1779 treaty between the Ottoman and Russian Empires

1779 battle in India

1779 Spanish victory in the American Revolutionary War

1779 armed conflict in Caucasia

1779 action between three French and 15 British ships of the line

1779 American Revolutionary War battle

1779 killing of Captain James Cook in Hawaii

By which Spain joins the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain

Naval battle of the Anglo-French War and of the War of American Independence

American Revolutionary War action

Naval battle between a French and a British squadron on 17 August 1779