1678
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s |
| Years: | 1675 1676 1677 - 1678 - 1679 1680 1681 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1678 (MDCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1678
[edit] January - June
- January 27 - The first fire engine company in what will become the United States goes into service.
- February 18 - John Bunyan publishes his novel, The Pilgrim's Progress.
- May 11 - French admiral d'Estrees runs his whole fleet aground in Curaçao.
- June - French buccaneer Michel de Grammont leads 6 pirate ships and 700 men in a daring raid on Spanish-held Venezuela, reaching inland as far as Trujillo, Venezuela.
[edit] July - December
- August 10 - The Treaties of Nijmegen end the Dutch War.
- September 6 - Titus Oates begins to present allegations of the Popish Plot, a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate king Charles II of England.
- October 17 - British magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey is found murdered in Primrose Hill, London. Titus Oates claims it as a proof of his allegations.
[edit] Undated
- About 1,200 Irish families sail from Barbados to Virginia and the Carolinas.
- The first chrysanthemums are planted in Europe.
- In Ireland, the Diocese of Kildare is united with Leighlin to form the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.
- Rebellion breaks out in Southern China.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1678 MDCLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2431 |
| Armenian calendar | 1127 ԹՎ ՌՃԻԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -166 – -165 |
| Berber calendar | 2628 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2222 |
| Burmese calendar | 1040 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7186 – 7187 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年十二月初九日 (4314/4374-12-9) — to —
戊午年十一月十八日(4315/4375-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 1394 – 1395 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1670 – 1671 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5438 – 5439 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1733 – 1734 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1600 – 1601 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4779 – 4780 |
| Holocene calendar | 11678 |
| Iranian calendar | 1056 – 1057 |
| Islamic calendar | 1088 – 1089 |
| Japanese calendar | Enpō 6 (延宝6年) |
| Korean calendar | 4011 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2221 |
- March 4 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
- March 7 - Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (d. 1736)
- May 16 - Andreas Silbermann, organ builder (d. 1734)
- July 26 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
- September 16 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (d. 1751)
- September 29 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
- October 10 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (d. 1743)
- November 26 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
- December 8 - Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)
- December 13 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)
- December 14 - Daniel Neal, English historian (d. 1743)
- December 30 - William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
- date unknown - George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (d. 1707)
[edit] Deaths
- January 29 - Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
- May 4 or May 14 - Anna Maria van Schurman, Dutch poet and scholar (b. 1607)
- May 18 - Miyamoto Iori, Japanese samurai (b. 1612)
- August 5 - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)
- August 16 - Andrew Marvell, English writer (b. 1621)
- August 17 - Guillaume Herincx, Flemish theologian and Bishop of Ypres (b. 1621)
- August 28 - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)
- September 8 - Pietro della Vecchia, Italian painter (b. 1603)
- October 12 - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)
- October 18 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (b. 1593)
- October 19 - Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (b. c. 1627)
- November 1 - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
