1778

Years:
1775 1776 1777 – 1778 – 1779 1780 1781

Decades:
1740s 1750s 1760s – 1770s – 1780s 1790s 1800s

Centuries:
17th century – 18th century – 19th century

1778 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada – Science

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1785 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).

Events

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 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 Continental Army.
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 metres above sea level the highest peak of Slovenia, was ascended for the first time by four brave men: Luka Koroec, Matev Kos, tefan Roič and Lovrenc Willomitzer on Sigismund Zois's initiative.
September – The Massachusetts Banishment Act, providing punishment for Loyalists, is passed.
November 26 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover 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.

Births

February 22 – Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)
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)
December 17 – Sir Humphry Davy, English chemist (d. 1829)

Deaths

January 10 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish bontanist (b. 1707)
May 30 – Voltaire, French philosopher (b. 1695)
June 28 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
November 9 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (b. 1720)

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