1778 in the United States

1778 in the United States
Years:	1775 1776 1777 – 1778 – 1779 1780 1781
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Events from the year 1778 in the United States.

Events

January–March

• January 18 – The third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first view O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the Sandwich Islands.
• February 5 – South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
• 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.
• February 23 – American Revolutionary War: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and begins to train the American troops.

April–June

June 28: Battle of Monmouth

• May 30 – Benedict Arnold signs US oath of allegiance at Valley Forge.
• June 24 – A total solar eclipse takes place across parts of USA from Texas to Virginia.
• June 28 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Monmouth: George Washington's Continental Army battles the British general Sir Henry Clinton's army to a draw near Monmouth, New Jersey.

July–September

July 3: Wyoming Massacre

• July 3 – American Revolutionary War: the Wyoming Massacre takes place near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, ending in a terrible defeat of the local colonists.
• July 4 – American Revolutionary War: George Rogers Clark takes Kaskaskia.
• July 27 – American Revolution – First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• August 29 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Rhode Island takes place when the Continental Army attempts to retake Aquidneck Island from the British.
• September – The Massachusetts Banishment Act, providing punishment for Loyalists, is passed.
• September 17 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware).
• September 19 – The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.

October–December

November 11: Cherry Valley massacre

• November 11 – American Revolutionary War: the Cherry Valley massacre
• November 26 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Capt. James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.

Undated

• The first settlement is made in the area of what is now Louisville, Kentucky by 13 families under Colonel George Rogers Clark.
• Phillips Academy,a prestigious secondary boarding school in the United States, is founded by Samuel Phillips Jr.
• The term "thoroughbred" is first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.

Ongoing

• American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)

Births

• January 6 – Thomas Lincoln, farmer and father of the President of the United States Abraham Lincoln (died 1851)
• February 22 – Rembrandt Peale, artist and museum keeper (died 1860)

Deaths

• June 12 – Philip Livingston, merchant and statesman from New York City (born 1716)

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons