What happened in 1778?
78 recorded events in 1778, including 34 in people, 20 in wars & conflicts and 6 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 20
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War of the Bavarian Succession
Dispute between the Austrian Habsburg monarchy and an alliance of Saxony and Prussia
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Battle of Monmouth
American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778
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Battle of Wyoming
1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Anglo-French War of 1778–1783
Military conflict fought between 1778 and 1783
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Battle of Rhode Island
1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Cherry Valley massacre
1778 British and Iroquois attack during the American Revolutionary War
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Mount Hope Bay raids
1778 series of military raids by British troops during the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Cobleskill
1778 American Revolutionary War raid
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Siege of Boonesborough
1778 frontier siege of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Barren Hill
1778 minor battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Ghartiskari
1778 or 1779 battle
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Affair at Little Egg Harbor
Battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Big Runaway
June-July 1778 mass exodus
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Siege of Pondicherry
1778 siege of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Alligator Bridge
1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Crooked Billet
1778 historic site
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Battle of Chestnut Neck
1778 battle in the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Quinton's Bridge
1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Capture of St. Lucia
British capture of the French colony of Saint Lucia in 1778
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Baylor Massacre
1778 British attack during the American Revolutionary War
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of El Pardo
1778 treaty between Spain and Portugal
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Treaty of Fort Pitt
1778 treaty between the United States and Lenape
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People 34
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Carl Linnaeus died
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
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Laura Bassi died
Italian physicist (1711-1778)
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Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet died
French scientist (1720-1778)
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Thomas Arne died
18th-century British composer
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James Hargreaves died
English cotton weaver; inventor of the spinning jenny
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Pierre Laclède died
French-American city founder (1729-1778)
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Francesco Cetti died
Italian scientist
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Lorenz Christoph Mizler died
German music historian and polymath (1711-1778)
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Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers died
Royal Navy admiral
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Paul Jacques Malouin died
French physician and chemist
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Joseph Stepling died
Bohemian physicist (1716-1778)
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Edward Rowe Mores died
British scholar and actuary
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Ebenezer Kinnersley died
American scientist
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David Macbride died
Irish chemist and physician
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Lekain died
French actor
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Konrad Ekhof died
German actor
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Giovanni Andrea Fioroni died
Italian composer
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Antonio Cristoforo Collalto Mattiuzzi died
Actor
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Humphry Davy born
Born in Penzance. British chemist.
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José de San Martín born
Born in Yapeyú. Argentine general and independence leader (1778–1850).
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Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac born
Born in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. French chemist and physicist (1778–1850).
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Ugo Foscolo born
Born in Zakynthos. Italian writer and poet (1778–1827).
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Louis Bonaparte born
Born in Ajaccio. King of Holland, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte (1778-1846).
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Bernardo O'Higgins born
Born in Chillán. Chilean independence leader (1778–1842).
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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen born
Born in Saaremaa. Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852).
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Clemens Brentano born
Born in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein. German poet and novelist (1778–1842).
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William Hazlitt born
Born in Maidstone. English essayist and writer (1778–1830).
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Beau Brummell born
Born in Downing Street. English man of fashion (1778–1840).
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux born
Born in Cowgate. English barrister, politician, and Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1778-1868).
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Jacques-Joseph Champollion born
Born in Figeac. French archaeologist and librarian (1778-1867).
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Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent born
Born in Agen. French naturalist, geographer and officer (1778-1846).
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Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born
Born in Ludwigslust. German Grand Duke (1778-1819).
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Georg Anton Friedrich Ast born
Born in Gotha. German philosopher.
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Pierre Laclède died
Died in Arkansas River. French-American city founder (1729-1778).
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Science & Technology 2
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Örebro University Hospital
Hospital in Sweden
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Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Santo Amaro
Hospital and charitable organization in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil
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Exploration & Discovery 3
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Kaʻula
Islet in Kauai County, Hawaii
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Fairway Rock
Island in the United States of America
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Cuan Baozi Stele
Cuan Baozi Stele (Exploration & Discovery).
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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St. Ottilia
Church building in Ried, Kammeltal, Germany
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Economy & Trade 4
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Richard Garrett & Sons
Company based in Suffolk, UK
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Younger's
Brewery in Edinburgh
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Goldsmiths
United Kingdom based luxury jewelry retailer
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F. Dick
Company
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1778 Kashan earthquake
Earthquake in Iran on 15 December 1778
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Clow Rebellion
1778 insurrection in Delaware, US
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Architecture & Engineering 6
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Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral
Cultural property in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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Virreina Palace
Cultural property in Barcelona, Spain
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Palazzo Doria d'Angri
Building in Naples, Campania, Italy
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St. Nicholas Church, Taganrog
Church in Russia
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Saint Begga Collegiate Church
Church in Andenne, Belgium
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Crkva Sv. Petra i Pavla
Church building in Berkasovo, Serbia
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Sports & Entertainment 2
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La Scala
Opera house in Milan, Italy
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Teatro Mercadante
Theater in Naples
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Empires & Countries 2
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Tây Sơn dynasty founded
Tây Sơn dynasty was founded, with its capital at Quy Nhon.
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Maihar State founded
Maihar State was founded.
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