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The French expedition to Ireland, known in French as the Expédition d'Irlande ("Expedition to Ireland"), was an unsuccessful attempt by the French Republic to assist the outlawed Society of United Irishmen, a popular rebel Irish republican group, in their planned rebellion against British rule during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French ...
The Expédition d'Irlande was a French attempt to invade Ireland in December 1796 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Encouraged by representatives of the Society of United Irishmen , an Irish republican organisation, the French Directory decided that the best strategy for eliminating Britain from the war was to invade Ireland , then under ...
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April – Abraham Brewster, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1874). 20 July – Maziere Brady, judge and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1871). 16 August – Francis Crozier, British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer (lost after 1848). 4 October – Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston, soldier and politician (died 1867). 27 November
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General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert (22 August 1767 – 3 January 1823) was a French military officer who participated in several notable military conflicts of the late 18th and early 19th century. Born in the townland of La Coâre Saint-Nabord , outside Remiremont Vosges , he was a sergeant in the National Guard of Lyon .
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April 12, 1796 Battle of Castiglione: French and Austrian armies: August 5, 1796 Battle of Bassano: French and Austrian armies: September 8, 1796 Battle of Arcola: French and Austrian armies: November 15–17, 1796 French expedition to Ireland (1796) French fleet: December 1796 Battle of Rivoli: French and Austrian armies: January 14–15, 1797