1778 Totally Explained

Everything about 1778 totally explained

Year 1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1778

January - June

January 18 - Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first view O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands."
February 5 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
February 6 - American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
February 23 - American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and begins to train the American troops.
March 10 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington approves the dishonorable discharge of Lieut. Frederick Gotthold Enslin for "attempting to commit sodomy, with John Monhort a soldier".
June 24 - Total Solar Eclipse: takes place across parts of USA from Texas to Virginia.
June 28 - American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Monmouth takes place in Monmouth, New Jersey.

July - December

July 3 - American Revolutionary War: the Wyoming Massacre takes place near Wilkes-Barre, Pa., ending in a terrible defeat of the local colonists.

July 4 - American Revolutionary War: George Rogers Clark takes Kaskaskia.

July 10 - American Revolutionary War: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.

July 27 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.

August 26 - Triglav, at 2,864 meters above sea level the highest peak of Slovenia, was ascended for the first time by four brave men: Luka Korošec, Matevž Kos, Štefan Rožič and Lovrenc Willomitzer on Sigismund Zois's initiative.

September - The Massachusetts Banishment Act, providing punishment for Loyalists, is passed.

September 17 - Treaty of Fort Pitt signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware).

September 19 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.

November 26 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.

Undated

The first settlement was made in the area of what is now Louisville, Kentucky by 13 families under Col. George Rogers Clark.

Phillips Academy, the most prestigious secondary boarding school in the United States, was founded by Samuel Phillips Jr.

First Ironbridge.

The term "thoroughbred" was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.

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