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List of events
Aboriginal American east of the Mississippi River, mapped in the 1840s by Moses & Tuttle Events from the year 1777 in the United States .
January 3: Battle of Princeton January 2 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of the Assunpink Creek , also known as the Second Battle of Trenton: American forces under the command of George Washington repulse a British attack near Trenton, New Jersey.
January 3 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Princeton : American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis .
January 12 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís founded in what is now Santa Clara, California .
January 15 – Vermont declares its independence from New York , becoming the Vermont Republic , an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791.
January 20 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Millstone , part of the Forage War
January 22 – The first headstone is created in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath, Massachusetts (now Maine ).[ 1]
February 1 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Drake's Farm , part of the Forage War
February 5 – Burke , Camden , Chatham , Effingham , Glynn , Liberty , Richmond and Wilkes Counties, Georgia are created.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
February 8 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quibbletown , part of the Forage War
February 12 – John McKinly is sworn in as the first president of Delaware .
February 23 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Spanktown , part of the Forage War
March 5 – Thomas Wharton Jr. is sworn in as the first president of Pennsylvania .
March 8 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Pun Hill, part of the Forage War
March 21 – Thomas Johnson is sworn as the first governor of Maryland . June 14: The Stars and Stripes is adopted by the Continental Congress as the flag of the United States . August 6: Battle of Oriskany September 21: Battle of Paoli July 4 – The first organized Independence Day celebration in Philadelphia: included fireworks set off from the city's commons.
July 6 – American Revolutionary War : Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne , American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga , New York .
July 7 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Hubbardton – British forces engage American troops retreating from Fort Ticonderoga.
July 8
July 9 – George Clinton elected the first Governor of New York defeating Major General Philip Schuyler .
July 30 – George Clinton is sworn in as the first governor of New York .
July 31 – The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States ."
August 2–23 – American Revolutionary War : Siege of Fort Stanwix .
August 6 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Oriskany – Loyalists gain a tactical victory over Patriots ; Iroquois fight on both sides.
August 13–14 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Machias .
August 16 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Bennington – British forces are defeated by American troops at Walloomsac, New York .
August 22
September – American Revolutionary War : Siege of Fort Henry .
September 1
September 3 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Cooch's Bridge – In a minor skirmish in New Castle County, Delaware , the flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
September 6 – George Washington held a council at the Hale-Byrnes House in Stanton, Delaware .[ 8] [ 9]
September 8
September 9 – The 1st New York State Legislature meets.
September 11 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Brandywine : The British gain a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania .
September 16 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of the Clouds .
September 19 – American Revolutionary War : First Battle of Saratoga: Battle of Freeman's Farm – Patriot forces withstand a British attack at Saratoga, New York.
September 21 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Paoli .
September 22 – Wells' Regiment of Militia gets called up to Shelburne, Massachusetts .
September 26 – American Revolutionary War : British troops occupy Philadelphia .
September 27
October 17: Gen. Burgoyne surrenders to the Americans following the Second Battle of Saratoga In the St. Louis region, a brood of 13-year cicadas emerges at the same time as a large brood of 17-year cicadas.[ 11]
Fort Trumbull is completed and named after Jonathan Trumbull .John Milton becomes the first Georgia Secretary of State .Artisan's House is built.Hessian Barracks begins construction by the State of Maryland .The Maryland Loyalists Battalion is raised.
Moultonborough Addition changes to New Hampton, New Hampshire and gets incorporated.[ 12] Fort Billingsport is built by troops from New Jersey , Pennsylvania , South Carolina and Virginia .[ 13] Fort Mercer is built.Fort Nonsense is built in Morristown, New Jersey .The first Middlebrook encampment takes place by George Washington and his troops.
The Council of Appointment is established by the New York Constitution .
The Council of Revision is established by the New York Constitution.
The New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments is established by the New York State Constitution of 1777.
Camden , Burke and Nash Counties, North Carolina are created.Waightstill Avery becomes the first North Carolina Attorney General .Washington County, North Carolina is founded (now Tennessee ).[ 14] Colebrook Township, Pennsylvania is settled.Wolf Township, Pennsylvania is settled.The settlement now to be Lovell, Maine is settled.
Searles Hill Cemetery is built in Phillipston, Massachusetts .The Springfield Armory is approved by George Washington .
Fluvanna and Patrick Henry Counties, Virginia are established.Fort au Fer gets occupied by General John Burgoyne .[ 15] January 1 – Micah Hawkins , music theater composer (died 1825 )
March 17 – Roger Brooke Taney , politician, lawyer and judge (died 1864 )
April 12 – Henry Clay , U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1806-1807, 1810-1811, 1831-1842 & 1849-1852 (died 1852 )
April 30 – Carl Gauss , Famous Mathematician from Brunswick, Germany (died 1855 )
June 12 – Robert Clark , politician (died 1837 )
June 23 – Frederick Bates , politician (died 1825)
July – Thomas Clayton , U.S. Senator from Delaware 1824-1827 & 1837-1847 (died 1854 )
August 12 – George Wolf , politician (died 1840 )
October 16
November 14 – Nathaniel Claiborne , politician (died 1859 )
November 24 – Samuel Butts , militia officer (killed in action 1814 )
December 10 – William Conner , trader and politician (died 1855 )
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January 3 – William Leslie , British Army captain, killed at Battle of Princeton (born 1751 in Scotland )
January 12 – Hugh Mercer , Continental Army brigadier general and physician, mortally wounded at Battle of Princeton (born 1726 in Scotland )
February 19 – Seth Pomeroy , gunsmith and soldier (born 1706 )
May 19 – Button Gwinnett , signatory of the Declaration of Independence, 2nd Governor of Georgia in 1777 (born 1735 in Great Britain )
August 11 – William Tennent III , Presbyterian pastor and patriot (born 1740 )
September 22 – John Bartram , botanist, horticulturalist and explorer (born 1699 )
October 4 – Francis Nash , Continental Army brigadier general, mortally wounded at Battle of Germantown (born c.1742 )
October 7 – Simon Fraser , British Army general, killed in Battle of Bemis Heights (born 1729 in Scotland )
November 10 – Cornstalk (Hokoleskwa), Shawnee chief, murdered (born c.1720)
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