Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1779. 1779 (MDCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting... 13 KB (1,541 words) - 14:12, 5 March 2024 |
Great Siege of Gibraltar (redirect from Gibraltar 1779–83) It was the largest battle in the war by number of combatants. On 16 June 1779, Spain entered the war on the side of France and as co-belligerents of the... 86 KB (10,539 words) - 22:10, 2 April 2024 |
The Armada of 1779 was a combined Franco-Spanish naval enterprise intended to divert British military assets, primarily of the Royal Navy, from other war... 15 KB (1,637 words) - 12:49, 22 February 2024 |
1779 Paraná, provisional designation 1950 LZ, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid... 8 KB (536 words) - 20:26, 25 December 2023 |
Spain and the American Revolutionary War (redirect from Anglo-Spanish War (1779)) and further shipments of blankets were being collected at Bilbao. By June 1779 the Spanish had finalized their preparations for war. The British cause seemed... 25 KB (3,014 words) - 00:08, 16 April 2024 |
The 1770s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1779 BC to December 31, 1770 BC. Investiture of Zimri-Lim, a painting of Zimri-Lim receiving the ring... 1 KB (174 words) - 14:43, 24 October 2023 |
María Amalia, Infanta of Spain (9 January 1779 in Madrid – 22 July 1798 in Madrid), was a Spanish princess. She was a daughter of King Charles IV of Spain... 6 KB (614 words) - 23:00, 31 January 2024 |
Johann Elert Bode (redirect from C/1779 A1 (Bode)) He is credited with the discovery of Bode's Galaxy (M81). Comet Bode (C/1779 A1) is named after him; its orbit was calculated by Erik Prosperin. Asteroid... 12 KB (1,338 words) - 03:47, 2 December 2023 |
Ottoman–Persian War (1775–1776) (redirect from Ottoman–Persian War (1775–1779)) merchants from selling their goods. As a result, the Persians held Basra until 1779 when the Ottomans, under Sulayman Agha, retook the city, following Karim... 7 KB (601 words) - 19:45, 10 March 2024 |
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) (redirect from Anglo-French War 1779) the conflict onto a global stage. Spain did not enter into the war until 1779, as an ally of France pursuant to the secret Treaty of Aranjuez. Vergennes'... 65 KB (8,248 words) - 07:56, 29 March 2024 |
Matilda (ship) (redirect from Matilda (1779)) Matilda: Matilda (1790 ship) was a ship built in France and launched in 1779. She first appears in British records in 1790 as a whaling ship and transported... 2 KB (295 words) - 16:08, 26 August 2022 |
Battle of Rukh (redirect from Battle of Rukh 1779) The Battle of Rukh (Georgian: რუხის ბრძოლა) was fought in 1779 between the combined armies of the Kingdom of Imereti, and the Principalities of Mingrelia... 4 KB (348 words) - 08:58, 26 February 2024 |
James Cook (category 1779 deaths) October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean... 101 KB (10,370 words) - 15:29, 1 May 2024 |
John Winthrop (educator) (redirect from John Winthrop (1714-1779)) John Winthrop (December 19, 1714 – May 3, 1779) was an American mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics... 8 KB (697 words) - 05:13, 3 January 2024 |
Veranlassung ... Duncker & Humblot. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "MORRIS, RICHARD (1703-1779), founder of the Cymmrodorion Society". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National... 10 KB (1,068 words) - 14:52, 15 June 2023 |
HMS Hinchinbrook (1778) (redirect from HMS Hinchinbrook (1779)) commissioned that December at Jamaica under Commander Christopher Parker. In May 1779, Captain Charles Nugent replaced Parker, who had been promoted to post captain... 9 KB (1,038 words) - 17:10, 14 September 2023 |
French ship Annibal (1778) (redirect from French ship Achille (1779)) Grenada under Lamotte-Picquet. In the Battle of Martinique, on 18 December 1779, Annibal single-handedly engaged seven ships of the line to protect a convoy... 6 KB (433 words) - 11:34, 3 August 2023 |
Voronezh Governorate (redirect from Azov Governorate (1708-1779)) and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1708 (as Azov Governorate) to 1779 and again from 1796 to 1928. Its capital was located in Voronezh since 1725... 19 KB (1,351 words) - 20:08, 20 February 2024 |
David Garrick (redirect from Garrick, David, 1717-1779) David Garrick (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of... 32 KB (3,833 words) - 22:04, 26 January 2024 |
both the French Navy and the Royal Navy. She was launched by the French in 1779. The ship passed to British control in 1793 and was taken into service as... 40 KB (5,495 words) - 12:49, 27 March 2024 |
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776 (redirect from Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1779) London: Eyre, Straham, Woodfall. 18 Geo. 3. c. 1 (1778), 19 Geo. 3. c. 1 (1779), 20 Geo. 3. c. 5 (1780), 21 Geo. 3. c. 2 (1781), 22 Geo. 3. c. 1 (1782)... 9 KB (188 words) - 21:22, 8 January 2024 |
French frigate Médée (1778) (redirect from French frigate Medee (1779)) Saint-Malo Laid down January 1778 Launched 20 September 1778 In service February 1779 Captured 4 August 1800 Great Britain Name Medee Acquired 4 August 1800 by... 6 KB (437 words) - 14:15, 7 August 2023 |
Tyne Bridge (redirect from Tyne Bridge Act 1779) side foundation stone laid in 1776. Works were completed by 13 September 1779, at an estimated cost of between £30,000 and £60,000. Work on a modern bridge... 25 KB (2,248 words) - 13:31, 17 April 2024 |
American Revolutionary War (category Conflicts in 1779) agreement with the rebels, followed by a Treaty of Alliance in February 1778. In 1779, Spain also allied with France against Britain in the Treaty of Aranjuez... 296 KB (29,869 words) - 11:05, 22 April 2024 |
Charles Claude Flahaut, Count of Angiviller (redirect from 1779 Charles Claude Flahaut, Count of Angiviller) all official artistic patronage flowed. His portrait by Joseph Duplessis, 1779, is conserved in the Louvre. In 1784, he was elected a member of the American... 2 KB (148 words) - 12:09, 28 April 2024 |
1770s in archaeology (redirect from 1779 in archaeology) - Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer and Egyptologist (d. 1823) 1779: May 29 - John Disney, English barrister, antiquarian and archaeological... 4 KB (278 words) - 14:43, 16 July 2022 |
Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily (redirect from Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1779-1849)) Cristina of Naples and Sicily (Maria Cristina Amelia Teresa; 17 January 1779 – 11 March 1849) was a Princess of Naples and Sicily and later Queen of Sardinia... 7 KB (412 words) - 20:46, 19 January 2024 |