Timeline September 1779

Events in September 1779 6

• 1779 Armada of 1779 Franco-Spanish invasion of England fails A combined French and Spanish fleet of more than sixty ships of the line entered the English Channel to cover an invasion of England. Disease, supply shortages and poor coordination crippled the fleet, and it captured only HMS Ardent off Plymouth. The fleet withdrew without landing any troops.
• 1779 – 1808 Mustafa IV (1779-1808) Died 16 November 1808, aged 29 Mustafa IV ruled as Ottoman Sultan for just over a year after the deposition of Selim III, until he himself was overthrown by Alemdar Mustafa Pasha's coup in July 1808. He was executed on the new sultan's order after a janissary revolt that November.
• 1779 Siege of Savannah Franco-American attempt to retake Savannah fails French forces under d'Estaing and American forces under Benjamin Lincoln besieged British-held Savannah, Georgia. Their main assault on 9 October was repulsed with heavy losses, and Casimir Pulaski was mortally wounded. It was one of the bloodiest allied defeats of the war.
• 1779 – 1845 Joseph Story (1779-1845) Died 10 September 1845, aged 65 Joseph Story served as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1812 until his death. He wrote the Court's opinion in the Amistad case. His Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States became a classic of American legal scholarship.
• 1779 Capture of Baton Rouge Bernardo de Gálvez takes British West Florida post Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish governor of Louisiana, campaigned up the Mississippi after Spain entered the war. He bombarded and captured the British fort at Baton Rouge. Its surrender included Fort Panmure at Natchez, giving Spain control of the lower Mississippi.
• 1779 Battle of Flamborough Head John Paul Jones captures HMS Serapis John Paul Jones, commanding the Bonhomme Richard, fought HMS Serapis off the Yorkshire coast in a long close-range battle. Jones captured the Serapis, and his own badly damaged ship sank two days later. The battle is the source of the phrase attributed to Jones, "I have not yet begun to fight."