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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Year in Great Britain Events from the year 1778 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
Events
- 18 January – the third Pacific expedition of James Cook, with ships Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS, first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".[2]
- 6 February – American Revolutionary War: Britain declares war on France for aiding the Americans.[3]
- 23 April – American Revolutionary War: John Paul Jones in Шаблон:USS raids Whitehaven, with limited effect.
- 24 April – American Revolutionary War: North Channel Naval Duel – John Paul Jones in USS Ranger captures Шаблон:HMS in the North Channel.
- May – Шаблон:HMS is commissioned and remains in active service for the following 32 years, most notably at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805).[4][5]
- 28 May–11 November – American Revolutionary War: In response to the threat of invasion from France, major militia camps are set up at Coxheath Common in Kent and Warley Common near Brentwood, Essex.
- 16 June – American Revolutionary War: Spain declares war on Britain.[3]
- 28 June – American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Monmouth takes place in Monmouth, New Jersey.[6]
- 3 July – American Revolutionary War: the Wyoming Valley battle and massacre takes place near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, ending in a defeat of the local colonists.
- 10 July – American Revolutionary War: Louis XVI of France declares war on Great Britain.
- 27 July – American Revolutionary War: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
- September – first St. Leger Stakes horse race held under this name and at its continuing location, Town Moor, Doncaster.[3][7] The winner is Hollandoise.
- 7 September – American Revolutionary War: French invasion of Dominica captures the British fort there before the latter is aware that France has entered the war in the Franco-American alliance.
- 26 November – in the Hawaiian Islands, James Cook becomes the first European to discover Maui.
Ongoing
- American Revolutionary War 1775–1783
- First Anglo-Maratha War 1777–1783
Undated
- Papists Act is the first to provide a measure of Catholic Relief.
- Lord Mansfield decides the landmark case of Da Costa v Jones in English contract law, in relation to the presumption of good faith.
- Joseph Bramah invents a type of flush toilet.[6]
- Flint & Clark, the predecessors of Debenhams, begin trading as drapers in London;[8] their successor will enter liquidation in 2020.
- Fanny Burney's novel Evelina published (anonymously).
- Thomas West's A Guide to the Lakes published.
Births
- 1 January – James Grant, major-general (died 1852)
- 4 January – John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland (died 1857)
- 19 March – Edward Pakenham, general (died 1815)
- 10 April – William Hazlitt, essayist (died 1830)
- 6 May – Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter (died 1869)
- 18 May
- Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, politician (died 1854)
- Andrew Ure, doctor and writer (died 1857)
- 7 June – Beau Brummell, arbiter of fashion (died 1840)
- 19 September – Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1868)
- 25 November
- Joseph Lancaster, Quaker educationist (died 1838 in the United States)
- Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, Christian writer (died 1856)
- 17 December – Humphry Davy, chemist (died 1829)
- 18 December – Joseph Grimaldi, clown (died 1837)
Deaths
- 5 March – Thomas Augustine Arne, composer (born 1710)
- 22 April – James Hargreaves, weaver, carpenter, and inventor (born 1720)
- 11 May – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1708)[9]
- 16 May – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, diplomat and politician (born 1718)
- 12 August – Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, general and politician (born 1714)
See also
References
Further reading
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