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Battles in History: A - C

 

The battles here are indexed alphabetically. You can also search for them chronologically, and then some. See right column.

 

BATTLES IN HISTORY: A - C

     

BATTLE

Date

Related WAR

     

A

Aboukir, Battle of

July 14-25,
1799

Egyptian Campaign
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars

 

Actium, Battle of

September 2,
31 BC

 

Adrianople, Battle of

August 9, 378

Fifth Roman-Gothic War

 

Aegospotami, Battle of

405 BC

 Peloponnesian War

 

Agincourt, Battle of

October 25, 1415

 Hundred Years' War

Agua Prieta, Battle of

April 13, 1911

 Mexican Revolution

Alamo, Battle of the

February 23 - March 6, 1836

Texas Revolution

Alarcos, Battle of

July 18, 1195

Albuera, Battle of

May 16, 1811

Peninsular War

Battle of Aldenhoven

March 1, 1793

War of the First Coalition part of the  French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Aldenhoven

October 2, 1794

War of the First Coalition part of the  French Revolutionary Wars

Alesia, Siege of

52 BC

Gallic Wars

Algiers, Battle of

1956-1957

Algerian War of Independence

Alma, Battle of the

September 20, 1854

Crimean War

Almanza, Battle of

1707

War of the Spanish Succession

Alnwick, First Battle of

1093

 

Alnwick, Second Battle of

July 12, 1174

  Anglo-Norman Rebellion

Altenkirchen, Battle of

June 4, 1796

War of the First Coalition part of the  French Revolutionary Wars

Amiens, Battle of

August 8-12, 1918

World War I

Andernach, Battle of

939

Angora, Battle of
also called
Battle of Ankara

July 20, 1402

Angostura, Battle of
also called
Battle of Buena Vista

February 22-23, 1847

Mexican War

Ankara, Battle of
also called
Battle of Angora

July 20, 1402

Annan Moor, Battle of

October 21, 1645

English Civil Wars

Antietam, Battle of
also called
Battle of Sharpsburg

September 17, 1862

American Civil War

Battle of Ap Bac

January 2, 1963

Vietnam War

Arausio, Battle of

October 6, 105 BC

 

Arcole, Battle of

November 17, 1796

War of the First Coalition part of the  French Revolutionary Wars

Ardennes, Battle of the also called
Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944 - Jan 16, 1945

World War II

Argentoratum, Battle of

357

 

 

Arnay-le-Duc, Battle of

June 26, 1570

Wars of Religion

Arques, Battle of

September 21, 1589

Wars of Religion

Arsuf, Battle of

September 7, 1191

Third Crusade

Artemisium, Battle of

August 480 BC

Greco-Persian Wars

Asculum, Battle of

279 BC

Aspern-Essling, Battle of

May 21 - 22, 1809

Austrian War
part of the  Napoleonic Wars

Athens, Raid on

September 21, 480 BC

Greco-Persian Wars

Auerstädt, Battle of
also called
Battle of Jena-Auerstädt

October 14, 1806

Napoleonic Wars

Aughrim, Battle of

July 22, 1691

Jacobite War

Austerlitz, Battle of
also called
Battle of The Three Emperors

December 2, 1805

War of the Third Coalition

Napoleonic Wars

Aviles, Battle of

September 25, 1913

Mexican Revolution

Ayacucho, Battle of

December 9, 1824

Latin American Wars of Independence

Aylesford, Battle of

455

 

B

Baecula, Battle of
also called
Battle of Bailen

208 BC

Balaklava, Battle of

October 25, 1854

 Crimean War

Balikpapan, Battle of

January 23 - 25, 1942

World War II

Bannockburn, Battle of

June 23-24, 1314

War of Scottish    Independence

Barnet, Battle of

April 14, 1471

 Wars of the Roses

Bassano, Battle of

September 8, 1796

War of the First Coalition part of the  French Revolutionary Wars

Bauche, First Battle of

February 4 - 5, 1911

Mexican Revolution

Bauche, Second Battle of

April 9, 1911

Mexican Revolution

Beachy Head, Battle of

1690

War of the Grand Alliance

Bemis Heights, Battle of
also called
Second Battle of Saratoga
Second Battle of Freeman's Farm

October 7, 1777

American Revolution

Beneventum, Battle of

275 BC

Pyrrhic War

Bennington, Battle of

August 16, 1777

American Revolution

Berlin, Battle of

April 16 - May 2, 1945

World War II

Bibracte, Battle of

58 BC

Gallic Wars

Blenheim, Battle of

August 13, 1704

War of the Spanish Succession

Blood River, Battle of

December 16, 1838

Bloody Run, Battle of

July 31, 1763

Pontiac War also called
Pontiac's Rebellion

Borodino, Battle of

September 7, 1812

Russian Campaign

Napoleonic Wars

Boston, Siege of

April 20, 1775 - March 17, 1776

American Revolution

Bothwell Bridge, Battle of

June 22, 1679

Boudica's Last Battle

61

Roman Conquest of Britain

Bouvines, Battle of

July 27, 1214

Boyacá, Battle of

August 7, 1819

Latin American Wars of Independence

Boyne, Battle of the

July 11, 1690

Jacobite War

Brandywine, Battle of the

September 11, 1777

 American Revolution

Breed's Hill, Battle of also called
Battle of Bunker Hill

June 17, 1775

 American Revolution

Breitenfeld, Battle of

September 17, 1631

 Thirty Years' War

Britain, Battle of

July 10 - October 31, 1940

 World War Two

Brunanburgh, Battle of

937

Buçaco, Battle of

September 27, 1810

 Peninsular War

Buena Vista, Battle of
also called
Battle of Angostura

February 22-23, 1847

 Mexican War

Bulge, Battle of the
also called
Battle of the Ardennes

Dec 16, 1944 - Jan 16, 1945

 World War II

Bull Run, First Battle of
also called
First Manassas

July 21, 1861

 American Civil War

Bull Run, Second Battle of
also called
Second Manassas

August 29-30, 1862

 American Civil War

Bunker Hill, Battle of
also called
Battle of Breed's Hill

June 17, 1775

 American Revolution

Bushy Run, Battle of

August 5-6, 1763

Pontiac War also called
Pontiac's Rebellion

C

Cadet Uprising, Petrograd

November 11, 1917
(October 29, 1917
 Old Style)

 Russian Civil War

Calenzana, Battle of

June 14, 1732

Calpulalpan, Battle of

December 22, 1860

Mexican Civil War

Cambrai, Battle of

November 20 - December 7, 1917

 World War I

Camden, Battle of

August 16, 1780

 American Revolution

Camel, Battle of

December 656

Camerone, Battle of

April 30, 1863

 French-Mexican War

Camperdown, Battle of

October 11, 1797

War of the First Coalition part of the  French Revolutionary Wars

Cannae, Battle of

August 2, 216 BC

 Second Punic War

Carabobo, Battle of

June 24, 1821

 Latin American Wars of Independence

Carrhae, Battle of

53 BC

 

Carrizal, Battle of  

June 21, 1916

 Mexican Revolution

Casas Grandes, Battle of  

March 6, 1911

 Mexican Revolution

Cassano, Battle of  

April 27, 1799

War of the Second Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Castiglione, Battle of

August 5, 1796

War of the First Coalition part of the  French Revolutionary Wars

Castillon, Battle of  

July 17, 1453

 Hundred Years' War

Catalaunian Plains, Battle of the  

AD 451

Caudine Forks, Battle of

321 BC

 Great Samnite War

Celaya, First Battle of

April 4 - 10, 1915

 Mexican Revolution

Celaya, Second Battle of

April 13 - 15, 1915

 Mexican Revolution

Cerro Gordo, Battle of

  April 18, 1847

 Mexican War

Çesme, Battle of

July 6 - 7, 1770

 Russo-Turkish War of 1768

Chacabuco, Battle of

February 12, 1817

 Latin American Wars of Independence

Chaeronea, Battle of

338 BC

Chaeronea, Battle of

86 BC

Chancellorsville, Battle of

May 1 - 5, 1863

 American Civil War

Châteauguay, Battle of

October 26, 1813

 War of 1812

Chattanooga, Battle of

November 23 - 25, 1863

 American Civil War

Chickamauga Creek, Battle of

September 19-20, 1863

 American Civil War

Chip' Yong-Ni (Chipyong-Ni), Battle of

February 13-15, 1951

Korean War

Chippewa, Battle of

July 5, 1814

War of 1812

Chocim, Siege of

July 2 - September 19, 1788

Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791

Cholet, Battle of

October 17, 1793

Wars of the Vendée
part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Civita Castellana, Battle of

December 4, 1798

War of the Second Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars

Colline Gate, Battle of

82 BC

Columbus, Raid on

March 8 - 9, 1916

 Mexican Revolution

Copenhagen, Battle of

April 2, 1801

War of the Second Coalition part of the  French Revolutionary Wars

Coral Sea, Battle of the

May 6-8, 1942

World War II

Corinth, Battle of

October 3 - 4, 1862

 American Civil War

Coronea, Battle of

446 BC

Boeotian Revolt

Cortenuova, Battle of

1237

Corunna, Battle of
also called
Battle of La Coruña

January 16, 1809

Peninsular War

Corupedium, Battle of  
also called
Battle of Corupedion

281 BC

 

Coutras, Battle of

October 20, 1587

 Wars of Religion

Cowpens, Battle of

January 17, 1781

 American Revolution

Crécy, Battle of  

1346

 Hundred Years' War

Crysler's Farm, Battle of

November 11, 1813

 War of 1812

Cuautla, Siege of

April 23, 1913

 Mexican Revolution

Culloden, Battle of

April 16, 1746

Jacobite Rebellion

Cunaxa, Battle of

401 BC

 

Custer's Last Stand
also called
Battle of the Little Bighorn

   June 25, 1876

Indian Wars

Custoza, First Battle of

July 24, 1848

First Italian War of Independence

Custoza, Second Battle of

June 24, 1866

Italian Wars of Independence

Cynoscephalae, Battle of

197 BC

 Second Macedonian War

 

 

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