What is 1780?
{{Year nav|1780}} {{Year in various calendars|1780}} {{Year article header|1780}} == Events == *[[January 16]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] *February – [[Armed Neutrality of the North]] alliance formed between [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], and [[Russia]]. * [[March 26]] – The ''[[British Gazette|British Gazette and Sunday Monitor]]'', the first Sunday newspaper in Britain * [[April 16]] – The [[University of Münster]] in [[Münster]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]] is founded * [[May 12]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Charleston, South Carolina]] is taken by [[Great Britain|British]] forces. * [[May 29]] – American Revolutionary War: [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] forces under Col. [[Banastre Tarleton]] kill surrendering [[Patriot (American Revolution)|American]] soldiers in the [[Waxhaw Massacre]]. * [[August 16]] – American Revolutionary War: [[Battle of Camden]] – The British defeat the Americans near [[Camden, South Carolina]]. * [[September 25]] – [[Benedict Arnold]] flees to British-held New York * [[October 2]] – American Revolutionary War: [[Great Britain|British]] spy [[John Andre]] is hanged by [[United States|American]] forces. * [[October 10]]-[[October 16|16]] – [[Great Hurricane of 1780|Great hurricane]] flattens the islands of [[Barbados]], [[Martinique]] and [[St. Eustatius]] * [[November 29]] – [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] dies and her [[Habsburg]] dominions pass to her ambitious son, [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]], who has already been [[Holy Roman Emperor]] since [[1765]]. *[[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] attacks the [[Dutch Republic|United Provinces]] before it can join the Neutral Alliance, because of its support for the American uprising. * First [[Epsom Derby]] horse race run at Epsom Downs, [[Surrey]], England. * [[Emperor Kokaku of Japan|Emperor Kokaku]] ascends to the throne of [[Japan]] * In Ireland, [[Lady Berry]], who is sentenced to death for the murder of her son, is rel