1779

Year 1779 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * - British troops surrender to the s in, India, and are forced to return all terrorities acquired since.
 * - was crowned  of.
 * - : is hanged at,  for supposed acts of terrorism upon the people of the surrounding communities.
 * - After a second petition for partition from its residents, the abolishes,  (established ) by dividing it and naming the northern portion  (for Revolutionary War hero ) and the southern portion  (for ).  The General Assembly also establishes  (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the county seat of Warren County and  (named for ) to be the county seat of Franklin County.




 * : Captain dies on the  on his third and last voyage.
 * - : n and  mediators at the  negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement  receives a part of its territory that was taken from them (the ).
 * - : is ed for  in his treatment of government property.

July - December

 * - : forces led by General  capture  from  troops.
 * - Goshen Militia destroyed by 's forces at the.
 * - : American forces led by Commodore launched the  in what is now, Maine, resulting in the worst naval defeat in U.S. history until.
 * - Start of the (fourteenth and last military siege). This was an action by  and  forces to wrest control of  from the established British Garrison. The garrison, led by, later 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, survived all attacks and a blockade of supplies.




 * - is fought.
 * - The takes place.
 * - The North Carolina General Assembly carves a new county from, North Carolina and names it in honor of United States General.
 * - Marriage of to  is held.
 * - Fort Nashborough, later to become, is founded by.

Undated

 * is completed across the in ; the first all cast-iron bridge ever constructed.
 * 's, now the oldest working engine in the world, is brought into service.
 * Founding of the city of,.

Births

 * -, American naval officer (d. )
 * -, British lexicographer (d. )
 * -, French General (d. 1869)
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Irish poet (d. )
 * -, American lawyer and lyricist (d. )
 * -, Swedish chemist (d. )
 * -, Painter
 * -, Danish poet (d. )
 * date unknown -, Italian explorer (d. )



Deaths

 * -, French veterinary surgeon (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, English surveyor and astronomer (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, British naval captain and explorer (b. )
 * -, German encylopedist (b. )
 * -, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. )
 * -, American astronomer (b. )
 * -, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. )
 * - Ras, Enderase of
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, Veteran commander of Polish, Russian, and American troops (b. )
 * -, Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, English physician (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. ?)
 * -, British admiral and politician (b. )


 * See also .