List of battles 1301–1800

Early 14th century (1301-50)

Late 14th century (1351–1400)

Early 15th century (1401–50)

• 1401
  • Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen – mid-June – Welsh rebels under Owain Glyndŵr defeat an army of English and Flemish soldiers near Aberystwyth.
  • Battle of Tuthill – November – inconclusive battle between English and Welsh near Caernarfon
• 1402
  • Battle of Casalecchio – 26 January – Alberico da Barbiano for Milan defeats Bolognese–Florentine army under Muzio Attendolo.
  • Battle of Bryn Glas – 22 June – English army routed in mid-Wales; Owain Glyndŵr's revolt spreads.
  • Battle of Angora or Battle of Ankara – 20 July – Timur defeats and captures Ottoman sultan Bayezid I in Anatolia.
  • Battle of Nesbit Moor – clash prior to the Battle of Homildon Hill
  • Battle of Homildon Hill – Scottish raiding force is defeated in Northern England.
• 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury – 21 July – Lancastrians defeat rebel army including Welsh soldiers led by Henry Percy, "Hotspur".
• 1405 Battle of Pwll Melyn – May – Owain Glyndŵr's rebels defeated near Usk.
• 1406 Cluain Immorrais. The King of Uí Falighe defeats the Galls of Meath.
• 1406 Battle of Tuiteam Tarbhach – Scottish clan battle fought between the Clan MacLeod of Lewis against the Clan MacKay
• 1408
  • Battle of Bramham Moor – The Percy Rebellion is finally crushed by King Henry IV of England.
  • Battle of Othée – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy defeats rebels from the city of Liege.
• 1409
  • Battle of Sanluri – Aragona defeats the giudicato di Arborea, last independent kingdom of Sardinia.
  • Battle of Kherlen – The Mongols under Öljei Temür Khan defeated Ming China on 23 September 1409.
• 1410 -
  • Battle of Grunwald (also known as Battle of Tannenberg) on 15 July Polish and Lithuanian army under Władysław II Jagiełło break the spine of the Teutonic Knights under Ulrich von Jungingen.
  • Battle of Koronowo - 10 October - Polish army defeat Teutonic Knights.
• 1411 Battle of Harlaw – 24 July – Highlanders versus Lowland Scots ends in draw.
• 1412 Battle of Chalagan – December – Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgian army under Constantine I of Georgia and Shirvanshah Ibrahim, their ally.
• 1415 –
  • Battle of Agincourt – 25 October – English longbowmen under Henry V defeat French under Charles d'Albret.
  • Battle of Ceuta – Ceuta is captured by the Portuguese on 14 August.
• 1418 Siege of Rouen – – 19 July January 1419 – Henry V of England gains a foothold in Normandy.
• 1419 Battle of la Rochelle – A Castilian fleet defeats an English-Hanseatic coalition fleet.
• 1420 –
  • Battle of Sudomer – 25 March – Hussites led by Jan Žižka defeat Catholics.
  • Battle of Vitkov Hill – 12 June – 14 July – Hussite victory over the Crusaders of the Holy Roman Emperor
  • Battle of Vysehrad Series of engagements between the Hussite forces and the Holy Roman Emperor's Crusaders
• 1421 –
  • Battle of Bauge – The French and Scottish forces of Charles VII commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat the forces of Henry V commanded by the Duke of Clarence.
  • Battle of Kutna Hora – 21 December – Hussites escape Royalist forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.
• 1422
  • Battle of Nebovidy – 6 January – Jan Žižka leads the Hussites to victory over an Imperial army.
  • Battle of Německý Brod – 10 January – Hussites sack town.
  • Battle of Arbedo – 30 June – Milanese led by Francesco Bussone vs. Swiss
  • Siege of Meaux English led by Henry V vs. French
• 1423
  • Battle of Horic – 27 April – Taborites defeat Utraquists, ending the Hussite Civil War.
  • Battle of Cravant – 31 July – English victory during Hundred Years' War
  • Battle of Verneuil – 17 August – English defeat French, killing two French earls.
  • Siege of Salonika (Thessaloniki) – Venice vs. the Ottoman Empire
  • Battle of La Brossinière French victory over English
• 1424
  • Battle of L'Aquila – Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon.
  • Battle of Zagonara – The Florentines defeated by Filippo Maria Visconti's Milanese army under Count of Carmagnola.
• 1426
  • Battle of Brouwershaven – 13 January – Burgundian troops defeat combined Zeelander and English forces.
  • Battle of St. James – 6 March – An English force defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont.
  • Battle of Usti nad Labem – 16 June – Hussites defeat Imperial forces in the modern-day Czech-Republic.
  • Battle of Khirokitia – 7 July – Mamelukes defeat intoxicated Cypriots.
• 1427 – Battle of Maclodio – 4 October – Part of the Wars in Lombardy
• 1429 –
  • Siege of Orléans (1428–1429) English forces commanded by the Earl of Suffolk besiege French city and are driven off by Joan of Arc.
  • Battle of Jargeau – 11–12 June – Joan of Arc captures a bridge held by English over the Loire River. Her helmet saves her from a projectile.
  • Battle of Meung-sur-Loire – 11–12 June The forces of Joan of Arc capture a second bridge over the Loire River.
  • Battle of Beaugency – 16–17 June – Joan of Arc's forces capture a third Loire River bridge.
  • Battle of Patay – 18 June – First major field victory of the French in the Hundred Years' War, recognized as the war's turning point.
• 1430 Siege of Compiègne – 23 May – French victory but Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundians.
• 1431
  • Battle of Soncino – 17 May – Count of Carmagnola, for Venice, is defeated by the Visconti.
  • Battle of Pavia – 22 May – The Venetian fleet is destroyed by the Milanese.
  • Battle of Domažlice
  • Battle of Inverlochy – Royal English forces routed by Scottish Highlanders.
• 1432
  • 18 November-19 – Battle of Delebio – Duchy of Milan and Valtellina against the Republic of Venice
  • Battle of San Romano – Florence vs. Siena
• 1434 Battle of Lipany – 30 May – Catholic Crusaders destroy Taborite army.
• 1435
  • Battle of Gerbevoy, French troops, under the command of La Hire, defeat English.
  • Battle of Ponza, a Genoese fleet sent by Filippo Maria Visconti defeats the Aragonese of Alfonso V of Naples.
• 1436 Battle of Piperdean – Scottish victory over the English on the Scottish Borders
• 1439 Battle of Grotniki, Poland – Polish army defeats Hussite Protestants.
• 1440
  • Battle of Anghiari – 29 June – Niccolò Piccinino, overlord of Bologna, defeats Milanese Filippo Maria Visconti and is then opposed by Cosimo de Medici.
  • Siege of Novo Brdo (1440–41) — Ottoman forces captured Novo Brdo, an important fortified mining town of Serbia.
• 1443 Battle of Zlatica – December – Crusader advance stopped by the Ottoman army.
• 1444
  • Battle of Kunovica 2 or 5 January — Hungary, Poland and Serbia defeated Ottoman forces.
  • Battle of Varna 10 November Ottoman Murad II defeats Hungarians, Poles and Wallachians, king Władysław III of Poland killed.
• 1445 Battle of Gomit Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal.
• 1447
  • Battle of Damghan (1447)
• 1448
  • 23 October 1448 – Battle of Sark – Also known as Battle of Lochmabenstone – Anglo-Scottish Conflicts
  • 15 September – Battle of Caravaggio
  • Battle of Kosovo – 17–20 October – Roman Catholic coalition defeated by Turkish and Orthodox forces.
• 1449
  • Battle of Alfarrobeira – 20 May, Afonso V of Portugal defeats rebels of Pedro, Duke of Coimbra.
  • Battle of Tumu Fortress
• 1450 Battle of Formigny – Decisive French victory during the Hundred years war: The Count of Clermont and the Earl of Richmond use cannon to break up archers and defeat the English under Kyriell.

Late 15th century (1451–1500)

• 1453 –
  • Battle of Castillon The Valois use cannon to defeat the Lancastrians. This French victory ends the Hundred Years' War.
  • Battle of Constantinople – 29 May – Mehmet II of the Ottoman Turks captures Constantinople (İstanbul), ending the Byzantine Empire.
• 1454 -
  • Battle of Chojnice – 18 September – Polish defeated by Teutonic Knights.
  • Battle of Leskovac - 24 September - Serbs under command of Nikola Skobaljić defeated a larger Ottoman army.
  • Battle of Kruševac Serbian Despotate, allied with the Kingdom of Hungary, defeated invading Ottoman forces.
• 1455 –
  • Battle of Arkinholm – Scottish Royal-Black Douglas civil war
  • First Battle of St Albans – 22 May – first battle of the Wars of the Roses
• 1456 Siege of Belgrade 22 July Hungarian forces lift Ottoman siege, Sultan Mehmet II wounded.
• 1457 Battle of Direptatea April Ştefan cel Mare, helped by Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler, defeated Petru Aron and became Voivod of Moldavia.
• 1459 –
  • Battle of Blore Heath – 23 September – Yorkist knights defeat Lancastrians.
  • Battle of Ludford Bridge – 12 October – King Henry routs Yorkists.
• 1460 –
  • Battle of Sandwich (1460) Yorkists land at Sandwich, rout Lancastrians.
  • Battle of Nola – John of Anjou's victory over Ferdinand of Naples
  • Battle of Northampton – 10 July – Warwick attacks royal camp, captures King Henry.
  • Battle of Wakefield – 30 December – Queen Margaret's Lancastrians defeat Duke of York, who is killed in the fight.
• 1461 –
  • Battle of Mortimer's Cross – 2 February – Yorkists defeat Lancastrians in the west.
  • Second Battle of St Albans – 17 February – Lancastrians storm the town, chase out Yorkists.
  • Battle of Ferrybridge – 28 March – Lancastrians ambush the Earl of Warwick, and kill his second-in-command.
  • Battle of Towton – 29 March – Edward IV of England defeats Lancastrian forces.
  • Siege of Trebizond – 15 August – Ottoman Turks led by Mehmet II capture the capitol of the Empire of Trebizond, ending that empire.
• 1462 –
  • The Night Attack – 17 June – Vlad III Dracula versus Mehmed II
  • Battle of Świecino (or Schwetzin, or Żarnowiec) 7 September during the Thirteen Years' War, Poles defeated the Teutonic Order.
  • Siege of Mytilene, Ottoman Turks capture the capitol of Gattilusi Lesbos.
• 1463
  • Battle of Zatoka Świeża – 15 September – Polish navy defeats Teutonic navy.
• 1464 –
  • Battle of Hedgeley Moor – 25 April – Lancastrian rebels defeated.
  • Battle of Hexham – 15 May – Yorkists under Montagu annihilate Lancastrians in a surprise attack.
• 1467 –
  • Battle of Molinella – 25 July – Bartolomeo Colleoni for Venice is defeated.
  • Battle of Baia – 15 December – Ştefan cel Mare defeated Mathias Corvinus.
  • Battle of Brustem – 28 October
• 1469 Battle of Edgecote Moor (or Banbury) – 26 July – Warwick the Kingmaker triumphs over Edward IV.
• 1470 –
  • Battle of Lipnic Ştefan cel Mare defeated the Tatars.
  • Siege of Negroponte Ottomans besiege and capture the Venetian fortress of Negroponte.
  • Battle of Lose-coat Field – 12 March – Yorkists chase disrobing Lancastrians from the field.
• 1471 –
  • Battle of Ravenspur – 14 March
  • Battle of Barnet – 14 April – Confusion in the fog, Earl of Warwick killed.
  • Battle of Tewkesbury – 4 May – Edward IV of England's final victory over the House of Lancaster
  • Battle of Brunkeberg – 10 October – Denmark vs. Sweden
• 1473 –
  • Battle of Otlukbeli – Mehmed II of Ottoman Turks decisively defeats Uzun Hasan of Akkoyunlu Turkmens.
• 1474 –
  • Siege of Neuss Charles the Bold leads unsuccessful siege during Burgundy Wars.
  • Battle of Héricourt Burgundy is defeated.
  • Siege of Shkodra (1474), Spring 1474 — 8 August 1474 — Venice and Zeta defeated Ottoman besiegers
• 1475 –
  • Battle of Vaslui – 10 January – Ştefan cel Mare defeated a huge Ottoman army.
  • Battle on the Planta (November) Burgundy Wars
• 1476 –
  • Battle of Toro - 1 March - Indecisive: Prince John of Portugal defeated the Castilian right wing and remained in possession of the battlefield while his father Afonso V is defeated by the Castilian left-centre led by the Duke of Alba and Cardinal Mendoza. Both sides claimed victory.
  • Battle of Grandson – 2 March – A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold.
  • Battle of Morat – 22 June – The Swiss defeat Charles the Bold again.
  • Battle of Valea Albă – 26 July – Mehmed II defeated Ştefan cel Mare.
• 1477 Battle of Nancy – 5 January – Swiss pikemen defeat cavalry of Burgundy's Charles the Bold, who was killed.
• 1478 Battle of Macomer – Sardinian rebels are defeated by the Aragonese.
• 1479 -
  • Battle of Guinegate – August 7 – French troops were defeated by the Burgundians led by Maximilian of Habsburg
  • Battle of Breadfield – 13 October – Pál Kinizsi, comite of Timişoara, defeated the Ottomans.
• 1480 –
  • Siege of Rhodes – May until 28 July – Ottomans unsuccessfully besiege the Knights Hospitaller garrison on Rhodes.
  • Battle of Bloody Bay – A naval battle fought near Tobermory, Scotland, between John of Islay, Earl of Ross, the Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald; and his son, Angus Óg Macdonald
• 1480/1481 – Battle of Otranto – Gedik Ahmet Paşa of the Ottoman Turks captures Otranto in the Italian peninsula.
• 1481 Battle of Yenişehir – 22 June – The forces of Sultan Beyazit II of Ottoman Turks defeat the supporters of his brother and rival, Cem Sultan.
• 1482 Battle of Campomorto – 21 August – Papal army under Roberto Malataesta defeats Neapolitan troops led by Alfonso, Duke of Calabria.
• 1484 Battle of Lochmaben Fair – Scottish Royal-Black Douglas civil war
• 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field – 22 August – Ends Wars of the Roses fought since 1460, Henry VII becomes King.
• 1486 Battle of Auldicharish – Scottish clan battle
• 1487 Battle of Stoke – 16 June – Henry VII of England finally defeats internal opposition.
• 1488 Battle of Sauchieburn – 11 June – King James III defeated by Scottish nobles.
• 1492 Battle of Granada – 2 January – Ferdinand II of Aragon defeated the last Muslim kingdom in al-Andalus, the emirate of Granada of sultan Boabdil.
• 1493 Battle of Krbava field – 9 September – Ottoman-Croatian Wars Ottoman Turks defeat Croatians.
• 1495 Battle of Fornovo – 6 July – Francesco II Gonzaga of the Italian Holy League defeated Charles VIII of France.
• 1497 –
  • Battle of Codrii Cosminului Ştefan cel Mare defeated John I of Poland.
  • Battle of Drumchatt – Scottish clan battle
• 1499 -Battle of Zonchio (also known as Battle of Sapienza or First Battle of Lepanto) – 25 August – The Ottoman fleet defeats the Venetian fleet.
• 1500 –
  • Battle of Hemmingstedt – 17 February – A peasant rebellion defeats a much larger ducal army by opening dykes and drowning them.
  • Battle of Lepanto Ottoman fleet defeats Venetian fleet.
  • Battle of Vedrosha – 14 July – Russians beat the Lithuanians.

Early 16th century (1501–50)

• 1503 –
  • Battle of Cerignola – 21 April – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War.
  • Battle of Garigliano – 27 December – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War.
• 1509 –
  • Battle of Diu 3 February – Portuguese Viceroy destroys Moslem fleet off the coast of India, wrests control of spice trade.
  • Battle of Polesella – A fleet of the Republic of Venice is destroyed on the Po River by the Ferrarese artillery.
  • Battle of Agnadello (also known as Battle of Vaila) 14 May – Italian Wars
  • Siege of Padua – 15–30 September Venice captures Padua.
• 1512 Battle of Ravenna – 11 April – Gaston de Foix defeats the Spanish, but is killed in the battle.
• 1513
  • Battle of Novara – 6 June – Holy League defeats France.
  • Battle of Guingate (of the Spurs) – 16 August – Henry VIII and Emperor Maximilian I crush French.
  • Battle of Flodden Field – 9 September – Henry VIII's army under Earl of Surrey killed James IV of Scotland.
  • Battle of La Motta – 7 October – Spain defeats Venice.
• 1514
  • Battle of Orsha – 8 September – Polish–Lithuanian army defeated the army of Muscovy.
  • Battle of Chaldiran – Selim I of Ottoman Turks defeats Persian Safavids.
• 1515 –
  • Battle of Marignano – 13–14 September – France defeats Milan.
  • Arumer Zwarte Hoop – Army of peasant rebels in Friesland fighting the Dutch authorities
• 1516
  • War of Urbino – Francesco Maria I della Rovere shortly reconquers Urbino.
  • Siege of Arai – 11 July – In Japan, the Hōjō Clan captures Arai castle.
  • Battle of Marj Dabiq – 24 August – Selim I of Ottoman Turks defeats the Mamelukes and captures Syria.
  • Battle of Yaunis Khan – 28 October – Ottoman Empire defeats the Mamelukes.
• 1517 Battle of Ridaniya – Ottoman Turks under Selim I defeat Mamelukes and capture Egypt.
• 1520 Battle of the Night of Sorrows – 30 June – The Aztec Empire defeats the Spanish troops of Hernán Cortés.
• 1521
  • Siege of Tenochtitlan – 26 May – 13 August – Fall of the Aztec Empire
  • Battle of Pampeluna – French take city from Spanish, Ignatius of Loyola wounded.
  • Suleiman I of the Ottoman Turks captures Belgrade.
• 1522
  • Battle of Bicocca – 22 April – Spanish victory during Habsburg-Valois Wars
  • Siege of Rhodes – The Ottoman Empire expels the Knights of Rhodes.
• 1524 Siege of Edo – Edo Castle falls from Uesugi control to Hōjō control.
• 1525
  • Battle of Punta Quemada – January – Pizarro defeats the Quitians, but is wounded seven times.
  • Battle of Frankenhausen – End of the German Peasants' War
  • Battle of Pavia – 24 February – Spain and Germany defeat France, Francis I of France is captured.
• 1526
  • First battle of Panipat – 21 April – The Mughal king Babur defeats sultan Ibrahim Lodhi.
  • Battle of Mohács – 29 August – Suleiman I of Ottoman Turks defeats the kingdom of Hungary; King Louis II killed.
  • Siege of Kamakura – Uesugi clan defeats Hōjō clan, inflicting a major psychological blow.
• 1527 Sack of Rome – 6 May – Unpaid Spanish and Imperial troops attack the city in protest.
• 1529
  • Battle of Shimbra Kure – 7 March or 9 – Imam Ahmad Gragn withstands the assault of the numerically superior army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia.
  • Siege of Vienna – Ottomans reach limit of empire, can't capture Vienna and settle in Buda.
• 1530 Battle of Gavinana – 3 August – Florence crushed by the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1531 –
  • Battle of Antukyah – February or March – The Ethiopian army panics and flees before Imam Ahmad Gragn's seven cannons and matchlockmen.
  • Battle of Puná – April – Pizarro's forces defeat much larger forces of natives on the island of Puná.
  • Battle of Obertyn - 22 August - Polish army defeats the Moldavians.
  • Battle of Kappel – 11 October – Victory of Swiss Catholics over the followers of Zwingli
  • Battle of Amba Sel – 28 October – Imam Ahmad Gragn again defeats Emperor Lebna Dengel, and crosses the Walaqa River unchecked into Bet Amhara.
• 1532 Battle of Cajamarca – Pizarro captures king Atahuallpa.
• 1533 Battle of Cuzco – Capital of the Inca empire taken by the Spanish.
• 1536 –
  • Battle of Un no Kuchi – Takeda family forces defeat Hiraga Genshin.
  • Siege of Cuzco – 6 May 1536 – March 1537 – Siege of the city of Cuzco by the army of Inca Emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui, Manco Inca is defeated.
• 1537 Battle of Ollantaytambo – January – The forces of the Inca emperor Manco Inca defeat the Spanish troops of Hernando Pizarro.
• 1538 –
  • Battle of Las Salinas – Pizarro brothers defeat Diego de Almagro.
  • Battle of Preveza – Ottoman fleet defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet.
• 1540 Battle of Mabila - 18 October - Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortress town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
• 1541 Battle of Sahart – 24 April – Ethiopian Emperor Gelawdewos defeats an attack by Garad Emar, a lieutenant of Imam Ahmad Gragn. However, the Emperor is forced south into Shewa and away from the advancing troops of Portuguese commander Christovão da Gama.
• 1542 –
  • Battle of Baçente – 2 February – Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia.
  • Battle of Sezawa – 9 March – Takeda Shingen defeats four enemy forces to begin his conquest Shinano Province.
  • Battle of Jarte – 4 April-16 The Portuguese under Christovão da Gama encounter the army of Imam Ahmad Gragn in two successive victories.
  • Battle of the Hill of the Jews – August – During the rainy season, Christovão da Gama captures a strategic position and many badly needed horses.
  • Battle of Haddon Rig – 24 August – Scottish victory over the English
  • Battle of Wofla – 28 August – Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp. The Portuguese are scattered, Christovão da Gama captured and executed.
  • Battle of Solway Moss – 25 November – English victory over Scotland
  • Battle of Azukizaka – Oda Nobuhide defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
  • Siege of Uehara – Takeda Shingen captures Uehara Castle from Suwa Yorishige.
  • Siege of Kuwabara – One day after Uehara, Shingen defeats Yorishige again. Yorishige then commits suicide.
  • Siege of Fukuyo – Takeda Shingen captures Fukuyo fortress. Battle of Ankokuji follows, Takato Yoritsugu defeated.
  • Battle of Alltan-Beath – Scottish clan battle
• 1543 –
  • Battle of Wayna Daga – 11 February – Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat their Muslim opponent; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
  • Siege of Nagakubo – Shingen defeats Oi Sadataka.
• 1544 –
  • Battle of Ceresole – 11 April – French forces defeat Holy Roman Empire in Italy.
  • Siege of Kojinyama – Takeda Shingen continues his conquest of Ima Valley, Shinano Province.
  • Battle of the Shirts – Scottish clan battle
• 1545 –
  • Battle of Ancrum Moor – Scottish victory over the English during the War of the Rough Wooing
  • Siege of Takatō Takeda Shingen defeats Takatō Yoritsugu, taking his castle.
  • Siege of Ryūgasaki The Takeda family defeats Tozawa Yorichika.
  • Battle of the Solent – 18 July – Indecisive naval battle between France and England, English flagship Mary Rose sinks.
  • Battle of Kawagoe Hōjō forces defeat the Uesugi, foiling a siege.
• 1547 –
  • Battle of Mühlberg – 24 April – Emperor Charles V captures elector of Saxony and lays siege to Wittenberg in the Schmalkaldic War.
  • Battle of Pinkie – 10 September – Earl of Hertford guardian of Edward VI crushes Scottish resistance.
• 1548 –
  • Battle of Uedahara – 14 February – Takeda Shingen defeats Murakami Yoshikiyo.
  • Battle of Shirojiritoge – Takeda Shingen surprises and defeats Ogasawara Nagatoki in a dawn attack.
• 1549 Siege of Fukashi Takeda Shingen captures several of Nagatoki's castles, forcing him to flee to Kyoto.

Late 16th century (1551–1600)

• 1551
  • Siege of Tripoli 15 August – The garrison of the Knights of Malta in the fortress of Tripoli surrender to Ottoman besiegers after a bombardment lasting six days.
  • Sieges of Toishi Takeda Shingen takes the castle of Toishi after besieging it multiple times starting in 1550.
• 1552 Siege of Kazan – Ivan the Terrible defeats the Kazan Khanate.
• 1552 Siege of Eger – Hungarian victory over Ottoman Turks
• 1553 First Battle of Kawanakajima (June) indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin
• 1554 Battle of Renty 12 August – Francis, Duke of Guise repels an Imperial invasion of Picardy.
• 1555 Second Battle of Kawanakajima Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin.
• 1555 Battle of Garbharry – battle fought between Clan MacKay and Clan Sutherland
• 1556 Second battle of Panipat 5 November – Akbar the Great defeats Hemu.
• 1557 –
  • Third Battle of Kawanakajima Takeda Shingen repelled by Uesugi Kenshin.
  • Battle of St. Quentin 10 August – Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeats Anne de Montmorency during the Habsburg-Valois War.
• 1558 –
  • Siege of Calais 7 January – France capture the city from the English.
  • Battle of Gravelines 13 July Spain defeats France.
• 1560 –
  • Battle of Djerba – 9 May-14 – Ottoman fleet defeats Holy League.
  • Battle of Norada In Japan, the Azai clan gains its independence from the Rokkaku.
  • Battle of Okehazama Oda Nobunaga's small forces ambush and slay Warlord Imagawa Yoshimoto.
  • Battle of Ērģeme Russian Tsardom defeats Livonian Confederacy so decisively that the Livonian Order was disbanded
• 1561 Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima 10 September Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
• 1562
  • Battle of Corrichie – Mary, Queen of Scots Civil Wars
  • Battle of Dreux 19 December Catholics versus Huguenots in France. Both leaders captured.
• 1564 –
  • Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima Indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin
  • Battle of Kōnodai Hōjō clan forces defeat the forces of Satomi Yoshihiro.
  • Battle of Azukizaka Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the Ikkō-ikki.
• 1565 Siege of Malta Knights of Malta defeat Turkish forces.
• 1566 Battle of Szigetvár 6 August – 8 September 2,300 Hungarian defenders are annihilated by an army of 90,000 soldiers of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1567 –
  • Battle of Oosterweel – Traditionally seen as the beginning[1] of the Eighty Years' War. Spain defeats Dutch rebels.
  • Battle of Carberry Hill – Mary, Queen of Scots, forces defeated by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray.
• 1568 –
  • Battle of Langside 13 May James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray defeats the forces of his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, forcing her to flee to England.
  • Battle of Rheindalen – Dutch attempt to conquer Roermond.
  • Battle of Heiligerlee 23 May Dutch army ambushes Spanish army.
  • Battle of Jemmingen 21 July Spanish army under the Duke of Alva defeats the Dutch army.
  • Battle of Jodoigne Spain defeats Dutch army.
  • Siege of Hachigata Takeda Shingen is unable to take a Hōjō fortress.
• 1569 –
  • Siege of Odawara Takeda Shingen's forces burn the Hōjō clan controlled town.
  • Battle of Mimasetoge Takeda Shingen escapes a trap set for him by the Hōjō clan.
  • Battle of Jarnac 13 March, French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots.
  • Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille 25 June, French Huguenots defeat French Catholic forces.
  • Battle of Moncontour 3 October, French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots decisively.
• 1570 –
  • Siege of Chōkō-ji Unsuccessful attempt to retake a castle captured by Oda Nobunaga.
  • Battle of Anegawa Nobunaga joins forces with Tokugawa Ieyasu to defeat the Asakura and Azai.
• 1571 –
  • Siege of Mount Hiei Nobunaga defeats the Tendai Warrior Monks and razes their temple complex.
  • Battle of Lepanto 7 October Spain and Venice's fleets defeat the Ottoman fleet.
  • First Siege of Nagashima Unsuccessful attempt by Nobunaga to take the fortress
• 1572 –
  • Battle of Molodi The Crimean Tatars and Ottoman Janissaries are routed by Russians near Moscow.
  • Siege of Futamata Takeda Shingen captures one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortresses.
  • Relief of Goes Spanish victory over the Dutch
  • Capture of Brielle 1 April – Marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War
• 1573 –
  • Battle of Mikatagahara Tokugawa Ieyasu is forced to retreat from Takeda Shingen.
  • Siege of Iwamura Takeda Shingen's forces led by Akiyama Nobutomo capture Iwamura castle.
  • Siege of Odani Nobunaga defeats Azai Nagamasa, effectively destroying the Azai family.
  • Siege of Ichijo ga dani Nobunaga effectively destroys the Asakura.
  • Siege of Noda Takeda Shingen is killed.
  • Battle of Flushing 17 April – Dutch rebels manage to capture 5 Spanish ships.
  • Battle of Borsele 22 April – A Spanish fleet under Sancho d'Avila is forced to retreat by a Dutch fleet under Admiral Worst.
  • Battle of Haarlemmermeer 26 May – The Dutch failed in an attempt to break the siege of Haarlem.
  • Siege of Haarlem 13 July – Spanish capture city following a seven-month siege.
  • Battle on the Zuiderzee Dutch fleet destroyed a larger and better-equipped Spanish fleet on the Zuiderzee.
• 1574 –
  • Battle of Reimerswaal 29 January – Sancho d'Avila's attempt to resupply his troops ends up in complete annihilation of his fleet.
  • Siege of Leiden – Dutch rebel victory over Spain
  • Battle of Mookerheyde 14 April A Dutch army crumbles at a Spanish army's presence.
  • Battle of Lillo 30 May – Lodewijk van Boisot with 64 Dutch ships destroys the Spanish fleet near Antwerp.
  • Battle of Takatenjin Takeda Katsuyori, son of Takeda Shingen, captures Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortress of Takatenjin.
  • Second Siege of Nagashima Nobunaga's second attempt is foiled by a counter-attack.
  • Siege of Itami Nobunaga defeats Araki Murashige who had rebelled.
• 1575 –
  • Battle of Nagashino 28 June Nobunaga repels the forces of Takeda Katsuyori.
  • Third Siege of Nagashima Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress.
• 1576 –
  • Siege of Mitsuji (May) Honganji forces defeat Nobunaga's army, killing Harada Naomasa.
  • First Battle of Kizugawaguchi (August) Unsuccessful naval blockade by Nobunaga.
• 1577 -
  • Battle of Lubieszów - 17 April - Polish army defeats Danzig Rebellion army.
  • Battle of Tedorigawa Nobunaga launches an unsuccessful attack on the forces of Uesugi Kenshin.
• 1578 –
  • Battle of Gembloux 31 January Don John of Austria crushes Protestant army.
  • Battle of Alcazarquivir 4 August Moors defeat Portuguese army, kill King Sebastian of Portugal.
  • Second Battle of Kizugawaguchi Nobunaga defeats the naval forces of the Mori clan.
  • Battle of Rijmenam (1578) The Spanish forces were dealt a strategic defeat.
  • Siege of Kozuki Hideyoshi is defeated by the Mori clan.
  • Battle of Çıldır – Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persia and conquer the Caucasus.
• 1579 –
  • Siege of Itami Hideyoshi captures Itami castle from Araki Murashige.
  • Siege of Maastricht 20.000 Spanish troops under Farnese captures the city defended by 2000 Dutch soldiers and civilians.
• 1580 –
  • Battle of Alcântara Spanish candidate to the Portuguese throne defeats national candidate.
  • Siege of Ishiyama Honganji (August) Kōsa surrenders to Nobunaga after a ten-year siege.
  • Siege of Miki Hideyoshi captures Miki castle from Nagaharu.
• 1581 –
  • Siege of Breda Spanish troops took the Dutch city by surprise.
  • Siege of Takatenjin Oda Nobunaga captures Takeda controlled castle.
  • Siege of Tottori Hideyoshi captures Tottori Castle. The castle's lord commits suicide.
• 1582 –
  • Battle of Temmokuzan Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga destroy the forces of Takeda Katsuyori, who commits suicide.
  • Siege of Takamatsu Hideyoshi captures Takamatsu Castle. The lord of this castle also commits suicide.
  • Battle of Honnō-ji 21 June Nobunaga is defeated by Akechi Mitsuhide, who forces him to commit suicide.
  • Battle of Yamazaki Hideyoshi defeats the murderer of his master Oda Nobunaga.
  • Battle of Uchide-hama Hideyoshi again defeats Nobunaga's murderer, Akechi Mitsuhide.
• 1583 -
  • Battle of Shizugatake (May) Hideyoshi relieves one of his allies who was under siege.
  • Battle of Torches May 9–11 Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persians at the end of three days of battle.
• 1584 Battle of Komaki and Nagakute Hideyoshi is defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu.
• 1585 Invasion of Shikoku Hideyoshi conquers the island.
• 1586 Battle of Zutphen 22 September, Spanish defeat Dutch rebels.
• 1587
  • Battle of Coutras 20 October, Huguenot forces defeat the French Royal Army.
  • Battle of Vimory 26 October, French Royalist forces defeat foreign Huguenot forces.
• 1588 -
  • Battle of Byczyna - 24 January - A Polish faction defeats a Habsburg faction.
  • Battle of Gravelines 29 July Spanish Armada beaten decisively in battle against the English and Dutch fleet.
• 1590 –
  • Battle of Ivry 14 March Henri IV of Navarre defeats Catholic League in War of the Three Henries.
  • Siege of Odawara – 4 May August the Go-Hojo clan surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Japan was unified (1590).
  • Siege of Shimoda Hideyoshi's forces vs. Hōjō clan
• 1591 -
  • Battle of Bhuchar Mori July Mughal Empire defeated combined Kathiawar forces led by Nawanagar State.
• 1592 –
  • Battle of Sangju 24 April Konishi Yukinaga defeats the Koreans under Yi Il.
  • Battle of Ch'ungju 28 April Japanese forces decisively defeat the Koreans.
  • Battle of Okpo 7 May The Korean Navy defeats a Japanese convoy.
  • Siege of Busan 24–25 May (13–14 April Lunar Calendar) Japanese defeat Koreans.
  • Battle of Hansan Island 14 August Korean Navy defeats Japanese Navy.
  • Battle of Busan 1 November Korean Navy could not recapture Busan from Japan.
  • Siege of Pyongyang Chinese general Li Rusong defeats Konishi Yukinaga. Japan is expelled from Pyongyang.
  • Siege of Jinju (1592) Siege of Jinju Fortress. Commander Kim Si-min repulses the Japanese commander Hosokawa Tadaoki, due to the arrival of a Korean relief force led by Gwak Jae-u.
• 1593 –
  • Battle of Byeokjegwan 27 January, decisive battle between Japan and China in Seoul. The Japanese army led by Ukita Hideie and Kobayakawa Takakage defeated the Chinese army under Li Rusong.
  • Battle of Haengju The Korean army under commander Gwon Yul defenders were successful in repelling the Japanese forces.
  • Siege of Jinju Japanese defeat Koreans.
  • Battle of Sisak Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat forces of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Battle of Dryfe Sands A clash between Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone
• 1594 Battle of Glenlivet
• 1596 –
  • Battle of Keresztes (24 October – 26) Ottoman Empire defeats Austria-Hungary and Germany.
  • Capture of Cadiz Dutch United Provinces seized the Spanish city of Cádiz.
• 1597 –
  • Battle of Turnhout 24 January Dutch troops defeat Spanish cavalry.
  • Battle of Chilchonryang 28 August Japanese Navy decisively defeat Korean Navy.
  • Siege of Namwon (August) Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force.
  • Siege of Ulsan Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force.
  • Battle of Myeongnyang 26 October Korean Navy defeats Japanese navy.
• 1598 –
  • Battle of the Yellow Ford – Irish under Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, destroy English force.
  • Battle of Stångebro 25 September Sigismund loses the Swedish crown to his uncle, Duke Charles.
  • Battle of Sacheon (1598) October, Japanese army defeats Chinese army.
  • Battle of Noryang Point 16 December, the Chinese and Korean Navy failed to prevent the retreat of the Japan army.
• 1600 –
  • Battle of Sekigahara – Japanese General Ieyasu defeats three regents of the son of Hideyoshi in the most important battle in Japanese history – he later establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate.
  • Battle of Nieuwpoort 2 July Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Maurits) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria

Early 17th century (1601–50)

• 1601 –
  • Battle of Bantam Dutch outnumbered expedition fleet defeats the Portuguese Armada.
• 1603 –
  • Battle of Sluys Spanish defeated by the Dutch fleet, the Spanish commander Federico Spinola died.
  • Battle of Brașov July 17 – Fought between the troops of Wallachia led by Radu Șerban and the Habsburg Empire on one side and the Transylvanian troops led by Mózes Székely on the other side
• 1605 –
  • Battle of Dobrynichi 21 January – Pretender to the Russian throne defeated, but escapes.
  • Battle of Kircholm 27 September – Polish hussars cavalry defeated numerically superior Swedes.
• 1606 –
  • Battle of Cape Rachado Dutch East India Company and Portuguese fleets. Portuguese victory.
  • Battle of Gol 10 March – Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
  • Siege of Groenlo Forces led by Ambrosio Spinola take the city, which remained in Spanish hands until 1627.
• 1607 Battle of Gibraltar 25 April – Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet.
• 1608 Battle of Ebenat 17 January – Emperor Susenyos surprises an Oromo army, killing 12,000 Oromo at a cost of 400 soldiers.
• 1610 –
  • Siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (23 September 1608 – 12 January) sixteen-month siege of Trinity Monastery fails.
  • Battle of Kluszyn 4 July, during Time of Troubles in Russia. Polish army defeated Russians and Swedes.
• 1611 Siege of Smolensk (ended in June) – Poland captures city after two-year siege.
• 1612
  • Battle of Kringen – 26 August – Norwegian peasant militia ambush Scottish mercenary soldiers on their way to enlist in the Swedish army.
  • 30 November – English East India Company fleet defeats Portuguese off the coast of Surat, India.
• 1614 Battle of Imafuku (November) Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks and captures the village of Imafuku by defeating Toyotomi clan forces.
• 1615 –
  • Battle of Kashii 29 April Tokugawa forces defeat Toyotomi forces during the conflict over Osaka.
  • Battle of Tennōji Final defeat of Toyotomi Hideyori, son of Hideyoshi
• 1617 Second Battle of Playa Honda – Spanish victory in the Philippines during Eighty Years' War
• 1618 Siege of Plzeň Protestants defeat Catholics in the Thirty Years' War.
• 1619 –
  • Battle of Sablat 10 June, called Battle of Záblatí in Czech, during the Thirty Years' War
  • Battle of Sarhū the Manchus defeat the Ming.
  • Battle of Wisternitz 5 August Battle of the Thirty Years' War, Bohemians defeat Austrians.
• 1620 Battle of White Mountain 8 November Battle deciding fate of Prague in Thirty Years' War
• 1621 Battle of Khotyn Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army stops great Turkish invasion.
• 1622 –
  • Battle of Wiesloch 25 April Protestants under Count Mansfield defeat Catholics under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly in Thirty Years' War.
  • Battle of Wimpfen 6 May
  • Battle of Höchst 20 June
  • Battle of Fleurus 29 August Protestant victory during Thirty Years' War
• 1623 –
  • Battle of Stadtlohn 6 August The Count of Tilly leads Catholic forces to victory over the Protestants.
  • Capture of Bahia 22 December – Dutch victory in the Dutch–Portuguese War
• 1624
  • Battle of Playa Honda – The Netherlands defeats Spain.
  • Siege of Breda Dutch fortress falls into Spanish hands in 1625.
• 1625 –
  • Recapture of Bahia – Decisive Spanish-Portuguese victory
  • Action of 1 February 1625 Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War
  • Battle of Elmina (1625) 25 October – Failed Dutch attempt to take a Portuguese fortress
• 1626 –
  • Battle of Wallhof – 17 January – Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden defeats a Polish force during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29).
  • Battle of Lutter am Berenberge Danish defeated during Thirty Years' War.
• 1627 –
  • Battle of Dirschau – 7 August – Indecisive battle during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29)
  • Siege of Groenlo A Dutch army led by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange liberates the city from Spanish rule.
  • Battle of Oliwa Battle in the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29). It was the biggest and the last naval battle of the Polish royal navy.
• 1628 Battle in the Bay of Matanzas Dutch fleet led by Admiral Piet Hein was able to defeat and capture the Spanish treasure fleet.
• 1629 –
  • Battle of Górzno – 12 February – Swedish victory during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29)
  • Battle of Trzciana – 25 June – Polish victory during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29)
  • Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch Dutch army takes a city loyal to the Spanish king.
• 1630 Siege of Recife (1630) the Dutch captured Recife, in Portuguese Brazil. This began a war over Brazil, which would see the Dutch establish a colony called New Holland.
• 1631 –
  • Battle of Magdeburg (ended 20 May) Imperial Soldiers capture and pillage town.
  • Battle of Albrolhos 10 August – Spanish Admiral Oquendo defeated the Dutch after a six-hour naval battle.
  • Battle of Breitenfeld 17 September Saxons and Swedes defeat Catholics under Tilly.
  • Battle of the Slaak Crushing Dutch victory over the Spanish fleet
• 1632 –
  • Battle of Rain 5 April Count of Tilly killed in battle with the Swedes.
  • Capture of Maastricht 9 June – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange eventually captured the city from Spanish forces.
  • Battle of Lützen Protestant Swedish forces defeat Catholics but King Gustavus Adolphus is killed.
• 1634 – Battle of Nördlingen – 6–7 September – The Imperial armies number 33,000 troops, the Protestant forces with 25,000. At the end of the day, 12,000 Protestants are dead, another 4,000 captured, including Swedish army leader Gustaf Horn.
• 1636 Battle of Wittstock – Sweden defeats an army of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1637 –
  • Battle of Elmina (1637) – The Dutch captured Fort Elmina from the Portuguese.
  • Battle of Mombaldone – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy defeats a Spanish army.
  • Siege of Breda Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange retook the city.
• 1638 Battle of Kallo – William of Nassau tried to surround the city of Antwerp.
• 1639 –
  • Battle of the Downs – Spanish navy defeated by Dutch in the English Channel.
  • Action of 30 September 1639 – Naval battle in the Dutch–Portuguese War. Dutch ships captured and destroyed 3 Portuguese galleons.
• 1641 –
  • Battle of Malacca – Dutch efforts effectively destroyed the last bastion of Portuguese power.
  • Capture of Luanda – The Dutch captured Luanda from the Portuguese.
• 1642 –
  • Battle of Honnecourt – 26 May – Spanish victory against a French army
  • Battle of Edgehill – 23 October – First battle of English Civil War, a draw
  • Second Battle of Breitenfeld – 23 October – Swedish victory over Holy Roman Empire
  • Battle of Brentford – 12 November – Royalist cavalry defeats Roundheads, but has to retreat later.
  • Battle of Lostwithiel (1642)
• 1643 –
  • Battle of Rocroi 19 May French under Duc d'Enghien destroy Spanish military supremacy in Europe.
  • Battle of Adwalton Moor 30 June Royalists beat Roundheads near York.
  • Battle of Burton Bridge 4 July Royalists capture Burton from the Roundheads.
  • Battle of Lansdowne 5 July Royalists and Roundheads tie near Bath.
  • Battle of Roundway Down 13 July Royalists crush Roundheads in West Country.
  • First Battle of Newbury 20 September Roundheads save London from Royalists.
  • Battle of Tuttlingen 24 November
• 1644 –
  • Battle of Ochmatów - 30 January - Polish-Lithuanian army defeat Crimean Tatars.
  • Battle of Cropredy Bridge 29 June Charles defeats Roundheads under William Waller.
  • Battle of Marston Moor 2 July Oliver Cromwell Roundheads defeat King Charles I of England's Cavaliers securing the North for the Puritans.
  • Battle of Freiburg (August) – Indecisive battle between French forces and an Austrian-Bavarian army.
  • Battle of Tippermuir 1 September Montrose's Royalists defeat Elcho's Covenanters.
  • Battle of Lostwithiel 2 September Royalists surround Roundheads west of Plymouth.
  • Battle of Aberdeen (1644) 13 September Royalist victory during Scottish Civil War
  • Second Battle of Newbury 27 October Roundheads block Charles' return to London.
  • Battle of Jüterbog – Sweden defeats Holy Roman Empire.
  • Battle of Lagoscuro – Allied Castro, Republic of Venice, Modena, and Tuscany forces defeat the papal army.
• 1645 –
  • Battle of Inverlochy 2 February Highlanders defeat Covenanters.
  • Battle of Jankau 23 February
  • Siege of Hulst – The heavily fortified town was conquered by Dutch troops commanded by Frederick Henry after only 28 days.
  • Battle of Auldearn 9 May Royalist victory during Scottish Civil War
  • Battle of Naseby 14 June Cromwell's Ironsides defeat Charles' Cavaliers.
  • Battle of Alford 2 July Covenanters defeated by Royalists under Montrose.
  • Second Battle of Nördlingen 3 August French victory during Thirty Years' War
  • Battle of Tabocas 3 August – Aka Battle of Mount Tabocas, battle between the Dutch and the Portuguese army
  • Battle of Kilsyth 15 August James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats Covenanters in decisive battle.
  • Battle of Philiphaugh 13 September Covenanters under General David Leslie surprise Montrose in camp, Montrose runs away.
• 1646 -
  • Battle of Benburb - Irish Ulster army under Owen Roe O'Neill defeat Scots.
  • Battles of La Naval de Manila - Two quickly fitted out Spanish-Filipino crewed Manila galleons repel a Dutch invasion fleet in 5 separate battles.
• 1647 –
  • Battle of Dungan's Hill, Irish Leinster army destroyed by Parliamentarians.
  • Battle of Knocknanuss, Irish Munster army destroyed in Cork by Inchiquin.
  • Battle of Puerto de Cavite 10 June Spanish defenders defeat Dutch invasion in the Philippines during Eighty Years' War.
  • Battle of Kombi 29 October – Decisive Dutch victory over the Portuguese Empire
• 1648 –
  • Battle of Maidstone
  • Battle of St Fagans
  • Siege of Pembroke
  • First Battle of Guararapes 18 April – Dutch and Portuguese forces in Pernambuco, in a dispute for the dominion of that part of Brazil
  • Battle of Zusmarshausen 17 May French and Swedish defeat Holy Roman Empire.
  • Battle of Prague
  • Battle of Preston 17 August Cromwell defeats William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton.
  • Battle of Lens 20 August
• 1649-
  • Second Battle of Guararapes, Portuguese forces defeat the Netherlands and conquer Pernambuco.
  • Battle of Rathmines, an army composed of Irish and Royalist soldiers is destroyed, paving the way for the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
  • Destruction of Huronia, force of 1200 armed Iroquois destroy Huron villages of St. Louis and St. Ignace near southern Georgian Bay, Canada, initiating Huron dispersal.
• 1650 Battle of Dunbar

Late 17th century (1651–1700)

• 1651 –
  • Battle of Worcester 3 September Cromwell defeats Royalists, Charles King of Scots escapes disguised as a servant.
  • Battle of Berestechko Ukrainian rebels clash with the Polish army, in the largest battle of the 17th century.
• 1652 –
  • Battle of Goodwin Sands (or Dover) 29 May Blake's attack without a declaration of war on Tromp's fleet, initiates First Anglo-Dutch War.
  • Battle of Plymouth First Anglo-Dutch War 26 August De Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away.
  • Battle of Elba Dutch victory over the English fleet
  • Battle of the Kentish Knock (or Dover) 8 October Blake beats back de With.
  • Battle of Dungeness 10 December Tromp defeats Blake during the First Anglo-Dutch War.
  • Battle of Bléneau (La Fronde) 7 April. Condé commands Fronds against French under Marshall Turenne, but the outcome is inconclusive.
• 1653 –
  • Battle of Portland 28 February – 2 March Dutch admiral Tromp, outnumbered, loses a dozen men-of-war and 50 merchantmen to Blake.
  • Battle of Livorno 13 March Johan van Galen's ships defeat Bodley.
  • Battle of Leghorn 14 March Dutch naval victory over the English
  • Battle of the Gabbard (or North Foreland) 12–13 June, English victory during the First Anglo-Dutch War
  • Battle of Scheveningen (or Texel) 8–10 August English victory during the First Anglo-Dutch War, Tromp killed
• 1654 –
  • Battle of Arras French defeat Spanish.
  • Action of 23 March 1654 Portuguese having their 2 top officers killed still win the battle. Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War
  • Action of 2 May 1654 Battle near Colombo, Ceylon. Dutch defeat the Portuguese at sea.
• 1655 –
  • Battle of Żarnów – 16 September – Swedish army defeats Polish during The Deluge.
  • Battle of Nowy Dwór – 30 September – Swedish army defeats Polish during The Deluge.
• 1656 –
  • Battle of Częstochowa (Winter, continued from 1655) Failed Swedish attack on Jasna Góra monastery
  • First Battle of Warsaw 30 June Poland retakes capital from Sweden.
  • Second Battle of Warsaw 18–20 July Charles X Gustavus of Sweden defeats Poland and is declared war upon by every country of significance in the Northern War.
  • Battle of Prostken 8 October Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł defeated by loyal Polish.
• 1658 –
  • Battle of the Dunes 14 June English and French defeat Spanish at Dunkirk.
  • Battle of Kolding 25 December Poland and Denmark defeat Sweden.
• 1659 –
  • Battle at Elvas 14 January Portuguese defeat Spain.
• 1660 -
  • Battle of Polonka - 29 June - Polish–Lithuanian army defeat Russians.
  • Battle of Chudnov - 14 October to 2 November - Polish-Lithuanian and Crimean Khanate army defeat Russian and Cossacks army.
• 1661 Siege of Fort Zeelandia Ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan
• 1664 Battle of Saint Gotthard – Austrians defeat Ottoman Empire.
• 1665 –
  • Battle of Lowestoft Battle during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Biggest naval defeat in Dutch history.
  • Battle of Vågen English fleet defeated by the Dutch without losing any ships.
  • Battle of Ambuila (or Mbwila) Portuguese forces defeat and kill king António I of Kongo, ending native rule of that kingdom.
  • Battle of Montes Claros – Portuguese forces defeat Spain.
• 1666 –
  • Four Days' Battle One of the longest naval engagements in history ended up in a Dutch (led by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter) victory against the English.
  • St. James's Day Battle a.k.a. Two Days' Battle Another huge naval clash between England and the Netherlands. Close victory for England.
• 1667 Raid on the Medway a.k.a. Battle of Chatham, England's largest naval defeat in history. A successful Dutch attack on English ships, in their main naval base Chatham, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch under command of Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
• 1671 –
  • Battle of Saraighat – Ahoms, led by Lachit Borphukan, defeat Mughals, led by rajput Raja Ramsingh I, successfully defending Guwahati in the last major Mughal invasion of Assam in its history.
• 1672 –
  • Battle of Solebay 7 June – Naval battle between Dutch and English, England forced to abandon plans for a blockade.
  • Siege of Groningen 9 July – Dutch victory that ended all hope to push deeper into the Netherlands
  • Siege of Groenlo (1672) a 10-day siege of the Dutch town of Groenlo by forces of France during the Franco-Dutch War. It ended in the town's surrender.
• 1673 –
  • Siege of Bonn (1673)
  • Battle of Khotyn – Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces defeat Ottoman Empire.
  • First Battle of Schooneveld 7 June – Dutch naval victory
  • Siege of Maastricht (1673) 11 June – Key element in King Louis XIV's plans to attack the Netherlands
  • Second Battle of Schooneveld 14–15 June – Dutch win naval battle, poor fighting on both sides.
  • Battle of Texel 21 August Dutch defeat English and French attempt at naval invasion.
• 1674 Battle of Seneffe 11 August – French defeat the Dutch.
• 1675 –
  • Battle of Lwów Jan Sobieski defeats Turkish and Crimean Tatar forces.
  • Battle of Fehrbellin 28 June Swedes invade Brandenburg and lose.
  • Battle of Turckheim France defeats Austrian-Prussian coalition and conquers Alsace.
  • Great Swamp Fight 16 December English colonial forces in New England destroy the headquarters of the Narragansett during Metacom's or King Philip's War.
• 1676 –
  • Battle of Agosta Draw between the French and Dutch navy. Dutch genius Admiral and naval hero Michiel de Ruyter gets wounded and dies a week later. The French retreat out of respect for the wounded Admiral.
  • Battle of Bornholm Naval battle between the fleet of Charles XI of Sweden, and a combined Danish and Dutch fleet. Allied victory.
  • Battle of Öland 1 June – Danish-Dutch fleet defeats Swedish fleet in the Baltic Sea during the Scanian War.
  • Battle of Lund 4 December Swedish troops defeat the Danish ones in the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history with over 9,000 dead (about 50% losses on both sides).
• 1677 -
  • Battle of Malmö – Swedish victory over Denmark
  • Battle of Landskrona – Swedish victory over Denmark
  • Battle of Cassel – French victory under Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, against the Dutch under William III of Orange, stadtholder of the Netherlands
  • Battle of Marstrand – Danish-Norwegian victory over Sweden
  • Battle of Uddevalla – Danish victory over Sweden
• 1678 Battle of Saint Denis 15 August – Last battle of the Franco-Dutch War
• 1679 Battle of Drumclog 1 June – Part of the Scottish Covenanter Wars
  • Battle of Bothwell Bridge 22 June – Part of the Scottish Covenanter Wars
• 1683 Battle of Vienna 12 September – The Holy Roman Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth defeat an Ottoman army and lift the siege of Vienna.
• 1685 Battle of Sedgemoor – James II of England's forces defeat those of the Duke of Monmouth, ending the Monmouth Rebellion.
• 1687 Second Battle of Mohács 12 August Charles of Lorraine defeats Ottomans.
• 1688 -
  • Battle of Reading – William III of England's forces defeat those of James II in the only battle of the Glorious Revolution.
  • Battle of Bhangani - Guru Gobind Singh defeats Hari Chand's forces.
  • Battle of Fort Albany - French forces engage and defeat British relief forces in Hudson Bay.
• 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay – France defeats the English fleet near the Irish southern coast.
• 1690 –
  • Battle of Beachy Head 10 July French defeat the English fleet under command of Admiral Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington in the War of the League of Augsburg.
  • Battle of Fleurus The French troops, under the command of Louis XIV's marshal Montmorency, defeat a coalition formed by England, Spain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Battle of the Boyne William of Orange defeats James II of England.
  • Battle of Quebec – British attack during King William's War
• 1691 –
  • Battle of Aughrim – The bloodiest battle in Irish history and a Jacobite defeat
  • Battle of Slankamen 19 August – Louis of Baden defeats Ottoman Turks.
  • Battle of La Prairie French repulse British and First Nations' attack on this settlement.
  • Battle of Leuze was a famous French cavalry victory in the Nine Years' War against a superior Anglo-Dutch force.
• 1692 -
  • Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue 29 May – French lose 15 ships to England.
  • Siege of Namur 25 May – 1 July- Louis XIV takes Namur from a coalition of Spaniards, Dutch and Imperial troops.
  • Battle of Steenkerque 3 August – French victory against England, Scotland, Denmark and the United Provinces
• 1693 –
  • Battle of Lagos 27 June – Near Portugal Comte de Tourville avenges La Hougue by defeating the Anglo-Dutch fleet.
  • Battle of Neerwinden 29 July – duc de Luxembourg defeats English.
• 1694 –
  • Battle of Torroella 27 May – The French Navy defeats Spain.
  • Battle of Camaret 18 Juny – Failed Anglo-Dutch attack to seize the French port of Brest and to destroy part of the French fleet stationed there
• 1695 Siege of Namur – William III of Orange and Coehoorn recapture the place.
• 1697 Battle of Zenta – Prince Eugene of Savoy defeats Ottoman Turkish forces.
• 1700 Battle of Narva – 30 November – Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russians during the Great Northern War.

Early 18th century (1701–50)

• 1701 Crossing of the Düna – 19 July – Charles XII crosses the Düna during the Great Northern War.
• 1702 –
  • Battle of Cremona 1 February – Indecisive action between Austria and France
  • Battle of Klissow – 19 July – Sweden defeats a combined Saxon and Polish army during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Hummelshof – 30 July – Russia defeats Sweden during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Friedlingen – France defeats Holy Roman Empire during War of the Spanish Succession.
  • Battle of Vigo Bay 23 October – English and Dutch forces capture a defended harbor and part of the silver from a treasure fleet.
• 1704 –
  • Battle of Schellenberg 2 July – Duke of Marlborough defeats French and Bavarian forces during War of the Spanish Succession.
  • Battle of Blenheim 14 August – Duke of Marlborough defeats French and Bavarian forces during War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1705 –
  • Battle of Gemauerthof – 26 July – Sweden defeats Russia during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Warsaw (1705) – 31 July – Sweden defeats Saxon and Polish troops near Warsaw during the Great Northern War.
• 1706 –
  • Battle of Fraustadt – 13 February – Sweden defeats Saxony during the Great Northern War.
  • Siege of Barcelona – Battle during the War of the Spanish Succession. Allied victory.
  • Battle of Ramilles or Battle of Ramillies 23 May – Duke of Marlborough defeats the French in the War of Spanish Succession.
  • Battle of Turin 7 September – French siege fails during War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1707 Battle of Almansa 25 April French forces defeat Portuguese.
• 1708 –
  • Battle of Holowczyn – 4 July – Swedish defeat two Russian forces during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Oudenarde 11 July Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat French and besiege Lille.
  • Battle of Lesnaya – 28 September – Swedish routed after snowstorm starts during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Wijnendale 28 September General Webb defeats the French near Torhout who wanted to stop the siege of Rijsel.
• 1709 –
  • Battle of Poltava – 28 June – Peter I of Russia of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Malplaquet 11 September – Prince of Savoy and Duke of Marlborough defeat the French in the largest battle of the 18th century, though at a terrible cost.
• 1710 –
  • Battle of Helsingborg – 10 March – Sweden defeats invading Danish force during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Almenar 27 July – Austrian-British-Dutch allies defeat the Spanish in the War of Spanish Succession.
  • Battle of Saragossa 20 August – Important allied victory in the War of Spanish Succession
  • Battle of Brihuega 9 December – The duke of Vendôme surprises and defeats a British force.
  • Battle of Villaviciosa 10 December – Indecisive battle between retreating Austrian-Dutch forces and a Franco-Spanish army
  • Battle of Prut – Ottoman Turks defeat Peter I of Russia.
• 1711 –
  • Quebec Expedition – British failed attack during Queen Anne's War
  • First Battle of Bloody Creek – French allied Indians successfully ambush British troops.
  • Second Battle of Bloody Creek – British soldiers defeated by Acadians and Mi'kmaq natives.
• 1712 –
  • Cassard expedition French voyage to raid the Dutch South American colonial outposts, and British colonies
  • Battle of Denain 24 July – French defeat Austrians and Dutch.
  • Battle of Gadebusch – 9 December – Sweden defeats Denmark and Saxony during the Great Northern War.
• 1714 –
  • Battle of Storkyro – 2 March – Swedish army defeated by Russia during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Gangut – 7 August – Swedish fleet defeated by much larger Russian fleet during the Great Northern War.
• 1715 –
  • Battle of Preston (9 November – 14) – Rebel victory during First Jacobite Rising
  • Battle of Sheriffmuir Duke of Argyll defeated, but manages to withdraw.
• 1716 –
  • Battle of Dynekilen 8 July – Swedish fleet defeated by Danish and Norwegian naval forces.
  • Battle of Petrovaradin – 5 August – Austria defeats the Ottomans.
• 1718 Battle of the Salween River September – Zunghar forces defeat a Chinese expeditionary force sent to capture Lhasa.
• 1718 Siege of Fredriksten – 12 December – Swedish king is killed in Norway during the Great Northern War.
• 1719 Battle of Glen Shiel 10 June
• 1728 Battle of Palkhed 28 February Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I defeats Mughal Governor of Deccan, Nizam-ul-Mulk.
• 1729 Battle of Damghan – Nader Shah defeats the Afghans.
• 1734
  • Battle of Bitonto – 25 May
  • Battle of Guastalla – 19 September – Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia defeats the Spanish.
• 1735 The Battle of Yeghevārd - bart nadirian wars
• 1739 Battle of Grocka – 22 July/23 – Ottoman Empire defeats Austria.
• 1739 Battle of Stavuchany – Russians defeat Ottoman Empire.
• 1739 battle of karnal - Persia invasion mughul empire.
• 1741 –
  • Battle of Cartagena de Indias March–May – Spanish decisive victory. One of the biggest British naval defeats.
  • Battle of Mollwitz 10 April – Prussia under Frederick the Great fights and beats the Austrians under FM Neipperg in Silesian War.
  • Battle of Milan 20 April
  • Battle of Colachel 10 August Hindu ruler of Travancore, Marathanda Raja defeats Dutch East India Company at Colachel, off the southern coast of India.
• 1742 Battle of Chotusitz 17 May – Frederick the Great of Prussia beats the Austrians for a second time under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
• 1743 Battle of Dettingen 16 June – French defeat during War of the Austrian Succession.
• 1744 –
  • Battle of Toulon (1744) 22 February – draw between British and Franco-Spanish fleets
  • Battle of Villafranca 20 April – France and Spain defeat Britain and Sardinia.
  • Battle of Casteldelfino 18 July – French troops victorious against Sardinians at bayonet-point despite several orders to retreat.
  • Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo 30 September – Franco-Spanish victory over Sardinian forces, Prince of Conti wounded twice.
• 1745 –
  • Battle of Fontenoy 11 May – French victory, during the War of the Austrian Succession, against a coalition made of Great Britain, Hanover, the Dutch Republic and Austria
  • Battle of Hohenfriedberg 4 June – Frederick the Great of Prussia beats an Austro-Saxon army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
  • Battle of Prestonpans 21 September – Jacobite Stuarts under Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) defeat English.
  • Battle of Soor 30 September – Frederick the Great of Prussia defeats a superior Austro-Saxon force under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
  • Battle of Kesselsdorf 14 December – Prussians defeat Austro-Saxon force.
  • battle of Kars - Persia ottoman war
• 1746 –
  • Battle of Falkirk (1746) 17 January – Jacobites defeat English dragoons.
  • Battle of Culloden Moor (or Battle of Culloden) 16 April – Jacobites lose to government forces.
  • Battle of Piacenza 16 June – Austrian victory during War of the Austrian Succession, Montcalm present on French side.
  • Battle of Rottofreddo 12 August – French army defeats small Austrian force during French retreat to Genoa.
  • Battle of Rocoux – French victory over an allied Austrian, British, Hanoverian and Dutch army outside Liège
• 1747
  • Battle of Lauffeld 2 July – French victory over British, Austrian, Dutch and Hanoverian armies
  • Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) July – French defeat the United Provinces supported by Great Britain.
  • Battle of Assietta – Savoy defeats a French army.
• 1748 –
  • Battle of Havana – British minor naval victory during War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Maastricht (1748) – final few months of the campaign in the Low Countries
• 1750 Battle of Kathio – Chippewas defeat Sioux and gain control of Minnesota.

Late 18th century (1751–1800)

• 1754 –
  • Battle of Jumonville Glen 28 May – British victory
  • Battle of Fort Necessity 3 July – French take the fort.
• 1755 –
  • Battle of Fort Beauséjour – British capture fort.
  • Battle of the Monongahela Valley – also called the Braddock Expedition, British expedition to capture Fort Duquesne is slaughtered by French and Indian allies.
• 1756 –
  • Battle of Fort Bull – French capture British fort.
  • Battle of Fort Oswego (1756) – French and Indian allies take and raze the only British trading post on Lake Ontario, thus re-establishing French sovereignty.
  • Battle of Lobositz 1 October Opening battle of the Seven Years' War
• 1757 –
  • Battle of Reichenberg 21 April – Prussian victory over Austria in the Seven Years' War
  • Siege of Fort William Henry 4 August-9 – British defeated by French then Indians slaughter prisoners.
  • Battle of Prague 6 May Prussians beat the Austrians, though at a terrible cost during the Seven Years' War.
  • Battle of Kolín 18 June – Frederick the Great of Prussia loses, for the first time, to Austria in Seven Years' War.
  • Battle of Plassey 23 June – Robert Clive consolidates English rule over India.
  • Battle of Hastenbeck 26 July – French army defeats Hanover, Great Britain, Hesse-Kassel and Brunswick.
  • Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf 30 August – Russians under Stepan Fedorovich Apraksin defeat the Prussians.
  • Battle of Moys 7 September – Prussian-Austrian battle during the Seven Years' War
  • Battle of Rossbach 5 November – Frederick crushes French, Louis XV says "After me, the Deluge".
  • Battle of Breslau 22 November – Battle fought during the Seven Years' War, Austrians briefly re-conquer Silesia.
  • Battle of Leuthen 5 December – Frederick the Great crushes Austrians under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine; considered Frederick's greatest victory.
• 1758 –
  • Battle of Cartagena, 28 February
  • Battle of Cuddalore 29 April – Indecisive naval battle of Seven Years' War
  • Battle of Luisbourg 8 June – 26 July – also Louisburg, British capture fort controlling entrance to St. Lawrence River.
  • Battle of Krefeld 23 June – Ferdinand son of duke of Brunswick drives French across the Rhine.
  • Battle of Domstadtl 30 June – Seven Years' War: Ernst Gideon von Laudon and Joseph von Siskovits routed a convoy with supplies for the Prussians besieging Olomouc, protected by forces of Hans Joachim von Zieten.
  • Battle of Bernetz Brook 6 July – A sharp engagement in the Carillon campaign between the British and an isolated party of Frenchmen
  • Battle of Carillon 8 July – also called Battle of Ticonderoga. A far superior British force badly mauled after foolishly attacking entrenched French head on.
  • Battle of Negapatam 3 August – Britain and France fight indecisive naval battle off the coast of India.
  • Battle of Zorndorf 25 August – Frederick battles Russians under Fermor in Prussia to a bloody draw.
  • Battle of Fort Duquesne 14 September – French repel British attack, but realize they can't hold fort. Fort abandoned by French in November.
  • Battle of Fort Ligonier 12 October – French attack on fort fails.
  • Battle of Hochkirch 14 October – Austrians mildly defeat Prussians.
• 1759 –
  • Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) – British capture French fort.
  • Battle of Bergen (1759) 13 April – French repulse Ferdinand's drive on Frankfurt-am-Main.
  • Battle of Kay 23 July – battle fought during the Seven Years' War
  • Battle of Fort Niagara (6 July – 26) – British take fort, but Brigadier General John Prideaux is killed.
  • Battle of Beauport 31 July – French stop British attempt to land near Quebec city; notable naval bombardment with British ships and batteries firing 4000 rounds in 8 hours on French shoreline entrenchments.
  • Battle of Minden 1 August – Ferdinand defeats French.
  • Battle of Lagos (18 August – 19) – British naval victory near Portugal
  • Battle of Kunersdorf August – Russia and Austria smash Frederick's Prussian army.
  • Battle of Pondicherry 10 September – Indecisive naval battle near India
  • Battle of the Plains of Abraham, 13 September – English defeat French outside Quebec City.
  • Battle of Quiberon Bay 20 November
  • Battle of Maxen 21 November – Battle during the Seven Years' War
  • Battle of Meissen 4 December – Battle during the Seven Years' War
• 1760 –
  • Battle of Sainte-Foy 28 April – French defeat British but fail to re-take Quebec city; entrenched French forced to retreat when British naval re-enforcements arrive in May.
  • Battle of Landeshut 23 June – in Bavaria, Austria captures a Prussian army.
  • Battle of Warburg 1 August – Battle during the Seven Years' War
  • Battle of Liegnitz 15 August – Frederick defeats Austrians.
  • Battle of the Thousand Islands-16 August-24
  • Battle of Torgau 3 November – Prussian pyrrhic victory over Austria during the Seven Years' War
  • Battle of Montreal – Three British armies converge on Montreal forcing general capitulation of Canada, New France.
  • Battle of Wandiwash
• 1761 –
  • Third Battle of Panipat 14 January – Afghans defeat The Marathas.
  • Battle of Villinghausen – Large French force defeated during Seven Years' War
• 1762 –
  • Battle of Burkersdorf 21 July – Battle during the Seven Years' War
  • Battle of Manila (24 September – 6 October) – British capture Philippines from Spanish.
• 1763 Battle of Bushy Run (4 August-5) – British defeat Indians in Pennsylvania backcountry.
• 1764 Battle of Buxar – Mughal emperor with his combined forces attacks British to drive British out of Bengal, British successful.
• 1767 Battle of Bang Rajan
• 1768 Battle of Borgo
• 1769 Battle of Faggeta 9 December – Ras Mikael Sehul and Emperor Tekle Haymanot, with the help of Goshu of Amhara and Wand Bewossen, defeat Fasil of Damot.
  • Battle of Ponte Novu
• 1770 –
  • Battle of Golden Hill 19 January – in New York, the first bloodshed between the rebels and their colonial masters
  • Battle of Chesme 6 July – Russian fleet defeats Ottoman fleet.
  • Battle of Larga 7 July – Russian army defeats Crimean Tatars and Ottoman janissaries.
  • Battle of Kagul 21 July – Russian army under Rumyantsev attacks and puts to flight 150,000 Turks.
• 1771 –
  • The Three battles of Sarbakusa May – An alliance of three of the most powerful aristocrats of Ethiopia – Goshu of Amhara, Wand Bewossen, and Fasil of Damot – defeats Ras Mikael Sehul and Emperor Tekle Haymanot I, taking control of that country.
  • Battle of Alamance 16 May – Colonial government crushes North Carolina patriots (Regulators).
  • Battle of Lanckorona 23 May – A force of 4,000 Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat a Polish formation of 1,300 men.
• 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant 10 October- Frontiersmen defeat Shawnees.
• 1775 –
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord 19 April – Patriot militia repel British in confrontation at Concord, drive them back to Boston.
  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture fort.
  • Battle of Machias – first naval engagement of American Revolution; British sloop captured.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill 17 June – British win, Patriot morale boost
  • Battle of Longue Pointe 25 September – American attack on Montreal led by Ethan Allen fails; Allen is captured.
  • Siege of Fort St. Jean 21 August – 3 November – Americans under Richard Montgomery capture fort near Montreal.
  • Battle of Great Bridge 9 December – American victory seals the fate of the British colonial government in Virginia.
  • Battle of Quebec 31 December – Arnold and Richard Montgomery defeated before Quebec City; Montgomery killed.
• 1776 –
  • Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge 27 February – NC patriots defeat Scottish Loyalists.
  • Battle of the Rice Boats (2 March – 3) – British ships set on fire.
  • Battle of The Cedars (15 May – 16) – British capture American forces near Montreal during American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Trois-Rivières 8 June – American counterattack during retreat from Quebec fails.
  • Battle of Long Island 27 August – William Howe crushes George Washington.
  • Battle of Harlem Heights 16 September – Washington repels Howe.
  • Battle of Valcour Island 11 October – Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton.
  • Battle of Pell's Point 18 October – British forces defeat Colonel John Glover's forces.
  • Battle of White Plains 28 October – Howe inflicts casualties on George Washington's army.
  • Battle of Trenton 26 December – Washington surprises Hessian force.
  • Battle of Fort Cumberland (22 November – 28 December) – American attack on fort in Nova Scotia fails.
• 1777 –
  • Second Battle of Trenton – 2 January – After winning during the day, Washington slips away by night.
  • Battle of Princeton – 3 January
  • Battle of Bound Brook – 13 April – Successful British attack during American Revolution
  • Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – Americans abandon fort to avoid British artillery.
  • Battle of Oriskany – 6 August – General Herkimer killed in British ambush.
  • Battle of Bennington – 16 August – John Stark eradicates detachment sent by Burgoyne.
  • Battle of Brandywine – 11 September – Howe drives George Washington's troops to Philadelphia.
  • Battle of 1st Saratoga Freeman's Farm – 19 September – Morgan defeats Burgoyne.
  • Battle of Germantown – 4 October – Howe kills 700 patriots while losing 534.
  • Battle of 2nd Saratoga – 7 October – Gates (Benedict Arnold) defeats Burgoyne.
  • Battle of Stillwater
• 1778 –
  • Battle of Crooked Billet – 1 May – American contingent forced to abandon their supplies.
  • Battle of Monmouth – 28 June – George Washington stands off Clinton, Clinton continues retreat to NY, Charles Lee order of retreat leads to court-martial.
  • Battle of Alligator Bridge – 30 June – American attack thwarted because of terrain, including ditch dug by British.
  • First Battle of Ushant – Indecisive naval battle
  • Battle of St. Lucia – 15 December – British naval victory
• 1779 –
  • First Battle of Tucson – 9 December – Spanish victory over Apache warriors
  • Battle of Kettle Creek – 14 February – Pickens defeats loyalist brigade.
  • Battle of Vincennes – 23–25 February – Americans capture fort.
  • Battle of Brier Creek – 3 March – Ashe loses 350 men near Augusta to British.
  • Battle of Grenada – 6 July – French naval victory
  • Battle of Stony Point – 16 July – Wayne takes 700 prisoners in bayonet attack with only 15 patriot casualties.
  • Battle of Paulus Hook – 19 August – Henry Lee drives British from New Jersey.
  • Battle of Newtown – 29 August – Americans defeat Iroquois.
  • Battle of Fort Bute – 7 September – Spanish victory over British forces
  • Battle of Lake Pontchartrain - 10 September - Americans led by William Pickles capture West Florida.
  • Battle of Baton Rouge (1779) – 20–21 September – Spanish capture city.
  • Siege of Savannah – 16 September – 18 October – American siege fails.
• 1780 –
  • Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) – 16 January – British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney destroys a smaller Spanish fleet under Don Juan de Lángara.
  • Battle of Fort Charlotte (2–14 March) – Spanish victory near Mobile, Alabama
  • Battle of Martinique – 17 April – Indecisive naval battle between British and French
  • Battle of Pollilur – Tipu Sultan routs British.
  • Siege of Charleston – 12 May – British take South Carolina city.
  • Battle of Saint Louis – 26 May – British unable to take town from Spanish.
  • Battle of Springfield – 23 June – Greene defeats British.
  • Battle of Camden – 16 August – Cornwallis crushes Gates, 900 patriots killed.
  • Battle of Fishing Creek – 18 August – Tarleton defeats Sumter.
  • Battle of King's Mountain – 7 October – Patriots capture loyalists.
• 1781 –
  • Battle of Mobile – British unable to retake city.
  • Battle of Cowpens – 17 January – Morgan defeats Tarleton.
  • Battle of Guilford Court House – 15 March – Cornwallis achieves a Pyrrhic victory over Greene and Morgan.
  • Battle of Porto Praya – 16 April – French admiral Suffren damages English naval squadron.
  • Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – 25 April – Greene defeats Lord Rawdon.
  • Battle of Fort Royal – 29–30 April – Indecisive naval battle
  • Battle of Pensacola – 9 March – 8 May – Spanish victory in Florida
  • Shirley's Gold Coast expedition – Start of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
  • Battle of Dogger Bank – Indecisive naval battle between Britain and the Netherlands
  • Battle of the Chesapeake – 5 September – French fleet, under Admiral Comte de Grasse, defeat British fleet under Admiral Thomas Graves, seals Cornwallis' fate. This French victory is a strategic victory that leads Cornwallis to surrender in Yorktown.
  • Battle of Groton Heights – 6 September – British seize fort, Benedict Arnold triggers a gunpowder explosion.
  • Battle of Eutaw Springs – 8 September – Greene is defeated.
  • Battle of Yorktown – 28 September – 19 October – French and Americans begin siege of Cornwallis.
  • Siege of Negapatam 21 October – first British major offensive military action on the Indian subcontinent
  • Second Battle of Ushant – 12 December – French convoy destroyed by British before escort ships can react.
• 1782 –
  • Battle of Fort Elmina (1782) 18 February – British expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa
  • Second Battle of Tucson – 1 May – Spanish victory over Apache warriors
  • Battle of St. Kitts – 25–26 January – British outmaneuver French but unable to save island.
  • Battle of Sadras – 17 February – French admiral Suffren (12 ships) meets a British squadron of 9 ships under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes.
  • Battle of Wuchale – 14 March – Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
  • Battle of the Saintes – 12 April – Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats the Comte de Grasse by breaking through the French line.
  • Battle of Providien – 12 April – French and English squadrons clash in an indecisive engagement.
  • Battle of Negapatam – 6 July – Indecisive engagement between British and French fleets
  • Battle of Blue Licks – 19 August – British victory
  • Battle of Trincomalee – 3 September – British fleet under Hughes damages French fleet under Suffren but withdraws.
  • Battle of Chillicothe – 10 November – George Rogers Clark defeats Shawnees in last battle of war.
• 1783 Battle of Cuddalore – 20 June – French fleet drives British fleet off shore of Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
• 1784
  • Fourth Battle of Tucson – 21 March – Apache/Navaho victory over Spanish forces
• 1788 Battle of Madab – Ras Ali, Dejazmach Hailu Eshte, and the Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I defeat the allied forces of Ras Haile Yosadiq, Dejazmach Gebre, and Wolde Gabriel; Dejazmach Wolde Gabriel is killed in battle and the pretender Baeda Maryam was captured.
• 1789 Battle of Turnhout – 27 October – Belgian rebels defeat Austrian army.
• 1790 –
  • Battle of Kepaniwai – King Kamehameha I unites Hawaii.
  • Battle of Fort Wayne – 18 October – Little Turtle and Miamis defeat federal generals Joseph Harmar and Saint-Clair.
• 1791 Battle of the Wabash – Arthur St Clair defeated by Indians.
• 1792-
  • Battle of Zieleńce – 18 June – Josef Poniatowski wins a battle against a Russian army group under command of General Markov.
  • Battle of Verdun (1792) – 20 August – Prussians defeat French Revolutionaries.
  • Battle of Valmy – 20 September – French win and proceed to declare war on Europe.
  • Battle of Jemappes – November – French army, under General Dumouriez, defeats Austrians under General Saxe-Tenchen.
• 1793 –
  • Battle of Neerwinden – Austrians defeat French army.
  • Siege of Toulon – Napoleon's first battle – the French Republicans defeat a combined Allied force in a crucial siege.
  • Battle of Méribel – Combined Savoy, Piedmont and Valdot forces fought the French occupying Savoy.
  • Battle of Hondschoote (1793) – French army, under General Houchard, defeats British, Hanoverians and Hessians under General Walmoden.
  • Battle of Wattignies – 15 and 16 October – French army, under Generals Jourdan and Carnot, defeats Austrians under General Saxe-Coburg.
  • Battle of Kaiserslautern – 28–30 November – Prussian army under Brunswick defeats French Army under Hoche.
  • Battle of Gilette – French army, under General Dugommier, defeats Austrians, Piedmontese and Sardinian army.
  • Battle of Woerth – 22 December – French army, under General Hoche, defeats Austrians under General Hotze.
  • Battle of Geisberg – 26 December – French army, under General Hoche, defeats Austrians under Wumrser and Prussians under Brunswick.
• 1794 –
  • Battle of Racławice – 4 April – Polish forces under Tadeusz Kościuszko defeat larger Russian force but are unable to give chase.
  • Warsaw Uprising of 1794 – 17–19 April – Polish drive Russians out of city.
  • Wilno Uprising of 1794 – 22 April – Russians expelled from city.
  • Battle of Boulou – 30 April – French army, under General Dugommier, defeats Spanish army.
  • Glorious First of June – 28 May – 1 June – British Admiral Lord Howe defeats a French squadron under Villaret.
  • Battle of Szczekociny – 6 June – Tadeusz Kościuszko defeated by Russo-Prussian army.
  • Battle of Mouescron – 29 April – French army, under General Moreau and General Souham, defeats Austrians and Hanoverians under General Saxe-Coburg.
  • Battle of Tourcoing – 18 May – French army, under General Souham, defeats Austrians, British and Hanoverians under General Saxe-Coburg.
  • Battle of Fleurus (1794) – 26 June – French army, under General Jourdan, defeats Austrian army under General Saxe-Coburg.
  • Battle of Sprimont – September – French army, under General Jourdan, defeats Austrians under General Clairfayt.
  • Battle of Aldenhoven – 2 October – French army, under General Jourdan, defeats Austrians under General Clairfayt.
  • Battle of Fallen Timbers – 20 August – Wayne defeats Indians, ends menace.
  • Battle of Maciejowice – 10 October – Koscuiszko defeated by two Russian forces, wounded, and captured.
  • Battle of Praga – 4 November – Russian forces retake Warsaw, massacring civilians and devastating the city.
  • Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga – 20 November – French army, under General Perignon, defeats Spanish army.
• 1795 –
  • Battle of Richmond Hill - Major battle of the Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
  • Capture of Trincomalee (1795) – The taking by force of the port of Trincomalee in the island of Ceylon
  • Battle of Muizenberg 7 August – British gain control of Cape Colony over the Dutch.
  • Battle of Krtsanisi – Persians annihilate the Georgian army and proceed to massacre Tbilisi.
  • Battle of Loano – November – French army, under General Andre Massena, defeats Austrians, Piedmontese and Sardinian army.
• 1796 –
  • Battle of Montenotte – 12 April – Napoleon's first victory in the Italian Campaign, French army defeat Austrians.
  • Battle of Dego – April – French army, under General Napoleon Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under General Beaulieu.
  • Battle of Lodi – 10 May – French army, under Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under General Beaulieu.
  • Battle of Derbent – 10 May – Russians storm the Persian citadel of Derbent.
  • Battle of Castiglione – 5 August – French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under General Wurmser.
  • Battle of Würzburg – 3 September – Karl Habsburg defeats French under Gen. Jourdan.
  • Battle of Bassano – - 8 September – French army, under Bonaparte, defeats Austrian army.
  • Battle of the Bridge of Arcole – 17 November – French army, under Bonaparte, defeats Austrian army.
  • Battle of Millesimo – French army, under Bonaparte, wins a victory in Italy against Austrians and Piedmontese.
  • Battle of Mondovì – French army, under Bonaparte, wins a victory in Italy against Austrians and Piedmontese.
• 1797 –
  • Battle of Rivoli – 14 January – Napoleon's first decisive victory, French army wins a great victory against Austrians under General Alvinzy.
  • Battle of Tagliamento French army, under general Napoleon Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under Archduke Charles.
  • Battle of Neuwied (1797) – 20 April – French army, under General Hoche, defeats Austrians under General Wenecek.
  • Battle of Dierscheim – 20 April – French army, under General Moreau, Desaix and Davout, defeats Austrians under Kray.
  • Battle of Cape St Vincent – 14 February – British admiral Jervis defeats Spanish fleet.
  • Battle of Camperdown – British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats a Dutch fleet.
• 1798 –
  • Battle of Ballymore-Eustace – 24 May – Rebels unable to take stronghold during Irish Rebellion of 1798.
  • Battle of Naas – 24 May – Rebel attack barely thwarted during Irish Rebellion of 1798.
  • Battle of Kilcullen – 24 May – Government cavalry charge defeats rebels.
  • Battle of Carlow – 25 May – Rebels defeated by two ambushes after believing they had won.
  • Battle of Tara Hill – 26 May – British victory, spread of rebellion halted.
  • Battle of Oulart Hill – 27 May – Wexford militia annihilated by Rebels.
  • Gibbet Rath massacre – 29 May – Unprovoked British attack
  • Battle of Three Rocks – 30 May – Rebel victory during Irish Rebellion of 1798
  • Battle of Bunclody – 1 June – British surprise counterattack after apparent Irish victory routs rebels.
  • Battle of Tuberneering – 4 June – Rebel victory in Ireland
  • Battle of New Ross – 5 June – British victory, spread of rebellion into two counties halted.
  • Battle of Antrim – 7 June – British victory, Lord O'Neill mortally wounded.
  • Battle of Arklow – 9 June – British victory, Wexford rebels forced onto the defensive.
  • Battle of Prosperous – 23 May – 19 June – settlement changes hands twice, ultimately controlled by Government forces.
  • Battle of Foulksmills – 20 June – British victory during Irish Rebellion of 1798
  • Battle of Vinegar Hill – 21 June – British retake Wexford.
  • Battle of Ballyellis – 30 June – British charge into a disaster, thinking they were attacking the rearguard of fleeing forces.
  • Battle of the Pyramids – 21 July – Napoleon defeats Mameluks in Egypt.
  • Battle of the Nile – 1 August – French fleet in Abukir Bay destroyed by Horatio Nelson.
  • Battle of Castlebar – 27 August – Franco-Irish army defeats British forces.
  • Battle of Ballinamuck – 8 September – British forces defeat Ireland and France.
  • Battle of Civita Castelana – 4 December – French and Poles under Gen. Macdonald defeat Neapolitans under Gen. Mack.
• 1799 –
  • Siege of El Arish – 19 February – French capture Ottoman fort.
  • Siege of Jaffa – 7 March – Napoleon captures city.
  • Siege of Acre – 20 March – 21 May – Unsuccessful attempt by Napoleon to capture city
  • First Battle of Zürich – 4 June – 7 – Austrians defeat French, later driven out.
  • Battle of Trebia – 17 June – 19 – Russians and Austrians defeat French during War of the Second Coalition.
  • Battle of Abukir (1799) – 25 July – Napoleon and Joachim Murat defeat Turks.
  • Battle of Novi (1799) – 15 August – Austrian and Russians beat French, Joubert is defeated and killed.
  • Battle of Callantsoog 27 August – Amphibious landing by a British invasion force, Dutch were forced to retreat.
  • Battle of Krabbendam 10 September – British division had established a bridgehead in the extreme north of Holland.
  • Battle of Bergen – 19 September – French beat English and Russians.
  • Battle of Linth (1799) – 25 September – French army, under General Soult, defeats Austrians under General Hotze.
  • Second Battle of Zurich – 25 September – French under General Massena defeat Russians under Alexander Korsakov.
  • Battle of Alkmaar – 2 Oktober – Dutch-French coalition prevents a Russian-English invasion in Holland.
  • Battle of Castricum 6 Oktober – Franco-Dutch force defeats an Anglo-Russian force.
• 1800 –
  • Battle of Engen – 3 May – French army, under General Moreau, defeats Austrians under General Kray.
  • Battle of Stokach – 3 May – French army, under General Lecourbe, defeats Austrians.
  • Battle of Möerskirch – 15 May – French army, under General Moreau, defeats Austrians under General Kray.
  • Battle of Montebello – 9 June – French army, under General Lannes, defeats Austrians under General Ott.
  • Battle of Marengo – 14 June – French army, under Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under Baron von Melas.
  • Battle of Höchstädt (1800) – 19 June – French army, under General Moreau, defeats Austrians under General Kray.
  • Battle of Hohenlinden – 3 December – French army, under General Moreau, defeats Austrians and Bavarians under Archduke John.
  • Battle of Pozzolo – 25 December – French army, under General Brune, defeats Austrians under General Bellegarde.

External links

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