Explore 200 historical events from 1780–1789.
Admiral Sir Charles Hardy was a Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1764 and 1780. He served as gover…
Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1714)
The Gordon Riots in London in 1780 involved several days of unrest and violence motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began on 2 June 1780 with a large and orderly protest aga…
The anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London leave an estimated 300 to 700 people dead
The American Revolution (1765–1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain. The movement began as a rebellion and evolved into a revolution resulting in…
American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly
Elizabeth Fry, sometimes referred to as Betsy Fry, was an English prison reformer, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation …
Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker (died 1845)
Thomas Hutchinson was an American merchant, politician, historian, and colonial administrator who repeatedly served as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years le…
Thomas Hutchinson, American businessman and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1711)
Prince Charles Alexander Emanuel of Lorraine was a Lorraine-born Austrian general and soldier, field marshal of the Imperial Army, and governor of the Austrian Netherlands.
Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (born 1712)
Charles Batteux was a French philosopher and writer on aesthetics.
Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (born 1713)
New England's Dark Day occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the daytime sky was observed over the New England states and parts of eastern Canada. The primary caus…
A combination of thick smoke, fog, and heavy cloud cover caused darkness to fall on parts of Canada and the New England