1779 in Delaware
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Incumbents
Events
- October 20 â The 4th Delaware General Assembly convenes succeeding the 3rd.
Births
- August 6 â Henry M. Ridgely, lawyer and politician (d. 1847)[1]
Deaths
- July 14 â George Ross, Founding Father and congressman (b. 1730)
Undated
- Francis Alison, leading minister in the Synod of Philadelphia during The Old Side-New Side Controversy (b. 1705 in Ireland)