May 1(?), 1765 - Nantes, France - Keel laid down at the Indret Shipyard - Nantes
March 25, 1766 - Nantes - Acquired by the Marine Nationale
October 1(?), 1766 - Nantes - Commissioned =(START)
November 5, 1766 - Saint-Brevin-les-Pins - "Boudeuse" is moved from Paimbœuf to Saint-Brevin-les-Pins to finish arming it
November 15, 1766 - Nantes, France - Bougainville sails from Nantes two ships: The 1,030-ton frigate "Boudeuse" (captain : Nicolas Pierre Duclos-Guyot) and the 480-ton fluyt "Étoile" (commanded by François Chenard de la Giraudais), with a crew of 214 aboard Boudeuse and 116 aboard Étoile
November 21, 1766 - Brest - Decides to stop in Brest after the mainmast is broken in a strong gale
December 4, 1766 - Brest - Departs from Brest after repairing the mast
December 17, 1766 - Savage Islands (between Madeira and Canary Islands) - Sailing past Savage Islands
December 18, 1766 - La Palma, Canary Islands - Sailing past La Palma island, Canary Islands
December 19, 1766 - El Hierro, Canary Islands - Sailing past El Hierro island, Canary Islands
January 8, 1767 - Line of the Equator - Bougainville crosses the line of the Equator
January 29, 1767 - Between Lobos Island and Playa de los Ingleses, Punta del Este, Uruguay - Bougainville sees land while sailing between Lobos Island and Playa de los Ingleses, Punta del Este
January 31, 1767 - Montevideo, Uruguay - Bougainville anchors in Montevideo Bay. He meets Don Felipe Ruiz Puente, captain of the "La Esmeralda" and "La Liebre" (the Hare) and future governor of Islas Malvinas, to transfer possession and evacuate the French population
February 1, 1767 - While in Buenos Aires, Argentina - Bougainville and Puente go together to Buenos Aires in order to consult there with the Governor General, Don Francisco Bucarely, the necessary measures for the cession of the establishment he was to hand over to the spaniards. Meanwhile, a second ship, the "Étoile" sets sail from Rochefort to join Bougainville
February 16, 1767 - Montevideo, Uruguay - Bougainville returns from Buenos Aires
February 28, 1767 - Montevideo - Bougainville sets sail to the Malvinas in company of the two spanish frigates
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March 21, 1767 - Falkland/Malvinas Islands - Bougainville reaches the northeastern coast of the Falkland Islands
March 25, 1767 - Port Louis, NE Falkland/Malvinas Islands - "Boudeuse" and the two spanish frigates enter the harbor of Port Louis
April 1, 1767 - Port Louis, NE Falkland/Malvinas Islands - Bougainville hands over the french establishment to the spanish. He reads a letter from the King to the french inhabitants, in which he allowed them to remain there under the domination of the Catholic King
April 27, 1767 - Port Louis, NE Falkland/Malvinas Islands - The families that didn't want to stay, sail with the spanish frigates back to Montevideo. Bougainville waits for the "Étoile"
June 2, 1767 - Port Louis, NE Falkland/Malvinas Islands - With enough food for only 2 months, Bougainville decides to sail for Rio de Janeiro
June 21, 1767 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Bougainville anchors in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro
June 22, 1767 - Rio de Janeiro - Visit to the portuguese Viceroy
June 25, 1767 - Rio de Janeiro - The portuguese Viceroy visits Bougainville and offers help. Bougainville is invited to attend opera
July 14, 1767 - Rio de Janeiro - Bougainville sets sail for the Strait of Magellan
July 29, 1767 - River Plate - Bougainville reaches River Plate
July 31, 1767 - Montevideo, Uruguay - Bougainville anchors in Montevideo Bay
August 11, 1767 - While in Montevideo - Bougainville goes to Buenos Aires to accelerate the provision of food necessary for the voyage
August 25, 1767 - Montevideo, Uruguay - The french celebrate the feast of Saint-Louis, with Bougainville back in Montevideo
September 8, 1767 - While in Montevideo - Bougainville boards the "Étoile" with carpenters from the "Boudeuse" and sails up river to Encenada de Baragan. Days before, the ship was hit at anchor by a spanish ship during a storm and damaged
October 8, 1767 - While in Montevideo - The "Étoile" enters the port of Punta Lara (Lara Point), Argentina
October 21, 1767 - While in Montevideo - The "Étoile" begins being loaded with wood, flour, biscuit and other provisions
November 3, 1767 - Montevideo, Uruguay - Bougainville and the "Étoile" return to Montevideo
November 10, 1767 - Montevideo - Back aboard the "Boudeuse", the ships' masts are rigged and they are floated to anchor at the head of the harbor
November 14, 1767 - Montevideo - Bougainville sails from Montevideo
November 22, 1767 - off the Coast of Patagonia - The "Étoile" suffers serious damage during a stormy night and looses all but two oxen
November 27, 1767 - Cape Virgines, Argentina - Bougainville reaches Cape Virgines
December 6, 1767 - Cape Possession, Chile - After days of bad weather and contrary winds, Bougainville reaches Cape Possession, in the mouth of the Strait of Magellan
December 8, 1767 - Strait of Magellan - In difficult weather, Bougainville passes the first bottleneck inside the Strait of Magellan
December 11, 1767 - Isabel Island, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan - Bougainville anchors at Isabel Island, as temperature falls to 7ºC
December 16, 1767 - Cape Froward, Strait of Magellan - Bougainville reaches Cape Froward, The southernmost point of America and where the Strait of Magellan turns to northeast
December 18, 1767 - W. of Cape Froward, Strait of Magellan - The "Étoile" is repaired
January 2, 1768 - Isla Rupert, Strait of Magellan - Bougainville anchors at Rupert Island (near Carlos III Island)
January 26, 1768 - South Pacific Ocean - Bougainville exits the Strait of Magellan and enters into the Pacific Ocean
March 22, 1768 - Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia - Reaches the islands of the Tuamotu group. Discovers the atolls of Vahitahi and Akiaki
April 2, 1768 - Mehetia, French Polynesia - Sees the peak of Mehetia
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| Arrival in Tahiti, 1768 |
April 4, 1768 - East Tahiti - Bougainville reaches Tahiti. The natives receive the french expedition in their canoes and some trading happens
April 6, 1768 - North Tahiti - Bougainville reconnoitres the north coast of Tahiti but decides to turn around to find an anchorage
April 7, 1768 - Tahiti - Bougainville anchors at Tahiti. The chief of the island comes aboard with gifts, but later he is displeased when the french go ashore and establish a camp
April 15, 1768 - Tahiti - Bougainville sets sail from Tahiti
May 3, 1768 - Samoa - Bougainville reaches Samoa. The natives receive the french expedition in their canoes and some trading happens
May 22, 1768 - Pentecost Island, Vanuatu - Bougainville reaches the islands of Vanuatu
June 4, 1768 - near the Great Barrier Reef, off the NE coast of Australia - Bougainville almost runs into heavy breakers and has to change course to the north and east. He had almost found the Great Barrier Reef
June 17, 1768 - Ouessant Island, off the SE tip of Papua New Guinea - Sailing to the NE, Bougainville finds a tiny island in a line of breakers. As the crew begins feeling hunger, the last goat from the Malvinas is sacrificed, aswell as an old dog from the Strait of Magellan
June 28, 1768 - Off Bougainville Island - Bougainville sights the island to which later would have his name
June 30, 1768 - Bougainville Island - A group is sent ashore to look for a good anchorage. The small boat is followed by unfriendly natives in canoes and Bougainville decides to leave that spot
July 1, 1768 - Choiseul Island, Salomon Islands - After finding a good anchorage, the french are attacked by 150 indians in canoes but they repel the attackers
July 4, 1768 - Bouka Island (N. Bougainville) - Bougainville finds another settlement of unfriendly natives and decides to move on
July 10, 1768 - Port Praslin, west side of the Southern tip of New Ireland - A perfect anchorage is found: a bay in the west of the southern tip of New Ireland, to which Bougaiville names Port Praslin. The ships begin being repaired. For the first time in a while, provisions are transfered from the "Étoile" to the "Boudeuse"
July 13, 1768 - Port Praslin - The french observe a solar eclipse for the delight of the scientists aboard
July 29, 1768 - Eastern Coast of New Ireland - After sailing for days by the coast of New Britain, the french are visited again by canoes with unfriendly indians
July 31, 1768 - Eastern Coast of New Ireland - "Étoile" is attacked by natives in canoes at night but repels the attackers with musket shots
August 4, 1768 - Mussau Island, NW of New Ireland - Bougainville reaches "Matthias Island" and "Stormy Island"
August 11, 1768 - Off the North coast of New Guinea - Bougainville sights the coast of New Guinea while sailing west
August 20, 1768 - Line of the Equator - The Line of the Equator is crossed
August 31, 1768 - Seram Island, Maluku Islands - Bougainville reaches the Maluku Islands
September 1, 1768 - Kayeli, Buru Island, Maluku Island - After passing Boano, Kelang and Manipa Islands, Bougainville anchors at Buru Island, where the dutch garrison offers a supper to him and his starving officers, against the policy of the Dutch Governor of Ambon. Enough food is taken to the ship to feed the rest of the crews
September 7, 1768 - Kayeli - After spending a week at Buru, resting, hunting and taking care of the sick, the ships are loaded with provisions and the french set sail for Batavia
September 12, 1768 - Buton Strait (between Buton Island and Wowoni Island), Celebes - Bougainville correctly calculates a route to Buton Strait and crosses it carefully
September 18, 1768 - Selayar Island, SE of Makassar - Selayar Island is sighted
September 20, 1768 - Tanakeke Island, off Makassar - Bougainville reaches Tanakeke Island
September 23, 1768 - Madura Island, NE Java - Bougainville reaches Madura Island
September 28, 1768 - Batavia, Dutch East Indies - Bougainville anchors at Batavia
September 29, 1768 - Batavia - Visit to the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Petrus Albertus van der Parra. The sick crewmen are accepted in the Dutch East India Company hospital in Batavia
October 16, 1768 - Batavia - Bougainville sets sail for France
October 19, 1768 - Sunda Strait - Bougainville crosses Sunda Strait
November 5, 1768 - NE of Mauritius - Mauritius is sighted
November 8, 1768 - Port Louis, Mauritius - "Boudeuse" enters port in Mauritius. "Étoile" arrives on the same day
December 12, 1768 - Port Louis - Bougainville sets sail to France while the "Étoile" is careened at Port Louis
January 8, 1769 - False Bay, South Africa - Bougaiville reaches False Bay
January 9, 1769 - Cape Town, South Africa - Bougainville doubles the Cape of Good Hope following a dutch ship and later anchors at Cape Town, where 14 other ships many nations were anchored
January 17, 1769 - Cape Town - Departs from Cape Town, hoping to catch Carteret
January 29, 1769 - Off St.Helena Island - Surveys St.Helena Island
February 4, 1769 - Ascension Island, South Atlantic - Bougainville anchors at Ascension Island
February 6, 1769 - Ascension Island - Sets sail to France
February 11, 1769 - Line of the Equator - Crosses the Line of the Equator for the sixth time!
February 25, 1769 - North Atlantic Ocean - Bougainville catches the slower Carteret. The british captain delivers Bougainville letters from Cape Town to France. Carteret offers him an arrow from a tribe of the Pacific. Bougainville is surprised with how Carteret sailed around the world with such a small and apparently unseaworthy ship.
March 4, 1769 - Off Terceira Island, Azores - Bougainville reaches the Azores
March 14, 1769 - Ouessant Island, NW France - Bougainville reaches Ouessant Island
March 16, 1769 - St.Malo, France - Bougainville reaches St.Malo, having lost only 7 men in 28 months of circumnavigation
April 14, 1769 - While in St.Malo(?) - "Étoile" returns to St.Malo
January(?) 1(?), 1775 - Brest - Refit (until 1776)
April(?) 5(?), 1778 - Brest - Jacques de Grenier is given command of the "Boudeuse" in Estaing's Brest squadron
April 13, 1778 - Toulon - Comte D'Estaing departs to America with 12 ships-of-the-line and 4 frigates
May 17, 1778 - Strait of Gibraltar - After encountering difficult conditions in the Mediterranean, the french squadron crosses the Strait of Gibraltar
June 18, 1778 - North Atlantic Ocean - British forces in Philadelphia evacuate the city after being informed that the French fleet led by d'Estaing was on its way to America and might blockade the Delaware River, cutting the main British supply line
July 6, 1778 - Delaware Bay - Comte D'Estaing arrives at Delaware Bay
July 11, 1778 - Sandy Hook, off New York - Comte D'Estaing arrives off New York and finds the city defended by a strong garrison
July 29, 1778 - Off Newport, Rhode Island - Comte D'Estaing reaches Newport
August 8, 1778 - Newport, Rhode Island - The french squadron enters Newport Bay
August 28, 1778 - Boston, Massachussets - The squadron arrives at Boston Bay
November 4, 1778 - Boston - Comte D'Estaing sails for the West Indies
December 9, 1778 - Fort-de-France, Martinique - Comte D'Estaing arrives in the West Indies with his fleet
December 14, 1778 - St.Lucia, Caribbean Sea - The french fleet arrives at St.Lucia
December 15, 1778 - St.Lucia - Battle of St.Lucia - British victory
December 16, 1778 - St.Lucia - Comte D'Estaing lands 7,000 troops for an assault on the british lines at La Vigie
December 29, 1778 - St.Lucia - Comte D'Estaing reembarks his troops and sails from St.Lucia. The island surrenders to the British
January 13, 1779 - Off St.Eustatius - Captures the 16-gun sloop HMS Weazel off St.Eustatius
February 28, 1779 - Saint Martin, Caribbean Sea - Takes Saint Martin Island
June 16, 1779 - Saint Vincent, Caribbean Sea - Comte d'Estaing captures Saint-Vincent
July 5, 1779 - Grenada - Comte d'Estaing captures Grenada
July 6, 1779 - Off Grenada, Caribbean Sea - Battle of Grenada - French victory
August 16, 1779 - Cap Français, Saint-Domingue (Cap Haitien, N. of Haiti) - D'Estaing's fleet of 30 ships and 3,000 soldiers sails from Cap-Français
September 12, 1779 - near Savannah, United States - Comte d'Estaing begins landing troops near Savannah
September 16, 1779 - Off Savannah - Comte d'Estaing lays siege to Savannah
October 17, 1779 - Off Savannah - Comte d'Estaing abandons the siege after being wounded twice
April 12, 1780 - Fort-de-France, Martinique - Comte de Guichen sails from Fort-de-France with his 22 ships, escorted by "Le Fier" and the "Boudeuse" (just arrived on that day to Martinique)
November 1(?), 1780 - Brest - Returns to Brest under command of Étienne Bruix
August 1(?), 1793 - Toulon - Captured by the British at Toulon
December 1(?), 1793 - Toulon(?) - Retaken by the French and returned to service
June 4, 1794 - Toulon - Rear-Admiral Pierre Martin leaves Toulon with 7 ships-of-the-line and 5 frigates, taking the opportunity to break out from Hotham's blockade to Toulon during heavy gales that drive the british admiral to the east
June 8, 1794 - Off Fréjus, SE France - Captures the former french 36-gun frigate "Alceste" from the Sardinian Navy
June 9, 1794 - Off Nice - The french capture the British 14-gun brig "Speedy"
June 13, 1794 - Golfe-Juan (Between Cannes and Cap d'Antibes) - Pierre Martin anchors in the shoals of Golfe Juan, under protection of the batteries on the islands of St.Margaretta, St.Honora and Cap d'Antibes
July 5, 1795 - Golfe-Juan(?) - Sets sail to Algiers to buy corn for the blockaded french forces
July 10, 1794 - Algiers - Arrives in Algiers
July 12, 1794 - Algiers - Sails back to the blockaded french fleet
October 12, 1794 - Golfe-Juan (Between Cannes and Cap d'Antibes) - Lord Hood sails for England, leaving Hotham in the temporary command of the Mediterranean Fleet
November 1(?), 1794 - Toulon - Pierre Martin is able to make his escape in a storm and returns with his blockaded fleet to Toulon
January 28, 1799 - Toulon - Sets sail to Malta under the command of Lieutenant Calaman
February 4, 1799 - Grand Harbour, La Valetta, Malta - "Boudeuse" runs the british/portuguese blockade and enters the french-controlled Grand Harbour
July 1(?), 1800 - Grand Harbour, La Valetta, Malta - "Boudeuse" is broken up by the besieged french forces for firewood =(END)
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