1678
| Years: 1675 1676 1677 – 1678 – 1679 1680 1681 | |
| Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s – 1670s – 1680s 1690s 1700s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1678 in topic: | |
Events
- August 10 – Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War.
- September 6 – Titus Oates begins to present allegations of the "Popish Plot", a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate king Charles II of England
- October 17 – British politician Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey is found murdered in Greenberry Hill, London
- About 1200 Irish families sail from Barbados to Virginia and the Carolinas
- First chrysantemums in Europe
- John Bunyan publishes his novel, The Pilgrim's Progress.
Births
- March 4 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
- May 16 – Andreas Silbermann, organ builder (d. 1734)
- July 26 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
Deaths
- August 16 – Andrew Marvell, English writer (b. 1621)
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