1778

Events

   * "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 .
   * 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 to help to train the Continental Army
   * 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.

Births

   * February 22 - Rembrandt Peale, artist
   * April 10 - William Hazlitt - English essayist
   * November 1 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
   * December 17 - Sir Humphry Davy - English chemist

Deaths

   * January 10 - Carolus Linnaeus
   * May 30 - Fran¨ois-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire, french philosopher
   * June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher

Monarchs/Presidents

   * China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October
     18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
   * Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)

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