dec 28, 1781 - Battle of Yorktown September 28th - Oct 19th 1781
Description:
The final battle of the american revolution and a american victory. 3 armies of Washington, Lafayette and a French fleet led by Rochambeau surrounded british general Cornwallis and forced him to surrender and prompted the british to start negotiating a peace treaty,Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 28, 1781
Now
~ 243 years ago