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

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

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

Jan 18   On this day in history the birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus   

Jan 20   John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 in the year 1779.   

Jan 22   In the year 1779 stefano Pavesi, composer   

Jan 23   Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) in the year 1779.   

Jan 31   In the year 1779 charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog   

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   Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1779.   

Mar 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history william Knyvett, composer   

May 02   On this day in history john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of john White, composer   

Jan 15   In the year 1779 birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer   

Jan 18   Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) died in the year 1779.   

Feb 02   Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1779.   

Feb 16   William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 24   In the year 1779 death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)