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Battles in History
ANCIENT TIMES - 1499
1500 - 1699
1700 - 1799
1800 - 1899
1900 - TODAY
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BATTLE |
WAR |
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April 21 - June 4, 1800 |
Siege of Genoa |
French Revolutionary
Wars |
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June 14, 1800 |
Marengo, Battle of |
French Revolutionary
Wars |
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April 2, 1801 |
Battle of Copenhagen |
French Revolutionary
Wars |
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Sept 25 - October 20, 1805 |
Battle of
Ulm
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War of the Third Coalition
part of
Napoleonic Wars |
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October 21, 1805 |
Trafalgar, Battle of |
Franco-British War
part of
Napoleonic Wars |
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December 2, 1805 |
Battle of Austerlitz
(also called:
Battle of The Three Emperors) |
War of the
Third Coalition
part of
Napoleonic Wars |
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October 14, 1806 |
Jena, Battle of
(also
called: Battle of Jena-Auerstädt) |
War of
the Fourth Coalition
part of
Napoleonic Wars |
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February 7 - 8, 1807 |
Eylau, Battle of |
War of
the Fourth Coalition
part of
Napoleonic Wars |
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June 14, 1807 |
Battle of Friedland |
War of
the Fourth Coalition
part of
Napoleonic Wars |
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January 16, 1809 |
Battle of
La Coruña
(also
called:
Battle of Corunna) |
Peninsular War |
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May 21 - 22, 1809 |
Battle of Aspern-Essling |
Austrian War
Part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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July 5 - 6, 1809 |
Battle of Wagram |
Austrian War
Part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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July 27 - 28, 1809 |
Battle of Talavera |
Peninsular War
Part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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September 27, 1810 |
Battle of Buçaco |
Peninsular War
Part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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May 5, 1811 |
Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro |
Peninsular War
Part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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May 16, 1811 |
Battle of Albuera |
Peninsular War
Part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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July 22, 1812 |
Battle of Salamanca |
Peninsular War
Part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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September 7, 1812 |
Battle of
Borodino |
Russian Campaign
part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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June 21, 1813 |
Battle of Vitoria
also spelled Battle of Vittoria |
Peninsular War
Part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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August 30, 1813 |
Ft. Mims Massacre |
Creek War |
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September 10, 1813 |
Battle of Lake Erie |
War of 1812 |
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October 5, 1813 |
Battle of the Thames
(also
called: Battle of Moraviantown) |
War of 1812 |
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October 16 - 19, 1813 |
Battle of Leipzig |
War of Liberation
part of
Napoleonic Wars |
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October 26, 1813 |
Battle of Châteauguay |
War of 1812 |
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November 11, 1813 |
Battle of Crysler's Farm |
War of 1812 |
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March 27, 1814 |
Battle of Horseshoe Bend |
Creek War |
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July 5, 1814 |
Battle of Chippewa |
War of 1812 |
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July 25, 1814 |
Battle of Lundy's Lane |
War of 1812 |
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September 11, 1814 |
Battle of Lake Champlain |
War of 1812 |
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January 8, 1815 |
Battle of New Orleans |
War of 1812 |
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June 16, 1815 |
Battle of Ligny |
The Hundred Days
part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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June 16, 1815 |
Battle of Quatre Bras |
The Hundred Days
part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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June 18, 1815 |
Battle of Waterloo |
The Hundred Days
part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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February 12, 1817 |
Battle of Chacabuco |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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April 5, 1818 |
Battle of Maipú |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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August 7, 1819 |
Battle of Boyacá |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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June 24, 1821 |
Battle of Carabobo |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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May 24, 1822 |
Battle of Pichincha |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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December 9, 1824 |
Battle of Ayacucho |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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October 20, 1827 |
Battle of Navarino |
War of Greek Independence |
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October 2, 1835 |
Battle of Gonzales |
Texas Revolution |
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February 23 - March 6, 1836 |
Battle of the Alamo |
Texas Revolution |
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April 21, 1836 |
Battle of San Jacinto |
Texas Revolution |
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December 16, 1838 |
Battle of Blood River |
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February 17, 1843 |
Battle of Miani |
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December 21 - 22, 1845 |
Battle of Firoz Shah |
First Sikh War |
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May 8, 1846 |
Battle of
Palo Alto |
Mexican War |
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May 9, 1846 |
Battle of Resaca de la Palma |
Mexican War |
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February 22-23, 1847 |
Battle of Buena Vista (also called: Battle of
Angostura) |
Mexican War |
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April 18, 1847 |
Battle of
Cerro Gordo |
Mexican War |
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July 24, 1848 |
First Battle of Custoza |
Italian War of Independence |
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March 23, 1849 |
Battle of Novara |
Italian War of Independence |
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September 20, 1854 |
Battle of the Alma |
Crimean
War |
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October 17, 1854 - September 11, 1855 |
Siege
of Sevastopol |
Crimean
War |
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October 25, 1854 |
Battle of Balaklava |
Crimean
War |
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November 5, 1854 |
Battle of Inkerman |
Crimean
War |
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June 24, 1859 |
Battle of
Solferino |
Italian War of Independence |
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December 22, 1860 |
Battle of
Calpulalpan |
Mexican Civil War |
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July 21, 1861 |
First Battle of
Bull Run
also called:
First Manassas |
American Civil War |
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August 10, 1861 |
Battle of Wilson's Creek |
American Civil War |
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February 6, 1862 |
Battle of
Fort Henry |
American Civil War |
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February 13-16, 1862 |
Battle of
Fort Donelson |
American Civil War |
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March 9, 1862 |
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
(also called:
Battle of Hampton Roads) |
American Civil War
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April 4 - July 1, 1862 |
Peninsular Campaign |
American Civil War |
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April 6-7, 1862 |
Battle of Shiloh
also called:
Battle of Pittsburg
Landing |
American Civil War |
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April 24-25, 1862 |
Battle of New Orleans |
American Civil War |
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May 5, 1862 |
Battle of
Puebla |
French-Mexican War |
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May 27,1862 |
Battle of
Hanover Court House |
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May 31 - June 1, 1862 |
Seven Pines, Battle of (also called: Battle of Fair Oaks) |
American Civil War
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August 29-30, 1862 |
Second Battle of
Bull Run
also called:
Second Manassas |
American Civil War |
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September 13-15, 1862 |
Battle of Harpers Ferry |
American Civil War |
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September 17, 1862 |
Antietam, Battle of (also
called: Battle of Sharpsburg) |
American Civil War |
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October 3 - 4, 1862 |
Battle of Corinth |
American Civil War |
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Dec 31, 1862 - Jan 2, 1863 |
Stone's River, Battle of (also
called: Battle of Murfreesboro) |
American Civil War |
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May 1-5, 1863 |
Chancellorsville, Battle of |
American Civil War |
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July 1-3, 1863 |
Gettysburg, Battle of |
American Civil War |
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September 8, 1863 |
Battle of
Sabine Pass |
American Civil War |
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September 19-20, 1863 |
Battle of
Chickamauga Creek |
American Civil War |
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November 23 - 25, 1863 |
Battle of Chattanooga |
American Civil War |
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May 5-7, 1864 |
Wilderness, Battle of the |
American Civil War |
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May 8-19, 1864 |
Battle of
Spotsylvania Court House |
American Civil War |
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June 24, 1866 |
Second Battle of Custoza |
Italian War of Independence |
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July 3, 1866
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Battle of
Königgrätz
(also
called: Battle of Sadowa)
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Seven Weeks' War |
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August 16, 1870 |
Mars-la-Tour, Battle of |
Franco-German War |
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August 18, 1870 |
Gravelotte, Battle of |
Franco-German War |
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September 1, 1870 |
Sedan, Battle of |
Franco-German War |
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June 17, 1876 |
Rosebud, Battle of the |
Indian Wars |
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June 25, 1876 |
Little Bighorn, Battle of the
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Indian Wars |
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November 1876 |
Battle of Tecoac |
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January 22, 1879 |
Battle of Isandhlwana |
Zulu War |
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March 28-29, 1879 |
Battle of Kambula |
Zulu War |
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September 13, 1882 |
Battle of Tel-el-Kebir |
Anglo-Egyptian War |
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November 17 - 19, 1885 |
Battle of Slivnitsa |
Serbo-Bulgarian War |
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December 29, 1890 |
Wounded Knee, Battle of |
Indian Wars |
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May 1, 1898 |
Battle of Manila Bay |
Spanish-American War |
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September 2, 1898 |
Battle of Omdurman |
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