François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a career French officer who achieved the rank of admiral. He is best known for his command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War. It led directly to the British surrender at Yorktown and helped gain the rebels' victory.
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13 September 1722 Le Bar-sur-Loup, France
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Died |
11 January 1788 (aged 65) Tilly, Yvelines, France
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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