1779

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1740s  1750s  1760s  – 1770s –  1780s  1790s  1800s
Years:	1776 1777 1778 – 1779 – 1780 1781 1782

Births

• July 15 – Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, writer, and poet (d. 1863)
• August 1 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)