Year
The world in 1777
In 1777 the atlas holds 578 states standing across 6 regions. 24 things began that year - Sulfur, Methane and Messier 92 among them - and 2 ended; 23 people were born and 13 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1770s page, and to its century on the 18th century.
What began in 1777
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 3
- Vermont Republic · state · 1777 – 1791
- Captaincy General of Venezuela · state · 1777 – 1823
- Lanfang Republic · state · 1777 – 1884
Wars and battles 17
- Battles of Saratoga · battle · 1777
- Battle of Princeton · battle · 1777
- Battle of Brandywine · battle · 1777
- Saratoga campaign · battle · 1777
- Philadelphia campaign · battle · 1777 – 1778
- Battle of Germantown · battle · 1777
- Battle of Bennington · battle · 1777
- Battle of Oriskany · battle · 1777
- Battle of the Assunpink Creek · battle · 1777
- Siege of Fort Ticonderoga · battle · 1777
and 7 more in the atlas.
Treaties 1
- First Treaty of San Ildefonso · treaty · 1777
Works and ideas 3
- Sulfur · discovery · 1777
- Methane · discovery · 1777
- Messier 92 · discovery · 1777
What ended in 1777
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
Wars and battles 2
- New York and New Jersey campaign · battle · 1776 – 1777
- Spanish–Portuguese War · war · 1776 – 1777
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1777 23
- Carl Friedrich Gauss · astronomer · 1777 – 1855
- Alexander I of Russia · monarch · 1777 – 1825
- Hans Christian Ørsted · inventor · 1777 – 1851
- Heinrich von Kleist · poet · 1777 – 1811
- Henry Clay · politician · 1777 – 1852
- Elisa Bonaparte · politician · 1777 – 1820
- Aleksey Yermolov · politician · 1777 – 1861
- William Brown · military personnel · 1777 – 1857
- Aleksander Orłowski · painter · 1777 – 1832
- Casimir Pierre Périer · politician · 1777 – 1832
- Carlos Anaya · politician · 1777 – 1862
- Juan Martín de Pueyrredón · politician · 1777 – 1850
- Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga · politician · 1777 – 1823
- Kunwar Singh · revolutionary · 1777 – 1858
- Mariano Osorio · politician · 1777 – 1819
- Peter Graf von der Pahlen · politician · 1777 – 1864
and 7 more in the atlas.
Died in 1777 13
- Joseph I of Portugal · ruler · 1714 – 1777
- Maximilian III Joseph · composer · 1727 – 1777
- Maxim Berezovsky · composer · 1745 – 1777
- Pratap Singh Shah · ruler · 1751 – 1777
- William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe · military leader · 1724 – 1777
- Cornstalk · person · 1710 – 1777
- Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski · writer · 1711 – 1777
- Grigore III Ghica · ruler · 1724 – 1777
- Giovanni Giacomo Grimaldi · politician · 1705 – 1777
- Agostino Viale · politician · 1692 – 1777
- Hugh Mercer · physician · 1726 – 1777
- Rajaram II of Satara · person · 1726 – 1777
- Tekle Haymanot II · politician · 1754 – 1777
Standing in 1777
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe204 states
- France · 481 – present
- Spain · 1516 – present · Charles III of Spain, Monarch of Spain since 1759
- Sweden · 900 – present · Gustav III, Monarch of Sweden since 1771
- Denmark · 800 – present · Christian VII, Monarch of Denmark since 1766
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1771 and Louis XVI, French co-prince of Andorra since 1774
- Monaco · 1297 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806 · Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor since 1765
- British Empire · 1583 – 1997 · George III, Monarch of Great Britain since 1760
- Russian Empire · 1721 – 1917 · Catherine the Great, Emperor of all the Russias since 1762
and 194 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa75 states
- Morocco · 1549 – present
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Abdul Hamid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1774
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Tekle Haymanot II, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1769 and Salomon II, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1777
- Khanate of Khiva · 1511 – 1920
- Zand Iran · 1751 – 1794 · Karim Khan Zand, Vakil ol-Ra'aya, Shah since 1751
- Afsharid dynasty · 1736 – 1796
- Funj Sultanate · 1505 – 1821 · Adlan II, Sultan of Sennar since 1776
- Ottoman Egypt · 1517 – 1867 · İzzet Mehmed Paşa, Beylerbey of Egypt since 1775
- First Saudi state · 1744 – 1818 · Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, head of state since 1765
and 65 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa37 states
- Dahomey · 1600 – 1894
- Kingdom of Kongo · 1395 – 1888 · Alvare XI du Kongo, Manikongo since 1764
- Asante Empire · 1670 – 1902 · Akyaama, Asantehemaa since 1750
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897
- Buganda · 1420 – 1966 · Kyabaggu of Buganda, Kabaka of Buganda since 1750
- Oyo Empire · 1400 – 1905
- Imerina · 1540 – 1897 · King Andrianjafy, King of Imerina since 1770
- Lunda Empire · 1665 – 1884
- Ankole · 1500 – 1967
- Dutch Gold Coast · 1598 – 1872
and 27 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia148 states
- Mughal Empire · 1526 – 1857 · Shah Alam II, Mughal emperor since 1760
- Maratha Empire · 1674 – 1818 · Rajaram II of Satara, Chatrapati since 1749 and Shahu II of Satara, Chatrapati since 1777
- Sikh Empire · 1733 – 1849
- Durrani Empire · 1747 – 1826 · Timur Shah Durrani, Shah of the Durrani Empire since 1772
- Khanate of Bukhara · 1500 – 1785
- Kazakh Khanate · 1458 – 1847 · Ablai Khan, Kazakh khan since 1771
- Khanate of Kokand · 1709 – 1876
- Kingdom of Mysore · 1399 – 1950
- Hyderabad State · 1724 – 1948 · Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, 1st Nizam of Hyderabad since 1762
- French India · 1668 – 1954
and 138 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia72 states
- Brunei · 1368 – present
- Qing dynasty · 1616 – 1912 · Qianlong Emperor, Emperor of China since 1735
- Chiang Mai · 1775 – 1884 · Kawila, Prince of Chiang Mai since 1774
- Joseon · 1392 – 1897 · Jeongjo of Joseon, king of Joseon Dynasty since 1776
- Kelantan · 1762 – 1904
- Negeri Sembilan · 1775 – 1894 · Raja Melewar, Yamtuan Besar since 1773
- Tokugawa shogunate · 1603 – 1867
- Champa · 192 – 1832
- Ryukyu Kingdom · 1429 – 1879
- Aceh Sultanate · 1496 – 1903
and 62 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania17 states
- United States · 1776 – present
- Greenland · 1734 – 1940
- Haudenosaunee · 1450 – 1782
- Vermont Republic · 1777 – 1791
- Mosquito Coast · 1637 – 1894 · George II of Mosquito, King of the Mosquito Nation since 1775
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Province of Massachusetts Bay · 1691 – 1783
- Captaincy General of Venezuela · 1777 – 1823
- Dutch colonisation of the Guianas · 1621 – 1975
- Nueva Galicia · 1531 – 1825
and 7 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown25 states
- Kuba Kingdom · 1625 – 1900
- Kaarta · 1753 – 1854
- Baban · 1600 – 1847
- Kingdom of Kakongo · 1500 – 1885
- Ngoyo · 1500 – 1885
- Imamate of Futa Jallon · 1725 – 1912 · Karamokho Alfa, Almamy since 1725
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- Soran Emirate · 1530 – 1835
- Savoyard state · 1003 – 1861 · Victor Amadeus III, Duke of Savoy since 1773
- Gaekwad dynasty · 1721 – 1947
and 15 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1752 – 1802: every state, war and life of 1777 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1777: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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