1778 Calendar
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1778 Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1778
– James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the “Sandwich Islands”.
February 5, 1778
– South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
February 6, 1778
– 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, 1778
– American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
June 18, 1778
– American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
July 3, 1778
– American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
July 27, 1778
– American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
August 29, 1778
– American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
November 26, 1778
– In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
December 15, 1778
– American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
Who Were Born On 1778?
January 5, 1778
– Zebulon Pike, American explorer (d. 1813)
February 14, 1778
– Minh Mang, the second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (d. 1841)
February 22, 1778
– Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)
March 19, 1778
– Edward Pakenham, British general (d. 1815)
May 18, 1778
– Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
August 11, 1778
– Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German (Prussian) gymnastics educator and nationalist (d. 1852)
September 2, 1778
– Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)
September 9, 1778
– Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)
November 1, 1778
– Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
December 17, 1778
– Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist (d. 1829)