The temperature on October 6, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
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.
August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
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.
Christening day October 18, 1778
The temperature on October 18, 1778 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 6 » American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic.
May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
June 18 » American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
August 21 » American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
September 19 » The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
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