September 1781 in History

Events in History

Sep 4 Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes)

Victory in Battle

Sep 5 American Revolutionary War: French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British forces under Admiral Graves at the Battle of the Chesapeake [Battle of the Virginia Capes] and trap Cornwallis

Sep 6 The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting a British victory.
Sep 25 -26] Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets

Surrender at Yorktown

Sep 28 9,000 American and 7,000 French troops begin siege of Yorktown

'Surrender of Lord Cornwallis' by John Trumbull depicting the British surrender which ended the American Revolutionary War

Birthdays in History

Sep 3 Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon I (son of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie), born in Paris (d. 1824)
Sep 23 Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)