Marquis de Sade Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer, famous for his libertine sexuality. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts; in his lifetime some were published under his own name while others appeared anonymously, which Sade denied having written. Sade is best known for his erotic works, which combined philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting sexual fantasies with an emphasis on violence, suffering, criminality, and blasphemy against Christianity. He gained notoriety for putting these fantasies into practice with both
French ship Tonnant (1740) at the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779. It finished its naval career in 1780. French ship Tonnant (1740) Tonnant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the flagship of the French fleet at the Second battle of Cape Finisterre, and later took part in the Battle of Quiberon Bay, and in the American War of Independence. She was broken up in 1780. Constructed in Toulon between 1740 and 1744, it was armed with 80 cannons. It was the flagship of Louis XV's fleet, and thus served as Admiral vessel to Marquis de