January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
August 22 » James Cook's ship HMSResolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
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