1778

1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1778th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 778th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1778, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1778 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1778
MDCCLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2531
Armenian calendar1227
ԹՎ ՌՄԻԷ
Assyrian calendar6528
Balinese saka calendar1699–1700
Bengali calendar1185
Berber calendar2728
British Regnal year18 Geo. 3  19 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar2322
Burmese calendar1140
Byzantine calendar7286–7287
Chinese calendar丁酉(Fire Rooster)
4474 or 4414
     to 
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
4475 or 4415
Coptic calendar1494–1495
Discordian calendar2944
Ethiopian calendar1770–1771
Hebrew calendar5538–5539
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1834–1835
 - Shaka Samvat1699–1700
 - Kali Yuga4878–4879
Holocene calendar11778
Igbo calendar778–779
Iranian calendar1156–1157
Islamic calendar1191–1192
Japanese calendarAn'ei 7
(安永7年)
Javanese calendar1703–1704
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4111
Minguo calendar134 before ROC
民前134年
Nanakshahi calendar310
Thai solar calendar2320–2321
Tibetan calendar阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1904 or 1523 or 751
     to 
阳土狗年
(male Earth-Dog)
1905 or 1524 or 752

Events

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AprilJune

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

  • October 12 The Continental Congress advises the 13 member states to suppress "theatrical entertainments, horse-racing, gaming, and such other diversions as are productive of idleness, dissipation, and general depravity of principles and manners."[1]

Undated

Births

January–April

May–August

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

September–December

Undated

Deaths

References

  1. Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p166
  2. "Pitt, William (The Elder; Ear of Chatham)", by Philip Woodfine, in British Political Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary, ed. by Keith Laybourn (ABC-CLIO, 2001) p264
  3. Barry Alan Shain, The Declaration of Independence in Historical Context (Yale University Press, 2014) p657
  4. Raymond C. Houghton, A Revolutionary War Road Trip on US Route 9 (Cyber Haus, 2003) pp37-38
  5. "Benedict Arnold".
  6. "The Present State of the West-Indies: Containing an Accurate Description of What Parts Are Possessed by the Several Powers in Europe". World Digital Library. 1778. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  7. "¿Sabes quién fué José de la Borda Sánchez?" [Do you know who José de la Borda Sánchez was?] (in Spanish). Mineria en Linea. November 21, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2019.

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