<Li> March 17--Roger Brooke Taney, politician, lawyer and judge (died 1864) </Li> <Li> April 12--Henry Clay, U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1806 - 1807, 1810 - 1811, 1831 - 1842 & 1849 - 1852 (died 1852) </Li> <Li> June 12--Robert Clark, politician (died 1837) </Li> <Li> June 23--Frederick Bates, politician (died 1825) </Li>

What happened in 1777 in the american revolution