1778

1778 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1778; MDCCLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2531
Armenian calendar	1227; ԹՎ ՌՄԻԷ
Assyrian calendar	6528
Balinese saka calendar	1699–1700
Bengali calendar	1185
Berber calendar	2728
British Regnal year	18 Geo. 3 – 19 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2322
Burmese calendar	1140
Byzantine calendar	7286–7287
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster); 4475 or 4268; — to —; 戊戌年 (Earth Dog); 4476 or 4269
Coptic calendar	1494–1495
Discordian calendar	2944
Ethiopian calendar	1770–1771
Hebrew calendar	5538–5539
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1834–1835
- Shaka Samvat	1699–1700
- Kali Yuga	4878–4879
Holocene calendar	11778
Igbo calendar	778–779
Iranian calendar	1156–1157
Islamic calendar	1191–1192
Japanese calendar	An'ei 7; (安永７年)
Javanese calendar	1703–1704
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4111
Minguo calendar	134 before ROC; 民前134年
Nanakshahi calendar	310
Thai solar calendar	2320–2321
Tibetan calendar	阴火鸡年; (female Fire-Rooster); 1904 or 1523 or 751; — to —; 阳土狗年; (male Earth-Dog); 1905 or 1524 or 752

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century; 18th century ; 19th century;
Decades:	1750s; 1760s; 1770s ; 1780s; 1790s;
Years:	1775; 1776; 1777; 1778 ; 1779; 1780; 1781;

1778

Calendar year

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. As of the start of 1778, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Gregorian calendar	1778 MDCCLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2531
Armenian calendar	1227 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԷ
Assyrian calendar	6528
Balinese saka calendar	1699–1700
Bengali calendar	1185
Berber calendar	2728
British Regnal year	18 Geo. 3 – 19 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2322
Burmese calendar	1140
Byzantine calendar	7286–7287
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4475 or 4268 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4476 or 4269
Coptic calendar	1494–1495
Discordian calendar	2944
Ethiopian calendar	1770–1771
Hebrew calendar	5538–5539
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1834–1835
- Shaka Samvat	1699–1700
- Kali Yuga	4878–4879
Holocene calendar	11778
Igbo calendar	778–779
Iranian calendar	1156–1157
Islamic calendar	1191–1192
Japanese calendar	An'ei 7 (安永７年)
Javanese calendar	1703–1704
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4111
Minguo calendar	134 before ROC 民前134年
Nanakshahi calendar	310
Thai solar calendar	2320–2321
Tibetan calendar	阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1904 or 1523 or 751 — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1905 or 1524 or 752