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1780 in Spain

overview of Spain-related events during the year of 1780

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ21186852 ↗
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Events from the year 1780 in Spain

Incumbents

Monarch – Charles III

First Secretary of State - José Moñino

Events

January 16-17: Battle of Cape St. Vincent

December 25: Treaty of Aranjuez

Births

Miguel Parra Abril, court painter.

Deaths

April 28: Juan de Miralles, 66, diplomat and arms dealer during the American Revolutionary War, pneumonia.

May 11: Nicolás Fernández de Moratín, 42, writer and dramatist.

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The public source identifies “1780 in Spain” as overview of Spain-related events during the year of 1780. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Spain, overview and Spain-related.

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This entry incorporates text from “1780 in Spain” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.