Historical Events in 1779
- Jan 11 Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
- Jan 17 Captain James Cook's last notation in Discovery's ship's log
- Jan 18 John Dickinson is appointed a delegate for Delaware to the Continental Congress
- Jan 23 Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
- Jan 31 Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog
- Feb 24 George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British
- Mar 11 US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)
- May 13 War of Bavarian Succession ends
- Jun 8 Admiral Horatio Nelson and Captain Thomas Hardy on HMS Foudroyant set sail against Spanish fleet
- Jun 16 US General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York, inflicting heavy losses on the British
More Historical Events
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Peter Mark Roget
William Lamb
Casimir Pulaski
James CookFamous People in 1779
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical Musician and Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWorld Leaders in 1779
- Frederick North
British Prime Minister - Frederick the Great
King of Prussia - Louis XVI
King of France
Frederick North
Frederick the Great
Louis XVIFamous Weddings in 1779
- Mar 23 Botanist Joseph Banks (36) weds Dorothea Hugessen
- Apr 8 US Defector General Benedict Arnold (38) weds Peggy Shippen (18) at Shippen's townhouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
