Events in History
Surrender at Yorktown
Aug 1 British army under general Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia
- Aug 5 Battle of Dogger Bank (Fourth Anglo-Dutch War): a British strategic victory, although both sides claimed to have won
Historic Event
Aug 20 George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis
Birthdays in History
- Aug 12 Robert Mills, American architect (Washington Monument)
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