October 19th, 1781
At Yorktown, Virginia, British commander Lord Cornwallis surrendered to a Franco-American force led by George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, paving the way for the end of the American Revolutionary War. event on October 19, 1781. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
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