12 events found for 1777
American Revolutionary War: Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington allegedly rode forty miles (64 km) through the night to war
American Revolutionary War: British Army regulars defeated Patriot militias in the Battle of Ridgefield, galvanizing res
Button Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, is wounded in a duel with Continental Army o
The Second Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes design for the flag of the United States
American Revolutionary War: American troops at Fort Ticonderoga in New York completed a retreat from advancing British…
American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more…
The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution commissioning the Marquis de Lafayette (pictured) as a major…
The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km)…
American Revolutionary War: American forces routed British and German troops at the Battle of Bennington in…
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving,…
American Revolutionary War: Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery were captured by British forces under Sir Henry Clinton,…
American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the…