What year did Cornwallis die?
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Cornwallis died in 1805. He was a British general who served in the American Revolutionary War and later as Governor-General of India. He is best known for his surrender to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781, which effectively ended the war. Cornwallis died in India at the age of 66 from a fever.
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