Editing 1779 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 11]]
** British troops surrender to the [[Marathas]] in [[Battle of Wadgaon|Wadgaon]], India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since [[1773]].
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]] &ndash; [[Claudius Smith]] is hanged at [[Goshen (village), New York|Goshen]], [[Orange County, New York]] for supposed acts of terrorism upon the people of the surrounding communities.
* [[January 29]] &ndash; After a second petition for partition from its residents, the [[North Carolina General Assembly]] abolishes [[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]], [[North Carolina]] (established [[1764]]) by dividing it and naming the northern portion [[Warren County, North Carolina|Warren County]] (for Revolutionary War hero [[Joseph Warren]]), the southern portion [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin County]] (for [[Benjamin Franklin]]).  The General Assembly also establishes [[Warrenton, North Carolina|Warrenton]] (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the seat of Warren County, and [[Louisburg, North Carolina|Louisburg]] (named for [[Louis XVI of France]]) to be the seat of Franklin County.
* [[February 12]] &ndash; Lieutenant Colonel [[Francisco Bouligny]] arrives with [[Málaga|Malagueño]] colonists at [[Bayou Teche]], to establish the city of [[New Iberia, Louisiana]].
* [[February 14]] &ndash; Captain [[James Cook]] is killed on the [[Hawaiian Islands|Sandwich Islands]], on his third voyage.
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Lao–Siamese War (1778–1779)|Capture and sack of Vientiane]] by Siamese forces.
* [[March 10]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Aynalıkavak]] is signed between [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turkey]] and the [[Russian Empire]], regarding the [[Crimean Khanate]].