1780
year
1780 (MDCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1780th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 780th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1780s 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.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1750s 1760s 1770s – 1780s – 1790s 1800s 1810s |
| Years: | 1777 1778 1779 – 1780 – 1781 1782 1783 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1780 MDCCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2533 |
| Armenian calendar | 1229 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6530 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1701–1702 |
| Bengali calendar | 1187 |
| Berber calendar | 2730 |
| British Regnal year | 20 Geo. 3 – 21 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2324 |
| Burmese calendar | 1142 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7288–7289 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4476 or 4416 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4477 or 4417 |
| Coptic calendar | 1496–1497 |
| Discordian calendar | 2946 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1772–1773 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5540–5541 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1836–1837 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1701–1702 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4880–4881 |
| Holocene calendar | 11780 |
| Igbo calendar | 780–781 |
| Iranian calendar | 1158–1159 |
| Islamic calendar | 1193–1195 |
| Japanese calendar | An'ei 9 (安永９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1705–1706 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4113 |
| Minguo calendar | 132 before ROC 民前132年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 312 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2322–2323 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1906 or 1525 or 753 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1907 or 1526 or 754 |
Events
change- January 16 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent
- February – Armed Neutrality of the North alliance formed between Denmark, Sweden, and Russia.
- March 26 – The British Gazette and Sunday Monitor, the first Sunday newspaper in Britain
- April 16 – The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded
- May 12 – American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
- May 29 – American Revolutionary War: Loyalist forces under Col. Banastre Tarleton kill surrendering American soldiers in the Waxhaw Massacre.
- August 16 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
- September 25 – Benedict Arnold flees to British-held New York
- October 2 – American Revolutionary War: British spy John Andre is hanged by American forces.
- October 10-16 – Great hurricane flattens the islands of Barbados, Martinique and St. Eustatius
- November 29 – Maria Theresa of Austria dies and her Habsburg dominions pass to her ambitious son, Joseph II, who has already been Holy Roman Emperor since 1765.
- Britain attacks the United Provinces before it can join the Neutral Alliance, because of its support for the American uprising.
- First Epsom Derby horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, England.
- Emperor Kokaku ascends to the throne of Japan
- In Ireland, Lady Berry, who is sentenced to death for the murder of her son, is released when she agrees to become an executioner (retires 1810)
- Good grain and wine harvest in France
- 35th and last volume of Diderot's Encyclopédie published
Births
- for more information, see Category:1780 births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:1780 deaths.