1779 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1779 From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Births July 15 – Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, writer, and poet (d. 1863) August 1 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843) Category: 1779 Navigation menu

3 June – Armada of 1779: Fleet sets sail from France. 16 June – American Revolutionary War: Spain declares war on Britain. 20 June – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Stono Ferry. 6 July – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Grenada fought between British and French navies. 24 June – American Revolutionary War: start of the ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Events from the year 1779 in art . Contents 1 Events 2 Paintings 3 Births 4 Deaths Events October 8 – William Blake enrols as a student with the Royal Academy of Arts at Somerset House in London. Paintings Charles Willson Peale, George Washington, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

1779 in music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Contents 1 Events 2 Opera 3 Classical music 4 Methods and theory writings 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 References Events February 16 – Composer William Boyce is buried in St Paul's Cathedral. The music at his funeral features the massed choirs of St Paul's itself, Westminster Abbey and the Chapel Royal.

1st Nassau 17 February 2nd Nassau The Battle of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the Anglo-Spanish War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Baton Rouge was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez 's march into British West Florida . Contents 1 Background 1.1 Fort Bute 1.2 British defenses 2 Battle

1st Nassau 17 February 2nd Nassau The Armada of 1779 was a combined Franco - Spanish naval enterprise intended to divert British military assets, primarily of the Royal Navy, from other war theatres by invading the Kingdom of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. This action was a part of the wider Anglo-French War (1778–1783).