Prior Event 4/2/1781 Next Event Captain John Barry, commanding the USS Alliance defeats and captures both HMS Mars and HMS Minerva. [restored 8/14/2021] Subsequent Events: 5/29/1781 References: Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 30. SEARCH Current U.s. National Debt: $36,167,124,467,492 Source