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| Battle of Chesapeake Bay Grasse-Tilly |  |
| 5th Aug Chesapeake Bay Defeats the British enabling 16,000 Continental & Allied troops to besiege Yorktown |
| 30th Aug Chesapeake Bay Lands a French Fleet in Chesapeake Bay |
| Battle of Dunes, The Grasse-Tilly | |
| 9th Sep Dunes The British leave the sea near Chesapeake to the French & Graves returns to New York |
| Battle of Virginia Cap Destouches, Sochet | |
| 16th Mar Virginia Cap Destroys 3 British ships & has the better of the engagement but retreats to Newport |
| Battle of Yorktown Grasse-Tilly | |
| 5th Aug Chesapeake Bay Defeats the British enabling 16,000 Continental & Allied troops to besiege Yorktown |
| Birth of Beauharnais, Eugene de Beauharnais, Eugene de | |
| 3rd Sep Paris Birth of Eugene de Beauharnais |
| Dismissal Louis XVI | |
| 19th May Paris Louis XVI dismisses his Finance Minister, Neckar |
| Resignation of Necker Necker, Jacques | |
| 19th May Paris Resigns from the Government |
| Siege of Yorktown Grasse-Tilly | |
| 5th Aug Chesapeake Bay Defeats the British enabling 16,000 Continental & Allied troops to besiege Yorktown |
| 5th Aug Yorktown Defeats the British enabling 16,000 Continental & Allied troops to besiege Yorktown |
