1777

Years:
1774 1775 1776 – 1777 – 1778 1779 1780

Decades:
1740s 1750s 1760s – 1770s – 1780s 1790s 1800s

Centuries:
17th century – 18th century – 19th century

1777 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada – Science

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).

Events

The Cornish language died out
2nd edition of Encyclopædia Britannica published
January 3 – American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
January 12 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California
January 16 – Vermont declares its independence from New York becoming an independent country, a status it retained until it joined the United States as the 14th state in 1791
June 13 – American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina to help the Continental Congress train its army.
June 14 – Stars and Stripes adopted by the Continental Congress as the Flag of the United States.
August 16 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bennington – British forces are defeated by American troops.
September 3 – American Revolutionary War: The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland.
October 17 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Saratoga- American troops defeat the British.
November 15 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation in the temporary American capital at York, Pennsylvania.
November 29 – San Jose, California founded. It is the first pueblo in Spanish Alta California.
December 24 – Kiritimati discovered by James Cook
The code duello is adopted at the Clonmell Summer Assizes as the form for pistol duels in Ireland. It is quickly denounced but nevertheless widely adopted throughout the English-speaking world.

Births

January 2 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)
February 12 – Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, French poet (d. 1843)
March 17 – Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1864)
April 12 – Henry Clay, American statesman (d. 1852)
April 30 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1855)
August 14 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (d. 1851)
October 16 – Lorenzo Dow, American Methodist preacher (d. 1834)
December 4 – Madame Récamier, French writer (d. 1849)
December 23 – Emperor Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825)

Deaths

February 24 – King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
September 22 – John Bartram, American botanist (b. 1699)

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