Battle of the Chesapeake

5 Sep 1781 · 36.97° N, 75.54° W

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What the records say

When: 5 Sep 1781
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 36.97° N, 75.54° W
Description: 1781 naval battle of the American Revolutionary War
Naval: yes

5 sources record it

Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Revolution – Battle of the Chesapeake: A British fleet under Thomas Graves arrives and fights de Grasse”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Seeschlacht vor der Chesapeake Bay bringt der französischen Flotte einen Sieg über das englische Geschwader”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de la baie de Chesapeake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アメリカ独立戦争: チェサピーク湾の海戦。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

Part of

American Revolutionary War19 Apr 1775 · War of independence

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