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August 6 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Oriskany: Loyalists gain a tactical victory over Patriots; Iroquois fight on both sides. August 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Bennington: British and Brunswicker forces are decisively defeated by American troops at Walloomsac, New York.
January 15 – Vermont declares its independence from New York, becoming the Vermont Republic, an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791. January 20 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Millstone, part of the Forage War.
As a result of the American Revolution, the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America, between 1776 and 1789. Fighting in the American Revolutionary War started between colonial militias and the British Army in 1775.
October 17 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Saratoga – American troops defeat the British. November 15 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation in the temporary American capital at York, Pennsylvania.
A day after appointing a committee to write the Declaration of Independence, the Second Continental Congress named another committee to write the Articles of Confederation. The members worked from June 1776 until November 1777, when they sent a draft to the states for ratification.
1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) fue un año común comenzado en miércoles según el calendario gregoriano . Acontecimientos. La lengua córnica desaparece. Quinto y último sitio de Colonia del Sacramento ( Uruguay ). Expedición botánica española al Virreinato del Perú dirigida por Hipólito Ruiz y que regresó en 1788.
Historical events from year 1777. Learn about 52 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1777 or search by date or keyword.
