May 11 » War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
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.
July 9 » French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
September 21 » A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
November 8 » Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
December 4 » Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
Day of burial October 10, 1778
The temperature on October 10, 1778 was about 9.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
February 5 » South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
May 12 » Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
July 27 » American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
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.
December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
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