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Siege of Port Louis

United States of America · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1820Date range
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Chronological records

1820

David Jewett1820

Port Louis · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Colonel David Jewett, an American sailor at the service of Buenos Aires and captain of the frigate Heroina, raises the flag of the United Provinces of the River Plate (which later became Argentina) at Port Louis

Names involved

David Jewett

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