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George Washington - Siege of Yorktown ended

Time: Saturday Oct 20, 1781

Place: Yorktown, Virginia, U.S.

Details: The siege ended with a British surrender on October 19, 1781; over 7,000 British soldiers were captured, in the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War.

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