Battles in History: M -
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BATTLES IN
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Mainz,
Siege of |
April 14 - July 23, 1793 |
War of the First Coalition
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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MaipĂș,
Battle of |
April 5, 1818 |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Magenta, Battle of |
June 4, 1859 |
Second Italian War of Independence |
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Magnesia, Battle of |
190 BC |
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Maldon, Battle of |
991 |
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Malplaquet,
Battle of |
September 11, 1709 |
War of the Spanish Succession |
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Manassas, First Battle of
also called
First Battle of Bull Run |
July 21, 1861 |
American Civil War |
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Manassas, Second Battle of
also called
Second
Battle of Bull Run |
August 29-30, 1862 |
American Civil War |
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Manila
Bay, Battle of |
May 1, 1898 |
Spanish-American War |
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Mantineia, First
Battle of |
418 BC |
Peloponnesian
War |
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Mantineia, Second Battle of |
362 BC |
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Mantua, Siege of
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June 4, 1796 - February 2, 1797 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Marathon, Battle of |
September 490 BC |
Greco-Persian Wars |
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Marengo, Battle of |
June 14, 1800 |
War of the Second Coalition
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Marignano, Battle of |
September 13 - 14, 1515 |
Italian
Wars |
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Maritsa River, Battle of the |
September 26, 1371 |
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Marne, First Battle of the |
September 6-12, 1914 |
World
War I |
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Marne, Second Battle of the |
July 15-18, 1918 |
World
War I |
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Mars-la-Tour, Battle of |
August 16, 1870 |
Franco-German War |
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Marsaglia, Battle of |
1693 |
War of the Grand Alliance |
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Marston Moor, Battle of |
July 2, 1644 |
English Civil Wars |
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Martinesti, Battle of |
September 23, 1789 |
Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791 |
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Massacre
of the Ninth Legion |
60 or
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Roman Conquest of Britain |
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Masurian Lakes, First Battle of the |
September 9-14,
1914 |
World
War I |
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Masurian Lakes, Second Battle of the |
February 7-22,
1915 |
World
War I |
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Megalopolis, Battle of |
331 BC |
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Megiddo, Battle of |
1457 BC |
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Megiddo, Battle of |
609 BC |
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Megiddo, Battle of |
September 19-21, 1918 |
World War I |
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Meloria, First Battle of |
May 1241 |
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Meloria, Second Battle of |
August 1284 |
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Metaurus, Battle of the |
207 BC |
Second
Punic War |
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Meuse-Argonne, Battles of the |
September 26 - November 11, 1918 |
World War I |
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Miani, Battle of |
February 17, 1843 |
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Midway, Battle of |
June 3 - 6, 1942 |
World War II |
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Millesimo, Battle of |
April 13, 1796 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Milvian
Bridge, Battle of the |
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Minden, Battle of |
August 1, 1759 |
Seven Years' War |
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MohĂĄcs, Battle of |
August 29, 1526 |
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Mollwitz,
Battle of |
April 10, 1741
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First Silesian War
part of the
War of the Austrian Succession |
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Mondovi, Battle of |
April 22, 1796 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Monitor and Merrimack, Battle of the
also called
Battle of Hampton Roads |
March 9, 1862
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American Civil War
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Monmouth, Battle of |
June 28, 1778 |
American Revolution |
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Monongahela, Battle of
the |
July 9, 1755 |
French and Indian War |
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Mons, Battle of |
April 1691 |
War of the Grand Alliance |
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Mons, Battle of
also called
Battle of Quiévrain |
April 29, 1792 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Mons, Battle of |
August 23, 1914 |
World War I |
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Mons Graupius, Battle of
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Mons Lactarius, Battle of
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553 |
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Montenotte, Battle of |
April 12, 1796 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Morat, Battle of |
June 22, 1476 |
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Moraviantown, Battle of
also
called
Battle of the Thames |
October 5, 1813
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War of 1812 |
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Morgarten, Battle of |
November 15, 1315 |
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Morhange-Sarrebourg, Battle of
part of the
Battle of the Frontiers |
August 20-22,
1914 |
World War I |
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Mortemer, Battle of |
1054 |
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Mount Tabor, Battle of |
April 16, 1799 |
Egyptian Campaign
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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MĂŒhlberg, Battle of |
April 24, 1547 |
Schmalkaldic War |
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Mukden, Battle of |
February 19 - March 10, 1905 |
Russo-Japanese War |
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Mulhouse, Battle of
also called
Battle of MĂŒlhausen |
September 58 BC |
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Munda, Battle of |
45 B.C. |
Roman Civil War |
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Murfreesboro, Battle of
also
called
Battle of Stone's River |
Dec 31, 1862 - Jan 2, 1863 |
American Civil War |
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Mursa, Battle of |
September 28, 351 |
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Muthul River, Battle of the |
108 BC |
Jugurthine War |
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Mycale,
Battle of |
479 B.C. |
Greco-Persian Wars |
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Namur, Siege of |
May - July 1692 |
War of the Grand Alliance |
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Namur, Siege of |
1695 |
War of the Grand Alliance |
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Nanjing Massacre |
December 1937 - January 1938 |
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Narva, Battle of |
November 1700 |
Great Northern War |
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Naseby, Battle of |
June 14, 1645 |
English Civil Wars |
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Nations, Battle of the
also called
Battle of Leipzig |
October 16 - 19, 1813 |
Napoleonic Wars |
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Navarino, Battle of
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October 20, 1827 |
War of Greek Independence |
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Navas de Tolosa, Battle of Las |
July 16, 1212 |
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Naxos, Battle of |
376 BC |
Boeotian-Spartan War |
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Nechtansmere, Battle of
also called
Battle
of Dun Nechtain or
Battle
of Dunnichen |
May 20, 685 |
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Neerwinden, Battle of |
July 29, 1693 |
War of the Grand Alliance |
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Neerwinden, Battle of |
March 18, 1793 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Nemea, Battle of |
394 BC |
Corinthian War |
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Neuwied, Battle of |
April 18, 1797 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Newark, Battle of |
May 5, 1646 |
English Civil Wars |
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New Orleans, Battle of |
January 8, 1815 |
War of 1812 |
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New Orleans, Battle of |
April 24-25, 1862 |
American Civil War |
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Newburn, Battle of |
August 28, 1640 |
Bishops'
War |
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Nieuport, Siege of
also
Siege of Nieuwpoort |
October 24 - 29, 1793 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Nile, Battle of the |
August 1, 1798 |
Egyptian Campaign
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Nogales, Battle of |
March 13, 1913 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Nördlingen, Battle of |
September 5 - 6, 1634 |
Thirty Years' War |
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Novara, Battle of |
March 23, 1849 |
First Italian War of Independence |
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Novi, Battle of |
August 15, 1799 |
War of the Second
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Ochakov, Siege
of |
July 9 - December 17, 1788 |
Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791 |
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Ojinaga, Battle |
January 1 - 4, 1914 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Omdurman, Battle of |
September 2, 1898 |
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Orel, Battle of |
October 13, 1919 |
Russian Civil War |
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Oriskany,
Battle of |
August 6, 1777 |
American
Revolution |
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Orleans, Siege of |
October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429 |
Hundred Years' War |
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Oudenaarde, Battle of |
July 11, 1708 |
War of the Spanish Succession |
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Palo Alto, Battle of
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May 8, 1846 |
Mexican War |
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Passchendaele, Battle of
also called
Third Battle of Ypres |
July 31 - November 6, 1917 |
World
War I |
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Patay, Battle of |
June 18, 1429 |
Hundred Years' War |
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Pavia, Battle of |
February 24, 1525 |
Italian
Wars |
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Pearl Harbor Attack |
December 7, 1941 |
World
War II |
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Peninsular Campaign |
April 4 - July 1, 1862 |
American Civil War |
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Pensacola, Siege of |
March 9 - May 10, 1781 |
American Civil War |
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Peregonovka, Battle of
also called
Battle of Perehonivka |
September 26, 1919 |
Russian Civil War |
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Perekop, Battle of |
November 7-12, 1920 |
Russian Civil War |
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Pharsalus, Battle of |
48 B.C. |
Roman Civil War |
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Philippi, Battle of |
42 B.C. |
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Pichincha, Battle of |
May 24, 1822 |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Pistoria,
Battle of |
January 5, 62 BC
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Pittsburg Landing, Battle of
also called
Battle of Shiloh |
April 6 - 7, 1862
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American Civil War |
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Plataea, Battle of |
August 27,
479 BC |
Greco-Persian War |
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Plassey, Battle of |
June 23, 1757 |
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Points, Battle of the
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January 23 - February 12, 1942
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World
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Poitiers, Battle of
also
called
Battle of Tours |
October 732
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Poitiers, Battle of |
September 19, 1356 |
Hundred Years' War |
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Poltava, Battle of |
July 8, 1709 |
Great Northern War |
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Potidaea, Siege of |
432-430 BC |
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Prague, Battle of |
May 6, 1757 |
Seven Years' War |
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Prestonpans, Battle of |
September 21, 1745 |
Jacobite Rebellion |
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Princeton, Battle of |
January 3, 1777 |
American Revolution |
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Puebla, Battle of |
May 5, 1862 |
French-Mexican War |
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Pulkovo, Battle of
also called
Battle of Pulkovo Heights |
November 13, 1917
(October 31, 1917
Old Style) |
Russian Civil War |
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Pydna, Battle of |
168 BC |
Third Macedonian War |
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Pyramids, Battle of the |
July 21, 1798 |
Egyptian Campaign
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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