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* 1810 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers and are sunk southwest of the island.
Historically, this proceeded from the labours of Jean de Launoy ( 1603 – 1678 ), " le dénicheur des saints ", and Louis Sébastien le Nain de Tillemont, who had shown the falsity of numerous lives of the saints ; while theologically it was produced by the Port Royal school, which led men to dwell more on communion with God as contrasted with the invocation of the saints.
During the Anglo-French War ( 1627 – 1629 ), under Charles I, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton Island at Baleine, Nova Scotia and Alexander ’ s son, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling established the first incarnation of “ New Scotland ” at Port Royal.
By 1632, Acadia was returned from Scotland to France under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and the Port Royale settlement was moved to the site of nearby present-day Annapolis Royal.
The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta takes place annually over three days at the end of August.
The grave of Princess Yourievsky ( 1878-1959 ) who was a member of the ill-fated Russian Royal family and who lived in North Hayling for many years, may be found in St. Peter's churchyard ; and the grave of Scotsman George Glas Sandeman, nephew of the founder of Sandeman Port and second head of that company, is prominently featured in the north-east part of St. Mary's graveyard.
The Royal Navy is no longer present in Harwich but Harwich International Port at nearby Parkeston continues to offer regular ferry services to the Hook of Holland ( Hoek van Holland ) in the Netherlands and Esbjerg in Denmark.
Jamaica became a base of operations for privateers, including Captain Henry Morgan, operating from the main English settlement Port Royal.
Following the destruction of Port Royal in the great earthquake of 1692 refugees settled across the bay in Kingston which by 1716 had become the biggest town in Jamaica and became the capital city in 1872.
The English established their main coastal town at Port Royal and by 1659, two hundred houses, shops, and warehouses surrounded the fort.
Along the south coast of Jamaica, a number of small islands are located, such as the Port Royal Cays.
* 1692 – Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake ; in just three minutes, 1, 600 people are killed and 3, 000 are seriously injured.
The remains of such catastrophes exist all over the world, and sites such as Alexandria and Port Royal now form important archaeological sites.
In 1605, French colonists established the first permanent European settlement in Canada and the first north of Florida at Port Royal, founding what would become known as Acadia.
The name of the capital was changed from Port Royal to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
These battles happened at Port Royal, Saint John, Cap de Sable ( present-day Port La Tour, Nova Scotia ), Jemseg and Baleine.
The battles during these wars were primarily fought at Port Royal, Saint John, Canso, Chignecto, Dartmouth, Lunenburg and Grand-Pré.
* 1710 – Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
In four descending columns, from left to right: Maestrale class frigate | MM Maestrale ( F 570 ), FS De Grasse | De Grasse ( D 612 ); USS John C. Stennis | USS John C. Stennis ( CVN 74 ), FS Charles de Gaulle | Charles De Gaulle ( R 91 ), Surcouf ( F711 ) | Surcouf ( F 711 ); USS Port Royal ( CG-73 ) | USS Port Royal ( CG-73 ), HMS Ocean ( L12 ) | HMS Ocean ( L 12 ), USS John F. Kennedy ( CV 67 ) | USS John F. Kennedy ( CV 67 ), Hr.

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She is vacationing at the Kennedy summer home in Hyannis Port, Mass., and in his welcoming remarks, the President said he was representing her.
Hurricane Carla damaged 70% of the marinas in the Galveston-Port Aransas area but fuel service is back to normal, and explorers can roam as far west as Port Isabel on the Mexican border.
Port Blair is the chief community on the islands, and the administrative centre of the Union Territory.
The only airport in the islands is Vir Savarkar Airport in Port Blair, which has scheduled services to Kolkata and Chennai and Delhi, Banglore and Bhubaneswar.
Located on the south shore of the Columbia, the city is served by the Port of Astoria with a deep-water port.
The Accelerated Graphics Port ( often shortened to AGP ) is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
The ferry boat from Tomioka Port in Reihoku, sailing north to Mogi in Nagasaki Prefecture, is operated by Yasuda Sangyo Kisen Co. Ltd.
The Port of Antwerp is one of the largest in Europe and the world
Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as " The Prince of Port of Spain " or simply " The Prince ".
The largest seaport with the deepest channel to a port in the Adriatic is Port of Rijeka on the northern Croatian coast, followed by Ploče in southern Dalmatia.
The Strait of Canso is completely navigable to Seawaymax vessels, and Port Hawkesbury is open to the deepest-draught vessels on the world's oceans.
For example, the federal government funds Canada Day events at the Old Port of Montreal — an area run by a federal Crown corporation — while the National Holiday parade is a grassroots effort that has been met with pressure to cease, even from federal officials.
The Port of Casablanca is one of the largest artificial ports in the world, and the largest port of North Africa.
The railroad is tied to the Port of Djibouti, which provides port facilities and trade ties to landlocked Ethiopia.
* The Port of Santo Domingo, with its location in the Caribbean, is well suited for flexible itinerary planning and has excellent support, road, and airport infrastructure within the Santo Domingo region, which facilitate access and transfers.
* Haina Occidental Port, located just 20 km west of Santo Domingo, is one of the most important port in the Dominican Republic.
* Port of Puerto Plata is the main commercial port on the north coast of the Dominican Republic.
* Port of Boca Chica is located about 20 miles east of the capital city and 5 miles of the International airport Las Americas.
* Port of San Pedro de Macoris is located on the Higuamo river.
* Central Romana Port, located in La Romana, belong to Central Romana Corporation which is a private company established in 1911 and has the largest sugar mill in the country.
* Cayo Levantado Port or ( Arroyo Barruk / Puerto Duarte ) is located in the Samaná Bay.
* Manzanillo Port is located very close to the Haitian border.
* Port of Cabo Rojo is located in Cabo Rojo, southeast to the border.
* Port of Barahona is located in Barahona, in the bay of Neyba.

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