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| 1978 |
| | | Kenneth MacMillan turns a double suicide of 1889 into a ferociously dramatic ballet, Mayerling | |
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| 1978 |
| | | US author John Irving has wide success with his novel The World According to Garp | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Hungarian composer György Ligeti's opera Le Grand Macabre has its premiere in Stockholm | |
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| 1978 |
| | | A fire destroys St Mary's church in Barnes except for the tower and the south and east walls of the medieval chapel | |
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| 1978 |
| | | John Mortimer's Rumpole of the Bailey, with Leo McKern in the title role, begins its first series of six episodes on British TV | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro is abducted and assassinated by the terrorist Red Brigades | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Iris Murdoch publishes The Sea, the Sea, and wins the 1978 Booker Prize | |
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| 1978 |
| | | English author Andrew Motion publishes his first collection of poems, The Pleasure Steamers | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Muhammad Ali is the first boxer to become world heavyweight champion three times, defeating Leon Spinks in a return match a year after losing the title | |
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| c. 1978 |
| | | Shining Path and Tupac Amaru emerge as left-wing guerrilla groups in Peru | |
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