May 10 » King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
June 30 » The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
September 26 » The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
November 5 » William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
Day of death September 27, 1778
The temperature on September 27, 1778 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen half bewolkt hagel. Source: KNMI
January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
July 10 » American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
November 11 » Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
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