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1777 Calendar

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•  January 12, 1777 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
•  January 15, 1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
•  July 6, 1777 – 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, 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
•  July 31, 1777 – 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.”
•  October 4, 1777 – Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
•  October 7, 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
•  November 15, 1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
•  November 17, 1777 – Articles of Confederation are submitted to the states for ratification.
•  December 18, 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the Americans over General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October.

•  January 13, 1777 – Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820)
•  January 25, 1777 – Karoline Jagemann, German actor (d. 1848)
•  February 3, 1777 – John Cheyne, British physician, surgeon and author (d. 1836)
•  February 12, 1777 – Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)
•  March 17, 1777 – Patrick Bronte, Anglo-Irish writer, curate, and father of the Bronte sisters
•  June 15, 1777 – David Daniel Davis, British physician (d. 1841)
•  July 27, 1777 – Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, British peer and soldier (d. 1853)
•  July 31, 1777 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (d. 1849)
•  November 8, 1777 – Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
•  December 4, 1777 – Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)