Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1780. 1780 (MDCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on...
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The Great Hurricane of 1780 was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, as well as the deadliest tropical cyclone in the Western Hemisphere. An estimated...
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Culture and Society (redirect from Culture and Society 1780–1950)
Information culture Clive, John (July 1959). "Review: Culture and Society, 1780-1950 by Raymond Williams". The American Historical Review. 64 (4): 934–935...
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1780 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events It was probably during this year that Harry Sellers reclaimed the vacant English Championship...
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Count Antoni Norbert Potocki hr. Pilawa (1780–1850) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Son of Józef Makary Potocki and Princess Ludwika Lubomirska, daughter...
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The year 1780 in architecture involved some significant events. April 17 – Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in France, designed by Victor Louis is inaugurated...
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Maria Theresa (redirect from Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1717–1780))
Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position...
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Giovanni Battista Bianchi fl. 1780 – c. 1782 was an Italian composer and conductor of the Classical period. Nothing is known about his birth or early life...
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William Ellery Channing (redirect from William Ellery Channing (1780-1842))
William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and...
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Central Park Tower (redirect from 1780 Broadway)
process, the tower was delayed after two buildings at 225 West 57th Street and 1780 Broadway were considered for New York City landmark status. Despite uncertainty...
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Princess Henriëtte of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (22 April 1780, in Kirchheimbolanden – 2 January 1857, in Kirchheim unter Teck) was a German duchess...
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Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (redirect from Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784))
The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (Dutch: Vierde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog; 1780–1784) was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic...
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Joseph Ellicott (miller) (redirect from Joseph Ellicott (1732 - 1780))
Joseph Ellicott (1732–1780) was one of three Quaker brothers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Province who purchased land on the Patapsco River and set...
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1780 Kippes, provisional designation A906 RA, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 28 kilometers in diameter...
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USS Ranger (1777) (redirect from HMS Halifax (1780))
USS Ranger was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy, serving from 1777–1780 and the first to bear her name. Built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Badger's...
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Events from the year 1780 in Canada. Monarch: George III Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand Governor of Nova Scotia: Lord William...
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Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit (redirect from Portrait of a Negro Man c. 1780)
depicted Olaudah Equiano and to have been painted by Joshua Reynolds c. 1780 with the title Portrait of a Negro Man. The painting featured as part of...
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The 1780 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger...
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Konstantinos Gouvelis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γουβέλης) was an Ottoman-era magnate and politician who took part in the Greek War of Independence. Hailing...
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Pillars of the Republic (redirect from Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860)
"Review of Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 15 (3): 542–544. doi:10...
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American Revolutionary War (category Conflicts in 1780)
served on the American side from 1775 to 1780; after defecting, he served on the British side from 1780 to 1783. 1780–1783 The total in active duty service...
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Indien (1778) (redirect from South Carolina (1780))
74-gun Third Rate ship of the line but was a frigate in construction. In 1780 the Duke of Luxembourg chartered her to the navy of South Carolina and she...
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Minuscule 1780 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) δ 412 (von Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on 198 parchment leaves...
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Somerset House (redirect from Completion of Somerset House Act 1780)
based on Inigo Jones's drawings for the riverfront of the former palace. By 1780 the North Wing was finished and occupied, and Chambers reported to Parliament...
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New England's Dark Day (redirect from Dark Day of 1780)
New England's Dark Day occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the daytime sky was observed over the New England states and parts of eastern...
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Spanish ship San Carlos that Admiral Rodney's squadron captured on 8 January 1780. She was sold as a prize and in 1781 commenced a voyage as an "extra" ship...
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Grand Orient de France (redirect from L'Hermione 1780 Lodge)
Washington - D.C. (1989) Pacifica Lodge, San Francisco-CA (1986) L'Hermione 1780 Lodge, Baltimore - MD (2016) Star of the two Worlds, Fort Lauderdale (Florida)...
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Events from the year 1780 in France Monarch – Louis XVI 17 April – Battle of Martinique 6 August – Georges Humann, financier and politician (died 1842)...
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