15 events found for 1781
American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique
Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, a fleet of six East India Company ships sets sail from Fort Marlborough to raid the Dutch VOC…
British and Dutch ships engage in the second Battle of Dogger Bank.
American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian…
Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of…
Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy,…
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the…
American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
The Battle of Raft Swamp marks the last battle fought in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War with a…
American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.