1778 in Austria

Events from the year 1778 in Austria

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Maria Theresa
 * Monarch – Joseph II

Events

 * - War of the Bavarian Succession
 * - War of the Bavarian Succession
 * - War of the Bavarian Succession
 * - War of the Bavarian Succession

Births

 * January 26 - Johann Georg Stauffer, Austrian luthier (d. 1853)
 * March 23 – Paul Traugott Meissner, Austrian chemist (d. 1864)
 * March 24 - Anton Edler von Gapp, Austrian lawyer (d. 1862)
 * April 10 - Johann Arzberger, Austrian technologist (d. 1835)
 * May 8 - Johann Baptist Gänsbacher, Austrian composer (d. 1844)
 * July 10 - Sigismund von Neukomm, Austrian composer and pianist (d. 1858)
 * August 2 - Georg Anton Rollett, Austrian naturalist (d. 1842)
 * November 16 – Johann Joseph von Prechtl, Austrian technologist (d. 1854)
 * May 8 - Johann Baptist Gänsbacher, Austrian composer (d. 1844)
 * July 10 - Sigismund von Neukomm, Austrian composer and pianist (d. 1858)
 * August 2 - Georg Anton Rollett, Austrian naturalist (d. 1842)
 * November 16 – Johann Joseph von Prechtl, Austrian technologist (d. 1854)

Deaths

 * July 3 – Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian mother to the Mozarts (b. 1720)
 * July 3 – Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian mother to the Mozarts (b. 1720)
 * July 3 – Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian mother to the Mozarts (b. 1720)
 * July 3 – Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian mother to the Mozarts (b. 1720)
 * July 3 – Anna Maria Mozart, Austrian mother to the Mozarts (b. 1720)