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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%E1%8A%A5.%E1%8A%A4.%E1%8A%A0." title="1779 እ.ኤ.አ. – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="1779 እ.ኤ.አ." data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="1779 թուական – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="1779 թուական" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B7%DB%B7%DB%B9_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۷۷۹ (میلادی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۱۷۷۹ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%AF" title="১৭৭৯ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="১৭৭৯" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_n%C3%AE" title="1779 nî – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1779 nî" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1779 йыл – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="1779 йыл" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BC%A1%E0%BC%A7%E0%BC%A7%E0%BC%A9%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D" title="༡༧༧༩ལོ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="༡༧༧༩ལོ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779." title="1779. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1779." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="1779 ие – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="1779 ие" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B7%DB%B7%DB%B9_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۷۷۹ (میلادی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۱۷۷۹ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779%E5%B9%B4" title="1779年 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="1779年" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779%EB%85%84" title="1779년 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1779년" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AF" title="१७७९ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="१७७९" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779." title="1779. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="1779." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%AD%E0%A7%AF" title="মারি ১৭৭৯ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারি ১৭৭৯" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779-%C3%A6%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="1779-æм аз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="1779-æм аз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%AD%E0%B3%AD%E0%B3%AF" title="೧೭೭೯ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="೧೭೭೯" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1779 джыл – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="1779 джыл" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1779 жыл – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="1779 жыл" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779-%D3%A7%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="1779-ӧд во – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="1779-ӧд во" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_(almanak_gregoryen)" title="1779 (almanak gregoryen) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="1779 (almanak gregoryen)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D0%B8" title="1779 и – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="1779 и" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779._gads" title="1779. gads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1779. gads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81" title="1779 йис – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="1779 йис" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_m." title="1779 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="1779 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AF" title="१७७९ – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="१७७९" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AF" title="इ.स. १७७९ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स. १७७९" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B7%DB%B7%DB%B9" title="۱۷۷۹ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۷۷۹" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_ni%C3%A8ng" title="1779 nièng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="1779 nièng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%81%E1%81%87%E1%81%87%E1%81%89" title="၁၇၇၉ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၁၇၇၉" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AF" title="सन् १७७९ – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="सन् १७७९" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779%E5%B9%B4" title="1779年 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1779年" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D1%88%D0%BE" title="1779 шо – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="1779 шо" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A7%E0%AD%AD%E0%AD%AD%E0%AD%AF" title="୧୭୭୯ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୧୭୭୯" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AF" title="१७७९ – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="१७७९" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="1779 год – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="1779 год" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AF" title="१७७९ – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="१७७९" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779%D8%B9" title="1779ع – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="1779ع" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%A1%D9%A7%D9%A7%D9%A9" title="١٧٧٩ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="١٧٧٩" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779." title="1779. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="1779." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779_%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="1779 ел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="1779 ел" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2322" title="พ.ศ. 2322 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พ.ศ. 2322" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8_1779" title="Соли 1779 – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Соли 1779" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779%D8%A1" title="1779ء – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="1779ء" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779 – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="1779" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li 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serif;"><i>MDCCLXXIX</i></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ab_urbe_condita" title="Ab urbe condita">Ab urbe condita</a></td><td>2532</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_calendar" title="Armenian calendar">Armenian calendar</a></td><td>1228<br />ԹՎ ՌՄԻԸ</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_calendar" title="Assyrian calendar">Assyrian calendar</a></td><td>6529</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Balinese_saka_calendar" title="Balinese saka calendar">Balinese saka calendar</a></td><td>1700–1701</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendar" title="Bengali calendar">Bengali calendar</a></td><td>1185–1186</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Berber_calendar" title="Berber calendar">Berber calendar</a></td><td>2729</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Regnal_years_of_English_and_British_monarchs" title="Regnal years of English and British monarchs">British Regnal year</a></td><td>19 <a href="/wiki/George_III" title="George III">Geo. 3</a> – 20 <a href="/wiki/George_III" title="George III">Geo. 3</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a></td><td>2323</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Burmese_calendar" title="Burmese calendar">Burmese calendar</a></td><td>1141</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_calendar" title="Byzantine calendar">Byzantine calendar</a></td><td>7287–7288</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle" title="Sexagenary cycle">戊戌</a>年 (Earth <a href="/wiki/Dog_(zodiac)" title="Dog (zodiac)">Dog</a>)<br />4476 or 4269<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />己亥年 (Earth <a href="/wiki/Pig_(zodiac)" title="Pig (zodiac)">Pig</a>)<br />4477 or 4270</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Coptic_calendar" title="Coptic calendar">Coptic calendar</a></td><td>1495–1496</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Discordian_calendar" title="Discordian calendar">Discordian calendar</a></td><td>2945</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar" title="Ethiopian calendar">Ethiopian calendar</a></td><td>1771–1772</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a></td><td>5539–5540</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a></i></td><td>1835–1836</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_national_calendar" title="Indian national calendar">Shaka Samvat</a></i></td><td>1700–1701</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i></td><td>4879–4880</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Holocene_calendar" title="Holocene calendar">Holocene calendar</a></td><td>11779</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_calendar" title="Igbo calendar">Igbo calendar</a></td><td>779–780</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Iranian_calendars" title="Iranian calendars">Iranian calendar</a></td><td>1157–1158</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a></td><td>1192–1193</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_calendar" title="Japanese calendar">Japanese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/An%27ei" title="An'ei">An'ei</a> 8<br />(安永８年)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Javanese_calendar" title="Javanese calendar">Javanese calendar</a></td><td>1704–1705</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a></td><td>Gregorian minus 11 days</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Korean_calendar" title="Korean calendar">Korean calendar</a></td><td>4112</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Minguo_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Minguo calendar">Minguo calendar</a></td><td>133 before <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">ROC</a><br />民前133年</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Nanakshahi_calendar" title="Nanakshahi calendar">Nanakshahi calendar</a></td><td>311</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar" title="Thai solar calendar">Thai solar calendar</a></td><td>2321–2322</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a></td><td>阳土狗年<br />(male Earth-<a href="/wiki/Dog_(zodiac)" title="Dog (zodiac)">Dog</a>)<br />1905 or 1524 or 752<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />阴土猪年<br />(female Earth-<a href="/wiki/Pig_(zodiac)" title="Pig (zodiac)">Pig</a>)<br />1906 or 1525 or 753</td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 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numerals">MDCCLXXIX</a>) was a <a href="/wiki/Common_year_starting_on_Friday" title="Common year starting on Friday">common year starting on Friday</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday" title="Common year starting on Tuesday">common year starting on Tuesday</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a>, the 1779th year of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">Common Era</a> (CE) and <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">Anno Domini</a></i></span> (AD) designations, the 779th year of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_millennium" title="2nd millennium">2nd millennium</a>, the 79th year of the <a href="/wiki/18th_century" title="18th century">18th century</a>, and the 10th and last year of the <a href="/wiki/1770s" title="1770s">1770s</a> decade. As of the start of 1779, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. </p><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Calendar year</div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1779&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January–March"><span id="January.E2.80.93March"></span>January–March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1779&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: January–March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_11" title="January 11">January 11</a> <ul><li>British troops surrender to the <a href="/wiki/Marathas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marathas">Marathas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wadgaon" title="Battle of Wadgaon">Wadgaon</a>, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since <a href="/wiki/1773" title="1773">1773</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Claudius_Smith" title="Claudius Smith">Claudius Smith</a> is hanged at <a href="/wiki/Goshen_(village),_New_York" title="Goshen (village), New York">Goshen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_New_York" title="Orange County, New York">Orange County, New York</a> for supposed acts of terrorism upon the people of the surrounding communities.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> – After a second petition for partition from its residents, the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="North Carolina General Assembly">North Carolina General Assembly</a> abolishes <a href="/wiki/Bute_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bute County, North Carolina">Bute County</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> (established <a href="/wiki/1764" title="1764">1764</a>) by dividing it and naming the northern portion <a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_North_Carolina" title="Warren County, North Carolina">Warren County</a> (for Revolutionary War hero <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Warren" title="Joseph Warren">Joseph Warren</a>), the southern portion <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin County, North Carolina">Franklin County</a> (for <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>). The General Assembly also establishes <a href="/wiki/Warrenton,_North_Carolina" title="Warrenton, North Carolina">Warrenton</a> (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the seat of Warren County, and <a href="/wiki/Louisburg,_North_Carolina" title="Louisburg, North Carolina">Louisburg</a> (named for <a href="/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XVI of France">Louis XVI of France</a>) to be the seat of Franklin County.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a> – Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Bouligny" title="Francisco Bouligny">Francisco Bouligny</a> arrives with <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1laga" title="Málaga">Malagueño</a> colonists at <a href="/wiki/Bayou_Teche" title="Bayou Teche">Bayou Teche</a>, to establish the city of <a href="/wiki/New_Iberia,_Louisiana" title="New Iberia, Louisiana">New Iberia, Louisiana</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14" title="February 14">February 14</a> – Captain <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> is killed on the <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands" title="Hawaiian Islands">Sandwich Islands</a>, on his third voyage.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lao%E2%80%93Siamese_War_(1778%E2%80%931779)" title="Lao–Siamese War (1778–1779)">Capture and sack of Vientiane</a> by Siamese forces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_10" title="March 10">March 10</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Aynal%C4%B1kavak" title="Treaty of Aynalıkavak">Treaty of Aynalıkavak</a> is signed between <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Turkey</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, regarding the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Khanate" title="Crimean Khanate">Crimean Khanate</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April–June"><span id="April.E2.80.93June"></span>April–June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1779&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: April–June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> secretly sign the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Aranjuez_(1779)" title="Treaty of Aranjuez (1779)">Convention of Aranjuez</a>, with Spain joining an alliance against Great Britain in return for France's pledge to recover all Spanish territory lost to the British.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Bavarian_Succession" title="War of the Bavarian Succession">War of the Bavarian Succession</a> – Russian and French mediators at the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Teschen" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress of Teschen">Congress of Teschen</a> negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives a part of the Bavarian territory (the <a href="/wiki/Innviertel" title="Innviertel">Innviertel</a>), and relinquishes the rest.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1" title="June 1">June 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Arnold" title="Benedict Arnold">Benedict Arnold</a> is <a href="/wiki/Court-martial" title="Court-martial">court-martialed</a> for <a href="/wiki/Malfeasance" class="mw-redirect" title="Malfeasance">malfeasance</a>, in his treatment of government property.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> – In support of France, Spain declares war on Britain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Charles_III_of_Spain" title="Charles III of Spain">Charles III of Spain</a> issues a declaration of war against Great Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July–September"><span id="July.E2.80.93September"></span>July–September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1779&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: July–September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_16" title="July 16">July 16</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Gibraltar" title="Great Siege of Gibraltar">Great Siege of Gibraltar</a> begins. This is an action by French and Spanish forces to wrest control of <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> from the established British garrison. The garrison, led by <a href="/wiki/George_Augustus_Eliott" class="mw-redirect" title="George Augustus Eliott">George Augustus Eliott</a> (later 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar), survives all attacks and a blockade of supplies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_16" title="July 16">July 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> – United States forces, led by General <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Wayne" title="Anthony Wayne">Anthony Wayne</a>, capture <a href="/wiki/Stony_Point,_New_York" title="Stony Point, New York">Stony Point, New York</a> from British troops.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaratory_Rescript_of_the_Illyrian_Nation" title="Declaratory Rescript of the Illyrian Nation">Declaratory Rescript of the Illyrian Nation</a> issued in order to regulate organization of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_20" title="July 20">July 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tekle_Giyorgis_I" title="Tekle Giyorgis I">Tekle Giyorgis I</a> begins the first of his five reigns as <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" title="Emperor of Ethiopia">Emperor of Ethiopia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_22" title="July 22">July 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Minisink" title="Battle of Minisink">Battle of Minisink</a>: The Goshen Militia is destroyed by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brant" title="Joseph Brant">Joseph Brant</a>'s forces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_24" title="July 24">July 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> – American forces, led by Commodore <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Saltonstall" title="Dudley Saltonstall">Dudley Saltonstall</a>, launch the <a href="/wiki/Penobscot_Expedition" title="Penobscot Expedition">Penobscot Expedition</a> in what is now <a href="/wiki/Castine,_Maine" title="Castine, Maine">Castine</a>, Maine, resulting in the worst naval defeat in U.S. history, until surpassed by the attack on <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> in 1941.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_17" title="August 17">August 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Action_of_17_August_1779" title="Action of 17 August 1779">Action of 17 August 1779</a>: The 64-gun British warship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ardent_(1764)" title="HMS Ardent (1764)">HMS <i>Ardent</i></a> is captured by France in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> off of <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a> after an ineffective attempt by the British captain to properly aim its cannons at the French frigare <a href="/wiki/French_frigate_Junon_(1778)" title="French frigate Junon (1778)"><i>Junon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_de_Mayorga" title="Martín de Mayorga">Martín de Mayorga</a>, Captain-General of Guatemala, becomes the Spanish <a href="/wiki/Viceroy_of_New_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceroy of New Spain">Viceroy of New Spain</a> after the death of <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Bucareli" title="Antonio María de Bucareli">Antonio María de Bucareli</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_15" title="September 15">15</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Little_Beard%27s_Town" title="Little Beard's Town">Little Beard's Town</a>, a loyalist stronghold, is burnt by the <a href="/wiki/Sullivan_Expedition" title="Sullivan Expedition">Sullivan Expedition</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baton_Rouge_(1779)" title="Battle of Baton Rouge (1779)">Battle of Baton Rouge</a> – Spanish troops under <a href="/wiki/Bernardo_de_G%C3%A1lvez" title="Bernardo de Gálvez">Bernardo de Gálvez</a> capture the city from the British.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Flamborough_Head" title="Battle of Flamborough Head">Battle of Flamborough Head</a> – The American ship <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Bonhomme_Richard_(1765)" title="USS Bonhomme Richard (1765)">Bonhomme Richard</a></i>, commanded by <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones" title="John Paul Jones">John Paul Jones</a>, engages the British ship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Serapis_(1779)" title="HMS Serapis (1779)">HMS <i>Serapis</i></a>. The <i>Bonhomme Richard</i> sinks, but the Americans board the <i>Serapis</i> and other vessels, and are victorious.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_28" title="September 28">September 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Huntington_(Connecticut_politician)" title="Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)">Samuel Huntington</a> is elected as the seventh <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Continental_Congress" title="President of the Continental Congress">President of the Continental Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harper_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harper-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October–December"><span id="October.E2.80.93December"></span>October–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1779&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: October–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> – The city of <a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere">Tampere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> (belonging to <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> at this time) is founded by King <a href="/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustav III of Sweden">Gustav III of Sweden</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_4" title="October 4">October 4</a> – The Fort Wilson Riot against <a href="/wiki/James_Wilson_(Founding_Father)" title="James Wilson (Founding Father)">James Wilson</a> and others in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> takes place.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a> – The North Carolina General Assembly carves a new county from <a href="/wiki/Dobbs_County,_North_Carolina" title="Dobbs County, North Carolina">Dobbs County</a>, North Carolina and names it <a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wayne County, North Carolina">Wayne County</a>, in honor of United States General <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Wayne" title="Anthony Wayne">Anthony Wayne</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alexandre,_Vicomte_de_Beauharnais" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais">Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais</a> marries <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9phine_de_Beauharnais" title="Joséphine de Beauharnais">Joséphine Tascher</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – Fort Nashborough (later to become <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>) is founded by <a href="/wiki/James_Robertson_(explorer)" title="James Robertson (explorer)">James Robertson</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Affair_of_Fielding_and_Bylandt" title="Affair of Fielding and Bylandt">Affair of Fielding and Bylandt</a>: Following a brief naval engagement between the British and Dutch off the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>, the Dutch merchantmen and naval vessels are captured and taken to <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>, England.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_unknown">Date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1779&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> in England: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Bridge" title="The Iron Bridge">The Iron Bridge</a> is erected across the <a href="/wiki/River_Severn" title="River Severn">River Severn</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>, the world's first bridge built entirely of <a href="/wiki/Cast_iron" title="Cast iron">cast iron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It will open to traffic on January 1, 1781.<sup id="cite_ref-Cassell's_Chronology333334_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology333334-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Spinning_mule" title="Spinning mule">spinning mule</a> is perfected by <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> inventor <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Crompton" title="Samuel Crompton">Samuel Crompton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cassell's_Chronology333334_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology333334-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulton_and_Watt" title="Boulton and Watt">Boulton and Watt</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Smethwick_Engine" title="Smethwick Engine">Smethwick Engine</a></i>, now the oldest working engine in the world, is brought into service (<a href="/wiki/May" title="May">May</a>)).</li></ul></li> <li>A joint Spanish-Portuguese survey of the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_basin" title="Amazon basin">Amazon basin</a> begins to determine the boundary between the colonial possessions in South America; it continues until <a href="/wiki/1795" title="1795">1795</a>.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1779&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_Decatur,_by_John_Wesley_Jarvis_-_KN-2779.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Stephen_Decatur%2C_by_John_Wesley_Jarvis_-_KN-2779.jpg/120px-Stephen_Decatur%2C_by_John_Wesley_Jarvis_-_KN-2779.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Stephen_Decatur%2C_by_John_Wesley_Jarvis_-_KN-2779.jpg/250px-Stephen_Decatur%2C_by_John_Wesley_Jarvis_-_KN-2779.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4050" data-file-height="5050" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Decatur" title="Stephen Decatur">Stephen Decatur</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg/110px-Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg/165px-Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg/220px-Key-Francis-Scott-LOC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1206" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key" title="Francis Scott Key">Francis Scott Key</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_5" title="January 5">January 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Decatur" title="Stephen Decatur">Stephen Decatur</a>, American naval officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mark_Roget" title="Peter Mark Roget">Peter Mark Roget</a>, British lexicographer (d. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1" title="February 1">February 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_von_Krufft" title="Nikolaus von Krufft">Nikolaus von Krufft</a>, Austrian composer and civil servant (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_6" title="March 6">March 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine-Henri_Jomini" title="Antoine-Henri Jomini">Antoine-Henri Jomini</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_15" title="March 15">March 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Lamb,_2nd_Viscount_Melbourne" title="William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne">William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1848" title="1848">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bernardo_de_Tagle_y_Portocarrero,_Marquis_of_Torre_Tagle" class="mw-redirect" title="José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle">José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle</a>, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (d. 1825)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moore" title="Thomas Moore">Thomas Moore</a>, Irish poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1852" title="1852">1852</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Ann_Thrupp" title="Dorothy Ann Thrupp">Dorothy Ann Thrupp</a>, British psalmist, hymnwriter, translator (d. <a href="/wiki/1847" title="1847">1847</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_8" title="July 8">July 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Pullicino" title="Giorgio Pullicino">Giorgio Pullicino</a>, Maltese painter and architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1851" title="1851">1851</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_1" title="August 1">August 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key" title="Francis Scott Key">Francis Scott Key</a>, American lawyer, lyricist (d. <a href="/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Silliman" title="Benjamin Silliman">Benjamin Silliman</a>, American chemist, educator and abolitionist (d. <a href="/wiki/1864" title="1864">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_20" title="August 20">August 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6ns_Jacob_Berzelius" title="Jöns Jacob Berzelius">Jöns Jacob Berzelius</a>, Swedish chemist (d. <a href="/wiki/1848" title="1848">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_29" title="August 29">August 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres" title="Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres">Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mustafa_IV" title="Mustafa IV">Mustafa IV</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire">sultan of the Ottoman Empire</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1808" title="1808">1808</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Story" title="Joseph Story">Joseph Story</a>, <a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States">Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1845" title="1845">1845</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_14" title="November 14">November 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adam_Gottlob_Oehlenschl%C3%A4ger" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger">Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger</a>, Danish poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1850" title="1850">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Sophie_Barat" title="Madeleine Sophie Barat">Madeleine Sophie Barat</a>, French Catholic saint, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Sacred_Heart" title="Society of the Sacred Heart">Society of the Sacred Heart</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">December 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Lafayette" class="mw-redirect" title="George Washington Lafayette">George Washington Lafayette</a></li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Beltrami" title="Giacomo Beltrami">Giacomo Beltrami</a>, Italian explorer (d. <a href="/wiki/1855" title="1855">1855</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1779&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Captainjamescookportrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captainjamescookportrait.jpg/120px-Captainjamescookportrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Captainjamescookportrait.jpg/250px-Captainjamescookportrait.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="6131" data-file-height="7692" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG/110px-Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG" decoding="async" width="110" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG/165px-Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG/220px-Kazimierz_Pu%C5%82aski.PNG 2x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="331" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski" title="Casimir Pulaski">Kazimierz Pułaski</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_3" title="January 3">January 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Claude_Bourgelat" title="Claude Bourgelat">Claude Bourgelat</a>, French veterinary surgeon (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/David_Garrick" title="David Garrick">David Garrick</a>, English actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1717" title="1717">1717</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Dixon" title="Jeremiah Dixon">Jeremiah Dixon</a>, English surveyor, astronomer (b. <a href="/wiki/1733" title="1733">1733</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Boyce_(composer)" title="William Boyce (composer)">William Boyce</a>, English composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1711" title="1711">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14" title="February 14">February 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a>, British naval captain and explorer (b. <a href="/wiki/1728" title="1728">1728</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_24" title="February 24">February 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Daniel_Longolius" title="Paul Daniel Longolius">Paul Daniel Longolius</a>, German encyclopedist (b. <a href="/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Martha_Ray" title="Martha Ray">Martha Ray</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1742" title="1742">1742</a>), British singer and mistress of John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich (murdered) (b. <a href="/wiki/1742" title="1742">1742</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Bucareli_y_Urs%C3%BAa" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa">Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa</a>, Spanish military officer (b. <a href="/wiki/1717" title="1717">1717</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_24" title="April 24">April 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eleazar_Wheelock" title="Eleazar Wheelock">Eleazar Wheelock</a>, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. <a href="/wiki/1711" title="1711">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Clayton" title="Sarah Clayton">Sarah Clayton</a>, English industrialist (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Winthrop_(educator)" title="John Winthrop (educator)">John Winthrop</a>, American astronomer (b. <a href="/wiki/1714" title="1714">1714</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Warburton" title="William Warburton">William Warburton</a>, English critic, Bishop of Gloucester (b. <a href="/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jane_Gomeldon" title="Jane Gomeldon">Jane Gomeldon</a>, English writer, poet and adventurer (b. <a href="/wiki/1720" title="1720">1720</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Bernard,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet">Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet</a>, Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a> – Ras <a href="/wiki/Mikael_Sehul" title="Mikael Sehul">Mikael Sehul</a>, Enderase of <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1692" title="1692">1692</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_28" title="June 28">June 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Martha_Daniell_Logan" title="Martha 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href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Robert W. Smith, <i>Amid a Warring World: American Foreign Relations, 1775-1815</i> (Potomac Books, 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">William Nester, <i>The Revolutionary Years, 1775-1789: The Art of American Power During the Early Republic</i> (Potomac Books, 2011) p53</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Harper-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Harper_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909</i>, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p166</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070817164134/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1750-1800">"Icons, a portrait of England 1750–1800"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 27,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Icons%2C+a+portrait+of+England+1750%E2%80%931800&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icons.org.uk%2Ftheicons%2Ficons-timeline%2F1750-1800&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1779" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology333334-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Cassell's_Chronology333334_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Cassell's_Chronology333334_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWilliams2005" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Hywel (2005). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/333"><i>Cassell's Chronology of World History</i></a></span>. 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