The temperature on January 14, 1778 was about 2.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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.
May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
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.
August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
Day of death December 28, 1778
The temperature on December 28, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. There was 7 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: donker hagel regen bui. Source: KNMI
February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
July 3 » American Revolutionary War: Iroquois allied to Britain kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
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.
December 15 » American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
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