What happened in 1779?
82 recorded events in 1779, including 45 in people, 24 in wars & conflicts and 4 in religion & belief systems. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 24
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Great Siege of Gibraltar
1779–1783 siege
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Siege of Savannah
1779 siege of the American Revolutionary War
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Anglo-Spanish War
1779–1783 war
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Battle of Stony Point
1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Newtown
1779 battle
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Battle of Baton Rouge
1779 Spanish victory in the American Revolutionary War
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Capture of Grenada
1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Capture of Fort Bute
1779 battle
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Battle of Brier Creek
1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Beaufort
1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Minisink
1779 battle of the American Revolution
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Battle of Kettle Creek
1779 American Revolutionary War battle
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Battle of Paulus Hook
1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Capture of Saint Vincent
1779 battle, part of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Rukh
1779 armed conflict in Caucasia
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Battle of Stono Ferry
1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of San Fernando de Omoa
1779 battle
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Siege of Fort Vincennes
1779 battle in the United States war for independence
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Capture of Río Hondo
1779 siege
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First Battle of Tucson
Part of the Apache-Mexico Wars
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Siege of Tellicherry
1779 siege
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Battle of Chillicothe
1779 battle
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Burning of Fairfield
American Revolutionary War action
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Battle of Van Creek
1779 battle
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Politics & Government 3
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Treaty of Teschen
1779 peace treaty ending the War of the Bavarian Succession
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Treaty of Aynalıkavak
1779 treaty between the Ottoman and Russian Empires
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Treaty of Aranjuez
By which Spain joins the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain
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People 45
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James Cook died
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
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Pehr Kalm died
Swedish scientist and priest (1716-1779)
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Seraphim II of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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David Garrick died
British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)
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Charles Clerke died
British Royal Navy officer
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Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa died
Spanish general (1717-1779)
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Omai died
Rai'iatean explorer
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John Kay died
British inventor
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Louis de Jaucourt died
French philosopher (1704-1779)
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Johann Georg Sulzer died
German philosopher (1720 - 1779)
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Johannes Burman died
Dutch botanist
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Hilaire Rouelle died
French chemist
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Jeremiah Dixon died
English surveyor and astronomer (1733–1779)
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John Winthrop died
Mathematician, physicist and astronomer and acting president of Harvard University in 1769 and 1773
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Thomas-François Dalibard died
French physicist
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Patrick d'Arcy died
Irish physicist (1725-1779)
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Dom Bédos de Celles died
French organ builder (1709-1779)
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Michael Adelbulner died
German mathematician
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Raphael Levi Hannover died
German astronomer and mathematician
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Charles Le Roy died
French physician (1726-1779)
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Jean-Jacques de Marguerie died
French mathematician
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Antoine Philippe de Marigny died
French explorer
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Athanase de Mézières died
French explorer
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Josse Boutmy died
Belgian composer
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Gottfried Heinrich Gloger died
German pipe organ buider
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Ernst Christoph Dressler died
German composer and music theorist
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Jan Punt died
18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1711-1779)
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Johann Adam died
German composer and violist
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Mademoiselle Dubois died
French actress
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Hermann Anton Gelinek died
German musician
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Thomas Moore born
Born in Dublin. Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852).
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Friedrich Carl von Savigny born
Born in Frankfurt. German jurist (1779-1861).
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne born
Born in London. British politician (1779–1848).
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Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia born
Born in Tsarskoye Selo. Russian grand duke (1779–1831).
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Adam Oehlenschläger born
Born in Copenhagen. Danish poet and playwright (1779–1850).
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Francis Scott Key born
Born in Terra Rubra. American lawyer and poet who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner (1779-1843).
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Washington Allston born
Born in Charleston. American artist (1779-1843).
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Lorenz Oken born
Born in Offenburg. German naturalist (1779-1851).
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Antoine-Henri Jomini born
Born in Payerne. French-Swiss officer who served as a general with the French and Russian armies and writer on the art of war (1779-1869).
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Mountstuart Elphinstone born
Born in Dumbarton. Governor of Bombay, Scottish historian (1779-1859).
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Zebulon Pike born
Born in Lamberton. American military officer, explorer, and writer (1779-1813).
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Adam Müller born
Born in Berlin. German publicist, literary critic, political economist, and theorist of the state.
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José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle born
Born in Lima. Peruvian politician (1779-1825).
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Stephen Decatur born
Born in Berlin. United States Navy officer.
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Seraphim II of Constantinople died
Died in Mhar Monastery. Patriarch of Constantinople.
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Science & Technology 2
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Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography
University in Moscow
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Pedro de Elizalde Hospital
Hospital in Argentina
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Religion & Belief Systems 4
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Subotica Cathedral
Church in Subotica, Serbia
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Kazdağlı Mosque
Mosque in Safranbolu, Karabük, northwestern Turkey
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Cathedral of Azogues
Church in Azogues, Ecuador
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Church of the Nativity of Christ, Ponomaryovo
Church of the Nativity of Christ, Ponomaryovo (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 1
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Mosvodokanal
Utility company providing water supply and wastewater treatment in Moscow, Russia
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Architecture & Engineering 3
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God, Ternopil
Cathedral church of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God, Ternopil
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Jabłonna Palace
Palace
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Kovilthottam Church
Building in India
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1779 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1779.
1770s 1
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Cathedral of St. Nicholas
Church building in Mozhaysk, Russia
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