Historical place archive

Saratoga in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Saratoga in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records4 event labels2 people1777–1777

Historical events in Saratoga

1777

19 September 1777
Battle of Saratoga, 1st
Horatio Gates · American War of Independence

Major General of the Continental Army

19 September 1777
Battle of Saratoga, 1st
John Burgoyne · American War of Independence

Surrenders outside New York, he is unable to link up with General Howe

19 September 1777
Continental Army
Horatio Gates · American War of Independence

Major General of the Continental Army

7 October 1777
Battle of Saratoga, 2nd
John Burgoyne · American War of Independence

The US forces defeat the British

17 October 1777
Convention
John Burgoyne · American War of Independence

Surrenders his entire force to the Americans

Provenance

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