Political Events
National founding milestones in Revolutionary America alongside the dynastic diplomacy and balance-of-power struggles of Europe's great courts in 1777.
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Bavarian Succession Crisis and Treaty of Teschen (1777–1779)
On December 30, 1777, Elector Maximilian Joseph III of Bavaria died without a direct heir, igniti...
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were the first formal governing compact of the thirteen United Stat...
Treaty of Long Island of the Holston
Virginia and North Carolina's July 20, 1777 treaty with the Overhill Cherokee ended the Cherokee ...
Vermont Constitution (1777)
On July 8, 1777, a convention of seventy-two delegates meeting at Windsor, Vermont, in a building...
Flag Resolution — Stars and Stripes (1777)
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress, then meeting in Philadelphia, passed the Flag ...
Election of Pope Pius VI
On February 15, 1775, Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Braschi was elected Pope Pius VI after a 134-day c...
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Petition of 1777
On January 13, 1777, eight free and enslaved African Americans submitted a petition to the Massac...
Shahin Giray becomes Crimean Khan
Şahin Giray (also transliterated Shahbaz Giray, Shahin Giray; 1745–1787) ascended to the khanate ...
King George III and British War Policy in 1777
King George III's personal opposition to American reconciliation and his unwavering commitment to...
Catherine the Great's 1777 Diplomacy and Expansion Plans
Catherine the Great's 1777 diplomacy epitomized the intersection of European power politics and t...