The action of 4 January 1781 was a minor battle of the War of American Independence. A French frigate division, departing Brest, met two British 74-gun...

until 1781, with Phipps serving mostly in the Channel under Admirals Charles Hardy, Francis Geary, George Darby and Richard Howe. In the action of 4 January...

at the Capture of Havana, in 1763. She took part in the action of 4 January 1781. In 1782 she was under George Rodney at the Battle of the Saintes. Valiant...

The Action of 25 February 1781 was a naval engagement fought off Cape Finisterre between the Spanish naval frigate sixth rate Graña of 30 guns and the...

The action of 21 July 1781 (French: Combat naval en vue de Louisbourg, or Combat naval à la hauteur de Louisbourg) was a naval skirmish off the harbour...

British Action of 4 January 1781 – British victory over France Battle of Jersey 6 January – British victory over France Battle of Mobile 7 January – British...

(1777–1778) Yorktown campaign (1781) Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–1781) Southern theater of the American Revolutionary...

took part in the action of 4 January 1781. Aigrette took part in the Battle of Fort Royal on 29 April and 30 April 1781. In July 1781, she sailed to Havana...

That same year, he was made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis. In the action of 4 January 1781, Minerve was captured by HMS Courageux. Grimouard was...

Grimouard. The 74-gun HMS Courageux and Valiant recaptured her in the action of 4 January 1781. The Royal Navy recommissioned her under the name HMS Recovery...

year 1781 in Canada. Monarch: George III Governor of the Province of Quebec: Frederick Haldimand Governor of Nova Scotia: Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland:...

Continental Army action. 1776 – General George Washington hoists the first United States flag, the Grand Union Flag, at Prospect Hill. 1781 – American Revolutionary...

surrounding New Forest. The total cost of her construction was £38,303 15s 4d. She was commissioned on 28 March 1781 under Captain Benjamin Caldwell—a full...

published in the London papers at the end of January 1782. One is from Murray to de Crillon, dated 16 October 1781, sharply reminding him that the Murray...

The action of 15 January 1782 was a minor naval engagement that occurred near the island of Jamaica during the American Revolutionary War. A Royal Naval...

The Battle of Jersey took place on 6 January 1781 when French forces during the Anglo-French War (1778–1783) and the American Revolutionary War unsuccessfully...

siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at exactly...

France by drawing and quartering (the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides). 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is...

became known as the Affair of Fielding and Bylandt. On 4 January 1781, Courageux recaptured Minerva in a close-range action west of Ushant that lasted more...

The action of 8 January 1780 was a naval encounter off Cape Finisterre between a British Royal Naval fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney, and a fleet...

the year 1781 in the United States. This year marked the beginning of government under the Articles of Confederation as well as the surrender of British...

November 15, 1777. The Articles of Confederation came into force on March 1, 1781, after being ratified by all 13 states. On March 4, 1789, the general government...

of State for the Colonies (d. 1785) 1722 – Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (d. 1805) 1763 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844) 1781...

States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation. These...

Dutch-built brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was originally built as the privateer Mars, which the British captured in 1781. She went on to serve during...

rate Active-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Fabian at E. Cowes launched her in 1781, and she saw action in the American War of Independence as well as...

over the British while in command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War. It...

Battle of Guilford Court House was on March 15, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War, at a site that is now in Greensboro, the seat of Guilford...

three-hour engagement with USS Saratoga 1781, January 9 – The sloop USS Saratoga captures the letter-of-marque Tonyn 1781, March 7 – Liverpool privateer Woolton...

in January 1781. Greene led Cornwallis on a series of countermarches around North Carolina; by early March, the British were exhausted and short of supplies...