June 13 » American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
September 19 » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
September 26 » American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
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 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
Day of death March 4, 1777
The temperature on March 4, 1777 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
January 15 » American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
July 6 » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
October 7 » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
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.
December 19 » American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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