1781 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1781?
- January 1, 1781 – American Revolutionary War: 1,500 soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne’s command rebel against the Continental Army’s winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.
- January 5, 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
- January 6, 1781 – In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
- January 17, 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
- February 3, 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
- February 18, 1781 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opened his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
- March 1, 1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
- March 13, 1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus.
- March 15, 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.
- April 29, 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
- August 5, 1781 – The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
- September 5, 1781 – Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War.
- September 6, 1781 – The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
- September 28, 1781 – American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
- October 16, 1781 – George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia after the Siege of Yorktown.
- October 17, 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
- October 19, 1781 – At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis’ sword and formally surrendered to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau.
- October 20, 1781 – Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
- November 29, 1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
- December 12, 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt on HMS Victory, defeats a French fleet.
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