1 to 28 February – with an average temperature of 7.9 °C (46.2 °F), this is the warmest February in
the CET record and the oldest still-standing record-warm month therein.[4]
29 March (to 12 May 1780): American Revolutionary War –
Siege of Charleston by British forces.
1 January to 31 March – with a total
England and Wales Precipitation of only 44.4 millimetres (1.75 in), this is the driest three consecutive months since records began in 1766.[6]
6 July – American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Grenada fought between British and
French navies.
24 June – American Revolutionary War: start of the
Great Siege of Gibraltar (fourteenth and last military siege). This was an action by
French and
Spanish forces to wrest control of
Gibraltar from the established British Garrison. The garrison, led by
George Augustus Eliott, later 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, survives all attacks and a blockade of supplies.
1 to 28 February – with an average temperature of 7.9 °C (46.2 °F), this is the warmest February in
the CET record and the oldest still-standing record-warm month therein.[4]
29 March (to 12 May 1780): American Revolutionary War –
Siege of Charleston by British forces.
1 January to 31 March – with a total
England and Wales Precipitation of only 44.4 millimetres (1.75 in), this is the driest three consecutive months since records began in 1766.[6]
6 July – American Revolutionary War:
Battle of Grenada fought between British and
French navies.
24 June – American Revolutionary War: start of the
Great Siege of Gibraltar (fourteenth and last military siege). This was an action by
French and
Spanish forces to wrest control of
Gibraltar from the established British Garrison. The garrison, led by
George Augustus Eliott, later 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, survives all attacks and a blockade of supplies.