Notable Historical Events - 1777
1777 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 3 |
General George Washington's revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, NJ |
Jan 12 |
Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Calif |
Jan 15 |
People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England |
Jan 16 |
Vermont declares independence from NY |
Jan 18 |
San Jose California, founded |
Feb 5 |
Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail & primogeniture |
Feb 13 |
Marquis de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress |
Feb 16 |
Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice) |
Feb 21 |
British ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag |
Mar 8 |
Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt. |
Apr 14 |
NY adopts new constitution as an independent state |
Apr 16 |
Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout British |
Apr 20 |
New York adopts new constitution as an independent state |
Apr 26 |
Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia |
May 1 |
RB Sheridan's "School for Scandal" premieres in London |
May 12 |
1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette) |
May 13 |
University library at Vienna opens |
Jun 13 |
Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit |
Jun 13 |
Marquis de Lafayette lands in US |
Jun 14 |
Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag |
Jul 6 |
British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans |
Jul 7 |
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton |
Jul 8 |
Vermont introduces new constitution making it 1st US state to abolish slavery |
Jul 31 |
Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army |
Aug 4 |
Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus |
Aug 16 |
Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt |
Aug 28 |
American Revolutionary War - Battle of Cooch's Bridge takes place near Newark, Delaware. |
Sep 3 |
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 11 |
Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British |
Sep 19 |
Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis Heights) or 1st Battle of Saratoga |
Sep 20 |
Battle of Paoli; British forces under Major General Charles Grey attacked Brigadier General Anthony Wayne's encampment. Claims that the British gave no quarter led to the engagement becoming known (from an American perspective) as the "Paoli Massacre." |
Sep 25 |
British general William Howe conquers Philadelphia |
Sep 27 |
British General William Howe occupies Philadelphia during American Revolution |
Sep 30 |
Continental Congress, flees to York, Pa, as British forces advance |
Oct 4 |
Battle of Germantown: Gen George Washington's troops attack and are defeated by the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania |
Oct 7 |
Americans beat British in 2nd Battle of Saratoga & Battle of Bemis Heights |
Oct 15 |
Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn) |
Oct 17 |
British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY |
Nov 15 |
Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress |
Dec 2 |
British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4 |
Dec 8 |
Captain Cook leaves Society Islands |
Dec 17 |
France recognizes independence of British colonies in America |
Dec 17 |
George Washington's army returns to Valley Forge, Pa |
Dec 18 |
1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender |
Dec 19 |
Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter |
Dec 24 |
Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook |
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