Historical Events for Year 1777
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Months in Year 1777: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Events 1 - 47 of 47
Jan 3rd - Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ
Jan 12th - Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Calif
Jan 15th - People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England
Jan 16th - Vermont declares independence from NY
Jan 18th - San Jose California, founded
Feb 5th - Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail & primogeniture
Feb 13th - de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
Feb 16th - Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)
Feb 21st - English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag
Mar 8th - Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
Apr 14th - NY adopts new constitution as an independent state
Apr 16th - Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout Brits
Apr 20th - New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
Apr 26th - Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia
May 1st - RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London
May 12th - 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
May 13th - University library at Vienna opens
Jun 13th - Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
Jun 13th - Marquis de Lafayette lands in US
Jun 14th - Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag
Jul 2nd - Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery
Jul 6th - British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans
Jul 7th - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton
Jul 8th - Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
Jul 31st - Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army
Aug 4th - Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus
Aug 16th - Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt
Aug 28th - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Cooch's Bridge takes place near Newark, Delaware.
Sep 3rd - Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
Sep 11th - Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British
Sep 19th - Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis Heights) or 1st Battle of Saratoga
Sep 20th - Paoli massacre
Sep 25th - English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia
Sep 27th - English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia during American Revolution
Sep 30th - Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
First US President George Washington
Oct 4th - Battle of Germantown: Gen George Washington's troops attack and are defeated by the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania
Oct 7th - Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga & Battle of Bemis Hts
Oct 15th - Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn)
Oct 17th - British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY
Nov 15th - Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress
Dec 2nd - British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
Dec 8th - Capt Cook leaves Society Islands
Dec 17th - France recognizes independence of English colonies in America
Dec 17th - George Washingtons army returns to Valley Forge Pa
Dec 18th - 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender
Dec 19th - Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter
Dec 24th - Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook
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