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Historical Events In 1779

Sunday, 04 June 2023

Jan 05   In the year 1779 stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history john White, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   On this day in history jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   In the year 1779 capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   Captain Cook's last notation in ship's log Discovery on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1779 peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   On this day in history john Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   Stefano Pavesi, composer in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 23   On this day in history charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 31   Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   On this day in history georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 07   William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 14   On this day in history james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 16   William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 20   Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 21   Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 22   Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 24   On this day in history george Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 24   George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes IN from British in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 27   Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 01   Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 06   Philipp Roth, composer in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 11   US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 13   Oliver Shaw, composer in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 15   William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41) in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 21   Alexis Garaude, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   On this day in history angelo Maria Benincori, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 06   Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52 in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 11   Louise Reichardt, composer in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 21   In the year 1779 william Knyvett, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 02   John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 11   On this day in history john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1779

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1779 birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   John White, composer was born in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1779 birth of peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of stefano Pavesi, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 07   In the year 1779 william Boyce, composer, dies at 67  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 14   In the year 1779 death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 16   William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies in the year 1779.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 24   Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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