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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s Years: 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 - 1785 - 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 Events January 1st The first issue of the Daily Universal Register, later known as The Times, is published in London. January 7 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard[?] and American John Jeffries[?] travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air. July 6 - The dollar is unanimously chosen as the money unit for the United States. This is the first time a nation has adopted a decimal coinage system. University of New Brunswick founded in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Births January 4 - Jakob Grimm, German philologist, one half of the Brothers Grimm (+ 1863) March 27 - Louis XVII of France, later declared one of the Monarchs of France[?] though he actually never ruled April 4 - Bettina von Arnim[?], lyricist (+ 1859) April 26 - John James Audubon, naturalist, illustrator (+ 1851) May 18 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (+ 1854) August 15 - Thomas de Quincey - English essayist August 23 - Oliver Perry, American naval officer. Deaths
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years: 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 - 1785 - 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790
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