1779 in Delaware

List of events

* 1778
* 1777
* 1776
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* 1780
* 1781
* 1782
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Decades:|

*   * 1760s
* 1770s
* 1780s
* 1790s

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* History of Delaware
* Historical outline of Delaware
* List of years in Delaware
* 1779 in the United States

1779 in the United States

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This is a list of events in 1779 in Delaware.

## Incumbents[edit]

* Governor: Caesar Rodney

## Events[edit]

* October 20 – The 4th Delaware General Assembly convenes succeeding the 3rd.

## Births[edit]

* August 6 – Henry M. Ridgely, lawyer and politician (d. 1847)[1]

## Deaths[edit]

* July 14 – George Ross, Founding Father and congressman (b. 1730)

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* Francis Alison, leading minister in the Synod of Philadelphia during The Old Side-New Side Controversy (b. 1705 in Ireland)

## See also[edit]

* 1779 in the United States
* List of years in Delaware

## References[edit]

1. ^ "RIDGELY, Henry Moore 1779 – 1847". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

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