11th » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
19th » American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the Battles of Saratoga called First Battle of Saratoga.
26th » American Revolution: British troops Philadelphia campaign known as occupy Philadelphia.
27th » Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1777
7th » Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (d. 1844)
9th » James Carr (Massachusetts politician) e.g James Carr, American politician (d. 1818)
16th » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (d. 1836)
Famous Deaths for September 1777
22nd » John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)
25th » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1728)