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October 19th. Wow, what great day. Not sure if anybody knew this but today is the anniversary of the day that Lord Cornwallis finally surrendered to Gen. Washington at Yorktown. Had that not happened i shudder to think where the world would be today.

October 19th. Wow, what great day. Not sure if anybody knew this but today is the anniversary of the day that Lord Cornwallis finally surrendered to Gen. Washington at Yorktown. Had that not happened i shudder to think where the world would be today.

Interesting fact: the USA declared independence on the 2nd July.

October 19th. Wow, what great day. Not sure if anybody knew this but today is the anniversary of the day that Lord Cornwallis finally surrendered to Gen. Washington at Yorktown. Had that not happened i shudder to think where the world would be today.

Not that much different, considering that Britain wouldn't have been able to hold on to colonies for much longer anyways.

His army would have been destroyed. Our army had pinned him to the sea and the French Navy defeated the British fleet and was blocking his escape by water. Cornwallis really didn't have a choice.

Not that much different, considering that Britain wouldn't have been able to hold on to colonies for much longer anyways.

I imagine that had Britain managed to retain control of the colonies, some form of "responsible government" would have been given, possibly along the lines of Franklin's Albany Plan and the federal system seen in Canada.

the French Navy defeated the British fleet and was blocking his escape by water.

untrue they made us chase them stopping naval support

But anyways not nearly as important as Nov 7th my birthday!!!! *decimates thread with Englishness*

Carebritstare.

*a rainbow blasts all the rebellious colonials out of existence*

Cheers!!! :)

untrue they made us chase them stopping naval support

The Battle of the Chesapeake wan't a defeat for the British Navy, eh?

untrue they made us chase them stopping naval support

But anyways not nearly as important as Nov 7th my birthday!!!! *decimates thread with Englishness*

*wipes off the icky Englishness*

A few other anniversaries, probably won't send shivers up and down Amadenijad's spine, but what the hey ...


202 BC - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal.
1453 - The French recapture of Bordeaux brings the Hundred Years' War to a close, with the English retaining only Calais on French soil.
1466 - The Thirteen Years' War ends with the Second Treaty of Toruń. Gdansk Pomerania and Prussia as a whole are incorporated into Poland; the Teutonic Knights are allowed to rule its eastern part as Polish vassals.
1469 - Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
1512 - Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia).
1781 - At Yorktown, Virginia, British commander Lord Cornwallis surrendered to a Franco-American force led by George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau, paving the way for the end of the American Revolutionary War.
1789 - Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1812 - Napoleon I of France retreats from Moscow.
1813 - The Battle of Leipzig concludes, giving Napoleon Bonaparte one of his worst defeats.
1873 - Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.
1953 - Arthur Godfrey fires Julius LaRosa live on American national TV.
1973 - President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court demand to turn over the Watergate tapes.
1982 - John De Lorean is arrested for trafficking in cocaine (later acquitted).
1985 - The first Blockbuster Video store opens in Dallas, Texas.
1987 - (Black Monday) Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%.
1989 - Guildford Four convictions are quashed by the Court of Appeal - they had spent 15 years in prison through a miscarriage of justice.
1991 - 7.0 Richter Scale earthquake in Northern Italy - 2000 dead
1994 - New Zealand's Goodnight Kiwi says good night for the last time.
2004 - Alain Robert dons a Spider-Man costume and climbs a building.
2005 - Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
2005 - The last Major League Baseball game is played at Busch Memorial Stadium.

untrue they made us chase them stopping naval support

But anyways not nearly as important as Nov 7th my birthday!!!! *decimates thread with Englishness*
Huh. Mine too. All I want for my birthday is a Democratic House of Congress. I'd like two, but I won't be greedy--one will be enough. :D

quite an interesting set of dates.

IMO the punic war would have had a far greater effect than cornwallis surrenduring. Alot of our systems have roman roots

*wipes off the icky Englishness*

If you're not using that, there's a thread about Bush doing something horrible again that could muchly do with a pot of tea all round, calm people down and whatnot.

*forms Englishness into tea, which is condensed liquid Englishness, adds milk and ships it over to the other thread*

Huh. Mine too. All I want for my birthday is a Democratic House of Congress. I'd like two, but I won't be greedy--one will be enough. :D

No it won't! I need two, damnit.

untrue they made us chase them stopping naval support

But anyways not nearly as important as Nov 7th my birthday!!!! *decimates thread with Englishness*
I agree, Nov. 7 is definitely more important. It also happens to be my birthday, but that's besides the point. The Englishness I could do without though.

The Battle of the Chesapeake wan't a defeat for the British Navy, eh?

to the best of my memory the French sank 1 ship of the line using hit and run tactics :confused:

Huh. Mine too. All I want for my birthday is a Democratic House of Congress. I'd like two, but I won't be greedy--one will be enough. :D

I agree, Nov. 7 is definitely more important. It also happens to be my birthday, but that's besides the point. The Englishness I could do without though.


:eek: scorpions unite! *forms robot torso*

scorpions unite! *forms robot torso*
*Contemplates whether to form legs, head, or arms*

to the best of my memory the French sank 1 ship of the line using hit and run tactics :confused:

The battle itself was inconclusive but it drove the British fleet from the Chesapeake so Cornwallis was cut off from any rescue. Counts as a victory for the French to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake

The battle itself was inconclusive but it drove the British fleet from the Chesapeake so Cornwallis was cut off from any rescue. Counts as a victory for the French to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake

The French acheived their objective of cutting off the British troops from their fleet. I'm pretty sure that that makes it a victory. A puny victory maybe, but still a victory.

[QUOTE=Call to power;11831172]to the best of my memory the French sank 1 ship of the line using hit and run tactics :confused:
QUOTE]

:confused: How old are you?

:confused: How old are you?

old enough :D

SNIP

not a defeat for the British navy though just out manoeuvred *turns propaganda wheels*

4th july is the most important date of the year. not because of american independence but cos its my birthday. i get a huge fireworks display 4 my bday every year and a whole nation partyin 4 me. Btw im an Aussie. up yours America

Huh. Mine too. All I want for my birthday is a Democratic House of Congress. I'd like two, but I won't be greedy--one will be enough. :D

And I thought "Daddy! I want a Pony for Christmas" was the stereotypical spoiled brat demand!:p

That said - I know quite a few people who are chipping in to help you get your desired birthday present.

October 19th. Wow, what great day. Not sure if anybody knew this but today is the anniversary of the day that Lord Cornwallis finally surrendered to Gen. Washington at Yorktown. Had that not happened i shudder to think where the world would be today.

Oh, come now. I'm American and I don't "shudder to think where the world would be today" had we lost even such an important battle, and had we not become a separate entity from the British Empire.

Enough with all the drama about how wonderful we are and how everyone should worship the greatness of U.S. :rolleyes:

Interesting fact: the USA declared independence on the 2nd July.

It was SIGNED on the 4th, and on July 8th READ OUT to the people of Philadelphia, who had mixed reactions to the news.

quite an interesting set of dates.

IMO the punic war would have had a far greater effect than cornwallis surrenduring. Alot of our systems have roman roots

Agreed. If only Hannibal knew how to capitalise on his victories...

not a defeat for the British navy though just out manoeuvred *turns propaganda wheels*

Sure, if you Brits need to make it look better for yourselves, that's ok. :)