Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon
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Nicolas Durand, sieur de Villegaignon, also Villegagnon was a Commander of the Knights of Malta, and later a French naval officer who attempted to help the Huguenots in France escape persecution, before turning against them due to Eucharistic disputes.
Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon
Drawing of the Island of Villegaignon, in Rio de Janeiro
Villegagnon participated in the repression of the Amboise conspiracy in 1560.
A street in Mdina, Malta named after Villegaignon.
Algiers expedition (1541)
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The 1541 Algiers expedition occurred when Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Spain attempted to lead an amphibious attack against the Regency of Algiers, in modern Algeria. Inadequate planning, particularly against unfavourable weather, led to the failure of the expedition.
A Maltese knight thrusts his dagger into the gate of Bab Azzoun, by Léon Galibert (1844)
Shipwreck of Christian ships in the bay of Algiers, 1541