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May 29 :Waxhaw Massacre in America.1780 (MDCCLXXX ) was aleap year starting on Saturday of theGregorian calendar and aleap year starting on Wednesday of theJulian calendar , the 1780th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 80th year of the18th century , and the 1st year of the1780s decade. As of the start of 1780, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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October 2 –American Revolutionary War : In Tappan, New York,British spyJohn André is hanged by American forces.October 7 –American Revolutionary War :Battle of Kings Mountain :Patriot militia forces annihilateLoyalists under British MajorPatrick Ferguson , at Kings Mountain, South Carolina.October 10 –16 – TheGreat Hurricane flattens the islands ofBarbados ,Martinique andSint Eustatius ; 22,000 are killed.November 4 –Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II : In the SpanishViceroyalty of Peru ,Túpac Amaru II leads an uprising ofAymara andQuechua peoples andmestizo peasants as a protest against theBourbon Reforms .November 28 – A lightning strike inSaint Petersburg begins a fire that burns 11,000 homes.[ 10] November 29 –Maria Theresa of Austria dies in Vienna after 40 years of rule, and herHabsburg dominions pass to her ambitious son,Joseph II , who has already beenHoly Roman Emperor since1765 .November 30 –American Revolutionary War : The BritishSan Juan Expedition is forced to withdraw.December 14 –Alexander Hamilton marriesElizabeth Schuyler Hamilton December 16 –Emperor Kōkaku accedes to the throne of Japan.December 20 – TheFourth Anglo-Dutch War begins.[ 11] Jose Gabriel Kunturkanki, businessman and landowner, proclaims himself IncaTúpac Amaru II . TheDuke of Richmond calls, in theHouse of Lords of Great Britain, for manhood suffrage and annual parliaments, which are rejected. Jeremy Bentham 'sIntroduction to Principles of Morals and Legislation , presenting his formulation ofutilitarian ethics , is printed (but not published) in London.Nikephoros Theotokis starts introducingEdinoverie Old Believers intoRussia's established church .TheWoodford Reserve bourbon whiskey distillery begins operation inKentucky . In Ireland, Lady Berry, who is sentenced to death for the murder of her son, is released when she agrees to become anexecutioner (she retires in1810 ). TheJameson Irish Whiskey distillery is founded in Dublin, Ireland. The originalCraven Cottage is built byWilliam Craven, 6th Baron Craven , in London, on what will become the centre circle ofFulham F.C. 's pitch. The amateur dramatic groupDet Dramatiske Selskab Christiania , Norway. Western countries pay 16,000,000 ounces of silver for Chinese goods. TheKingdom of Great Britain reaches c.9 million population. Carl von Clausewitz January 13 –Pierre Jean Robiquet , French chemist (d.1840 )January 14 –Henry Baldwin ,Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d.1844 )[ 12] February 1 –David Porter , American naval officer (d.1843 )February 2 –Johannes van den Bosch ,Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d.1844 )February 3 –Mihail G. Boiagi , Aromanian grammarian and professor (d. uncertain)[ 13] February 19 –Richard McCarty , American politician (d.1844 )February 25 –John Sumner ,Archbishop of Canterbury (d.1862 )February 28 –Leonard du Bus de Gisignies ,Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d.1849 )March 25 –Joseph Ritner , American politician (d.1869 )March 29 –Jørgen Jørgensen , Danish adventurer (d.1841 )April 7 –William Ellery Channing , influential American Unitarian theologian and minister (d.1842 )April 26 –Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert , German naturalist (d.1860 )April 29 –Charles Nodier , French author (d.1844 )May 1 –John McKinley , American politician,Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d.1852 )May 21 –Elizabeth Fry , British humanitarian (d.1845 )May 29 –Henri Braconnot , French chemist, pharmacist (d.1855 )June 1 –Carl von Clausewitz , Prussian military strategist (d.1831 )July 4 –Sofia Hjärne , Finnish baroness, writer (d.1860 )July 5 –François Carlo Antommarchi , French physician (d.1838 )July 15 –Emilie Petersen , Swedish philanthropist (d.1859 )July 27 –Anastasio Bustamante , 4thPresident of Mexico (d.1853 )August 29 October 20 –Pauline Bonaparte , Italian noblewoman (d.1825 )October 28 –Ernst Anschütz , German teacher, organist, poet, and composer (d.1861 )November 13 –Ranjit Singh , Maharaja of The Punjab (Sikh Empire ), (d.1839 )[ 14] December 13 –Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner , German chemist (d.1849 )December 26 –Mary Fairfax Somerville , British mathematician (d.1872 )Thomas Hutchinson William Blackstone EmpressMaria Theresa January 13 –Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , Prussian princess (b.1722 )January 15 –Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli , Swiss agronomist (b.1716 )February 10 –Samuel Egerton , British Member of Parliament (b.1711 )February 14 –William Blackstone , English jurist (b.1723 )February 17 –Andreas Felix von Oefele , German historian, librarian (b.1706 )February 18 –Kristijonas Donelaitis , Lithuanian poet (b.1714 )March 17 –Elizabeth Butchill , English woman executed for the murder of her newborn child (b. c.1758 )March 26 –Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b.1713 )April 5 –Ulrika Strömfelt , Swedish courtier (b.1724 )May 18 –Charles Hardy , British governor of Newfoundland (b. c.1714 )May 21 –Thomas Townshend (MP) , British politician (b.1701 )June 3 –Thomas Hutchinson , American colonial governor of Massachusetts (b.1711 )July 4 –Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine , Austrian military leader (b.1712 )July 14 –Charles Batteux , French philosopher (b.1713 )July 18 –Gerhard Schøning , Norwegian historian (b.1722 )July 21 –Louis Legrand , French Sulpician priest and theologian (b.1711 )August 3 –Étienne Bonnot de Condillac , French philosopher (b.1715 )August 19 –Johann de Kalb , Bavarian-French military officer who served as a major general in theContinental Army during theAmerican Revolutionary War (b.1721 )August 29 –Jacques-Germain Soufflot , French architect (b.1713 )September 1 –Reynier de Klerck , Dutch colonial governor (b.1710 )September 4 –John Fielding , English magistrate, social reformer (b.1721 )September 6 –Françoise Basseporte , French painter (b.1701 )September 8 September 15 –Jacob Rodrigues Pereira , academic, first teacher of deaf-mutes in France (b.1715 )September 19 –James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury , England (b.1713 )September 23 –Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand , French salon holder (b.1697 )October 2 –John André , British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (executed) (b.1750 )October 17 –William Cookworthy , English chemist (b.1705 )November 26 –Sir James Steuart , Scottish economist (b.1712 )[ 15] November 29 – EmpressMaria Theresa of Austria (b.1717 )[ 16] December 12 –Jakab Fellner , Hungarian architect (b.1722 )December 26 –John Fothergill , English physician (b.1712 )date unknown –Thomas Dilworth , British cleric and writer^ Lossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. 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