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2009 A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing
1995 Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle 1995 Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57 1995 Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle 1993 Battle at TV station Ostankino/Moscow townhall, about 25 killed 1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38 1993 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33 1992 James A Van Fleet, U.S. general (D-Day, Battle of Bulge), dies at 100 1992 Great British postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill 1992 Kate A ter Horst-Arriens, Dutch nurse (Battle of Arnhem), dies at 85 1991 Donald Houston, actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67 1991 John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney 1991 Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies at 64 of cancer 1990 New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case 1990 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa 1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed 1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City 1983 Lebanese and Syrian army battle 1982 Battle of Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands 1982 Battle of Sultan Yakoub - 3 IDF members captured 1982 Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria 1981 Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed 1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon 1981 Police and Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia 1980 Battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed 1980 Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich 1977 Willis Bouchey, actor (Battle Cry, From Here to Eternity), dies at 34 1976 Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman 1976 Terry Battle, running back, Detroit Lions 1975 Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola 1972 Howard Battle, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1972 Edgar P Snow, U.S. author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66 1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1969 Raymond A Spruance, U.S. Admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83 1969 Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle 1969 Lebanese army in battle with Palestinians 1969 Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars 1968 Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54 1968 Students and police battle in Paris, 100s injured 1968 Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured 1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1966 1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam 1966 Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64 1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die 1964 Nolan Jay Henke, Battle Creek, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1990 BC Open 1964 Greg Battle, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1961 Battle of Paris - police kill 210 Algerians 1960 Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle 1959 Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon" 1956 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 1955 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open 1951 John Battle, born in Bradford, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Leeds West, attended University of Leeds 1950 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War 1950 In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place 1948 Kathleen Battle, born in Portsmouth, Ohio, soprano, Shephard-Tannhauser 1948 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated 1948 Kathleen Battle, U.S. soprano, Tannhauser 1946 U.S. court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau 1945 Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle 1945 Major Courtney, U.S. medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf 1945 John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25 1945 Red Army begins Battle of Berlin 1945 Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa 1945 Kamikazes attack U.S. battle fleet near Kerama Retto 1945 Battle of U.S. 94 Infantry 1945 Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle 1945 U.S.S.R. captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die 1945 Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19 1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge 1945 U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea 1944 Battle of Bastogne - U.S. General Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans 1944 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!) 1944 Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium 1944 Bernard Ray, U.S. lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hurtgenwald 1944 Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink 1944 Battle at Samar-island 1944 Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed 1944 Gulf of Leyte battle begin 1944 U.S. 1st army wins battle of Aachen 1944 U.S. 1st army begins battle of Aachen 1944 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands 1944 "Cab" Calloway, British scout, dies in battle of Oosterbeek 1944 John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle 1944 John AC Fitch, British Lt-colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 Paul Grabner, German SS-captain, dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 Peter Waddy, British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 Robert Cole, U.S. Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best 1944 ... Kussin, German General-maj/commanding Arnhem, dies in battle 1944 Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle 1944 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down 1944 Robert H Iseley, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle 1944 British dive bombers attack battle cruiser Tirpitz 1944 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; U.S. victory on Feb 22 1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst 1943 Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins 1943 Edward H "Butch" O'hare, U.S. pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle 1943 Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island 1943 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: U.S. assault on Marcus Island 1943 Gustav Schmidt, German Lieutenant-General, dies in battle 1943 Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. ends in Nazi defeat (6,000 tanks) 1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany 1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula) 1943 Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die 1943 7th day of battle at Kursk 1943 6th day of battle at Kursk 1943 5th day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Verchopenje 1943 4th day of battle at Kursk: General Model uses last tank reserve 1943 3rd day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Dubrova 1943 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed 1943 Battle of Gulf of Kula 1943 Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. begins (6,000 tanks) 1943 RAF bombs Mohne and Eder (Battle of Ruhr) 1943 Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean 1943 Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack 1943 U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea 1943 Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, U.S. and Australia win 1943 Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle 1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army 1943 Battle of Anzio: Italy; Allies stopped on beach 1942 Battle in Barents Sea 1942 Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad 1942 Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal 1942 Douglas H Fox, U.S. captain of destroyer Barton, dies in battle 1942 In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began 1942 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing 1942 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault 1942 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir 1942 Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II) 1942 10th day of battle at El Alamein 1942 9th day in battle at El Alamein 1942 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault 1942 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault 1942 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery 1942 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance 1942 2nd day of Battle of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 1942 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough 1942 Battle of Santa Cruz: USS SD shoots down a record 32 enemy planes 1942 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive 1942 Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins 1942 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry 1942 U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance 1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal 1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal 1942 German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle 1942 Battle at Alam Halfa ends 1942 Battle at Alam Halfa: German and Italians assault 1942 Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle 1942 George EAE, English prince/earl of St. Andrews, dies in battle at 39 1942 Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands 1942 Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffers bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die) 1942 Richard Gott, British gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43 1942 Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle 1942 Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II 1942 Battle of Midway Island begins 1942 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army 1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion 1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) 1942 Battle of Bataan, U.S. and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan 1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese 1942 German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb 1942 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany 1942 Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army 1941 L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle 1941 Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28 1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive 1941 Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle 1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy 1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle 1941 Gunther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle 1941 Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed 1940 Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle 1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends 1940 Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe 1940 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain 1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins) 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks 1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days 1940 British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die 1940 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 1940 Battle of France begins in WW II 1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed 1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious 1939 Battle at La Plata - 3 British cruisers vs German Graf Spee 1939 Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw 1937 Battle of of P'ing-hsin-kuan Wutai Mountain 1937 Daniela Rocca, born in Sicily, actress, Battle of Austerlitz, Empty Canvas 1937 Battle of Gijon in Spain begins 1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio 1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle 1936 Battle of Madrid begins 1936 Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 1933 William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run 1932 Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die 1932 Pier Angeli, born in Italy, Sodom and Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge 1931 Richard Devon, born in Glendale California, actor, Battle of Blood Island 1931 Tab Hunter, actor, Damn Yankees, Lust in the Dust, Battle Cry 1930 Boqueron battle ends Paraguay border dispute 1928 KPD begins petition against Germany building a battle fleet 1927 Sea battle at Navarino (Greece freed of Ottoman occupation) 1927 U.S. and Mexico battle over oil interests 1924 Leon Uris, born in Baltimore, novelist, Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry 1923 Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress, Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone 1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece 1918 Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I 1918 Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts 1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans 1918 In WW I 2nd battle of the Marne ends 1918 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I 1918 Ben Johnson, born in Foraker, Oklahoma, actor, Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I 1918 Battle of Zeebrugge ends 1918 Battle of Somme, ends 1917 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) 1917 Battle at Caporetto: German and Austria smash Italian army 1917 3rd battle of Ypres begins 1917 Christopher J. Forster, British RAF-pilot/captain, dies in battle 1917 Battle of Arras begins 1916 French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun 1916 General Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe 1916 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1916 Britains 1st use of tanks (Battle of Somme) 1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun 1916 George Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor, Battle of Bulge, Hallucination 1916 Edward D Pain, English journalist (New York World), dies in battle at 36 1916 Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 1916 Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines 1916 Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) 1916 British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 1916 Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle 1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast 1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun 1916 Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties) 1915 Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed 1915 Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia 1915 Battle at Loos: 8,246 British and 0 German casualties 1915 Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle 1915 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280,000 men 1915 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties 1915 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle 1915 German and French fight Battle of Artois 1915 2nd Battle of Ypres begins 1915 British battle cruisers Inflexible and Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle 1915 2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army 1915 German-British sea battle at Doggersbank and Helgoland 1914 Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow 1914 British and German fleets battle at Falkland Island 1914 Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front 1914 German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile 1914 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea 1914 Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat 1914 Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21) 1914 1st battle at Ypres, begins 1914 Jean Bouin, French marathoner, Silver Medal 1912 Olympics, dies in battle 1914 Alain-Fournier, French writer (Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27 1914 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I 1914 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I 1914 Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved) 1914 Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris 1914 Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians 1914 Charles Peguy, French writer/publisher (Clio), dies in battle at 41 1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die) 1914 Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army 1914 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 1914 Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac 1914 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle 1914 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles 1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed 1914 2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau 1914 Battle of Tannenberg - 8th German army defeats Russian Narev army 1914 Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops 1914 Battle at Mons: general von Klucks troops beat Britten 1914 Battle at Charleroi: General von Bulows troops beat French 1914 Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny and Virton 1914 Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle 1914 Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle 1914 Battle of Bounderies: Lorraine, Ardennen, Sambre and Meuse, Mons 1914 Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans 1914 Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s 1914 Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen") 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina 1913 Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy 1912 Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia 1911 Albert Alberts, writer/journalist, French battle 1910 Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 1910 Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer and actor, Battle of the Sexes 1910 Charles Crichton, British director, Battle of Sexes 1909 Dana Andrews, Collins Mississippi, actor, Battle of the Bulge, Laura 1906 Kate A ter Horst-Arriens, Dutch nurse, Battle of Arnhem 1906 Will Keith Kellogg found Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. 1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South 1904 Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian 1904 Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army 1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa 1902 ... Potgieter, South African Boer general, dies in battle 1902 Battle at Yzer Spruit: Boer general De la Rey beats British 1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits 1901 Battle at Bakenlaagte: Lt-colonel Bensons unit vs Boers 1901 U Benson, British Lt-colonel (Magers' fountain), killed in battle 1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer General Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry 1901 Battle at Elands River Port: Boer General Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers 1900 Battle at Nooitgedacht: generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten 1900 Battle at Bothaville: general-major Charles Knox beats Boers 1900 PWJ Le Gallais, British Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Bothaville 1900 Battle at Bergendal: General Buller beats Boer general Botha 1900 Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha 1900 John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle 1900 Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/South African general, dies in battle 1900 Battle at Driefontein, South Africa (Boers vs. British army) 1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees 1900 Battle at Pietershoogte 1900 Battle at Hart's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured 1900 George Labram, U.S. mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle 1900 Battle at Vaalkrans, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1899 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle 1899 Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army) 1899 Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronje vs. General Methuen 1899 Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle 1899 Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle 1899 Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army 1899 Battle of Mud river (Boer General. Cronje beats British General Methuen) 1899 Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19 1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers 1899 Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers 1899 Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army) 1899 Battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat Lieutenant-General Whites army 1899 Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army 1899 W Penn Symons, British General-Major, dies in battle 1899 Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army) 1899 Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers 1899 Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, British colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle 1898 Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain 1898 Machine gun 1st used in battle 1898 U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese 1898 Robert Keith, Fowler, Indiana, actor, Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One 1897 Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece 1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army 1896 Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians 1896 Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians 1896 ... Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle 1896 ... Arimondi, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle 1896 ... Dabormida, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle 1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops) 1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out 1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies 1895 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 1894 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang 1894 PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok 1893 Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle 1893 Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr. Jameson beats Ndebeles 1893 Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi 1893 Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten 1892 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed 1892 Raoul Walsh, born in New York City, director, Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry 1892 Battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries 1891 Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle 1891 Omer Bodson, Belgian captain, dies in battle 1891 Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed 1889 Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated 1889 Yohannes IV, Kasa, Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle 1889 Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV 1887 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians 1885 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan, 800-1000 killed 1885 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle 1885 British beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan 1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army 1883 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle 1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack 1882 Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt 1882 French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die 1881 Battle at Amajuba, South Africa: Boers vs. British army under General Colley 1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46 1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces 1881 Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British 1880 Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten 1880 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr. Watson is wounded, breaks out 1879 Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: General Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu 1879 Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz 1879 Battle at Rorkes Drift: Britain ends attack on Zulus 1879 E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 1879 Battle of Iquiquw 1879 Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle 1879 George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle 1877 Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle 1876 American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle 1876 Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother 1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1875 Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1875 John Buchan, Scotland, Governor-General of Canada/writer, Battle of Somme 1874 Battle between jobless and police in New York City, 100s injuried 1872 Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 1870 Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties 1870 Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France 1868 Battle at Washita, General Custer defeats Cheyennes 1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France 1868 Battle at Ueno: last Tokugawa armies defeated 1867 Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi 1867 Pieter J Jong, Dutch Zouave, dies in battle 1867 Battle of Moorefield, WV 1866 Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy 1866 2nd Battle at Custozza: Prussian-Austria beats Italian army 1865 Mosby Munroe Parsons, U.S. Confederate General-Major, dies in battle 1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi 1865 Battle of Galveston, Texas, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith 1865 Battle of Citronville, Alabama; Richard Taylor surrenders 1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama 1865 Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro) 1865 Battle of Ft. Tobacco, Virginia 1865 Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Ft. Tyler) 1865 Robert C Tyler, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1865 Battle of Raleigh, North Carolina 1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates 1865 Battle of Farmville, Virginia 1865 Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off 1865 Reuben B Boston, U.S. Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle 1865 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) 1865 Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) 1865 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia (Ft. Gregg, Sutherland's Station) 1865 Battle of Ft. Blakely AL and Selma AL 1865 Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army 1865 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) 1865 Battle at 5 Forks Virginia 1865 Battle of Quaker Road, VA 1865 Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg 1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely) 1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman 1865 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville North Carolina 1865 Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC 1865 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, Alabama 1865 Battle of Averasboro North Carolina (1,500 casualities) 1865 Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina 1865 Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) 1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida 1865 Battle of Wilmington, North Carolina (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals 1865 Battle of Ft. Moultrie, South Carolina occupied by Federals 1865 Battle of Charleston South Carolina 1865 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run) 1865 John Pegram, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33 1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill) 1865 Battle of Ft. Moultrie, SC 1865 Battle of Beverly, WV 1864 Battle of Egypt Station, MS 1864 Battle of Gordonsville, Virginia 1864 Battle of Franklin, TN 1864 Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities 1864 Battle of Nashville, TN 1864 Battle of Ft. McAllister, GA 1864 Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC 1864 Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA 1864 Archibald Gracie, Jr., Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 31 1864 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities 1864 Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded 1864 Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33 1864 Otto French Strahl, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33 1864 Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33 1864 Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station) 1864 Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft. Kelly) 1864 Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties) 1864 Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties 1864 Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid) 1864 Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties 1864 Battle of Wauhatchie, TN 1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road, Virginia (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad) 1864 Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmont 1864 Battle of Newtonia, MI 1864 Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek) 1864 James Jay Archer, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 46 1864 Battle of Westport, Missouri 1864 Battle of Westport, MO (Kansas City) 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, Union beats back Confederate attackers 1864 Daniel Davidson Bidwell, magistrate/Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45 1864 Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties) 1864 Battle of Dalton, Georgia - surrendered 1864 Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid) 1864 Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer and Merrit's cavalry divisions 1864 Alexander Gardiner, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1864 John Gregg, U.S. judge/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 36 1864 Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South 1864 John Dunovant, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1864 Battle of Preble's Farm Virginia (Poplar Springs Church) 1864 Battle of Waynesboro and New Market Heights VA 1864 Hiram Burnham, U.S. Union-colonel (Chancellorsville), dies in battle 1864 Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured 1864 Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia, General Early Retreats to Brown's Gap 1864 3rd Battle of Winchester Virginia (Opequon, 3rd Winchester) 1864 Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1864 David Allen Russell, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 43 1864 Robert Emmet Rodes, U.S. Confederate General-major, dies in battle at 35 1864 Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) 1864 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties 1864 Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties 1864 Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY 1864 Battle of Summit Point, VA 1864 John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 24 1864 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia (about 3900 casualties) 1864 John H Kelly, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 24 1864 2nd day of battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia 1864 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault 1864 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault 1864 Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill) 1864 John Randolph Chambliss, Jr., planter/Confederate, dies in battle at 31 1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault 1864 Battle of Deep Bottom Virginia (Strawberry Plains) and Fussell's Mill VA 1864 Battle of Ft. Morgan AL 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of Vice-Admiral 1864 Griffin A Stedman, Union-Brigadier-General (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 1864 Battle of Petersburg, Virginia 1864 Battle of the Crater: General Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg 1864 3rd and last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia 1864 Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid) 1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia 1864 Battle of Atlanta Georgia (Ezra Church)-second sortie US700 CS4642 1864 Samuel Benton, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 44 1864 Battle of Darbytown, Virginia (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains) 1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] 1864 Battle of Winchester, Virginia US1200 CS600 1864 Battle of Woodstock, Virginia 1864 Battle of Atlanta-Hood attacks Sherman, 8449 Confederate, 3641 U.S. die 1864 James Birdseye Mcpherson, U.S. Union General-major, dies in battle at 35 1864 William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate general-major, dies in battle at 47 1864 Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign 1864 Victor JB Girardey, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 27 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD) 1864 Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400 1864 Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg) 1864 Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia 1864 Charles Garrison Harker, U.S. Union-Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 26 1864 Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia, Wilson's Raid 1864 Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia 1864 Battle of Petersburgs Virginia - in trenches 1864 Friend Smith Rutherford, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43? 1864 Battle of Lynchburg, Virginia 1864 Battle for Petersburg begins as General Grant assaults Confederate line 1864 Leonidas Polk, general, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt 1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle 1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad 1864 Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: General Hobsons unit caught 1864 Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia 1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad 1864 Battle of Kellar's Bridge Kentucky, Licking River 1864 Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia 1864 Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia 1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha 1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou 1864 Battle of Piedmont, Virginia, Augusta City 1864 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1864 General Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor 1864 James P McMahon, U.S. Union colonel (164th New York), dies in battle 1864 Peter A Porter, U.S. Union colonel (8th New York), dies in battle 1864 Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm) 1864 Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia 1864 Henry H Giesy, U.S. Union-Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1864 Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia 1864 Battle of Dallas, Georgia 1864 Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting 1864 Battle of N Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown) 1864 Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured 1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Bermuda Hundred) 1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) 1864 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat 1864 Battle of Bermuda Hundred, VA 1864 Battle of New Market, Virginia 1864 Battle of Reseca, Georgia -Atlanta- 1864 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (Ft. Darling) 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia 1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid) 1864 Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 37 1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge) 1864 James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 34 1864 Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Ft. Darling) 1864 Battle of Dalton, Geogia 1864 Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark 1864 "Uncle" John Sedgwick, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 50 1864 Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill) 1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, general-major (Union), dies in battle at 56 1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500) 1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia 1864 Battle of Wilderness, General Longstreet seriously injured 1864 Henry Livermore Abbott, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1864 Battle between Confederate and Union ships at mouth of Roanoke 1864 Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern) 1864 Alexander Hays, U.S. Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44 1864 John Marshall Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43 1864 Leroy A Stafford, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 42 1864 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault 1864 Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) 1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; General W R Scurry is killed 1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition) 1864 Battle of Cane River, Louisiana (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry) 1864 Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition) 1864 Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina 1864 Battle of Blair's Landing Louisiana 1864 Thomas Green, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 50 1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities 1864 Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana Federals routed by General Richard Taylor 1864 Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid) 1864 Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana 1864 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21 1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties) 1864 Battle at Dalton Georgia 1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi 1864 Battle at Okolona, Mississippi 1864 Jeffery Forrest, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1864 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida 1864 Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid) 1864 Battle of New Bern, NC 1864 Battle of Fair Gardens, TN 1864 Battle of Cosby Creek, TN 1863 Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee 1863 Battle of Ft. Sanders, Tennessee (Ft. Loudon), 8-900 casualities 1863 Battle at Fort Esperanza Texas 1863 Battle of Payne's Farm, VA 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee 1863 Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mountain begins in Tennessee 1863 Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 32 1863 Battle of Chattanooga and Orchard Knob, Tennessee begins 1863 Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities 1863 Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA 1863 Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana 1863 Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured 1863 Battle of Buckland Mills, VA 1863 Battle of Charlestown, West Virginia 1863 Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties) 1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station) 1863 Battle at Baxter Springs Kansas 1863 Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, ends 1863 Battle of Chickamauga Georgia (near Chattanooga) begins; Union retreat 1863 Preston Smith, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1863 Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN 1863 Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces 1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) 1863 Battle of Little Rock AK and Start of Chattanooga campaign 1863 Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 35 1863 James Deshler, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 30 1863 Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender 1863 Battle at Battle Mountain, Virginia 1863 Battle of Buffington's Island (St. George Creek), Ohio 1863 Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina - Second assault US1500 CS174 1863 Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory 1863 Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek) 1863 Battle of Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana 1863 Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4 1863 Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North 1863 Alonzo Hersford Cushing, U.S. Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 1863 Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate Brigadier General Gettysburg/dies in battle at 46 1863 Richard Brooke Garnett, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45 1863 Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 40 1863 Battle of Gettysburg (2nd day) 1863 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 28 1863 Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted 1863 John Fulton Reynolds, Union general-major, dies in battle at 42 1863 Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault 1863 Battle at Upperville Virginia, 389 casualities 1863 Battle at Middleburg Virginia, 100+ casualties 1863 Battle at Middleburg, Virginia 1863 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia 1863 Isham W. Garrott, U.S. attorney/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1863 2nd battle at Winchester Va, ends in Federal defeat; 1350 casualities 1863 Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia 1863 Battle of Winchester, Virginia 1863 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford 1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana - Jefferson Davis' home burnt 1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA and Williamsport, MD 1863 Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run 1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign 1863 Lloyd Tilghman, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 47 1863 Battle of Jackson, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Raymond, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Tupelo, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville - action at Salem Church 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws 1863 Battle of Fredricksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights) 1863 Battle of Salem Church, Virginia 1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia (29,000 injured or died) 1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi 1863 Edward Dorr Tracy, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 29 1863 Battle of Streight's raid: Tuscumbia to Cedar Bluff, AL 1863 Battle of Irish Bend, Louisiana (Ft. Bisland) 1863 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House) 1863 Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA 1863 Battle of Pensacola Florida - evacuated by Federals 1863 Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities) 1863 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24 1863 Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee 1863 Battle at Bear River, Washington: U.S. Army vs indians 1863 Battle of Kinston, NC 1863 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro (Stone's River) ends 1863 Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 35 1863 Battle of Galveston, Texas-Confederates recapture the city 1863 Battle of Helena, AK 1862 Battle of Stone's River, Tennessee (Stone River, Monfreesboro) 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee 1862 James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 29 1862 Joshua Woodrow Sill, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 31 1862 Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat General Sherman 1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou) 1862 Battle of Elizabethtown, Kentucky 1862 Battle of Dumfries, VA 1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid) 1862 Conrad Feger Jackson, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 49 1862 Maxcy Gregg, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 48 1862 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1862 Battle of Dumfries, VA 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights) 1862 Battle of Hartsville, TN 1862 Battle of Prairie Grove, AR 1862 Battle of Coffeeville, MS 1862 Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties) 1862 Battle of Hooly Spring, MS 1862 Alexander Early Stone, Confederate, dies in battle 1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Battle at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties 1862 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana 1862 Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory 1862 Battle of Leetown and Thoroughfare Gap, VA 1862 Battle of Perryville, Kentucky-Confederate invasion halted 1862 James Streshley Jackson, attorney and Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 39 1862 William Rufus Terrill, Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 28 1862 Battle of Big Hatchie River, MS 1862 Battle of Corinth ends 1862 Battle of Corinth, Mississippi 1862 Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 47 1862 Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia 1862 Battle at Iuka Mississippi (1,700 casualties) 1862 [Lewis] Henry Little, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45 1862 Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals 1862 Battle of Mumfordville, Kentucky-U.S. Col J Wilder surrenders city 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die 1862 William Edwin Starke, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 48 1862 Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) 1862 Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates 1862 Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates 1862 Battle of Munfordsville, Kentucky 1862 Samuel Garland, Jr., U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry VA 1862 Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties) 1862 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 44 1862 Philip "Phil" Kearny, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 48 1862 George William Taylor, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run - Confederates beat Union 1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, Kentucky 1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins 1862 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels 1862 Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station) 1862 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA 1862 Battle of Catlett's Station VA 1862 Henry Bohlen, German/US Brigadier-General (Union), dies in battle at 51 1862 Battle of Nueces River, Texas 1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain Virginia (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain) 1862 Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt., however General Charles S. Winder is killed 1862 Battle of Baton Rouge, LA 1862 Thomas Williams, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 47 1862 Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150 1862 Battle at Green River Kentucky (Morgan's Ohio Raid) 1862 Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) 1862 William Barksdale, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 40 1862 Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confederate superior power driven out 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm) 1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia 1862 Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack 1862 Richard Griffith, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 48 1862 Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia 1862 Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3 1862 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35 1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia 1862 Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days 1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp 1862 Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered 1862 Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina, Port Royal Ferry 1862 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties) 1862 Battle of Seven Pines Virginia (Fair Oaks) 1862 Robert Hatton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 34 1862 Battle of Booneville, Mississippi - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth 1862 Battle of Front Royal, Virginia 1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 1862 Battle of Winchester, Virginia 1862 Battle at Front Royal, Virginia 1862 William H Keim, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 48 1862 Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends, about 128 casualities 1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Ft. Darling), Virginia 1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend) 1862 Battle of Farmington, Mississippi 1862 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va 1862 Battle of West Point, Virginia (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville) 1862 Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia 1862 Battle of New Orleans LA - U.S. Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans 1862 Battle of Ft. Jackson, Ft. St. Philip and New Orlean's, Louisiana 1862 Battle of Ft. Pillow Tennessee 1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, Island #10 falls 1862 Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee 1862 Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 51 1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, U.S. Confederate general, dies in battle at 59 1862 Battle of Yorktown begins 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA 1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) 1862 Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign 1862 Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles 1862 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern 1862 "Monitor" (Union) and "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads 1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal 1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch and McIntosh killed 1862 William Slack, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern) 1862 Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces 1862 Battle of Woodburn, Kentucky 1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound 1862 Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic" 1862 James McIntosh, U.S. confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 33 1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky (Fishing Creek, Logan's Crossroads) 1862 Battle of Big Sandy River, Kentucky (Middle Creek) 1862 Battle of Romney, WV 1862 Battle of Manassas Junction, VA 1862 Battle of Helena, AK 1862 Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) 1861 Battle of Dranesville, VA 1861 Battle of Black Water 1861 Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV 1861 Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) 1861 Battle of Ft. McRee, FL 1861 Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper 1861 Battle of Mount Ivy, Kentucky 1861 Battle of Belmont, MO 1861 Battle of Port Royal Bay, South Carolina (Ft. Walker, Ft. Beauregard) 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) 1861 Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia (Leesburg, Harrison's Island) 1861 Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S. attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 1861 Battle of Dumfries, Virginia (Quantico Creek) 1861 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union 1861 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1861 Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia 1861 Battle of Carnifex Ferry VA, 170 casualities 1861 Battle of Fort Hatteras NC 1861 Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-General Lyon killed 1861 Nathaniel Lyon, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43 1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing 1861 Battle of St. Augustine Springs, New Mexico Terr 1861 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1861 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 1861 Battle of Blackburn's Ford, Virginia US57 CS68 - Manassas - 1861 Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought 1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 1861 Battle of Laurel Mountain Virginia - General Morris forces retreat of rebels 1861 Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender 1861 Battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia 1861 Battle of Carthage, Missouri - U.S. General Sigel attacks pro-secessionist 1861 Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory 1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - U.S. attacks Confederate batteries 1861 Battle of Boonville, MI-Brigadier General Lyon defeats Confederate forces 1861 Battle of Vienna, Virginia and Secessionville, South Carolina, James Island 1861 Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats 1861 John Garland, U.S. Union colonel/Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1861 John Q Marr, U.S. Confederate captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse 1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South 1861 Battle of Lavaca, Texas 1861 Battle of San Antonio, Texas 1861 Battle of Norfolk, Virginia 1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia 1859 Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria 1858 Jose Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician 1857 Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore 1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) 1856 Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders 1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans 1856 Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians 1855 Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising 1854 ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann 1854 Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die 1854 Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died 1853 Jan W. Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 1849 Battle at Waghausel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels 1849 Andreas Michiels, Dutch military Governor of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 1849 Joseph S. Gallieni, general, Battle of Marne, military governor, Paris 1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) 1848 1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian 1848 Battle of Custoza-Italian War of Independence, starts 1848 Battle at Vicenza: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte 1848 2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians 1848 Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte 1848 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians 1848 Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro 1847 U.S. under General Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey 1847 U.S. defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento 1847 Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans 1847 Battle of Buena Vista: U.S. troops beat Mexican army 1846 Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma-U.S. sends Mexico back to Rio Grande 1846 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas 1846 Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India 1846 British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India 1846 Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) 1837 Battle of Okeechobee-U.S. forces defeat Seminole Indians 1837 Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico 1836 Davy Crockett, U.S. pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49 1836 Battle of Wetumka, Florida 1832 Whites decimate Indians in Battle of Bad Axe River, Wisconsin 1832 Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Illinois 1831 Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army 1831 Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow 1830 Frederic LG de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37 1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil 1827 Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russian/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet 1824 Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain 1824 Battle at Junan - Simon Bolivars army beats Spanish 1822 Battle of Pichincha, Bolivar secures independence of Quito from Spain 1821 Battle of Carabobo; Bolivar defeats royalists outside of Caracas 1819 Battle of Boyaca; Bolivar defeats Spanish in Colombia 1819 Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic 1817 Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austria, Battle at Custozza 1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington and Blucher 1815 Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle 1815 Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia 1815 Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French 1815 Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle 1815 Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples 1815 Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew 1815 Edward Pakenham, English general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle 1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 1814 Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British 1814 Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russians out of E Prussia 1814 Battle of Niagara Falls, Lundy's Lane, ; Americans defeat British 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians 1813 Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle 1813 Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia) 1813 Battle of Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British 1813 Tecumseh, U.S. Shawnee-chief/English General (Battle of Thames), dies 1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie 1813 Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians 1813 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter, Battle of Guilder Tracks 1813 Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French 1813 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussian Minister of War (1807-10), dies in battle 1813 Battle of Beaver Dam-British and Indian forces defeat U.S. forces 1813 Zebulon M Pike, U.S. explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 1813 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex 1812 Battle of Queenstown Heights, British beats U.S. attempt to invade Canada 1812 Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle 1812 Pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle 1812 Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov 1812 Battle of Mogilev Russia-Napolean fights Czar Alexander I 1812 Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain 1812 John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan 1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe: General Jackson vs. indians 1811 Samuel Story, Dutch rear Admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58 1809 Battle at Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army 1809 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 1809 Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon 1809 Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl 1809 Napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 1809 Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 1808 Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain 1808 Battle of Buenos Aires 1808 Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians 1807 Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau 1806 Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians 1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies 1805 Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar 1803 Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French 1803 Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army 1801 Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish 1801 Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British 1800 Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria 1800 Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi 1799 Battle at Castricum: French and Bataafs army beats English/Russian army 1799 French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir 1798 British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St. George 1798 Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English 1798 British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile 1798 Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt 1798 British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara 1797 Battle at Kamperduin: English fleet destroys Bataafse 1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent 1796 Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy 1796 Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians 1796 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge 1796 Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi 1796 Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians 1795 Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols 1794 2nd Battle of Seneffe: France-Austria 1794 Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio 1794 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army 1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria) 1793 Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44 1793 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 1793 Battle of Warsaw 1793 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France 1792 Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians 1791 Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers 1782 British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies) 1782 Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French 1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1781 Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis 1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) 1781 Willem Crul, Admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59 1781 Battle of Jersey (Island in UK) 1780 Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC 1780 Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet 1779 John W. Pieneman, historical painter, Battle at Waterloo 1779 Battle of Stone Ferry 1778 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton) 1777 Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Bemis Hts 1777 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle 1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British 1777 Battle of Germantown 1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British 1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis Heights) or 1st Battle of Saratoga 1777 Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British 1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt 1777 Thomas Campbell, poet, Hohenlinden, Battle of the Baltic 1777 Battle of Bennington-New England's Green Mountain Boys rout Brits 1777 Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ 1776 Battle of Trenton-major British defeat 1776 Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle 1776 Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ 1776 Battle of Pelham: Col John Glover and Marblehead regiment meet British Forces in Bronx 1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island 1775 Battle of Quebec; Americans unable to take British stronghold 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, actually it was Breed's Hill 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill) 1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (U.S.) captures Margaretta (Br) 1770 Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish 1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan) 1761 John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin 1761 Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten 1760 Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia 1760 Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia 1760 Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia 1760 Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French 1760 Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat 1759 Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians 1759 Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French 1759 Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British 1759 James Wolfe, British general (Plains of Abraham), dies in battle at 32 1759 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France 1759 Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers Prussians 1759 Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France 1759 French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen 1758 Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia 1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed 1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed 1758 British battle fleet under General James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 1758 Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine 1757 Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians 1757 Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French and Indian War) 1757 Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia 1757 Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland 1757 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia 1757 Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army 1755 Battle at Lake George: English army beats France 1755 Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh 1755 Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British 1752 Samuel Story, Dutch Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin 1747 Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army 1746 Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Netherlands armies 1746 Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army 1746 Battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII and III" 1746 Battle at Culloden: Troops of "James VIII and III" defeat Charles Stuart 1746 Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats and massacres Scots 1745 Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen and Austria 1745 Battle at Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army 1745 Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Prussia beats Austria 1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war 1744 Battle at Toulon: English-French and Spanish fleet 1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews) 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia 1737 Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians 1736 Battle of Ackia (La), British and Chickasaw Indians defeat French 1734 Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle 1725 John Lovewell, U.S. indian fighter, dies in battle 1724 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral, battle of Doggersbank 1718 Battle at Frederikshall Norway 1718 Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), killed in battle at 36 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish 1716 Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks 1715 Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish earl of Mar 1714 Battle at Hango (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet 1714 Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet 1712 Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army 1710 Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers) 1710 Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured 1710 Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured 1709 Battle at Malplaquet: England/Austria/Dutch Great Alliance beat France 1709 Hamilton, Scottish general (Malplaquet), dies in battle 1709 Oxenstiern, German general (Malplaquet), dies in battle 1709 Spaar, German general (Malplaquet), dies in battle 1709 Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes 1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1708 Battle at Trencsen: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army 1708 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France 1707 Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese 1706 Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed 1706 Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen 1704 Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet 1704 Sea battle at Malaga 1704 Istvan Gyongyosi, Hungarian poet (Janos Kemeny), dies in battle 1703 Gillis Schey, Dutch Admiral (battle at Lowestoft), dies at 58 1703 Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle 1703 Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians 1702 Battle in Bay of Vigo: Netherlands/English fleet destroy Spanish/French fleet 1702 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron 1702 Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French 1700 Battle at Narva: Swedish king Karel XII beats Russians 1697 Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen of Savoye beats Turks 1697 Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power 1693 Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English/Dutch army 1693 Battle at Boussu-lez-Walcourt: French-English vs Dutch army 1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France 1692 Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army 1692 Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France 1691 Battle at Szalankemen: Austrians beat Turks 1691 Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle 1691 Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France 1691 Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II 1690 Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye 1690 Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II 1690 Battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Netherlands-England) beat Jacobus II (Ire) 1690 Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75 1690 Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet 1690 Netherlands-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen) 1690 Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 1690 Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army 1690 Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland 1690 Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet 1689 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French 1689 Battle of Killicrankie, Viscount Dundee defeats Whig General MacKay 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French and English naval battle 1687 Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed at Battle of Mohacs 1685 Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth 1679 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish 1678 Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange 1677 Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle 1677 Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet 1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III 1676 Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen 1676 Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden 1676 Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet 1676 John de Haen, Vice-Admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45? 1676 Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1676 Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1676 Battle of Etna - Netherlands/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded 1675 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden 1675 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden 1675 Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg 1674 1st Battle of at Seneffe (Louis II Conde vs Willem III) 1673 Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet 1673 John de Love I, Vice-Admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54 1673 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of New York City 1673 John of Paffenrode, ruler of Ghussigny/poet, dies in battle 1673 Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1672 Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle 1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1670 Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers 1666 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 1666 Sea battle between Netherlands and England 1666 Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht) 1666 Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 55 1666 Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet 1665 Battle at Viciosa: English and Portuguese army beat Spain 1665 Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch 1665 Auke Stellingwerf, lt-admiral of Friesland, dies in battle at about 29 1665 Egbert Meussen Kortenaer, Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at about 29 1665 Jacob van Wassenaer, Foggy Obdam, lt-admiral, dies in battle at 55 1665 Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese army beat Spain 1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-Admiral De Ruyter beats English 1664 Battle at St. Gotthard: Earl Raimondo Montecucculi beats Ahmed Koprulu 1664 Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army 1663 Battle at Amegical: English and Portugese fleet beats Spanish 1660 Gyorgy Rakoczi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle 1659 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish 1658 Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch 1658 Pieter Florisz, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at about 50 1658 Witte de With, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 59 1658 Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish 1658 Battle at Dunes: English and French fleet beat Spanish 1658 Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought 1657 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet 1656 Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw 1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates 1653 Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch 1653 Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, Bestevaer, Lieutenant-Admiral, dies in battle at 55 1653 Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch 1653 Johan van Galen, Admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48 1652 Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet 1652 English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock 1652 Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English 1652 Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs De Ruyter 1652 Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels 1651 Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists 1650 Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland 1648 Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir 1648 Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir 1648 Battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards 1648 Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton beats Scottish 1648 Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir 1648 Battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir 1645 Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians 1645 Battle at Langport Somerset: Cromwell's New Model-army beats Royalists 1645 Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beats royalists 1645 Battle at Jankov Bohemia: Sweden beats RC emperor Ferdinand III 1644 2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies 1644 Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Admiral Thijssen beats Denen 1644 Gillis Schey, Dutch Admiral, battle at Lowestoft 1644 Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders 1644 Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists 1644 Battle at Nantwich Cheshire: Parliamentary armies win 1643 Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under General Mercy beats France 1643 Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists 1643 1st battle at Newbury: King Charles I vs Robert Devereux' armies 1643 Cromwell defeats Royalist at Battle of Gainsborough 1643 Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1643 Battle at Atherton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1643 Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army 1643 Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists 1642 Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament 1642 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III 1642 Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament 1641 Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle 1641 Battle at La Marfee Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French government army 1639 Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada 1638 Johan VIII de Jongere, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 54 1637 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven, Connecticut kills 500 indians 1636 Battle at Wittstock, Brandenburg: Sweden beat Ferdinand III 1634 Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat 1634 Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants 1634 Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia 1634 Battle at Nordlingen Bavarian: emperor Ferdinand II and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants 1634 Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians 1634 Battle at Smolensk: Polish king Wladyslaw IV beats Russians 1632 Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein 1632 Gustavus II Adolphus, king of Sweden, dies in battle at 37 1632 Battle at Lutzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies 1632 Gustavus II Adolphus, king of Sweden, dies in battle at 37 1632 Battle at Castelnaudary: Duke Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses 1632 Battle at Nurnberg: Duke wallenstein beats Sweden 1632 Battle at Castelnaudary: Henri de Montmorency's rebellion army loses 1631 Battle of Breitenfeld: King Gustaaf Adolf defeats General Tilly 1630 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies 1629 Tumengung Buraksa, Matarams/Javanese general, dies in battle 1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape 1629 Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51 1626 Battle between king Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends 1626 Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV 1626 Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated 1626 Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle 1626 Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld 1621 Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks 1621 Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece 1620 Battle of White Mountain, Prague 1620 Battle at Jassy: Turks beat king Sigismund III of Poland 1620 Battle at Ponts-the-Ce, Poitou: French king Louis XIII beats his mother Marie de Medici 1617 Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle 1612 Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1610 Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russian and Sweden 1610 Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russia and Sweden 1608 Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 1608 Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle 1607 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet 1607 Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle 1607 Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle 1604 Louis Gunther, earl of Nassau, dies in battle at about 29 1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish 1602 Battle at Kinsale, Ireland: English army beats Spanish 1600 Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns) 1600 Battle at Newport: Earl Mauritius van Nassau beats Spanish Army 1597 Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle 1596 Battle at Kerestes: Ottoman beat Austria-Hungary and Germany 1595 Battle at Giurgevo: Zsigmond Bathory of Transylvania beats Turks 1591 Richard Grenville, Vice-Admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49 1591 Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English 1591 Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai 1590 Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 1590 Philip van Egmont, general/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at 30 1589 Adolf van Nieuwenaar and Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle 1589 Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1588 Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada 1587 Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins 1587 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League 1586 Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 1586 Battle at Zutphen: English-Dutch army 1586 Battle at Zutphen: English vs Dutch army 1586 Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army 1584 Jonker Wigbold van Ewsum, mister of Nienoord, dies in battle 1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal 1580 Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels 1578 Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed 1578 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle 1578 Sebastiaan, king of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24 1578 Battle of Rijmenam 1578 Battle of Gembloers 1575 Charles de Boisot, water beggar, dies in battle at about 45 1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot) 1574 Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau 1574 Christoffel Palts, German general strategist, dies in battle 1574 Hendrik, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle 1574 Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at 35 1574 Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet 1573 Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy 1573 Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle 1572 Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries 1571 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet 1571 Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle 1570 Battle at Arnay-le-Duc Bourgundy: Huguenots-French government army 1569 Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots 1569 Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots 1569 Louis Conde, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies in battle 1568 Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion 1568 Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish 1568 Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed 1568 Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 1568 Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside 1568 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg, Battle of White Mountain 1567 Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots 1567 Battle at Carberry Scot: Protestant troops beat Earl Bothwells army 1567 Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger 1565 Battle at Talikota India: Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army 1564 Battle on Gotland: Lubeck and Denmark beat Sweden 1562 Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency and huguenots under Conde captured 1562 Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vendome/huguenot, dies in battle at 47 1558 Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France 1557 Battle at St. Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France 1556 Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu 1554 Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated 1553 Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades 1552 Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle 1549 Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army 1549 Battle at Dussingdale: John Dudley beats rebels 1547 Battle at Pinkie, Midlothian: English beat the Scots 1547 Battle of Muhlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave 1544 Rene of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle 1544 Rene van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 1544 Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss 1543 Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem army 1543 Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle 1542 Battle at Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James 1538 Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish 1536 Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle 1531 Battle at Kappel: Swiss RC kantons beat protestant 1529 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France 1529 Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals 1527 Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen 1526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohacs 1526 Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi 1525 Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels 1525 Battle at Boblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers 1525 Battle at Pavia: Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king 1525 Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia 1522 Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France 1522 Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France 1521 Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan 1521 Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards 1520 Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernan Cortes and Tlascala's vs Aztecs 1519 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala Aztecs 1519 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico 1516 Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria 1515 Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory 1515 Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers and Pope Leo X 1514 Battle at Ozra: Polish/Latvia army beats Russians 1513 Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland 1513 James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40 1513 Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian and Henry III beat France 1513 Battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois 1512 Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France 1512 Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army 1512 Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle 1512 Battle at Valeggio: French troops beat Venetianen 1510 Francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59 1509 Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy 1507 Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 1503 Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France 1503 Battle at Garigliano, Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France 1503 Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France 1500 Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza 1499 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians 1499 Neithart Fox, Jonker Fox, German passage leader, slain in battle 1495 Battle at Fornovo, French king Charles VIII beats St. League 1489 Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors 1488 Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland 1488 James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle 1487 Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole and Lord Lovell 1485 Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III 1485 Richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32 1481 Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht 1479 Battle of Guinegate: Emperor Maximilian I vs King Louis XI 1477 Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 39 1477 Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7000+ killed 1476 Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland 1471 Battle of Brunkeberg Stockholm (Sten Sture beats Christian I) 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha 1471 Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick 1467 Battle at Brustem: Charles the Stoute beats the Luikenaars 1467 Battle at Velke Kostolany: Hungarian king Matyas Corvinus beats Bratrici 1465 Battle at Montlhery 1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 1461 Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England 1461 2nd battle of St. Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists 1459 Battle at Ludfor: Richard of York defeated 1456 Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle 1456 Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II 1455 Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St. Albans) 1453 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war 1453 Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion 1453 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops 1450 French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War 1444 Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders 1444 Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk, king of Poland/Hungary, dies in battle at 20 1435 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen 1434 Battle at Lipany 1434 Prokopius, Bohemia, leader of taboriets, dies in battle 1429 Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans 1421 Battle of Beauge-French beat British 1420 Battle at Vitkov Zizka's hill (Prague): Taboriets beat Bohemia 1415 Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeat armored knight 1415 Philip of Nevers, French earl, dies in battle 1415 Robert of Bar, French knight, dies in battle 1410 Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland 1408 Battle of Othee 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury fought by Percys against King Henry IV 1403 Henry Percy, Harry Hotspur, killed in battle at 39 1402 Battle at Ancyra/Angora/Ankara: Timur Lenk beats sultan Bajezid I 1402 Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army 1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians and Litouwers 1396 Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies 1396 Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle 1396 Odard de Chasseron, French knight/crusader, dies in battle 1396 Philip of Bar, French knight/crusader, dies in battle 1389 Battle of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs, Bosnians 1389 Lazar I, Serbian prince, dies in battle 1389 Murad I, Osmaans sultan, dies in battle 1389 Battle at Falkoping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden 1388 Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army 1386 Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat duke Leopold III of Austria 1385 Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castilie 1384 Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies 1382 Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1,000s die) 1382 Philip Van Artevelde, Flemish commander-in-chief, dies in battle at 42 1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army 1382 Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge 1380 Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols 1376 Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France 1371 Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey 1370 Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania 1367 Battle at Najera Spain: Castilie and England beat Aragon and France 1364 Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany 1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle 1356 English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers 1356 Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle 1356 Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle 1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen and English 1347 Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle 1346 Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle 1346 Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle 1346 Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle 1346 Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle 1340 Battle of Salado Spain: last Moor invasion driven back 1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed 1339 Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples, Battle at Poitiers 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle 1330 Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle 1330 Battle of Velbuzd 1328 Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers 1328 Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle 1322 Battle of Muhldorf 1315 Battle at Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austrian 1314 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England 1304 Sea battle of Zierikzee 1304 Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet 1302 Battle of Kortrijk Belgium (France vs Flanders) 1302 Guldensporen battle of Belgium 1301 Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg 1301 Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle 1298 English defeat Scots at Battle of Falkirk 1298 Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I 1298 Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 1297 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English 1297 Hugh de Cressingham, English treasurer, dies in battle 1288 Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I 1288 Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle 1278 Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf van Habsburg defeats Ottokar II 1278 Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle 1267 Battle at Marienholz: Henry III, Otto II van Gelre beat Keuls archbishop Engelbert III 1266 Battle of Benevento 1265 Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort 1265 Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle 1264 Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III 1260 Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen 1260 Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army 1253 Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gwijde van Dampierre 1246 Battle at Leitha: Hungary-Austrian 1246 Frederik II "the Strijdbare", duke of Austria, dies in battle at 25 1242 Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia 1241 Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Bela IV 1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans 1237 Battle of Cortenuova: Emperor Frederik II vs Lombardische steden 1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France 1217 Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle 1214 1st battle of Bouvines - King Philips II vs Emperor Otto IV 1214 Eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle 1214 Stefan van Longchamp, French knight, dies in battle 1214 Battle of La Roche-aux-Moines (Angers) 1213 Battle at Steppes-Bishop Pierrepont and Louis II beat Henry I of Brabant 1213 Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort beat Pedro II of Aragon 1213 Pedro II, el Catolico, king of Aragon, dies in battle 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain 1205 Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople 1195 Battle at Alarcos: Almohaden beats Alfons VIII of Castilia 1187 Battle of Hittin (Tiberias): Saladin defeats Reinoud of Chatillon 1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family 1185 Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet 1176 Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa 1167 Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano 1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians 1156 Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet 1147 Battle at Doryleum: Arabs beat Koenraad III's crusaders 1144 Celestine II, Guido, Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle 1141 Battle of Samarkand: Yelutashi defeats Islams 1141 Battle at Lincoln: King Stephen captured 1139 Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors 1138 English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard 1128 Willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle 1128 Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik 1119 Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeat French Crusaders 1107 Kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle 1106 Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert 1099 Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon 1099 Battle at Ascalon: Godfried of Broth beats Egyptians 1099 Crusaders are victorious at Battle of Ascalon 1093 Edward Macduncan, Scottish crown prince/son of Malcolm II, dies in battle 1093 Malcolm III MacDuncan, king of Scotland, dies in battle 1091 Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes 1090 Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II 1090 Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle 1086 Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids 1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr 1081 Battle at Durazzo/Durres: Normans under Robert Guiscard beat Byzantine 1075 Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen 1071 Battle at Manzikert: Seldjuken sultan Alp Arslan beats Byzantine King 1071 Battle at Manzikert Armenia, Venetian Byzantine brings islam to Europe 1071 Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I 1071 Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle 1066 Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England 1066 Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway 1066 Harald III Hardrada, king of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51 1066 Battle at Fulford: Norway king Harald III Hardrada beats British militia 1049 Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle 1030 Battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim) 1030 Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad 1028 Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle 1016 Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon) 1015 Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 1014 Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf 1014 Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle 989 Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas 955 Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians 955 Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle 939 Battle at Andernach: King Otto and Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France and Giselbert of Lutherans 939 Battle at Simancas-Spain beats Moors 933 Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren 923 Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle 917 Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines 900 Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 881 Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings 876 Battle at Andernach: Louis the Young beats Charles the Bare 871 Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army 871 Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex 871 Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 871 Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 858 Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies 841 Battle at Fontenay: Louis and Charles beat their brother Lotharius I 811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine 811 Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle 778 Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great 733 Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden 732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors 685 Battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians 680 Battle at Kerbela: Kalief Yazid beats pretender al-Hussein 656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion 627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen 626 Battle at Constantinople: Slavic/Persians/Avarenvloot defeated 624 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle 604 Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers 552 Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle 524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France 406 Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle 406 Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians 402 Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten 394 Battle of Frigidus North-Italy 394 Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle 388 Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis 378 Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army 378 Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 357 Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught 323 Battle at Adrianopolis: Flavius Julius Crispus' beats emperor Licinius 314 Battle at Cibalae: emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius 218 Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 197 D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle 69 Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy |
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