1777

1777 was 94 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Individuals

• January 1: William Pullen enlisted in the Continental Army.
• Edward Tatum took his oath of allegiance to the United States and was appointed an officer in the Henry County Militia.

Context

In 1777, the Revolutionary War continued. Vermont declared independence from New York. James Cook was in the midst of his third voyage. Friedrich Maximilian Klinger's play Sturm und Drang premiered in Leipzig, Germany. On June 14, the Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution, adopting the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States. The Articles of Confederation were submitted to the states for ratification. The 2nd edition of Encyclopædia Britannica was published.

Notable births in 1777 included chemist Bernard Courtois, Chief Justice Roger Taney, statesman Henry Clay, scientists Carl Friedrich Gauss and Hans Christian Ørsted, preacher Lorenzo Dow, and Emperor Alexander I of Russia. Notable deaths included soldier Hugh Mercer, King Joseph I of Portugal, botanist John Bartram, mathematician Johann Heinrich Lambert, American general Francis Nash, and Shawnee chief Cornstalk.

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