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| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1776 1777 1778 - 1779 - 1780 1781 1782
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1750s 1760s - 1770s ''' - 1780s 1790s 1800s
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| align="center" | - 18th Century ''' - 19th Century
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1779 was a Common Year Starting On Friday (see link for calendar).
Events
February
March
April
May
September
October
November
December
Births
Deaths
- January 3 - Claude Bourgelat , French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712 )
- January 20 - David Garrick , English actor (b. 1717 )
- January 22 - Jeremiah Dixon , English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733 )
- February 7 - William Boyce , English composer (b. 1711 )
- February 14 - James Cook , British naval captain and explorer (b. 1728 )
- February 24 - Paul Daniel Longolius , German encylopedist (b. 1704 )
- April 24 - Eleazar Wheelock , American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711 )
- May 3 - John Winthrop , American astronomer (b. 1714 )
- June 7 - William Warburton , English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698 )
- September 12 - Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple , English politician (b. 1711 )
- November 16 - Pehr Kalm , Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. 1716 )
- December 6 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin , French painter (b. 1699 )
- December 17 - Giuseppe Carcani , Italian composer (b. ? 1703 )
- December 23 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl Of Bristol , British admiral and politician (b. 1724 )
- Emperor Go-Momozono Of Japan (d. 1758 )
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