This is a list of events in 1780 in Delaware.
Incumbents Governor: Caesar Rodney
Events October 20 – The 5th Delaware General Assembly convenes succeeding the 4th.
Births January 15 – Cornelius P. Comegys, farmer and politician, 31st governor (d. 1851) August 7 – Benjamin Ferris, watchmaker and historian (d. 1867) October 17 – Thomas Beale Dorsey, farmer, lawyer, politician and judge (d. 1855) December 24 – Willard Hall, attorney and politician (d. 1875)
Undated William Bayard Shields, judge, lawyer and politician (d. 1823)William David McCain, The Journal of Mississippi History (1979).
Deaths August 19 – Johann de Kalb, Franconian-born French military officer (b. 1721)
Undated Hugh Montgomery, sea captain (b. unknown)
See also 1780 in the United States List of years in Delaware
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