17 January 1778Discovery of HawaiiJames Cook
Discovers Hawaii, names them the Sandwich Islands after Lord Sandwich
Historical records for Great Britain in 1778, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Discovers Hawaii, names them the Sandwich Islands after Lord Sandwich
Appointed Commander of the British forces in America
Appointed Commander of the British forces in America
Congress rejects offers of a British Peace Commission & insists on independence
Fights General Washington to a stand off
Commands the Foudroyant
Buried in Westminster Abbey
Appointed Captain of HMS Serapis
Appointed Commissioner of the dockyard at Portsmouth and governor of the Naval Academy
Death of William Pitt
France declares war on Britain & sends an army to north America
Appointed Commissioner of the dockyard at Portsmouth and governor of the Naval Academy
Serves under Sir Peter Parker at Jamaica during the American war.
Coke pig iron becomes cheaper than charcoal pig iron & since cast iron was becoming cheaper and more plentiful, it began being a structural material following the building of the innovative Iron Bridge in 1778 by Abraham Darby III
A fundamental change in working principles In close collaboration with Englishman Matthew Boulton, succeeded in perfecting his steam engine, which incorporated a series of radical improvements, notably the closing off of the upper part of the cylinder thereby making the low pressure steam drive the top of the piston instead of the atmosphere, use of a steam jacket and the celebrated separate steam condenser chamber
A fundamental change in working principles In close collaboration with Englishman Matthew Boulton, succeeded in perfecting his steam engine, which incorporated a series of radical improvements, notably the closing off of the upper part of the cylinder thereby making the low pressure steam drive the top of the piston instead of the atmosphere, use of a steam jacket and the celebrated separate steam condenser chamber
Commands at Jamaica and becomes an important patron of Nelson.
The ostensible intention of the Papists Act of 1778 was, as its preamble states, to mitigate some of the more extreme manifestations of official discrimination against Roman Catholics in the Kingdom of Great Britain at the time
Appointed President of the Royal Society
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