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1781

March 13, 2023

1781 (MDCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1781st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 781st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of 1781, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1781 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1781
MDCCLXXXI
Ab urbe condita2534
Armenian calendar1230
ԹՎ ՌՄԼ
Assyrian calendar6531
Balinese saka calendar1702–1703
Bengali calendar1188
Berber calendar2731
British Regnal year21 Geo. 3 – 22 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar2325
Burmese calendar1143
Byzantine calendar7289–7290
Chinese calendar庚子年 (Metal Rat)
4477 or 4417
    — to —
辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
4478 or 4418
Coptic calendar1497–1498
Discordian calendar2947
Ethiopian calendar1773–1774
Hebrew calendar5541–5542
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1837–1838
 - Shaka Samvat1702–1703
 - Kali Yuga4881–4882
Holocene calendar11781
Igbo calendar781–782
Iranian calendar1159–1160
Islamic calendar1195–1196
Japanese calendarAn'ei 10 / Tenmei 1
(天明元年)
Javanese calendar1706–1707
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4114
Minguo calendar131 before ROC
民前131年
Nanakshahi calendar313
Thai solar calendar2323–2324
Tibetan calendar阳金鼠年
(male Iron-Rat)
1907 or 1526 or 754
    — to —
阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
1908 or 1527 or 755
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1781.
March 13: Uranus is discovered.
October 19: The British surrender at Yorktown.

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Date unknown


Births

date unknown

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 333–334. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  3. ^ "The Rebellion of Tupac-Amaru II", in The Hispanic American Historical Review (February 1919) p20
  4. ^ William J. Bennett and John T.E. Cribb, The American Patriot's Almanac: Daily Readings on America (Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2013) p125
  5. ^ "John Paul Jones and Our First Triumphs on the Sea", in The American Monthly Review of Reviews" (July 1905) p42
  6. ^ Albert Bushnell Hart, ed., American History Told by Contemporaries (Macmillan, 1908) p600
  7. ^ Michael Lee Lannin, African Americans in the Revolutionary War (Citadel Press, 2005) p86
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on September 9, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
  9. ^ . Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  10. ^ Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Arnim, Ludwig Joachim von" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  11. ^ Eva R. Trautmann; Adelbert von Chamisso (1986). The Alaska diary of Adelbert von Chamisso, naturalist on the Kotzebue voyage, 1815-1818. Cook Inlet Historical Society. p. 1.
  12. ^ Harnsberger, Lindsey (1997). Essential dictionary of music: definitions, composers, theory, instrument & vocal ranges. Los Angeles: Alfred Pub. Co. p. 181. ISBN 9780882847283.
  13. ^ Leonard, Irving A. (1954). "Andrés Bello (1781-1865), National Hero". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 34 (4): 502–505. doi:10.2307/2509082. ISSN 0018-2168. JSTOR 2509082.
  14. ^ Khan, Moin-Ud-Din (April 1, 1963). "Haji Shari'at-Allah". Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society. 11 (2): 106. ProQuest 1301938794.
  15. ^ Yasukata, Toshimasa (2002). Lessing's philosophy of religion and the German enlightenment: Lessing on Christianity and reason. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. p. 118. ISBN 9780198033103.
  16. ^ "Johannes Ewald". Illustreret dansk Literaturhistorie. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  17. ^ Klemme, Heiner (2016). The Bloomsbury dictionary of eighteenth-century German philosophers. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. p. 189. ISBN 9781474255981.
  18. ^   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Götz, Johann Nikolaus". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  19. ^ Antonio Ezquerro Esteban, Música instrumental en las catedrales españolas en la época ... - 2004 - Page 47 Institució Milà i Fontanals. Departament de Musicologia "En Diciembre de 1781 había fallecido el maestro de capilla de la Catedral de Segovia (que antes lo fuera de Albarracín), Juan Montón y Mallén. Al año siguiente se eligió ahí para cubrir la vacante a Pedro Aranaz y Vides, ..."

Further reading

  • John Blair; J. Willoughby Rosse (1856). "1781". Blair's Chronological Tables. London: H.G. Bohn. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t6349vh5n – via Hathi Trust.

March 13, 2023
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calendar1702 1703Bengali calendar1188Berber calendar2731British Regnal year21 Geo 3 22 Geo 3Buddhist calendar2325Burmese calendar1143Byzantine calendar7289 7290Chinese calendar庚子年 Metal Rat 4477 or 4417 to 辛丑年 Metal Ox 4478 or 4418Coptic calendar1497 1498Discordian calendar2947Ethiopian calendar1773 1774Hebrew calendar5541 5542Hindu calendars Vikram Samvat1837 1838 Shaka Samvat1702 1703 Kali Yuga4881 4882Holocene calendar11781Igbo calendar781 782Iranian calendar1159 1160Islamic calendar1195 1196Japanese calendarAn ei 10 Tenmei 1 天明元年 Javanese calendar1706 1707Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 daysKorean calendar4114Minguo calendar131 before ROC民前131年Nanakshahi calendar313Thai solar calendar2323 2324Tibetan calendar阳金鼠年 male Iron Rat 1907 or 1526 or 754 to 阴金牛年 female Iron Ox 1908 or 1527 or 755Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1781 March 9 Siege of Pensacola March 13 Uranus is discovered September 28 The Siege of Yorktown begins October 19 The British surrender at Yorktown Contents 1 Events 1 1 January March 1 2 April June 1 3 July September 1 4 October December 1 5 Date unknown 2 Births 2 1 date unknown 3 Deaths 4 References 5 Further readingEvents EditJanuary March Edit January William Pitt the Younger later Prime Minister of Great Britain enters Parliament aged 21 January 1 Industrial Revolution The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn in England 1 January 2 Virginia passes a law ceding its western land claims paving the way for Maryland to ratify the Articles of Confederation January 5 American Revolutionary War Richmond Virginia is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold January 6 Battle of Jersey British troops prevent the French from occupying Jersey in the Channel Islands January 17 American Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens The American Continental Army under Daniel Morgan decisively defeats British forces in South Carolina 2 February 2 The Articles of Confederation are ratified by Maryland the 13th and final state to do so February 3 Fourth Anglo Dutch War Capture of Sint Eustatius British forces take the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius with only a few shots fired On November 26 it is retaken by Dutch allied French forces March Riots break out in Socorro Santander and spread to other towns March 1 The United States Continental Congress implements the Articles of Confederation forming its Perpetual Union as the United States in Congress Assembled March 13 Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus Originally he calls it Georgium Sidus George s Star in honour of King George III of Great Britain March 15 American Revolutionary War Battle of Guilford Court House American General Nathanael Greene loses to the British April June Edit April 4 American Revolutionary War The Spanish capture the sloop of war HMS St Fermin off Malaga Spain April 6 The rebellion by Tupac Amaru II against the Spanish colonial government of Peru is ended as Tupac his wife and two of his sons are captured at Checacupe 3 April 10 Future U S President Andrew Jackson age 14 is slashed by a British officer s sword at his home near Waxhaw North Carolina after refusing to clean the officer s boots an event that leaves physical and psychological scars 4 April 14 The Continental Congress votes a resolution thanking U S Captain John Paul Jones for his services 5 April 18 Future New York mayor James Duane North Carolina representative William Sharpe and future Connecticut governor Oliver Wolcott deliver the first report to the U S Continental Congress about the national debt and report it to be 24 057 157 and 2 5 dollars 6 April 25 The Battle of Hobkirk s Hill took place in Camden South Carolina May 9 General John Campbell defender of the British colony of West Florida surrenders the capital at Pensacola to Spanish forces commanded by Bernardo de Galvez 7 May 18 A Spanish army sent from Lima puts down the Inca rebellions and captures and savagely executes Tupac Amaru II June 4 The commission which agrees to the rebels where terms reduction of the alcabala and of the Indians forced tribute abolition of the new taxes on tobacco and preference for Criollos over peninsulares in government positions June 12 Ohmiya 近江屋 as predecessor for Takeda a major worldwide pharmaceutical brand is founded in Doshomachi 道修町 Osaka Japan page needed July September Edit July 27 French spy Francois Henri de la Motte is hanged and drawn before a large crowd at Tyburn London in England for high treason July 29 American Revolution Skirmish at the House in the Horseshoe A Tory force under David Fanning attacks Phillip Alston s smaller force of Whigs at Alston s home in Cumberland County North Carolina in present day Moore County North Carolina Alston s troops surrender after Fanning s men attempt to ram the house with a cart of burning straw August 30 American Revolution A French fleet under Comte de Grasse enters Chesapeake Bay cutting British General Charles Cornwallis off from escape by sea September 4 Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula by a group of 44 Spanish settlers in California September 5 Battle of the Chesapeake September 5 American Revolution Battle of the Chesapeake A British fleet under Thomas Graves arrives and fights de Grasse but is unable to break through to relieve the Siege of Yorktown September 6 American Revolution Battle of Groton Heights A British force under Benedict Arnold attacks a fort in Groton Connecticut achieving a strategic victory September 8 American Revolution Battle of Eutaw Springs South Carolina The war s last significant battle in the Southern theatre ends in a narrow British tactical victory September 10 American Revolution Graves gives up trying to break through the now reinforced French fleet and returns to New York leaving Cornwallis to his fate September 28 American Revolution American and French troops begin a siege of the British at Yorktown Virginia October December Edit October 12 The first bagpipes competition is held in the Masonic Arms Falkirk Scotland October 19 American Revolution Following the Siege of Yorktown General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown Virginia ending the armed struggle of the American Revolution October 20 A Patent of Toleration providing limited freedom of worship is approved in the Habsburg monarchy November 5 John Hanson is elected President of the Continental Congress November 29 English slave traders begin to throw approximately 142 slaves taken on in Accra overboard alive from the slave ship Zong in the Caribbean Sea to conserve supplies for the remainder the Liverpool owners subsequently attempt to reclaim part of their value from insurers 8 Henry Hurle officially founds the Ancient Order of Druids in London England December A school is founded in Washington County Pennsylvania that will later be known as Washington amp Jefferson College 9 December 12 American Revolutionary War Second Battle of Ushant The British Royal Navy commanded by Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt in HMS Victory decisively defeats the French fleet in the Bay of Biscay Date unknown Edit Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor abolishes serfdom The Bank of North America is chartered by the Continental Congress Charles Messier publishes the final catalog of Messier objects Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovers tungsten Immanuel Kant publishes his Critique of Pure Reason Reverend Samuel Peters publishes his General History of Connecticut using the term blue law for the first time Phillips Exeter Academy is founded in New Hampshire Births EditJanuary 26 Achim von Arnim German novelist and poet d 1831 10 January 30 Adelbert von Chamisso German poet and scientist d 1838 11 February 17 Rene Laennec French physician and inventor d 1826 March 1 Javiera Carrera Chilean independence campaigner d 1862 March 4 Rebecca Gratz American educator philanthropist d 1869 March 13 Karl Friedrich Schinkel German architect painter d 1841 Swaminarayan April 3 Swaminarayan Indian Hindu reformer and deity d 1830 May 9 Henri Cassini French botanist and naturalist d 1832 George Stephenson June 9 George Stephenson English engineer designer of railway locomotives Locomotion No 1 Rocket d 1848 June 21 Simeon Denis Poisson French mathematician physicist d 1840 July 6 Stamford Raffles English founder of Singapore d 1826 John D Sloat American naval officer d 1867 July 27 Mauro Giuliani Italian composer d 1829 September 3 Eugene de Beauharnais French nobleman son of Napoleon s wife Josephine d 1824 September 5 Anton Diabelli Austrian music publisher editor and composer d 1858 12 October 5 Bernard Bolzano Czech philosopher and mathematician d 1848 November 1 Joseph Karl Stieler German painter d 1858 November 6 Lucy Aikin English writer d 1864 Maha Bandula Commander in chief of the Burmese military forces d 1825 November 20 Karl Friedrich Eichhorn German jurist d 1854 November 29 Andres Bello Venezuelan poet lawmaker teacher philosopher sociologist d 1865 13 November 30 Alexander Berry Scottish adventurer Australian pioneer d 1873 December 11 Sir David Brewster Scottish physicist d 1868 date unknown Edit Sanite Belair Haitian national heroine d 1802 Haji Shariatullah Bengali Islamic scholar d 1840 14 William Williams of Wern Welsh minister d 1840 Deaths EditJanuary 12 Richard Challoner English Catholic prelate b 1691 January 15 Mariana Victoria of Spain Queen consort of Portugal b 1718 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing February 15 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing German author philosopher b 1729 15 February 23 George Taylor Founding Father of the United States and signer of the Declaration of Independence March 17 Johannes Ewald Danish national dramatist and poet b 1743 16 March 18 Anne Robert Turgot French statesman b 1727 April 23 James Abercrombie British general b 1706 April 28 Cornelius Harnett American delegate to the Continental Congress b 1723 May 3 Charles Roe English businessman b 1715 May 16 Giacomo Puccini senior Italian composer b 1712 May 18 Tupac Amaru II Peruvian indigenous rebel leader b 1742 May 18 Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua Peruvian indigenous rebel leader b 1745 May 27 Giovanni Battista Beccaria Italian physicist b 1716 May 30 John Conder Independent English minister at Cambridge b 1714 July 18 Padre Francisco Garces Spanish missionary killed b 1738 July 23 John Joachim Zubly Swiss born Continental Congressman b 1724 August 16 Charles Francois de Broglie marquis de Ruffec French soldier and diplomat b 1719 September 7 Lord Richard Cavendish 1752 1781 second son of William Cavendish b 1752 September 11 Johann August Ernesti German theologian and philologist b 1707 17 September 12 Peter Scheemakers Flemish sculptor b 1691 September 28 William Nassau de Zuylestein 4th Earl of Rochford British diplomat statesman b 1717 October 16 Edward Hawke 1st Baron Hawke British naval officer b 1705 November 4 Johann Nikolaus Gotz German poet b 1721 18 Charles Morris Canadian judge b 1711 November 21 Jean Frederic Phelypeaux Count of Maurepas French statesman b 1701 December 2 Zenon de Somodevilla 1st Marques de la Ensenada Spanish noble b 1702 December 30 John Needham British biologist and priest b 1713 December Juan Monton y Mallen composer born c 1730 19 References Edit Williams Hywel 2005 Cassell s Chronology of World History London Weidenfeld amp Nicolson pp 333 334 ISBN 0 304 35730 8 Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 2006 ISBN 0 14 102715 0 The Rebellion of Tupac Amaru II in The Hispanic American Historical Review February 1919 p20 William J Bennett and John T E Cribb The American Patriot s Almanac Daily Readings on America Thomas Nelson Inc 2013 p125 John Paul Jones and Our First Triumphs on the Sea in The American Monthly Review of Reviews July 1905 p42 Albert Bushnell Hart ed American History Told by Contemporaries Macmillan 1908 p600 Michael Lee Lannin African Americans in the Revolutionary War Citadel Press 2005 p86 BBC History British History Timeline Archived from the original on September 9 2007 Retrieved September 3 2007 History amp Facts Washington amp Jefferson College Archived from the original on July 8 2011 Retrieved September 10 2010 Gilman D C Peck H T Colby F M eds 1905 Arnim Ludwig Joachim von New International Encyclopedia 1st ed New York Dodd Mead Eva R Trautmann Adelbert von Chamisso 1986 The Alaska diary of Adelbert von Chamisso naturalist on the Kotzebue voyage 1815 1818 Cook Inlet Historical Society p 1 Harnsberger Lindsey 1997 Essential dictionary of music definitions composers theory instrument amp vocal ranges Los Angeles Alfred Pub Co p 181 ISBN 9780882847283 Leonard Irving A 1954 Andres Bello 1781 1865 National Hero The Hispanic American Historical Review 34 4 502 505 doi 10 2307 2509082 ISSN 0018 2168 JSTOR 2509082 Khan Moin Ud Din April 1 1963 Haji Shari at Allah Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society 11 2 106 ProQuest 1301938794 Yasukata Toshimasa 2002 Lessing s philosophy of religion and the German enlightenment Lessing on Christianity and reason Oxford New York Oxford University Press p 118 ISBN 9780198033103 Johannes Ewald Illustreret dansk Literaturhistorie Retrieved August 1 2020 Klemme Heiner 2016 The Bloomsbury dictionary of eighteenth century German philosophers New York Bloomsbury Publishing Plc p 189 ISBN 9781474255981 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Gotz Johann Nikolaus Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed Cambridge University Press Antonio Ezquerro Esteban Musica instrumental en las catedrales espanolas en la epoca 2004 Page 47 Institucio Mila i Fontanals Departament de Musicologia En Diciembre de 1781 habia fallecido el maestro de capilla de la Catedral de Segovia que antes lo fuera de Albarracin Juan Monton y Mallen Al ano siguiente se eligio ahi para cubrir la vacante a Pedro Aranaz y Vides Further reading EditJohn Blair J Willoughby Rosse 1856 1781 Blair s Chronological Tables London H G Bohn hdl 2027 loc ark 13960 t6349vh5n via Hathi Trust Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1781 amp oldid 1121203067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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