Events in History
Surrender at Yorktown
Aug 1 British army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia
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- Aug 5 Battle of Dogger Bank (Fourth Anglo-Dutch War): a British strategic victory, although both sides claimed to have won
Event of Interest
Aug 20 George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis

George Washington
Birthdays in History
- Aug 12 Robert Mills, American architect (Washington Monument)