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Historical Events In 1779

Thursday, 11 December 2025

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

Jan 08   John White, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   In the year 1779 ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.  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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1779 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 31   In the year 1779 charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog  Click To Send On Messenger 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 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   In the year 1779 james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 20   In the year 1779 augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 21   On this day in history friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 22   In the year 1779 joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer  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 in the year 1779.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Mar 11   US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) in the year 1779.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Mar 15   On this day in history william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)  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   Angelo Maria Benincori, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 11   In the year 1779 louise Reichardt, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 21   William Knyvett, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 01   William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1779 birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 15   In the year 1779 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   In the year 1779 birth of stefano Pavesi, composer  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger 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 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   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 Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 24   In the year 1779 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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