Page 3: Historical Events In 1778

Jun 24   Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64   

Jun 26   Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77.   

Jun 27   Liberty Bell came home to Phila after the British had left.   

Jun 28   Battle of Monmouth, NJ (Gen Washington beats Clinton).   

Jun 28   Battle of Monmouth, NJ.   

Jun 28   Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots.   

Jul 02   Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 03   British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa.   

Jul 03   Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies   

Jul 07   Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer   

Jul 08   Allied French fleet under Comte d'Estaing arrives in America.   

Jul 08   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.   

Jul 10   Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master.   

Jul 25   Heinrich Gebhard, composer.   

Jul 28   Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68   

Jul 28   Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1869   

Jul 29   Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer.   

Aug 03   Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan.   

Aug 05   Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22.   

Aug 09   Capt Cook passes through Bering Strait   

Aug 09   Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits   

Aug 11   Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement   

Aug 12   Francis Horner, politician.   

Aug 14   Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies   

Aug 18   Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, 1st to circumnavigate Antarctica.   

Aug 20   Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile   

Aug 26   The inaugural recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia   

Aug 28   Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies.   

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

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

Sep 02   Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician.   

Sep 03   Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer.   

Sep 04   City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels.   

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Jan 03   Antoni melchior fijaÅ‚kowski: Polish bishop   

Jan 05   Fortunato santini: Composer   

Jan 10   Carolus linnaeus: Swedish botanist (naming plants & animals)   

Jan 13   Anton fischer: Composer   

Jan 24   Charles f: Duke of berry/son of french king charles x   

Jan 26   Ugo foscolo: Italian poet (ultime lettere di jacopo ortis)   

Jan 31   Franz anton graaf von kolowrat: Austrian premiere of bohemia (1848)   

Feb 04   A. p. de candolle: Swiss botanist    

Jan 04   Charles d j eisen: French engraver/painter,   

Jan 10   Carolus linaeus "carl von linne": Swedish botanist/explorer,   

Feb 15   Johann gottlieb gorner: Composer,    

Feb 18   Joseph marie terray: French statesman (b. 1715)   

Feb 20   Laura bassi: Italian scholar (b. 1711)   

Mar 05   Thomas a arne: English composer (alfred, rule britannia),   

Mar 07   Charles de geer: Swedish industrialist (b. 1720)   

Mar 13   Charles le beau: French historian (b. 1701)