June 4 » Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
June 16 » War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
June 28 » A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).
July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
July 26 » The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Day of marriage November 15, 1778
The temperature on November 15, 1778 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. 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 14 » The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USSRanger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
August 26 » The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
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 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
Day of burial November 18, 1787
The temperature on November 18, 1787 was about 5.0 °C. Source: KNMI
May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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