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Battles in History: M - P

 

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BATTLES IN HISTORY: M - P

     

BATTLE

Date

Related WAR

     

M

Mainz, Siege of

April 14 - July 23, 1793

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

 

MaipĂș, Battle of

April 5, 1818

Latin American Wars of Independence

 

Magenta, Battle of

June 4, 1859

Second Italian War of Independence

 

Magnesia, Battle of

190 BC

 

Maldon, Battle of

991

Malplaquet, Battle of

September 11, 1709

War of the Spanish Succession

Manassas, First Battle of
also called
First Battle of Bull Run

July 21, 1861

American Civil War

Manassas, Second Battle of
also called
Second Battle of Bull Run

August 29-30, 1862

American Civil War

Manila Bay, Battle of

May 1, 1898

Spanish-American War

Mantineia, First Battle of

418 BC

 Peloponnesian War

Mantineia, Second Battle of

362 BC

Mantua, Siege of
 

June 4, 1796 - February 2, 1797

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Marathon, Battle of

September 490 BC

Greco-Persian Wars

Marengo, Battle of

June 14, 1800

War of the Second Coalition
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars

Marignano, Battle of

September 13 - 14, 1515

Italian Wars

Maritsa River, Battle of the

September 26, 1371

 

Marne, First Battle of the

September 6-12, 1914

World War I

Marne, Second Battle of the

July 15-18, 1918

World War I

Mars-la-Tour, Battle of

August 16, 1870

Franco-German War

Marsaglia, Battle of

1693

War of the Grand Alliance

Marston Moor, Battle of

July 2, 1644

English Civil Wars

Martinesti, Battle of

September 23, 1789

Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791

Massacre of the Ninth Legion

60 or 61

Roman Conquest of Britain

Masurian Lakes, First Battle of the

September 9-14, 1914

World War I

Masurian Lakes, Second Battle of the

February 7-22, 1915

World War I

Megalopolis, Battle of

331 BC

 

Megiddo, Battle of

1457 BC

 

Megiddo, Battle of

609 BC

Megiddo, Battle of

September 19-21, 1918

World War I

Meloria, First Battle of

May 1241

Meloria, Second Battle of

August 1284

Metaurus, Battle of the

207 BC

Second Punic War

Meuse-Argonne, Battles of the

September 26 - November 11, 1918

World War I

Miani, Battle of

February 17, 1843

Midway, Battle of

June 3 - 6, 1942

World War II

Millesimo, Battle of

April 13, 1796

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Milvian Bridge, Battle of the

312

Minden, Battle of

August 1, 1759

Seven Years' War

MohĂĄcs, Battle of

August 29, 1526

Mollwitz, Battle of

April 10, 1741
 

First Silesian War
part of the
War of the Austrian Succession

Mondovi, Battle of

April 22, 1796

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Monitor and Merrimack, Battle of the
also called
Battle of Hampton Roads

March 9, 1862
 

American Civil War
 

Monmouth, Battle of

June 28, 1778

American Revolution

Monongahela, Battle of the

July 9, 1755

French and Indian War

Mons, Battle of

April 1691

War of the Grand Alliance

Mons, Battle of
also called
Battle of Quiévrain

April 29, 1792

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Mons, Battle of  

August 23, 1914

World War I

Mons Graupius, Battle of  

84

Mons Lactarius, Battle of  

553

Montenotte, Battle of

April 12, 1796

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Morat, Battle of

June 22, 1476

Moraviantown, Battle of
also called
Battle of the Thames

October 5, 1813
 

War of 1812

Morgarten, Battle of

November 15, 1315

Morhange-Sarrebourg, Battle of
part of the

 
Battle of the Frontiers

August 20-22, 1914

World War I

Mortemer, Battle of

1054

Mount Tabor, Battle of

April 16, 1799

Egyptian Campaign
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars

MĂŒhlberg, Battle of

April 24, 1547

Schmalkaldic War

Mukden, Battle of

February 19 - March 10, 1905

Russo-Japanese War

Mulhouse, Battle of
also called
Battle of MĂŒlhausen

September 58 BC

Munda, Battle of

45 B.C.

Roman Civil War

Murfreesboro, Battle of
also called
Battle of Stone's River

Dec 31, 1862 - Jan 2, 1863

American Civil War

Mursa, Battle of

September 28, 351

Muthul River, Battle of the

108 BC

Jugurthine War

Mycale, Battle of

479 B.C.

Greco-Persian Wars

N

Namur, Siege of  

May - July 1692

War of the Grand Alliance

Namur, Siege of  

1695

War of the Grand Alliance

Nanjing Massacre

December 1937 - January 1938

Narva, Battle of

November 1700

Great Northern War

Naseby, Battle of

June 14, 1645

English Civil Wars

Nations, Battle of the
also called
Battle of Leipzig

October 16 - 19, 1813

Napoleonic Wars

Navarino, Battle of

October 20, 1827

War of Greek Independence

Navas de Tolosa, Battle of Las

July 16, 1212

Naxos, Battle of

376 BC

Boeotian-Spartan War

Nechtansmere, Battle of
also called Battle of Dun Nechtain or Battle of Dunnichen

May 20, 685

Neerwinden, Battle of

July 29, 1693

War of the Grand Alliance

Neerwinden, Battle of

March 18, 1793

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Nemea, Battle of

394 BC

Corinthian War

Neuwied, Battle of

April 18, 1797

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Newark, Battle of

May 5, 1646

English Civil Wars

New Orleans, Battle of

January 8, 1815

War of 1812

New Orleans, Battle of

April 24-25, 1862

American Civil War

Newburn, Battle of

August 28, 1640

Bishops' War

Nieuport, Siege of
also
Siege of Nieuwpoort

October 24 - 29, 1793

War of the First Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Nile, Battle of the

   August 1, 1798

Egyptian Campaign
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars

Nogales, Battle of

March 13, 1913

Mexican Revolution

Nördlingen, Battle of

September 5 - 6, 1634

Thirty Years' War

Novara, Battle of

March 23, 1849

First Italian War of Independence

Novi, Battle of

August 15, 1799

War of the Second Coalition part of the French Revolutionary Wars

O

Ochakov, Siege of

July 9 - December 17, 1788

Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791

Ojinaga, Battle

January 1 - 4, 1914

Mexican Revolution

 

Omdurman, Battle of

September 2, 1898

 

Orel, Battle of

October 13, 1919

Russian Civil War

 

Oriskany, Battle of

August 6, 1777

American Revolution

 

Orleans, Siege of

October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429

Hundred Years' War

Oudenaarde, Battle of

July 11, 1708

War of the Spanish Succession

P

Palo Alto, Battle of
 

  May 8, 1846

Mexican War

Passchendaele, Battle of
also called
Third Battle of Ypres

July 31 - November 6, 1917

World War I

Patay, Battle of

June 18, 1429

Hundred Years' War

Pavia, Battle of

February 24, 1525

Italian Wars

Pearl Harbor Attack

December 7, 1941

World War II

Peninsular Campaign

April 4 - July 1, 1862

American Civil War

Pensacola, Siege of

March 9 - May 10, 1781

American Civil War

Peregonovka, Battle of
also called
Battle of Perehonivka

September 26, 1919

Russian Civil War

Perekop, Battle of

November 7-12, 1920

Russian Civil War

Pharsalus, Battle of

48 B.C.

Roman Civil War

Philippi, Battle of

42 B.C.

Pichincha, Battle of

May 24, 1822

Latin American Wars of Independence

Pistoria, Battle of

January 5, 62 BC
 

Pittsburg Landing, Battle of
also called
Battle of Shiloh

April 6 - 7, 1862
 

American Civil War

Plataea, Battle of

August 27, 479 BC

Greco-Persian War

Plassey, Battle of

June 23, 1757

Points, Battle of the

January 23 - February 12, 1942
 

World War II

Poitiers, Battle of
also called
Battle of Tours

October 732
 

Poitiers, Battle of

September 19, 1356

Hundred Years' War

Poltava, Battle of

July 8, 1709

Great Northern War

Potidaea, Siege of

432-430 BC

Prague, Battle of

May 6, 1757

Seven Years' War

Prestonpans, Battle of

September 21, 1745

Jacobite Rebellion

Princeton, Battle of

January 3, 1777

American Revolution

Puebla, Battle of

May 5, 1862

French-Mexican War

Pulkovo, Battle of
also called
Battle of Pulkovo Heights

November 13, 1917
(October 31, 1917
 Old Style)

Russian Civil War

Pydna, Battle of

168 BC

Third Macedonian War

Pyramids, Battle of the

July 21, 1798

Egyptian Campaign
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars

 

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