1678 (MDCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1678th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 678th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1670s decade. As of the start of 1678, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
August 14–15: The Battle of Saint-Denis is fought
1678 by topic
Arts and science
Architecture
Art
Literature
Music
Science
Leaders
State leaders
Colonial governors
Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works category
Works
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1678 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
1678 MDCLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita
2431
Armenian calendar
1127 ԹՎ ՌՃԻԷ
Assyrian calendar
6428
Balinese saka calendar
1599–1600
Bengali calendar
1085
Berber calendar
2628
English Regnal year
29 Cha. 2 – 30 Cha. 2
Buddhist calendar
2222
Burmese calendar
1040
Byzantine calendar
7186–7187
Chinese calendar
丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4375 or 4168 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4376 or 4169
Coptic calendar
1394–1395
Discordian calendar
2844
Ethiopian calendar
1670–1671
Hebrew calendar
5438–5439
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
1734–1735
- Shaka Samvat
1599–1600
- Kali Yuga
4778–4779
Holocene calendar
11678
Igbo calendar
678–679
Iranian calendar
1056–1057
Islamic calendar
1088–1089
Japanese calendar
Enpō 6 (延宝６年)
Javanese calendar
1600–1601
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar
4011
Minguo calendar
234 before ROC 民前234年
Nanakshahi calendar
210
Thai solar calendar
2220–2221
Tibetan calendar
阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1804 or 1423 or 651 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1805 or 1424 or 652
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