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174: 22: 203: 119: 226:, who deployed his troops on the island. Two days later the French abandoned the fort looking for refuge with the Tamoios, a native tribe from Brazil. The fort was destroyed and on March 17, 1560 the first Portuguese mass was celebrated on the island. 232:'s victory was facilitated by the information about the fort which had been provided by Jean de Cointra and Jacques Le Balleur, French dissenters who had escaped from Villegaignon. 207: 315: 308: 1546: 1541: 301: 1492: 1232: 86: 897: 58: 274: 65: 1531: 932: 39: 479: 1015: 857: 552: 105: 777: 376: 72: 1343: 912: 702: 1448: 1025: 682: 188: 54: 43: 1443: 1170: 577: 416: 1433: 1413: 547: 222:
on March 15, 1560, Villegagnon Island became the stage for the attack from the Portuguese army commanded by
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A new fortress was established by the Portuguese in the following century.
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The island's name was given in honor of its first European occupier, the
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Attack of Villegagnon island by the Portuguese on 15 March 1560.
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