This is a list of events in 1779 in Delaware.
Incumbents Governor: Caesar Rodney
Events October 20 – The 4th Delaware General Assembly convenes succeeding the 3rd.
Births August 6 – Henry M. Ridgely, lawyer and politician (d. 1847)
Deaths July 14 – 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)
See also 1779 in the United States List of years in Delaware
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