Page 3: Historical Events In 1778

Jun 24   On this day in history peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64   

Jun 26   Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Jun 27   In the year 1778 liberty Bell came home to Phila after the British had left   

Jun 28   On this day in history battle of Monmouth, NJ   

Jun 28   Battle of Monmouth, NJ (Gen Washington beats Clinton) on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots in the year 1778.   

Jul 02   Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1778.   

Jul 03   British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa on this day in history.   

Jul 03   On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies   

Jul 07   Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer in the year 1778.   

Jul 08   On this day in history allied French fleet under Comte d'Estaing arrives in America.   

Jul 08   In the year 1778 george Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army   

Jul 10   American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master in the year 1778.   

Jul 25   Heinrich Gebhard, composer in the year 1778.   

Jul 28   On this day in history arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68   

Jul 28   In the year 1778 charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1869   

Jul 29   Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer in the year 1778.   

Aug 03   Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan on this day in history.   

Aug 05   Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 in the year 1778.   

Aug 09   On this day in history capt Cook passes through Bering Strait   

Aug 09   In the year 1778 captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits   

Aug 11   Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement in the year 1778.   

Aug 12   On this day in history francis Horner, politician   

Aug 14   On this day in history augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies   

Aug 18   Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica in the year 1778.   

Aug 20   Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile in the year 1778.   

Aug 26   On this day in history the first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.   

Aug 28   Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies in the year 1778.   

Aug 31   In the year 1778 british kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution   

Aug 31   British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in the Bronx during Revolution in the year 1778.   

Sep 02   Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician on this day in history.   

Sep 03   On this day in history jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer   

Sep 04   City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Antoni Melchior FijaÅ‚kowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861) was born in the year 1778.   

Jan 05   Fortunato Santini, composer was born in the year 1778.   

Jan 10   In the year 1778 birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (naming plants & animals)   

Jan 13   In the year 1778 birth of anton Fischer, composer   

Jan 24   Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X was born in the year 1778.   

Jan 26   Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis) was born in the year 1778.   

Jan 31   Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848) was born in the year 1778.   

Feb 04   In the year 1778 birth of a. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841)   

Jan 04   Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70 in the year 1778.   

Feb 15   In the year 1778 johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80   

Feb 18   In the year 1778 death of joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)   

Feb 20   Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711) died on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67 in the year 1778.   

Mar 07   On this day in history death of charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1720)   

Mar 13   On this day in history death of charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)