1779 Calendar
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1779 Historical Event(s)
March 3, 1779
– American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
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 18, 1779
– American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
Who Were Born On 1779?
January 5, 1779
– Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 1820)
January 18, 1779
– Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
January 24, 1779
– Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeievna (d. 1826)
February 27, 1779
– Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
March 15, 1779
– William Lamb, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, (d. 1848)
May 28, 1779
– Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)
August 1, 1779
– Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
August 7, 1779
– Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859)
September 8, 1779
– Mustafa IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1808)
December 12, 1779
– Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint (d. 1865)