* 1724 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and statesman ( d. 1781 )

The movement was particularly dominated by François Quesnay ( 1694 – 1774 ) and Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot ( 1727 – 1781 ).

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

His sister was Lucy Aikin ( 1781 – 1864 ), a historical writer.

* 1781 – Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader ( d. 1830 )

* 1781 – The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.

* 1858 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer ( b. 1781 )

In his 1781 book General History of Connecticut, the Reverend Samuel Peters ( 1735 – 1826 ) used it to describe various laws first enacted by Puritan colonies in the 17th century that prohibited various activities, recreational as well as commercial, on Sunday ( Saturday evening through Sunday night ).

By the charter renewal in 1781 it was also the bankers ' bank – keeping enough gold to pay its notes on demand until 26 February 1797 when war had so diminished gold reserves that the government prohibited the Bank from paying out in gold.

Le Plat, Monumentorum ad historicam Concilii Tridentini collectio ( 7 vols., Leuven, 1781 – 87 ).

* Salons, critique d ' art ( 1759 – 1781 )

* Histoire philosophique et politique des deux Indes, in collaboration with Raynal ( 1772 – 1781 )

Sir David Brewster ( 11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868 ) was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer and university principal.

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant – A

* 1705 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer ( d. 1781 )

* 1781 – John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, British noble and officer ( d. 1844 )

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.

* 1781 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer ( b. 1737 )

* 1781 – Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist ( d. 1826 )

* 1781 – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opened his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa ( present-day Ghana ).

In 1775 – 77, and again in 1781 he led his men against the main British forces.

George Stephenson ( 9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848 ) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives.

The Phoenix was established in honour of Sir Francis, who died in 1781, as a symbolic rising from the ashes of Dashwood's earlier institution, and to this day the dining society abides by many of its predecessor's tenets.

The Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American War of Independence that took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781, between a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse.

This special angle of incidence is named after the Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster ( 1781 – 1868 ).

* Sir Frederick Adam ( 1781 – 1853 ) 1823 – 1832

His father, a Baptist minister nicknamed " Sir John ," died four years after his birth ( 1781 ).

The town was established in 1781, and is named for Sir Robert Eden, the last royal governor of Maryland.

It was asserted by Sir John Sinclair in his Husbandry of Scotland to have been introduced to Scotland around 1781 – 1782.

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, FRS ( 6 July 1781 – 5 July 1826 ) was a British statesman, best known for his founding of the city of Singapore ( now the city-state of the Republic of Singapore ).

On 17 July 1781, Fuller's sister Elizabeth married Sir John Palmer Acland, a grandson of Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet MP, in St. Marylebone in London.

Between 1778 and 1781 he visited England three times, developing a friendship with Sir Joseph Banks.

Founded in 1781 by Sir Ashton Lever, it met at Archers ’ Hall, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London.

After the demise of the Hellfire Club and Sir Francis Dashwood's death in 1781, the caves were disused from 1780 to the late 1940s, and fell into disrepair.

Charles Burney by Joshua Reynolds | Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1781

Sir Francis Leg ( g ) att Chantrey ( 7 April 1781 – 25 November 1841 ) was an English sculptor of the Georgian era.

1704 )), Sir William Jones in his 1781 An Essay on The Law of Bailments divided bailments into five sorts, namely:

This post he held until 1782, when General Sir Henry Clinton was recalled in the aftermath of the 1781 surrender at Yorktown.

It was about this time ( late June-early July 1781 ) that she conceived a child by Sir Harry.

The Honourable Sir Hercules Pakenham ( 1781 – 1850 ), third son of the second Baron, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army and Member of Parliament for Westmeath.

* Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet ( 1781 – 1859 ), his son, traveller and Orientalist

Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet ( 26 May 1781 – 10 August 1859 ) was an English traveller and Orientalist.

* Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet ( 1710 – 1781 )

Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas FRS ( 16 February 1741 – 14 June 1820 ), known as Sir Thomas Dundas, 2nd Baronet, from 1781 to 1794, was a powerful figure in the Kingdom of Great Britain, now remembered for commissioning the Charlotte Dundas, the world's " first practical steamboat ".