Timeline April 1777

Events in April 1777 4

• 1725 – 1777 John Morton (1725-1777) Died 1 April 1777, aged 52 Pennsylvania farmer and judge who signed the Declaration of Independence, casting the deciding vote for Pennsylvania's delegation in favor of independence. He died less than a year later, reportedly of causes related to overwork. He was among the first signers to die after independence was declared.
• 1777 – 1852 Henry Clay (1777-1852) Died 29 June 1852, aged 75 Henry Clay was a US senator and three-time presidential candidate known as "The Great Compromiser" for brokering sectional agreements including the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850. He died in Washington, D.C.
• 1777 New York Adopts Its First State Constitution Convention at Kingston establishes a state government A convention meeting at Kingston approved New York's first constitution as an independent state, establishing a government with an elected governor and bicameral legislature. The document reflected revolutionary-era ideas about representative government while retaining property qualifications for voting. It remained in effect, with amendments, until 1821.
• 1777 – 1855 Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) Died 23 February 1855, aged 77 Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of history's most influential mathematicians, died in Gottingen. He made foundational contributions to number theory, statistics, algebra, geometry, and magnetism, and is often called the "Prince of Mathematicians." His work underpins much of modern mathematics and physics.