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Surrender at Yorktown 1781
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Surrender_at_Yorktown_1781
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkbp:AmericanCommander
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:BritishForces
about 8,000
gptkbp:BritishSurrendered
over 7,000 troops
gptkbp:category
gptkb:Battles_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War
1781 in the United States
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:France
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
gptkbp:date
October 19, 1781
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Evacuation_of_New_York
gptkbp:FrancoAmericanForces
about 17,000
gptkbp:FrenchCommander
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
gptkbp:FrenchNavalSupport
gptkb:Comte_de_Grasse
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Surrender at Yorktown 1781
gptkbp:ledTo
gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_1783
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
gptkbp:navalBlockade
French fleet blocked British escape
gptkbp:notableEvent
British band played 'The World Turned Upside Down' at surrender
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston
gptkbp:result
Decisive Franco-American victory
gptkbp:siegeBegan
September 28, 1781
gptkbp:siegeEnded
October 19, 1781
gptkbp:significance
Effectively ended major fighting in the American Revolution
gptkbp:symbolizes
Marked the last major land battle of the American Revolution
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Virginia,_English_Colony
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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