What happened in 1780?
107 recorded events in 1780, including 40 in people, 35 in wars & conflicts and 9 in architecture & engineering. A further 4 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 35
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Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Conflict (1780–1784) between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic over British and Dutch disagreements on the legality and conduct of Dutch trade with the United States
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Second Anglo-Mysore War
War
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Battle of Camden
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Waxhaws
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Siege of Charleston
Major engagement fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Kings Mountain
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Fort Charlotte
1780 battle of the Anglo-Spanish War during the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of St. Louis
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Springfield
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Pollilur
1780 battle
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Battle of Charlotte
1780 battle
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Battle of Blackstock's Farm
1780 battle
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Battle of Sangarará
1780 battle
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Battle of Piqua
1780 conflict with Shawnee Indians
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Battle of Klock's Field
1780 battle of the American Revolution
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Battle of Fishing Creek
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Connecticut Farms
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Hanging Rock
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Fort St. George
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Rocky Mount
1780 battle
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Battle of Ramsour's Mill
June 20, 1780 battle during the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Monck's Corner
1780 battle
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Siege of Kastania
Fought in July 1780
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Battle of Musgrove Mill
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Colson's Mill
1780 military engagement of the American Revolution
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Battle of Fishdam Ford
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Black Mingo
1780 battle
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Battle of Lenud's Ferry
1780 battle
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Battle of Bull's Ferry
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
1780 battle
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Battle of Shallow Ford
1780 skirmish in North Carolina, US
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Battle of Wahab's Plantation
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Young's House
1780 American Revolutionary War battle
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Battle of Tearcoat Swamp
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Siege of Vellore
Series of sieges during the Second Anglo-Mysore War at Vellore, in present-day Tamil Nadu
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Aranjuez
1780 treaty between Spain and Morocco
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People 40
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Sophronius II of Constantinople died
Ecumenical Patriarch in 1774–1780
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Fedor Soimonov died
Russian hydrographer
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Jonathan Carver died
American explorer (1710-1780)
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Silvestre Vélez de Escalante died
Spanish missionary
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John Bell died
18th century Scottish doctor and traveller (1691-1780)
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Hiraga Gennai died
Japanese pharmacologist and writer (1728-1780)
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İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi died
Ottoman scientist
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María Andresa Casamayor died
Spanish mathematician and teacher
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Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre died
Spanish archaeologist (1702-1780)
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Hieronymus David Gaubius died
German chemist
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Jean-Baptiste-Michel Bucquet died
French chemist and physicist (1746–1780)
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William Bowles died
Irish naturalist
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Jan Szczepan Kurdwanowski died
Polish physicist
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Pierre-Joseph Bourcet died
French general (1700-1780)
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William Cookworthy died
British pharmacist
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William Skinner died
Chief Engineer of Great Britain
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Francesco Antonio Vallotti died
Italian composer, organist and music theorist (1697–1780)
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Nicolás Fernández de Moratín died
Spanish writer
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Ignatius Sancho died
British composer, writer and grocer
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D'Hannetaire died
French actor
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Susanna Maria van der Duyn died
18th-century actress from the Northern Netherlands
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Dilhayat Kalfa died
Prominent Turkish composer (1710–1779)
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Martin Nürenbach died
German actor
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Mary Bradshaw died
British stage actress (died 1780)
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Hedvig Wigert died
Swedish opera singer
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Carl Barbandt died
German musician and composer
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres born
Born in Montauban. French painter (1780–1867).
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Carl von Clausewitz born
Born in Burg. German-Prussian general and military theorist.
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Pierre-Jean de Béranger born
Born in Paris. French poet and chansonnier (1780-1857).
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Richard Mentor Johnson born
Born in Louisville. Vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841.
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Mary Somerville born
Born in Jedburgh. Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872).
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Charles Nodier born
Born in Besançon. French author (1780–1844).
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Karl Nesselrode born
Born in Lisbon. Russian diplomat of Baltic German origin (1780-1862).
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Anastasio Bustamante born
Born in Jiquilpan Municipality. 4th President of Mexico (1780-1853).
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Alexandre Deschapelles born
Born in Ville-d'Avray. French chess player.
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Nicolas Chauvin born
Born in Croix-Chapeau. Legendary French soldier.
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Karoline von Günderrode born
Born in Karlsruhe. German poet.
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Juana Azurduy de Padilla born
Born in Sucre. Argentine/bolivian military leader.
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Jørgen Jørgensen born
Born in Copenhagen. Self declared King of Iceland, defied the crown of Denmark. Reigned for a short period (1780-1841).
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Thomas Chalmers born
Born in Anstruther. Scottish mathematician and leader of the Free Church of Scotlandl (1780-1847).
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Science & Technology 2
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Hôpital Cochin
Hospital in France
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Parque Terra Nostra
Botanical garden in Furnas, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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San Juan Expedition
Expedition in the American War of Independence
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Religion & Belief Systems 4
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Synagogue in Luže
Synagogue in Luže (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Xumi Fushou Temple
Building in People's Republic of China
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Nostra Signora delle Tre Fontane
Nostra Signora delle Tre Fontane (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Saint Stephen of Perm church, Kideksha
Saint Stephen of Perm church, Kideksha (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 6
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Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG
Company
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NZZ Mediengruppe
Swiss media company
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Browns of Chester
Department store in Chester
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Bank of Pennsylvania
Bank in Pennsylvania
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Landolt & Cie
Swiss private bank
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Addis Housewares
British company manufacturing household products
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Disasters & Pandemics 2
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1780 Tabriz earthquake
Earthquake in Iran
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1780 Java earthquake
1780 Java earthquake (Disasters & Pandemics).
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Social Movements & Revolutions 3
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Gordon Riots
Event in London in 1780
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Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II
Uprising of native and mestizo peasants against the Bourbon reforms in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru
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Nuku rebellion
18th-century revolts in the Moluccas
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Architecture & Engineering 9
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Flakstad Church
Church in Flakstad, Norway
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Church of Saints Nazarius and Celsus
Church in Brescia, Italy
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Gustav Adolf Church
Church building in Iisalmi, Finland
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Venabygd Church
Church building in Ringebu, Innlandet, Norway
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Gustav Adolf Church
Church of Sweden church building in Habo Municipality, Sweden
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Chapel of Our Lady's Assumption into Heaven
Secondary church located in the village of Retignano, Italy
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Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, Wivelsfield
Grade II listed church in Wivelsfield, Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK
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Ex Oratorio del Montirone
Church in Abano Terme, Italy
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St. George Church and Name of Mary, Zagreb
Church building in Zagreb, Croatia
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Sports & Entertainment 4
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Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux
Theater in Bordeaux (Gironde)
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Théâtre de la Reine
Theatre in the park of Versailles, France
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Comoedienhaus
Former theatre in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Smolensk state drama theatre named after A. S. Griboedov
Drama theatre in Smolensk
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 4 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1780 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1780.
1780s 4
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Yelagin Palace
Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Mthethwa Paramountcy founded
Mthethwa Paramountcy was founded.
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Kingdom of Gomma founded
Kingdom of Gomma was founded, with its capital at Agaro.
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Zeus of Otricoli
Bust of Zeus from the 1st century BC found in Otricoli
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