Historical Events In 1777

Jan 01   Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1777.   

Jan 01   In the year 1777 micah Hawkins, composer   

Jan 02   In the year 1777 christian D Rauch, German sculptor   

Jan 03   General George Washington's troops emerge victorious against the British in the Battle of Princeton in the year 1777.   

Jan 03   In the year 1777 louis Poinsot, French instrument worker   

Jan 03   On this day in history washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ   

Jan 08   Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist in the year 1777.   

Jan 12   Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Calif on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1777 people of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England   

Jan 16   Vermont declares independence from NY on this day in history.   

Jan 18   San Jose CA founded on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1777 san Jose California, founded   

Jan 25   In the year 1777 elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)   

Feb 05   Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail & primogeniture in the year 1777.   

Feb 05   Georgia becomes first US state to abolish both entail &primogeniture on this day in history.   

Feb 13   de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress in the year 1777.   

Feb 13   Marquis de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)   

Feb 21   In the year 1777 english ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag   

Mar 01   Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 in the year 1777.   

Mar 08   Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt on this day in history.   

Mar 09   In the year 1777 alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist   

Mar 17   Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) in the year 1777.   

Mar 19   In the year 1777 anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat   

Mar 22   John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Apr 12   In the year 1777 henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician   

Apr 14   NY adopts new constitution as an independent state in the year 1777.   

Apr 16   Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout Brits in the year 1777.   

Apr 18   Ignac Ruzitska, composer in the year 1777.   

Apr 20   New York adopts new constitution as an independent state on this day in history.   

Apr 26   On this day in history sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia   

Apr 30   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematician   

Apr 30   On this day in history the birth of Karl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician   

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Jan 01   In the year 1777 birth of micah Hawkins, composer   

Jan 02   Christian D Rauch, German sculptor was born in the year 1777.   

Jan 03   In the year 1777 birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker   

Jan 03   M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born in the year 1777.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist   

Jan 25   Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born in the year 1777.   

Mar 09   On this day in history birth of alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist   

Jan 01   Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1777.   

Jan 10   Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) died on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1777 death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)   

Feb 09   Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) died on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history death of king Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)   

Mar 01   Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 in the year 1777.   

Mar 22   John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 in the year 1777.   

May 11   George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) died in the year 1777.