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Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1777
January - June
January 15 - 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.
May 16 - Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.
June 13 - American Revolution: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina to help the Continental Congress train its army.
June 14 - Stars and Stripes adopted by the Continental Congress as the Flag of the United States.
July - December
August 16 - American Revolution: Battle of Bennington - British forces are defeated by American troops.
September 3 - Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
September 11 - Battle of Brandywine - Major American Revolutionary war victory for British in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
September 19 - American Revolution: First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights.
October 4 - American Revolution: Battle of Germantown- Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
October 17 - American Revolution: Battle of Saratoga- American troops defeat the British.
November 15 - American Revolution: After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation in the temporary American capital at York, Pennsylvania.
November 17 - Articles of Confederation submitted to the states for ratification.
November 29 - San Jose, California founded. It is the first pueblo in Spanish Alta California.
December - Death of Dolly Pentreath, claimed to be the last speaker of the Cornish language.
December 19 - American Revolution: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
December 24 - Kiritimati discovered by James Cook.
Undated
The 2nd edition of Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
The code duello is adopted at the Clonmell Summer Assizes as the form for pistol duels in Ireland. It is quickly denounced but nevertheless widely adopted throughout the English-speaking world.
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