1777 - What happened in 1777 ?

January 1777

Friday 03:

Battle of Princeton. American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis.

Sunday 12:

Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.

Wednesday 15:

American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.

Thursday 16:

Vermont declares its independence from New York.

May 1777

Friday 16:

Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.

June 1777

Friday 13:

American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.

Saturday 14:

Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.

July 1777

Wednesday 02:

Vermont becomes the first American state to abolish slavery.

Sunday 06:

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Ticonderoga, bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne forces American retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.

August 1777

Saturday 16:

British forces are defeated by American troops.

September 1777

Wednesday 03:

The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland.

Thursday 11:

Battle of Brandywine.

Friday 19:

First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights

Friday 26:

British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.

October 1777

Saturday 04:

Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe

Tuesday 07:

Americans beat the British in the Battle of Second Saratoga and the Battle of Bemis Heights.

Friday 17:

American troops defeat the British in the Battle of Saratoga

November 1777

Saturday 15:

American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.

Saturday 29:

San Jose, California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

December 1777

Wednesday 17:

France becomes the first nation to recognize the United States of America

Friday 19:

George Washington's army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Wednesday 24:

Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, was discovered by James Cook.