1781 in History – What happened in year 1781

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