WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1781
Find out what all happened February to December 1781

The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory. (6. September 1781)

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

American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War. (28. September 1781)

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

Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers. (4. September 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)

At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis' sword and formally surrendered to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau. (19. October 1781)

American Revolutionary War: British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown. (17. October 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. (8. September 1781)

The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance. (29. November 1781)

William Herschel discovers Uranus. (13. March 1781)

George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia after the Siege of Yorktown. (16. October 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. (5. September 1781)

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

Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy. (20. October 1781)

American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A British fleet led by HMS Victory defeats a French fleet. (12. December 1781)

The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place. (5. August 1781)