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The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, [1] was an English royal residence that was initially built by prince Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Over the centuries it took several different forms, until turned into a hospital in the 1690s.
In the fall of 1692, in the Battle of Placentia (1692), under the command of Commodore Thomas Gillam (Williams), five English ships armed with 62 cannon and 800 men. The English damaged several houses with cannon fire, and on 23 September the fleet withdrew. [3] The French made attacks on St. John's in 1692 and 1694. Fort Royal was built in 1693.
Three royal ships accompanied by merchant vessels took the French residents of Placentia to the future site of Louisbourg. [10] The group consisted of 116 men, 10 women and 23 children. [ 10 ] The Miꞌkmaq who had resided there also abandoned Placentia following the Treaty of Utrecht. [ 12 ]
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Fort Royal is a French fort built in 1687 on the island of Newfoundland during the time of New France. [ 1 ] In 1662, the French established a commercial counter on a well protected hill overlooking Placentia Bay which separates the Avalon Peninsula form the rest of Newfoundland island and situated near Grand Banks where fish are abundant.
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