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   On this day in history ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.   

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

Jan 17   Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1779 captain Cook's last notation in ship's log Discovery   

Jan 18   In the year 1779 peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

Jan 18   The birth of Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1779 john Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71   

Jan 22   In the year 1779 stefano Pavesi, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington in the year 1779.   

Feb 21   Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer in the year 1779.   

Feb 22   In the year 1779 joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer   

Feb 24   On this day in history george Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British   

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

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

Mar 01   On this day in history jacob Gottfried Weber, composer   

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

Mar 11   On this day in history uS army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)   

Mar 13   In the year 1779 oliver Shaw, composer   

Mar 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52   

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

Apr 21   On this day in history william Knyvett, composer   

May 02   In the year 1779 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   In the year 1779 birth of william Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)   

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

Jan 05   Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   John White, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)   

Jan 22   In the year 1779 birth of stefano Pavesi, composer   

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)   

Jan 03   In the year 1779 death of claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)   

Jan 20   John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 in the year 1779.   

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

Feb 02   Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1779 william Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies   

Feb 24   Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704) died on this day in history.