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   Liberty Bell came home to Phila after the British had left on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1778.   

Jul 03   Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1778 sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master   

Jul 25   On this day in history heinrich Gebhard, composer   

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   In the year 1778 thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

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

Aug 09   Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits in the year 1778.   

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

Aug 12   Francis Horner, politician in the year 1778.   

Aug 14   Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies in the year 1778.   

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

Aug 20   In the year 1778 bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile   

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

Aug 28   Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 02   Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician in the year 1778.   

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   In the year 1778 birth of fortunato Santini, composer   

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

Jan 31   In the year 1778 birth of franz Anton graaf von Kolowrat, Austrian premiere of Bohemia (1848)   

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

Jan 04   Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 in the year 1778.   

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

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

Feb 18   Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) died on this day in history.   

Feb 20   In the year 1778 death of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)   

Mar 05   On this day in history thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67   

Mar 07   In the year 1778 death of charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1720)   

Mar 13   In the year 1778 death of charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)