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Events on Friday 10 March 1780 1
1780League of Armed NeutralityEuropean neutrals band together to protect shippingCatherine II of Russia proclaimed principles of armed neutrality in March, and Denmark and Sweden joined later in the year. The league defended neutral shipping against British searches during the American war. It increased Britain's diplomatic isolation.