January 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
May 12 » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
October 7 » American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
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 April 15, 1781
The temperature on April 15, 1781 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
January 17 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
March 13 » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
April 29 » American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
October 20 » The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria.
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