Historical Events in 1778

Jan 18 Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)

Feb 5 Articles of Confederation ratified by 2nd state, South Carolina
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Mar 2 Nathanael Greene is appointed Quartermaster General of the Continental Army under George Washington

Mar 30 Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath

Apr 1 New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the "$" symbol
May 1 American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.

May 5 George Washington appoints Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Inspector General of the Continental Army

Jun 27 Liberty Bell returns home to Philadelphia after the British departure
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Jun 28 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton)
Jun 28 Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots
Jul 3 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Jul 3 Prussia declares war on Austria
Jul 8 George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army

Jul 10 American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain

Aug 3 Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan
Aug 9 Captain James Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering Straits
Aug 26 The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
Aug 31 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
Sep 4 City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with American rebels
Sep 17 1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)
Sep 19 The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
Oct 3 Captain James Cook anchors at Alaska
Nov 11 Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre
Nov 26 British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)
Dec 29 British troops occupy Savannah, Georgia