Editing 1780 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] &ndash;  [[American Revolutionary War]]: In Tappan, New York, [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] spy [[John André]] is hanged by American forces.
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Kings Mountain]]: [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] militia forces annihilate [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]]s under British Major [[Patrick Ferguson]], at Kings Mountain, South Carolina.
* [[October 10]]&ndash;[[October 16|16]] &ndash; The [[Great Hurricane of 1780|Great Hurricane]] flattens the islands of [[Barbados]], [[Martinique]] and [[Sint Eustatius]]; 22,000 are killed.
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II]]: In the Spanish [[Viceroyalty of Peru]], [[Túpac Amaru II]] leads an uprising of [[Aymara people|Aymara]] and [[Quechua people]]s and [[mestizo]] peasants as a protest against the [[Bourbon Reforms]].
* [[November 28]] &ndash; A lightning strike in [[Saint Petersburg]] begins a fire that burns 11,000 homes.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Fires, Great|title=The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance|editor=Walford, Cornelius|publisher=C. and E. Layton|year=1876|page=59}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] dies in Vienna after 40 years of rule, and her [[Habsburg]] dominions pass to her ambitious son, [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]], who has already been [[Holy Roman Emperor]] since [[1765]].
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The British [[San Juan Expedition (1780)|San Juan Expedition]] is forced to withdraw.
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Alexander Hamilton]] marries [[Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton]]
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kōkaku]] accedes to the throne of Japan.
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The [[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]] begins.<ref>{{cite book|last=Edler|first=Friedrich|title=The Dutch Republic and The American Revolution|orig-year=1911|year=2001|publisher=University Press of the Pacific|location=Honolulu|isbn=0-89875-269-8|pages=163–166}}</ref>