Explore 404 historical events from 1780–1789.
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 Colonel William Crawford began a failed expedition to destroy British-allied American Ind
Phutthayotfa Chulalok, posthumously honoured as King Phutthayotfa Chulalok the Great, also known by his regnal name Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the firs…
King Rama I moved into the Grand Palace in Bangkok, which has remained the royal residence of Siam and Thailand since th
The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States from …
The Congress of the Confederation adopted the Great Seal of the United States (obverse pictured), used to authenticate d
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: Five American privateer vessels raided the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician. He completed more than 800 works in his life—including outstanding examples of most of the genres of his time: sympho…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II…
The Badge of Military Merit was an award for non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Continental Army. It is considered America's first military decoration, and the second ol…
The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military…
Jack Jouett Jr. was an American farmer and politician in Virginia and Kentucky best known for his 40-mile (60 km) ride during the American Revolution in 1781. Sometimes called the …
Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid
The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic. The war, contemporary with the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), broke …
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, a fleet of six East India Company ships sets sail from Fort Marlborough to raid the Dutch VOC…
The Battle of Dogger Bank was a fleet action fought in the North Sea on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. It occurred between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral of t…
The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
The Battle of Dogger Bank was a fleet action fought in the North Sea on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. It occurred between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral of t…
British and Dutch ships engage in the second Battle of Dogger Bank.
Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer was a German historian. He was the first scientific historian to popularise history in German. He travelled extensively and served in German legis…
Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (died 1873)
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader Amer…
American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique
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: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian…
Christian August Lobeck was a German classical scholar.
Christian Lobeck, German scholar and academic (died 1860)
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of dil…
George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (died 1848)
Baron Siméon Denis Poisson was a French mathematician and physicist who worked on statistics, complex analysis, partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, analytic…
Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (died 1840)
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen b…
Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (died 1826)
El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, shortened to the Pueblo de los Ángeles, was the Spanish civilian pueblo settled in 1781 which became the…
Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of…
The Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a fleet action which took place near the mouth of the Chesapeake…
Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy,…
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: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
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: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the…
Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani was an Italian guitarist, cellist, singer, and composer. He was a leading guitar virtuoso of the early 19th century. One of his best known w…
Mauro Giuliani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1828)
Maria Aletta Hulshoff was a Dutch Patriot, feminist and pamphleteer.
Maria Aletta Hulshoff, Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (died 1846)
Anton Diabelli was an Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig …
Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (died 1858)