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Historical Events Happened In 1779

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Jan 05 On this day in history stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)

Jan 08 On this day in history john White, composer

Jan 11 On this day in history ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.

Jan 15 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer on this day in history.

Jan 17 On this day in history capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery

Jan 17 Captain Cook's last notation in ship's log Discovery on this day in history.

Jan 18 On this day in history peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)

Jan 18 On this day in history the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus

Jan 20 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 on this day in history.

Jan 22 Stefano Pavesi, composer on this day in history.

Jan 23 Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) on this day in history.

Jan 31 On this day in history charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog

Feb 02 On this day in history georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59

Feb 07 William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

Feb 14 James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 on this day in history.

Feb 16 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.

Feb 20 On this day in history augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington

Feb 21 Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer on this day in history.

Feb 22 On this day in history joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer

Feb 24 George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British on this day in history.

Feb 24 On this day in history george Rogers Clark captures Vincennes IN from British

Feb 27 Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 on this day in history.

Mar 01 On this day in history jacob Gottfried Weber, composer

Mar 06 Philipp Roth, composer on this day in history.

Mar 11 US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) on this day in history.

Mar 13 Oliver Shaw, composer on this day in history.

Mar 15 William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) on this day in history.

Mar 21 Alexis Garaude, composer on this day in history.

Mar 28 On this day in history angelo Maria Benincori, composer

Apr 06 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52 on this day in history.

Apr 11 On this day in history louise Reichardt, composer

Apr 21 On this day in history william Knyvett, composer

May 02 On this day in history john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)

May 11 John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In 1779

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 01 William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.

Jan 05 Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on this day in history.

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)

Jan 08 John White, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 15 On this day in history birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer

Jan 18 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born on this day in history.

Jan 22 Stefano Pavesi, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)

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Famous Deaths In 1779

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 03 Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712) died on this day in history.

Jan 20 On this day in history john Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71

Jan 22 Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) died on this day in history.

Feb 02 On this day in history georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59

Feb 07 On this day in history william Boyce, composer, dies at 67

Feb 14 On this day in history death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50

Feb 16 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.

Feb 24 On this day in history death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)

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