Important Historical Events of the year 1781, Year 1781 in History

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List of 1781 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1781

What happened in the year 1781?

Date	Event
January 1, 1781	American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred 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 former American general Benedict Arnold.
January 6, 1781	In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
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 opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
March 1, 1781	The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
March 13, 1781	William Herschel discovers Uranus.
April 29, 1781	American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
June 3, 1781	Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
August 5, 1781	The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
August 24, 1781	American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
September 4, 1781	Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
September 5, 1781	Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
September 6, 1781	American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
September 8, 1781	American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
September 28, 1781	American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
October 17, 1781	American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
October 19, 1781	American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
October 20, 1781	The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
November 29, 1781	The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre.