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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointed Seigneur de Ramezay | FWIKI | |||
| 7.5.1720 | Enseigne d'une Compagnie Franche de la Marine | FWIKI | ||
| 8.1725 | When his brother died , in August 1725 , Jean's mother , Charlotte Denys de Ramezay , purchased the lieutenancy for him . | FWIKI | ||
| 23.4.1726 | Lieutenant d'une Compagnie Franche de la Marine (Enseigne de Vaisseau) | E-WIKI | ||
| 23.4.1726 | After his promotion was confirmed , on 23 April 1726 , he served under Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry , an engineer employed in the rebuilding of Fort Niagara . The fort , near Youngstown , was designed to protect French interests from the British , who had recently settled at Oswego . | E-WIKI | ||
| 1728 | 1731 | Ramezay spent the spring of 1728 campaigning against the Fox Tribe in Illinois , under Constant le Marchand de Lignery , then , in 1731 , was assigned to make peace with the Ojibwas Tribe by Governor Beauharnois . | E-WIKI | |
| 1734 | Capitaine d'une Compagnie Franche de la Marine (Lieutenant de Vaisseau) | E-WIKI | ||
| 1742 | Commanding a fort at the mouth of the Onaman River . | E-WIKI | ||
| 10.7.1746 | 11.2.1747 | Ramezay was to provide ground support and was given command of a force of 1,800 French-Canadian militia and a number of Native Americans . On 10 July, he landed with 700 men at Baie Verte in New Brunswick , stationing himself in Beaubassin , he began gathering troops before laying siege to Fort Anne . D'Anville's fleet was broken up by Atlantic storms however . Some ships were forced to return to France while the rest sought refuge in Chebucto Harbour , now Halifax . Ramezay was therefore forced to withdraw to Minas . Hearing of Ramezay's retreat , the fort's commanding officer , Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Noble led an expedition of 400-500 men to drive Ramezay out . Ramezay again had to retreat , this time to Beaubassin , leaving Noble to billet his men in Grand-Pré for the winter . Noble failed to take precautions against a counterattack however , believing the distance and inhospitable weather to be sufficient defence . Ramezay , wounded , planned a surprise assault , sending a detachment of 300 men under Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coulon-de-Villiers across the mountains in hostile conditions . While staying overnight in the Gaspereau Valley , they learned of the precise positions of Noble and his troops from their Acadian hosts . This important information , coupled with the attack taking place at 3:00 am in a snowstorm , meant that many of the British died in their beds . Noble refused an offer to surrender and was shot dead . The massacre at Grand-Pré (10 and 11/02/1747) , as the battle became known , was in vain , however , as the French once more withdrew , allowing the British to recapture it the following spring . Nevertheless , Ramezay returned a hero and was decorated with the Cross of St Louis on 15 February 1748 . | E-WIKI | |
| 15.2.1748 | Appointed Chevalier l’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis | E-WIKI | ||
| 1749 | 1758 | Appointed Major de la Marine at Quebec second of the Lieutenant du Roi | FWIKI | |
| 1758 | 18.9.1759 | Appointed Lieutenant du Roi at Quebec | FWIKI | |
| 13.9.1759 | After being defeated on the Plains of Abraham on 13 September 1759 , the French troops were dispersed . Montcalm , mortally wounded , managed to retire to Quebec with some of his troops , Bougainville and the remainder retreated in the direction of Montreal whilst the Governor General of New France ,Lieutenant General Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal abandoned the Beauport shore and marched west in order to rendezvous with him . Vaudreuil sent word to Ramezay notifying him of his withdrawal and instructing him to defend the city until "he shall fall short of provisions" , at which point he was to select the most capable officer to propose its capitulation . | E-WIKI | ||
| 14.9.1759 | 17.9.1759 | A review on 14 September revealed Ramezay to have 2200 men comprising 330 French and colonial regulars , 20 artillery men , 500 sailors and 1300 militiamen . Together with the 4000 inhabitants , Ramezay reasoned he had enough rations for 8 days . On 15 September , he received a remonstrance from some of the most important townspeople asking him to capitulate rather than risk the sacking of the city . Ramezay called a council of war , giving everyone an opportunity to air their views . Only one , Louis-Thomas Jacau de Fiedmont , was against surrender . In summing up , Ramezay declared , "Considering the instructions I have received from the Marquis de Vaudreuil and the scarcity of provisions , proved by the returns to me furnished and the searches I have made , I conclude to endeavour to obtain from the enemy the most honourable capitulation" . Two days after the meeting , Ramezay composed a letter to Vaudreuil telling how the town had been left without sufficient provisions following the retreat , how the citizens feared an assault and how the sailors and militiamen had lost the will to fight , the Plains of Abraham were now occupied by enemy batteries and he was not hopeful that Vaudreuil’s army , which was now scattered , would come to the rescue . Furthermore , a promise of flour from Vaudreuil had failed to arrive . Ramezay finished by saying that his duty was to save the garrison and the citizens of the city . Ramezay then sent the Mayor of Quebec , Armand de Joannes , under a flag of truce to discuss the terms of surrender . Vaudreuil , who had received reinforcements and was marching from Jacques-Cartier with the intention of expelling the British from the plains , sent a second set of instructions asking Ramezay to hold out but these arrived after Ramezay had returned a signed document of capitulation . The British took control of the city on the afternoon of 18 September 1759 . | E-WIKI | |
| 18.9.1759 | The Articles of Capitulation of Québec were agreed upon between Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay , King's Lieutenant , Admiral Sir Charles Saunders , and General George Townshend on behalf of the French and British crowns during theSeven Years' War . They were signed on 18 September 1759 , shortly after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham . | E-WIKI | ||
| 1765 | His wife sold their possessions in Canada and left with her daughter , son in law and their two children to join him in 1765 . | E-WIKI |