1777 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1777 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister - Frederick North, Lord North, Tory

Events

3 January - American Revolution: American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
18 May - First performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The School for Scandal at the Theatre Royal in London.
16 August - American Revolution: At the Battle of Bennington British forces are defeated by American troops.
11 September - American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine is a major victory for British in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
19 September - American Revolution: First Battle of Saratoga/Battle of Freeman's Farm/Battle of Bemis Heights.
4 October - American Revolution: At the Battle of Germantown, troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
17 October - American Revolution: American victory at the Battle of Saratoga.
24 December - Kiritimati discovered by James Cook.

Publications

The 2nd edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.

Births

22 January - Joseph Hume, doctor and politician (died 1855)
3 February - John Cheyne, physician (died 1836)
20 March - John Braham, opera singer (died 1856)
1 April - William Gell, archaeologist (died 1836)
24 June - John Ross, Arctic explorer (died 1856)
9 July - Henry Hallam, historian (died 1859)
Benjamin d'Urban, general and colonial administrator (died 1849)

Deaths

11 May - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, governor of Madras (born 1719)
21 October - Samuel Foote, dramatist and actor (born 1720)
December - Dolly Pentreath, claimed to be the last speaker of the Cornish language.