WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1779
Find out what all happened April to August 1779

Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War. (6. July 1779)

War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel). (13. May 1779)

Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance. (1. June 1779)

American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. (24. June 1779)

American Revolutionary War: light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point. (16. July 1779)

Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. (16. June 1779)

The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. (12. August 1779)