Historical Events In 1779

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   Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1779 jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer   

Jan 17   Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Captain Cook's last notation in ship's log Discovery in the year 1779.   

Jan 18   Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) in the year 1779.   

Jan 18   The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus in the year 1779.   

Jan 20   In the year 1779 john Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71   

Jan 22   On this day in history stefano Pavesi, composer   

Jan 23   Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) in the year 1779.   

Jan 31   Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog in the year 1779.   

Feb 02   Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1779 william Boyce, composer, dies at 67   

Feb 14   In the year 1779 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 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   Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 24   In the year 1779 george Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British   

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

Feb 27   In the year 1779 jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59   

Mar 01   In the year 1779 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 in the year 1779.   

Mar 15   William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) in the year 1779.   

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

Mar 28   Angelo Maria Benincori, composer in the year 1779.   

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

Apr 11   Louise Reichardt, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 21   William Knyvett, composer in the year 1779.   

May 02   John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) on this day in history.   

May 11   John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 in the year 1779.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1779 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   On this day in history birth of peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1779 birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)   

Jan 03   In the year 1779 death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)   

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   In the year 1779 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   On this day in history william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

Feb 24   Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) died in the year 1779.