The temperature on September 29, 1777 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: weerlicht. 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
August 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
October 4 » American Revolutionary War: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under William Howe.
October 17 » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.
Christening day October 5, 1777
The temperature on October 5, 1777 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 3 » American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
March 8 » Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.
April 26 » Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
December 18 » The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
Day of death January 3, 1778
The temperature on January 3, 1778 was about -4 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
May 1 » American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
July 4 » American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
August 3 » The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
August 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
September 7 » American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
December 29 » American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
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