Claude-Francois-Dorothee
- Full Name: Claude-Francois-Dorothee, marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans
French
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1751/09/30 | Claude-Francois-Dorothee is born. | Born | |||||
| 1764/00/00 | Claude-Francois-Dorothee serves as a page for Maria Josepha of Saxony at the Chateau de Versailles. He will return home after the death of the princess in 1767. | Work | Chateau de Versailles | Palace and Park of Versailles | |||
| 1772/00/00 | While was serving in the regiment of Bourbon, Claude-Francois-Dorothee de Jouffroy is sent to Royal Prison at Fort Royal, Ile Sainte-Marguerite, Cannes for multiple infractions of military discipline. | Prisoner | Citadel of Ile Sainte-Marguerite | Cannes | |||
| 1776/06/00 | Built in 1774 by Marquis Claude de Jouffroy's, the 40-foot PALMIPEDE, equipped with a Newcomen steam engine, makes its sea trials in June and July of 1776 on the Doubs river between Besancon and Montbeliard. | Inventor | Bourgogne-Franche-Comte | France | Invention of the Steamboat | ||
| 1783/07/15 | Powered by a James Watt double-acting steam engine, De Jouffroy demonstrates his 148 foot PYROSCAPHE on the River Saone at Lyon. With crowds cheering The PYROSCAPHE heads upstream at 6 mph, but after 15 minutes, De Jouffroy docks boat and takes a bow. | Inventor | Historic Site of Lyons | Lyon | Invention of the Steamboat | ||
| 1832/07/18 | Impoverished, Claude-Francois-Dorothce, marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans retires to the Hotel des Invalides. He dies there of cholera in 1832. | Died | Les Invalides | Paris |
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