June 26 » After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
August 17 » Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
September 14 » Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
Day of death August 5, 1778
The temperature on August 5, 1778 was about 24.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
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.
September 17 » The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.
September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
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