Historical Events In 1779

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery   

Jan 17   In the year 1779 captain Cook's last notation in ship's log Discovery   

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

Jan 18   The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus in the year 1779.   

Jan 20   On this day in history john Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71   

Jan 22   Stefano Pavesi, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1779 charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)   

Jan 31   Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog on this day in history.   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history william Boyce, composer, dies at 67   

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   William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies in the year 1779.   

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   On this day in history joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer   

Feb 24   In the year 1779 george Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British   

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   On this day in history jacob Gottfried Weber, composer   

Mar 06   Philipp Roth, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 11   US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) in the year 1779.   

Mar 13   On this day in history oliver Shaw, composer   

Mar 15   In the year 1779 william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)   

Mar 21   Alexis Garaude, composer on this day in history.   

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   Louise Reichardt, composer in the year 1779.   

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   John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68 in the year 1779.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   John White, composer was born in the year 1779.   

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1779 birth of stefano Pavesi, composer   

Jan 24   Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)   

Jan 20   On this day in history john Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71   

Jan 22   Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) died 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 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   Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) died in the year 1779.