1780 in Great Britain
Events from the year 1780 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
Events
- 16 January - American Revolutionary War: British victory at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent over a Spanish squadron.
- 8 March - American Revolutionary War: The League of Armed Neutrality is formed by Russia to try to prevent the Royal Navy from searching neutral vessels for contraband.[1]
- 4 May - The first Epsom Derby horse race is run at Epsom Downs, Surrey.[1] The victor is Diomed.[2]
- 12 May - American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.[1]
- 2 June - Gordon Riots in London.[2]
- July - Robert Raikes initiates a Sunday school movement, in Gloucester.[3]
- 10 July - American Revolutionary War: 6,000 French troops led by Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau land in Newport, Rhode Island but are pinned down by the British.[1]
- September - Outbreak of the Second Anglo-Mysore War in India.[1]
- 9 August - American Revolutionary War: Spanish admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova captures a British convoy totalling 55 vessels amongst Indiamen, frigates and other cargo ships off Cape St. Vincent.[4][5]
- 16 August - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden — The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.[2]
- 2 October - American Revolutionary War: British spy John André is hanged by American forces.
- 7 October - American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia defeat the Loyalist militia at the Battle of Kings Mountain.[1]
- 20 November - American Revolutionary War: Britain declares war on the Dutch Republic to stop it from joining the League of Armed Neutrality.[1]
- undated - The market town of Middleton, Dorset is demolished by order of the landowner, Joseph Damer, Lord Milton, and the population moved to a new model village, Milton Abbas.
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 333. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b c Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ Berry, George (1970). Discovering Schools. Tring: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-85263-091-3.
- ^ Hattendorf, John: Naval policy and strategy in the Mediterranean: past, present, and future. Taylor & Francis, 2000, page 37. ISBN 0-7146-8054-0
- ^ Harbron, John: Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy. Conway Maritime Press, 1988, page 84. ISBN 0-85177-477-6
See also