January 3 » By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
February 2 » New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
February 23 » The Ballet Royal de la Nuit is first performed at the Salle du Petit-Bourbon in Paris.
April 20 » Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
June 12 » First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins, lasting until the following day.
December 16 » English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Day of burial October 25, 1777
The temperature on October 25, 1777 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
July 7 » American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
August 6 » American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
September 3 » American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.
November 29 » San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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