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Year '1778' ('MDCCLXXVIII') was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
★ January 18 - Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships ''HMS Resolution'' and ''HMS Discovery'', first view O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands."
★ February 5 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
★ February 6 - American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
★ February 23 - American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and begins to train the american troops.
★ June 24 - Total Solar Eclipse: takes place across parts of USA from Texas to Virginia.
★ June 28 - American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Monmouth takes place in Monmouth, New Jersey.
★ July 3 - American Revolutionary War: the Wyoming Massacre takes place near Wilkes-Barre, Pa., ending in a terrible defeat of the local colonists.
★ July 10 - American Revolutionary War: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
★ July 27 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
★ August 26 - Triglav, at 2,864 meters above sea level the highest peak of Slovenia, was ascended for the first time by four brave men: Luka KoroÅ¡ec, Matevž Kos, Å tefan RožiÄ and Lovrenc Willomitzer on Sigismund Zois's initiative.
★ September - The Massachusetts Banishment Act, providing punishment for Loyalists, is passed.
★ September 17 - Treaty of Fort Pitt signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware).
★ September 19 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
★ November 26 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.
★ France introduced the first state-controlled brothel.
★ The first settlement was made in the area of what is now Louisville, Kentucky by 13 families under Col. George Rogers Clark.
★ Phillips Academy, the most prestigious secondary boarding school in the United States, was founded by Samuel Phillips Jr.
★ First Ironbridge.
★ The term "thoroughbred" was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.
★ January 3 - Antoni Melchior FijaÅ‚kowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
★ February 22 - Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)
★ March 19 - Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815)
★ April 10 - William Hazlitt, English essayist (d. 1830)
★ May 18 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British politician (d. 1854)
★ August 11 - Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German patriot (d. 1852)
★ September 8 - Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)
★ September 19 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
★ November 1 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
★ November 25 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
★ December 17 - Sir Humphry Davy, English chemist (d. 1829)
★ December 19 - Marie Thérèse Charlotte (d. 1851)
★ December 28 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846)
: ''See also .''
★ January 10 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
★ February 18 - Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)
★ February 20 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)
★ March 5 - Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer of "Rule, Britannia!" (b. 1710)
★ March 7 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (b. 1720)
★ March 13 - Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
★ April 22 - James Hargreaves, English weaver, carpenter, and inventor (b. 1720)
★ May 11 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
★ May 16 - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (b. 1718)
★ May 30 - Voltaire, French philosopher (b. 1694)
★ June 12 - Philip Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1716)
★ June 16 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720)
★ June 24 - Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714)
★ July 2 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
★ July 2 - Bathsheba Ruggles, American murderer (b. 1746?)
★ July 5 - James Townley, English dramatist (b. 1714)
★ August 5 - Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703)
★ August 12 - Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)
★ November 9 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720)
★ November 20 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)
★ ''date unknown'' - Thomas Johnson (designer), furniture maker (b. 1714)
: ''See also .''
Year '1778' ('MDCCLXXVIII') was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
| Contents |
| Events of 1778 |
| January - June |
| July - December |
| Undated |
| Births |
| Deaths |
Events of 1778
January - June
'June 28': The Battle of Monmouth.
★ January 18 - Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships ''HMS Resolution'' and ''HMS Discovery'', first view O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands."
★ February 5 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
★ February 6 - American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
★ February 23 - American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and begins to train the american troops.
★ June 24 - Total Solar Eclipse: takes place across parts of USA from Texas to Virginia.
★ June 28 - American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Monmouth takes place in Monmouth, New Jersey.
July - December
★ July 3 - American Revolutionary War: the Wyoming Massacre takes place near Wilkes-Barre, Pa., ending in a terrible defeat of the local colonists.
★ July 10 - American Revolutionary War: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
★ July 27 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
★ August 26 - Triglav, at 2,864 meters above sea level the highest peak of Slovenia, was ascended for the first time by four brave men: Luka KoroÅ¡ec, Matevž Kos, Å tefan RožiÄ and Lovrenc Willomitzer on Sigismund Zois's initiative.
★ September - The Massachusetts Banishment Act, providing punishment for Loyalists, is passed.
★ September 17 - Treaty of Fort Pitt signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware).
★ September 19 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
★ November 26 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.
Undated
★ France introduced the first state-controlled brothel.
★ The first settlement was made in the area of what is now Louisville, Kentucky by 13 families under Col. George Rogers Clark.
★ Phillips Academy, the most prestigious secondary boarding school in the United States, was founded by Samuel Phillips Jr.
★ First Ironbridge.
★ The term "thoroughbred" was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.
Births
★ January 3 - Antoni Melchior FijaÅ‚kowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
★ February 22 - Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)
★ March 19 - Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815)
★ April 10 - William Hazlitt, English essayist (d. 1830)
★ May 18 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British politician (d. 1854)
★ August 11 - Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German patriot (d. 1852)
★ September 8 - Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)
★ September 19 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
★ November 1 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
★ November 25 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
★ December 17 - Sir Humphry Davy, English chemist (d. 1829)
★ December 19 - Marie Thérèse Charlotte (d. 1851)
★ December 28 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
★ January 10 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (b. 1707)
★ February 18 - Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)
★ February 20 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)
★ March 5 - Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer of "Rule, Britannia!" (b. 1710)
★ March 7 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (b. 1720)
★ March 13 - Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
★ April 22 - James Hargreaves, English weaver, carpenter, and inventor (b. 1720)
★ May 11 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
★ May 16 - Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (b. 1718)
★ May 30 - Voltaire, French philosopher (b. 1694)
★ June 12 - Philip Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1716)
★ June 16 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (b. 1720)
★ June 24 - Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714)
★ July 2 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
★ July 2 - Bathsheba Ruggles, American murderer (b. 1746?)
★ July 5 - James Townley, English dramatist (b. 1714)
★ August 5 - Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703)
★ August 12 - Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)
★ November 9 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720)
★ November 20 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)
★ ''date unknown'' - Thomas Johnson (designer), furniture maker (b. 1714)
: ''See also .''
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