Major Events
- Jun 16 Spain declares war on Great Britain in support of France and the USA, starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar which goes on to last 3 years, 7 months and 2 weeks
- Sep 27 John Adams appointed to negotiate Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain
- More 1779 Events
Peter Mark Roget
William Lamb
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
James Cook
Casimir PulaskiArticles About 1779
Last Adventure of Captain Cook
Explorer James Cook was the first European to set foot on Hawaii, where he was thought to be a god. But he would never leave the island alive.February 14
'I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight'
After refusing to surrender, John Paul Jones, the father of the US Navy, achieved a dramatic against-the-odds victory against the British on this day.September 23
Famous Weddings in 1779
- Mar 23 Botanist Joseph Banks (36) weds Dorothea Hugessen
- Apr 8 US Defector General Benedict Arnold (38) weds Peggy Shippen (18) at Shippen's townhouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Dec 13 Joséphine de Beauharnais, future Empress of the French, marries her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, in Paris
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frederick North
Frederick the Great
Louis XVI