Chateau Forbin, Saint-Marcel "Neighborhood of Marseille" - After two years, enjoying an extra 3,000 "livres", Forbin retires from the Navy and withraws to a country house in the neighborhood of Marseille
January(?) 1(?), 1722 - Chateau Forbin - Draws his sword for the last time for a fight with neighbors
January(?) 1(?), 1730 - Chateau Forbin - Publishes his memoirs (written by his secretary)
March 2, 1733 - Chateau Forbin, Saint-Marcel "Neighborhood of Marseille" - Claude de Forbin dies, aged 76 =(END)
Bibliography
FORBIN, Claude de - Memoirs of the Count de Forbin, commodore in the navy of France
May 22, 1680 - Lisbon, Portugal - At Saint-Catherine, Lisbon, as d'Estrées writes a letter to the Marquis of Seignelay
May 25, 1680 - Off Cascais, Portugal - Unable to continue voyage due to contrary winds
June 24, 1680 - Martinique - D'Estrées arrives at Martinique
July 12, 1680 - Saint-Domingue, Haiti - D'Estrées arrives at Saint-Domingue
July 20, 1680 - Cartagena, Colombia - D'Estrées arrives at Cartagena
July 22, 1680 - Cartagena - D'Estrées sends 2 ships (La Tempête, Le Marin) to reconnoitre the anchorages along the coast of Porto Belo
August 8, 1680 - Santa Marta, Colombia - D'Estrées arrives at Santa Marta
August 11, 1680 - Santa Marta - D'Estrées sets sail from Santa Marta
August 24, 1680 - Petit-Goâve, Haiti - D'Estrées arrives at Petit-Goâve
September 1, 1680 - Tortuga - D'Estrées sails to Tortuga to join 2 ships he sent back to France, but one of them is unseaworthy
September 7, 1680 - Off Caicos - D'Estrées writes a letter to the Marquis of Seignelay
September 10, 1680 - Petit-Goâve, Haiti - Return to Petit-Goâve due to bad weather
October 12, 1680 - Martinique - Return to Martinique
December 26, 1680 - Martinique - D'Estrées departs to France
March 2, 1681 - Chef-du-Bois (Penhoat), Brittany - The fleet of D'Estrées returns to France
March 9, 1681 - Rochefort - Return to Rochefort
January(?) 1(?), 1682 - Toulon - Forbin is assigned to Toulon
February(?) 1(?), 1682 - Toulon - Forbin embarks with Marquis de La Porte on a fleet to bombard Algiers. Command of Duquesne
March(?) 1(?), 1682 - Off Algiers - French bombardment of the city
April(?) 1(?), 1682 - Toulon - Back in Toulon
December(?) 1(?), 1682 - Toulon - Forbin receives instructions personally from Marquis de Seignelay, minister of the Navy
January(?) 1(?), 1683 - Off Algiers - French bombardment of the city
February(?) 1(?), 1683 - Toulon - Back in Toulon
March(?) 1(?), 1683 - Toulon - Forbin receives orders to go to Rochefort and prepare a ship to take Marquis de Torcy to Portugal
April(?) 1(?), 1683 - Rochefort - Forbin arrives in Rochefort, via Blois, Poitiers
June(?) 1(?), 1683 - Lisbon, Portugal - Forbin accompanies the Marquis de Torcy sent to congratulate King Pedro II of Portugal on his accession
June(?) 2(?), 1683 - Belém, Lisbon - Torcy and Forbin visit the Monastery of Belém, the tombs of the Kings, and its gardens
June(?) 5(?), 1683 - Lisbon - Forbin starts selling Saffron in Lisbon at twice the price and using the profit to buy tobacco from Brazil
August(?) 1(?), 1683 - Rochefort - Forbin returns to France
December(?) 1(?), 1683 - Aix-en-Provence - Forbin is involved in an amorous adventure with a chambermaid he disguised as a cadet and established at Aix-en-Provence
January(?) 1(?), 1684 - Rochefort - Forbin departs to Provence
January(?) 12(?), 1684 - Limoges - On his way to Provence
January(?) 20(?), 1684 - Clermont-Ferrand - On his way to Provence
February 1(?) 1684 - Saint-Étienne - On his way to Provence
February(?) 10(?), 1684 - Lyon - Forbin stops in Lyon, to talk with a man that owed money to his uncle
February(?) 20(?), 1684 - Orange - On his way to Provence
February(?) 25(?), 1684 - Aix-en-Provence - Arrives in Aix-en-Provence. With nothing more to do in Provence, he heads to Paris
July(?) 1(?), 1684 - Paris - Forbin arrives in Paris
August(?) 1(?), 1684 - Paris - Forbin is asked by Chevalier de Chaumont to join his embassy to Siam
January(?) 1(?), 1685 - Paris - Forbin is asked to depart to Brest to prepare two ships for the Embassy to Siam
January(?) 15(?), 1685 - Brest - Arrival in Brest
February 27(?), 1685 - Brest - Chaumont e l'abbé de Choisy arrive in Brest
March 3, 1685 - Brest - Forbin departs to Siam with a french Embassy (Chaumont-Choisy), aboard the "Oiseau"
June 3(?), 1685 - Cape of Good Hope - After 3 months sailing, the Oiseau and the Maligne frigate reach the Cape of Good Hope
June 5(?), 1685 - Cape Town, South Africa(?) - The french priests go ashore to pay respects to the Dutch Governor, in the new-built Dutch Fort. Forbin is delighted by the dutch hability in gardening and describes a small french colony inside the Dutch colonial enterprise where they had vineyards
June 13(?), 1685 - Cape Town, South Africa(?) - Eight days upon arrival, Forbin departs to the Straight of Sunda
August 15, 1685 - Bantam, Java - Forbin arrives at Bantam. First night spent at anchor
August 18, 1685 - Bantam - Forbin departs to Batavia
August 20, 1685 - Batavia - Forbin arrives in Batavia
August 28, 1685 - Batavia - After 8 days being very well treated by the dutch officers, Forbin departs to Siam
September 23, 1685 - Bangkok, Siam - Forbin and the french Embassy arrive in Siam
October 18, 1685 - Ayutthaya - Solemn Audience of the First French Embassy
December 12, 1685 - Lopburi - Farewell Audience of the First French Embassy
December 22, 1685 - Lopburi - The French Embassy departs for France, leaving Forbin and the engineer de La Mare to serve King Narai.
July 2, 1686 - Bangkok, Siam - Fathers de Fontaney, Bouvet, Gerbillon and Visdelou leave Ayutthaya for Macao and meet de Forbin at Bangkok
July 15, 1686 - Bangkok - Plot of the Makassars in Ayutthaya discovered. Phaulcon orders Forbin to stop a Makassarese ship at Bangkok, resulting in a slaughter of the Siamese troops.
August 1(?), 1686 - Bangkok(?) - Forbin ordered by Phaulkon to arrest Captain Lake on his ship the "Prudent Mary"
September 12, 1686 - Bangkok - Fathers de Fontaney, Bouvet, Gerbillon and Visdelou meet Forbin after being shipwrecked off Cambodia.
September 14, 1686 - Ayutthaya - Second attack on the Macassar camp in Ayutthaya
December 15(?), 1686 - Bangkok - Forbin departs to Pondichéry aboard the French East Indian Company ship "Saint-Louis"
January 1(?), 1687 - Malacca Strait - On his way to Pondichéry
January 10(?), 1687 - Nicobar Islands, India - On his way to Pondichéry
January 30(?), 1687 - Pondichéry, India - Forbin arrives at Pondichéry, via Malacca Strait
May(?) 1(?), 1687 - Pondichéry - Forbin departs for the Bay of Bengal
December 30, 1687 - Mergui - After wandering around the Bay of Bengal his ship put into Mergui, in time to meet, a little upstream of Tenasserim, the co-ambassador Ceberet returning overland from his mission
February 2, 1688 - Pondichéry, India - Forbin and Céberet depart to France aboard the "Oiseau"
March(?) 1(?), 1688 - Cape of Good Hope - On his way back to France
April(?) 1(?), 1688 - St.Helena island - On his way back to France
May(?) 1(?), 1688 - Ascencion Island - Forbin and crew bring many turtles aboard
July 18, 1688 - Brest - Forbin returns to France with the French India Company
August(?) 5(?), 1688 - Paris - Forbin meets the Minister of the Navy, Seignelay, who presents him to King Louis XIV
April(?) 1(?), 1689 - Dunkirk - Seigneley assigns Forbin to Dunkirk, commanding a 16-gun frigate with orders to cruise in the English Channel
April(?) 15(?), 1689 - Off Calais(?) - Forbin is informed by the Governor of Calais that the Spanish declared war to France
April(?) 20(?), 1689 - Dunkirk - Forbin returns to Dunkirk with 4 small merchant prizes
May(?) 1(?), 1689 - Dunkirk - Jean Bart and Forbin depart to Brest, transporting soldiers
May(?) 10(?), 1689 - Dunkirk - After combat with a dutch privateer, Jean Bart and Forbin learn that they are at war with England
May(?) 15(?), 1689 - S. Isle of Man - Jean Bart and Forbin abandon the escort mission and battle with two 50-gun english warships. Arrested
May(?) 20(?), 1689 - Plymouth - Jean Bart and Forbin arrive to Plymouth in chains
May(?) 31(?), 1689 - Plymouth - Jean Bart and Forbin escape after 11 days in captivity, in a small flemish ship
June(?) 2(?), 1689 - Harqui, close to Saint-Malo - Jean Bart and Forbin reach Brittany
June(?) 4(?), 1689 - Saint-Malo - On his way to Paris
June(?) 8(?), 1689 - Rouen - On his way to Paris
June(?) 15(?), 1689 - Paris - Forbin arrives in Paris
June 17(?), 1689 - Versailles - Made Capitaine de Vaisseau by King Louis XIV. Forbin shares the story of his captivity
July(?) 15(?), 1689 - Brest - Newly-promoted Forbin arrives in Brest to serve with his brother
July(?) 20(?), 1689 - North of Brest - Forbin captures a small british merchant
July(?) 30(?), 1689 - Waterford, Ireland - After capturing another merchant, Forbin is forced to sail to Ireland in a storm
August(?) 12(?), 1689 - Brest - Forbin returns to Brest with his prize
January(?) 1(?), 1690 - Rochefort - Assigned to Rochefort to command the "Le Fidèle"
June(?) 21(?), 1690 - Brest - Forbin arrives in Brest to join Tourville's fleet
June 23, 1690 - Brest - Tourville departs to the English Channel with 75 ships
June 30, 1690 - Off the Lizard - The French Fleet reaches the Lizard
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| Battle of Beachy Head/Bevéziers, 1690 |
July 12(?), 1690 - Off Le Havre - The French Fleet anchors off Le Havre to refit and land their sick
July 26, 1690 - Teignmouth, Devon - The french fleet anchors off Torbay, land 1,000 men and burn Teignmouth
August(?) 10(?), 1690 - Dunkirk - The Fleet returns to Dunkirk and scatters
January(?) 1(?), 1691 - Dunkirk - Preparing the "la Perle", a 32-gun ship to run through the english blockade, for an expedition to the North Sea
February(?) 1(?), 1691 - Dunkirk - Forbin sails from Dunkirk during the night and immediatly takes a 44-gun english warship and the three merchants it was escorting
February(?) 3(?), 1691 - North Sea - Forbin takes a dutch warship and a fleet of harring fishing boats it was escorting
February(?) 15(?), 1691 - Coast of Scotland - Bart and Forbin burn a few scottish villages, including one with a castle
April(?) 1(?), 1691 - Dunkirk - Bart and Forbin return to Dunkirk
April(?) 10(?), 1691 - Paris - Forbin arrives in Paris to explain himself to the new Minister of the Navy, Pontchartrain
May 10, 1691 - Rochefort - Forbin is signatary of a document written in Rochefort on this day
March(?) 1(?), 1692 - Brest - Forbin is assigned to Brest, and to command the "La Perle" once again
March(?) 15(?), 1692 - St-Malo - Forbin and the Sieur d'Ivry, go to St-Malo to escort merchant ships destined to transport troops in La Hogue for the service of King James, who was going to cross to England
May(?) 1(?), 1692 - Off Le Havre - As he heads to Brest, escaping from an english fleet of 45 ships. Forbin is informed of the location of a big french fleet commanded by Tourville, and decides to join them
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| Battle of Barfleur, 1692 |
June 5(?), 1692 - English Channel - Forbin takes two 52-gun dutch warships and 3 fluyts carrying salt from Portugal
June 12(?), 1692 - Brest - Forbin arrives in Brest with his captured dutch ships
October(?) 1(?), 1692 - Aix-en-Provence(?) - Forbin travels to Provence to see his family
May(?) 1(?), 1693 - Brest - Forbin returns from Provence to prepare the "La Perle" for the next season
June 20(?), 1693 - Brest - Tourville departs to Gibraltar with 75 ships
June 27, 1693 - near Lagos, Portugal - Battle of Lagos - French victory - 40 merchantmen captured
July(?) 2(?), 1693 - Strait of Gibraltar - Tourville and Forbin cross the Strait to the Mediterranean and meet D'Estrées
July(?) 12(?), 1693 - Toulon - Tourville and Forbin reach Toulon with a smaller fleet
March(?) 1(?), 1694 - Bayonne - Forbin is assigned to Bayonne
January(?) 1(?), 1695 - Toulon - Forbin returns to Toulon. His brother dies
February(?) 20(?), 1695 - Toulon - Forbin departs to Malta, taking twelve knights to the island
March(?) 1(?), 1695 - Malta - Forbin reaches Malta and the knights disembark
April(?) 1(?), 1695 - Island of Cephalonia, Greece - Forbin reaches the Island of Cephalonia, after a battle with dutch warships
May(?) 1(?), 1695 - Malta - Forbin escorts 20 merchant ships to Malta
July(?) 1(?), 1695 - Toulon - Returns to Toulon. Orders come to prepare to return to Cephalonia
January(?) 1(?), 1696 - Off Majorca - Forbin takes an english ship and sends it to Toulon
January(?) 20(?), 1696 - Off Algier - Forbin arrives off Algier and receives starving christian slaves aboard
February(?) 1(?), 1696 - Between Majorca and Sardinia - Forbin takes a barbary corsair
February(?) 15(?), 1696 - Malta - Short stay in Malta before sailing to Cephalonia
March(?) 1(?), 1696 - Island of Cephalonia, Greece - Forbin arrives in Cephalonia
March(?) 20(?), 1696 - Off Roccella, Naples - Forbin takes two moroccan corsairs
April(?) 1(?), 1696 - Malta - Back in Malta
May(?) 1(?), 1696 - Off Bizerte - Cruising off Bizerte
June(?) 1(?), 1696 - Marseille - Forbin arrives in Marseille bringing captured ships and goods for business
January(?) 1(?), 1697 - Marseille - Forbin receives the command of the "l'Heureux Retour"
January(?) 20(?), 1697 - Coast of Catalonia - Cruising off Catalonia
February(?) 1(?), 1697 - Toulon - Back to Toulon
February(?) 20(?), 1697 - Off Barcelona - Forbin delivers orders from the Court, in consequence of the General Peace
March(?) 1(?), 1697 - Cagliari, Sardinia - Forbin passes through Sardinia to deliver the King's Peace
June 15, 1697 - Off Barcelona - The siege of Barcelona begins
August 8, 1697 - Off Barcelona - The spanish capitulate at Barcelona and the siege is lifted
September(?) 1(?), 1697 - Toulon - Back in Toulon to rest
May(?) 25(?), 1698 - Toulon - Forbin departs to Algier
June(?) 1(?), 1698 - Algier - Forbin arrives in Algier as "Ambassador Extraordinaire"
June(?) 2(?), 1698 - Algier - Forbin departs to Toulon with Dussaut aboard
June(?) 8(?), 1698 - Toulon - Back in Toulon
January(?) 1(?), 1699 - Versailles - Chevalier de Forbin is promoted by King Louis XIV and invited to his Bedroom
January(?) 1(?), 1700 - Lyon - Transporting Clerics to Rome, after the death of the Pope
January(?) 10(?), 1700 - Avignon - Transporting Clerics to Rome, after the death of the Pope
January(?) 15(?), 1700 - Marseille - Transporting Clerics to Rome, after the death of the Pope. Takes Cardinals Janson and Coaslin aboard
January(?) 20(?), 1700 - Toulon - Forbin joins a fleet commanded by Marquis de Villars against the algerian corsairs
January(?) 30(?), 1700 - Off Malaga - Forbin finds 5 algerian corsair ships and commands their obediance
February(?) 12(?), 1700 - Cádiz, Spain - The fleet reaches Cádiz. Orders to cruise between Gibraltar and Málaga
September(?) 1(?), 1700 - Toulon - Back in Toulon. End of Season and period of inactivity
January(?) 1(?), 1701 - Toulon - Forbin departs to Brindisi, in the Kingdom of Naples
January(?) 23(?), 1701 - Cagliari, Sardinia - Forbin reaches Cagliari after 3 weeks sailing against contrary winds
January(?) 25(?), 1701 - Cape Passaro - Forbin finds contrary winds again
February(?) 1(?), 1701 - Brindisi - Forbin arrives at Brindisi and receives the Spanish Governor aboard. Two frigates join his command
March(?) 1(?), 1701 - Adriatic Sea - Venice? Ancona? Trieste?
April(?) 1(?), 1701 - Venice - Forbin blockades Venice
April(?) 15(?), 1701 - Fiume - Forbin ramsons Fiume for 100,000 "scudi"
May(?) 1(?), 1701 - Ancona - Business in Ancona
June(?) 1(?), 1701 - Brindisi - Back in Brindisi
August(?) 1(?), 1701 - Trieste - Forbin blockades and bombs Trieste
September(?) 1(?), 1701 - Toulon(?) - Returns to Toulon(?)
January(?) 1(?), 1703 - Versailles - He goes to Versailles where he hoped for a promotion for his services. Instead he clashes with the minister of the navy; he is accused of embezzlement and of having held back the money of the ransoms, especially the "100,000" of Fiume
April(?) 1(?), 1703 - Toulon - Cagliari - Malta - Toulon - Forbin successfully protects the french trade fleets in the Mediterranean, going to Malta several times and bringing several knights of the Gerosolomian order to France, until 1705
December(?) 1(?), 1705 - Dunkirk - Receives the command of a squadron of 8 ships from Dunkirk. organizes and starts hunting for opponents with about ten ships. At the height of Ostend intercepts an English convoy of 40 ships from the Dutch ports with the escort escort of a war vessel and 2 frigates. Attack and catch 10 ships; sends the prey to Dunkirk and continues in the running war. At the island of Texel he comes across a Dutch convoy protected by 4 ships; prepares for the assault when he sees a team of 15 Dutch warships on the horizon. It gives itself to escape and flows on the English coasts. It prevents the direct fleet in Russia to leave the ports; fires about fifty herring fishermen's boats and heads for a Norwegian port to stock up on supplies and ammunition. To escape the surveillance of an English team of 12 vessels returns to France following the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. It takes possession of a 56-gun Dutch vessel carrying 60000 silver shields and making more prey; near Brest captures 2 ships with their loads
June 1(?), 1706 - Off Ostende, Belgium - Forbin attacks an english convoy of 40 ships, capturing 10 of them and sending them to Dunkirk
July 12, 1706 - Norwegian coast(?) - Forbin seizes 2 dutch ships
July 28, 1706 - Norwegian coast(?) - Forbin engages a strong escorted dutch convoy, capturing 3 ships and sinking another
September(?) 1(?), 1706 - Brest - Returns to Brest
May 12, 1707 - Off Brighton - Forbin captures a British convoy of 18 ships en route for Portugal
July 16, 1707 - Kildin Island, White Sea - When the main body of the british trade was safe in the Dvina River discharging cargoes, Forbin takes a round dozen of the stragglers in or near the port of Kildin
August 1, 1707 - Vardø, Norway (close to the russian border) - Forbin catches 17 dutch ships in danish territory as the rest of the dutch fleet reached Arkhangelsk
August(?) 28(?), 1707 - Off Faroe Islands - Sailing back to France
September 10(?), 1707 - West of Ireland - Forbin avoids the enemy by sailing to Brest by the west of Ireland, instead of to Dunkirk through the North Sea
September 23, 1707 - Brest - Forbin returns to Brest with 34 captured ships
September 27, 1707 - Brest - Made Chef d'Escadre
October 19, 1707 - Brest - Forbin and Duguay-Trouin set sail from Brest
October 20, 1707 - (While in the West English Channel) - An english merchant fleet of 80 to 130 ships departs from Plymouth to Portugal, with supplies for the armies in Spain. Five ships-of-the-line commanded by commodore Edwards escort the fleet
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| Battle of the Lizard, 1707 |
October 28, 1707 - Brest - Forbin and Duguay-Trouin return to Brest with their prizes
February 28, 1708 - Dunkirk - 6,000 troops, from the French regiments of Bernay, Auxerre, Agen, Luxembourg, Beauferme, and Boulogne plus elements of the Irish Brigade are ready to embark
March 9, 1708 - Dunkirk - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart arrives
March 17, 1708 - Dunkirk - Forbin's fleet of 30 privateers and 5 warships departs to Scotland with Prince James Francis Edward Stuart aboard
March 23, 1708 - near Fife Ness, Scotland - The french anchor near Fife Ness. Spends the next day searching for a landing place, allowing Byng to catch up with them
March 27(?), 1708 - Off Moray Firth - Forbin's light privateers head north and spend two days attempting to enter the Moray Firth before giving up
April 7, 1708 - Dunkirk - After a stormy passage, Forbin and James return to Dunkirk with only 9 ships
January 1(?), 1709 - Dunkirk - Forbin is sent to Dunkirk to defend the port against an expected british attack (that never came). He starts suffering from his old wounds. He writes to the Minister for permission to go to Toulon to recover from his wounds and infirmities in his "native air"
March(?) 1(?), 1709 - Provence - Forbin is denied leave to Toulon but gets a 3-months leave in Provence
June(?) 1(?), 1709 - Versailles(?) - Forbin goes to the french Court where he stays for some time
January(?) 1(?), 1710 - Dunkirk - The year after I had to go back to Dunkirk again to fulfill the functions of commander in the port
March(?) 1(?), 1710 - Provence - The decline of age increase his infirmities enormously and many of his wounds reopen. He looks for the surgeons in Provence and writes to the Minister again
May(?) 1(?), 1710 - Toulon - Forbin writes to Cardinal Janson and receives orders to live in Toulon to recover from his wounds. He get a pension of 4,000 "livres" and begins planning to retire
January 1(?), 1712 - Chateau Forbin, Saint-Marcel "Neighborhood of Marseille" - After two years, enjoying an extra 3,000 "livres", Forbin retires from the Navy and withraws to a country house in the neighborhood of Marseille
January(?) 1(?), 1722 - Chateau Forbin - Draws his sword for the last time for a fight with neighbors
January(?) 1(?), 1730 - Chateau Forbin - Publishes his memoirs (written by his secretary)
March 2, 1733 - Chateau Forbin, Saint-Marcel "Neighborhood of Marseille" - Claude de Forbin dies, aged 76 =(END)
Bibliography
FORBIN, Claude de - Memoirs of the Count de Forbin, commodore in the navy of France
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