1780 - What happened in 1780 ?

January 1780

Sunday 16:

American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.

April 1780

Sunday 16:

The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded

May 1780

Friday 12:

American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.

Friday 19:

Never-explained complete darkness falls on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 2 pm.

June 1780

Friday 02:

The Derby, horse race, was first held.

August 1780

Wednesday 16:

The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.

Tuesday 22:

James Cook's ship Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage)

September 1780

Thursday 21:

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.

Saturday 23:

American Revolution; British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's treason.

October 1780

Monday 02:

American Revolutionary War: British spy John Andre is hanged by American forces for his role in Benedict Arnold's plot to sell West Point to the British Army.

Saturday 07:

Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.

Tuesday 10:

The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in Caribbean.

December 1780

Thursday 21:

Great Britain declares war on The Netherlands in response to the Dutch joining the League of Armed Neutrality and for assisting French and American forces during the American Revolution.