The temperature on December 18, 1780 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
November 9 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
Day of death May 15, 1781
The temperature on May 15, 1781 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
March 1 » The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
September 4 » Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
September 5 » 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.
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