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1777
was a
common year starting on Wednesday
(see link for calendar).
Events
The
Cornish language
died out
2nd edition of
Encyclopdia Britannica
published
January 3
- American general
George Washington
defeats British general
Charles Cornwallis
at the
Battle of Princeton
.
January 12
-
Mission Santa Clara de Ass
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
, sculptor
February 12
-
Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
, poet
March 17
-
Roger Taney
,
Chief Justice of the United States
April 12
-
Henry Clay
, American statesman
April 30
-
Carl Friedrich Gauss
, mathematician, astronomer and physicist
August 14
-
Hans Christian rsted
, physicist and chemist
October 16
-
Lorenzo Dow
, founder of the camp meeting movement
December 4
-
Madame Rcamier
, writer
December 23
- Emperor
Alexander I of Russia
Deaths
February 24
- King
Joseph I of Portugal
September 22
-
John Bartram
,
American
botanist (b.
1699
)
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