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The action of 7 June 1780 took place during the American War of Independence between the frigates Hermione and HMS Iris. The ships exchanged fire for...

spotting four sails on 7 June 1780: these were the frigate Iris and three lesser warships. In the ensuing Action of 7 June 1780, Latouche was himself shot...

The action of 13 August 1780 was a minor naval battle fought off the Old Head of Kinsale (County Cork, Ireland) in which the 64-gun French "private man...

coast of North America, and in her, on 6 June 1780, fought what naval historian John Knox Laughton has called "a well-conducted and equal action" with...

Hawker. Hermione and Iris hoisted their flags, and the action of 7 June 1780 ensued. After 90 minutes of gunnery and musketry exchange, the ships disengaged...

The Battle of Springfield was fought during the American Revolutionary War on June 23, 1780, in Union County, New Jersey. After the Battle of Connecticut...

This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters...

also sometimes referred to as the first siege of Charleston, owing to a more successful British siege in 1780. The British organized an expedition in early...

Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782 under Captain Cresp de Saint-Césaire, who was killed in the action. The ship was saved by the active help of Swedish...

The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days of rioting in London motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began with a large and orderly protest against...

frigate Santa Margarita. (details) 1780, June 1 – USS Trumbull engages the British privateer Watt; both ships withdraw 1780, August 10 – HMS Flora defeats...

1780. In June 1780, Clinton sent 6,000 men under Wilhelm von Knyphausen to retake New Jersey, but they were halted by local militia at the Battle of Connecticut...

battle that took place off the southern coast of Portugal on 16 January 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. A British fleet under Admiral Sir...

of major general before defecting to the British in 1780. General George Washington had given him his fullest trust and had placed him in command of West...

Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780), also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American...

The Battle of Connecticut Farms, fought June 7, 1780, was one of the last major battles between British and American forces in the northern colonies during...

Ruidhin. The fort still stood in 1780 and is mentioned in an account from John Lloyd's A Short Tour of Clare (1780). It was demolished in 1808 to provide...

HCS Vestal (1809) and HCS Intrepid (1780). During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the East India Company arranged for letters of marque for its vessels...

the Patriots. The battle took place on October 7, 1780, 9 miles (14 km) south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. In what is now...

1780)" (PDF). In Sillero-Zubiri, C.; Hoffman, M. & Mech, D. (eds.). Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan...