Historical Events In 1779

Jan 05   In the year 1779 stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)   

Jan 08   In the year 1779 john White, composer   

Jan 11   Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur in the year 1779.   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1779 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   On this day in history the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus   

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

Jan 22   Stefano Pavesi, composer in the year 1779.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1779 georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 24   George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British in the year 1779.   

Feb 24   George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes IN from British on this day in history.   

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

Mar 01   Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer in the year 1779.   

Mar 06   In the year 1779 philipp Roth, composer   

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

Mar 13   In the year 1779 oliver Shaw, composer   

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

Mar 21   Alexis Garaude, composer in the year 1779.   

Mar 28   In the year 1779 angelo Maria Benincori, composer   

Apr 06   In the year 1779 tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52   

Apr 11   On this day in history louise Reichardt, composer   

Apr 21   In the year 1779 william Knyvett, composer   

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

May 11   In the year 1779 john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68   

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Jan 01   In the year 1779 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   On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)   

Jan 08   In the year 1779 birth of john White, composer   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1779 birth of peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of stefano Pavesi, composer   

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   On this day in history death of claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)   

Feb 02   In the year 1779 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 died on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1779 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

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