Notable Historical Events - 1781
1781 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
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 as part of the Pennsylvania (Continentals; Regiment) Mutiny of 1781. |
Jan 4 |
Andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio) |
Jan 5 |
British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Virginia |
Jan 6 |
Battle of Jersey (Island in UK) |
Jan 20 |
1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published |
Jan 29 |
Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich |
Jan 30 |
Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland |
Feb 3 |
Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by British |
Mar 1 |
Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation |
Mar 13 |
Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) |
Mar 15 |
Battle of Guilford Court House, SC (British suffer heavy losses) |
Mar 18 |
Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92 |
Apr 8 |
Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379 |
Apr 29 |
French fleet occupies Tobago during American War of Independence |
Apr 29 |
French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope |
May 1 |
Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population |
May 26 |
Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia |
Jun 3 |
Jack Jouett rides to warn Thomas Jefferson of British attack |
Jul 11 |
Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US |
Aug 1 |
British army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia |
Aug 5 |
Battle at Dogger Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet |
Aug 20 |
George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis |
Aug 30 |
French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in American Revolutionary War |
Sep 4 |
Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes) |
Sep 5 |
Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, trap Cornwallis |
Sep 6 |
The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory. |
Sep 25 |
-26] Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets |
Sep 28 |
9,000 American forces & 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown |
Oct 6 |
Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of American Revolutionary War |
Oct 16 |
Washington takes Yorktown |
Oct 17 |
Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown |
Oct 19 |
British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 pm; US Revolutionary War ends |
Oct 20 |
Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, was approved in Habsburg Monarchy. |
Nov 5 |
John Hanson elected first "President of US in Congress assembled" |
Nov 13 |
British troops occupy Negapatam, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
Nov 29 |
Crew of the slave ship Zong murder approx. 142 African slaves by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance. |
Dec 31 |
Bank of North America, 1st US bank opens |
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