January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.
Day of marriage January 31, 1778
The temperature on January 31, 1778 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
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