Explore 312 historical events from 1770–1779.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: US forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
The American Revolution (1765–1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. The movement began as a rebellion and evolved into a revolution resulting in…
American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The American Revolution (1765–1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. It began as a rebellion and turned into a revolution eventually creating the…
American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
Cantabria is an autonomous community and province in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a comunidad histórica, a historic community, in its current Sta…
Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
Triglav, with an elevation of 2,863.65 metres, is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak of the Julian Alps. The mountain is the pre-eminent symbol of the Slovene na…
The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
Carl Ludvig Engel or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel was a German architect and the first internationally renowned architect to work in Finland. Under his direction, Helsinki was transfor…
Carl Ludvig Engel, German architect (died 1840)
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement, firs…
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (died 1852)
James Kirke Paulding was an American writer and, for a time, the United States Secretary of the Navy. Paulding's early writings were satirical and violently anti-British, as shown …
James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1860)
Thomas Linley the younger, also known as Thomas Linley, Junior or Tom Linley, was the eldest son of the composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson. He was one of the most pre…
Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (born 1756)
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.
Catherine II, commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after a coup d'état against her husband, Peter III. Her long rei…
On the orders of Catherine the Great the first of tens of thousands of Greek and Armenian Christians were removed from…
The Battle of Ushant took place on 27 July 1778, and was fought during the American Revolutionary War between French and British fleets 100 miles (160 km) west of Ushant, an island…
The Battle of Ushant, the first encounter between the French and British fleets in the American Revolutionary War,…
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist, who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. His mathematical contributi…
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (died 1855)
Mary Reibey was an English-born merchant, shipowner and trader who was transported to Australia as a convict. After gaining her freedom, she was viewed by her contemporaries as a c…
Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman (died 1855)
John George Children FRS FRSE FLS PRES was a British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist. He was a friend of Sir Humphry Davy, who helped him secure a controversial appointment to …
John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (died 1852)
Robert Clark was a medical doctor and politician. He served in the New York State Assembly and one term as United States Representative from New York. With his family, he moved to …
Robert Clark, American physician and politician (died 1837)
David Daniel Davis M.D. F.R.C.P. was a British physician.
David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician and academic (died 1841)
Jean-Jacques Lartigue, S.S., was a Canadian Sulpician, who served as the first Catholic Bishop of Montreal.
Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (died 1840)
Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross was a British naval officer and explorer. He was the uncle of Sir James Clark Ross, who explored the Arctic with him, and later led expeditions to Antarc…
John Ross, Scottish commander and explorer (died 1856)
Paavo Heikki Ruotsalainen was a Finnish farmer and lay preacher who became the leader of the revivalist Awakening religious movement in Finland.
Paavo Ruotsalainen, Finnish farmer and lay preacher (died 1852)
Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet at the intersection of the neoclassical with the Romantic style of British poetry.
Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic (died 1844)
General Henry Otway Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, CB was a peer and British Army officer.
Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (died 1853)
Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina…
Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine priest and politician (died 1849)