January 25 » Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
November 25 » King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
Day of death June 6, 1778
The temperature on June 6, 1778 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
February 23 » American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
July 10 » American Revolution: 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.
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.
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