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| 1977 |
| | | Estonian composer Arvo Pärt completes his choral work Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten | |
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| 1977 |
| | | The Pompidou Centre, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, opens in Paris | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Kenneth MacMillan turns a double suicide of 1889 into a ferociously dramatic ballet, Mayerling | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Hungarian composer György Ligeti's opera Le Grand Macabre has its premiere in Stockholm | |
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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 |
| | | Douglas Adams creates Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a science fiction comedy series for BBC's Radio 4 | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Czech-born US tennis player Martina Navratilova wins the first of nine singles titles at Wimbledon | |
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