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Great Britain-related events during the year of 1777
Political cartoon etching depicting an elderly England attempting to control his American children
Events from the year
1777 in
Great Britain .
Incumbents
Events
Undated
Publications
Births
Deaths
12 January –
Hugh Mercer , soldier and physician, dies in
Princeton, New Jersey ,
United States (born 1726)
11 May –
George Pigot, Baron Pigot , governor of Madras (born 1719)
19 or 27 May –
Button Gwinnett , 2nd
Governor of Georgia , dies near
Savannah, Georgia , United States (born 1735)
27 July –
William Hayes , composer (bapt.
1708 )
7 October –
Simon Fraser , general (born
1729 )
21 October –
Samuel Foote , dramatist and actor (born 1720)
26 December –
Dolly Pentreath , last-known fluent native
speaker of the Cornish language (born 1692)
See also
References
Further reading