Historical Events Violin Sonata No. 27 Apr 8 Premiere of Mozart's "Violin Sonata No. 27" in G major (K. 379) Classical Musician and Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Apr 29 French fleet occupies Tobago during American War of Independence Apr 29 French fleet stops the Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope Events in 1781 Famous Birthdays Apr 2 Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Indian yogi and religious leader, born in Chhapaiya, Uttar Pradesh, India (d. 1830) Apr 22 Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber, German composer, born in Breslau (d. 1822) Born in 1781 Famous Deaths Apr 23 James Abercrombie, British general (Commander-in-Chief of forces in North America during French and Indian wars) (b. 1706) Apr 28 Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress, dies at 58 Mar 1781 History by Year May 1781 What Happened in 1781 Battle That Gave Birth To The USASeptember 5, 1781 Surrender at YorktownOctober 29, 1781
