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Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Chesapeake-Leopard Affair

The Chesapeake-Leopard affair was an incident that took place off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on 22 June 1807 when the British warship HMS Leopard fired on and boarded an American frigate USS Chesapeake while searching for deserters from...
Cadoudal Affair
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Cadoudal Affair

The Cadoudal Affair, or the Pichegru Conspiracy, was a failed royalist attempt to kill or kidnap Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), then the First Consul of the French Republic, and restore the House of Bourbon to the French throne. The conspiracy's...
Gaspee Affair
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Gaspee Affair

The Gaspee Affair was an incident that occurred on 10 June 1772, when a group of American colonists from Rhode Island seized and burned the Royal Navy schooner HMS Gaspee after it had run aground. The affair contributed to the worsening of...
The Dreyfus Affair & the Separation of Church and State in France
Article by Stephen M Davis

The Dreyfus Affair & the Separation of Church and State in France

The Dreyfus Affair, or L'Affaire as it has become known, demonstrated the competing forces at work to either reestablish the monarchy and the Church in power or to solidify and advance the unfulfilled ideals of the 1789 French Revolution...
XYZ Affair
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

XYZ Affair

The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident that occurred in 1797-98, involving diplomats from the United States and Revolutionary France. Amidst rising tensions between the two nations, President John Adams sent envoys to Paris to negotiate...
Officers of the USS Chesapeake Surrender to Officers of the HMS Leopard
Image by Daniel B. Shepp

Officers of the USS Chesapeake Surrender to Officers of the HMS Leopard

Officers of the USS Chesapeake surrender their swords to the officers of HMS Leopard in the aftermath of the Chesapeake-Leopard affair of 22 June 1807. Illustration from Story of one hundred years: A comprehensive review of the political...
Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Affair of the Diamond Necklace

The affair of the diamond necklace (1784-86) was a scandal that centered around Queen Marie Antoinette of France (l. 1755-1793). Although the queen was innocent of any involvement in a plot to steal a luxurious diamond necklace, the scandal...
HMS Leopard Fires on USS Chesapeake
Image by Fred S. Cozzens

HMS Leopard Fires on USS Chesapeake

In the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, HMS Leopard fires broadsides into the USS Chesapeake, forcing its surrender on 22 June 1807. Illustration by Fred S. Cozzens, 1897.
USS Chesapeake
Image by F. Muller

USS Chesapeake

USS Chesapeake, painting by F. Muller, c. 1900. US Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.
Roanoke Colony
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Roanoke Colony

The Roanoke Colony was England's first colony in North America, located in what is today North Carolina, USA. Established in 1585 CE, abandoned and then resettled in 1587 CE, the colonists had little regard for their new environment and were...
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