List of battles 1401-1800 |
List of battles - List of battles 1400 BC-AD 600 - List of battles 601-1400 - List of battles 1401-1800 - List of battles 1801-1900 - List of battles 1901-2000 - List of battles 2001-2100
- 1402 July 28 Battle of Angora or Battle of Ankara Timur Lenk defeats and captures
Ottoman sultan Bayezid
I in Anatolia
- 1403 Battle of
Shrewsbury
- 1410 Battle of
Grunwald or (a.k.a. Battle of Tannenberg/Zalgiris) July 15 Poles and Lithuanians
defeat Teutonic Knights
- 1415 Battle of
Agincourt October 25 English longbowmen under Henry V defeat French under
Charles d'Albert
- 1415 Battle of Ceuta
captured by the Portuguese on August 14
- 1418 Siege of Rouen July
31 ? January 19 1419 Henry V of England gains a foothold in Normandy.
- 1420 Battle of
Vitkov Hill
- 1420 Battle of
Vysehrad
- 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.
- 1421 Battle of Kutna Hora
- 1422 Battle of Nebovidy
- 1423 Siege of Salonika (Thessaloniki) Venice vs. the Ottoman Empire
- 1426 Battle of Usti nad Labem
- 1426 Battle of Khirokitia July 7
- 1428 Battle of
Orléans English forces commanded by the Earl of Salisbury with duke of Bedford besiege French city and are driven off with
the loss of their siege engines by Joan.
- 1428 Battle of Patay The English flush a stag and Joan runs down all the English archers capturing the leaders;
Earl of Shrewsbury (Talbot) and Fastolff
- 1431 Battle of Domazlice
- 1434 Battle of Lipany
May 30
- 1439 Battle of
Grotniki, Poland
- 1440 Battle of Anghiari Niccolo Piccinino overlord of Bologna defeats Milans Filipo Maria Visconti and is then opposed by Cosimo de Medici
- 1444 Battle of Varna
November 10 Ottoman Murad II defeats Hungarians and Wallachians, king Władysław III killed
- 1449 Battle of
Alfarrobeira May 20, Afonso V of Portugal defeats rebels of Pedro, Duke of
Coimbra
- 1449 Battle of
Tumu Fortress
- 1450 Battle of Formigny The Count of Clermont and the Earl of Richmond use cannon to break up archers
and defeat the English under Kyriell
- 1453 Battle of Castillone The Valois use cannon to defeat the Lancastrians to end the Hundred Years War
- 1453 May 29 Battle of Constantinople Ottomans destroy Byzantine Empire
- 1454 Battle of
Chojnice
- 1455 Battle of St
Albans 22 May first battle of the Wars of the Roses
- 1457 Battle of Direptatea April Stefan cel Mare helped by Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler defeated Petru Aron and became Voivod of Moldavia
- 1459 Battle of
Blore Heath 22 September Yorkist knights defeat Lancastrians
- 1459 Ludford Bridge 12 October King Henry routs Yorkists
- 1460 Battle of Sandwich (1460) Yorkists land at Sandwich, rout Lancastrians
- 1460 Battle of
Northampton 10 July Warwick attacks royal camp, captures King Henry
- 1460 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
- 1461 Battle of St Albans (1461) 17
February Lancastrians storm the town, chase our Yorkists
- 1461 Battle of
Ferrybridge 28 March Lancastrians ambush the Earl of Warwick,and kill his
second-in-command.
- 1461 Battle of Towton
29 March Edward
IV of England defeats Lancastrian forces
- 1462 Battle of
Swiecino/Schwetzin or Battle of Zarnowiec. September 7 during the
Thirteen Years' War between the Poles and the Teutons
(Poles won battle
- 1464 Battle of
Hedgeley Moor 25 April Lancastrian rebels defeated
- 1464 Battle of Hexham
15 May Yorkists under Montagu annihilate Lancastrians in a surprise attack
- 1467 Battle of Baia Stefan cel Mare defeted Matei Corvin
- 1469 Battle of
Edgecote Moor (or Banbury) 26 July
- 1470 Battle of Lipnic Stefan cel Mare defeted the
tatars
- 1470 Battle of Negropont Venetian fleet fails to relieve colony of Negropont under Turkish attack
- 1470 Battle
of Lose-coat Field 12 March Yorkists chase disrobing Lancastrians from the
field
- 1471 Battle of Brunkeberg
- 1471 Battle of Ravenspur 14 March
- 1471 Battle of Barnet
14 AprilConfusion in the fog, Earl of Warwick killed.
- 1471 Battle of
Tewkesbury 4 May Edward IV of England final victory over Lancastrians
- 1475 Battle of Podul Inalt January 10 Stefan cel Mare defeted a 120.000 men strong army of the Ottomans
- 1476 Battle of Grandson March 2 A Swiss army defeats the
Burgundians under Charles the Bold
- 1476 Battle of Morat June 2 The Swiss defeat Charles the Bold
again.
- 1476 Battle of Razboieni July 26 Mehmed II defeated Stefan cel Mare
- 1477 Battle of Nancy January 5 Swiss pikemen defeat cavalry of
Burgundy's Charles the Bold, who was killed
- 1479 Battle of Campia Painii October Pavel Chinezul comite of Timisoara defeated Ottomans
- 1485 Battle
of Bosworth Field Ends Wars of the Roses fought since 1460,
Henry VII becomes King.
- 1487 Battle of Stoke
16 June Henry VII
of England finally defeats internal opposition
- 1497 Battle of Codrii Cosminului Stefan cel Mare defeated John I of
Poland
- 1499 Battle of
Sapienza
- 1500 Battle of
Hemmingstedt February 17
- 1605 Battle of
Kircholm September 27, polish cavalry defeated numerically superior
Swedes
- 1607 Battle of
Gibraltar April 25 Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet
- 1610 Battle of Kluszyn
July 4, during Time of
Troubles in Russia.
- 1619 Battle of Sablat
June 10, called Battle of Záblatí in Czech, during the Thirty Years' War.
- 1619 Battle of Sarhū
the Manchus defeat Ming
- 1619 Battle of
Wisternitz
- 1620 Battle of the White Mountain November 8
Battle deciding fate of Prague in Thirty Years' War
- 1622 Battle of
Wiesloch April 25 Protestants under Count Mansfield defeat Catholics under
Count von Tilly in Thirty Years' War
- 1622 Battle of Wimpfen
(May 6)
- 1622 Battle of Höchst (June 20)
- 1627 Battle of La Rochelle
- 1631 Battle of Breitenfeld September 17
Saxons and Swedes defeat Catholics under Tilly
- 1632 Battle of Lützen Swedes defeat Catholics but Gustavus II Adolphus is killed
- 1634 Battle of
Nordlingen
- 1642 Battle of
Edgehill October 23 first battle of English Civil War, a draw
- 1642 Battle of Brentford November 12 Royalist cavalry defeats Roundheads, but have to retreat later
- 1642 Battle of
Lostwithiel (1642)
- 1643 Battle of Rocroi
May 19 French under Duc d'Enghien destroy Spanish army and its military supremacy in Europe.
- 1643 Battle of Adwalton Moor June 30 Royalists beat
Roundheads near York
- 1643 Battle of
Lansdowne July 5 Royalists and Roundheads tie near Bath
- 1643 Battle of
Roundway Down July 13 Royalists crush Roundheads in West Country
- 1643 Battle of Newbury September 20
Roundheads save London from Royalists
- 1644 Battle of Cropredy
Bridge June 29Charles defeats Roundheads under William Waller.
- 1644 Battle of
Marston Moor July 2 Oliver
Cromwell Roundheads defeat king Charles I of England's
Cavaliers securing the North for the Puritans
- 1644 Battle of
Lostwithiel (1644) September 22 Royalists surround Roundheads west of
Plymouth
- 1644 Battle of Newbury October 27
Roundheads block Charles' return to London
- 1645 Battle of Naseby
June 14 Cromwell's Ironsides defeat Charles' Cavaliers
- 1645 Battle of Alford July 2 Covenanters defeated by Royalists under
Montrose
- 1645 Battle of Kilsyth August 15 Montrose destroys Covenanters
in decisive battle
- 1645 Battle of
Philiphaugh September 13 Covenanters under General David Leslie surprise Montrose in camp, Montrose runs away
- 1647 Battle of Dangan Hill, Irish forces are defeated by
British Parliamentary
forces
- 1648 Battle of Preston
August 17 Cromwell defeats William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of
Hamilton
- 1650 Battle of Dunbar
- 1651 Battle of
Worcester September 3 Cromwell defeats Royalists, Charles King of Scots
escapes disguised as a servant
- 1651 Battle of
Beresteczko
- 1652 Battle of
Goodwin Sands (or Dover) First Anglo-Dutch War
May 29 Blake's fire without DoW on Tromp's fleet initiates first Anglo-Dutch war
- 1652 Battle of Plymouth First
Anglo-Dutch War August 26 De Ruyter's 36 MoW hold of Ayscue's 45 MoW, driving them away.
- 1652 Battle of the Kentish Knock (or Dover) First Anglo-Dutch War October 8 Blake beats back de
Witt
- 1652 Battle of Dungeness First
Anglo-Dutch War December 10 Tromp defeats Blake
- 1652 Battle of Blenau April 7 Great Conde commands Fronds against French under Marshall Turenne
- 1653 The Battle
of Portland First Anglo-Dutch War February 28-March 2 Dutch admiral Tromp,
outnumbered, loses a dozen man of war and 50 merchant man to Blake
- 1653 Battle of Livorno First Anglo-Dutch
War March 13 Johan van Galen's ships defeat Bodley
- 1653 Battle of the
Gabbard (or North Foreland) First Anglo-Dutch War
June 12-June 13, English victory
- 1653 Battle of
Scheveningen (or Texel) First Anglo-Dutch War
August 8-August 10 English victory,
Tromp killed
- 1656 Battle of Warsaw (1656) Charles X Gustavus of Sweden defeats Poland and is declared war
upon by every country of significance in the Northern War
- 1658 Battle of the Dunes June 4 English and French defeat
Spanish at Dunkirk
- 1665 Battle of Ambuila Portuguese forces defeat and kill king Garcia II of Kongo, ending
native rule of that kingdom.
- 1673 Battle of Texel Dutch
defeat English and French attempt at naval invasion
- 1675 Battle of Fehrbellin June 28 Swedes invade
Brandenburg and lose
- 1676 Battle of Oland June 1 Danish-Dutch fleet defeats Swedish fleet in Baltic Sea.
- 1683 Battle of Vienna
September 12 Jan Sobieski defeats Ottomans, lifts siege of Vienna
- 1685 Battle of
Sedgemoor - the last battle on English soil.
- 1687 Second Battle of Mohacs August 12 Charles of
Lorraine defeats Ottomans
- 1690 Battle of
Beachy Head June 30 French defeat the English fleet under command of Admiral
Arthur Herbert in War of League of
Augsburg
- 1690 Battle of Fleurus
Louis XIV's marshal Montmorency
- 1690 Battle of the
Boyne William of Orange defeats James VII
- 1691 Battle of Szcelankeman August 19 Louis of Baden defeats Ottoman
Turks
- Battle
of Quebec (1691) - British attack during King William's
War
- 1692 Battle of La
Hougue May 29 French lose 15 ships to England
- 1693 Battle of Lagos June 30 near Portugal Compte de Tourville avenges La Hougue
- 1693 Battle of Neerwinden July 29 duc de Luxembourg defeats English
- 1700 Battle of Narva Nov.
30 Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russians
- 1704 Battle of
Blenheim August 14 - Duke of Marlborough defeats French and Bavaria and Prussia (War of the Spanish Succession)
- 1706 Battle of
Fraustadt February 3 - Sweden defeats Saxony
- 1706 Battle of
Ramilles or Battle of Ramillies May 23 - Duke of Marlborough defeats the French in the War of Spanish Succession
- 1707 Battle of Almanza
April 25 French forces defeat Portuguese
- 1708 Battle of
Oudenarde July 11 Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy defeat
French and besiege Lille
- 1708 Battle of Lesnaya
September 28
- 1709 Battle of Poltava
June 28 - Peter the Great
of Russia defeats Swedish army
- 1709 Battle of
Malplaquet September 11 - Prince of Savoy and duke of Marlborough
defeat French
- Battle
of Quebec (1711) - British attack during Queen Anne's
War
- 1734 Battle of Bitonto May 25
- 1741 Battle of Milan April 20
- 1741 Battle of
Mollwitz April 10 - Prussia under Frederick II fights Austria in Silesian
War
- 1744 Battle
of Toulon (1744) February 22 - draw between British and Franco-Spanish
fleets
- 1745 Battle of
Prestonpans September 21 - Jacobite Stuarts under Bonnie Prince
Charlie defeat English
- 1746 Battle of Falkirk (1746) January 17
- Jacobites defeat English dragoons
- 1746 Battle of
Culloden Moor (or Battle of Culloden) April 16 - Jacobites lose to English
- 1746 Battle of Rocoux - France liberates Netherlands from Austria
- 1750 Battle of Kathio - Chippewas defeat Sioux and gain control of Minnesota
- 1755 Battle of the Monongahela Valley - also called the Braddock Expedition, British lose two thirds of their force to French
and Indian allies in Virginia backcountry; both enemy generals die in the engagement
- 1756 Battle of Fort Oswego - French and Indian allies take the only British trading post on Lake
Ontario, thus re-establishing French exclusivity on European products in Great Lakes commerce with native populations
- 1756 Battle of
Lobositz October 1 Openingbattle of the Seven Years' War.
- 1757 Battle of
Reichenberg April 21 - Prussian
victory over Austria in the Seven Years' War.
- 1757 Battle of Fort William Henry August
4-9 - British defeated by French then Indians slaughter prisoners
- 1757 Battle of Prague
May 6 Prussian-Russian battle during the Seven Years' War
- 1757 Battle of Kolin
June 18 - Frederick the Great of Prussia loses to Austria in Seven Years' War
- 1757 Battle of Plassey
June 23 - Robert Clive consolidates English rule over India
- 1757 Battle of
Hastenbeck July 26 - French army defeats Hanoverian Army of Observation
- 1757 Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf 30 August - Russians
under Stepan Fedorovich Apraksin defeat the
Prussians
- 1757 Battle of Moys September 7 - Prussian-Austrian battle during the Seven Years' War
- 1757 Battle of
Rossbach November 5 - Frederick crushes French, Louis XV says "After me, the Deluge"
- 1757 Battle of Breslau
November 22 - Battle fought during the Seven Years' War.
- 1757 Battle of Leuthen
December 5 - Frederick the Great crushes Austrians under Prince Charles of Lorraine
- 1758 Battle of
Luisbourg June 8-July 26 - also
Louisburg, British capture fort controlling entrance to St. Lawrence River
- 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga (1758) July 8 - also called
Carillon, British badly routed after attacking French fort
- 1758 Battle of Krefeld
June 23 - Ferdinand son of duke of Brunswick drives French across the Rhine
- 1758 Battle of
Zornsdorff August 25 - Frederick defeats Russians in Prussia
- 1758 Battle of
Hochkirk October 14 - Austrians mildly defeat Prussians
- 1759 Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) - British capture French fort
- 1759 Battle of Brunswick April 13 - French defeat
Ferdinand
- 1759 Battle of Kay July 23 - battle fought during the Seven Years' War.
- 1759 Battle of Beauport July 31 - 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
- 1759 Battle of Minden
August 1 - Ferdinand defeats French.
- 1759 Battle of
Kunersdorf August - Austria and Russia defeat Prussia.
- 1759 Battle of Maxen
November 21 - Battle during the Seven Years' War.
- 1759 Battle of Meissen
December 4 - Battle during the Seven Years' War.
- 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham, September 13 - English defeat French outside Quebec
- 1760 Battle of
Sainte-Foy April 28 - French defeat British but fail to re-take Quebec city;
entrenched French forced to retreat when British naval re-enforcements arrive in May
- 1760 Battle of
Landshut June 23 - in Bavaria, Austria captures a Prussian army
- 1760 Battle of Warburg
August 1 - Battle during the Seven Years' War.
- 1760 Battle of
LiegnitzAugust 15 - Frederick defeats Austrians
- 1760 Battle of Montreal - Three British armies converge on Montreal forcing general capitulation of
Canadian portion of New France
- 1760 Battle of Wandewash
- 1761 Third
Battle of Panipat January 14 - Afghans defeat Marathas helping English
- 1762 Battle of Torgau
July 21 - Battle during the Seven Years' War.
- 1762 Battle of
Burkersdorf July 21 - Battle during the Seven Years' War.
- 1763 Battle of Bushy Run August 5-6 British defeat Indians in Pennsylvania backcountry
- 1770 Battle of Golden Hill January 19 - in New
York the first bloodshed between the patriots Sons of Liberty and their colonial oppressors
- 1770 Battle of Chesme July 6 - Russian fleet with British officers
defeats Ottoman fleet
- 1771 Battle of
Alamance May 16 - Colonial oppressors crush North Carolina patriots Regulators
- 1774 Battle
of Point Pleasant October 10- Frontiersmen defeat Shawnees
- 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord April 19 -
Patriots lose 8 and with guerrilla action kill British
- 1775 Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) May 10 -
Allen and Arnold capture fort
- 1775 Battle of Crown Point May 12 - Seth Warren captures garrison
- 1775 Battle of
Bunker Hill June 17 - British win a pyrrhic victory, their casualties double
patriots
- 1775 Battle of Quebec
December 31 - Arnold and Richard Montgomery driven from city
- 1776 Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge NC February 27 - NC patriots defeat Scottish Loyalists
- 1776 Battle of Long
Island August 27 - William
Howe crushes George Washington
- 1776 Battle
of Harlem Heights September 16 - Washington repels Howe
- 1776 Battle
of Valcour Island October 11 - Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton
- 1776 Battle of
White Plains October 28 - Howe inflicts casualties on George Washington's
army
- 1776 Battle of Fort Lee November 19 - Cornwallis
forces Greene to evacuate
- 1776 Battle of Trenton
December 26 - Washington surprises Hessian force
- 1777 Battle of Ticonderoga (1777) -Americans abandon fort to avoid British artillery
- 1777 Battle of
Bennington August 16 - Stark eradicates detachment sent by Burgoyne
- 1777 Battle of
Brandywine September 9 - Howe drives George Washington's troops to
Philadelphia
- 1777 Battle of 1st Saratoga Freeman's Farm September 19 - Morgan defeats Burgoyne
- 1777 Battle of
Germantown October 4 - Howe kills 700 patriots while losing 534
- 1777 Battle of
2nd Saratoga October 7 - Gates (Benedict Arnold) defeats Burgoyne
- 1777 Battle of Stillwater
- 1778 Battle of
Monmouth June 27 - GW stands off Clinton, Clinton continues retreat to NY,
Charles Lee order of retreat leads to court-martial
- 1779 Battle of Kettle Creek February 14 -
Pickens defeats loyalist brigade
- 1779 Battle of Briar Creek March 3 - Ashe loses 350 men
near Augusta to British
- 1779 Battle of
Stony Point July 15 - Wayne takes 700 prisoners in bayonet attack with only 15
patriot casualties
- 1779 Battle of Paulus Hook August 19 - Henry Lee drives British from New Jersey
- 1780 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) January
16 - British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney destroys a smaller
Spanish fleet under Don Juan
de Lángara
- 1780 Battle of Charleston May 12 - Lincoln surrenders
Charleston to Clinton
- 1780 Battle of
Springfield June 23 - Greene defeats British
- 1780 Battle of Camden
August 16 - Cornwallis crushes Gates, 900 patriots killed
- 1780 Battle of Fishing Creek August 18 - Tarleton
defeats Sumter
- 1780 Battle of King's Mountain October 7 - Patriots
capture loyalists
- 1781 Battle of Cowpens January 17 - Morgan defeats
Tarleton
- 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse March 15 -
Cornwallis achieves a Pyrrhic victory over Greene and Morgan
- 1781 Battle
of the Chesapeake September 5 - French Admiral Comte de Grasse blocks British fleet under Admiral Thomas Graves, seals
Cornwallis' fate
- 1781 Battle of Yorktown September 28 - American
siege of Cornwallis begins
- 1781 Battle of Porto Praya April 16 - French admiral
Suffren damages
English naval squadron
- 1782 Battle of Sadras February 17 - French admiral Suffren (12 ships)) meets a
British squadron of 9 ships under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes
- 1782 Battle of the
Saintes April 12 - Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats the Comte de Grasse by
breaking through the French line
- 1782 Battle of Providien April 12 - French and English
squadrons clash in an indecisive engagement
- 1782 Battle of Negapatam July 6 - Indecisive engagement
between British and French fleets
- 1782 Battle of Trincomalee September 3 - British
fleet under Hughes damages French fleet under Suffren but withdraws
- 1782 Battle of Chillicothe November 10 -
George Rogers Clark defeats Shawnees in last battle of
war
- 1783 Battle of Cuddalore June 20 - French fleet drives
British fleet off shore of Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
- 1789 Battle of Turnhout October 27 - Belgian rebels
defeat Austrian army
- 1790 Battle of Kepaniwai - King Kamehameha I
unites Hawaii
- 1790 Battle of Fort Wayne October 18 - Little Turtle and Miamis defeat federal generals Joseph Harmar and
Saint-Clair
- 1791 Battle of Wabash River - Arthur St Clair defeated by Indians.
- 1792 Battle of Verdun
August 20 - Prussians defeat French Revolutionaries
- 1792 Battle of Valmy -
September French win and proceed to declare war on Europe
- 1793 Battle of Toulon -
Napoleon gains fame as the French defeat the English
- 1793 Battle of
Méribel - Combined Savoy, Piedmont and
Valdot forces fought the French occupying
Savoy.
- 1794 Battle
of Fallen Timbers August 20 - Wayne defeats Indians, ends menace
- 1794 The
Glorious First of June May 28-June 1 -
British Admiral Lord Howe defeats a French squadron
under Villaret
- 1794 Battle of Fleurus
June 26 - Austro-German army under Saxe-Coburg relieves Charleoi ? French Revolutionary Wars
- 1796 Battle of the Bridge of Arcole - Napoleon's battle in Italy.
- 1796 Battle of Millesimo - Napoleon defeats Austrians in Italy
- 1796 Battle of Modovi - Napoleon defeats Piedmontese
- 1797 Battle of Rivoli
January 14 - Napoleon's first
decisive victory over Austria
- 1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) February 14 - British admiral Jervis defeats Spanish fleet
- 1797 Battle of
Camperdown - British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats a Dutch fleet
- 1798 Battle of the Pyramids July 21 - Napoleon defeats
Mameluks in Egypt
- 1798 Battle of the
Nile August 1 - French fleet in Abukir Bay destroyed by Horatio Nelson
- 1799 Battle of Abukir
July 25 - Napoleon and Joachim Murat defeat Turks
- 1799 Battle of Novi August 15 - Joubert is defeated and killed
- 1799 First Battle
of Zurich June 4 - Austrians defeat French, later driven out
- 1799 Battle of Bergen September 19 - French beat English
and Russians
- 1799 Second
Battle of Zurich September 25 - French defeat Russians
- 1800 Battle of Stockash May 3 - French victory over
Austrians
- 1800 Battle of Möerskirch May 15 - General Moreau beats
Austrians
- 1800 Battle of Marengo
June 14 - Napoleon defeats Austrians under Baron von Melas
- 1800 Battle of
Hochstadt June 19 - French victory under General Moreau against the
Austrians
- 1800 Battle of
Hohenlinden December 3 - General Moreau defeats archduke John
- 1800 Battle of Pozolo December 25 - French victory over
Austrians
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