What Happened In March 1781 - Historical Events 1781 March

Historical Events for March, 1781

1st » The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
13th » William Herschel discovers Uranus.
15th » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina called Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 United Kingdom or British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.

1st » Javiera Carrera, Chilean daughter of Ignacio de la Carrera (d. 1862)
4th » Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
12th » Frederica of Baden (d. 1826)
13th » Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect, designed the Konzerthaus Berlin (d. 1841)
17th » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet (d. 1849)
27th » Alexander Vostokov, Estonian-Russian philologist (d. 1864)
27th » Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats, English politician (d. 1871)

18th » Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician (b. 1727)