In history, year 1777 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1777.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 02 january | American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Sun Pink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey. |
| 12 january | Mission Santa Clara de Asís, a Spanish mission that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara, California and Santa Clara University, was established. |
| 15 january | The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence from several jurisdictions and land claims of the British colonies of New Hampshire and New York. |
| 13 april | American Revolutionary War British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey. |
| 26 april | American Revolutionary War Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington rode forty miles through the night to warn militiamen under the control of her father that British troops were planning to invade Danbury, Connecticut. |
| 27 april | American Revolutionary War-British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing resistance in the Connecticut Colony. |
| 02 july | Vermont became the first American territory to end slavery. Vermont is a New England state in the northeastern part of United States. Its area is covered with 75% of forests. Vermont is the leader in production of maple syrup in the United States. |
| 06 july | American Revolutionary War-American troops at Fort Ticonderogain New York retreated from the advancing British forces, causing anuproar in the American public since the fort was widely believed to bevirtually impregnable. |
| 07 july | American Revolutionary War-British forces caught up withAmerican troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga and captured over 200 men. |
| 31 july | The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution allowingFrench nobleman Marquis de Lafayette to enter the American revolutionaryforces as a Major General. |
| 06 august | American Revolutionary War-The Battle of Oriskany, one of thebloodiest battles in the North American theater of the war, was foughtabout six miles (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York. |
| 16 august | American Revolutionary War-The Americans, led by General JohnStark, routed British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at theBattle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York. |
| 27 september | American Revolutionary War-Lancaster, Pennsylvania, became thecapital of the United States for one day as members of the ContinentalCongress fled Philadelphia, which had been captured by the British. |
| 06 october | American Revolutionary War-British forces under the command of General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, andthen dismantled the Hudson River Chain. |
| 29 november | El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first civil settlementin the Spanish colony of Alta California, was founded as a farmingcommunity. |
| 24 december | An expedition led by English explorer James Cook reaches Christmas Island, the largest coral atoll in the world. |
| 12 May | The first advertisement for ice cream was released. The ad appeared in the New York Gazette, when confectioner Philip Lenzi announced that ice cream was available almost every day. Records kept by a Chatham Street, New York, businessman state that President George Washington spent about $ 200 for snow |
| 02 July | Slavery was abolished in the city of Vermont, USA. |
| 16 August | America defeated Britain in the Battle of Bennington. |
| 18 December | National Thanksgiving Day was celebrated for the first time in America. |
| 24 December | Captain James Cook discovered Kirimati Christmas Island). |
| 03 January | George Washington's army defeated the British Army in New Zealand. |
| 12 January | The mission was founded in Santa Clara de Assis California. |
| 05 February | Georgia became the first US state to eliminate both migration and birthright. |
| 08 March | The regiments of Eggbach and Beirut were sent to the city of Oxenfurt to support Great Britain in an uprising in the American Revolutionary War. |
| 20 April | New York adopted the new constitution as an independent state. |
| 12 May | The first ice cream advertisement shown on television was Philip Lenji-New York Gadget). |
| 14 June | Americans adopted their flag at Philadelphia Congress. |
| 08 July | Vermont introduced the new constitution, making it the first American state to abolish slavery. |
| 28 August | American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Cooch's Bridge took place near Newark, Delaware. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 02 November | Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski / Actor / Poland |
| 03 February | John Cheyne / Author / Scotland |
| 04 December | Juliette Récamier / Business Woman / France |
| 07 September | Heinrich Stölzel / Composer / Germany |
| 10 March | Louis Hersent / Painter / France |
| 12 February | Bernard Courtois / Academic / France |
| 12 April | Henry Clay / Politician / United States of America |
| 12 May | Mary Reibey / Business Woman / Australia |
| 12 February | Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué / Poet / Germany |
| 14 November | Nathaniel Claiborne / Politician / United States of America |
| 14 December | Du Pre Alexander / Politician / Ireland |
| 14 August | Hans Christian Ørsted / Chemist / Denmark |
| 16 September | Nathan Mayer Rothschild / Banker / Germany |
| 17 March | Patrick Brontë / Author / United Kingdom |
| 17 March | Roger B. Taney / Politician / United States of America |
| 18 October | Heinrich von Kleist / Poet / Germany |
| 26 February | Matija Nenadović / Historian / Serbia |
| 27 July | Thomas Campbell / Poet / France |
| 29 August | Hyacinth / Religious Leader / Russia |
| 30 April | Carl Friedrich Gauss / Mathematician / Germany |