Timeline Saratoga

1777
October 7: Despite heavy losses, Burgoyne wins the second battle of Saratoga, and his army escapes back to safety in Canada.

October 22: Battle of Red Bank, a Hessian force sent to take Fort Mercer on the Delaware River just south of Philadelphia are decisively defeated by an inferior force of Colonial defenders.

November 25: Battle of Gloucester in his first battlefield action, the Marquis de Lafayette made a successful night attack on a Hessian picket.

December 5–8: Battle of White Marsh; driven north of Philadelphia, Washington defeats Howe in a series of skirmishes, ending British hopes of directly engaging the Patriot forces before the onset of winter.

1778
February 6: France and the American rebels sign the 'Franco-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce' giving the rebels international recognition, and foreign military support.

March 18: Battle of Quinton's Bridge: a minor skirmish of British and Patriot foraging parties, ends in a humiliating Patriot defeat.

April 24: North Channel Naval Duel, John Paul Jones defeats the British Sloop-of-War Drake in the Irish Sea.

May 1: Battle of Crooked Billet, Major John Graves Simcoe launched a surprise attack against Brigadier General John Lacey and three regiments of Pennsylvania militia, who were literally caught sleeping: a humiliating Patriot defeat.

May 20: Battle of Barren Hill, a British force under Howe attempted to entrap Patriot army under the Marquis de Lafayette; the Continentals escaped, but not without loss.

May 25: Battle of Freetown, Patriot militia a British naval vessel skirmish, with little loss to either side

June 25: Benedict Arnold defects to the British Army.

June 28: Battle of Monmouth, As the British returned to New York, George Washington's forces clashed inconclusively with the British rearguard under Clinton.

June 30: Battle of Alligator Bridge, Georgian invasion of Florida fails when a Patriot attempt to ambush a Tory force is itself ambushed.

July 3: Battle of Wyoming, a British force of Tories and Iroquois destroy a Patriot militia force, causing panic on the frontier.

July 27: First Battle of Ushant, British and French fleets duel inconclusively.

August 6: Treaty of Saratoga, the 'Province of Vermont' is provisionally recognized by British colonial authorities, pending ratification by the British government: warfare in the north is effectively ended.

August 21-October 19: Siege of Pondicherry, British take control of all of French India.

August 29: Battle of Rhode Island, a Patriot and French army unsuccessfully attempted to take back control of Rhode Island; strategic victory for the British.

September 7-18: Siege of Boonesborough, Kentucky settlers successfully repel a Shawnee attack.

September 27: Baylor Massacre, Maj. Gen. Charles Grey dispatched light infantry and Royal Dragoons to capture a force of Patriots under Col. George Baylor quartered in a nearby village: the entire force was killed or captured at little loss to the British.

October 6: Battle of Chestnut Neck, British and Tory troops under Captain Patrick Ferguson destroy much-needed supplies bound for Washington's army at Valley Forge.

October 7: Little Egg Harbor massacre, Patrick Ferguson launched a devastating night attack against Patriot troops under Kazimierz Pułaski.

October 24: Carleton's Raid, British troops under Major Christopher Carelton raid across Lake Champlain and cause devastation in New York; some locals accuse vermont militia of participating in the raid, further straining relations between New York and Vermont.

1779
March 9–May 8: with reinforcements from Canada, the British army decisively defeats the Spanish army at the Battle of Baton Rouge. The British cement their hold on West Florida, and are able to directly support the Cherokee Nation against the Overmountain Men

1780
October 7: a force of the Overmountain Men, depleted by battle with Cherokee, is destroyed by Patrick Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain.

1781
January 17: the Battle of Cowpens: Lt. Col Banastre Tarleton decisively defeats Brig. Gen Daniel Morgan, destroying much of his force, and nearly capturing the rebel general.

March 15: the battle of Guilford Court House: Cornwallis' British army narrowly defeats General Greene's Continental forces, but Greene's retreat turns to a rout, and almost the entire rebel army is destroyed, most of the militia deserting to return home; though scattered skirmishing continued until the end of the war, this battle permanently won the Southern campaign for the British.

September 28: a combined American-French army under George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau attacks the British stronghold of New York: the attack is repelled with heavy losses.

October 19: Lafayette's army is besieged at Yorktown; supported by the French fleet and French regular troops, they hold out until the Treaty of Paris, and the end of the war.

1783
January 17: 'Colonel' Tye is commissioned a captain in the British Army as 'John Tye'; the first black commissioned officer in the British Army.

April 15: George Washington surrenders at Philadelphia with his army of 5,000 men; the last massed surrender of the revolution.

November 25: Treaty of Paris is signed between Britain, France, and Spain: the war is officially ended.