George Rogers Clark

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American Revolutionary War officer human military officer

George Rogers Clark was an American Revolutionary War military leader renowned for his campaigns in the Northwest Territory and for helping secure the Old Northwest for the United States.

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Label Occurrences
George Rogers Clark canonical 29
George Rogers Clark Illinois campaign 1
George Rogers Clark – United States 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
commemoratedBy George Rogers Clark National Historical Park ⓘ
place names in the American Midwest ⓘ
statues and monuments in Indiana ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Colonies ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1752-11-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1818-02-13 ⓘ
educatedAt home schooling ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Clark ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasPartIn Treaty outcomes affecting the Northwest Territory ⓘ
memberOf Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental forces ⓘ
Virginia militia ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
colonel ⓘ
movement American frontier expansion ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableAchievement Expanded American control into the Northwest Territory during the Revolutionary War ⓘ
Helped secure the Old Northwest for the United States ⓘ
notableBattle Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Fort Sackville

Battle of Vincennes ⓘ
surface form: Illinois Country campaign
notableRelative William Clark ⓘ
notableWork Capture of Kaskaskia ⓘ
Battle of Vincennes ⓘ
surface form: Capture of Vincennes

Illinois campaign ⓘ
Northwest Indian War ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Territory campaigns

Securing the Old Northwest for the United States ⓘ
Siege of Fort Sackville ⓘ
occupation frontiersman ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kentucky ⓘ
Locust Grove, near Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
politicalEntityInvolved Northwest Territory ⓘ
Old Northwest ⓘ
residence Kentucky ⓘ
Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling William Clark ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louisville, Kentucky → founder → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Clarksburg, West Virginia → namedAfter → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Clark County, Ohio → namedAfter → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Clark County, Kentucky → namedFor → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Clarke County, Virginia → namedAfter → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
William Clark → sibling → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Clark → hasNotableBearer → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Clarksville → namedAfter → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
subject surface form: Clarksville, Tennessee
Kentucky militia → notableCommander → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Kaskaskia, Illinois → capturedBy → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Hair Buyer Hamilton → opponent → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Hair Buyer Hamilton → capturedBy → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Fort Sackville, Vincennes → capturedBy → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, United States → hasNotableBurial → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
subject surface form: Cave Hill Cemetery
George Rogers Clark High School → namedAfter → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Kentucky frontier → hasKeyFigure → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Clark County, Indiana → namedAfter → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Battle of Vincennes → commander → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Battle of Vincennes → commanderSide → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Rogers Clark – United States / Virginia militia
Cave Hill Cemetery → containsGraveOf → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Locust Grove, near Louisville, Kentucky → associatedWith → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Illinois campaign → alsoKnownAs → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Rogers Clark Illinois campaign
Illinois campaign → leader → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Illinois campaign → commander → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Illinois campaign → relatedTo → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Capture of Kaskaskia → commander → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Siege of Fort Sackville → commander → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Siege of Fort Sackville → combatantCommanderFor → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Rogers Clark – United States
Securing the Old Northwest for the United States → mainSubject → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
Securing the Old Northwest for the United States → aboutPerson → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park → namedAfter → George Rogers Clark ⓘ
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park → dedicatedTo → George Rogers Clark ⓘ