• The action of 7 June 1780 took place during the American War of Independence between the frigates Hermione and HMS Iris. The ships exchanged fire for...
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    Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville (category People of the War of the First Coalition)
    spotting four sails on 7 June 1780: these were the frigate HMS Iris and three smaller warships. In the ensuing action of 7 June 1780, Latouche was himself...
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    coast of North America, and in her, on 6 June 1780, fought what naval historian John Knox Laughton has called "a well-conducted and equal action" with...
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  • The action of 13 August 1780 was a minor naval battle fought off the Old Head of Kinsale (County Cork, Ireland) in which the 64-gun French "private man...
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    frigate Santa Margarita. (details) 1780, June 1 – USS Trumbull engages the British privateer Watt; both ships withdraw 1780, August 10 – HMS Flora defeats...
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    French frigate Hermione (1779) (category Age of Sail frigates of France)
    Hawker. Hermione and Iris hoisted their flags, and the action of 7 June 1780 ensued. After 90 minutes of gunnery and musketry exchange, the ships disengaged...
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  • Kentucky Battle of Saint Louis 26 May – British unable to take town from Spanish. Battle of Waxhaws 29 May - British victory Action of 7 June 1780 - Inconclusive...
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  • This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters...
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    The Battle of Springfield was fought during the American Revolutionary War on June 23, 1780, in Union County, New Jersey. After the Battle of Connecticut...
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    also sometimes referred to as the first siege of Charleston, owing to a more successful British siege in 1780. The British organized an expedition in early...
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    Gordon Riots (category 1780 in England)
    The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days of rioting in London motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began with a large and orderly protest against...
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    battle that took place off the southern coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. A British fleet under Admiral Sir...
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    Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782 under Captain Cresp de Saint-Césaire, who was killed in the action. The ship was saved by the active help of Swedish...
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    Benedict Arnold (category British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
    of major general before defecting to the British in 1780. General George Washington had given him his fullest trust and had placed him in command of West...
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    In June 1780, Clinton sent 6,000 men under Wilhelm von Knyphausen to retake New Jersey, but they were halted by local militia at the Battle of Connecticut...
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    1780)" (PDF). In Sillero-Zubiri, C.; Hoffman, M. & Mech, D. (eds.). Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan...
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    Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780), also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American...
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    Ruidhin. The fort still stood in 1780 and is mentioned in an account from John Lloyd's A Short Tour of Clare (1780). It was demolished in 1808 to provide...
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    Legislative Fund Jewish Democratic Council of America Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs J Street PAC League of Conservation Voters Natural Resources...
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    the Patriots. The battle took place on October 7, 1780, 9 miles (14 km) south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. In what is now...
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    Retrieved June 21, 2023. "Endorsed Candidates". National Women's Political Caucus. Retrieved January 26, 2024. "Planned Parenthood Action Fund Announces...
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    2024. "June 25, 2024 Primary Contest List". May 11, 2024. "FOE Action Announces Endorsements for Progressive Incumbents". Friends of the Earth Action. February...
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    Patrick Ferguson (category 1780 deaths)
    Ferguson (1744 – 7 October 1780) was a Scottish officer in the British Army, an early advocate of light infantry and the designer of the Ferguson rifle...
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    Anna Jabłonowska (category Polish patrons of the arts)
    Princess Anna Paulina Jabłonowska née Sapieha (22 June 1728, Wołpa - 7 February 1800) was a Polish magnate and politician. She was known for her remarkable...
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    commissioned in June 1780 under Captain Thomas Shirley. Leander cruised for some time in the North Sea. At the end of 1781, Leander and the sloop-of-war HMS Alligator...
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    (today Charleston), the capital of South Carolina, between March 29 and May 12, 1780. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy in late...
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    The Sunday Observance Act 1780 (21 Geo. 3. c. 49) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Originally eight sections long, only sections 1 to 3...
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    Continental brigadier general from 7 January 1783 to 3 November 1783. John Philip De Haas (brevet to Major General 1780) Moses Hazen James Hogun (POW) (North...
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  • org. Retrieved 21 January 2018. Pegler, Martin (June 2017), "The Allies Strike Back: The Genesis of Sniping, Part 5", American Rifleman, 60–63; 63. Friscolanti...
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    across the breast, between coat and waistcoat, pink in color. Later, on June 18, 1780, it was prescribed that brigadier generals would instead wear a single...
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