Page 3: Historical Events In 1778

Jun 24   Peter Burmannus Secundus, [P Burman], Dutch classicist, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   In the year 1778 angelo Antonio Caroli, composer, dies at 77   

Jun 27   Liberty Bell came home to Phila after the British had left in the year 1778.   

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

Jun 28   In the year 1778 battle of Monmouth, NJ (Gen Washington beats Clinton)   

Jun 28   In the year 1778 mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots   

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   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   In the year 1778 american Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.   

Jul 10   On this day in history sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master   

Jul 25   Heinrich Gebhard, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1778.   

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   In the year 1778 teatro alla Scala opens in Milan   

Aug 05   Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   Capt Cook passes through Bering Strait on this day in history.   

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

Aug 11   Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Francis Horner, politician on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 20   Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile on this day in history.   

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

Aug 28   In the year 1778 jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies   

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

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

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

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

Sep 04   In the year 1778 city Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels   

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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   Anton Fischer, composer was born in the year 1778.   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1778 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 in the year 1778.   

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   Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

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

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