Events from the year 1777 in the United States.
Incumbents
President of the Second Continental Congress: John Hancock (until October 29), Henry Laurens (starting November 1)
Events
January–March
January 2 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Assunpink Creek, also known as the Second Battle of Trenton: American forces under the command of George Washington repulse a British attack near Trenton, New Jersey. January 3 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Princeton: American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis. January 12 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. January 15 – Vermont declares its independence from New York, becoming the Vermont Republic, an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791. January 20 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Millstone, part of the Forage War February 1 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Drake's Farm, part of the Forage War February 8 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quibbletown, part of the Forage War February 12 – John McKinly is sworn in as the first president of Delaware. February 23 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Spanktown, part of the Forage War March 5 – Thomas Wharton Jr. is sworn in as the first president of Pennsylvania. March 8 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Pun Hill, part of the Forage War March 21 – Thomas Johnson is sworn as the first governor of Maryland.
April–June
April 13 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bound Brook: A British and Hessian force led by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis surprises a Continental Army outpost in New Jersey commanded by Major General Benjamin Lincoln. April 26 – American Revolutionary War: 16-year-old Sybil Ludington is said to have ridden through the night to warn militiamen under the control of her father Henry that British troops had raided Danbury, Connecticut. April 27 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut. May 16 – Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, dies three days later. May 17 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Thomas Creek. May 23 – American Revolutionary War: Meigs Raid. June 13 – American Revolution: The Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina to help the Continental Congress train its army. June 14 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by the Continental Congress as the flag of the United States. June 26 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Short Hills.