2nd » Vermont becomes the first United States named American territory to abolish slavery.
6th » American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) called Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, United States known as American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
7th » American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
31st » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette known as Gilbert du Motier "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and
Famous Birthdays on July in 1777
23rd » Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. 1810)
27th » Thomas Campbell (poet) named Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic (d. 1844)
27th » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (d. 1853)
31st » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (d. 1849)