WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1778
Find out what all happened February to December 1778

Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska. (3. October 1778)

The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget. (19. September 1778)

Cherry Valley Massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers. (11. November 1778)

American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia. (15. December 1778)

The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones. (14. February 1778)

American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. (10. July 1778)

South Carolina becomes the second state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. (5. February 1778)

The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia. (26. August 1778)

American Revolutionary War: American forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign. (4. July 1778)

American Revolutionary War: British troops abandon Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (18. June 1778)

In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui. (26. November 1778)

American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island. (29. August 1778)

American Revolutionary War: 3,000 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia. (29. December 1778)

American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff. (27. July 1778)

The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness. (28. June 1778)

American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre. (3. July 1778)

American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war. (7. September 1778)

American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army. (23. February 1778)

American Revolutionary War: Elcid Barrett's sloop The Antelope is sunk by "a bloody great Yankee" near Montego Bay. (10. September 1778)

American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry. (21. August 1778)