Historical Events In 1779

Jan 05   Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812) in the year 1779.   

Jan 08   On this day in history john White, composer   

Jan 11   In the year 1779 ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.   

Jan 15   Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer in the year 1779.   

Jan 17   Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery in the year 1779.   

Jan 17   Captain Cook's last notation in ship's log Discovery on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) in the year 1779.   

Jan 18   The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus in the year 1779.   

Jan 20   John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Stefano Pavesi, composer in the year 1779.   

Jan 23   In the year 1779 charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)   

Jan 31   In the year 1779 charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog   

Feb 02   Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1779.   

Feb 07   William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 in the year 1779.   

Feb 16   On this day in history william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

Feb 20   On this day in history augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington   

Feb 21   On this day in history friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer   

Feb 22   On this day in history joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer   

Feb 24   George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British in the year 1779.   

Feb 24   On this day in history george Rogers Clark captures Vincennes IN from British   

Feb 27   On this day in history jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59   

Mar 01   In the year 1779 jacob Gottfried Weber, composer   

Mar 06   Philipp Roth, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 11   In the year 1779 uS army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)   

Mar 13   On this day in history oliver Shaw, composer   

Mar 15   In the year 1779 william Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)   

Mar 21   Alexis Garaude, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 28   On this day in history angelo Maria Benincori, composer   

Apr 06   Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52 in the year 1779.   

Apr 11   Louise Reichardt, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 21   William Knyvett, composer in the year 1779.   

May 02   On this day in history john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

May 11   On this day in history john Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68   

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Jan 01   William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847) was born in the year 1779.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of john White, composer   

Jan 15   In the year 1779 birth of jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer   

Jan 18   Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of stefano Pavesi, composer   

Jan 24   In the year 1779 birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)   

Jan 20   John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736) died on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59   

Feb 07   On this day in history william Boyce, composer, dies at 67   

Feb 14   On this day in history death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50   

Feb 16   William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies in the year 1779.   

Feb 24   In the year 1779 death of paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)