14 February 1779Death of James CookJames Cook
Stabbed to death by the natives of Kealakekua Bay in the Hawaiian Islands
Historical records for Great Britain in 1779, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Stabbed to death by the natives of Kealakekua Bay in the Hawaiian Islands
Birth of William Lamb, son of the 1st Lord Melbourne
Is promoted post captain at a young age.
Appointed Commander in Chief, Neopolitan Navy
Commands HMS Hinchinbrook on the Jamaica station.
Samuel Cromptons Spinning Mule, introduced in 1779, was a combination of the spinning jenny and the water frame in which the spindles were placed on a carriage, which went through an operational sequence during which the rollers.
stopped while the carriage moved away from the drawing roller to finish drawing out the fibres as the spindles started rotating, Cromptons mule was able to produce finer thread than hand spinning and at a lower cost.
Invents the spinning mule, a combination of the ideas of Cartwright & Hargreaves
Appointed Lord President of the Council
Breaks up the coalition between Haidar Ali, the Marathas & the Nizam
Crompton develops the spinning mule, combining features of earlier spinning machines.
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