1781
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1750s 1760s 1770s – 1780s – 1790s 1800s 1810s |
| Years: | 1778 1779 1780 – 1781 – 1782 1783 1784 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1781 MDCCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2534 |
| Armenian calendar | 1230 ԹՎ ՌՄԼ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6531 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1702–1703 |
| Bengali calendar | 1188 |
| Berber calendar | 2731 |
| British Regnal year | 21 Geo. 3 – 22 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2325 |
| Burmese calendar | 1143 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7289–7290 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4477 or 4417 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4478 or 4418 |
| Coptic calendar | 1497–1498 |
| Discordian calendar | 2947 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1773–1774 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5541–5542 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1837–1838 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1702–1703 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4881–4882 |
| Holocene calendar | 11781 |
| Igbo calendar | 781–782 |
| Iranian calendar | 1159–1160 |
| Islamic calendar | 1195–1196 |
| Japanese calendar | An'ei 10 / Tenmei 1 (天明元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1706–1707 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4114 |
| Minguo calendar | 131 before ROC 民前131年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 313 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2323–2324 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1907 or 1526 or 754 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1908 or 1527 or 755 |
1781 (MDCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1781st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 781st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of 1781, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events[change | change source]
- March 13 – Uranus.
- End of the American Revolutionary War
Births[change | change source]
- January 26 – Achim von Arnim, German writer (d. 1831)
- January 30 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (d. 1838)
- February 17 – Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, French physician and inventor (d. 1826)
- March 4 – Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
- March 13 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect and painter (d. 1841)
- June 9– George Stephenson, English engineer (d. 1848)
- June 21 – Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840)
- July 6 – Thomas Stamford Raffles, English founder of Singapore (d. 1826)
- July 6 – John D. Sloat, American naval officer (d. 1867)
- July 27 – Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (d. 1828)
- September 3 – Eugène de Beauharnais, French nobleman, son of Napoleon's wife Josephine (d. 1824)
- September 6 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (d. 1858)
- October 1 – James Lawrence, U.S. Navy officer (d. 1813)
- November 6 – Lucy Aikin, English writer (d. 1864)
- November 20 – Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (d. 1854)
- November 29 – Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaked, teacher, philosopher and sociologist (d. 1865)
- November 30 – Alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer and Australian pioneer (d. 1873)
- December 11 – Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)
- William Williams of Wern, minister (d. 1840)