1777

Events

   * The Cornish language died out
   * 2nd edition of Encyclop¾dia Britannica published
   * January 3 - American general George Washington defeats British general
     Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
   * January 12 - Mission Santa Clara de As’s is founded in what is now
     Santa Clara, California
   * January 16 - Vermont declares its independence from New York becoming
     an independent country, a status it retained until it joined the United
     States as the 14th state in 1791
   * June 14, Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress as United States flag
   * August 16 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bennington - British
     forces are defeated by American troops.
   * September 3 - The Flag of the United States flies in battle for the
     first time, at Cooch's Bridge in Maryland.
   * October 17, American troops defeat the British in the Battle of
     Saratoga
   * November 15, U.S. Continental Congress approves the Articles of
     Confederation
   * December 24, Kiritimati discovered by James Cook
   * The code duello is adopted at the Clonmell Summer Assizes as the form
     for pistol duels in Ireland. It is quickly denounced and widely adopted
     throughout the English-speaking world.

Births

   * January 2, Christian Daniel Rauch, sculptor (+ 1857)
   * February 12, Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, poet (+ 1843)
   * March 17 - Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the United States (+ 1864)
   * April 12, Henry Clay, american statesman (+ 1852)
   * April 30, Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, astronomer and physicist
   * August 14 - Hans Christian ¯rsted, physicist and chemist
   * December 4, Madame RŽcamier, writer
   * December 23 - Emperor Alexander I of Russia

Deaths

Monarchs/Presidents

   * China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October
     18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
   * Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)

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