Events in year of 1775
- 01-11Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
- 01-179 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol
- 01-22Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland
- 01-25Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)
- 02-08Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner
- 02-09English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion
- 02-15Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI
- 02-22Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland
- 03-061st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston
- 03-194 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)
- 03-19Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement
- 03-22Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament
- 03-23Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death"
- 04-141st abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia
- 04-18Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!"
- 04-18Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington
- 04-19Minutemen Captain John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon
- 04-19Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
- 04-20British begin siege of Boston
- 05-07Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
- 05-102nd Cont Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time
- 05-102nd Continental Congress names George Washington, Supreme Commander
- 05-10Green Mountain Boys capture Ft Ticonderoga NY - American Revolution
- 05-20Citizens of Mecklenburg County, NC declare independence of Britain
- 06-07United Colonies change name to United States
- 06-121st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
- 06-14US Army founded
- 06-15George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army
- 06-16Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress
- 06-221st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
People born in year of 1775
- 01-21Manuel Garcia: Composer
- 01-27Friedrich von Schelling: Germany -- Philosopher (Views on Christianity)
- 01-28Peter the Great: Russia
- 01-30Walter Savage Landor: Warwick, England -- Critic / writer (Imaginary Conversation)
- 02-05Margaretha J de Neufville: Author (Small Pligten)
- 02-09Farkas / Wolfgang Bolyai: Hungary -- Mathematician (parallel axiom)
- 02-10Charles Lamb: London, England -- Critic / poet / essayist
- 02-12Louise Catherine Johnson Adams: 1st lady (1825-1829)
- 02-18Thomas Girtin: London, England -- Artist / watercolorist
- 04-07Francis C Lowell: Founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill
- 04-11Charles-Francois Dumonchau: Composer
- 04-21Alexander Anderson: United States -- Engraver / illustrator (Shakespeare)
- 04-22Georg Hermes: German philosopher / theologist (Hermenianen)
- 04-23Joseph Mallord Turner: England, United Kingdom -- Landscape painter (Shipwreck)
- 05-01Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn: Composer
- 05-21Lucien Bonaparte: Prince of Canino / Musignano
- 06-13Antoni Henryk Radziwill: Composer
- 07-05William Crotch: Composer
- 07-17August Harder: Composer
- 07-25Anna Symmes Harrison: Ohio, United States -- 9th 1st lady (1841)
- 08-02Jose Angel Lamas: Composer
- 08-17Philippe Libon: Composer
- 08-25Charlotte J T: Infant of Portugal (Court in Rio de Janeiro)
- 08-28Sophie Gail: Composer
- 08-31Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa: Composer
- 10-15Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Composer
- 10-21Guiseppi Baini: Composer
- 10-27Traugott Maximilian Eberwein: Composer
- 11-15Georges-Julien Sieber: Composer
- 11-27Joachim G le Sage ten Broek: Dutch notary / Catholic foreman / publicist
People died in year of 1775
- 01-08John Baskerville: English printer / type designer, dies at 68
- 01-10Jemeljan Pugatshov: Russian kosak leader / "Czar Peter III"
- 01-11Yemelyan Pugachov: Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
- 01-15Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Composer
- 06-11Egidio Romoaldo Duni: Italian composer, dies at 67
- 08-06Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber: Composer, dies at 72
- 09-07Johann Georg Holzbogen: Composer, dies at 48
- 09-18Andrew Foulis: Bookseller / printer
- 10-14Johann Jacob Rowalt: Composer, dies at 57
- 11-16Marian Paradeiser: Composer, dies at 28
- 11-29Lorenzo Somis: Composer, dies at 87
- 12-28Peter A van de Parra: Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), dies at 61
- 12-31Richard Montgomery: General, dies fighting British
Events in year of 1776
- 01-01Gen George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag
- 01-021st revolutionary flag displayed
- 01-02Austria ends interregation torture
- 01-05Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution
- 01-10"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published
- 01-16Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
- 03-02Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
- 03-03US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas
- 03-17British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
- 03-25Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington
- 04-03Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College
- 04-12Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina
- 04-15Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy
- 05-01Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
- 05-02France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
- 05-04Rhode Island declares independence from England
- 05-12Turgot, French Minister of Finance, resigns
- 06-07Richard Lee (VA) moves Declaration of Independence in Continental Congress
- 06-10Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence
- 06-11Continental Congress create a committee to draft Declaration of Independence
- 06-12Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
- 06-23Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress
- 06-28Charleston, SC repulses British sea attack
- 06-29Va state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made Governor
- 07-011st vote on Declaration of Independence
- 07-02Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are & of right ought to be Free & Independent States"
- 07-04Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain
- 07-06Dec of Ind announced on front page of "PA Evening Gazette"
- 07-08Colonel John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Declaration of Independence (Philadelphia)
- 07-12Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean
People born in year of 1776
- 01-06Ferdinand von Schill: Prussian officer / rebel
- 01-24Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann: German writer / judge / composer (Undine)
- 02-11Joannis Capodistrias: Greek Governor of Troezen (1827-31)
- 02-18John Parry: Composer
- 02-21Vincenzo Lavigna: Composer
- 02-23John Walter II: London, England -- Chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)
- 03-10Luise: Queen of Prussia / Wife of Frederik Willem III
- 03-16Johan G Verstolk van Soelen: Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 04-08Thaddaus Weigl: Composer
- 04-26Joan M Kemper: Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book)
- 05-04Johann Friedrich Herbart: Germany -- Philosopher / psychologist
- 05-10George Thomas Smart: Composer
- 05-12Juan Bros y Bertomel: Composer
- 05-13Charles Ots: Composer
- 05-13Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa: Composer
- 06-01John George Schetky: Composer
- 06-11John Constable: England, United Kingdom -- Landscape painter (Hay Wain)
- 08-04Wenzel Sedlak: Composer
- 08-15Gottlieb Schick: German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)
- 08-15Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried: Composer
- 08-16Philipp Jakob Riotte: Composer
- 09-27Maria E J Versfelt: Actress / mistress (General Moreau & Marshal Ney)
- 11-14Henri Dutrochet: Discovered and named process of osmosis
- 12-06Paul Friedrich Struck: Composer
- 12-29Charles Macintosh: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Patented waterproof fabric
People died in year of 1776
- 04-19Jacob Israel Emden [Jacob ben Tswi]: German rabbi, dies at 78
- 04-22Johann Adolph Scheibe: German music theroist / composer, dies at 67
- 04-24Carolus van de Abeele: Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84
- 04-24Giuseppi Paolucci: Composer, dies at 49
- 05-13Anton de Haen: Medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71
- 07-01Francis Salvador: 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
- 09-22Nathan Hale: US captain / patriot / spy, hanged by British at 21
- 11-22Johann Caspar Simon: Composer, dies at 75
- 11-26Dov Baer of Mezhirech: Hassidic rabbi
- 12-26Johann Gottlieb Rall: Hessian Colonel / mercenary, dies in battle
Events in year of 1777
- 01-03Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, New Jersey
- 01-12Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
- 01-15People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England
- 01-16Vermont declares independence from New York
- 01-18San Jose California, founded
- 02-05Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail and primogeniture
- 02-13De Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
- 02-16Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)
- 02-21English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag
- 04-14New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
- 04-20New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
- 04-26Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from New York to Ct rallying her fathers militia
- 05-01RB Sheridans "School for Scandal, " premieres in London
- 05-121st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi - NY Gazette)
- 05-13University library at Vienna opens
- 06-13Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
- 06-13Marquis de Lafayette lands in US
- 06-14Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag
- 07-02Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery
- 07-06British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans
- 07-08Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
- 07-31Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army
- 08-04Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus
- 08-16Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vermont
- 09-11Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British
- 09-20Paoli massacre
- 09-25English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia
- 09-26British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution
- 09-27English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia
- 09-30Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
People born in year of 1777
- 01-01Micah Hawkins: Composer
- 01-02Christian D Rauch: German sculptor
- 01-03Louis Poinsot: French instrument worker
- 01-03M A Elisa Bonaparte: Corsican Monarch of Lucca / Piombino
- 01-08Filippo Traetta: Italy -- Composer / musicologist
- 01-25Elias Canneman: Dutch liberal Minister of Finance (1813-14)
- 03-09Alexander Orlowski: Polish painter / cartoonist / graphic artist
- 03-17Roger Brooke Taney: Calvert, Maryland -- 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
- 03-19Anton R Falck: Dutch Minister of Education / diplomat
- 04-12Henry Clay [the Great Compromiser]: US politician
- 04-18Ignac Ruzitska: Composer
- 05-04Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens: Composer
- 05-28Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees: Composer
- 06-02Christian Traugott Tag: Composer
- 07-09Henry Hallam: British lawyer / historian
- 07-27Thomas Campbell: Poet (Hohenlinden, Battle of the Baltic)
- 08-14Hans Christian Oersted: Den, physicist / chemist (View of Chemical Law)
- 09-20Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba: Composer
- 10-06William Russell: Composer
- 10-18Heinrich von Kleist: Germany -- Dramatist / poet (Penthesilea)
- 11-28Georg A Kestner: German art collector / diplomat
- 12-02Henry Doeff: Colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary)
- 12-14Juan N Gallego: Spanish poet / interpreter (El dos the mayo)
- 12-16Janos Fusz: Composer
- 12-23Aleksandr I P Romanov: Tsar of Russia (1801-25)
People died in year of 1777
- 01-01Emanuele Barbella: Composer, dies at 58
- 03-01Georg Christoph Wagenzeil: Austria (court)composer / pianist, dies at 62
- 03-22John Bartram: Father of American botany, dies at 77
- 05-16Button Gwinnet: US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds
- 06-22Josef Christian: German sculptor, dies at 71
- 07-13Guillaume Coustou, Jr.: French Sculptor (Apollo / Mars / Venus), dies at 61
- 07-27William Hayes: Composer, dies at 69
- 08-17Giuseppe Scarlotti: Composer, dies at 54
- 08-23Giuseppe Sellitto: Composer, dies at 77
- 09-01Johann Ernst Bach: Composer, dies at 55
- 09-25Johann Heinrich Lambert: Mathematician, dies at 49
- 10-07Simon Fraser: English General, dies in battle
- 10-13Dismas Hatas: Composer, dies at 52
- 11-30Jean-Marie Leclair: Composer, dies at 74
- 12-12Albrecht von Haller: Swiss Physician / biologist / author, dies at 69
- 12-12Benjamin Russen: Rev, executed at Tyburn England for rape
- 12-30Maximilian III Jozef: Elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50