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Last Generals Before Revolution

Dec 28 Comte de Rochambeau and Nicolas Luckner are the last generals to be made Marshal of France by Louis XVI before the Revolution

Military Leader Comte de Rochambeau
King of France Louis XVI
  • Dec 31 Bank of North America, 1st US bank opens
Events in 1781

Famous Birthdays

  • Dec 1 Charles Philippe Lafont, French composer and violinist, born in Paris, France (d. 1839)
  • Dec 11 David Brewster, Scottish physicist and inventor (kaleidoscope), born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland (d. 1868)
Born in 1781

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 16 Georg Simon Löhlein, German pianist and composer, dies at 56


What Happened in 1781

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