January 22 » The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
April 20 » Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
July 27 » Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
Day of death October 11, 1780
The temperature on October 11, 1780 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
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