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1776–1781: The film depicts the life of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in particular his role in the American War of Independence. The Patriot: 2000: 1776–1781: Based on the life of Francis Marion, an officer of the Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War. Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor: 2003: 1776–1782
Charles D'Oyly was born in Murshidabad, Bengal, India on 17 September 1781 [2] into a family that had long served in India. [3] He was the son of Sir John-Hadley D'Oyly, 6th Baronet and Diana Rochfort. [4] His father was the East India Company's resident at the Court of Nawab Babar Ali of Murshidabad.
Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1781, Detroit Institute of Arts The Sharp Family by Johann Zoffany. George Barret, Sr. – View of Windermere Lake, Early Morning; Jacques-Louis David. Belisarius begging for alms; Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki; Philip James de Loutherbourg – Eidophusikon; Henry Fuseli – The Nightmare
The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina.American Patriot forces, estimated at 2,000 militia and regulars under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan faced 1,000 British troops under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
Daniel Boone (November 2 [O.S. October 22], 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.
He was successful in a skirmish at Torrence's Tavern while the British crossed the Catawba River (Cowan's Ford Skirmish, 1 February 1781) and took part in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781. With his men, Tarleton marched with Cornwallis into Virginia. [8] There he carried out a series of small expeditions while in Virginia.
Detail from Washington and his generals at Yorktown (c. 1781) by Charles Willson Peale. Lafayette (far left) is at Washington's right, the Comte de Rochambeau to his immediate left. When the war began, because the American colonists feared a very strong armed force (also known as a " standing army "), each colony had traditionally provided its ...
George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. [1] Renowned as the "Father of Railways", [2] Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.