Significant Events
- Jan 3 General George Washington's revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, NJ
- Jul 8 Vermont introduces new constitution making it the 1st US state to abolish slavery
Did You Know?
US Continental Congress adopts the Stars & Stripes flag, designed by Francis Hopkinson, replacing the Grand Union flag
On June 14, 1777
World Leaders in 1777
Frederick North
British Prime Minister
Frederick the Great
King of Prussia
Famous People in 1777
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
Classical Musician and Composer
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Dred Scott
Hans Oersted
Henry ClayFamous Weddings
- Jun 15 First American flag seamstress Betsy Ross (25) weds mariner Joseph Ashburn
- Oct 25 Governor of Virginia Patrick Henry (41) weds second wife Dorothea Dandridge
Famous Deaths
- Jan 1 Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58
- Jan 10 Spranger Barry, Irish Shakespearean actor, dies at 57
- Jan 12 Hugh Mercer, Scottish military officer (fought in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War), dies of his wounds at the Battle of Princeton at 50
- Feb 9 Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)
- Feb 24 King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)