March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
Day of death March 28, 1778
The temperature on March 28, 1778 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 18 » James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
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.
November 26 » In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
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