1678 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1678?
- May 31, 1678 – The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.
- June 25, 1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
- August 3, 1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
Who Were Born In The Year 1678?
- March 3, 1678 – Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
- March 4, 1678 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
- March 7, 1678 – Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect (d. 1736)
- July 26, 1678 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
- September 16, 1678 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (d. 1751)
- September 29, 1678 – Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)
- October 10, 1678 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (d. 1743)
- November 26, 1678 – Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
- December 8, 1678 – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)
- December 13, 1678 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)
- December 14, 1678 – Daniel Neal, English historian (d. 1743)
- December 30, 1678 – William Croft, English composer (d. 1727)
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