Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Surrender_of_Lord_Cornwallis
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Surrender_at_Yorktown
gptkbp:BritishSurrenderedBy gptkb:General_Charles_O'Hara
gptkbp:BritishSurrenderedTo American and French forces
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkbp:commander gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Yorktown_Victory_Monument
gptkbp:CornwallisPresentAtSurrender false
gptkbp:date October 19, 1781
gptkbp:depictedIn John Trumbull's painting 'Surrender of Lord Cornwallis'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:French_Navy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:resultedIn decisive American and French victory
gptkbp:significance effectively ended major fighting in the American Revolution
gptkbp:symbolizes British defeat in the American colonies
gptkbp:treatyFollowed gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Surrender_Field
gptkb:Surrender_of_Lord_Cornwallis_(Trumbull)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7