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Historical Events In 1779

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

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

Jan 08   In the year 1779 john White, composer  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   Captain Cook's last notation in ship's log Discovery in the year 1779.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 18   On this day in history the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

Jan 23   Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) in the year 1779.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   In the year 1779 georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

Feb 16   In the year 1779 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 20   On this day in history augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 21   In the year 1779 friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

Feb 24   George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes IN from British on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Mar 06   In the year 1779 philipp Roth, composer  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 13   In the year 1779 oliver Shaw, composer  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 21   Alexis Garaude, composer in the year 1779.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   In the year 1779 angelo Maria Benincori, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Apr 11   On this day in history louise Reichardt, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

May 02   John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 11   In the year 1779 john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1779

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Jan 01   In the year 1779 birth of william Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   In the year 1779 birth of john White, composer  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 24   In the year 1779 birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1779

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 03   On this day in history death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 22   On this day in history death of claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   In the year 1779 georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 07   William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Feb 16   In the year 1779 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 24   On this day in history death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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