4th » Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe known as William Howe.
6th » American Revolutionary War: General Henry Clinton (American War of Independence) called Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
7th » American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the Kingdom of Great Britain or British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
17th » American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army Saratoga campaign called at Saratoga, New York.
22nd » American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian (soldiers) named Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1777
18th » Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet (d. 1811)
Famous Deaths for October 1777
5th » Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
21st » Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)