* 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 )

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.

He was also the first to establish that sulfur was an element ( 1777 ) rather than a compound.

In " Mémoire sur la combustion en général " (" On Combustion in General ," 1777 ) and " Considérations générales sur la nature des acides " (" General Considerations on the Nature of Acids ," 1778 ), he demonstrated that the " air " responsible for combustion was also the source of acidity.

A fragment of his treatise On burning-glasses was published as (" Concerning wondrous machines ") by L. Dupuy in 1777, and also appeared in 1786 in the forty-second volume of the Histoire de l ' Academie des Instrumentistes.

The state constitution has provided since 1777 for the election of a lieutenant governor, who also acts as president of the state senate, to the same term ( keeping the same term lengths as the governor throughout all the constitutional revisions ).

It was only with the emergence of nationalist sentiment from the late 18th century that the desire was felt to display national flags also in civilian contexts, notably the US flag, in origin adopted as a naval ensign in 1777, which after the American Revolution began to be displayed as a generic symbol of the United States, and the French Tricolore which became a symbol of the Republic in the 1790s.

* 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.

He had a startling fondness for scatological humor, which is preserved in his surviving letters, notably those written to his cousin Maria Anna Thekla Mozart around 1777 – 1778, but also in his correspondence with his sister and parents.

Charles Theodore also inherited the Electorate of Bavaria when its ruling line became extinct in 1777.

Rudolf I this way became the ancestor of the older ( Palatinate ) line of the Wittelsbach dynasty, which returned to power also in Bavaria in 1777 after the extinction of the younger ( Bavarian ) line, the descendants of Louis IV.

Monza is also known for the " Villa Reale ", a Habsburg family residence built in 1777.

Upland is also very well known worldwide throughout the skateboarding culture as " Badlands " because of Upland's geographical location and mainly because it was the birthplace of Vertical Pool and Pipe Skateboarding. The city was home to The Pipeline Skate Park, which opened in 1977 by Stan and Jean Hoffman and was located on 1777 W. Arrow Highway.

Following a severe storm in 1777 the River Holme burst its banks, sweeping away people and property with the loss of three lives ; the stone church built in 1476, was also swept away.

Mount Clare ( grade I ) built in 1772 for George Clive, cousin of Lord Clive, which forms part of the University of Roehampton, along with Grove House ( grade II *), built originally for Sir Joshua Vanneck in 1777 ( also now owned by the University ).

Gluck also wrote Armide ( 1777 ), Iphigénie en Tauride ( 1779 ) and Echo et Narcisse for Paris.

Colonel Antes also built a grist mill at the mouth of Antes Creek on the West Branch Susquehanna River in 1777.

Bells were also rung to celebrate the first anniversary of Independence on July 4, 1777.

The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American army of Major General George Washington and the British-Hessian army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777.

He refers to the case of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal ( 1777 ), which existed in an earlier form, also by Sheridan, in a two-part play The Slanderers and Sir Peter Teazel, which he argues contain the same type of modifications as is found in the Henry VI plays.

The Model 1777 also featured a slanted brass flash pan and bridle, and a modified trigger guard with two rear finger ridges.

( See also Musket Model 1777 ).

The Model 1766 and 1777 were also used by the French during their participation in the American Revolutionary War.

Upon the extinction of the senior dynasty ruling the Electorate of the Palatinate in 1685, the Neuburg line inherited the Electorate and generally made Düsseldorf its capital until the Elector Palatine also inherited the Electorate of Bavaria in 1777.

– in union with Jülich und Palatinate-Neuburg, from 1690 also with the Electorate of the Palatinate, from 1777 also with Bavaria –