1777 CE:  THE AMERICAN ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

–proposed to the States for ratification November 1777; ultimately ratified well into the revolution, March, 1781; precursor to the U.S. Constitution (1787).

1777 CE:  GAUSS BORN

Braunschweig, Holy Roman Empire: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics and others. Sometimes known as the Princeps mathematicorum, the Prince of Mathematicians.

1777 CE:  SOME KEY 1777 EVENTS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Jan 3: Washington victorious at Princeton (New Jersey)

Apr 27: Benedict Arnold’s troops force a British retreat at Ridgefield, Connecticut

Jun 14: “Flag Resolution”—13 stripes and thirteen stars (in a circle)

Jul 5: American General St. Clair surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British

Jul 27: General Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia

Sep 11: The British win the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania

Sep 20: Paoli Massacre: British General Howe routs forces of American Anthony Wayne at Paoli, Pennsylvania

Sep 26: The British under Howe occupy Philadelphia

Oct 4: Americans repulsed by British at Battle of Germantown (Pennsylvania)

Oct 17: British General Burgoyne surrenders to American General Gates at Saratoga, NY

Dec 19: Washington’s army retires to winter headquarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania