In history, year 1781 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1781 .
Top Historical Events of the Year 1781: Date/Month Event / Incidence / Incident 17 january American Revolutionary War-American forces won a surprising victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens, one of the most pivotal battles of the war. 03 february American Revolutionary War-British forces captured the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius with only two shots fired. 01 march The Articles of Confederation, the first governing constitutionof the United States, was ratified, legally uniting what were originallyseveral independent states into a new sovereign federation. 13 march German-born astronomer and composer William Herschel discoveredthe planet Uranus while in the garden of his house in Bath, Somerset,thinking it was a comet. 03 june American Revolutionary War-Jack Jouett made a 'midnight ride'to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of coming Britishcavalry who had been sent to capture them. 04 september Los Angeles was founded as El Pueblo deNuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula by 44 Spanishsettlers. 05 september American Revolutionary War-French naval forces handed Britaina major strategic defeat in the Battle of the Chesapeake. 06 september American Revolutionary War-General Benedict Arnold led British forces to victory in the Battle of Groton Heights. 19 october American Revolutionary War-British forces led by LordCornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under GeorgeWashington, ending the Siege of Yorktown. 29 november The crew of the overcrowded British slave ship Zong killed 133African slaves by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance. 02 July Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore and Porto Novo now Parangipettai in the British Army fought. 18 July Noted British astronomer William Herschel discovered the reality of the Akash Ganga. 19 October The British General Cornwillas surrendered to America, ending the American Revolutionary War. 12 November The British captured the Dutch colony Nagapattanam. 27 August Hyder Ali fought the Battle of Pallilor against the British Army. 28 August Hyder Ali fought the Battle of Pallilor against the British Army. 31 December America's first bank Bank of North America opened. 05 January The British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Virginia. 03 February The island of Dutch West Indies was occupied by St Ostatia British. 01 March The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. 29 April The French fleet remained in Tobago during the American War of Independence. 01 May Emperor Joseph II reduced the patronage of the population. 03 June Jack Jott warns Thomas Jefferson of a British attack. 11 July Thomas Hutchins designated the geography of America. 20 August George Washington began to move southern troops to fight Cornwallis. 06 September The Battle of Groton Heights resulted in the British Army victory. 19 October The British General Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown at 2 clock in the afternoon; The resulting American Revolutionary War ended. 05 November John Hansen wins America's first compiled congressional presidential election. 31 December Bank of North America was the first bank to be opened in America.
Famous birthdays in the year 1781: Date/Month Name / Profession / Country 03 September Eugène de Beauharnais / Politician / France 04 March Rebecca Gratz / Educator / United States of America 05 June Christian Lobeck / Academic / Germany 06 February John Keane / Politician / Australia 06 May Karl Christian Friedrich Krause / Author / Germany 09 June George Stephenson / Engineer / United Kingdom 09 February Johann Baptist von Spix / Biologist / Germany 11 December David Brewster / Mathematician / Scotland 13 March Karl Friedrich Schinkel / Painter / Germany 14 May Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer / Academic / Germany 17 February René Laennec / Physician / France 17 March Ebenezer Elliott / Poet / United Kingdom 20 November Karl Friedrich Eichhorn / Captain / Germany 20 January Joseph Hormayr / Politician / Austria 21 June Siméon Denis Poisson / Mathematician / France 23 November Theodor Valentin Volkmar / Politician / Germany 26 January Ludwig Achim von Arnim / Poet / Germany 27 July Mauro Giuliani / Writer / Italy 27 March Alexander Vostokov / Academic / Russia 30 January Adelbert von Chamisso / Poet / Germany
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1781: Year Name / Profession / Country 03 April Swaminarayan / Religious Leader / India
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