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What Happened in October 1777

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Historical Events

Battle of Germantown

Oct 4 Battle of Germantown: Gen George Washington's troops attack and are defeated by the British at Germantown, Pennsylvania

First US President George Washington
  • Oct 7 Americans beat British in Second Battle of Saratoga & Battle of Bemis Heights
  • Oct 15 Mjr James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers (Penn)
  • Oct 17 British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War
Events in 1777

Famous Birthdays

  • Oct 6 William Russell, English composer and organist, born in London (d. 1813)
  • Oct 18 Heinrich von Kleist, German writer, dramatist and poet (Penthesilea, The Marquise of O), born in Frankfurt an der Oder, Prussia (d. 1811)
Born in 1777

Famous Weddings

Patrick Henry

Oct 25 Governor of Virginia Patrick Henry (41) weds second wife Dorothea Dandridge

Patrick Henry

Famous Deaths

  • Oct 3 Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Dutch administrator (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1775-77), dies at 64
  • Oct 5 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician, dies at 72
  • Oct 7 Simon Fraser, English general (fought during American War of Independence) dies during the Battle of Bemis Heights at 48
  • Oct 13 Dismas Hatas, Czech composer, dies at 52
  • Oct 21 Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror), dies at 57


What Happened in 1777

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