Famous Deaths
- Bathsheba Spooner, American first woman executed after US Independence for arranging husband's murder, hanged while pregnant at 32
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher, political theorist, and writer (Confessions) whose works inspired French Revolution leaders and Romantic academics, dies of cerebral bleeding from a stroke at 66
Died in 1778 1778 Highlights
About July 2, 1778
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 245 years, 10 months and 13 days
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Cancer
