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What Happened in July 1777

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Historical Events

  • Jul 6 British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans
  • Jul 7 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Hubbardton
  • Jul 8 Independent Vermont introduces a new constitution, prohibiting slavery

Declaration of War

Jul 23 American Revolution: Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply US with munitions

King of France Louis XVI

Casimir Pulaski Volunteers

Jul 23 Polish military leader Casimir Pulaski arrives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, to volunteer in the Continental Army cavalry

Military Leader Casimir Pulaski

General Lafayette

Jul 31 Marquis de Lafayette, aged just 19, is made a major-general of Continental Army

French General and Aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette

Events in 1777

Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 9 Henry Hallam, British lawyer and historian (d. 1859)
  • Jul 23 Philipp Otto Runge, German Romantic painter, born in Wolgast, West Pomerania (d. 1810)
  • Jul 27 Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (Hohenlinden, Battle of the Baltic), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1844)
Born in 1777

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 13 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
  • Jul 27 William Hayes, English composer and organist, dies at 69


What Happened in 1777

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