Explore 404 historical events from 1780–1789.
Vincent Novello, was an English musician and music publisher born in London. He was an organist, chorister, conductor and composer, but he is best known for bringing to England man…
Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (died 1861)
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, also known as Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia, was a German princess of the ducal house of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who became the wif…
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died 1860)
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, took place in 1781 and was the final major land engagement of the American Revolutionary …
American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
The Battle of Raft Swamp was fought near Red Springs, North Carolina in Robeson County, on October 15, 1781 during the American War of Independence. Raft Swamp was well known for b…
The Battle of Raft Swamp marks the last battle fought in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War with a…
The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, took place in 1781 and was the final major land engagement of the American Revolutionary …
American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
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 siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
Bernard Bolzano was a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest of Italian extraction, also known for his liberal views.
Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (died 1848)
Johann Friedrich Meckel, often referred to as Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger, was a German anatomist born in Halle. He worked as a professor of anatomy, pathology and zoology…
Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (died 1833)
Louis Joseph was Dauphin of France as the second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. As son of a king of France, he was a fils de France. Louis Joseph died …
Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (died 1789)
Friedrich Graf von Berchtold, Freiherr von Ungarschitz was a German-speaking Bohemian physician and botanist of Austrian descent.
Friedrich von Berchtold, Bohemian physician and botanist (died 1876)
The Patent of Toleration was an edict of toleration issued on 13 October 1781 by the Habsburg emperor Joseph II. Part of the Josephinist reforms, the Patent extended religious free…
The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause was a German philosopher whose doctrines became known as Krausism. Krausism, when considered in its totality as a complete, stand-alone philosophica…
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (died 1832)
Eugène Rose de Beauharnais was a French statesman and military officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséph…
Eugène de Beauharnais, French general and politician (died 1824)
General James Abercrombie was a British Army officer and Whig politician who represented Banffshire in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1734 to 1754. He served as Command…
James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (born 1706)
Cornelius Harnett was an American Founding Father, politician, merchant, plantation owner, and slaveholder from Wilmington, North Carolina. He was a leading American Revolutionary …
Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (born 1723)
Richard Jago was an English clergyman poet and minor landscape gardener from Warwickshire. Although his writing was not highly regarded by contemporaries, some of it was sufficient…
Richard Jago, English priest and poet (born 1715)
Túpac Amaru II was an Indigenous cacique who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of the new Inca Empire. He was later elevated to …
Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian indigenous rebel leader (born 1742)
Giovanni Battista Beccaria was an Italian physicist. A fellow of the Royal Society, he published several papers on electrical subjects in the Phil. Trans. Beccaria was one of Benja…
Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (born 1716)
Reverend John Joachim Zubly, born Hans Joachim Züblin, was a Swiss-born American pastor, planter, and statesman during the American Revolution. Although a delegate for Georgia to t…
John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor and politician (born 1724)
Johann Kies was a German astronomer and mathematician. Born in Tübingen, Kies worked in Berlin in 1751 alongside Jérôme Lalande in order to make observations on the lunar parallax …
Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1713)
John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, styled The Honourable John Bligh between 1721 and 1747, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British parliamentarian.
John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (born 1719)
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As captain of the third-rate HMS Berwick, he took part in the Battle of Toulon in Febru…
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (born 1705)
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: Jack Jouett (pictured) rode 40 miles (64 km) to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legis
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: Jack Jouett rode 40 miles (64 km) to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of B