1779
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1779 (MDCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1779th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 779th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1770s 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.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
Decades: | 1740s 1750s 1760s – 1770s – 1780s 1790s 1800s |
Years: | 1776 1777 1778 – 1779 – 1780 1781 1782 |
Gregorian calendar | 1779 MDCCLXXIX |
Ab urbe condita | 2532 |
Armenian calendar | 1228 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԸ |
Assyrian calendar | 6529 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1700–1701 |
Bengali calendar | 1186 |
Berber calendar | 2729 |
British Regnal year | 19 Geo. 3 – 20 Geo. 3 |
Buddhist calendar | 2323 |
Burmese calendar | 1141 |
Byzantine calendar | 7287–7288 |
Chinese calendar | 4475 or 4415 — to — 4476 or 4416 |
Coptic calendar | 1495–1496 |
Discordian calendar | 2945 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1771–1772 |
Hebrew calendar | 5539–5540 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1835–1836 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1700–1701 |
- Kali Yuga | 4879–4880 |
Holocene calendar | 11779 |
Igbo calendar | 779–780 |
Iranian calendar | 1157–1158 |
Islamic calendar | 1192–1193 |
Japanese calendar | An'ei 8 ( |
Javanese calendar | 1704–1705 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
Korean calendar | 4112 |
Minguo calendar | 133 before ROC |
Nanakshahi calendar | 311 |
Thai solar calendar | 2321–2322 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳土 (male Earth-Dog) 1905 or 1524 or 752 — to — 阴土 (female Earth-Pig) 1906 or 1525 or 753 |
Births
change- July 15 – Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, writer, and poet (d. 1863)
- August 1 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)