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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 17th century18th century19th century
Decades: 1750s 1760s 1770s1780s1790s 1800s 1810s
Years: 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789
Categories: BirthsDeathsArchitecture
EstablishmentsDisestablishments

The 1780s decade ran from January 1, 1780, to December 31, 1789.

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Politics and wars

Wars

Signing of the preliminary Treaty of Paris, 30 November 1782.
  • 1781: America wins the battle of Yorktown.
  • 1783: Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America, which had rebelled against British rule as the United States of America become recognized as an indpendent nation.

Internal conflicts

Prominent political events

Technology

The first manned hot-air balloon, designed by the Montgolfier brothers, takes off from the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, on November 21, 1783

Additional significant world-wide events

People

World leaders

  1. Hyder Ali, 1749–1782
  2. Tipu Sultan 1782–1799
  1. Sadiq Khan, 1779–1782
  2. Ali Murad Khan, 1782–1785
  3. Jafar Khan, 1785–1789
  4. Lotf Ali Khan, 1789–1794

Important personalities


Genealogy

Up to date as of February 01, 2010

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Millennia: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s
Years: 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784
1785 1786 1787 1788 1789
Categories: Births - Deaths - Architecture
Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

World leaders

  1. Hyder Ali, 1749-1782
  2. Tipu Sultan 1782-1799
  1. Sadiq Khan, 1779-1782
  2. Ali Murad Khan, 1782-1785
  3. Jafar Khan, 1785-1789
  4. Lotf Ali Khan, 1789-1794

Important personalities

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 17th century18th century19th century
Decades: 1750s 1760s 1770s1780s1790s 1800s 1810s
Years: 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789
Categories: BirthsDeathsArchitecture
EstablishmentsDisestablishments

Contents

Events

World Leaders

  1. Sadiq Khan, 1779-1782
  2. Ali Murad Khan, 1782-1785
  3. Jafar Khan, 1785-1789
  4. Lotf Ali Khan, 1789-1794

Births

  • Washington Irving, American author (1783)
  • Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan patriot, revolutionary leader and statesman (1783)

Deaths








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