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| 1780 |
| | | British army officer John André is executed in New York as a spy | |
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| 1780 |
| | | Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, rents Hill Lodge (formerly the mole catcher’s cottage) from Thomas Hill, the gamekeeper of Richmond Park. | |
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| c. 1780 |
| | | Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro is a master of colour woodcuts, often depicting the courtesan district of Edo | |
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| 1781 |
| | | Maryland, ratifies the Articles of Confederation (the last state to do so), completing 'the Confederation of the United States' | |
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| 1781 |
| | | William Herschel discovers Uranus, the first planet to be found by means of a telescope, and names it the Georgian star | |
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| 1781 |
| | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, now 25, leaves Salzburg to settle in Vienna | |
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| 1781 |
| | | Joseph II passes an Edict of Toleration, for the first time allowing Protestant worship in Habsburg territories | |
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| 1781 |
| | | The Bank of North America is established by the Continental Congress to lend money to the fledgling Revolutionary government | |
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| 1781 |
| | | George III makes the 'Dutch house' in Kew Gardens the private home for his family. | |
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| 1781 |
| | | US poet Philip Freneau describes in The British Prison Ship the horrors of his experiences as a prisoner | |
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