mar 16, 1769 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville returns to Saint- Malo, following a three-year circumnavigation of the world with the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile, with the loss of only seven out of 330 men; among the members of the expedition is Jeanne Baré, the first woman known to have circumnavigated the globe
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She returns to France some time after Bougainville and his ships.Added to timeline:
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mar 16, 1769
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~ 256 years ago