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March 13 – Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Originally he calls it Georgium Sidus (George's Star), in honour of King George III of Great Britain. March 15 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Guilford Court House: American General Nathanael Greene loses to the British.
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at exactly 10:30 am in Yorktown, Virginia.
- September 28 – October 19, 1781, (3 weeks)
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- Timeline Leading Up to the Battle. American Victory at Yorktown. In the summer of 1780, 5,500 French troops, with Comte de Rochambeau at the helm, landed in Newport, Rhode Island to aid the Americans.
- Washington arrives in Yorktown. Siege of Yorktown. By mid-September 1781, Washington and Rochambeau arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia, 13 miles from the tobacco port of Yorktown, where Cornwallis’s men had built a defense of 10 small forts (a.k.a.
- The Role of Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton. The attack on redoubt No. 9 would be undertaken by French troops, while the No. 10 siege would be led by Colonel Alexander Hamilton.
- General Cornwallis Surrenders. Of his 400 infantrymen, Hamilton lost just nine in the attack, with some 30 wounded, while the 400 French-led troops lost 27 men, with 109 wounded, according to Fleming.
Siege of Yorktown, (September 28–October 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 29, 2009 · Revolutionary War Draws to a Close (1781-83) By the fall of 1781, Greene’s American forces had managed to force Cornwallis and his men to withdraw to Virginia’s Yorktown peninsula, near where...
1781. The future King William IV, the only active member of the British Royal Family to visit the former 13 colonies, takes up residence in the Rose and Crown Tavern on Staten Island. Pennsylvania Line Mutiny (January 1–29) Raid on Richmond (January 1–19) Battle of Cowpens (January 17) Pompton Mutiny (January 20) Battle of Cowan's Ford ...
