What Happened on January 3, 1777

Historical Events

General George Washington's revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, New Jersey

Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican sister of Napoleon who appointed her Princess of Lucca and Piombino and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, born in Ajaccio, Corsica (d. 1820)
Louis Poinsot, French mathematician and physicist (invented geometrical mechanics), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)