What happened in 1778?

War of the Bavarian Succession

Wars & Conflicts

Dispute between the Austrian Habsburg monarchy and an alliance of Saxony and Prussia

Battle of Monmouth

Wars & Conflicts · Freehold Township

American Revolutionary War battle fought on June 28, 1778

Battle of Wyoming

Wars & Conflicts · Wyoming Valley

1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Anglo-French War of 1778–1783

Wars & Conflicts · West Indies

Military conflict fought between 1778 and 1783

Battle of Rhode Island

Wars & Conflicts · Aquidneck Island

1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Cherry Valley massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Cherry Valley

1778 British and Iroquois attack during the American Revolutionary War

Mount Hope Bay raids

Wars & Conflicts · Mount Hope Bay

1778 series of military raids by British troops during the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Cobleskill

Wars & Conflicts · Cobleskill

1778 American Revolutionary War raid

Siege of Boonesborough

Wars & Conflicts · Boonesborough

1778 frontier siege of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Barren Hill

Wars & Conflicts

1778 minor battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Ghartiskari

Wars & Conflicts · Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti

1778 or 1779 battle

Affair at Little Egg Harbor

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of the American Revolutionary War

Big Runaway

Wars & Conflicts · Pennsylvania

June-July 1778 mass exodus

Siege of Pondicherry

Wars & Conflicts · Pondicherry

1778 siege of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Alligator Bridge

Wars & Conflicts

1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Crooked Billet

Wars & Conflicts

1778 historic site

Battle of Chestnut Neck

Wars & Conflicts

1778 battle in the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Quinton's Bridge

Wars & Conflicts

1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Capture of St. Lucia

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Lucia

British capture of the French colony of Saint Lucia in 1778

Baylor Massacre

Wars & Conflicts · River Vale

1778 British attack during the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Ushant

Wars & Conflicts · Ouessant

1778 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of St. Lucia

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Lucia

1778 naval battle

Battle off Barbados

Wars & Conflicts · Barbados

1778 naval battle

Action of 20 October 1778

Wars & Conflicts · Cape Finisterre

Inconclusive Revolutionary War naval engagement

Fort Roberdeau

Wars & Conflicts

American Revolutionary War-era fort for lead mining in Pennsylvania

Invasion of Dominica

Wars & Conflicts · Dominica

1778 French invasion of Dominica

Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga

Wars & Conflicts · New York

Treaty of El Pardo

Politics & Government

1778 treaty between Spain and Portugal

Treaty of Fort Pitt

Politics & Government · Fort Pitt

1778 treaty between the United States and Lenape

Carl Linnaeus died

People · Linnaeus Hammarby

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

Laura Bassi died

People · Bologna

Italian physicist (1711-1778)

Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet died

People · Paris

French scientist (1720-1778)

Thomas Arne died

People · London

18th-century British composer

James Hargreaves died

People · Nottingham

English cotton weaver; inventor of the spinning jenny

Pierre Laclède died

People · Arkansas River

Died in Arkansas River. French-American city founder (1729-1778).

Francesco Cetti died

People · Sassari

Italian scientist

Lorenz Christoph Mizler died

People · Warsaw

German music historian and polymath (1711-1778)

Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers died

People · Staffordshire

Royal Navy admiral

Paul Jacques Malouin died

People · Paris

French physician and chemist

Joseph Stepling died

People · Prague

Bohemian physicist (1716-1778)

Edward Rowe Mores died

People · Tunstall

British scholar and actuary

Ebenezer Kinnersley died

People · Philadelphia

American scientist

David Macbride died

People · Ballymoney

Irish chemist and physician

Lekain died

People · Paris

French actor

Konrad Ekhof died

People · Gotha

German actor

Giovanni Andrea Fioroni died

People · Milan

Italian composer

Antonio Cristoforo Collalto Mattiuzzi died

People · Paris

Actor

Humphry Davy born

People · Penzance

Born in Penzance. British chemist.

José de San Martín born

People · Yapeyú

Born in Yapeyú. Argentine general and independence leader (1778–1850).

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac born

People · Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat

Born in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. French chemist and physicist (1778–1850).

Ugo Foscolo born

People · Zakynthos

Born in Zakynthos. Italian writer and poet (1778–1827).

Louis Bonaparte born

People · Ajaccio

Born in Ajaccio. King of Holland, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte (1778-1846).

Bernardo O'Higgins born

People · Chillán

Born in Chillán. Chilean independence leader (1778–1842).

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen born

People · Saaremaa

Born in Saaremaa. Baltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852).

Clemens Brentano born

People · Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein

Born in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein. German poet and novelist (1778–1842).

William Hazlitt born

People · Maidstone

Born in Maidstone. English essayist and writer (1778–1830).

Beau Brummell born

People · Downing Street

Born in Downing Street. English man of fashion (1778–1840).

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux born

People · Cowgate

Born in Cowgate. English barrister, politician, and Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1778-1868).

Jacques-Joseph Champollion born

People · Figeac

Born in Figeac. French archaeologist and librarian (1778-1867).

Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent born

People · Agen

Born in Agen. French naturalist, geographer and officer (1778-1846).

Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin born

People · Ludwigslust

Born in Ludwigslust. German Grand Duke (1778-1819).

Georg Anton Friedrich Ast born

People · Gotha

Born in Gotha. German philosopher.

Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden born

People · Stockholm Palace

Born in Stockholm Palace. King of Sweden between 1792-1809 (1778–1837).

Kittur Chennamma born

People · Belagavi district

Born in Belagavi district. Indian freedom fighter, warrior queen.

Sahle Dengel born

People · Gondar

Born in Gondar. Emperor of Ethiopia.

Örebro University Hospital

Science & Technology · Örebro

Hospital in Sweden

Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Santo Amaro

Science & Technology

Hospital and charitable organization in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil

Kaʻula

Exploration & Discovery

Islet in Kauai County, Hawaii

Fairway Rock

Exploration & Discovery

Island in the United States of America

Cuan Baozi Stele

Exploration & Discovery

Revolutionary War Campsite

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in Connecticut, United States

Wreck Sites of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in Newport County, United States of America

St. Ottilia

Religion & Belief Systems · Ried

Church building in Ried, Kammeltal, Germany

Arras Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral located in Pas-de-Calais, in France

Sobral Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Ceará

Capuchin Monastery in Ostroh

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Ostroh, Ukraine

Church of the Holy Trinity in Luzhniki

Religion & Belief Systems

Demolished church in Moscow, Russia

Neußen village church

Religion & Belief Systems · Neußen

Church and churchyard in Neußen (Saxony)

St. Peter und Paul

Religion & Belief Systems · Untereichen

Parish church in Untereichen, Altenstadt an der Iller, Germany

Church of the Protection of the Mother of God on the Market

Religion & Belief Systems

Heritage site, Eastern Orthodox church building, architectural landmark in Vologda, Russia

Richard Garrett & Sons

Economy & Trade

Company based in Suffolk, UK

Younger's

Economy & Trade · Edinburgh

Brewery in Edinburgh

Goldsmiths

Economy & Trade · Leicester

United Kingdom based luxury jewelry retailer

F. Dick

Economy & Trade · Deizisau

Company

1778 Kashan earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Iran on 15 December 1778

Clow Rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Kenton

1778 insurrection in Delaware, US

Jerez de la Frontera Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Virreina Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Barcelona, Spain

Palazzo Doria d'Angri

Architecture & Engineering · San Giuseppe

Building in Naples, Campania, Italy

St. Nicholas Church, Taganrog

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Saint Begga Collegiate Church

Architecture & Engineering · Andenne

Church in Andenne, Belgium

Crkva Sv. Petra i Pavla

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Berkasovo, Serbia

Kedah Royal Mausoleum

Architecture & Engineering

Cemetery in Kedah, Malaysia

Castle of Los Moros

Architecture & Engineering

Castle and cultural property in Cartagena, Spain

Fort Laurens

Architecture & Engineering · Fort Laurens State Memorial

American Revolutionary War fort in what is now Ohio

Fort Shelby

Architecture & Engineering

1779-1827 Michigan fort that replaced old Fort Detroit by the War of 1812

Château de Moncley

Architecture & Engineering

Castle in Moncley, France

Neptunbrunnen

Architecture & Engineering · Schönbrunn Palace

Fountain in Vienna (Schönbrunn)

Saint Michael the Archangel Orthodox church in Izabielin

Architecture & Engineering

Shidlovski Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Ukraine

Cook Landing Site

Architecture & Engineering

historic site on Kauai, Hawaii

Battle of Rhode Island Site

Architecture & Engineering

battlefield site in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Church of St Catherine, Żejtun

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Żejtun, Malta

San Michele Arcangelo

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Borgo d'Ale, Italy

Chapel of Saint Anne

Architecture & Engineering

La Scala

Sports & Entertainment

Opera house in Milan, Italy

Teatro Mercadante

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Naples

Tây Sơn dynasty founded

Empires & Countries · Quy Nhon

Tây Sơn dynasty was founded, with its capital at Quy Nhon.

Maihar State founded

Empires & Countries

Maihar State was founded.

Principality of Reuss-Greiz founded

Empires & Countries · Greiz

Principality of Reuss-Greiz was founded, with its capital at Greiz.