January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
Day of death March 14, 1781
The temperature on March 14, 1781 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 6 » In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey in the Channel Islands.
March 15 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.
September 6 » The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
September 8 » 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.
October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
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