1781 Calendar
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1781 Historical Event(s)
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 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.
March 1, 1781
– The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
April 29, 1781
– American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
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 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.
Who Were Born On 1781?
January 26, 1781
– Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
January 30, 1781
– Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
February 17, 1781
– René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826)
April 2, 1781
– Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
May 4, 1781
– Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)
May 14, 1781
– Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian (d. 1873)
June 5, 1781
– Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860)
June 9, 1781
– George Stephenson, English mechanical engineer (d. 1848)
July 27, 1781
– Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
October 5, 1781
– Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)