Timeline October 1781

Events in October 1781 3

• 1781 Siege of Yorktown Cornwallis surrenders, ending major fighting in the American Revolution A combined American and French force under George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau besieged a British army under Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. Cut off from naval relief, Cornwallis surrendered his entire force, effectively ending major combat operations of the American Revolutionary War.
• 1781 – 1848 Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) Died 18 December 1848, aged 67 Bohemian mathematician, philosopher and priest who worked in Prague. He did pioneering work on the foundations of analysis, including the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem and the intermediate value theorem. Much of his work was recognised only after his death.
• 1781 Patent of Toleration issued in the Habsburg lands Joseph II grants limited religious freedom Emperor Joseph II of Austria issued the Patent of Toleration, allowing Lutherans, Calvinists, and Orthodox Christians to worship privately and hold public office across Habsburg territories. The edict marked a major step in the Enlightenment-era reform of Catholic Europe.