WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1781
Find out what all happened May to October 1781

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

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

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

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

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

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