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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s Years: 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 - 1783 - 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 Events February 3 - American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence. February 4 - American Revolutionary War: Great Britain formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the United States of America. May 18 - Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada- First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown. Montgolfiers demonstrate their hot-air balloon in Annonay, France; City of Sevastopol founded; Treaty of Paris signed, ending the American Revolution; United Empire Loyalists flee to Canada from the new United States; Treaty of Versailles signed, ending hostilites between the Franco-Spanish Alliance[?] and England. Births January 23 - Stendhal, writer March 8 - Hannah Van Buren[?], First Lady April 3 - Washington Irving, American author April 10 - Hortense de Beauharnais Queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III of France. Deaths October 29 - Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s
Years: 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 - 1783 - 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788
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