June 1779

What Happened in June 1779

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Jun 8 Admiral Horatio Nelson and Captain Thomas Hardy on HMS Foudroyant set sail against Spanish fleet

British Admiral Horatio Nelson — British Admiral
Horatio Nelson

Victory in Battle

Jun 16 US General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York, inflicting heavy losses on the British

Military Leader Anthony Wayne — Military Leader
Anthony Wayne

Jun 16 Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of the US, starting the siege of Gibraltar
Jun 18 French fleet occupies St Vincent
Jun 20 Battle of Stono Ferry fought near Charleston, South Carolina (American Revolutionary War)

Famous Deaths

Jun 7 William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698)
Jun 16 Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts (b. 1712)
Jun 23 Ras Mikael Sehul, warlord of Ethiopia (b. about 1691)
Jun 29 Anton Raphael Mengs, German Bohemian painter and one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, dies at 51

What Happened in 1779

Last Adventure of Captain Cook
February 14, 1779

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