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Events on Friday 3 January 1777 1
1777Battle of PrincetonWashington rallies to defeat a British garrisonGeorge Washington's Continental Army defeated British forces at Princeton, New Jersey, days after the victory at Trenton. The win boosted American morale during a difficult winter campaign. American Brigadier General Hugh Mercer was mortally wounded in the fighting.