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Movie history events from 1781
Baltimore is founded. (Alien Nation)
17th January: Benjamin Martin defeats the British by running into enemy fire armed with a flag; people follow him, and luckily some have guns. (Cowpens (modern-day South Carolina)) (The Patriot)
25th April: British General Lord Charles Cornwallis retreats after being defeated at Guilford Courthouse by 4,500 Continental Army soldiers and militia under the command of American Major General Nathanael Greene. (Wilmington, North Carolina) (The Patriot)