Explore 370 historical events from 1770–1779.
Thomas Moore was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist, widely regarded in his lifetime as Ireland's "national bard". The acclaim rested primarily on the popularity of his Irish Melo…
Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer (died 1852)
Giorgio Pullicino was a Maltese painter, architect, and professor of drawing and architecture at the University of Malta. He is known for his harbour views painted in a number of m…
Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851)
Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which was set to a popular Brit…
Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1843)
Joseph Story was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered fo…
Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1845)
Eleazar Wheelock was an American Congregational minister, orator, and educator in present-day Columbia, Connecticut, for 35 years before founding Dartmouth College in New Hampshire…
Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (born 1711)
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: French troops landed near St. George's, Grenada, and began their capture of the island.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the fin…
American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop…
Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz was the first Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1778 to 1800. In 1723 he became count of Reuss-Obergreiz, his reign as count and Prince of 77 years is t…
Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
The Eviction of Christians from the Crimea in 1778 was a historical event in which the Greek and Armenian populations of Crimea were resettled by the authorities of the Russian Emp…
The Emigration of Christians from the Crimea in 1778 begins.
La Scala is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as il Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala. The premiere p…
The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
Lieutenant-General Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry,, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, soldier and politician. He served in the French Revolutionary Wars, in the suppr…
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria (died 1854)
George Bryan "Beau" Brummell was an important figure in Regency England, and for many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion. At one time, he was a close friend of the P…
Beau Brummell, English cricketer and fashion designer (died 1840)
Gregory Blaxland was an English pioneer farmer and explorer.
Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer (died 1853)
Jean-Baptiste Sylvère Gay, 1st Viscount of Martignac was a moderate royalist French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration 1814–30 under King Charles X.
Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, French politician, 7th Prime Minister of France (died 1832)
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean military officer, statesman and a major leader of Chile's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire. He was the second …
Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile (died 1842)
Louis Bonaparte was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland. In that capacit…
Louis Bonaparte, French-Dutch king (died 1846)
Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. He was the uncle, via his brother Christian, of Franz and Lujo Brentano.
Clemens Brentano, German poet and author (died 1842)
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 18…
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died…
James Hargreaves was an English weaver, carpenter and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England. Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764.
James Hargreaves, British inventor (born 1720)
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him "Chatham" or "Pitt the Elder" to…
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1708)
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness,, known before 1721 as Lord Darcy and Conyers, was a British diplomat and politician who served as Secretary of State for the Northern Departme…
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1718)
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of…
Voltaire, French philosopher and author (born 1694)
José de la Borda was a Spaniard who migrated to New Spain in the 18th century, amassing a great fortune in mines in Taxco and Zacatecas in Mexico. At one point, he was the richest …
José de la Borda, French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (born ca
Philip Livingston was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and slave trader from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress…
Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (born 1716)