WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1781
Find out what all happened February to July 1781

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400. (15. March 1781)

American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius. (3. February 1781)

American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique. (29. April 1781)

The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation. (1. March 1781)

William Herschel discovers Uranus. (13. March 1781)

Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton. (3. June 1781)

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana). (18. February 1781)

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