Historical Events In 1777

Jan 01   Emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Micah Hawkins, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Christian D Rauch, German sculptor in the year 1777.   

Jan 03   General George Washington's troops emerge victorious against the British in the Battle of Princeton on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history louis Poinsot, French instrument worker   

Jan 03   Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in Calif   

Jan 12   On this day in history mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California   

Jan 15   People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Vermont declares independence from NY on this day in history.   

Jan 18   San Jose CA founded on this day in history.   

Jan 18   San Jose California, founded in the year 1777.   

Jan 25   In the year 1777 elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)   

Feb 05   Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail & primogeniture in the year 1777.   

Feb 05   On this day in history georgia becomes first US state to abolish both entail &primogeniture   

Feb 13   On this day in history de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress   

Feb 13   Marquis de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag in the year 1777.   

Mar 01   Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Mar 08   In the year 1777 regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth, sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt.   

Mar 09   On this day in history alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist   

Mar 17   Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1777 anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat   

Mar 22   In the year 1777 john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77   

Apr 12   On this day in history henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician   

Apr 14   NY adopts new constitution as an independent state in the year 1777.   

Apr 16   In the year 1777 battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout Brits   

Apr 18   On this day in history ignac Ruzitska, composer   

Apr 20   New York adopts new constitution as an independent state in the year 1777.   

Apr 26   Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematician on this day in history.   

Apr 30   On this day in history the birth of Karl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician   

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Jan 01   Micah Hawkins, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Christian D Rauch, German sculptor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1777 birth of louis Poinsot, French instrument worker   

Jan 03   M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist   

Jan 25   Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14) was born in the year 1777.   

Feb 12   On this day in history birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)   

Mar 09   On this day in history birth of alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist   

Jan 01   In the year 1777 emanuele Barbella, composer, dies at 58   

Jan 10   Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719) died on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1777 death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)   

Feb 09   Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) died in the year 1777.   

Feb 24   King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714) died on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62   

Mar 22   John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

May 11   George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719) died in the year 1777.