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{{Year nav|1780}}
== Events ==
*[[January 16]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]]
*February – [[Armed Neutrality of the North]] alliance formed between [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], and [[Russia]].
* [[March 26]] – The ''[[British Gazette|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 [[Great Britain|British]] forces.
* [[May 29]] – American Revolutionary War: [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] forces under Col. [[Banastre Tarleton]] kill surrendering [[Patriot (American Revolution)|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: [[Great Britain|British]] spy [[John Andre]] is hanged by [[United States|American]] forces.
* [[October 10]]-[[October 16|16]] – [[Great Hurricane of 1780|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, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]], who has already been [[Holy Roman Emperor]] since [[1765]].
*[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] attacks the [[Dutch Republic|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 of Japan|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 [[Cereal|grain]] and [[wine]] [[harvest]] in France
* 35th and last volume of [[Diderot]]'s ''[[Encyclopédie]]'' published
==Births==
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==Deaths==
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[[Category:1780| ]]
== Events ==
*[[January 16]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]]
*February – [[Armed Neutrality of the North]] alliance formed between [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], and [[Russia]].
* [[March 26]] – The ''[[British Gazette|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 [[Great Britain|British]] forces.
* [[May 29]] – American Revolutionary War: [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] forces under Col. [[Banastre Tarleton]] kill surrendering [[Patriot (American Revolution)|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: [[Great Britain|British]] spy [[John Andre]] is hanged by [[United States|American]] forces.
* [[October 10]]-[[October 16|16]] – [[Great Hurricane of 1780|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, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]], who has already been [[Holy Roman Emperor]] since [[1765]].
*[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] attacks the [[Dutch Republic|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 of Japan|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 [[Cereal|grain]] and [[wine]] [[harvest]] in France
* 35th and last volume of [[Diderot]]'s ''[[Encyclopédie]]'' published
==Births==
{{births}}
==Deaths==
{{deaths}}
[[Category:1780| ]]