What happened in 1781?

Siege of Yorktown

Wars & Conflicts

Siege, part of American Revolutionary War

Battle of Cowpens

Wars & Conflicts · Cowpens

1781 battle

Siege of Pensacola

Wars & Conflicts · Pensacola

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Guilford Court House

Wars & Conflicts · Martinsville

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Eutaw Springs

Wars & Conflicts · Eutawville

1781 battle of the American Revolution

Battle of Jersey

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Helier

Battle fought on 6 January 1781 in St. Helier, Jersey

Battle of Hobkirk's Hill

Wars & Conflicts · Camden

1781 battle

Battle of Groton Heights

Wars & Conflicts · New London

Battle of the American Revolutionary War 1781

Battle of Green Spring

Wars & Conflicts · Yorktown

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Siege of Negapatam

Wars & Conflicts · Nagapattinam

1781 siege during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Battle of Mobile

Wars & Conflicts · Spanish Fort

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Blandford

Wars & Conflicts

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Pollilur

Wars & Conflicts · Pullalur

1781 battle of the Second Anglo-Mysore War

Battle of Porto Novo

Wars & Conflicts · Parangipettai

1781 battle

Lochry's Defeat

Wars & Conflicts

1781 battle in Indiana, USA

Battle of Sholinghur

Wars & Conflicts · Sholinghur

1781 battle of the Second Anglo-Mysore War

Battle of Spencer's Ordinary

Wars & Conflicts · James City County

1781 American Revolutionary War battle

Siege of Ninety-Six

Wars & Conflicts · Ninety Six

Siege (1781) in the American Revolutionary War

Capture of Sint Eustatius

Wars & Conflicts · Sint Eustatius

1781 battle

Siege of Fort Watson

Wars & Conflicts · Summerton

1781 siege

Battle of Johnstown

Wars & Conflicts · Johnstown

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Cowan's Ford

Wars & Conflicts · Mecklenburg County

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Lindley's Mill

Wars & Conflicts · Alamance County

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Siege of Augusta

Wars & Conflicts · Augusta

1781 siege during the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Combapata

Wars & Conflicts · Combapata District

1781 battle

Battle of Fort Slongo

Wars & Conflicts · Fort Salonga

1781 battle of the American Revolution

Battle of the House in the Horseshoe

Wars & Conflicts · Moore County

Battle during the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Wetzell's Mill

Wars & Conflicts · Guilford County

1781 battle

Battle of Torrence's Tavern

Wars & Conflicts · Iredell County

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Pine's Bridge

Wars & Conflicts · Yorktown

1781 battle

Siege of Fort Motte

Wars & Conflicts · Fort Motte

1781 siege

Battle of Pucacasa

Wars & Conflicts · Quispicanchi Province

1781 battle

Sieege of Cusco (1781)

Wars & Conflicts · Cusco

1781 siege

Battle of Elizabethtown

Wars & Conflicts · Elizabethtown

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Raft Swamp

Wars & Conflicts

1781 battle in the American Revolutionary War

Zong massacre

Wars & Conflicts

Deliberate drowning of Africans by the crew of the slave ship Zong in 1781

Battle of the Chesapeake

Wars & Conflicts

1781 naval battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Dogger Bank

Wars & Conflicts · Dogger Bank

Naval battle that took place on 5 August 1781

Battle of Porto Praya

Wars & Conflicts · Praia

1781 naval battle

Battle of Cape Henry

Wars & Conflicts · Cape Henry

1781 naval battle of the American Revolution

Battle of Fort Royal

Wars & Conflicts

Part of the Anglo-French War (1781)

Battle of Ushant

Wars & Conflicts · Ouessant

1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Action of 21 July 1781

Wars & Conflicts · Sydney

1781 naval battle

Fort Stamford

Wars & Conflicts

fort in Connecticut

Invasion of Minorca

Wars & Conflicts · Menorca

French and Spanish reconquest of Minorca from Great Britain in 1782 during the American Revolutionary War

Invasion of Tobago

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Lucia

1781 French invasion of the British-held island of Tobago

Johann Anton Güldenstädt died

People · Saint Petersburg

Baltic German scientist (1745-1781)

Tobias Furneaux died

People · Plymouth

Royal Navy officer and explorer (1735-1781)

Bunsan died

People · Lan Xang

King of Vientiane

Exupère Joseph Bertin died

People · Gahard

Anatomist (1712-1781)

Abram Petrovich Gannibal died

People · Suyda

African-born Russian general and military engineer (c.1696–1781)

George Bogle died

People · Kolkata

Scottish adventurer and diplomat

Francisco Garcés died

People · Fort Yuma

Explorer, missionary (1738-1781)

Fernando Rivera y Moncada died

People · Colorado River

Died in Colorado River. Spanish explorer.

Giovanni Battista Beccaria died

People · Turin

Italian physicist

William Lewis died

People · Surrey

English chemist and physician

Guillaume Le Blond died

People · Paris

French mathematician and military historian

Johann Kies died

People · Tübingen

German astronomer and mathematician

Charles Labelye died

People · Paris

Swiss mathematician and bridge engineer

François-César Le Tellier de Courtanvaux died

People · Paris

French astronomer

Shlomo of Chelme died

People · Thessaloniki

Senior rabbi in Chelm

Thomas Crofts died

People · Milton Hall

Welsh explorer

Anton Zimmermann died

People · Bratislava

Austrian composer (1741-1781)

Petter Stenborg died

People · Sweden

Swedish actor-singer

Antonio Besozzi died

People · Turin

Italian oboist

Françoise Gravillon died

People · The Hague

Dutch theater manager

Adelbert von Chamisso born

People · Châlons-en-Champagne

Born in Châlons-en-Champagne. German poet and botanist (1781–1838).

Siméon Denis Poisson born

People · Pithiviers

Born in Pithiviers. French mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840).

Ludwig Achim von Arnim born

People · Palais Wrangel

Born in Palais Wrangel. German poet and novelist.

Bernard Bolzano born

People · Prague

Born in Prague. Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848).

David Brewster born

People · Jedburgh

Born in Jedburgh. Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868).

Thomas Stamford Raffles born

People · Jamaica

Born in Jamaica. British statesman who founded Singapore (1781-1826).

Eugène de Beauharnais born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French statesman and military officer (1781–1824).

Andrés Bello born

People · Caracas

Born in Caracas. Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist (1781-1865).

Johann Baptist von Spix born

People · Höchstadt an der Aisch

Born in Höchstadt an der Aisch. German naturalist (1781-1826).

Karl Christian Friedrich Krause born

People · Eisenberg

Born in Eisenberg. German philosopher.

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este born

People · Milan

Born in Milan. Austrian archduke (1781-1850).

Adolphe Marbot born

People · Altillac

Born in Altillac. French general (1781–1844).

Frederica of Baden born

People · Karlsruhe

Born in Karlsruhe. Swedish Queen (1781-1826).

Ablai Khan died

People · Tashkent

Died in Tashkent. Kazakh khan.

Sava II Petrović-Njegoš died

People · Podmaine Monastery

Died in Podmaine Monastery. Metropolitan of Cetinje.

Botanical Garden of Vilnius University

Science & Technology

Botanic garden in Lithuania

Aliah University

Science & Technology

State public university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Rowten Pot

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in the parish of Thorton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire, UK

Brodhead's Coshocton Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Coshocton

1781 military operation

Goa expedition to Lourenço Marques

Exploration & Discovery · Maputo Bay

1781 military expedition

Bledsoe's Station

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in Tennessee, United States of America

Camps Nos. 10 and 41 of Rochambeau's Army

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in Newtown, Connecticut

Fifth Camp of Rochambeau's Infantry

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site and military camp in Bolton, Connecticut

Jezzar Pasha Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Acre, Northern Israel

St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Kherson, Ukraine

Emirgan Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Istanbul

Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

Synagogue in Radnice

Religion & Belief Systems

Co-Cathedral Basilica of St. Mauritius and Companions

Religion & Belief Systems · Porto Maurizio

Church building in Porto Maurizio, Imperia, Italy

Elijah the Prophet church (Saint Petersburg)

Religion & Belief Systems

Capul Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Capul, Northern Samar, Philippines

Jianshan Xianji Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Jianshan Xianji Temple or Hsianji Temple,Penghu, Taiwan

Santissima Trinità

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Genzano di Roma, Italy

Quaker Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Massachusetts, United States of America

Mariä Empfängnis

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Siegsdorf, Germany

Wayside cross in Lachov

Religion & Belief Systems

Kříž u kapličky

Religion & Belief Systems

Rectory in Domaszków

Religion & Belief Systems

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

Economy & Trade · Chūō-ku

Japanese pharmaceutical company

Asprey

Economy & Trade · London

Luxury goods company

Rendbjerg Teglværk

Economy & Trade · Rendbjerg

Danish brickworks

Pyle's Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

February 24, 1781 battle fought during the American Revolutionary War

Long Run Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Floyds Fork

Massacre by Native Americans in frontier Kentucky

Jahriyya revolt

Social Movements & Revolutions · Qinghai

1781 rebellion in Qinghai and Gansu , China

Revolt of the Comuneros

Social Movements & Revolutions · Santander Department

Revolt in New Granada (modern Colombia) from 1781

Primate's Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia

Armenian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Johann Pálffy Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Bratislava, Slovakia

Palazzo Comitini

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Palermo, Italy

Hov Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Søndre Land, Innlandet, Norway

chiesa madre

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Regalbuto, Italy

St Bartholomew's Church, Longnor

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Staffordshire Moorlands, United Kingdom

Fort Carlos III

Architecture & Engineering · Ecores Rouges

18th-century Spanish fort in North America

Fountain of the Artichoke, Madrid

Architecture & Engineering · El Retiro Park

Fountain in Madrid

Church of Protection of the Holy Virgin in Polack

Architecture & Engineering

Chafariz da Praça Dr. Aristides Mílton

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain

Four Fountains, Madrid

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Madrid

Church of Trinity in Serebryaniki, Moscow

Architecture & Engineering

Eastern Orthodox church building in Tagansky District, Russia

Church of the Epiphany in Suzdal

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Suzdal, Russia

Church of Elijah the Prophet

Architecture & Engineering

Geographical object

Presentation Church, Petrozavodsk

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Petrozavodsk, Russia

Lacolle Mills Blockhouse

Architecture & Engineering

building in Quebec, Canada

Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Głogówek

Architecture & Engineering

Leopoldstädter Theater

Sports & Entertainment

Former theatre in Vienna, Austria

Bansda founded

Empires & Countries

Bansda was founded.