<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: The Americans defeat British forces under general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burgoyne" id="mwQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Burgoyne">John Burgoyne</a> in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bemis_Heights" id="mwRA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Bemis Heights">Battle of Bemis Heights</a>, compelling Burgoyne's eventual <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_campaign#Surrender" id="mwRQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saratoga campaign">surrender</a>.