1777

Events

 * Unknown:
 * Samuel Adams becomes a Delegate of the Continental Congress
 * July 30:
 * Robert Livingston becomes Chancellor of New York

Births

 * March 17:
 * Roger Brooke Taney - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1864)
 * April 12:
 * Henry Clay Sr. - United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)