sep 28, 1781 - York town
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General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary Warthis is a military event
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sep 28, 1781
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~ 244 years ago