1777

This page lists news articles and events for the year 1777.

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

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Undated

• Ongoing: American Revolution
• Event: Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant born near Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
• Event: The Count of St. Germain is in Dresden/Germany
• Event: An out of work Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrives in Paris and meets Benjamin Franklin.

January

February

• Event: American Revolution: General George Washington orders the vaccination of the entire Continental Army against smallpox. (This is a response to the previous year when a smallpox outbreak derailed the Continental Army's attack on Quebec.)

March

April

May

• May 6:
  • Event: American Revolution: General Burgoyne arrives in Quebec to launch a plan to seize the Hudson River Valley

June

July

• July 6:
  • Event: American Revolution: General Burgoyne retakes Fort Ticonderoga; American forces retreat

August

September

• September 19 & October 7:
  • Event: American Revolution: Battles of Saratoga result in British defeats
• September 26:
  • Event: American Revolution: British General Howe takes Philadelphia. The Continental Congress has already fled.

October

• October 17:
  • Event: American Revolution: Burgoyne surrenders his army to the Americans

November

December