6 July 1779 July 5, 2014 Author: Staff The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs." Christopher Morley — Click here for more from Christopher Morley Related posts: 16 June 1779 18 July 1976 18 July 1984 25 July 1993 6 July 1189 6 July 1917 6 July 1989 28 November 1862 2 July 1644 Categories: History Tags: 1779, 6 July