1778

events

• 3. August: Premiere „L'Europa riconosciuta “(Antonio Salieri) in Milan, the opening conception of the citizens of Milan Scala
• 27. December: Premiere of the opera La Scuola de' gelosi of Antonio Salieri at the Teatro San Moisè in Venice

• James Cook discovers the Hawaii - George
• Christoph Lichtenberg the indications lead islands „+ “and „- “for the distinction of the electrical charge
• establishment of the first Jewish free school in Berlin after the education program of the Haskala
• Ironbridge, those world-wide first iron bridge is built.

born

• 5. January: Karoline chase man, German actress († 1848)
• 11. January: Agathon Fain, secret secretary Napoleon I († 1837)
• 18. January: George Bellas Greenough, English geologist († 1855)
• 18. January: Ludwig George von Winter, civil servant of Baden († 1838)
• 20. January: Louis Antoine François Baillon, French zoologist († 1851)
• 24. January: Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry, younger sonlater king Karl X. († 1820)
• 28. January: Christian Sethe, German lawyer († 1864)
• 31. January: Franz Anton count von Kolowrat Liebsteinsky, Austrian statesman († 1861)
• 7. February: Ugo Foscolo, ItalianMore closely († 1827)
• 13. February: Fernando Sor, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1839)
• 16. February: John Colborne, 1. Baron Seaton, British field marshal and colonial manager († 1863)
• 19. February: Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn, Rider general in the liberty war († 1845)
• 22. February: Franz Catel, German wood picture farmer and painter († 1856)
• 25. February: José de San Martín, Argentine general and revolutionary († 1850
• 2. March: Friederike of Mecklenburg Strelitz, Daughter of the duke Karl II. (Mecklenburg Strelitz) († 1841)
• 4. March: Robert Emmet, Irish rebel leader and nationalist († 1803)
• 19. March: Edward Michael Pakenham, British major general († 1815)
• 31. March: Coenraad JacobTemminck, Netherlands zoologist († 1858)
• 10. April: William Hazlitt, English essayist and writer († 1830)
• 23. April: John Harvey, British officer and governor in Canada († 1852)
• 8. May: Johann Gänsbacher, Austrian composer and conductor († 1844)
• 12. May: Johann August Zeune, German paedagogue, geographer and Germanist († 1853)
• 18. May: Andrew Ure, English physician and professor for natural history and chemistry († 1857)
• 25. May: Claus Harms, German Protestant theologian († 1855)
• 30. May - smelling pool of broadcasting corporations Skinner, US-American congressional representatives and governor von Vermont († 1833)
• 7. June: George Bryan Brummell, British Dandy, friend George IV. († 1840)
• 3. July: Carl Ludwig angel, GermanFinnish architect and painter († 1840)
• 18. July: Johann Friedrich earthling, German physician († 1846)
• 9. August: Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Italian physicist andChemist († 1856)
• 10. August: Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean Supremo Director († 1842)
• 11. August: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German paedagogue († 1852)
• 9. September: Clemens Brentano, German writer († 1842)
• 20. September: Fabian God-dear from Bellingshausen, sailors and Russian officer († 1852)
• 21. September: Carl Ludwig cook, German Entomologe and Arachnologe († 1857)
• 27. September: Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen, German composer and music paedagogue(† 1851)
• 5. October: Ernst Ludwig von Aster, Prussian general († 1855)
• 24. October: Christian Heinrich Delius, archivist and historian († 1840)
• 26. October: Charles Grant, baron Glenelg, Scottish politician († 1866)
• 1. November: Gustav IV. Adolf, king of Sweden from 1792 to 1809 († 1837)
• 14. November: Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer and pianist († 1837)
• 14. November: Ludwig stick, GermanArchivist and historian († 1861)
• 15. November: Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian adventurer († 1823)
• 16. November: Johann Joseph of Prechtl, Austrian technologist of German origin († 1854)
• 19. November: Charles Michel de Salaberry,Canadian soldier and politician († 1829)
• 29. November: Ernst von Houwald, German writer and dramatist († 1845)
• 6. December: Joseph Louis Gay Lussac, French chemist and physicist († 1850)
• 15. December: Christiane Becker Neumann, German actress († 1797)
• 15. December: Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van the Capellen, Netherlands statesman († 1848)
• 17. December: Humphry Davy, English chemist († 1829)
• 19. December: Marie Thérèse Charlotte ofFrance, daughter by king Ludwig XVI. and queen Marie Antoinette († 1851)

• Sophie Blanchard, air inclined holidays († 1819)
• Franz Anton count von Kolowrat Liebsteinsky

died

• 10. January: Carl von Linné, Swedish natural scientist (* 1707)
• 10. January: EH king, wife of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (* 1736)
• 5. March: Thomas Arne, British composer (* 1710)
• 8. March: Carl de Geer, Swedish Industrieller, scientist and Entomologe (* 1720)
• 30. May: Voltaire, French writer and philosopher of the clearing-up, free philosopher and Freimaurer (* 1694)
• 16. June: Conrad Ekhof, German actor (* 1720)
• 2. July: Jean Jacques Rousseau, French writer and philosopher(* 1712)
• 3. July: Anna Maria Mozart, Mutter von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (* 1720)
• 5. July: Carl Günther Ludovici, German editor (* 1707)
• 8. August: Julie Bondeli, Salonière (* 1732)
• 11. August: Augustus Montague Toplady, English clergyman and song poet (* 1740)
• 24. October: Heinrich Ernst to Stolberg Wernigerode, German politician, cathedral gentleman, Propst and poet (* 1716)
• 9. November: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian Kupferstecher,Archäolog and architectural theorist (* 1720)