{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1777 1778 1779 - 1780 - 1781 1782 1783 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
|} 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ==Events== *January 16 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) *February, Armed Neutrality of the North alliance formed between Denmark, Sweden, and Russia. * March 26 - The ''British Gazette'', the first Sunday newspaper in Britain * May 12 - American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by Great Britain forces. * May 29 - American Revolutionary War: Loyalist (American Revolution) forces under Col. Banastre Tarleton kill surrendering Patriot (American Revolution) soldiers in the Waxhaw Massacre. * August 16 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden - The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. * September 25 – Benedict Arnold flees to British-held New York * October 2 - American Revolutionary War: Great Britain spy John Andre is hanged by United States forces. * October 10-October 16 – Great Hurricane of 1780 flattens the islands of Barbados, Martinique and St. Eustatius * November 29 - Maria Theresa of Austria dies and her Habsburg dominions pass to her ambitious son, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, who has already been Holy Roman Emperor since 1765. *Britain attacks the United Provinces before it can join the Neutral Alliance, because of its support for the American uprising. * First Epsom Derby horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, England. * Emperor Kokaku of Japan ascends to the throne of Japan * In Ireland, Lady Berry, who is sentenced to death for the murder of her son, is released when she agrees to become an executioner (retires 1810) * Good Cereal and wine harvest in France ==Births== * April 29 - Charles Nodier, French author (d. 1844) * June 1 - Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian military strategist (d. 1831) * August 1 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and poet (d. 1843) * August 29 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (d. 1867) * December 26 - Mary Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872) * John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1862) ==Deaths== *September 8 - Enoch Poor, American Revolutionary general (b. 1736) *November 29 - Maria Theresa of Austria (b. 1717) * Thomas Dilworth, British cleric and writer 1780 os:1780
I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 12:34, 7 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo
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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1777 1778 1779 - 1780 - 1781 1782 1783 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
|} 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ==Events== *January 16 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) *February, Armed Neutrality of the North alliance formed between Denmark, Sweden, and Russia. * March 26 - The ''British Gazette'', the first Sunday newspaper in Britain * May 12 - American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by Great Britain forces. * May 29 - American Revolutionary War: Loyalist (American Revolution) forces under Col. Banastre Tarleton kill surrendering Patriot (American Revolution) soldiers in the Waxhaw Massacre. * August 16 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden - The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. * September 25 – Benedict Arnold flees to British-held New York * October 2 - American Revolutionary War: Great Britain spy John Andre is hanged by United States forces. * October 10-October 16 – Great Hurricane of 1780 flattens the islands of Barbados, Martinique and St. Eustatius * November 29 - Maria Theresa of Austria dies and her Habsburg dominions pass to her ambitious son, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, who has already been Holy Roman Emperor since 1765. *Britain attacks the United Provinces before it can join the Neutral Alliance, because of its support for the American uprising. * First Epsom Derby horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, England. * Emperor Kokaku of Japan ascends to the throne of Japan * In Ireland, Lady Berry, who is sentenced to death for the murder of her son, is released when she agrees to become an executioner (retires 1810) * Good Cereal and wine harvest in France ==Births== * April 29 - Charles Nodier, French author (d. 1844) * June 1 - Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian military strategist (d. 1831) * August 1 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and poet (d. 1843) * August 29 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (d. 1867) * December 26 - Mary Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872) * John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1862) ==Deaths== *September 8 - Enoch Poor, American Revolutionary general (b. 1736) *November 29 - Maria Theresa of Austria (b. 1717) * Thomas Dilworth, British cleric and writer 1780 os:1780
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I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 12:34, 7 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo
1780
1780s
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