Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1778

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Literature

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Lessons for Children
Frances Burney, Evelina
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Les Reveries du promeneur solitaire

Theatre

Art

Joseph Wright of Derby exhibits his works at the Royal Academy (through 1794)

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Sir Joseph Banks elected president of the Royal Society
Franz Anton Mesmer exhibits his ability to cure ailments with "animal magnetism"

Politics & Law

France declares war on Britain over America

Philosophy & Theology

Milestones

Death of Thomas Arne, composer
Death of Chatham
Birth of Humphry Davy, chemist
Death of Carolus Linnaeus
Death of Voltaire

Miscellaneous

William Shaw, An Analysis of the Gaelic Language

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