Historical Events In 1779

Jan 05   Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) in the year 1779.   

Jan 08   In the year 1779 john White, composer   

Jan 11   In the year 1779 ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.   

Jan 15   Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer in the year 1779.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   Stefano Pavesi, composer in the year 1779.   

Jan 23   On this day in history charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)   

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 in the year 1779.   

Feb 07   William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1779.   

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   In the year 1779 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

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

Feb 21   In the year 1779 friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer   

Feb 22   Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer in the year 1779.   

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

Feb 24   George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes IN from British in the year 1779.   

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

Mar 01   Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Philipp Roth, composer in the year 1779.   

Mar 11   In the year 1779 uS army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)   

Mar 13   In the year 1779 oliver Shaw, composer   

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   In the year 1779 angelo Maria Benincori, composer   

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   In the year 1779 william Knyvett, composer   

May 02   John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) in the year 1779.   

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

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Jan 01   William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born in the year 1779.   

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 in the year 1779.   

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   On this day in history death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1779 death of claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)   

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   In the year 1779 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 in the year 1779.   

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