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[edit] Events of 1779

[edit] January - June

• January 9 - British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all terrorities acquired since 1773.
• January 11 - Ching-Thang Khomba was crowned King of Manipur.
• January 22 - American Revolutionary War: Claudius Smith is hanged at Goshen, Orange County, New York for supposed acts of terrorism upon the people of the surrounding communities.
• January 29 - After a second petition for partition from its residents, the North Carolina General Assembly abolishes Bute County, North Carolina (established 1764) by dividing it and naming the northern portion Warren County (for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren) and the southern portion Franklin County (for Benjamin Franklin). The General Assembly also establishes Warrenton (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the county seat of Warren County and Louisburg (named for Louis XVI of France) to be the county seat of Franklin County.

Benedict Arnold

• February 14: Captain James Cook dies on the Sandwich Islands on his third and last voyage.
• May 13 - War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives a part of its territory that was taken from them (the Innviertel).
• June 1 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance in his treatment of government property.
• June 16 - American Revolutionary War: In support of the U.S., Spain declares war on England.

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[edit] July - December

• July 16 - American Revolutionary War: United States forces led by General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, New York from British troops.
• July 22 - Goshen Militia destroyed by Joseph Brant's forces at the Battle of Minisink.
• July 24 - American Revolutionary War: American forces led by Commodore Dudley Saltonstall launched the Penobscot Expedition in what is now Castine, Maine, resulting in the worst naval defeat in U.S. history until Pearl Harbor.
• July - Start of the Great Siege of Gibraltar (fourteenth and last military siege). This was an action by French and Spanish forces to wrest control of Gibraltar from the established British Garrison. The garrison, led by George Augustus Eliott, later 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, survived all attacks and a blockade of supplies.

The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782, by John Singleton Copley

• September - Battle of Baton Rouge is fought.
• October 4 - The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
• November 2 - The North Carolina General Assembly carves a new county from Dobbs County, North Carolina and names it Wayne County in honor of United States General Anthony Wayne.
• December 13 - Marriage of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais to Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie is held.
• December 25 - Fort Nashborough, later to become Nashville, Tennessee, is founded by James Robertson.

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[edit] Undated

• The Iron Bridge is completed across the River Severn in Shropshire; the first all cast-iron bridge ever constructed.
• Boulton and Watt's Smethwick Engine, now the oldest working engine in the world, is brought into service.
• Founding of the city of Tampere, Finland.

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[edit] Births

• January 5 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 1820)
• January 18 - Peter Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
• March 6 - Antoine-Henri Jomini, French General (d. 1869)
• March 15 - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
• May 28 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)
• August 1 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
• August 20 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (d. 1848)
• August 29 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Painter
• November 14 - Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
• date unknown - Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (d. 1855)

August 1: Francis Scott Key

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[edit] Deaths

Portrait of Captain James Cook, by Nathaniel Dance

• January 3 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)
• January 20 - David Garrick, English actor (b. 1717)
• January 22 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
• February 7 - William Boyce, English composer (b. 1711)
• February 14 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728)
• February 24 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)
• April 24 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
• May 3 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714)
• June 7 - William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698)
• 23 June - Ras Mikael Sehul, Enderase of Ethiopia
• September 12 - Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (b. 1711)
• October 11 - Kazimierz Pułaski, Veteran commander of Polish, Russian, and American troops (b. 1745)
• November 16 - Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. 1716)
• December 6 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
• December 8 - Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
• December 16 - Emperor Go-Momozono of Japan (b. 1758)
• December 17 - Giuseppe Carcani, Italian composer (b. ?1703)
• December 23 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)

See also Category: 1779 deaths.

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Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock (April 22, 1711 – April 24, 1779) was an American Congregational minister, orator, educator, and founder of Dartmouth College. ... 1711 (MDCCXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Winthrop (December 19, 1714 – May 3, 1779) (not to be confused with his great-great-grandfather John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony) was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... William Warburton (December 24, 1698 – June 7, 1779), was an English critic and churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1759. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mikael Sehul (Tigrigna Mikael the Astute; his name at birth was Blatta Mikael; c. ... is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (September 26, 1711 - September 12, 1779) was an English politician. ... 1711 (MDCCXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kazimierz Pułaski. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Pehr Kalm (March 6, 1716–November 16, 1779) (He is referred to in the Finnish language as Pietari Kalm) was an explorer, a botanist, a naturalist, and an agricultural economist from what is now Finland. ... // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ... is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Self portrait. ... Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nathan Alcock (September 1707—8 December 1779), was a noted English physician. ... Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Emperor Go-Momozono (後桃園天皇) (August 5, 1758 - December 16, 1779) was the 118th imperial ruler of Japan. ... Year 1758 (MDCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Giuseppe Carcani was an Italian composer of 18th century music. ... Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol (19 May 1724 – 23 December 1779) was a British admiral and politician. ... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ...

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