Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1777. This year saw 37 significant events. 1 notable figure was born.
The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials.
The Betsy Ross flag is a 1792 design for the flag of the United States that first appeared in a painting of George Washington at Trenton by John Trumbull.
American seamstress Betsy Ross (25) weds (for the 2nd time) mariner Joseph Ashburn
Independent Vermont introduces a new constitution prohibiting slavery
King Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply the United States with munitions during the American Revolution
Governor of Virginia Patrick Henry (41) weds second wife Dorothea Dandridge
Franciscan Order establishes La Misió La Misión Santa Clara de Thamien in California
Vermont ( ) is a landlocked state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
There are and have been several movements regarding secession from the U.S. state of New York. Only one of them – the state of Vermont – succeeded.
Americans drag a cannon up a hill of Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx, New York to fight the British, giving added significance to the area's historic name of Greate Gunn Hill; the name of the road was changed to Gun Hill Road in 1875
American British Colony of Georgia becomes 1st US territory to abolish both entail and primogeniture land and estate inheritance practices
French astronomer Charles Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)
British ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag
Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt
New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
Sybil Ludington aged 16, rides 40 miles in New York to warn her father's militia of the approach of the British
The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777.
1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi in the NY Gazette)
University library at Vienna opens
Button Gwinnett, Georgia delegate to US Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, wounded in a duel with political rival Lachlan McIntosh
Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
The siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between 2 July and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York.
This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war Battle of Lexington...
Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes his riding school with performances in London, a precursor to the circus
American militiamen defeat British forces at the Battle of Bennington near Vermont, during the American Revolutionary War
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge is fought in Newark, Delaware, the only American Revolutionary War battle fought in Delaware
The Battles of Saratoga were fought September 19 and October 7, 1777 over the same ground by the American Continental Army and the British Army near Saratoga, New York during the American...
Continental Congress flees to York, Pennsylvania, as British forces advance
The Battles of Saratoga were fought September 19 and October 7, 1777 over the same ground by the American Continental Army and the British Army near Saratoga, New York during the American...
Maj. James Graves Simcoe is appointed commandant of the Queen's Rangers in Pennsylvania
General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British Army officer, playwright and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1792.
Spanish expeditionary soldier José Joaquín Moraga establishes El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (The Town of Saint Joseph of Guadalupe) in California
British General Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
The Articles of Confederation, officially the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement and early body of law in the Thirteen Colonies, which served as the nation's first frame...
France recognizes the independence of the British colonies in America
1st US national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating British General Burgoyne's surrender
George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731] – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797.
Henry Clay, American politician, known for american politician, was born on 1777-04-12.
The Battle of Princeton was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, fought near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777, and ending in a small victory for the Colonials.
The Betsy Ross flag is a 1792 design for the flag of the United States that first appeared in a painting of George Washington at Trenton by John Trumbull.
American seamstress Betsy Ross (25) weds (for the 2nd time) mariner Joseph Ashburn
Independent Vermont introduces a new constitution prohibiting slavery
King Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply the United States with munitions during the American Revolution
Governor of Virginia Patrick Henry (41) weds second wife Dorothea Dandridge
Franciscan Order establishes La Misió La Misión Santa Clara de Thamien in California
Vermont ( ) is a landlocked state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
There are and have been several movements regarding secession from the U.S. state of New York. Only one of them – the state of Vermont – succeeded.
Americans drag a cannon up a hill of Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx, New York to fight the British, giving added significance to the area's historic name of Greate Gunn Hill; the name of the road was changed to Gun Hill Road in 1875
American British Colony of Georgia becomes 1st US territory to abolish both entail and primogeniture land and estate inheritance practices
French astronomer Charles Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)
British ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag
Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt
New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
Sybil Ludington aged 16, rides 40 miles in New York to warn her father's militia of the approach of the British
The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777.
1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi in the NY Gazette)
University library at Vienna opens
Button Gwinnett, Georgia delegate to US Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, wounded in a duel with political rival Lachlan McIntosh
Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
The siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between 2 July and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York.
This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war Battle of Lexington...
Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes his riding school with performances in London, a precursor to the circus
American militiamen defeat British forces at the Battle of Bennington near Vermont, during the American Revolutionary War
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge is fought in Newark, Delaware, the only American Revolutionary War battle fought in Delaware
The Battles of Saratoga were fought September 19 and October 7, 1777 over the same ground by the American Continental Army and the British Army near Saratoga, New York during the American...
Continental Congress flees to York, Pennsylvania, as British forces advance
The Battles of Saratoga were fought September 19 and October 7, 1777 over the same ground by the American Continental Army and the British Army near Saratoga, New York during the American...
Maj. James Graves Simcoe is appointed commandant of the Queen's Rangers in Pennsylvania
General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British Army officer, playwright and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1792.
Spanish expeditionary soldier José Joaquín Moraga establishes El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (The Town of Saint Joseph of Guadalupe) in California
British General Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
The Articles of Confederation, officially the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement and early body of law in the Thirteen Colonies, which served as the nation's first frame...
France recognizes the independence of the British colonies in America
1st US national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating British General Burgoyne's surrender
George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731] – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797.