What happened in 1780?

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Wars & Conflicts · North Sea

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

Second Anglo-Mysore War

Wars & Conflicts · South India

War

Battle of Camden

Wars & Conflicts · Camden

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Waxhaws

Wars & Conflicts · Lancaster County

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Siege of Charleston

Wars & Conflicts · Charleston

Major engagement fought between March 29 to May 12, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Kings Mountain

Wars & Conflicts

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Fort Charlotte

Wars & Conflicts · Mobile

1780 battle of the Anglo-Spanish War during the American Revolutionary War

Battle of St. Louis

Wars & Conflicts · Cahokia

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Springfield

Wars & Conflicts · Springfield Township

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Pollilur

Wars & Conflicts · Pullalur

1780 battle

Battle of Charlotte

Wars & Conflicts · Charlotte

1780 battle

Battle of Blackstock's Farm

Wars & Conflicts · Union County

1780 battle

Battle of Sangarará

Wars & Conflicts · Sangarará

1780 battle

Battle of Piqua

Wars & Conflicts · Bethel Township

1780 conflict with Shawnee Indians

Battle of Klock's Field

Wars & Conflicts · St. Johnsville

1780 battle of the American Revolution

Battle of Fishing Creek

Wars & Conflicts · Chester County

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Connecticut Farms

Wars & Conflicts

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Hanging Rock

Wars & Conflicts · Lancaster County

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Fort St. George

Wars & Conflicts

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Rocky Mount

Wars & Conflicts

1780 battle

Battle of Ramsour's Mill

Wars & Conflicts · Lincolnton

June 20, 1780 battle during the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Monck's Corner

Wars & Conflicts · Moncks Corner

1780 battle

Siege of Kastania

Wars & Conflicts · Kastania

Fought in July 1780

Battle of Musgrove Mill

Wars & Conflicts · Laurens County

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Colson's Mill

Wars & Conflicts · Stanly County

1780 military engagement of the American Revolution

Battle of Fishdam Ford

Wars & Conflicts · Chester County

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Black Mingo

Wars & Conflicts · Georgetown County

1780 battle

Battle of Lenud's Ferry

Wars & Conflicts · Berkeley County

1780 battle

Battle of Bull's Ferry

Wars & Conflicts · Bulls Ferry

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Mobley's Meeting House

Wars & Conflicts

1780 battle

Battle of Shallow Ford

Wars & Conflicts · Huntsville

1780 skirmish in North Carolina, US

Battle of Wahab's Plantation

Wars & Conflicts

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Young's House

Wars & Conflicts

1780 American Revolutionary War battle

Battle of Tearcoat Swamp

Wars & Conflicts · South Carolina

1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Siege of Vellore

Wars & Conflicts · Vellore

Series of sieges during the Second Anglo-Mysore War at Vellore, in present-day Tamil Nadu

Battle of Cape St. Vincent

Wars & Conflicts · Cape St. Vincent

1780 naval battle

Battle of Martinique

Wars & Conflicts · Martinique

1780 battle during the American Revolutionary War in the West Indies

Action of 9 August 1780

Wars & Conflicts · Cape St. Vincent

1780 naval battle

Action of 8 January 1780

Wars & Conflicts

1780 naval battle

Action of 30 September 1780

Wars & Conflicts · Bermuda

1780 naval battle

Bird's invasion of Kentucky

Wars & Conflicts · Kentucky County

Military operation

Treaty of Aranjuez

Politics & Government · Aranjuez

1780 treaty between Spain and Morocco

Sophronius II of Constantinople died

People · Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch in 1774–1780

Fedor Soimonov died

People · Volosovo

Russian hydrographer

Jonathan Carver died

People · London

American explorer (1710-1780)

Silvestre Vélez de Escalante died

People · Parral

Spanish missionary

John Bell died

People · Scotland

18th century Scottish doctor and traveller (1691-1780)

Hiraga Gennai died

People · Tenma-chō Prison

Japanese pharmacologist and writer (1728-1780)

İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi died

People · Siirt

Ottoman scientist

María Andresa Casamayor died

People · Zaragoza

Spanish mathematician and teacher

Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre died

People · Naples

Spanish archaeologist (1702-1780)

Hieronymus David Gaubius died

People · Leiden

German chemist

Jean-Baptiste-Michel Bucquet died

People · Paris

French chemist and physicist (1746–1780)

William Bowles died

People · Madrid

Irish naturalist

Jan Szczepan Kurdwanowski died

People · Lunéville

Polish physicist

Pierre-Joseph Bourcet died

People · Meylan

French general (1700-1780)

William Cookworthy died

People · Plymouth

British pharmacist

William Skinner died

People · Greenwich

Chief Engineer of Great Britain

Francesco Antonio Vallotti died

People · Padua

Italian composer, organist and music theorist (1697–1780)

Nicolás Fernández de Moratín died

People · Madrid

Spanish writer

Ignatius Sancho died

People · London

British composer, writer and grocer

D'Hannetaire died

People · Brussels metropolitan area

French actor

Susanna Maria van der Duyn died

People · Amsterdam

18th-century actress from the Northern Netherlands

Dilhayat Kalfa died

People · Istanbul

Prominent Turkish composer (1710–1779)

Martin Nürenbach died

People · Finland

German actor

Mary Bradshaw died

People · Plymouth

British stage actress (died 1780)

Hedvig Wigert died

People · Stockholm

Swedish opera singer

Carl Barbandt died

People · London

German musician and composer

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres born

People · Montauban

Born in Montauban. French painter (1780–1867).

Carl von Clausewitz born

People · Burg

Born in Burg. German-Prussian general and military theorist.

Pierre-Jean de Béranger born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French poet and chansonnier (1780-1857).

Richard Mentor Johnson born

People · Louisville

Born in Louisville. Vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841.

Mary Somerville born

People · Jedburgh

Born in Jedburgh. Scottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872).

Charles Nodier born

People · Besançon

Born in Besançon. French author (1780–1844).

Karl Nesselrode born

People · Lisbon

Born in Lisbon. Russian diplomat of Baltic German origin (1780-1862).

Anastasio Bustamante born

People · Jiquilpan Municipality

Born in Jiquilpan Municipality. 4th President of Mexico (1780-1853).

Alexandre Deschapelles born

People · Ville-d'Avray

Born in Ville-d'Avray. French chess player.

Nicolas Chauvin born

People · Croix-Chapeau

Born in Croix-Chapeau. Legendary French soldier.

Karoline von Günderrode born

People · Karlsruhe

Born in Karlsruhe. German poet.

Juana Azurduy de Padilla born

People · Sucre

Born in Sucre. Argentine/bolivian military leader.

Jørgen Jørgensen born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Self declared King of Iceland, defied the crown of Denmark. Reigned for a short period (1780-1841).

Thomas Chalmers born

People · Anstruther

Born in Anstruther. Scottish mathematician and leader of the Free Church of Scotlandl (1780-1847).

Maria Theresa of Austria died

People · Vienna

Died in Vienna. Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780).

Ranjit Singh born

People · Gujranwala

Born in Gujranwala. First Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1780–1839).

Hôpital Cochin

Science & Technology

Hospital in France

Parque Terra Nostra

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Furnas, Sao Miguel Island, Azores

University of Münster

Science & Technology · Münster

German university

Transylvania University

Science & Technology · Lexington

Private university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States

San Juan Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Río San Juan

Expedition in the American War of Independence

Robinson Rock House Ruin and Plantation Site

Exploration & Discovery

historic archaeological site located in Reedy Creek Park at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Gilbert Town Historic District

Exploration & Discovery

historic district in North Carolina, United States

Synagogue in Luže

Religion & Belief Systems

Xumi Fushou Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in People's Republic of China

Nostra Signora delle Tre Fontane

Religion & Belief Systems · Trefontane

Saint Stephen of Perm church, Kideksha

Religion & Belief Systems

Bródno Jewish Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland

Church of Saint Nicholas in Navahrudak

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Navahrudak, Belarus

Cimetière des Juifs portugais de Paris

Religion & Belief Systems

Cemetery located in Paris, in France

Colegiata de San Patricio de Lorca

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural property in Lorca, Spain

San Giovanni Battista

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Lonato del Garda, Italy

Ermita de Sant Gregori de Vinaròs

Religion & Belief Systems

Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción

Religion & Belief Systems

Former 1780 Spanish mission near Yuma, Arizona

Brinkens Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Latvian cultural monument No. 6761

San Secondo Parish Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Ludiano

Church building in Ludiano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

17 Józefa Poniatowskiego Street in Prudnik

Religion & Belief Systems · Księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego Street

Ancienne Visitation de Caen

Religion & Belief Systems

Convent located in Calvados, in France

Xinzhuang Guangfu Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple of Lords of Three Mountains in Xinzhuang, Taiwan

Lutheran church in Apši

Religion & Belief Systems

Latvian cultural monument No. 6279

Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity in Krasnaya Sloboda

Religion & Belief Systems

Former church in Krasnoslobodsk, Russia

Lutheran church near Vangaži

Religion & Belief Systems

Latvian cultural monument No. 8487

St. Wendelin chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Merenschwand in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Kaple Panny Marie Sněžné

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Žernov, Czech Republic

Saint John the Baptist church in Złoty Potok

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Złoty Potok, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Pfarrhaus (Mittelbiberach)

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Mittelbiberach, Germany

Wayside cross in Nový Bydžov

Religion & Belief Systems

Lutheran rectory in Jaworze

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic building in Jaworze, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Farmhouse Rehmen 39

Religion & Belief Systems

Listed house in the district Rehmen in the municipality Au, Vorarlberg, Austria

Protestant Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems · Lipperswil

Church residential building in Lipperswil in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland

San Salvatore Parish Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Cabbio

Church building in Cabbio in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG

Economy & Trade · Waldkirch

Company

NZZ Mediengruppe

Economy & Trade · Zurich

Swiss media company

Browns of Chester

Economy & Trade · Chester

Department store in Chester

Bank of Pennsylvania

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Bank in Pennsylvania

Landolt & Cie

Economy & Trade · Lausanne

Swiss private bank

Addis Housewares

Economy & Trade · Bridgend

British company manufacturing household products

1780 Tabriz earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Iran

1780 Java earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Great Hurricane of 1780

Disasters & Pandemics · North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic hurricane in 1780

Gordon Riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · London

Event in London in 1780

Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II

Social Movements & Revolutions · Viceroyalty of Peru

Uprising of native and mestizo peasants against the Bourbon reforms in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru

Nuku rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Western New Guinea

18th-century revolts in the Moluccas

Flakstad Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Flakstad, Norway

Church of Saints Nazarius and Celsus

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Brescia, Italy

Gustav Adolf Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Iisalmi, Finland

Venabygd Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ringebu, Innlandet, Norway

Gustav Adolf Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church of Sweden church building in Habo Municipality, Sweden

Chapel of Our Lady's Assumption into Heaven

Architecture & Engineering · Retignano

Secondary church located in the village of Retignano, Italy

Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, Wivelsfield

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Wivelsfield, Lewes, East Sussex, England, UK

Ex Oratorio del Montirone

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Abano Terme, Italy

St. George Church and Name of Mary, Zagreb

Architecture & Engineering · Odra

Church building in Zagreb, Croatia

Maltesholm Castle

Architecture & Engineering

Castle

Kuto Besak

Architecture & Engineering · Palembang

Building in Palembang, Indonesia

Sukunahikona Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Chūō-ku, Osaka

Fountain of Neptune

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Madrid

Emiliekilde

Architecture & Engineering · Strandvejen

Monument in Denmark

Capella de casa Rossell

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ordino, Andorra

Fontana Contarini

Architecture & Engineering · Città Alta

Saint Florian Greek Catholic chapel (Budapest)

Architecture & Engineering · Víziváros

Church building in Víziváros, Hungary

Santi Giovanni e Provino Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Agno in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Church of the Theotokos Joy of All Who Sorrow at Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

Architectural structure in Tagansky District, Russia

Kirche Popelken

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Vysokoye, Slavsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

Barratt's Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Delaware, United States

Musgrove Mill State Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

historic site in upstate South Carolina

San Carlos Borromeo Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Battle of Hanging Rock Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

historic battle site commemorating the Battle of Hanging Rock during the American Revolutionary War and located near Heath Springs, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Saint Paul Church (Bač)

Architecture & Engineering

Former co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa(-Bács)

Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Bordeaux (Gironde)

Théâtre de la Reine

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in the park of Versailles, France

Comoedienhaus

Sports & Entertainment

Former theatre in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Smolensk state drama theatre named after A. S. Griboedov

Sports & Entertainment

Drama theatre in Smolensk