Page 3: Historical Events In 1778

Jun 24   Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64 in the year 1778.   

Jun 26   On this day in history angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

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

Jun 28   In the year 1778 battle of Monmouth, NJ   

Jun 28   On this day in history battle of Monmouth, NJ (Gen Washington beats Clinton)   

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

Jul 02   On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 03   On this day in history british forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa   

Jul 03   Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies in the year 1778.   

Jul 07   On this day in history antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer   

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

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

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

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

Jul 25   In the year 1778 heinrich Gebhard, composer   

Jul 28   Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1869 on this day in history.   

Jul 29   On this day in history carl Borromaus Neuner, composer   

Aug 03   On this day in history teatro alla Scala opens in Milan   

Aug 05   On this day in history thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

Aug 09   In the year 1778 capt Cook passes through Bering Strait   

Aug 09   On this day in history captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits   

Aug 11   On this day in history friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement   

Aug 12   Francis Horner, politician in the year 1778.   

Aug 14   Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1778 fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica   

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

Aug 26   The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia in the year 1778.   

Aug 28   On this day in history jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies   

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

Aug 31   British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in the Bronx during Revolution on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1778 leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician   

Sep 03   In the year 1778 jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer   

Sep 04   On this day in history city Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of antoni Melchior FijaÅ‚kowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of fortunato Santini, composer   

Jan 10   Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (naming plants & animals) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of anton Fischer, composer   

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X   

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis)   

Jan 31   Franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history birth of a. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841)   

Jan 04   On this day in history charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57   

Jan 10   On this day in history carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70   

Feb 15   On this day in history johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80   

Feb 18   Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) died in the year 1778.   

Feb 20   Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711) died in the year 1778.   

Mar 05   In the year 1778 thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67   

Mar 07   Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1720) died on this day in history.   

Mar 13   Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701) died in the year 1778.