January 26 » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
March 8 » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
April 15 » Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica.
May 26 » The Battle of Ackia was fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repelled a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
October 16 » Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.
Day of death October 16, 1777
The temperature on October 16, 1777 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
January 2 » American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
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.
November 17 » Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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