From 1778 a display of objects from the South Seas brought back from the round-the-world voyages of Captain James Cook and the travels of other explorers fascinated visitors with a glimpse of previously unknown lands.

From around 1778, a larger " heavy " frigate was developed with a main battery of twenty-six or twenty-eight 18-pounder guns ( again with the remaining ten smaller guns carried on the quarter deck and forecastle ).

From its beginning, this famous hospital accepted patients up to the age of fifteen years, and it continues to this day as the pediatric division of the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, created in 1920 by merger with the physically contiguous Necker Hospital, founded in 1778.

From 1759 to 1778 Ferney was home to French writer and philosopher Voltaire, sometimes referred to as “ the patriarch of Ferney .” His influence on the town was profound.

From 1778 onward, Hawaii began a period of acculturation with the introduction of numerous styles of European music, including the hymns ( himeni ) introduced by Protestant missionary choirs.

From June 22 – 24, 1778, 12, 000 men occupied his fields, and on at least one occasion Gen. Washington dined with their host.

From 1768 to 1776, he was for twelve years Crown Prosecutor ( which is attorney general ) for Carlisle ( Cumberland County ), until 1778 when he was elected to the provincial legislature of his state.

Edition Information: From the author ’ s 8th ed., 1778 / edited for American lawyers by William G. Hammond ; with copious notes, and references to all comments on the text in the American reports, 1787 – 1890.

* The History of England From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 ( 1778 ) Volume VI

From 1778 to 1781, Portalis was one of the four assessors or administrators of Provence.

From 1778 he worked as a bookseller in nearby Gotha, where he founded the cartographic publishing firm Justus Perthes Geographische Anstalt Gotha in 1785.

From 1778, the Saxon breeding center was operated in the Vorwerk Rennersdorf.

From 1778 to 1786 he served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, during which time he oversaw military operations against the northern frontiers in the war, and engaged in ultimately fruitless negotiations to establish the independent Vermont Republic as a new British province.

From 1778 until the close of Lord North's ministry in 1782 he was Secretary at War.

* The Uniform of George Rogers Clark's Illinois Regiment of Virginia State Forces, From October 1778 through February 1779 ( The period of the attack on Fort Sackville, Vincennes )

From 1778 he was employed in the counting house of his cousin Godfrey Thornton, two years later joining his father ’ s company, where he later became a partner.

From 1778 the Penal Law started to be repealed, pushed along by liberals such as Henry Grattan.

From 1769 to 1778, he served as " Klaus " rabbi ( rabbi of a small synagogue ) in the town of Offenbach am Main.

From 1778, however, the most important exception was the carronade.

From 1775 to 1778, he was naval commissioner resident at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

From 1772 to 1778 the office was vacant, but from 1778 to 1782 Sir Jeffery Amherst officiated as Commander-in-Chief with the title of General on the Staff.

From December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778, the main body of the Continental Army ( approximately 12, 000 troops ) was encamped at Valley Forge.

From the death of his brother in 1778, Thomas, as surviving partner, became sole head of the firm ; and under his direction the banking house rose to the highest distinction.

From 1783 to 1796, the Kingdom of Great Britain granted United Empire Loyalists leaving the United States following the American Revolution of land and other items with which to rebuild their lives.

From 1782 to 1802, and most intensively from 1783 to 1790, Herschel conducted systematic surveys in search of " deep sky " or nonstellar objects with two, and telescopes ( in combination with his favoured 6-inch aperture instrument ).

From 1781 to 1783, Ann Lee and some of her followers traveled on an extended missionary tour of New England, gathering converts and establishing a network of followers.

From 1783, and for the next twenty years, Clementi stayed in England playing the piano, conducting, and teaching.

From the Treaty of Paris of 1783 until 1835 the boundaries in the northern tip of the county ( and New Hampshire itself ) were disputed with Lower Canada ( which was soon to become part of the Province of Canada ), and for some years residents of the area formed the independent Republic of Indian Stream.

From the beginning of the war until 1783, British soldiers and German mercenaries occupied local homes, confiscated livestock and cleared the woods for troop firewood.

From then on it was under Patriot control until the end of the war in 1783, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

From 1775 onwards, Daubenton lectured on natural history in the College of Medicine, and in 1783 on rural economy at the Alfort school.

From the American viewpoint, the most pressing foreign policy issues were normalizing the trade relations with Britain, the United States ' leading trading partner, and resolving issues left over from the Treaty of Paris of 1783.

From 1783 until 1871 the cathedral served as the Chapel of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, members of which were the Knights of St. Patrick.

From 1783 until 1788, he served as First Lord of the Admiralty during the Younger Pitt's first ministry.

From this education, he obtained a commission in the Austrian army, but resigned it in 1783 on finding his humble birth hindered his chances for promotion.

* Stone, William L. Life of Joseph Brant-Thayendanegea: Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution, and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne, and Other Matters Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, From the Peace of 1783 to the Indian Peace of 1795.

From 1780 to 1782 Grantham was President of the Board of Trade, and from July 1782 to April 1783 Foreign Secretary under Lord Shelburne.

From there they were sent to Reading, Pennsylvania until 1783.

From 1777 to 1783 Suvorov served in the Crimea and in the Caucasus, general of infantry in 1786, upon completion of his tour of duty there.

From 1781 to late 1783, Lincoln served as the first Secretary at War.

From 1783 there are records of a Pest house in operation.

From 1783 to 1966, the island was a United States Army post.

From November 26, 1783 to August 13, 1784, Annapolis was the capital of the United States.

From 1812 to 1825, together with his brother, Bell ran the Great Windmill Street School of Anatomy, which had been founded by the anatomist William Hunter ( 1718 – 1783 ).

From 1783 to 1784, Bourne collected excise tax for Providence County.

From 1783 to 1785, Foster was a delegate for New Hampshire to the Continental Congress.

From 1781 to 1783 he served as Secretary of War.