Claude de Forbin | Timeline

Forbin, painted after his death

Claude, chevalier, then count de Forbin-Gardanne (6 August 1656 – 4 March 1733) was a French naval commander. He participated of the Franco-Dutch War and of Vice-Admiral d'Estrée's expedition to the Antilles. In 1685–1688 he was on diplomatic missions to Siam and Portugal. Later, during the Nine Years' War and The War of Spanish Succession, he saw naval successes in the Mediterranean Sea, the English Channel and a spectacular campaing in White Sea.

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

Battle of Beachy Head/Bevéziers, 1690

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

Battle of Barfleur, 1692

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

Battle of the Lizard, 1707

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

Turgut Reis | Timeline

Dragut (Turkish: Turgut Reis) (1485 – 23 June 1565), known as "The Drawn Sword of Islam", was a famed, respected, and feared Muslim Ottoman Naval Commander of Greek descent. Recognized for his military genius, he was once described by a French admiral as "A living chart of the Mediterranean, skillful enough on land to be compared to the finest generals of the time. No one was more worthy than he to bear the name of king".

October 24, 1485 - Bodrum - Turgut Reis is born

January(?) 1(?), 1497 - Bodrum - Turgut is recruited by an ottoman commander for his extraordinary talent in using spears and arrows

January 22, 1517 - El Mahalla el Kubra, Egypt - Battle of Ridanieh - Ottoman victory over the Mamluk Sultanate

January 24, 1517 - Cairo - Present at the sack of Cairo

February(?) 1(?), 1517 - Alexandria - Turgut Reis returns to Alexandria after the conquest of Egypt (speculative date)

January(?) 1(?), 1520 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Barbaros Hayreddin is joined by Salih Reis and Turgut Reis at Djerba Island

June(?) 1(?), 1520 - Annaba, E of Algeria - Barbaros, Salih Reis and Turgut Reis assault spanish-controlled Annaba

January(?) 1(?), 1521 - Balearic Islands - Barbaros raids the Balearic Islands

March(?) 1(?), 1521 - Off Cadiz - Barbaros captures several spanish ships returning from the New World

June 1(?), 1522 - Off Island of Rhodes - Barbaros joins Kurtoğlu putting Rhodes under siege

June 26, 1522 - Island of Rhodes - Kurtoğlu lands his troops at the island

December 30(?), 1522 - Island of Rhodes - Barbaros participates in the ottoman conquest of Rhodes

January 1, 1523 - Island of Rhodes - The surviving Knights of St.John depart from the island

June 1(?), 1525 - Coast of Sardinia - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sardinia

January(?) 1(?), 1526 - Capo Passero, SE tip of Sicily - Turgut Reis captures the fortress of Capo Passero

May 1(?), 1533 - near the Island of Aegina, Greece - Turgut Reis captures two venetian ships near the Island of Aegina, Saronic Islands

June 1(?), 1538 - Adriatic Sea - Turgut Reis joins Barbarossa in his pursuit of Andrea Doria

August 1(?), 1538 - Heraklion (Candia), Crete - Turgut Reis captures Heraklion (Candia)

September 28, 1538 - Preveze, Ionian Sea - Battle of Preveze - Great ottoman victory

June 12, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros lands at Castelnuovo and put siege to the city

July 23, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Ottoman assault to the city - Turgut Reis captures five ships

August 5, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros and Turgut Reis capture Castelnuovo

December 1, 1539 - Corfu - Landing at Corfu - Turgut Reis encounters 12 Venetian galleys under the command of Francesco Pasqualigo and captures the galley of Antonio da Canal

January 1, 1540 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Turgut Reis is appointed Governor of Djerba

April 1(?), 1540 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Turgut Reis lands at Gozo and sacks the Island

June 15, 1540 - Girolata, NW Corsica - Turgut Reis is captured while a maintenance was being done to the ships - apparently Salih Reis escapes - speculative date

July(?) 1(?), 1540 - Genoa - Turgut Reis is taken in irons to Genoa - speculative date

May(?) 29(?), 1544 - Genoa - With his 210 ships, Barbaros threatens to attack the city unless it frees Turgut Reis

June 5(?), 1544 - Elba Island - Barbaros appears before Elba, threatening to bombard Piombino unless the city's Lord releases the son of Sinan Reis who had been captured and baptized 10 years earlier by the Spaniards in Tunis, he obtained his release. He then captures Castiglione della Pescaia, Talamone and Orbetello in the province of Grosseto in Tuscany. There, he destroys the tomb and burns the remains of Bartolomeo Peretti, who had burned his father's house in Mytilene the previous year, in 1543. He then captures Montiano and occupies Porto Ercole and the Isle of Giglio. He later assaults Civitavecchia, but Leone Strozzi, the French envoy, convinces Barbarossa to lift the siege

July 1(?), 1544 - Ischia - After assaulting the coasts of Sardinia, Barbaros lands at Ischia, capturing the city as well as Forio and the Isle of Procida, before threatening Pozzuoli

July(?) 15(?), 1544 - Lipari - Barbaros lands for the last time on the Italian Peninsula. There, he bombards the citadel for 15 days before they surrender

June 1(?), 1545 - North Coast of Sicily - Turgut Reis bombards the north coast of Sicily

July 1(?), 1545 - Island of Capraia, NW Elba Island - Turgut Reis ravages the Island of Capraia

April 1(?), 1546 - Laigueglia, Liguria - Turgut Reis captures Laiguelia with a force of 1,000 men

August 1(?), 1546 - Toulon - Turgut Reis reaches to the security of Toulon, staying there for several months while Andrea Doria was trying to force him out of the Malta area

July 1, 1547 - Malta - Turgut Reis assaults Malta once again with a force of 23 galleys and galiots

July 29, 1547 - Salve, Apulia - Turgut Reis assaults the city of Salve

January(?) 1(?), 1548 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Turgut Reis is appointed "Beylerbeyi" of Algeria. Makes base at Djerba, where he orders the construction of a quadrireme galley at the naval arsenal of the Island

August 1(?), 1548 - Castellamare di Stabia, Bay of Naples - Turgut Reis lands at Castellamare di Stabia and captures it along with the nearby town of Pozzuoli

May 1(?), 1549 - ? - Sails toward Liguria with 21 galleys, including his new quadrireme galley

July 1(?), 1549 - Rapallo, SE Genoa - Turgut Reis assaults Rapallo

February 1(?), 1550 - Mahdia, Tunisia - Turgut Reis recaptures Mahdia, along with Al Munastir, Sousse and most of Tunisia, with a force of 36 galleys

May 1(?), 1550 - Sardinia - Turgut Reis assaults the ports of Sardinia

May 20(?), 1550 - Bonifacio, Sardinia - Turgut Reis tries the capture of Bonifacio, but is unsuccessful

May 25(?), 1550 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Stops at the Island of Gozo to replenish his ships with water and to gather information on the activities of the Maltese Knights. Sails to Liguria

June 1(?), 1550 - Off Genoa - Turgut Reis attacks Rapallo for the third time. Then sails toward Spain

July 1(?), 1550 - W Sardinia - Lands at the western shores of Sardinia

September 1(?), 1550 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Turgut Reis repairs his ships at the beach of Djerba while Mahdia surrenders to the joint spanish-sicilian-maltese force

October 1(?), 1550 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Turgut Reis is blocked by Andrea Doria's fleet inside the island's lagoon

December(?) 1(?), 1550 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis returns to Istanbul

March(?) 1(?), 1551 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis departs from Istanbul with Sinan Pasha and a fleet of 112 galleys, 2 galleasses and 12,000 janissaries

May 1(?), 1551 - Augusta, E of Sicily - Sinan Pasha and Turgut Reis bombard the city of Augusta, as revenge for the Viceroy of Sicily's role in the invasion and destruction of Mahdia, where most inhabitants had been massacred by the joint Spanish-Sicilian-Maltese force

July 1(?), 1551 - Malta - Turgut Reis and Sinan Pasha land 10,000 men at Marsa Muscietto and put siege to Birgu and Senglea. Later they assault Mdina, but lift the siege after realizing that it was impossible to capture the island with the number of troops in hand

July 18, 1551 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Bombardment of Gozo

July 30, 1551 - Tripoli, Libya - Arrival at Tripoli

August 15, 1551 - Tripoli, Libya - Turgut Reis attacks and captures Tripoli

September 1(?), 1551 - Taggia, Liguria - Turgut Reis sails to Liguria and captures Taggia

May(?) 1(?), 1552 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis departs from Istanbul with a fleet to Italy (in alliance with Henry II of France)

July 1, 1552 - Taormina, E Sicily - Turgut Reis lands at Taomina and later bombards the ports on the Gulf of Policastro

August 5, 1552 - Off Ponza, S Anzio, Italy - Battle of Ponza - Franco-Ottoman victory

May 1(?), 1553 - Chios Island, Greece - Turgut Reis sets sail from the Aegean Sea with 60 galleys

May 15(?), 1553 - Crotone - Turgut Reis captures Crotone and Castello in Calabria

August 24, 1553 - Bastia, Corsica - The city is taken by the franco-ottoman forces.

September(?) 1(?), 1553 - Bonifacio, Corsica - The city is taken by the franco-ottoman forces. Turgut Reis sets sail to Istanbul

October(?) 1(?), 1553 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis returns to Istanbul

December(?) 15(?), 1553 - Istanbul - Sails from the Bosphorus with 60 galleys towards Chios Island

January(?) 1(?), 1554 - Chios Island, Greece - Winter in Chios

June(?) 1(?), 1554 - Vieste, near Foggia - Turgut Reis sails into the Adriatic Sea and lands at Vieste, capturing and sacking the city

July(?) 1(?), 1554 - Ragusa (Dubrovnik) - Sails towards Dalmatia and bombards the port of Ragusa
August(?) 1(?), 1554 - Orbetello, SE Grossetto - Turgut Reis lands at Orbetello and raids the coasts of Tuscany
July 1(?), 1555 - Capo Vaticano, Calabria - Turgut Reis lands at Capo Vaticano
March 1(?), 1556 - Tripoli, Libya - Turgut Reis is appointed Pasha of Tripoli. There, he strenghtens the walls of the citadel surrounding the city and builds a gunpowder bastion
July 1(?), 1556 - Lampedusa Island - Turgut Reis lands at Cape Santa Maria at the island of Lampedusa, where he captures a Venetian ship which transported ammunition and weapons for the defense of Malta
December 1(?), 1556 - Gafsa, Tunisia - Turgut Reis expands his territory in Tunisia, capturing Gafsa
January(?) 1(?), 1557 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis returns to Istanbul
July(?) 1(?), 1557 - Istanbul - Turgut Reis leaves the Bosphorus with a fleet of 60 galleys in the "summer"
August(?) 1(?), 1557 - Gulf of Taranto | Cariati - Turgut Reis arrives at the Gulf of Taranto. Lands in Calabria and assaults Cariati, capturing the city
January(?) 1(?), 1558 - Gharyan, S Tripoli - Turgut Reis expands his territory in Libya
April(?) 1(?), 1558 - Istanbul - The ottoman fleet sets sail to the Western Mediterranean
June 1(?), 1558 - Strait of Messina - Joins the fleet of Piyale Pasha and together they capture and sack Reggio Calabria
June 13, 1558 - Sorrento (Napoli / Salerno) - Turgut Reis and Piyale Pasha capture Sorrento
August 1(?), 1558 - Off Malta - Several ships captured off Malta
September 1(?), 1558 - Ciutadella, Minorca Island - Turgut Reis rejoins Piyale Pasha and the two admirals assault the coasts of Spain before capturing Ciutadella
January(?) 1(?), 1559 - Off Algiers - Turgut Reis repells a spanish attack on Algiers
May 9, 1560 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Battle of Djerba - Great ottoman victory
March 1(?), 1561 - Marettimo Island, W of Sicily - Turgut Reis and Uluç Ali Reis capture the island of Marettimo
June 1(?), 1561 - Stromboli Island - Turgut Reis lands on the Island of Stromboli
July 1(?), 1561 - ? - Captures seven Maltese galleys under the command of knight Guimarens, whom he later freed for a ransom of 3,000 gold ducats
July 8(?), 1561 - Island of Gozo, Malta - Stop at Gozo to replenish the galleys with water
July 15(?), 1561 - Tripoli, Libya - Turgut Reis arrives at Tripoli
August 1(?), 1561 - Naples - Turgut Reis lays siege to the city of Naples and blocks the port with 35 galleys
April 1(?), 1562 - Off Malta - Turgut Reis sends scout ships to explore all corners of the island of Malta
September(?) 1(?), 1562 - Off Oran, Morocco - Lays siege to Oran, which was under spanish control (speculative date)
January(?) 1(?), 1563 - La Herradura Bay, Almuñécar - Turgut Reis lands at the shores of the province of Granada and captures Almuñécar, along with 4,000 prisoners
April 3, 1563 - Oran and Mers-el-Kebir, Morocco - Turgut Reis, with 20 ships and 20 pieces of siege artillery, joins the 10,000 men of Salih Reis and lays siege to Oran and Mers-el-Kébir
September 1(?), 1563 - Off Capri Island - Captures six ships off the Island of Capri
October 1(?), 1563 - Capo Passero, Sicily - Turgut Reis passes by Capo Passero
May 31, 1565 - Dragut Point, Malta - Turgut Reis joins Piyale Pasha with 1,600 men and 15 ships and lands in Marsa Muscietto (Dragut Point)
June 17, 1565 - Malta - Siege of Malta - Turgut Reis is gravely wounded by splinters from a cannonball
June 23, 1565 - Malta - Turgut Reis succumbs to his wounds and dies, aged 80 =(END)

Barbarossa | Timeline

Hayreddin Barbarossa or Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha also Hızır Reis (before being promoted to the rank of Pasha), born Hizir (c. 1478 – 4 July 1546), was an Ottoman admiral of the fleet who was born in the island of Lesbos and died in Constantinople, the Ottoman capital. Barbarossa's naval victories secured Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean during the mid 16th century, from the Battle of Preveza in 1538 until the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
"Hayreddin" (which literally means "goodness" or "best of the religion" of Islam) was an honorary name given to him by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. He became known as "Barbarossa" ("Redbeard" in Italian) in Europe, a name he inherited from his elder brother Oruç Reis after Oruç was killed in a battle with the Spanish in Algeria. Oruç was also known as "Baba Oruç", which sounded like "Barbarossa" (Italian for "Redbeard") to the Europeans, and since Oruç did have a red beard, the nickname stuck. In a process of linguistic reborrowing, the nickname then stuck back to Hayreddin's native Turkish name, in the form Barbaros.

January(?) 1(?), 1478 - Palaiokipos, Island of Lesbos, Greece - Hizir Hayreddin is born

January(?) 1(?), 1503 - Djerba island, Tunisia - Oruç Reis and Barbaros make Djerba their new base =(START)

January(?) 1(?), 1504 - La Goletta, Tunis - Oruç and younger brother Barbaros ask Abu Abdullah Mohammed Hamis, sultan of Tunisia, for permission to use the strategically located port of La Goletta for their operations. They are granted this right, with the condition of leaving one third of their booty to the sultan

July 1(?), 1504 - near Elba Island - Oruç Reis captures two papal galleys

January(?) 1(?), 1505 - Coast of Calabria - The two brothers raid the Coast of Calabria

January(?) 1(?), 1508 - Diano Marina, Coast of Liguria - Oruç and Barbaros raid the Coast of Liguria, particularly, Diano Marina

January(?) 1(?), 1509 - La Goletta, Tunis - A third brother, Ishak, joins Oruç and Barbaros at La Goletta

January(?) 1(?), 1510 - Cape Passero, Italy - The three brothers raid Cape Passero and repulse a spanish attack on Bougie, Oran and Algiers

August 1(?), 1511 - Reggio Calabria - Oruç, Barbaros and Ishak raid the areas around Reggio Calabria
August 1(?), 1512 - Bougie (Béjaia, Algeria) - The brothers are invited by the exiled ruler of Bougie to drive out the spanish - Oruç looses an arm
October(?) 1(?), 1512 - Coast of Andalucia - The brothers raid the Coast of Andalucia
October(?) 20(?), 1512 - Minorca Island - The three brothers land in Minorca Island and take the coastal castle
November(?) 10(?), 1512 - Near Genoa - The brothers capture 4 genoese galleys. The Genoese send a fleet to liberate their ships, but the brothers capture their flagship as well. After capturing a total of 23 ships in less than a month, the brothers sail back to La Goletta
December(?) 1(?), 1512 - La Goletta, Tunis - Return to La Goletta
March(?) 1(?), 1513 - Valencia - The brothers raid Valencia and capture four more ships
April(?) 1(?), 1513 - Near Málaga - On their way to Alicante, the brothers take a spanish galley near Málaga
June(?) 1(?), 1513 - Cherchell, W Algiers - The three brothers make Cherchell their new base
April(?) 1(?), 1514 - Bougie (Béjaia, Algeria) - With 12 galliots and 1,000 Turks, the brothers destroy two Spanish fortresses at Bougie
June(?) 1(?), 1514 - Ceuta - When a Spanish fleet under the command of Miguel de Gurrea, viceroy of Majorca, arrives for assistance, they head towards Ceuta and raid that city
August(?) 1(?), 1514  - Jijel, Algeria - Jijel is captured from the genoese
October(?) 1(?), 1514 - Mahdia, Tunisia - The City of Mahdia is captured
January(?) 1(?), 1515 - Off Majorca - Operations off Majorca. Several galleons, a galley and three barques are captured
January(?) 1(?), 1516 - Elba Island - The brothers are joined by Kurtoğlu and put siege to Elba Castle
April(?) 1(?), 1516 - Off Liguria - Operations off Liguria. Twelve ships are captured and 28 others damaged
August(?) 1(?), 1516 - Algiers | Jijel - The brothers capture Algiers and Jijel from the spanish and assume control of the region
February(?) 1(?), 1517 - Capo Limiti - The brothers raid Capo Limiti
March(?) 1(?), 1517 - Island of Capo Rizzuto, Crotone - Incursion to the island
April(?) 1(?), 1517 - Algiers - Oruç offers Alger to the Ottoman Empire, for protection against the spanish
May(?) 1(?), 1517 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Battle of Tlemcen - The city is captured and Abu Zayan executed
January 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - The Spanish put siege to Tlemcen
May(?) 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Oruç Reis, aged 56, and Ishak are killed in battle. Hizir Reis (Barbaros) inherits his brother's name of Barbarossa, his house and his mission
December(?) 1(?), 1518 - Tlemcen, W Algeria - Barbaros recaptures Tlemcen
January(?) 1(?), 1519 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros captures Annaba
March(?) 1(?), 1519 - Algiers - Barbaros defeats a Spanish-Italian army that tried to recapture Algiers
May(?) 1(?), 1519 - Toulon - Barbaros raids Toulon, Provence and Îles d'Hyères
January(?) 1(?), 1520 - Djerba Island, Tunisia - Barbaros is joined by Salih Reis and Turgut Reis at Djerba Island
June(?) 1(?) 1520 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros, Salih Reis and Turgut Reis assault spanish-controlled Annaba
January(?) 1(?), 1521 - Balearic Islands - Barbaros raids the Balearic Islands
March(?) 1(?), 1521 - Off Cadiz - Barbaros captures several spanish ships returning from the New World

Barbaros Hayreddin's flag

June 1(?), 1522 - Off Island of Rhodes - Barbaros joins Kurtoğlu putting Rhodes under siege
June 26, 1522 - Island of Rhodes - Kurtoğlu lands his troops at the island
December 30(?), 1522 - Island of Rhodes - Barbaros participates in the ottoman conquest of Rhodes
January 1, 1523 - Island of Rhodes - The surviving Knights of St.John depart from the island
June 1(?), 1525 - Coast of Sardinia - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sardinia
May 1(?), 1526 - Crotone - Barbaros lands at Crotone and sacks the city, sinking a spanish galley and a spanish fusta in the harbor
May 18(?), 1526 - Castignano, SE Ancona - Barbaros enters the Adriatic Sea and assaults Castignano. Later lands at Cape Spartivento
June 1(?), 1526 - Reggio Calabria - Barbaros lands at Reggio Calabria
June(?) 8(?), 1526 - Messina - Barbaros destroys the fort at the Port of Messina
June(?) 20(?), 1526 - Off Piombino, SE Livorno - As he appears on the coast of Tuscany, Barbaros retreats after seeing the fleet of Andrea Doria and the Knights of St.John off the Coast of Piombino
July 1(?), 1526 - Messina - Barbaros reappears in Messina
January(?) 1(?), 1527 - Coasts of Spain and Italy - Barbaros raids many ports and castles on the coasts of Italy and Spain
May 1(?), 1529 - Island of Peñón de Veléz de la Gomera, SE Ceuta - Barbaros captures the Spanish fort on the island of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera that controlled the north Algerian coast
August 1(?), 1529 - Coast of Andalucia - Barbaros attacks the spanish coast and later helps 70,000 Moriscos to escape from Andalusia in seven consecutive journeys
January 1(?), 1530 - Coast of Sicily - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sicily
March 1(?), 1530 - Balearic Islands - Barbaros raids the Balearic Islands
June 1(?), 1530 - Marseille, France - Barbaros raids the city of Marseille
July 1(?), 1530 - Coasts of Provence and Liguria - Barbaros appears again along the coasts of Provence and Liguria, capturing two genoese ships
August(?) 1(?), 1530 - Coast of Sardinia - Barbaros raids the coasts of Sardinia
October 1(?), 1530 - Piombino - Barbaros appears at Piombino and captures a barque from Viareggio and three french galleons before capturing two more ships off Calabria
December 1(?), 1530 - Castle of Cabrera, Balearic Islands - Barbaros captures the Castle of Cabrera, in the Balearic Islands, and starts to use the island as a logistic base for his operations in the area
January(?) 1(?), 1531 - Off Jijel and Peñón de Veléz de la Gomera - Repulses a spanish-geonese fleet of 40 galleys under Andrea Doria that wanted to recapture the islands
April(?) 1(?), 1531 - Island of Favignana, W Sicily - Barbaros raids the Island of Favignana, where the flagship of the knights of Malta unsucessfully attacks his fleet.
June(?) 1(?), 1531 - Off Messina - On the way back to Algiers, Barbaros sinks a ship of the Maltese Knights
August(?) 1(?), 1531 - Tripoli, Libya - Assault on Tripoli
October 1(?), 1531 - Coast of Spain - Barbaros raids the coasts of Spain again
August 1(?), 1532 - Istanbul - After being summoned by Suleiman I, Barbaros departs from Istanbul after Andrea Doria
June(?) 25(?), 1533 - Algiers(?) - Barbaros sends an embassy to France
December 27, 1533 - Topkapi Palace, Istanbul - Barbaros is called to Istanbul to rebuild the rundown Ottoman fleet
March(?) 1(?), 1534 - Istanbul - Barbaros departs from Istanbul with 80 galleys
April 1(?), 1534 - Coron, Patras and Lepanto - Barbaros recaptures Coron, Patras and Lepanto from the Spaniards
July 1(?), 1534 - Strait of Messina - Barbaros crosses the Strait of Messina and raids the calabrian coasts, capturing a substancial number of ships around Reggio Calabria as well as the Castle of San Lucido. Later he destroys the port of Cetraro and the ships harbored there
July 20(?), 1534 - Island of Capri, Gulf of Naples - Barbaros appears in Campania and sacks the islands of Capri and Procida before bombarding the ports in the Gulf of Naples. He then appears in Lazio, and shells Gaeta
August 1(?), 1534 - Ostia and River Tiber - Barbaros lands at Villa Santa Lucia, Sant'Isidoro, Sperlonga, Fondi, Terracina and Ostia on the River Tiber, causing the church bells in Rome to ring the alarm

Giulia Gonzaga, 1535

August 8, 1534 - Fondi (between Rome and Naples) - During the night of 8th to 9th, Barbaros attempts to kidnap Giulia Gonzaga, thought to be the World's most beautiful woman, to take her to Suleiman. Giulia manages to escape with the help of a servant
August 9(?), 1534 - Island of Ponza, W Naples - On his way to Tunis, Barbaros appears at the Island of Ponza, then at Sicily and Sardinia
August 16, 1534 - Tunis - Barbaros captures the strategic port of La Goletta, in Tunis
June 18, 1535 - La Goletta, Tunis - The spanish land near Tunis
July 14, 1535 - La Goletta, Tunis - The Fortress falls to the Spanish
July 21, 1535 - Tunis - Tunis is occupied by the spanish and subjected to a merciless sack. Barbaros flees to the mountains and thence to Annoba, where he had stationed nine galleys, in which he and his suite escape
August 1(?), 1535 - Annaba, E Algeria - Barbaros gets away safely and heads to Mahón
September 7(?), 1535 - Mahón, Balearic Islands - Barbaros sacks Mahón and takes as many as 6,000 slaves
September 18(?), 1535 - Algiers - Barbaros arrives at Algiers with the 6,000 slaves
January(?) 1(?), 1536 - Istanbul - Barbaros is called back to Istanbul to take command of 200 ships for a Naval Attack against Naples
January 12, 1537 - Istanbul - Barbaros spends the Winter at Istanbul
July 1, 1537 - Otranto - Barbaros lands at Otranto and captures the city, aswell as Ugento
July 10(?), 1537 - (While in Otranto) - At Vlorë, Albania, the Ottoman fleet awaits the shipment of 300,000 soldiers to Italy
July 28(?), 1537 - Castro, S Otranto - The ottomans land in Italy and depart two weeks later with slaves
August 19, 1537 - Vlorë, Albania - Suleiman and Barbarossa depart to put siege to Corfu
August 26, 1537 - Corfu - Suleiman and Barbarossa begin the bombardment of Corfu, after taking several islands
September 15, 1537 - Istanbul - Worried by a plague among their troops, Suleiman and Barbarossa return to Istanbul
June 1(?), 1538 - Adriatic Sea - Barbaros chases Andrea Doria
September 28, 1538 - Preveze, Ionian Sea - Battle of Preveze - Great ottoman victory
June 12, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros lands at Castelnuovo and put siege to the city
July 23, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Ottoman assault to the city
August 5, 1539 - Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi), Montenegro - Barbaros and Turgut Reis capture Castelnuovo
September 1(?), 1540 - Algiers(?) - Emperor Charles V contacts Barbaros and offers him to become his Admiral-in-Chief as well as the ruler of Spain's territories in North Africa, but he refuses
November 23, 1541 - Algiers - A violent storm disrupts Charles's landing operations. Andrea Doria takes his fleet away into open waters to avoid being wrecked on the shore, but much of the Spanish fleet goes aground. After some indecisive fighting on land, Charles V abandons the effort and withdraw his severely battered force
May 15, 1543 - Sea of Marmara - Barbaros departs from Istanbul with 210 ships and 30,000 men
June(?) 1(?), 1543 - Sicily | South coast of Italy - Passing through the Strait of Messina, Barbaros asks Diego Gaetani, the governor of Reggio Calabria, to surrender his city. Gaetani responds with cannon fire, which kill three Turkish sailors. Barbaros, angered by the response, besiege and capture the city. Then lands on the coasts of Campania and Lazio
June 29, 1543 - In front of Rome - Barbaros anchors in front of Rome
July 5, 1543 - Île-Saint-Honorat, Cannes - Barbaros arrives in France

Ottoman fleet wintering at Toulon, 1543

July 10, 1543 - Toulon - Barbaros arrives at Toulon
July 23, 1543 - Marseille - Barbaros is received with honors at Marseille harbour
August 5, 1543 - Marseille - The franco-ottoman forces depart from Marseille
August 6, 1543 - Nice - Nice is attacked while Villefranche is destroyed by the ottomans
August 22, 1543 - Nice - Nice surrenders to Barbaros
May 23, 1544 - Toulon - The Ottomans finally depart from their Toulon base after a stay of 8 months, after Francis I had paid 800,000 ecus to Barbaros
May(?) 26(?), 1544 - San Remo, Borghetto Santo Spirito, Ceriale - Barbaros assaults San Remo, landing at Borghetto Santo Spirito and Ceriale
May(?) 29(?), 1544 - Genoa - With his 210 ships, Barbaros threatens to attack the city unless it frees Turgut Reis.

Old Barbarossa

June 5(?), 1544 - Elba Island - Barbaros appears before Elba, threatening to bombard Piombino unless the city's Lord releases the son of Sinan Reis who had been captured and baptized 10 years earlier by the Spaniards in Tunis, he obtained his release. He then captures Castiglione della Pescaia, Talamone and Orbetello in the province of Grosseto in Tuscany. There, he destroys the tomb and burns the remains of Bartolomeo Peretti, who had burned his father's house in Mytilene the previous year, in 1543. He then captures Montiano and occupies Porto Ercole and the Isle of Giglio. He later assaults Civitavecchia, but Leone Strozzi, the French envoy, convinces Barbarossa to lift the siege
July 1(?), 1544 - Ischia - After assaulting the coasts of Sardinia, Barbaros lands at Ischia, capturing the city as well as Forio and the Isle of Procida, before threatening Pozzuoli
July(?) 15(?), 1544 - Lipari - Barbaros lands for the last time on the Italian Peninsula. There, he bombards the citadel for 15 days before they surrender
August 10, 1544 - Istanbul - Barbaros returns to Istanbul
January(?) 1(?), 1545 - Istanbul - Barbaros settles in a palace in Istanbul
July 4, 1546 - Istanbul - Barbaros Hayreddin dies, aged 68 =(END)