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* February 5 - [[Lord George Gordon]] is acquitted of high treason for the [[Gordon Riots]], due to his cousin's strong defense that he had no treasonable intent.

* October 19 - The Siege of Yorktown ends with the surrender of the British Army (under command of Lord ~~George~~ Cornwallis) to the Continental Army. This would be the final battle of the [[American Revolutionary War]] as the British would thereafter seek a peaceful end to the conflict.

* October 19 - The Siege of Yorktown ends with the surrender of the British Army (under command of Lord Charles Cornwallis) to the Continental Army. This would be the final battle of the [[American Revolutionary War]] as the British would thereafter seek a peaceful end to the conflict.

== Births ==

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 * February 5 - [[Lord George Gordon]] is acquitted of high treason for the [[Gordon Riots]], due to his cousin's strong defense that he had no treasonable intent.
-* October 19 - The Siege of Yorktown ends with the surrender of the British Army (under command of Lord George Cornwallis) to the Continental Army. This would be the final battle of the [[American Revolutionary War]] as the British would thereafter seek a peaceful end to the conflict.
+* October 19 - The Siege of Yorktown ends with the surrender of the British Army (under command of Lord Charles Cornwallis) to the Continental Army. This would be the final battle of the [[American Revolutionary War]] as the British would thereafter seek a peaceful end to the conflict.
 == Births ==