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 Apollon (1740) along with several other ships in wrecked in Louisbourg harbor, were later salvaged by the citizens of Louisbourg and used as building materials. French ship Apollon (1740) Apollon was an 18th-century ship of the line in service with the Royal French Navy. She was launched in 1740 at Rochefort as a two-decked ship of the line of the "Vaisseaux de 50" class of warships. During her career, she was armed with between 50 and 58 canon. During the War of the Austrian Succession, she engaged and captured the 45-gun HMS Anglesea after the British ship was rendered inoperable. "Apollon" was