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October 17: British General Burgoyne surrenders to Americans after second Battle of Saratoga, marking turning point in American Revolution.
1777 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1777
MDCCLXXVII
Ab urbe condita2530
Armenian calendar1226
ԹՎ ՌՄԻԶ
Assyrian calendar6527
Balinese saka calendar1698–1699
Bengali calendar1184
Berber calendar2727
British Regnal year17 Geo. 3 – 18 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar2321
Burmese calendar1139
Byzantine calendar7285–7286
Chinese calendar丙申年 (Fire Monkey)
4474 or 4267
    — to —
丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
4475 or 4268
Coptic calendar1493–1494
Discordian calendar2943
Ethiopian calendar1769–1770
Hebrew calendar5537–5538
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1833–1834
 - Shaka Samvat1698–1699
 - Kali Yuga4877–4878
Holocene calendar11777
Igbo calendar777–778
Iranian calendar1155–1156
Islamic calendar1190–1191
Japanese calendarAn'ei 6
(安永6年)
Javanese calendar1702–1703
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4110
Minguo calendar135 before ROC
民前135年
Nanakshahi calendar309
Thai solar calendar2319–2320
Tibetan calendar阳火猴年
(male Fire-Monkey)
1903 or 1522 or 750
    — to —
阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1904 or 1523 or 751
January 2: General George Washington at Trenton

1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1777th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 777th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1777, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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June 14: US Flag (had various star patterns)

July–December

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Date unknown

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Births

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January–March

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Roger B. Taney

April–June

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

July–September

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Paavo Ruotsalainen
Hans Christian Ørsted

October–December

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Heinrich von Kleist
Alexander I of Russia

Date unknown

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Deaths

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Enrichetta d'Este
Pierre-Herman Dosquet
Cornelia Schlosser
Consort Shu
Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria
Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon
Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. (1910). Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909. Harper & Brothers. p. 166.
  2. ^ Vyas, Amee. "Georgia's County Governments." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 31 October 2018. Web. 05 February 2019.https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/georgias-county-governments
  3. ^ King, Joseph (1899). Christianity in Polynesia: A Study and a Defence. William Brooks and Co. p. 71.
  4. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 331. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  5. ^ Harris, Michael (2014). Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatiuùuù hie. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-61121-162-7.
  6. ^ Ketchum, Richard M (1997). Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War. New York: Henry Holt. pp. 52–55. ISBN 978-0-8050-6123-9. OCLC 41397623. (Paperback ISBN 0-8050-6123-1)
  7. ^ Paavo Ruotsalainen – Aholansaari (in Finnish)
  8. ^ "Maximilian III Joseph | elector of Bavaria | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

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