Editing 1781 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The Spanish [[Capture of HMS St. Fermin|capture]] the [[sloop-of-war]] {{HMS|St Fermin|1780|6}} off [[Málaga]], Spain. 
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The rebellion by [[Túpac Amaru II]], against the Spanish colonial government of Peru, is ended as Tupac, his wife and two of his sons are captured at [[Checacupe District|Checacupe]].<ref>"The Rebellion of Tupac-Amaru II", in ''The Hispanic American Historical Review'' (February 1919) p20
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* [[April 10]] &ndash; Future U.S. President [[Andrew Jackson]], age 14, is slashed by a British officer's sword at his home near [[Waxhaw, North Carolina]], after refusing to clean the officer's boots, an event that leaves physical and psychological scars.<ref>William J. Bennett and John T.E. Cribb, ''The American Patriot's Almanac: Daily Readings on America'' (Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2013) p125</ref>
* [[April 14]] &ndash; The Continental Congress votes a resolution thanking U.S. Captain [[John Paul Jones]] for his services.<ref>"John Paul Jones and Our First Triumphs on the Sea", in ''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (July 1905) p42</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; Future New York mayor [[James Duane]], North Carolina representative [[William Sharpe (North Carolina politician)|William Sharpe]] and future Connecticut governor [[Oliver Wolcott]] deliver the first report to the U.S. Continental Congress about the national debt and report it to be 24,057,157 and 2/5 dollars.<ref>Albert Bushnell Hart, ed., ''American History Told by Contemporaries'' (Macmillan, 1908) p600</ref>
* [[April 25]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The [[Battle of Hobkirk's Hill]] takes place in [[Camden, South Carolina]]
* [[May 9]] &ndash; General [[John Campbell, of Strachur|John Campbell]], defender of the British colony of [[West Florida]], surrenders the capital at [[Pensacola]] to Spanish forces commanded by [[Bernardo de Galvez]].<ref>Michael Lee Lannin, ''African Americans in the Revolutionary War'' (Citadel Press, 2005) p86</ref>
* [[May 18]] &ndash; A Spanish army sent from [[Lima]] puts down the Inca rebellions, and captures and savagely executes [[Túpac Amaru II]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; The commission{{which|date=January 2013}} agrees to the rebels'{{where|date=January 2013}} terms: reduction of the [[alcabala]] and of the Indians' forced tribute, abolition of the new taxes on tobacco, and preference for [[Criollo people|Criollos]] over [[peninsulares]] in government positions.
* [[June 12]] &ndash; ''Ohmiya'' (近江屋), as predecessor for [[Takeda Pharmaceutical Company|Takeda]], a major worldwide [[pharmaceutical]] [[brand]], is founded in Doshomachi (道修町), [[Osaka]], [[Japan]].{{page needed|date=April 2020}}