History and chronology of Charles Cornwallis Cornwallis, 1st in Great Britain

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Subjects
Arts
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American War Independence
Government Ireland
House Cornwallis
Military
Mysore War, 3rd
Napoleonic Wars

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Battle Camdem
Battle Camden
Battle Guildford
Battle Jamestown Ford
Battle Seringapatam
Battle Yorktown
Birth
Commander
Death
Election
Governor
Halifax
Invasion Ireland
Peace
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Siege New Jersey
Surrender
Treaty Amiens
Viceroy

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Amiens
Camdem
Camden
Ghazipur
Guildford
Halifax
Jamestown Ford
New Jersey
Seringapatam
Washington
Yorktown

Charles Cornwallis Cornwallis, 1st History of Great Britain


1738	Birth
Birth of Charles Cornwallis
1749	Halifax
Halifax Cornwallis names Halifax after the Earl of Halifax
Halifax Halifax is founded in Nova Scotia to rival the French port of Louis burg
1760	Election
Elected Member of Parliament
1776	Siege of New Jersey
New Jersey Drives Wasington out of New Jersey
1780	Battle of Camdem
16th Aug Camdem Defeats an American force led by General Gates
1780	Battle of Camden
16th Aug Camden Defeats an American force led by General Gates
1780	Commander
Appointed Commander of the South
1781	Battle of Guildford
15th Mar Guildford Despite victory Cornwallis cannot hold Georgia & the Carolinas
1781	Battle of Jamestown Ford
6th July Jamestown Ford Defeats General Lafayette at James town Ford, Virginia
1781	Battle of Yorktown
19th Oct Yorktown Surrenders 7,000 soldiers ending the American Revolution & the War of Independence
1781	Peace
Washington Washington allows 2 days for written peace proposals but insists on complete surrender
1781	Surrender
19th Oct Yorktown Surrenders 7,000 soldiers ending the American Revolution & the War of Independence
1786	Commander
Appointed Commander-in-Chief, India
1786	Governor
Appointed Governor General of India, 1st term
1791	Battle of Seringapatam
Seringapatam Defeats Sultan Tippu
1792	Peerage
Created Marquis Cornwallis , 1st
1798	Invasion of Ireland
Forces France to give up the invasion of Ireland by defeating a rebellion
1798	Viceroy
Appointed Viceroy of Ireland
1801	Resignation
Resigns when the King fails to grant Catholic emancipation
1802	Treaty of Amiens
Amiens Helps negotiate the Treaty of Amiens
1805	Death
Ghazipur Death of Charles Cornwallis , on way to assume command of his troops
1805	Governor
Appointed Governor General of India, 2nd term