* 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.

Before statehood he represented Virginia in the Continental Congress ( 1777 – 78 ) and the U. S. Congress ( 1789 – 91 ).

He spent the winter of 1777 / 78 with most of the army at Valley Forge.

* Conway Cabal, a 1777 – 78 conspiracy

* Drummonds Bank, Charing Cross, London ( 1777 – 78 ) demolished

* David Hume Mausoleum, Old Calton Cemetery ( 1777 – 78 )

Savary did visit Lower Egypt in 1777 – 78, and published a work about that too.

In 1777 – 78 Piranesi published Avanzi degli Edifici di Pesto, ( Remains of the Edifices of Paestum ) a collection of views of Paestum.

While the emergence of the Antients simply consolidated a division in English Freemasonry, a schism occurred within the Moderns in 1777 / 78.

Howe made this house, the Masters-Penn mansion, his headquarters during the 1777 – 78 British occupation of Philadelphia.

He was at Valley Forge for most of the 1777 – 78 winter, and commanded a division of Patterson's and Learned's Brigades.

* 1777 / 78 Sir George Smith.

* Billingsgate Fish Market, alterations ( 1776 ), Iron column inserted to support upper floor ( 1777 – 78 ) & New Market house and embankment ( 1798 ) rebuilt

From 1976 until the mid-1990s, the national monument explained the significance of the national monument to visitors using first-person interpretation to portray the fort immediately after the siege ( 1777 – 78 ), emphasizing life during the American Revolution.

During the American Revolutionary War he served as secretary to Admiral Molyneux Shuldham, in Boston in 1776 and again at Plymouth ( 1777 – 78 ).

In the winter of 1777 – 78, Parsons took command of West Point, and began building its fortifications.

* # Cardiff Castle reconstruction in a Gothic style ( 1777 – 78 )

They saw some action during the winter of 1777 – 78 in support of the Flying Camp that helped protect Washington's camp at Valley Forge.

The Water Tower is a neoclassical structure, built in 1777 – 78 and 1822 by Jan Christian Kamsetzer and Chrystian Piotr Aigner.