Timeline September 1781

Events in September 1781 3

• 1781 Founding of Los Angeles Spanish settlers establish a pueblo in Alta California A group of Spanish colonists and mixed-race settlers founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles under orders from Governor Felipe de Neve. The small farming settlement later grew into the city of Los Angeles.
• 1781 Battle of the Chesapeake French fleet secures naval control off Virginia A French fleet under the Comte de Grasse fought a British relief fleet to a standstill off the Virginia coast, forcing the British to withdraw to New York. The outcome cut off Lord Cornwallis's army at Yorktown from rescue or resupply by sea.
• 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.