1779

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century–18th century–19th century
Decades:	1740s1750s1760s–1770s–1780s1790s1800s
Years:	177617771778–1779–178017811782

1779 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1779 MDCCLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2532
Armenian calendar	1228 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԸ
Assyrian calendar	6529
Balinese saka calendar	1700–1701
Bengali calendar	1186
Berber calendar	2729
British Regnal year	19Geo. 3– 20Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2323
Burmese calendar	1141
Byzantine calendar	7287–7288
Chinese calendar	Mậu tuấtNiên(EarthDog) 4475 or 4415 — to — Kỷ hợi niên(EarthPig) 4476 or 4416
Coptic calendar	1495–1496
Discordian calendar	2945
Ethiopian calendar	1771–1772
Hebrew calendar	5539–5540
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1835–1836
-Shaka Samvat	1700–1701
-Kali Yuga	4879–4880
Holocene calendar	11779
Igbo calendar	779–780
Iranian calendar	1157–1158
Islamic calendar	1192–1193
Japanese calendar	An'ei8 ( an vĩnh ８ niên )
Javanese calendar	1704–1705
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4112
Minguo calendar	133 beforeROC Dân tiền 133 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	311
Thai solar calendar	2321–2322
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ cẩu niên (male Earth-Dog) 1905 or 1524 or 752 — to — Âm thổ trư niên (female Earth-Pig) 1906 or 1525 or 753

1779(MDCCLXXIX) was acommon yearstarting on Fridayof theGregorian calendarand acommon year starting on Tuesdayof theJulian calendar,the 1779th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 779th year of the2nd millennium,the 79th year of the18th century,and the 10th and last year of the1770sdecade. As of the start of 1779, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Births

• July 15–Clement Clarke Moore,American educator, writer, and poet (d.1863)
• August 1–Francis Scott Key,American lawyer and lyricist (d.1843)