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The Treaty of Alliance (French: traité d'alliance (1778) ), also known as the Franco-American Treaty, was a defensive alliance between the Kingdom of France and the United States formed amid the American Revolutionary War with Great Britain. It was signed by delegates of King Louis XVI and the Second Continental Congress in Paris on February 6 ...
The Anglo-French War, also known as the War of 1778 [1] or the Bourbon War in Britain, was a military conflict fought between France and Great Britain, sometimes with their respective allies, between 1778 and 1783. [a] As a consequence, Great Britain was forced to divert resources used to fight the American War of Independence (the rebellion by ...
1778. 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII ) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1778th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 778th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1770s decade.
24. tammikuuta – Charles Ferdinand, ranskalainen prinssi, Berryn herttua, kuningas Kaarle X :n poika (k. 1820) 4. helmikuuta – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, ranskalais-sveitsiläinen kasvi- ja sienitieteilijä (k. 1841) 5. helmikuuta – António de Saldanha da Gama, portugalilainen diplomaatti (k. 1839) 6. helmikuuta – Ugo Foscolo ...
USS. Alliance. (1778) The first Alliance of the United States Navy (which served as part of the Continental Navy) was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the American Revolutionary War . Originally named Hancock, she was laid down in 1777 on the Merrimack River at Amesbury, Massachusetts, by the partners and cousins, William and James K. Hackett ...
French frigate. Résolue. (1778) Résolue was an Iphigénie -class 32-gun frigate of the French Navy. The British captured her twice, once in November 1791 during peacetime, and again in 1798. The Royal Navy hulked her in 1799 and she was broken up in 1811.
38 killed. 210 wounded. 12 missing [2] The Battle of Rhode Island (also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill [3]) took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and Militia forces under the command of Major General John Sullivan had been besieging the British forces in Newport, Rhode Island, which is situated on Aquidneck Island, but they had ...
