March 28 » The Marathas under Baji Rao I attack and defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Delhi.
September 20 » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
November 4 » The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy.
December 24 » The Marathas defeat the combined forces of the Mughal Empire, Rajputs of Jaipur, Nizam of Hyderabad, Nawab of Awadh and Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Bhopal.
Day of death February 8, 1777
The temperature on February 8, 1777 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
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.
October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
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 16 » Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
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