1779 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1779?
- January 11, 1779 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
- February 14, 1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
- March 3, 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
- May 13, 1779 – War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
- June 1, 1779 – Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
- June 16, 1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
- June 24, 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
- July 6, 1779 – Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
- July 16, 1779 – American Revolutionary War: light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
- September 16, 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
- September 23, 1779 – American Revolution: a squadron commanded by John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head, off the coast of England, against two British warships.
- September 28, 1779 – American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
- October 4, 1779 – The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
- October 18, 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
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