* 1777 – Henry Clay, American statesman ( d. 1852 )

* 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician ( d. 1855 )

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.

* 1777 – Francis I of the Two Sicilies ( d. 1830 )

* 1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist ( d. 1851 )

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.

* Alexander I of Russia ( 1777 – 1825 ), emperor of Russia

* 1777 – Hyacinth, Chuvash founder of Sinology ( d. 1853 )

* 1864 – Charles Lot Church, Canadian politician ( b. 1777 )

Anne's father, Patrick Brontë ( 1777 – 1861 ), was born in a two-room cottage in Emdale, Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.

* René-Prosper Tassin ( 1697 – 1777 )

# Maria-Anna Elisa Bonaparte ( 1777 – 1820 ), Grand-Duchess of Tuscany married Félix Bacciochi Levoy

Clausewitz, Hermann von Boyen ( 1771 – 1848 ) and Karl von Grolman ( 1777 – 1843 ) were Scharnhorst's primary allies in his efforts to reform the Prussian army between 1807 and 1814.

** José I ( 1750 – 1777 )

** Pedro III ( 1777 – 1786 )

** Maria I ( 1777 – 1816 )

* 1860 – Désirée Clary, Queen of Sweden and Norway ( b. 1777 )

* 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the Americans over General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October.

* 1841 – David Daniel Davis, British politician ( b. 1777 )

* 1825 – Tsar Alexander I of Russia ( b. 1777 )

* 1777 – Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

David was the third of six children, two daughters and four sons: James ( 1777 – 1847 ), minister at Craig, Ferryden ; David ; David ; George ( 1784 – 1855 ), minister at Scoonie, Fife ; and Patrick ( 1788 – 1859 ), minister at the abbey church, Paisley.

The final draft of the Articles was prepared in the summer of 1777 and the Second Continental Congress approved them for ratification by the individual states on November 15, 1777, after a year of debate.

In practice, the Articles were in use beginning in 1777 ; the final draft of the Articles served as the de facto system of government used by the Congress (" the United States in Congress assembled ") until it became de jure by final ratification on March 1, 1781 ; at which point Congress became the Congress of the Confederation.

Congress began to move for ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1777:

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.

Based on the Articles of Confederation having been adopted in York by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, the local government and business community began referring to York in the 1960s as the first capital of the United States of America.

The Second Continental Congress had drawn up Articles of Confederation on November 15, 1777, to regularize its own status.

* 1777 – Articles of Confederation adopted by the Second Continental Congress ( November 15 )

However, it formed much of the basis for the later American governments established by the Articles of Confederation of 1777 and the Constitution of 1787.

In 1777, Penn was one of the state's signers of the Articles of Confederation.

He later worked on the committee that formed the Articles of Confederation in 1777.

The Georgia assembly sent him to the Continental Congress in 1777, and he arrived just in time to sign the Articles of Confederation.

He also served in the House of Burgesses ( 1765 – 1775, 1777 ), the Continental Congress ( 1778 – 1779 as a delegate, where he was a framer of and signed the Articles of Confederation ), and the Virginia House of Delegates ( 1776 – 1777, 1781 – 1783 ).

He returned the following year, convinced that a friendly settlement of the dispute was impossible, and was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777, where he signed the Articles of Confederation in 1778.

In the early years of the United States, many American political figures were in favour of invading and annexing Canada, and even pre-approved Canada's admission to the U. S. in the Articles of Confederation in 1777.

He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and 1778, where he signed the Articles of Confederation.

U. S. Code ( 2007 ) defines the organic laws of the United States of America to include the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, the Articles of Confederation of November 15, 1777, the Northwest Ordinance of July 13, 1787, and the Constitution of September 17, 1787.

After 1777, the national government operated under the Articles of Confederation, which gave the federal government virtually no power to regulate domestic affairs or raise revenue.