1801–15

* – ** Action of 19 February 1801 - British victory over France ** Battle of Aboukir 8 March – British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under

Jacques de Menou Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

Battle of Mandora The Battle of Mandora was a minor battle fought on 13 March 1801 between French forces under François Lanusse and the British expeditionary corps under Ralph Abercromby, during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. Background The British arm ...

13 March - The UK defeats France ** Battle of Alexandria 21 March - British victory over France ** Battle of Copenhagen 2 April – British commander

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

defeats Danish fleet ** Action of 6 May 1801 - British victory over France **

Action of 24 June 1801 The action of 24 June 1801 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. A British ship of the line, HMS ''Swiftsure'' under Captain Benjamin Hallowell was passing westwards through the Southern Mediterranean near Cape De ...

- French victory over the UK **

Siege of Cairo The siege of Cairo, also known as the Cairo campaign, was a siege that took place during the French Revolutionary Wars, between French and British with Ottoman forces and was the penultimate action of the Egyptian Campaign. British commander J ...

May - 27 June - The UK and the Ottoman Empire capture

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

from France **

First Battle of Algeciras The First Battle of Algeciras was a naval battle fought on 6 July 1801 (17 messidor an IX of the French Republican Calendar) between a squadron of British Royal Navy ships of the line and a smaller French Navy squadron at anchor in the forti ...

6 July – British naval defeat by French **

Second Battle of Algeciras The Second Battle of Algeciras (also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar) was a naval battle fought on the night of 12 July 1801 (23 messidor an IX of the French Republican Calendar) between a squadron of British Royal Navy ships of ...

12 July – British naval victory over French, Spanish **

Action of 1 August 1801 The action of 1 August 1801 was a single-ship action of the First Barbary War fought between the American schooner and the Tripolitan polacca ''Tripoli'' off the coast of modern-day Libya. As part of Commodore Richard Dale's Mediterranean Squa ...

1 August - A US ship defeats Ottoman Tripolitania **

Raids on Boulogne The raid on Boulogne in 1801 was a failed attempt by elements of the Royal Navy led by Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson to destroy a flotilla of French vessels anchored in the port of Boulogne, a fleet which was thought to be used for the inv ...

4-16 August - French victory over the UK **

Battle of Mahé The Battle of Mahé was a minor naval engagement of the last year of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 19 August 1801 in the harbour of Mahé in the Seychelles, a French colony in the Indian Ocean. Since the demise of the French Indian O ...

19 August - British victory over France **

Capitulation of Alexandria The Capitulation of Alexandria in August 1801 brought to an end the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, French expedition to Egypt. Background French troops, defeated by British and Ottoman forces, had retreated to Alexandria where they were Si ...

30 August - France capitulates to the UK and the Ottoman Empire. End of the

French campaign in Egypt and Syria The French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, proclaimed to defend French trade interests, to establish scientific enterprise in the region. It was the ...

Siege of Porto Ferrajo The siege of Porto Ferrajo was a French attempt to force the surrender of the Tuscan fortress town of Porto Ferrajo (now Portoferraio) on the island of Elba following the French occupation of mainland Tuscany in 1801 during the French Revolutio ...

May - 1 October - France besieges

Porto Ferrajo Portoferraio () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Livorno, on the edge of the eponymous harbour of the island of Elba. It is the island's largest city. Because of its terrain, many of its buildings are situated on the slopes of a tiny h ...

on the island of

Elba Elba ( it, isola d'Elba, ; la, Ilva) is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino on the Italian mainland, and the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago. It is also part of the Arcipelago Toscano National ...

, which was defended by Naples and Tuscany, aided by the UK. On 1 october peace in Europe made an end to the siege. France got Elba without further fighting, as a result of the peace treaty. * – ** Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres 23 February **

Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot The Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was a major battle of the Haitian Revolution that took place from 4 March until 24 March 1802. The battle took place at the Crête-à-Pierrot fort (in Haitian Creole ''Lakrèt-a-Pyewo''), east of Saint-Marc on the ...

4–24 March **

First Battle of Tripoli Harbor The First Battle of Tripoli Harbor was a naval battle fought on May 16, 1802, in Tripoli Harbor between a combined force consisting of the American frigate and two Swedish Navy frigates against several Tripolitan Barbary corsairs. The Swedis ...

16 May ** First Battle of Sitka 20 June – Tlingit warriors massacre Russians and Aleut workers, and carry off the women and children. **

Battle of Poona The Battle of Pune took place on 25 October 1802 near Pune between the rival factions of the Maratha empire. The forces of the Scindia (Shinde) and the Peshwa Bajirao II were attacked by the Holkars. While the British East India Company was no ...

- precursor to the

Second Anglo-Maratha War } The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) was the second conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. Background The British had supported the "fugitive" Peshwa Raghunathrao in the First Anglo-Maratha War, ...

* – **

Blockade of Saint-Domingue The Blockade of Saint-Domingue was a naval campaign fought during the first months of the Napoleonic Wars in which a series of British Royal Navy squadrons blockaded the French-held ports of Cap Français and Môle-Saint-Nicolas on the northern ...

18 June – 6 December **

Action of 22 June 1803 The action of 22 June 1803 was a naval battle between the United States Navy and the Tripolitan Navy during the First Barbary War. Two ships from the American squadron blockading Tripoli, and , met and engaged a Tripolitan polacre along with ...

22 June ** Battle of Delhi 11 September – British forces under

Gerard Lake Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake (27 July 1744 – 20 February 1808) was a British general. He commanded British forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and later served as Commander-in-Chief of the military in British India. Background He was ...

defeat

Maratha The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

forces led by French officer Louis Bourquin **

Siege of Aligarh The siege of Aligarh also known as the Battle of Aligarh was fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) at Aligarh, India. Aligarh Fort, one of the strongest forts ...

1–4 September **

Battle of Assaye The Battle of Assaye was a major battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company. It occurred on 23 September 1803 near Assaye in western India. An outnumbered Indian and British forc ...

23 September – English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under

Daulat Scindia Shrimant Daulat Rao Shinde (also Sindhia; 1779 – 21 March 1827) was the Maharaja (ruler) of Gwalior state in central India from 1794 until his death in 1827. His reign coincided with struggles for supremacy within the Maratha Empire, and war ...

Deccan The large Deccan Plateau in South India, southern India is located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, and is loosely defined as the peninsular region between these ranges that is south of the Narmada river. To the north, it is bou ...

** Siege of Port-au-Prince October **

Battle of Laswari The Battle of Laswari took place on 1 November 1803 near Laswari village, Alwar. It was part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War. The British under Gerard Lake were anxious to finish the war by neutralizing the last substantial force that the Marath ...

1 November – Lake defeats Marathas near

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

Battle of Vertières The Battle of Vertières ( ht, Batay Vètyè) was the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, and the final part of the Revolution under Jean Jacques Dessalines. It was fought on 18 November 1803 between the indigenous Haitian army and Nap ...

18 November –

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

ans defeat French in last battle of war of independence **

Battle of Argaon The Battle of Argaon (also known as Battle of Argaum) took place on 29 November 1803, between the British under the command of Major-General Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and the forces of Bhonsle of Berar and Scindia of Gwalior ...

28 November – Wellesley defeats Sindhia ** Second Ottoman invasion of Mani - Ottomans fail to conquer

Mani Mani may refer to: Geography * Maní, Casanare, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia * Mani, Chad, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad * Mani, Evros, a village in northeastern Greece * Mani, Karnataka, a village in Dakshi ...

a second time * – **

Battle of Ganja (1804) The Battle of Ganja, Siege of Ganja Fortress ( fa, نبرد گنجه) or Assault on Ganja (russian: Штурм Гянджи), was the result of a Russian offensive in the South Caucasus intended to conquer the Ganja Khanate of Qajar Iran, which co ...

22 November 1803 – 15 January 1804 – Russian victory in a battle between

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

and

Persian Empire The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, wikt:𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an History of Iran#Classical antiquity, ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Bas ...

for the control of Ganja citadel. **

Castle Hill convict rebellion The Castle Hill convict rebellion was an 1804 convict rebellion in the Castle Hill area of Sydney, against the colonial authorities of the British colony of New South Wales. The rebellion culminated in a battle fought between convicts and the ...

5 March – Irish convict uprising in the

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

colony **

Battle of Drlupa The Battle of Drlupa was fought in April 1804 between the Serbian Revolutionaries under Karađorđe and the Dahije (renegade Janissaries) under Aganlija. Battle in April 1804, Aganlija and 400 Janissaries went to meet up with Karađorđe to nego ...

April - Serbia defeats the

Dahije The Dahije ( sr-cyr, Дахије) or Dahijas were the renegade Janissary officers who took power in the Sanjak of Smederevo (also known as the Belgrade Pashaluk), after murdering the Vizier Hadži Mustafa Pasha of Belgrade on 15 December 1801. Th ...

Battle of Suriname The Battle of Suriname or Battle of Surinam was a battle between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom for the control of the Suriname colony. Capture The colony, which was held by a Dutch garrison, was captured on 5 May 1804 by a British squad ...

5 May – Battle between the Netherlands and Great Britain for the control of the Suriname colony. The UK captures Suriname. ** Battle of Tabkin Kwatto 21 June - First decisive battle of

Fulani War The Fulani War of 1804–1808, also known as the Fulani Jihad or Jihad of Usman dan Fodio, was a military conflict in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon. The war began when Usman Dan Fodiyo, a prominent Islamic scholar and teacher, was exiled ...

. The

Sokoto Caliphate The Sokoto Caliphate (), also known as the Fulani Empire or the Sultanate of Sokoto, was a Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa. It was founded by Usman dan Fodio in 1804 during the Fulani jihads after defeating the Hausa Kingdoms in the Ful ...

defeats

Gobir Gobir (Demonym: ''Gobirawa'') was a city-state in what is now Nigeria. Founded by the Hausa in the 11th century, Gobir was one of the seven original kingdoms of Hausaland, and continued under Hausa rule for nearly 700 years. Its capital was the ci ...

. ** Battle of Echmiadzin (1804) June – Russian forces forced to withdraw by Iranian forces during Russo-Persian War. **

Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor The Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor was a naval action that occurred during the American naval blockade which took place in Tripoli Harbor on July 14, 1804. The battle was part of the First Barbary War between forces of the United States and th ...

14 July – Indecisive battle between United States and Barbary Pirates. **

Battle of Vizagapatam The Battle of Vizagapatam was a minor naval engagement fought in the approaches to Vizagapatam harbour in the Coastal Andhra region of British India on the Bay of Bengal on 15 September 1804 during the Napoleonic Wars. A French squadron under Co ...

15 September - French defeat British in

Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between ...

** Second Battle of Sitka 1–7 October – In reprisal for the 1802 attack, Russian forces defeat the

Tlingit The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ),

in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and

Alaska Natives Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a numbe ...

. **

Raid on Boulogne The Raid on Boulogne in 1804 was a naval assault by elements of the Royal Navy on the fortified French port of Boulogne, during the Napoleonic Wars. It differed from the conventional tactics of naval assaults of the period by utilizing a wide ...

2–3 October - Minor British victory over France **

Siege of Delhi The siege of Delhi was one of the decisive conflicts of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The rebellion against the authority of the East India Company was widespread through much of Northern India, but essentially it was sparked by the mass up ...

8-19 October - Brits and Mughals hold Delhi against the Marathas **

Battle of Farrukhabad The Battle of Farrukhabad (14 November 1804) was an engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between forces of the British East India Company and the forces of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire. Battle The battle took place at Farr ...

17 November – Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar defeat British of commander Lake. * – **

Siege of Bharatpur (1805) The Siege of Bharatpur took place between 2 January and 22 February 1805 in the Indian Princely state of Bharatpur (now part of Rajasthan), during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Gerard Lake ...

2 January – 22 February - The UK fails to capture

Bharatpur, Rajasthan Bharatpur is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, south of India's capital, New Delhi, from Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, west of Agra of Uttar Pradesh and from Mathura of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Bharatp ...

, capital of the

Bharatpur State Bharatpur State, which is also known as the Jat State of Bharatpur historically known as the Kingdom of Bharatpur, was a Hindu Kingdom in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It was ruled by the Sinsinwar clan of the Hindu Jat ...

. **

Battle of Derne The Battle of Derna at Derna, Cyrenaica, was the decisive victory in April–May 1805 of a mercenary army recruited and led by United States Marines under the command of U.S. Army Lieutenant William Eaton, diplomatic Consul to Tripoli, and U. ...

27 April – 13 May – United States victory against Ottoman Tripolitania, during

First Barbary War The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War and the Barbary Coast War, was a conflict during the Barbary Wars, in which the United States and Sweden fought against Tripolitania. Tripolitania had declared war against Sw ...

Battle of Diamond Rock The Battle of Diamond Rock took place between 31 May and 2 June 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars. It was an attempt by Franco-Spanish force dispatched under Captain Julien Cosmao to retake Diamond Rock, at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort ...

31 May - 2 June - France and Spain capture

Diamond Rock Diamond Rock (french: rocher du Diamant) is a 175-metre-high (574 ft)Action of 15 July 1805 The action of 15 July 1805 was a small naval action that took place off Chausey, on the coast of Normandy, involving two British gun-brigs on one side, and vessels on the other. The becalmed gun-brigs became easy targets for the oar-powered gunb ...

- French navy defeats the UK **

Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez The Battle of Gris-Nez and Blanc-Nez (18 July 1805) was a naval engagement between a combined Batavian-French flotilla under Carel Hendrik Ver Huell and a larger British squadron under Lord Keith during the War of the Third Coalition of the Nap ...

18 July – A Batavian-French flotilla under Ver Huell repulses an attack by a superior British force ** Battle of Cape Finisterre 22 July - Inconclusive naval battle between the UK and a coalition of France and Spain. **

Action of 10 August 1805 The action of 10 August 1805 was a minor naval engagement between two frigates of the British Royal Navy, and the French Navy as part of the Napoleonic wars. After an hour of action ''Didon'' surrendered to ''Phoenix''. Background Thomas Bake ...

- British navy defeats France **

Battle of Ivankovac The Battle of Ivankovac ( sr, Бој на Иванковцу/Boj na Ivankovcu) was the first full-scale confrontation between Serbian revolutionaries and the regular forces of the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. In the Summer o ...

18 August – Serbian rebels defeated Ottoman army during the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising ( sr, Prvi srpski ustanak, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; tr, Birinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 18 ...

** Ulm Campaign 25 September – 20 October – Napoleonic Wars **

Battle of Donauwörth The Battle of Donauwörth was the first engagement of Napoleon's 1805 Austrian campaign. French forces under marshals Joachim Murat and Nicolas Soult beat an Austrian army corps under Kienmayer on 7 October at Donauwörth and crossed the Danub ...

7 October - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Wertingen In the Battle of Wertingen (8 October 1805) Imperial French forces led by Marshals Joachim Murat and Jean Lannes attacked a small Austrian corps commanded by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Franz Xaver von Auffenberg. This action, the first battle of ...

8 October - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Günzburg The Battle of Günzburg on 9 October 1805 saw General of Division Jean-Pierre Firmin Malher's French division attempt to seize a crossing over the Danube River at Günzburg in the face of a Habsburg Austrian army led by Feldmarschall-Leutnan ...

9 October - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Haslach-Jungingen The Battle of Haslach-Jungingen, also known as the Battle of Albeck, fought on 11 October 1805 at Ulm-Jungingen north of Ulm at the Danube between French and Austrian forces, was part of the War of the Third Coalition, which was a part of the ...

11 October - France defeats Austria ** Battle of Memmingen 14 October - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Elchingen The Battle of Elchingen, fought on 14 October 1805, saw French forces under Michel Ney rout an Austrian corps led by Johann Sigismund Riesch. This defeat led to a large part of the Austrian army being invested in the fortress of Ulm by the arm ...

14 October – French army, under Marshal

Michel Ney Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva (; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one o ...

, defeats an Austrian army **

Battle of Ulm The Battle of Ulm on 16–19 October 1805 was a series of skirmishes, at the end of the Ulm Campaign, which allowed Napoleon I to trap an entire Austrian army under the command of Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich with minimal losses and to fo ...

16–19 October –

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich **

Battle of Verona (1805) Battle of Verona may refer to: * Battle of Verona (249) where Decius led the Danubian legions to defeat and kill Emperor Philip * Battle of Verona (312) that pitted Constantine I against one of Maxentius's commanders * Battle of Verona (402) that p ...

18 October - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...

21 October – The UK under

Horatio Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought abo ...

defeats France under Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed ** Battle of Caldiero 30 October – French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under

Archduke Charles of Austria Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (german: link=no, Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian field-mar ...

Battle of Mehrnbach The Battle of Mehrnbach (also known as the Battle of Ried) on 30 October 1805 saw the French vanguard commanded by Marc Antoine de Beaumont engaging an Austro-Russian rearguard detachment during the War of the Third Coalition. Background The ...

30 October - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Lambach The Battle of Lambach ''(Russian: Бой при Ламбахе, French: Bataille de Lambach, German: Gefecht bei Lambach)'' was a minor French victory where the French vanguard won against an Austro-Russian force under Pjotr Bagration (Russia) ...

31 October - France defeats Russia and Austria **

Battle of Cape Ortegal The Battle of Cape Ortegal was the final action of the Trafalgar campaign, and was fought between a squadron of the Royal Navy and a remnant of the fleet that had been defeated earlier at the Battle of Trafalgar. It took place on 4 November 180 ...

4 November - The British navy defeats France **

Battle of Amstetten The Battle of Amstetten was a minor engagement during the War of the Third Coalition between the First French Empire and the alliance of Austria and Russia. It occurred on 5 November 1805, when the retreating Russo-Austrian troops, led by Mikhai ...

5 November - Inconclusive battle between France and a coalition of Austria and Russia ** Battle of Mariazell 8 November - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Dürenstein A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

11 November - Inconclusive battle between France and a coalition of Russia and Austria **

Battle of Schöngrabern The Battle of Schöngrabern, also known as the Battle of Hollabrunn, was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition, fought on 16 November 1805 near Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, four weeks after the Battle of Ul ...

16 November –

Pyotr Bagration Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Georgian general and prince serving in the Russian Empire, prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. Bagration, a member of the Bagrationi dynasty, was born in Tbilisi. His ...

commands Russian and Austrian forces against

Murat Murat may refer to: Places Australia * Murat Bay, a bay in South Australia * Murat Marine Park, a marine protected area France * Murat, Allier, a commune in the department of Allier * Murat, Cantal, a commune in the department of Cantal Elsewhe ...

and Napoleon. French victory. **

Battle of Castelfranco Veneto In the Battle of Castelfranco Veneto (24 November 1805), two divisions of the French Army of Italy confronted an Austrian brigade led by Prince Louis Victor de Rohan-Guéméné. The Austrians had made a remarkable march from deep in the Alps to ...

24 November - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Wischau The Battle of Wischau occurred on 25 November 1805, between the Russian and French armies. The conflict resulted in a minor Russian success. It followed the action at Hollabrun and Schöngrabern, and preceded the Battle of Austerlitz. The rel ...

25 November - Russia defeats France **

Battle of Austerlitz The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz in ...

2 December – French army, under Napoléon Bonaparte, win a great victory against Russian army and any Austrians troops. End of war of third coalition. ** Siege of Santo Domingo - Haitians withdraw from French occupied

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* – **

Battle of Blaauwberg The Battle of Blaauwberg, also known as the Battle of Cape Town, fought near Cape Town on Wednesday 8 January 1806, was a small but significant military engagement. After a British victory, peace was made under the Treaty Tree in Woodstock. ...

8 January – British beat the Dutch near Cape Town, this established British rule in South Africa. **

Battle of Campo Tenese The Battle of Campo Tenese (9 March 1806) saw two divisions of the First French Empire, Imperial French Army of Naples led by Jean Reynier attack the left wing of the Royal Neapolitan Army under Roger de Damas. Though the defenders were protect ...

10 March - France defeats Naples **

Battle of Maida The Battle of Maida, fought on 4 July 1806 was a battle between the British expeditionary force and a French force outside the town of Maida in Calabria, Italy during the Napoleonic Wars. John Stuart led 5,236 Anglo-Sicilian troops to victory ...

4 July - The UK defeats France ** Siege of Gaeta 26 February - 18 July - France captures

Gaeta Gaeta (; lat, Cāiēta; Southern Laziale: ''Gaieta'') is a city in the province of Latina, in Lazio, Southern Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is from Rome and from Naples. The town has played a consp ...

from Naples. ** Massacre of Lauria 7–8 August – French troops under Massena besiege and destroy

Lauria Lauria is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy, situated near the borders of Calabria. It is a walled, medieval town on the steep side of a hill, with another portion of municipal territory in the p ...

, southern Italy. The citizens of Lauria were against the French occupation of the Kingdom of Naples. **

Battle of Mišar The Battle of Mišar ( sr, бој на Мишару) was fought between Serbian revolutionaries and an Ottoman army, it took place from 12 to 15 August 1806 during the First Serbian Uprising. After repulsing a Turkish force at Ivanovac the Serbia ...

12–15 August –

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

defeated bigger Ottoman army in Serbia, during

. **

Battle of Schleiz The Battle of Schleiz took place on October 9, 1806 in Schleiz, Germany between a Prussian-Saxon division under Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien and a part of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte's I Corps under the command of Jean-Baptiste Drou ...

9 October - France defeats Prussia and Saxony **

Battle of Saalfeld The Battle of Saalfeld took place on 10 October 1806, at which a French force of 12,800 men commanded by Marshal Jean Lannes defeated a Prussian- Saxon force of 8,300 men under Prince Louis Ferdinand. The battle took place in Thuringia in wha ...

10 October - France defeats Prussia and Saxony ** Battles of Jena and Auerstedt – 14 October – French army, under Davout and Napoleon, defeat two Prussian army in separate battles. The city of Berlin was taken by the French troops. **

Battle of Halle In the Battle of Halle on 17 October 1806 a French corps led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte fought the Prussian Reserve under Eugene Frederick Henry, Duke of Württemberg. The French defeated their opponents, forcing the Prussians to retreat no ...

17 October - France defeats Prussia **

Battle of Prenzlau In the Battle of Prenzlau or Capitulation of Prenzlau on 28 October 1806 two divisions of French cavalry and some infantry led by Marshal Joachim Murat intercepted a retreating Prussian corps led by Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingel ...

28 October - France defeats Prussia **

Battle of Waren-Nossentin The Battle of Waren-Nossentin on 1 November 1806 saw soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia led by August Wilhelm von Pletz and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg fight a rear guard action against troops of the First French Empire commanded by Marshal J ...

1 November - Prussia defeats France **

Battle of Lübeck The Battle of Lübeck took place on 6 November 1806 in Lübeck, Germany between soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who were retreating from defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, and troops of the Fi ...

6 November - France defeats Prussia and Sweden **

Battle of Czarnowo The Battle of Czarnowo on the night of 23–24 December 1806 saw troops of the First French Empire under the eye of Emperor Napoleon I launch an evening assault crossing of the Wkra River against Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Osterm ...

23 December - France defeats Russia and Prussia **

Battle of Pułtusk A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

26 December – indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians **

Battle of Golymin The Battle of Golymin took place on 26 December 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars at Gołymin, Poland, between around 17,000 Russian Empire, Russian soldiers with 28 guns under Prince Dmitriy Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Golitsyn and 38,000 First Fr ...

26 December - France defeats Russia **

Battle of Deligrad The Battle of Deligrad was fought between Serbian revolutionaries and an army of the Ottoman Empire, and took place in December 1806 during the First Serbian Uprising. A 55,000-strong Ottoman army commanded by Albanian Pasha of Scutari Ibrahim P ...

December – big battle between Serbian rebels and Ottomans forces in which Serbs won. ** Edirne incident - standoff between Ottoman troops and Balkan

janissaries A Janissary ( ota, یڭیچری, yeŋiçeri, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe. The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan ( ...

* – **

Battle of Cardal The Battle of Cardal (also known as Battle of Cordón), on 20 January 1807, was the main conflict between the Spanish defense forces of Montevideo, Uruguay, and British troops during the siege of Montevideo during the second British invasion ...

20 January - Britain defeats Spain **

Battle of Mohrungen In the Battle of Mohrungen on 25 January 1807, most of a First French Empire corps under the leadership of Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte fought a strong Russian Empire advance guard led by Major General Yevgeni Ivanovich Markov. The French ...

25 January - French defeat Russians and Prussians. **

Battle of Allenstein :''You may also be looking for the 1521 Siege of Allenstein.'' The Battle of Allenstein (or ''Olsztyn''), also known as the Battle of Jonkowo (or ''Jankowo, Inkowo, Jonkendorf'') was a military engagement during the early stages of the 1807 ...

3 February - France defeats Russia **

Battle of Eylau The Battle of Eylau, or Battle of Preussisch-Eylau, was a bloody and strategically inconclusive battle on 7 and 8 February 1807 between Napoléon's ''Grande Armée'' and the Imperial Russian Army under the command of Levin August von Bennigs ...

8 February – Napoleon fights a hard-won bloodbath with Russians, no decisive result. **

Battle of Ostrołęka (1807) The Battle of Ostrołęka was fought on 16 February 1807 between a First French Empire force under General of Division Anne Jean Marie René Savary and a Russian force under Lieutenant General Ivan Essen. The French defeated the Russians and ...

16 February - French defeat Russians. **

Great Sortie of Stralsund The Great Sortie of Stralsund (Swedish: ''Stora utfallet från Stralsund'') was fought in the Franco-Swedish War (part of the War of the Fourth Coalition) on 1–3 April 1807, in Swedish Pomerania (present-day Germany). A French army under Éd ...

1-3 April - Sweden pushes the French army out of

Swedish Pomerania Swedish Pomerania ( sv, Svenska Pommern; german: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War, Sweden held ...

. ** Battle of the Dardanelles 10–11 May – Ottoman fleet fails to break the Russian blockade of Istanbul. ** Siege of Danzig 19 March - 24 May - France captures Danzig, now

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

from Prussia. Prussia was aided by Russia and the UK. **

Battle of Mileto The Battle of Mileto was a battle of the War of the Third Coalition. It occurred on 28 May 1807 in Calabria during an attempt by the Bourbon Kingdom of Sicily to re-conquer its possessions in continental Italy, known as the Kingdom of Napl ...

28 May - France defeats Bourbon Naples and Sicily. **

Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen In the Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen on 5 and 6 June 1807, troops of the Russian Empire led by General Levin August, Count von Bennigsen attacked the First French Empire corps of Marshal Michel Ney. The Russians pressed back their opponents in an ...

5-6 June - Russia defeats France **

Battle of Heilsberg The Battle of Heilsberg took place on 10 June 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. Overview On 24 May 1807, the Siege of Danzig (1807), Siege of Danzig ended when Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian General Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth capitul ...

10 June – Napoleon repulses Russian attack. **

Battle of Friedland The Battle of Friedland (14 June 1807) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars between the armies of the French Empire commanded by Napoleon I and the armies of the Russian Empire led by Count von Bennigsen. Napoleon and the French obtai ...

14 June – French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen. End of war of fourth coalition. ** Battle of Arpachai 18 June - Russians defeat Ottomans. **

Battle of Athos The Battle of Athos (also known as the Battle of Monte Sancto or the Battle of Lemnos) took place on 1–2 July 1807 as a part of the Napoleonic Wars during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812. Background In December 1806, Ottoman Sultan ...

19–29 June – Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Ottoman fleet in Aegean. ** Siege of Kolberg 20 March - 2 July - France besieged Prussian Kolberg, now

Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg ( ; csb, Kòlbrzég; german: Kolberg, ), ; csb, Kòlbrzég , is a port city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast o ...

until peace on 2 july. Prussia was aided by the UK and Sweden. **

Battle of Miserere Battle of Miserere was a battle that occurred during the second British invasion of the Río de la Plata between the British troops at the command of John Whitelocke, and the Spanish forces commanded by Santiago de Liniers Santiago Antonio Ma ...

2 July - British defeat Spanish. ** Battle of the Retiro 5 July - British defeat Spanish ** Siege of Stralsund 24 July - 24 August - France and Spain capture

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...

from Sweden. This is the end of

. **

Battle of Køge The Battle of Køge was a battle on 29 August 1807 between British troops besieging Copenhagen and Danish militia raised on Sjælland. It ended in British victory and is also known as 'Træskoslaget' or 'the Clogs Battle', since many of the Dani ...

29 August - British defeat Denmark-Norway **

Second Battle of Copenhagen The Second Battle of Copenhagen (or the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 7 September 1807) was a British bombardment of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, in order to capture or destroy the Dano-Norwegian fleet during the Napoleonic War ...

2–7 September – British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture Danish fleet. **

Siege of Graudenz The siege of Graudenz was a siege during the Napoleonic Wars between 22 January and 11 December, 1807. As part of the War of the Fourth Coalition the Prussian fortress at Graudenz in West Prussia was besieged by forces of the French Empire a ...

22 January - 11 December - France fails to capture Graudenz, now

Grudziądz Grudziądz ( la, Graudentum, Graudentium, german: Graudenz) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021). Located on the Vistula River, it lies within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the fourth-largest city in its prov ...

from Prussia **

Battle of Hingakaka The Battle of Hingakākā (sometimes written ''Hiringakaka'') was fought between two Māori armies of the North Island, near Te Awamutu and Ohaupo in the Waikato in the late 18th or early 19th centuries, and was reputedly "the largest battle ev ...

- Largest battle ever fought on

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

soil. Tainui victory. ** Third Ottoman invasion of Mani - Ottomans fail to capture

for a final time * – **

Battle of Zealand Point The Battle of Zealand Point was a naval battle of the English Wars and the Gunboat War. Ships of the Danish and British navies fought off Zealand Point on 22 March 1808; the battle was a British victory. Peter Willemoes was among the Danish ca ...

22 March – Britain defeats Denmark-Norway. ** Battle of Pyhäjoki 16 April - Russia defeats Sweden **

Battle of Siikajoki The Battle of Siikajoki ( fi, Siikajoen taistelu) was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on 18 April 1808 at Siikajoki, approximately 60 km south of Oulu, Finland. During the first stage of the Finnish War, the Swedish commander Wilhelm M ...

18 April – Swedish commander

Georg Carl von Döbeln Georg Carl von Döbeln (29 April 1758 – 16 February 1820) was a Swedish ''friherre'' (baron), Lieutenant general and above all known for his efforts on the Swedish side during the Finnish War. Early life Georg Carl was born at the Stora Tor ...

halts Russian advance during

Finnish War The Finnish War ( sv, Finska kriget, russian: Финляндская война, fi, Suomen sota) was fought between the Gustavian era, Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic ...

Battle of Toverud The Battle of Toverud or the Battles of Rakkestad and Toverud were several skirmishes fought around Toverud in Aurskog and Rakkestad in Viken (county), Viken, on 19 and 20 April 1808, as a part of the Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809. Charles August ...

19–20 April - Denmark-Norway defeats Sweden ** Battle of Rødenes 20 April – 7 May - Norwegians pushes the Swedish army out of Norway **

Battle of Trangen The Battle of Trangen took place on 25 April 1808 at Trangen in Flisa, Hedmark, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops, as a part of the Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809. The invading Swedish troops, led by Colonel Carl Pontus Gahn, we ...

25 April - Denmark-Norway defeats Sweden **

Battle of Revolax The Battle of Revolax ( fi, Revonlahden taistelu) took place on 27 April 1808 at Revonlahti,Battle of Furuholm 28 April - Sweden defeats Denmark-Norway **

Battle of Pulkkila The Battle of Pulkkila was fought between Swedish and Russian forces near Pulkkila in Northern Ostrobothnia on 2 May 1808 during the Finnish War. At the battle of Pulkkila on 2 May 1808, Johan August Sandels marched eastwards to liberate those ...

2 May – Swedish force annihilates Russian force in Finland ** Battle of Mobekk 18 May - Sweden defeats Denmark-Norway ** Battle of El Bruc 6 and 14 June – French forces torch buildings after previous attempt foiled by ambush by Spain. Spanish victory. **

Battle of Lapua The Battle of Lapua was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on 14 July 1808 at Lapua, Finland. The Russians had set up defences around Lapua. The Swedes tried to outflank and surround the defending Russians. The Björneborg Regiment unde ...

14 July – Swedish victory over Russia during Finnish War **

Battle of Medina de Rioseco The Battle of Medina de Rioseco, also known as the Battle of Moclín, was fought during the Peninsular War on 14 July 1808 when a combined body of Spanish militia and regulars moved to rupture the French line of communications to Madrid. Gen ...

14 July – French victory over Spain during Peninsular War **

Battle of Bailén The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by Generals Francisco Castaños and Theodor von Reding, and the Imperial French Army's II corps d'observation de la Gironde under General Pierre Dupont de l' ...

16–19 July – French General Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces **

Battle of Sandöström The Battle of Sandöström was fought between Sweden and Russia during the Finnish War 1808-09. Prelude After failing to destroy the Russian coastal units near Åbo (Finnish: Turku) in the battles of Rimito Kramp and Bockholmssund, the Swedes a ...

2–3 August - Russia defeats Sweden ** Battle of Kauhajoki 10 August – Swedish commander Von Döbeln defeats the Russians **

First Siege of Zaragoza The first siege of Zaragoza (also called ''Saragossa'') was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War (1807–1814). A French army under General Lefebvre-Desnouettes and subsequently commanded by General Jean-Antoine Verdier besieged, repea ...

15 June – 13 August – Unsuccessful French attempt to capture Zaragoza, Spain **

Battle of Roliça In the Battle of Roliça (17 August 1808) an Anglo-Portuguese army under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated an outnumbered Imperial French division under General of Division Henri François Delaborde, near the village of Roliça in Portugal. The ...

17 August – British-Portuguese victory over France during Peninsular War **

Battle of Vimeiro In the Battle of Vimeiro (sometimes shown as "Vimiera" or "Vimeira" in contemporary British texts) on 21 August 1808, the British under General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke of Wellington) defeated the French under Major-Gene ...

21 August – British, Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley defeat French under Junot **

Battle of Jutas The Battle of Jutas ( fi, Juuttaan taistelu, sv, Slaget vid Jutas) was fought on Tuesday, 13 September 1808 between Swedish and Russian troops south of Nykarleby in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Before the battle the Swedish army was in retreat after ...

13 September – Swedes under von Döbeln intercept and defeat Russians **

Battle of Oravais The Battle of Oravais ( fi, Oravaisten taistelu; sv, Slaget vid Oravais) was one of the decisive battles in the Finnish War, fought from 1808 to 1809 between Sweden and the Russian Empire as part of the wider Napoleonic Wars. Taking place in ...

14 September – Russian forces overwhelm Swedish army **

Battle of Koljonvirta The Battle of Koljonvirta ( fi, Koljonvirran taistelu) ( sv, Slaget vid Virta bro) i.e. the Battle of the Virta Bridge was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on October 27, 1808. The Swedish force consisted of troops from Savolax and Öst ...

27 October – Swedish victory over Russia following a month-long cease-fire **

Battle of Zornoza The Battle of Zornoza fought on 31 October 1808, was one of the opening engagements in Napoleon's invasion of Spain. The battle was intended to encircle and crush the left wing of the Spanish front. The Spanish infantry was swiftly thrown bac ...

31 October – Indecisive battle between French and Spanish **

Battle of Valmaseda The Battle of Valmaseda (or Balmaseda) took place on 5 November 1808, during Lieutenant-General Blake's retreat from superior French armies in northern Spain. Reinforced by veteran regular infantry from General La Romana's Division of the N ...

5 November – Minor Spanish victory over France **

Battle of Burgos The Battle of Burgos, also known as Battle of Gamonal, was fought on November 10, 1808, during the Peninsular War in the village of Gamonal, near Burgos, Spain. A powerful French army under Marshal Bessières overwhelmed and destroyed the ou ...

7 November – French victory over Spain during Peninsular War **

Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros The Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros was a battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 10 and 11 November 1808 at the township of Espinosa de los Monteros in the Cantabrian Mountains. It resulted in a French victory under General Victor again ...

10–11 November – French victory, Spanish forces escape **

Battle of Tudela The Battle of Tudela (23 November 1808) saw an Imperial French army led by Marshal Jean Lannes attack a Spanish army under General Castaños. The battle resulted in the complete victory of the Imperial forces over their adversaries. The comba ...

23 November – French marshal

Jean Lannes Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of Napoleon's ...

defeats Spanish general Francisco Castaños during Peninsular War **

Battle of Somosierra The Battle of Somosierra took place on 30 November 1808, during the Peninsular War, when a combined Franco-Spanish- Polish force under the direct command of Napoleon Bonaparte forced a passage through a Spanish Divison stationed at the Sierr ...

30 November – French emperor

defeats Spanish commander Benito de San Juan. **

Battle of Cardedeu The Battle of Cardadeu on 16 December 1808 saw an Imperial French corps led by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr assault a Spanish force commanded by Juan Miguel de Vives y Feliu and Theodor von Reding. Saint-Cyr won the engagement by forming most ...

16 December - France defeats Spain **

Battle of Sahagún The Battle of Sahagún (21 December 1808) was a cavalry clash at Sahagún, Spain, in which the British 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars) defeated two regiments of French cavalry during the Corunna Campaign of the Peninsular War. Losses to one of ...

21 December – British cavalry defeat French cavalry during Peninsular War **

Battle of Benavente The Battle of Benavente (29 December 1808) was a cavalry clash in which the British cavalry of Lord Paget defeated the elite ''Chasseurs à cheval'' of the French Imperial Guard during the Corunna Campaign of the Peninsular War. The French c ...

29 December - The UK defeats France * – **

Battle of Quilon The Battle of Quilon (or Battle of Kollam) was fought on the 15January 1809 at Cantonment Maidan in Quilon, an important port city and business hub on the southwest coast of India. The conflict involved troops of the Indian kingdom of Travancore ...

15 January- British East India Company defeats the army of Travancore **

Battle of Corunna The Battle of Corunna (or ''A Coruña'', ''La Corunna'', ''La Coruña'' or ''La Corogne''), in Spain known as Battle of Elviña, took place on 16 January 1809, when a French corps under Marshal of the Empire Jean de Dieu Soult attacked a Briti ...

16 January – French defeat British commander Sir John Moore in Peninsular War **

Battle of Valls The Battle of Valls was fought on 25 February 1809, during the Peninsular War, between a French force under Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr and a Spanish force under Theodor von Reding. Fought near the town of Valls in Catalonia, Spain, the battle en ...

25 February - France defeats Spain ** Battle of Los Yébenes 24 March - A Polish army of the French controlled Duchy of Warsaw successfully withdraws from a Spanish army **

Battle of Ciudad Real The Battle of Ciudad Real was fought on 27 March 1809 and resulted in a French victory under General Sebastiani against the Spanish under General Conde de Cartojal. Background The Spanish campaign in early 1809 started with the Battle of ...

27 March – French forces under General Sabastiani defeat a Spanish army commanded by General Cartojal **

First Battle of Porto In the First Battle of Porto (29 March 1809) the French under Marshal Soult defeated the Portuguese, under General Parreiras, outside the city of Porto during the Peninsular War. Soult followed up his success by storming the city. Backgrou ...

28 March – French forces under Marshal Soult capture the city of

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

from the Portuguese ** Battle of Medellín 28 March - France defeats Spain **

Battle of Sacile The Battle of Sacile (also known as the Battle of Fontana Fredda) on 16 April 1809 and its companion Clash at Pordenone on 15 April saw an Austrian army commanded by Archduke John of Austria defeat a Franco-Italian army led by Eugène de Beau ...

16 April – French forces under

Eugène de Beauharnais Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French nobleman, statesman, and military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marr ...

defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John **

Battle of the Basque Roads The Battle of the Basque Roads, also known as the Battle of Aix Roads ( French: ''Bataille de l'île d'Aix'', also ''Affaire des brûlots'', rarely ''Bataille de la rade des Basques''), was a major naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought in t ...

18–24 April - British commanders Admiral Gambier and Thomas Cochrane defeat French Atlantic Fleet **

Battle of Teugen-Hausen The Battle of Teugen-Hausen or the Battle of Thann was an engagement that occurred during the War of the Fifth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle was fought on 19 April 1809 between the French III Corps led by Marshal Louis- ...

19 April - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Raszyn The first Battle of Raszyn was fought on 19 April 1809 between armies of the Austrian Empire under Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este and the Duchy of Warsaw under Józef Antoni Poniatowski, as part of the War of the Fifth Coalitio ...

19 April –

Duchy of Warsaw The Duchy of Warsaw ( pl, Księstwo Warszawskie, french: Duché de Varsovie, german: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during ...

defeats Austria. **

Battle of Abensberg The Battle of Abensberg took place on 20 April 1809 between a Franco-German force under the command of Emperor Napoleon I of France and a reinforced Austrian corps led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Louis of Austria. As the day wore on, Fe ...

19–20 April – Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles ** Battle of Landshut 21 April – French Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller **

Battle of Eckmühl The Battle of Eckmühl, fought on 22 April 1809, was the turning point of the 1809 Campaign, also known as the War of the Fifth Coalition. Napoleon I had been unprepared for the start of hostilities on 10 April 1809, by the Austrians under th ...

22 April – French emperor Napoleon defeats Austrian Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria **

Battle of Ratisbon The Battle of Ratisbon, also called the Battle of Regensburg, was fought on 23 April 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars, between the army of the First French Empire, French Empire, led by Napoleon I, and that of the Austrian Empire, led by Archd ...

23 April – Austrian Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action against France **

Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit The Battle of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit on 24 April 1809 saw a Franco-Bavarian force led by Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières face an Austrian Empire army commanded by Johann von Hiller. Hiller's numerically superior force won a victory over the Alli ...

24 April - Austria defeats France ** Battle of Radzymin 25 April - Poles of the French controlled Duchy of Warsaw defeat Austria ** Battle of Caldiero 27-30 April - Austria defeats France **

Battle of Ebelsberg The Battle of Ebelsberg, known in French accounts as the Battle of Ebersberg, was fought on 3 May 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The Austrian left wing under the command of Johann von Hiller took up po ...

3 May - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Piave River The Battle of Piave River was fought on 8 May 1809 between the Franco-Italian army under the command of Eugène de Beauharnais and an Austrian army led by Archduke John of Austria. The Austrian commander made a stand behind the Piave River but ...

8 May - France defeats Austria **

Second Battle of Porto The Second Battle of Porto, also known as the Battle of the Douro or the Crossing of the Douro, was a battle in which General Arthur Wellesley's Anglo-Portuguese Army defeated Marshal Soult's French troops on 12 May 1809 and took back the ...

12 May – A coalition of the UK and Portugal under Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult, drives French from city **

Battle of Wörgl The Battle of Wörgl or Wörgel was fought on 13 May 1809, when a Bavarian force under French Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre attacked an Austrian Empire detachment commanded by Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles. The Bavarians severe ...

13 May - France defeats Austria ** Battle of Alcantara (1809) 14 May - France defeats Portugal **

Battle of Linz-Urfahr The Battle of Linz-Urfahr on 17 May 1809 saw soldiers from the Austrian Empire fighting against troops from two of Emperor Napoleon's allies, the Kingdom of Württemberg and the Kingdom of Saxony. An Austrian corps led by Feldzeugmeister Joha ...

17 May - France defeats Austria ** Battle of Tarvis 15-18 May - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Aspern-Essling In the Battle of Aspern-Essling (21–22 May 1809), Napoleon crossed the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were attacked and forced back across the river by the Austrians under Archduke Charles. It was the first time Napoleon ...

21–22 May –

's first attempt to cross Danube near Vienna results in serious check by Austrians under Archduke Charles **

Battle of Alcañiz The Battle of Alcañiz resulted in the defeat of Major-General Louis Gabriel Suchet's French army on 23 May 1809 by a Spanish force under General Joaquín Blake y Joyes. The victory is credited to General Martín García-Loygorri's superb c ...

23 May – Spanish defeat French **

Battle of Sankt Michael In the Battle of Sankt Michael (or Sankt Michael-Leoben) on 25 May 1809, Paul Grenier's French corps crushed Franz Jellacic's Austrian division at Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark, Austria. The action occurred after the initial French victo ...

25 May - France defeats Austria **

Battle of Stralsund (1809) The Battle of Stralsund on 31 May 1809 was a battle during the Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 and Franco-Swedish War, part of the Napoleonic Wars, between Ferdinand von Schill's freikorps and Napoleonic forces in Stralsund. In a "vicious st ...

31 May - France defeats Prussia and Sweden **

Battle of Suvodol The Battle of Suvodol was fought near Sjenica between the Serbian rebels under Karađorđe and Ottoman army consisting of Albanians under Köprülüzade Numan Pasha in late May 1809, during the First Serbian uprising. It resulted in a Serbian ...

10 June - Serbia defeats the Ottoman Empire **

Battle of Raab The Battle of Raab or Battle of Győr ( Hungarian: ''győri csata'') was fought on 14 June 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, between Franco-Italian forces and Habsburg forces. The battle was fought near Győr (Raab), Kingdom of Hungary, and en ...

14 June - France defeats Austria **

Battle of María The Battle of María (15 June 1809) saw a small Spanish army led by Joaquín Blake y Joyes face an Imperial French corps under Louis Gabriel Suchet. Background The Spanish campaign in early 1809 started with the Battle of Uclés. Battle ...

15 June - France defeats Spain **

Battle of Belchite (1809) The Battle of Belchite on 18 June 1809 saw a Franco-Polish corps led by Louis Gabriel Suchet fight a small Spanish army under Joaquín Blake y Joyes. Suchet's force won the battle when a lucky hit detonated a large part of the Spanish ammuni ...

18 June - France defeats Spain **

Battle of Graz The Battle of Graz took place on 24–26 June 1809 between an Austrian corps commanded by Ignaz Gyulai and a French division led by Jean-Baptiste Broussier. The French were soon reinforced by a corps under Auguste Marmont. The battle is consi ...

24–26 June - France defeats Austria ** Battle of Nimla Late June-Early July -

Mahmud Shah Durrani Mahmud Shah Durrani (Persian: ; 1769 – 18 April 1829), also known as Shah Mahmud, or Mahmud Shah Abdali, was the ruler of the Durrani Empire between 1801 and 1803, and again between 1809 and 1818. From 1818 to 1829, he was the emir of Herat. An ...

seizes the Durrani throne after winning a battle against

Shah Shujah Durrani ''Padshah Sultan'' Shah Shuja Durrani (Pashto/Dari: ; November 1785 – 5 April 1842) was ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809. He then ruled from 1839 until his death in 1842. Son of Timur Shah Durrani, Shuja Shah was of the Sadduzai ...

. **

Battle of Wagram The Battle of Wagram (; 5–6 July 1809) was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles ...

5–6 July – French army, under

, defeats Austrians of

at great cost, ending war of fifth coalition **

Battle of Gefrees The Battle of Gefrees was fought on 8 July 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition between a joint force of Austrians and Brunswickers under the command of General Kienmayer and a French force under the command of General Junot, Duke of A ...

8 July - Austria and the

Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel The Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (german: Fürstentum Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) was a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, whose history was characterised by numerous divisions and reunifications. It had an area of 3,828 ...

defeat France **

Battle of Hollabrunn (1809) The Battle of Hollabrunn was a rearguard action fought on 9 July 1809 by Austrian VI Korps of the ''Kaiserlich-königliche Hauptarmee Hauptarmee'' under Johann von Klenau against elements of the French IV Corps of the ''Armée d'Allemagne'', ...

9 July - Austria defeats France **

Battle of Znaim Following defeat at the Battle of Wagram, Archduke Charles retreated north into Bohemia hoping to regroup his battered forces. The French army had also suffered in the battle and did not give immediate pursuit. But two days after the battle, Na ...

10-11 July - Battle between Austria and France ends with the arrival of Napoleon with news of an armistice **

Battle of Talavera The Battle of Talavera (27–28 July 1809) was fought just outside the town of Talavera de la Reina, Spain some southwest of Madrid, during the Peninsular War. At Talavera, a British army under Sir Arthur Wellesley combined with a Spanish ar ...

27–28 July – The UK and Spain under Wellesley defeat forces of French Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington **

Battle of Halberstadt The Battle of Halberstadt took place on 29 and 30 July 1809 at Halberstadt in the Kingdom of Westphalia, during the War of the Fifth Coalition. A Westphalian infantry force attempted to halt the Black Brunswickers under Frederick William, Duke ...

29–30 July - The

defeats the army of the French controlled

Kingdom of Westphalia The Kingdom of Westphalia was a kingdom in Germany, with a population of 2.6 million, that existed from 1807 to 1813. It included territory in Hesse and other parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of the ...

. ** Battle of Ölper (1809) 1 August - Draw between the

and the

. **

Battle of Almonacid The Battle of Almonacid was fought on 11 August 1809 during the Peninsular War between Sébastiani's IV Corps of the French Peninsular Army, which King Joseph of Spain had withdrawn from the Battle of Talavera to defend Madrid, and the Spa ...

11 August - France defeats Spain ** Battle of Ratan and Sävar 17–22 August – Swedish General Wachtmeister defeats Russians near

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

** Battle of Piteå 25 August - Russia defeats Sweden **

Battle of Tamames The Battle of Tamames was lost by part of Marshal Michel Ney's French army under General of Division Jean Marchand in the Peninsular War. The French, advancing out of Salamanca, were met and defeated in battle by a Spanish army on 18 October ...

18 October – Spanish repel French Marhsal Ney's forces **

Battles of Bergisel The Battles of Bergisel were four battles fought between Tyrolese civilian militiamen and a contingent of Austrian government troops and the military forces of Emperor Napoleon I of France and King of Kingdom of Bavaria against at the Bergise ...

12 April - 1 November - France and Bavaria defeat Tyrolean militia. **

Battle of Ocaña The Battle of Ocaña was fought on 19 November 1809 between French forces under Marshal Jean de Dieu Soult, Duke of Dalmatia and King Joseph Bonaparte and the Spanish army under Juan Carlos de Aréizaga, which suffered its greatest single def ...

19 November – Spanish forces under Areizago crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult **

Battle of Alba de Tormes In the Battle of Alba de Tormes on 28 November 1809, an Imperial French corps commanded by François Étienne de Kellermann attacked a Spanish army led by Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque. Finding the Spanish army in the midst ...

26 November - France defeats Spain **

Walcheren Campaign The Walcheren Campaign ( ) was an unsuccessful British expedition to the Netherlands in 1809 intended to open another front in the Austrian Empire's struggle with France during the War of the Fifth Coalition. Sir John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ...

30 July - 23 December - Unsuccesfull British invasion of French controlled Holland * – **

Battle of Mollet The Battle of Mollet or the Action of Mollet took place at Mollet del Vallès, near Barcelona, in Catalonia, on 21 January 1810, between a force of 2,160 French soldiers commanded by General Guillaume Philibert Duhesme and a Spanish force of ...

21 January **

Battle of Vic The Battle of Vich or Battle of Vic on 20 February 1810 saw a Spanish force under Henry O'Donnell suddenly attack a 5,500-man Imperial French division led by Joseph Souham. After bitter fighting the French prevailed, forcing O'Donnell's men ...

20 February **

Battle of Batin The Battle of Batin took place on 9 September 1810 near the small town of Batin, north Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War of 1806 to 1812. The conflict involved an attack by Russian forces on a defensive position held by a numerically strong ...

17 August – Russians capture large Ottoman force during the Russo-Turkish War of 1810–1811 **

Battle of Grand Port The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Maur ...

20–27 August – The French force the British Royal Navy fleet to surrender. **

9 September **

Battle of La Bisbal In the Battle of La Bisbal on 14 September 1810 a Spanish division led by Henry O'Donnell (also known as Enrique José O'Donnell) and supported by an Anglo-Spanish naval squadron led by Francis William Fane and Charles William Doyle surprised ...

14 September **

Battle of Buçaco The Battle of Buçaco () or Bussaco, fought on 27 September 1810 during the Peninsular War in the Portuguese mountain range of Serra do Buçaco, resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army. Having o ...

(or Busaco) 27 September – Wellington repulses attacks from Masséna, withdraws into

Lines of Torres Vedras The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, ...

Battle of Sobral The Battle of Sobral (13–14 October 1810) saw an Imperial French army led by Masséna probe the Lines of Torres Vedras, built and defended successfully by Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army. Masséna had to order a retreat at the beginni ...

13–14 October **

Battle of Fuengirola The Battle of Fuengirola (15 October 1810) was an engagement between a small Army of the Duchy of Warsaw garrison of a medieval Moorish fortress in Fuengirola against a much larger Anglo-Spanish expeditionary corps under Andrew Blayney. Blay ...

15 October – Polish defeat British and Spanish during Peninsular War **

Battle of Saguntum The Battle of Saguntum (25 October 1811) saw the Imperial French Army of Aragon under Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet fighting a Spanish army led by Captain General Joaquín Blake. The Spanish attempt to raise the siege of the Sagunto Castle ...

25 October **

Battle of Cotagaita A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

27 October **

Battle of Suipacha The Battle of Suipacha was fought on 7 November 1810 in Bolivia during the Bolivian War of Independence between the Spanish colonial army and the Republican forces sent by the Primera Junta from Buenos Aires. At the time Bolivia was known as Upp ...

7 November **

Battle of Campichuelo The Battle of Campichuelo was an action fought on 19 December 1810 between revolutionary forces led by Manuel Belgrano and royalist troops on the right bank of the Paraná River, part of the Paraguay campaign of the Argentine War of Independence ...

19 December 1810 – Revolutionary Argentinian forces defeats Royalist troops. **

Battle of Monte de las Cruces The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was one of the pivotal battles of the early Mexican War of Independence, in October 1810. It was fought between the insurgent troops of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Ignacio Allende against the New Spain royalist ...

- early battle in

Mexican War of Independence The Mexican War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de México, links=no, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from Spain. It was not a single, co ...

Battle of El Veladero The Battle of El Veladero was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred from 1810 through 30 April 1811 at Cerro El Veladero, Acapulco de Juárez. The battle was fought between royalist forces, loyal to the Spanish crown, co ...

- Mexicans defeat Spanish * – **

Battle of El Pla The Battle of El Pla was a battle on 15 January 1811 between an Imperial French column made up of two Italian brigades on one side and a Spanish division under the command of Pedro Sarsfield on the other. The Spanish troops held steady and ...

15 January **

Battle of Calderón Bridge The Battle of Calderón Bridge ( es, Batalla del Puente de Calderón) was a decisive battle in the Mexican War of Independence. It was fought in January 1811 on the banks of the Calderón River east of Guadalajara in present-day Zapotlanejo, ...

17 January – Spanish victory against a large Mexican force **

Battle of Paraguarí The battle of Paraguarí took place on January 19, 1811, in Paraguarí, Paraguay, between the patriot army led by Manuel Belgrano and the Royalist army located in Paraguay led by Bernardo de Velasco. The battle would end with a Paraguayan vic ...

19 January – Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Royalist troops **

Battle of Barrosa The Battle of Barrosa (Chiclana, 5 March 1811, also known as the Battle of Chiclana or Battle of Cerro del Puerco) was part of an unsuccessful manoeuvre by an Anglo-Iberian force to break the French siege of Cádiz during the Peninsular War ...

5 March – Minor British victory during Peninsular War **

Battle of Tacuarí The Battle of Tacuarí (9 March 1811) was a battle in Southern Paraguay between revolutionary forces under the command of General Manuel Belgrano, member of the Primera Junta government of Argentina, and Paraguayan troops under colonel Manuel ...

9 March – Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Royalist troops **

Battle of Pombal The Battle of Pombal (March 11, 1811) was a sharp but ultimately indecisive skirmish fought at the eponymous town during Marshal Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, the first in a series of lauded rearguard actions fought b ...

11 March **

Battle of Redinha The Battle of Redinha was a rearguard action which took place on March 12, 1811, during Masséna's retreat from Portugal, by a French division under Marshal Ney against a considerably larger Anglo-Portuguese force under Wellington. Challengin ...

12 March ** Battle of Lissa 13 March – British fleet defeats French fleet **

Battle of Foz de Arouce The Battle of Foz de Arouce was an engagement of the Peninsular War which took place on 15 March 1811 between anglo-Portuguese Army, Anglo-Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of ...

15 March **

Battle of Anholt The Battle of Anholt (25–27 March 1811) was a successful British military operation under the command of James Wilkes Maurice against the Danish-held island of Anholt under the command of Jørgen Conrad de Falsen, taking place during the Gun ...

27 March – British naval victory over Denmark and Norway **

Battle of Sabugal The Battle of Sabugal was an engagement of the Peninsular War which took place on 3 April 1811 between Anglo-Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) and French troops under the command of Marshal André Ma ...

3 April – Anglo-Portuguese victory over French during Peninsular War **

Battle of El Maguey The Battle of El Maguey was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 2 May 1811 at El Maguey, in the State of Aguascalientes. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown, commanded by Ge ...

2 May **

Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro In the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (3–5 May 1811), the British–Portuguese Army under Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of Portugal under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida. A bloody stalema ...

5 May – Wellington, Masséna fight drawn battle ** Siege of Tarragona 5 May – 29 June – French victory on the east coast of Spain during the Peninsular War **

Battle of Albuera The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South) at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about south ...

16 May – British under Gen. Beresford defeat Marshal Soult **

Battle of Huaqui The Battle of Huaqui (in some sources also called Guaqui, Yuraicoragua or Battle of Desaguadero), was a battle between the Primera Junta's (Buenos Aires) revolutionary troops and the royalist troops of the Viceroyalty of Peru on the border betw ...

20 June – Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Royalist troops ** Battle of Zújar 9 August **

Battle of El Bodón The Battle of El Bodón was a successful rearguard action fought on 25 September 1811 by elements of the Anglo-Portuguese army against waves of French cavalry, supported by a division of infantry of the French army during the Peninsular W ...

25 September ** Siege of Tarifa October 1811 – January 1812 – Anglo-Spanish troops defeat the French during Peninsular War **

Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos The Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos took place on 28 October 1811 during the Peninsular War. An allied force under General Rowland Hill trapped and defeated a French force under General Jean-Baptiste Girard, forcing the latter's dismissal by ...

28 October – An allied force under General

Rowland Hill Sir Rowland Hill, KCB, FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879) was an English teacher, inventor and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of Uniform Penny Post and his soluti ...

defeated a French force during Peninsular War **

Battle of Tippecanoe The Battle of Tippecanoe ( ) was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American forces associated with Shawnee leader Tecums ...

7 November –

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...

(US) defeats

Tecumseh Tecumseh ( ; October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and ...

and

Shawnee The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...

Battle of Yanbu The Battle of Yanbu or Yanbu Landing, was a bloodless confrontation between the Saudis and Ottomans in 1811. The Ottoman Sultan ordered Mohammed Ali Pasha to start moving against Saudis to re-conquer Mecca and return the honour of the Ottoman E ...

end of 1811 –

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

forces landed in

Yanbu Yanbu ( ar, ينبع, lit=Spring, translit=Yanbu'), also known simply as Yambu or Yenbo, is a city in the Al Madinah Province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 300 kilometers northwest of Jeddah (at ). The population is 222,360 (2 ...

starting

Ottoman–Saudi War The Ottoman-Saudi War ( ar, الحرب العثمانية-السعودية, translit=al-ḥarb al-ʿUthmānīyah-al-Saʿūdīyah, ) also known as the Ottoman/Egyptian-Saudi War (1811–1818) was fought from early 1811 to 1818, between the Ot ...

** Battle of Khakeekera - Bahraini- Kuwaiti victory against Diriyahn forces. **

Battle of Puerto de Piñones The Battle of Puerto de Piñones was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 1 April 1811 at Puerto de Piñones, Coahuila. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown, commanded by José ...

- precursor to Battle of Zacatecas ** Battle of Zacatecas - Mexicans capture

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** Battle of Llanos de Santa Juana - Spanish victory, but the state

Colima Colima (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima), is one of the 31 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and ...

is later taken by the Mexicans. * – **

Battle of Al-Safra The Battle of Al-Safra, took place in 1812 when Tusun Pasha's forces with its artillery and equipment moved forward trying to recapture Medina and met with Saud Al-Kabeer forces in a Valley of Al-Safra (the yellow Valley). Saud's army started at ...

January –

forces met Saudi Al-Kabeer forces near

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

Battle of Izúcar The Battle of Izúcar or the Battle of Izúcar de Matamoros was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 23 February 1812 in the area around Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla. The battle was fought between the royalist forces ...

22 January **

Battle of Altafulla At the Battle of Altafulla (24 January 1812), a Spanish division led by Joaquín Ibáñez Cuevas y de Valonga, Baron de Eroles clashed with an Imperial French division under the command of David-Maurice-Joseph Mathieu de La Redorte. Believin ...

29 January **

Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo Sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo are a series of sieges of the Spanish town Ciudad Rodrigo. Specific sieges are: * Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1370) * Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1707) * Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1810) * Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) ...

2–23 February – British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War. **

Battle of Sultanabad The Battle of Sultanabad occurred on February 13, 1812 between the Russian Empire and the Persian Empire. In the resulting battle, the Russians were routed. The Persians, numerically superior, were led by Abbas Mirza and fought the Russians, ...

13 February **

23 February ** Battle of Badajoz 16 March – 6 April – British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War. **

Battle of Almaraz The Battle of Almaraz was a battle of the Peninsular War which took place on 18–19 May 1812, in which the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Lord Hill destroyed a French pontoon bridge across the River Tagus, in Almaraz, Spain. The bridge was ...

18–19 May – Anglo-Portuguese Army under Lord Hill destroy a French pontoon bridge across the River Tagus during Peninsular War ** Battle of Zitlala 4 July **

Battle of Ostrovno The Battle of Ostrovno (French: ''Combat d'Ostrowno'') was a military engagement that took place on 25 July 1812, between French forces under the command of King of Naples Joachim Murat and Russian forces under General Ostermann-Tolstoy and en ...

12 July – Indecisive French victory; Russian strategic success **

Battle of Lyngør The Battle of Lyngør was a naval action fought between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom in 1812 on the southern coast of Norway. The battle ended in a Dano-Norwegian defeat, and marked the end of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway's involvement ...

12 July – British victory, Danish-Norwegian frigate sunk. **

First Battle of Sacket's Harbor The First Battle of Sacket's Harbor (also spelled as Sackett's) was a battle fought on July 19, 1812, between the United States and the British Empire; it was the first engagement of the war between these forces. It resulted in American forces re ...

19 July – U.S. turns back British naval attack **

Battle of Salamanca The Battle of Salamanca (in French and Spanish known as the Battle of Arapiles) on 22July 1812 was a battle in which an Anglo-Portuguese army under the Earl of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles, so ...

22 July – Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return **

Battle of García Hernández In the Battle of García Hernández on 23 July 1812, two brigades of Anglo-German cavalry led by Major-General Eberhardt Otto George von Bock defeated 4,000 French infantry led by Major-General Maximilien Foy. In what would otherwise have be ...

23 July **

Battle of Saltanovka The battle of Saltanovka, also known as the Battle of Mogilev (French: ''Bataille de Mogilev''), took place on 23 July 1812 and was a battle during the early stages of the 1812 French invasion of Russia. Prelude Avoiding French envelopment at ...

23 July **

25 July **

Battle of Kobrin The Battle of Kobryn was a battle that took place on 27 July 1812 between the Russian and Saxon forces in the city of Kobryn at the initial stage of the French invasion of Russia. The battle was a clear victory of the Russian forces. Backgr ...

27 July **

Battle of Klyastitsy The Battle of Klyastitsy, also called Battle of Yakubovo, was a series of military engagements that took place on 30-31 July 1812 and 1 August 1812 near the village of Klyastitsy (russian: Кля́стицы) (Drissa uyezd, Vitebsk guberniya) ...

30 July – 1 August – Minor Russian victory over French corps **

Battle of Maguaga The Battle of Maguaga (also known as the Battle of Monguagon or the Battle of the Oakwoods) was a small battle between British troops, Canadian militia and Tecumseh's natives against a larger force of American troops, Ohio Volunteers and Michigan L ...

9 August – Both armies withdraw from War of 1812 battle **

Battle of Majadahonda The Battle of Majadahonda (11 August 1812) saw an Imperial French cavalry division led by Anne-François-Charles Trelliard attack two brigades of cavalry under Benjamin d'Urban and forming the advance guard of Arthur Wellesley, Earl of We ...

11 August **

Battle of Fort Dearborn The Battle of Fort Dearborn (sometimes called the Fort Dearborn Massacre) was an engagement between United States troops and Potawatomi Native Americans that occurred on August 15, 1812, near Fort Dearborn in what is now Chicago, Illinois (at that ...

15 August – Fort burned by Indians **

Siege of Detroit The siege of Detroit, also known as the surrender of Detroit or the Battle of Fort Detroit, was an early engagement in the War of 1812. A British force under Major General Isaac Brock with Native American allies under Shawnee leader Tecumseh ...

15–16 August – American forces, under General William Hull, surrender to British, under Sir

Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. Brock was assigned to Lower Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he c ...

and Chief

during

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...

** Battle of Smolensk 16–17 August – Russians under

, de Tolley defeated and retreat ** First Battle of Polotsk 17–18 August – indecisive battle between Russian and French corps **

Battle of Valutino The Battle of Valutino took place on 19 August 1812, between a corps of French and allied troops led by Marshal Ney, about 35,000 strong, and a strong rear-guard of General Barclay de Tolly's Russian army of about 25,000, commanded by the gen ...

19 August – Marginal French victory; successful Russian retreat **

Siege of Fort Harrison Fort Harrison, later renamed Fort Burnham, was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War. Named after Lieutenant William Harrison, a Confederate engineer, it was the largest in the series of fort ...

4–5 September – 10 healthy American soldiers repel attack by four tribes **

Siege of Fort Wayne The Siege of Fort Wayne took place from 5th-12th September 1812, during the War of 1812. The stand-off occurred in the modern city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, between the United States garrison at Fort Wayne and a combined force of Potawatomi and ...

5–12 September – Americans repel Miamis and Potawatomis **

Battle of Borodino The Battle of Borodino (). took place near the village of Borodino on during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The ' won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army but failed to gain a decisive victory and suffered tremendous losses. Napoleon ...

7 September –

Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kut ...

retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow. General

is killed. **

19 September – 21 October – Unsuccessful siege by Anglo-Portuguese Army during Peninsular War. **

Battle of Tucumán The Battle of Tucumán was a battle fought on 24 and 25 September 1812 near the Argentine city of San Miguel de Tucumán, during the Argentine War of Independence. The Army of the North, commanded by General Manuel Belgrano, defeated the roy ...

24–25 September – Argentina's Army of the North, commanded by General

Manuel Belgrano Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He ...

, defeated royalist troops **

Battle of Mesoten The Battle of Mesothen took place from 26-30 September to 1 October 1812, between the Russian Corps of Finland and the French-allied Prussian Auxiliary Corps. It was fought near the Latvian town of Mežotne (german: Mesothen), then part of the ...

29 September **

Battle of Queenston Heights The Battle of Queenston Heights was the first major battle in the War of 1812. Resulting in a British victory, it took place on 13 October 1812 near Queenston, Upper Canada (now Ontario). The battle was fought between United States regulars wit ...

13 October – U.S. forces under Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed **

Battle of Tarutino The Battle of Tarutino (russian: Тарутинo) was a part of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In the battle Russian troops under the command of Bennigsen defeated French troops under the command of Joachim Murat. The battle is sometimes cal ...

18 October – Russian victory over Murat's corps **

Second Battle of Polotsk The Second Battle of Polotsk (18–20 October 1812) took place during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In this encounter the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein attacked and defeated a Franco-Bavarian force under Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr. ...

18–20 October – Russian victory over Saint-Cyr's Franco-Bavarian force. **

Battle of Maloyaroslavets The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812 as part of the French invasion of Russia. It was Kutuzov's decisive battle to force Napoleon to retreat northwest over Mozhaisk to Smolensk on the devastated route of his advance with ...

24 October – Russians under Docturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat ** USS ''United States'' vs HMS ''Macedonian'' 25 October – Decatur's USS ''United States'' captures HMS ''Macedonian'' ** Battle of Czasniki 31 October – Russians defeat French army, commanded by Marshal Victor. **

Battle of Aslanduz The Battle of Aslanduz took place from 31 October to 1 November 1812 between Russian Empire and Qajar Iran during the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813). The Persian commander Fath Ali Shah stationed his forces, led by his two heirs, Abbas Mirza and ...

31 October – Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza. ** Battle of Medina (1812) November –

Muhammad Ali of Egypt Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...

recovers

from

Saudis Saudis ( ar, سعوديون, Suʿūdiyyūn) are people identified with the country of Saudi Arabia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. The Saudis are composed mainly of Arabs and primarily speak a regional dialect ...

Battle of Vyazma The Battle of Vyazma (November 3, 1812), occurred at the beginning of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. In this encounter a Russian force commanded by General Miloradovich inflicted heavy losses on the rear guard of the Grande Armee. Although ...

3 November – Russians defeat French indecisively **

Battle of Smoliani At the Battle of Smoliani (November 13–14, 1812), the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein defeated the French forces of Marshal Claude Victor and Marshal Nicholas Oudinot. This battle was the last effort of the French to reestablish th ...

13–14 November – Russian victory over French forces of Victor and Oudinot **

Battle of Krasnoi The Battle of Krasnoi (Krasny) was a series of skirmishes fought from 15 to 18 November 1812 during the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow.Lieven, p. 267. In this engagement the Russians under General Kutuzov inflicted heavy losses o ...

15–18 November – Partial Russian victory. Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal

** First Battle of Lacolle Mills 20 November – British and Mohawks defeat Americans **

Battle of Berezina The Battle of (the) Berezina (or Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under Field Marshal Wittgenstein and Admiral Chichagov. Napoleon was retreating back toward Poland ...

26–29 November – French successfully cross river with huge losses, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia **

Battle of the Mississinewa The Battle of the Mississinewa, also known as ''Mississineway'', was an expedition ordered by William Henry Harrison against Miami Indian villages in response to the attacks on Fort Wayne and Fort Harrison in the Indiana Territory. The site is n ...

17–18 December – United States forces defeat Miami tribe. **

Battle of Cerrito The Battle of Cerrito (outskirts of Montevideo, 31 December 1812), was a battle for the War of Independence of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, between the royalist forces who had control of the city of Montevideo and the rebel forces of t ...

31 December * – ** Battle of Jeddah 7 January –

Tusun Pasha Tusun Pasha ( ota, طوسون پاشا, ar, طوسون باشا, tr, Tosun Paşa, Ahmet Tosun Paşa; 1794–28 September 1816) was the younger son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Wāli of Egypt between 1805 and 1849, by Amina Hanim. He was the father ...

and his father reclaim

Jeddah Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's pro ...

from

Battle of Frenchtown The Battles of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and the River Raisin Massacre, were a series of conflicts in Michigan Territory that took place from January 18–23, 1813, during the War of 1812. It was fought between the ...

22 January – British General Proctor defeats Kentucky militia ** Battle of Mecca –

and his father reclaim

Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red ...

. **

Battle of Salta The Battle of Salta took place on February 20, 1813 on the plains of Castañares, north of the present-day Argentine city of Salta, during the Argentine War of Independence. The Army of the North, under the command of general Manuel Belgrano, ...

20 February – The Argentina's Army of the North defeated for the second time the royalist troops of general

Pío de Tristán Juan Pío Camilo de Tristán y Moscoso (July 11, 1773, Arequipa – August 24, 1860, Lima) was a Peruvian general and politician who served as the second President of South Peru from October 12, 1838 to February 23, 1839. He was nominally t ...

Battle of Ogdensburg The Battle of Ogdensburg was a battle of the War of 1812. The British gained a victory over the Americans and captured the village of Ogdensburg, New York. Although small in scale, it removed the American threat to British supply lines for the re ...

22 February – British victory after attacking against orders **

Battle of San Lorenzo The Battle of San Lorenzo was fought on 3 February 1813 in San Lorenzo, Argentina, then part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. The royalist troops, were composed of militiamen recruited in Montevideo under the command of mil ...

3 February – Argentina defeats a Spanish Royalist force ** Battle of Rosillo Creek 29 March ** Battle of Mobile 15 April –

James Wilkinson James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 – December 28, 1825) was an American soldier, politician, and double agent who was associated with several scandals and controversies. He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, b ...

captures Spanish ** Battle of La Chincúa 19 April – 28 May **

Battle of York The Battle of York was a War of 1812 battle fought in York, Upper Canada (today's Toronto, Ontario, Canada) on April 27, 1813. An American force supported by a naval flotilla landed on the lakeshore to the west and advanced against the town, whi ...

27 April – Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, recklessly loot and burn capital (now Toronto) **

Battle of Yerbas Buenas The Battle of Yerbas Buenas developed during the Chilean War of Independence on April 27, 1813. It is also known as the Surprise of Yerbas Buenas. In the battle, the Chilean forces, under the command of Colonel Juan de Dios Puga, and the Spanis ...

27 April ** Battle of Lützen 2 May – Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein **

Siege of Fort Meigs The siege of Fort Meigs took place in late April to early May 1813 during the War of 1812 in northwestern Ohio, present-day Perrysburg. A small British Army unit with support from Indians attempted to capture the recently constructed fort to fores ...

1–9 May – Effective stalemate during War of 1812 ** Battle of San Carlos (1813) 15 May ** Battle of Bautzen 20–21 May – Napoleon defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence **

Battle of Fort George The Battle of Fort George was a battle fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured the Fort George in Upper Canada. The troops of the United States Army and vessels of the United States Navy c ...

27 May – Lt. Col.

Winfield Scott Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early s ...

captures British fort **

Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor The Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor or simply the Battle of Sacket's Harbor, took place on 29 May 1813, during the War of 1812. A British force was transported across Lake Ontario and attempted to capture the town, which was the principal docky ...

28–29 May – U.S. General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost ** Battle of Boston Harbor 1 June – HMS ''Shannon'' captures Lawrence's USS ''Chesapeake'' with ease ** Siege of Tarragona 3–11 June – French victory in which an overwhelming Anglo-Allied force failed to capture the Spanish port **

Battle of Stoney Creek The Battle of Stoney Creek was a British victory over an American force fought on 6 June 1813, during the War of 1812 near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario. British units made a night attack on the American encampment, and due in large part to ...

6 June – British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat US force three times its size under William Winder, John Chandler **

Battle of Pequereque The Battle of Pequereque was a clash which took place on 19 June 1813, during the second Upper Peru campaign of the Argentine War of Independence, between scouting forces of the United Provinces Army of the North and the royalist Army of Peru. Th ...

19 June ** Battle of Alazan Creek 20 June **

Battle of Vitoria At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to ...

21 June – Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France **

Battle of Craney Island The Battle of Craney Island was a victory for the United States during the War of 1812. The battle saved the city of Norfolk, and the adjacent city of Portsmouth, from British invasion. Especially important to Virginia and northeastern North ...

22 June – British attack on

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

foiled **

Battle of Tolosa (1813) The Battle of Tolosa (26 June 1813) saw a British-Portuguese-Spanish column led by Thomas Graham attempt to cut off a retreating Franco-Italian force under Maximilien Sébastien Foy. Assisted by Antoine Louis Popon de Maucune's division, w ...

26 June **

Battle of San Sebastian A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

7 July – 8 September – Allied forces capture San Sebastián from French during Peninsular War. **

Battle of the Pyrenees The Battle of the Pyrenees was a large-scale offensive (the author David Chandler recognises the 'battle' as an offensive) launched on 25 July 1813 by Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult from the Pyrénées region on Emperor Napoleon’s ord ...

25–30 July – French large-scale attack under General Soult against Allies fails during Peninsular War **

Battle of Burnt Corn The Battle of Burnt Corn, also known as the Battle of Burnt Corn Creek, was an encounter between United States armed forces and Creek Indians that took place July 27, 1813 in present-day southern Alabama. The battle was part of the Creek War. B ...

27 July – American forces disperse a raiding party of

Creek Indians The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language), are a group of related indigenous (Native American) peoples of the Southeastern WoodlandsBattle of Sorauren The Battle of Sorauren was part of a series of engagements in late July 1813 called the Battle of the Pyrenees in which a combined British and Portuguese force under Sir Arthur Wellesley held off Marshal Soult's French forces attempting t ...

28 July – 1 August – Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across Pyrenees **

Battle of Fort Stephenson The Battle of Fort Stephenson in August 1813 was an American victory during the War of 1812. American forces successfully defended the fort in August 1813; it guarded an important supply depot. It was located on the west bank of the Sandusky Riv ...

2 August – British attack on American fort fails ** Battle of St. Michaels 10 August –

George Cockburn Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet, (22 April 1772 – 19 August 1853) was a British Royal Navy officer. As a captain he was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars an ...

defeated **

Battle of Medina The Battle of Medina was fought approximately 20 miles south of San Antonio de Bexar (modern-day downtown San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas) on August 18, 1813, as part of the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish authority in Mexico ...

18 August **

Battle of Großbeeren The Battle of Großbeeren occurred on 23 August 1813 in neighboring Blankenfelde and Sputendorf between the Prussian III Corps under Friedrich von Bülow and the French-Saxon VII Corps under Jean Reynier. Napoleon had hoped to drive the P ...

23 August – Allies win series of three actions during War of the Sixth Coalition **

Battle of Katzbach A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

26 August – von Blucher defeats Marshal MacDonald **

Battle of Dresden The Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle took place around the city of Dresden in modern-day Germany. With the recent addition of Austria, the Sixth Coalition felt emboldened in t ...

26–27 August – Napoleon's last major victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg **

Battle of Kulm :''See Battle of Chlumec for the 1126 battle at Kulm The Battle of Kulm was fought near the town Kulm () and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. A French Co ...

29–30 August – Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by allied Coalition forces **

Battle of San Marcial The Battle of San Marcial was the final battle fought on Spanish soil during the Peninsular War on 31 August 1813, as the rest of the war would be fought on French soil. The Spanish Army of Galicia, led by Manuel Freire, turned back Marshal Ni ...

31 August – Spanish Army of Galicia, led by Manuel Freire, turns back Marshal Nicolas Soult's last major offensive of Peninsular War **

Battle of Dennewitz The Battle of Dennewitz (german: Schlacht von Dennewitz (Battle near Jüterbog) took place on 6September 1813 between French forces commanded by Marshal Michel Ney and the Sixth Coalition's Allied Army of the North commanded by Crown Prince ...

6 September – Bernadotte, Bülow defeat Ney **

Battle of Lake Erie The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shore of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the Briti ...

10 September – Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours" **

Second Battle of Kulm The Second Battle of Kulm or the Battle of Teplitz was fought on 17 September 1813 upon the heights immediately above the town of Kulm (Chlumec) in northern Bohemia, by the Army of Bohemia commanded by the Austrian field marshal, Prince of ...

17 September – Allied Coalition victory, Napoleon forced to halt his advance on Teplitz and withdraws to Leipzig **

Battle of the Göhrde The battle of the Göhrde was a battle of the War of the Sixth Coalition on 16 September 1813 between French and Coalition troops at Göhrde in Germany. The French troops were defeated and withdrew to Hamburg. Site It occurred near what is ...

18 September **

Battle of Altenburg The raid at Altenburg on 28 September 1813 took place during the War of the Sixth Coalition's German Campaign of 1813. The raid was carried out by the ''Streifkorp'' under the command of Saxon General Johann von Thielmann commanding seven ...

28 September ** Battle of Roßlau 29 September **

Battle of Vilcapugio The Battle of Vilcapugio ( qu, Sacred Well) was a major battle fought on October 1, 1813, during the second Campaign of Upper Peru in the Argentine War of Independence, where the United Provinces forces led by General Manuel Belgrano were defeat ...

1 October – Republican forces of Argentina were defeated by a royalist army. **

Battle of the Thames The Battle of the Thames , also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, was an American victory in the War of 1812 against Tecumseh's Confederacy and their British allies. It took place on October 5, 1813, in Upper Canada, near Chatham. The British ...

5 October – U.S. troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Proctor;

killed **

Battle of El Roble The Battle of El Roble was fought on the Itata river, 17 October 1813, between the Chilean patriot general José Miguel Carrera and Spanish royalist forces under the command of Clemente Lantaño and de Luis Urrejola. The surprise patriot victor ...

13 October **

Battle of Leipzig The Battle of Leipzig (french: Bataille de Leipsick; german: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig, ); sv, Slaget vid Leipzig), also known as the Battle of the Nations (french: Bataille des Nations; russian: Битва народов, translit=Bitva ...

16–19 October – (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon suffers his greatest defeat ever in the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars **

Battle of the Chateauguay The Battle of the Chateauguay was an engagement of the War of 1812. On 26 October 1813, a combined British and Canadian force consisting of 1,530 regulars, volunteers, militia and Mohawk warriors from Lower Canada, commanded by Charles de Sal ...

25 October – several hundred Canadian militia turn back Wade Hampton's advance on Montreal; the American army withdraws from Canada **

Battle of Hanau The Battle of Hanau was fought from 30 to 31 October 1813 between Karl Philipp von Wrede's Austro-Bavarian corps and Napoleon's retreating French during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Following Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig ...

30–31 October – Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat **

Battle of Tallushatchee The Battle of Tallushatchee was a battle fought during the War of 1812 and Creek War on November 3, 1813, in Alabama between Native American Red Stick Creeks and United States dragoons. A cavalry force commanded by Brigadier General John Coffee ...

3 November – U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson defeat Creek **

Battle of Talladega The Battle of Talladega was fought between the Tennessee Militia and the Red Stick Creek Indians during the Creek War, in the vicinity of the present-day county and city of Talladega, Alabama, in the United States. Background When General Joh ...

9 November – Jackson defeats Creek **

Battle of Nivelle The Battle of Nivelle (10 November 1813) took place in front of the river Nivelle near the end of the Peninsular War (1808–1814). After the Allied siege of San Sebastian, Wellington's 80,000 British, Portuguese and Spanish troops (20,0 ...

10 November – Allied troops defeat Marshal Soult of France during Peninsular War **

Battle of Crysler's Farm The Battle of Crysler's Farm, also known as the Battle of Crysler's Field, was fought on 11 November 1813, during the War of 1812 (the name ''Chrysler's Farm'' is sometimes used for the engagement, but ''Crysler'' is the proper spelling). A Briti ...

11 November – US forces under James Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under J. W. Morrison **

Battle of Ayohuma The Battle of Ayohuma ("dead man's head" in Quechua) was a military action fought on 14 November 1813 during the Spanish American wars of independence. The forces of the Royal Army of Viceroyalty of Peru, commanded by Spaniard General Joaquín de ...

14 November – Argentina's Army of the North were defeated by the royalists. **

Battle of Autossee The Battle of Autossee took place on November 29, 1813, during the Creek War, at the Creek towns of Autossee and Tallasee near present-day Shorter, Alabama. General John Floyd, with 900 to 950 militiamen and 450 allied Creek, attacked and burn ...

29 November **

Battle of Arnhem (1813) The Battle of Arnhem (30 November 1813) saw Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow's Prussian corps fight an Imperial French division under Henri François Marie Charpentier at Arnhem. Attacking under the cover of fog, the Prussians broke into ...

30 November **

Battle of Araure The Battle of Araure was a battle fought during the short-lived Second Republic of Venezuela on December 5, 1813, in the city of Araure in Portuguesa State, Venezuela. Simon Bolivar's force defeated General Domingo de Monteverde to whom he had bee ...

5 December **

Battle of the Nive The Battles of the Nive (9–13 December 1813) were fought towards the end of the Peninsular War. Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese and Spanish army defeated Marshal Nicolas Soult's French army on French soil in ...

9–13 December – Allies defeat Marshal Soult's French army near Bayonne during the Peninsular War **

Battle of Lomas de Santa María The Battle of Lomas de Santa María was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred from 23–24 December 1813 in the area around Lomas de Santa María, in the municipality of Valladolid (present day Morelia). The battle was fou ...

23–24 December * – **

Battle of Puruarán The Battle of Puruarán was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 5 January 1814 in the area around Puruarán, Michoacán. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown and the Mexican r ...

5 January **

Battle of Hoogstraten The Battle of Hoogstraten was fought on 11 January 1814 between a French army, led by François Roguet, and a Russo-Prussian-British army, led by Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow. The battle, which ended in a Prussian victory, consisted of ...

11 January **

Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek The battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek (or Enotachopco Creek) were part of Andrew Jackson's campaign in the Creek War. They took place in January 1814, approximately northeast of Horseshoe Bend. Background After Talladega, Jackson was ...

22–24 January – Twin indecisive battles during Creek War **

Battle of Calebee Creek The Battle of Calebee Creek (also spelled ''Calabee'', ''Callabee'', or in the official report at the time, "Chalibee") took place on January 27, 1814, during the Creek War, in Macon County, Alabama, west of Fort Mitchell. General Floyd, wit ...

27 January **

Battle of Brienne The Battle of Brienne (29 January 1814) saw an Imperial French army led by Emperor Napoleon attack Prussian and Russian forces commanded by Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. After heavy fighting that went on into the nigh ...

29 January – Napoleon defeats Blücher's Prussians **

Battle of La Rothière The Battle of La Rothière was fought on the 1st of February 1814 between the French Empire and allied army of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and German States previously allied with France. The French were led by Emperor Napoleon and the coalit ...

1 February – French under Napoleon manage to hold back an overwhelming force of Prussians until nightfall, where then they withdraw from the field. **

Battle of Lesmont The Battle of Lesmont was a battle of the War of the Sixth Coalition. It took place at Lesmont in Aube on 2 February 1814. A Coalition force of Russians and Bavarians under generals Eugen of Wurtemberg and Carl Philipp von Wrede was defeated ...

2 February **

Battle of Champaubert The Battle of Champaubert (10 February 1814) was the opening engagement of the Six Days' Campaign. It was fought between a French army led by Emperor Napoleon and a small Russian corps commanded by Lieutenant General Count Zakhar Dmitrievich ...

10 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher **

Battle of Montmirail The Battle of Montmirail (11 February 1814) was fought between a French force led by Emperor Napoleon and two Allied corps commanded by Fabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg. In hard fighting that lasted until evenin ...

11 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher ** Battle of Château-Thierry 12 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher **

Battle of Vauchamps The Battle of Vauchamps (14 February 1814) was the final major engagement of the Six Days Campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition. It resulted in a part of the Grande Armée under Napoleon I defeating a superior Prussian and Russian force ...

14 February – Napoleon defeats a much smaller force of Russians **

Battle of Mormant The Battle of Mormant (17 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army under Emperor Napoleon I and a division of Russians under Count Peter Petrovich Pahlen near the town of Mormant, some ...

17 February **

Battle of Montereau The Battle of Montereau (18 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army led by Emperor Napoleon and a corps of Austrians and Württembergers commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William of ...

18 February – Napoleon defeats Schwarzenberg **

Battle of Bar-sur-Aube The Battle of Bar-sur-Aube was fought on 27 February 1814, between the First French Empire and the Austrian Empire. French forces were led by Jacques MacDonald, while the Austrians and their Bavarian allies, forming the Army of Bohemia, were l ...

27 February – Schwarzenberg defeats Marshal Macdonald **

Battle of Orthez The Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) saw the Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese Army under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington attack an Imperial French army led by Marshal Nicolas Soult in southern France. The outnumbered Fr ...

27 February – Wellington defeats French under Soult near Bayonne **

Battle of Gué-à-Tresmes The Battle of Gué-à-Tresmes (28 February–1 March 1814) was fought between 14,500 French troops led by Marshals Auguste de Marmont and Édouard Mortier and 12,000 Prussians commanded by Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf and Friedrich von ...

28 February **

Battle of Cúcuta The Battle of Cúcuta was a military conflict in the Spanish American wars of independence fought on February 28, 1813 between the pro-independence forces led by Simón Bolívar and Spanish royalist troops under General Ramón Correa at the town o ...

28 February **

Battle of Saint-Julien (1814) The Battle of Saint-Julien (1 March 1814) saw Imperial French troops led by Jean Gabriel Marchand attack Austrian soldiers under Johann Nepomuk von Klebelsberg. In tough fighting, the Austrians managed to hold off persistent French assaults d ...

1 March **

Battle of Laubressel The Battle of Laubressel (3 March 1814) saw the main Allied army of Field Marshal Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg mount a three-pronged converging attack on the weaker army of Marshal Jacques MacDonald. The French forces under Marshal Ni ...

3 March **

Battle of Longwoods The Battle of Longwoods took place during the Anglo-American War of 1812. On 4 March 1814, a mounted American raiding party defeated an attempt by British regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and Native Americans to intercept them near ...

4 March – American victory during War of 1812 **

Battle of Craonne The Battle of Craonne (7 March 1814) was a battle between an Imperial French army under Emperor Napoleon I opposing a combined army of Imperial Russians and Prussians led by Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. The War o ...

7 March – Napoleon defeats Blücher **

Battle of Laon The Battle of Laon (9–10 March 1814) was the victory of Blücher's Prussian army over Napoleon's French army near Laon. During the Battle of Craonne on 7 March, Blücher's army was forced to retreat into Laon after a failed attempt to ...

9–10 March – Blücher defeats Napoleon ** Battle of Reims 13 March – Napoleon defeats isolated Prussian corps **

Battle of El Quilo The Battle of El Quilo, fought during the Chilean War of Independence, occurred at el Quilo, on the southern side of the Itata river, on 19 March 1814. Background By January 1814, Royalist forces had received reinforcements from the Viceroy ...

19 March **

Battle of Membrillar The battle of Membrillar occurred on 20 March 1814, during the War of Chilean Independence. Background Prior to the fall of Talca in early March, Juan Mackenna had been positioned along the rata Itata river with a small division of patriot ...

20 March **

Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (20–21 March 1814) saw an Imperial French army under Napoleon face a much larger Allied army led by Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg during the War of the Sixth Coalition. On the second day of fighting, E ...

20–21 March – Schwarzenberg defeats Napoleon **

Battle of Fère-Champenoise The Battle of Fère-Champenoise (25 March 1814) was fought between two Imperial French corps led by Marshals Auguste de Marmont and Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise and a larger Coalition force composed of cavalry from the Austrian Empire, ...

25 March – Schwarzenberg defeats corps of Marmont, Mortier **

Battle of Horseshoe Bend The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (also known as ''Tohopeka'', ''Cholocco Litabixbee'', or ''The Horseshoe''), was fought during the War of 1812 in the Mississippi Territory, now central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Indian a ...

27 March – Jackson decisively defeats Creek **

Battle of Montmartre The Battle of Paris was fought on 30–31 March 1814 between the Sixth Coalition, consisting of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, against the French Empire. After a day of fighting in the suburbs of Paris, the French surrendered on March 31, ...

30 March – Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba ** Second Battle of Lacolle Mills 30 March – U.S. forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Jacob Brown, with assistance of Winfield Scott ** Battle of Toulouse 10 April – Wellington defeats Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication **

Battle of Alto de los Godos The Battle of Alto de los Godos was a battle that took place on 25 May 1813 in Maturín, Venezuela, in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada. It resulted in a patriot victory against the forces of Spanish general Domingo de Monteverde. ...

25 May **

Battle of Big Sandy Creek The Battle of Big Sandy Creek was fought in northwestern New York (state), New York on May 29–30, 1814, during the War of 1812. American troops and Oneidas, Oneida Indians launched an attempted surprise attack on British troops and sailors, wh ...

30 May – U.S. forces surprise the British in upstate New York, capturing 6 ships and 143 prisoners ** Battle of Niquitao 2 July **

Battle of Chippawa The Battle of Chippawa, also known as the Battle of Chippewa, was a victory for the United States Army in the War of 1812, during its invasion on July 5, 1814, of the British Empire's colony of Upper Canada along the Niagara River. This battle a ...

5 July – U.S. forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeats British under Phineas Riall ** Battle of Los Horcones 22 July **

Battle of Lundy's Lane The Battle of Lundy's Lane, also known as the Battle of Niagara, was a battle fought on 25 July 1814, during the War of 1812, between an invading American army and a British and Canadian army near present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario. It was one o ...

25 July – Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle. US forces withdraw from Canada due to heavy losses giving argument for British victory. **

Battle of Mackinac Island The Battle of Mackinac Island (pronounced ''Mackinaw'') was a British victory in the War of 1812. Before the war, Fort Mackinac had been an important American trading post in the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. It was important for ...

26 July – 4 August – Unsuccessful American attempt to capture

Fort Mackinac Fort Mackinac ( ) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, on Mackinac Island. The Kingdom of Great Britain, British built the for ...

. ** Battle of Taguanes 31 July ** Battle of Lier 2 August **

Battle of Matrand The Battle of Matrand ( no, Slaget ved Matrand) was a military battle on 5 August 1814 between Norwegian and Swedish forces as part of the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. The battle took place near the village of Matrand in Eidskog and at Skot ...

5 August **

Battle of Rakkestad The Battle of Rakkestad was a battle fought in the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814, at the village of Rakkestad, Norway, between a 3,000 strong Swedish force under Eberhard von Vegesack, and a slightly smaller Norwegian force, led by Freder ...

6 August **

Battle of Langnes The Battle of Langnes, or the Battle of Langnes Entrenchment, was a battle fought between Norway and Sweden as a part of the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. The battle, even as it ended inconclusively, served as a tactical victory to the Norweg ...

9 August **

Battle of Kjølberg Bridge The Battle of Kjølberg Bridge ( sv, Slaget vid Kjølbergs bro) was fought 14 August 1814, during the Swedish–Norwegian war of 1814. The Swedish army had problems repairing the bridge due to constant fire from the Norwegian side of the river. ...

14 August **

Battle of Bladensburg The Battle of Bladensburg was a battle of the Chesapeake campaign of the War of 1812, fought on 24 August 1814 at Bladensburg, Maryland, northeast of Washington, D.C. Called "the greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms," a British force ...

24 August – British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington in retribution for the burning of York (Toronto). American government barely escapes the city as Congress and the Whitehouse are torched. **

Battle of Lake Champlain The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final British invasion of the northern states of the United States during the War of 1812. An army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadro ...

and

Battle of Plattsburgh The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final British invasion of the northern states of the United States during the War of 1812. An army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadro ...

11 September – U.S. squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie. Same day, U.S. land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Alexander Macomb **

Battle of North Point The Battle of North Point was fought on September 12, 1814, between General John Stricker's Maryland Militia and a British force led by Major General Robert Ross. Although the Americans retreated, they were able to do so in good order having inf ...

12 September – Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry (part of the

Battle of Baltimore The Battle of Baltimore (September 12–15, 1814) was a sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders in the War of 1812. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland ...

). ** Battle of Ft. McHenry 13 September – Fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring

Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland, who wrote the lyrics for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". Key observed the British bombardment ...

's "Star Spangled Banner" (part of the

). **

Battle of Cook's Mills The Battle of Cook's Mills was the last engagement between U.S. and British armies in the Niagara, and the penultimate engagement (followed by the Battle of Malcolm's Mills) on Canadian soil during the War of 1812. After about a half-hour, Ameri ...

19 October – Indecisive battle in Canada during

Siege of Fort Erie The siege of Fort Erie, also known as the Battle of Erie, from 4 August to 21 September 1814, was one of the last engagements of the War of 1812, between British and American forces. It took place during the Niagara campaign, and the Americans su ...

4 August – 5 November – Americans repel British attempt to retake fort ** Battle of Pensacola 7–9 November –

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...

wins Pyrrhic victory **

Battle of Urica The Battle of Urica took place during the War of Venezuelan Independence in the village of Urica (in modern-day Anzoátegui) on 5 December 1814, between the forces of Republican general in chief José Félix Ribas and Royalist caudillo José ...

5 December * – **

Battle of New Orleans The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French ...

8 January – Jackson defeats British Army of Pakenham, as news of

Treaty of Ghent The Treaty of Ghent () was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands (now in ...

signed in December, not yet arrived **

Battle of Fort Bowyer Fort Bowyer was a short-lived earthen and stockade fortification that the United States Army erected in 1813 on Mobile Point, near the mouth of Mobile Bay in what is now Baldwin County, Alabama, but then was part of the Mississippi Territory. The ...

11 February – Jackson loses fort after boasting that ten thousand men could not take it. **

Battle of the Panaro The Battle of the Panaro (or Modena or Castelfranco) was a victory for King Joachim Murat's Neapolitan forces over a smaller Austrian force under Frederick Bianchi on 3 April 1815 early in the Neapolitan War. This defeat on the banks on the ...

3 April ** Battle of Occhiobello 8–9 April ** Battle of Carpi (1815) 10 April ** Battle of Cesenatico 23 April ** Battle of Pesaro 28 April **

Battle of Scapezzano The Battle of Scapezzano was a short engagement during the Neapolitan War on 1 May 1815 between an Austrian corps under Adam Albert von Neipperg and a Neapolitan division under Michele Carrascosa. By May 1815, the war had turned against the N ...

1 May **

Battle of Tolentino The Battle of Tolentino was fought from 2–3 May 1815 near Tolentino, Kingdom of Naples in what is now Marche, Italy: it was the decisive battle in the Neapolitan War, fought by the Napoleonic King of Naples Joachim Murat to keep the throne a ...

2 May – Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in Hundred Days, defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom. **

Battle of Ljubić The Battle of Ljubić ( sr, Битка на Љубићу, Бој на Љубићу) was a pitched battle between the Serbian revolutionary forces under Miloš Obrenović and the Ottoman troops commanded by Ćaja-paša, on the Ljubić hill near ...

8 May **

Battle of Castel di Sangro The Battle of Castel di Sangro was a minor battle in the Neapolitan War that took place on 13 May 1815 in the town of Castel di Sangro in central Italy. The battle resulted in the Neapolitan force being routed. Following defeat at the Battle ...

13 May **

Battle of San Germano The Battle of San Germano (or the Battle of Mignano) was the final battle in the Neapolitan War between an Austrian force commanded by Laval Nugent von Westmeath and the King of Naples, Joachim Murat. The battle started on 15 May 1815 and ...

15–17 May **

Battle of the Sink Hole The Battle of the Sink Hole was fought on May 24, 1815, after the official end of the War of 1812, between Missouri Rangers and Sauk Indians led by Black Hawk. According to Robert McDouall, the British commander in the area, the Sauk had not r ...

24 May **

Battle of Quatre Bras The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred two days later. The battle took place near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras and was contested between ele ...

16 June – Ney fights indecisive battle against Wellington. **

Battle of Ligny The Battle of Ligny, in which French troops of the Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, was fought on 16 June 1815 near Ligny in what is now Belgium. The result was a ta ...

16 June – Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher. **

Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armie ...

18 June – Emperor Napoleon defeated by Duke of Wellington and Prussians, Dutch and German forces. **

Battle of Wavre The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18–19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard, consisting of the Prussian III Corps under the command of General ...

18 June –

Marshal Grouchy Emmanuel de Grouchy, 2nd Marquis of Grouchy (; 23 October 176629 May 1847) was a French general and Marshal of the Empire. Biography Grouchy was born in Condécourt (Val d'Oise), Château de Villette, the son of François-Jacques de Grouchy, 1 ...

, assigned to prevent Blücher from joining

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard **

Battle of Rocheserviere The Battle of Rocheserviere was fought at Rocheservière on the 20 June 1815, between Vendéan Royalists, who had remained loyal to King Louis XVIII during the Hundred Days, and Napoleon's Army of the West, commanded by General Jean Maximilien La ...

20 June **

Battle of La Suffel The Battle of La Suffel was a French victory over Austrian forces of the Seventh Coalition and the last French pitched battle victory in the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 28 June 1815 at Souffelweyersheim and Hoenheim, near Strasbourg. Du ...

28 June **

Battle of Temalaca The Battle of Temalaca was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 5 November 1815 in the area around Temalaca, Puebla. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown and the Mexican rebels ...

5 November

1816–60

* 1816 – **

Battle of Seven Oaks The Battle of Seven Oaks was a violent confrontation in the Pemmican War between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC), rivals in the North American fur trade, fur trade, that took place on 19 June 1816, the climax of ...

19 June ** Bombardment of Algiers 27 August – UK and Dutch ships attack

Barbary pirate The Barbary pirates, or Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. This area was known in Europe as t ...

s. **

Battle of Yavi The Battle of Yavi (also called "the Surprise at Yavi") took place on November 15, 1816, and was one of the military battles to obtain Argentina's independence from Spain. The Army of the North was defeated at the battle. As a result, the north ...

15 November ** Battle of Pablo Perez 6 December * 1817 – **

Battle of Chacabuco The Battle of Chacabuco, fought during the Chilean War of Independence, occurred on February 12, 1817. The Army of the Andes of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, led by Captain–General José de San Martín, defeated a Spanish for ...

12 February – Chilean rebels defeat Spanish. ** Battle of Curapalihue 4 April ** Battle of la Tablada de Tolomosa 15 April **

Nejd Expedition The Najd Expedition ( tr, Nejd Seferi) was a series of military conflicts waged by Egypt on behalf of the Ottoman Empire from 1817–1818. It was part of the Ottoman–Saudi War that lasted from 1811 to 1818. The campaign of 1817/8 was led by ...

1817-1818 – Ibrahim Pasha captured several Nejdi villages **

Battle of Mahidpur The Battle of Mahidpur was fought during the Third Anglo-Maratha War between the Holkar faction of the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company at Mahidpur, a town in the Malwa region, on 21 December 1817. On 21 December 1817, th ...

21 December – British forces under Sir Thomas Hyslop defeat Marathas under Holkar ** Battle of Makassar - Argentine skirmish. **

Battle of Khadki The Battle of Khadki, also known as or The Battle of Ganeshkhind, took place at modern day Khadki, India on 5 November 1817 between the forces of the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire under the leadership of Appasaheb Bhonsle. T ...

- British capture

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

* 1818 – **

Battle of Kafir Qala The Battle of Kafir Qala was fought in June 1818 between Iran and the Durrani Empire. The Persians had captured Herat in 1816 but were forced to abandon it when the Afghans resisted the occupation of the city with an intense guerrilla war on the ...

– The Afghans defeat a Persian army on its way to take

Herat Herāt (; Persian: ) is an oasis city and the third-largest city of Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Selseleh-ye Safēd ...

. **

Second Battle of Cancha Rayada The Battle of Cancha Rayada (March 16, 1818), (also known in Chile as the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada or Surprise of Cancha Rayada) was fought in Chile between South American patriots and Spanish royalists, during the Osorio's campaign in th ...

16 March – Spanish forces defeat Chileans under San Martin. **

Battle of Maipú The Battle of Maipú ( es, Batalla de Maipú) was a battle fought near Santiago, Chile on April 5, 1818, between South American rebels and Spanish royalists, during the Chilean War of Independence. The Patriot rebels led by Argentine general Jo ...

5 April –

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

free from Spain **

– Ibrahim Pasha captured

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...

** Battle of Diriyah 9 September – Ibrahim Pasha captured and destroyed

Diriyah Diriyah ( ar, الدِرْعِيّة), formerly romanized as Dereyeh and Dariyya), is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the north-western outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served ...

ending the

First Saudi State The Emirate of Diriyah (), also known as the First Saudi State, was established in February 1727 (1139 AH). In 1744, the emir of Najdi town called Diriyah Muhammad bin Saud and the religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab formed an alliance ...

Battle of Koregaon The Battle of Koregaon was fought on 1 January 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy, at Koregaon Bhima. A 28,000-strong force led by Peshwa Baji Rao II whilst on their way to attack the ...

- Unresolved * 1819 – **

Battle of Las Queseras del Medio The Battle of Las Queseras del Medio was an important battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence. It took place on April 2, 1819. The forces of José Antonio Páez consisted of 153 mounted llanero lancers. They were pitted against more than ...

2 April **

Battle of Grahamstown The Battle of Grahamstown took place on 22 April 1819, during the Fifth Xhosa War (1818-1819), at the frontier settlement of Grahamstown in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The confrontation involved the defence of the town b ...

22 April – Xhosa chief Makana attacks the British settlement of Grahamstown in Eastern Cape, South Africa with 6000 men and is repulsed with heavy losses. **

Battle of Vargas Swamp Battle of Vargas Swamp ( es, Batalla del Pantano de Vargas) was a battle that occurred near Paipa, on July 25, 1819. A joint Venezuelan and Neogranadine army commanded by Simón Bolívar was trying to prevent Spanish forces from arriving at San ...

25 July **

Battle of Boyacá The Battle of Boyacá (1819), was the decisive battle that ensured the success of Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada. The battle of Boyaca is considered the beginning of the independence of the north of South America, and is considered i ...

7 August – Known in Colombia as Battle of Boyacá Bridge. (Batalla del puente de Boyacá) Simón Bolívar and his brigadier generals Francisco de Paula Santander and Jose Antonio Anzoátegui defeat and capture royalist Colonel Jose Maria Barreiro in the battle sealing the independence of Nueva Granada, now Colombia. ** Battle of Agua Zarca 5 November ** Battle of Píleo 7 December * 1820 – ** Battle of Valdivia 3–4 February – Thomas Cochrane and

Jorge Beauchef Jorge Beauchef (1787 in Velay, France - June 10, 1840 in Santiago, Chile) was a French military who participated in the Napoleonic Wars. He is best known in Latin America for his participation in the Chilean War of Independence, where he won man ...

capture the

Royalist A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of governme ...

stronghold of

Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau R ...

for Chile. **

Battle of Agüi The Battle of Agüi was fought at Fuerte de Agüi, near Ancud, Chiloé on February 18, 1820 between Chilean patriots and Spanish royalists, during the Chilean War of Independence. After the successful capture of Valdivia Lord Cochrane sought ...

18 February **

Battle of El Toro The Battle of El Toro (March 6, 1820) was a battle fought near Maullín, Chile between Chilean patriots and Spanish royalists, during the Chilean War of Independence. Background After the capture of Valdivia, Lord Cochrane departed, leaving C ...

6 March ** Battle of Tarpellanca 26 September ** Martin Rodriguez campaigns - Argentine Martin Rodriguez sets out to battle indigenous peoples of

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

. * 1821 – **

Battle of Rieti The Battle of Antrodoco (Rieti) was fought on 7 March 1821 between Austria and Neapolitan rebels. The Austrians were victorious. The rebel Neapolitan general Guglielmo Pepe commanded a force numbering 10,000 soldiers, whilst the Austrian gener ...

7 March – Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand ** Battle of Novara 8 April – Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries **

Battle of Alamana The Battle of Alamana was fought between the Greeks and the Ottoman Empire during the Greek War of Independence on 22 April 1821. Battle After the fall of Livadeia on 1 April 1821 to a contingent of Greek fighters under the command of Athanasio ...

22 April **

Battle of Gravia Inn The Battle of Gravia Inn ( el, Μάχη στο Χάνι της Γραβιάς) was fought between Greece, Greek revolutionaries and the Ottoman Empire during the Greek War of Independence. The Greek leaders Odysseas Androutsos, Yannis Gouras an ...

8 May **

Battle of Doliana The Battle of Doliana occurred on 30 May 1821 N.S. during the Greek War of Independence when Greek revolutionaries defeated the forces of the Ottoman Empire at Doliana (today called Ano Doliana to distinguish from nearby Kato Doliana) in the ...

18 May **

Battle of Valtetsi The Battle of Valtetsi was fought on 24 May (Old Style and New Style dates, N.S.), 1821 in Valtetsi (village), Valtetsi between the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman army and Greeks, Greek revolutionaries. Background The Greek War of Independence offici ...

24 May **

Battle of Dragashani The Battle of Dragashani (or Battle of Drăgășani) was fought on 19 June 1821 in Drăgășani, Wallachia, between the Ottoman forces of Sultan Mahmud II and the Greek Filiki Etaireia insurgents as a part of the Greek War of Independence. Co ...

19 June **

Battle of Carabobo The Battle of Carabobo, on 24 June 1821, was fought between independence fighters, led by Venezuelan General Simón Bolívar, and the Royalist forces, led by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre. Bolívar's decisive victory at Carabobo led ...

24 June –

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and B ...

defeats Spanish army, ensuring

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

n independence. **

Battle of Sculeni The Battle of Sculeni was fought on 29 June 1821 in Sculeni, Moldavia between Ottoman forces and the Greek revolutionary forces raised by the Filiki Eteria led by Prince George Katakouzenos. The battle came about as the result of Ottoman repr ...

29 June ** Battle of Menangkabaoe – Part of the first

Padri War The Padri War (also called the Minangkabau War) was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra, Indonesia between the Padri and the Adat. The Padri were Muslim clerics from Sumatra who wanted to impose Sharia in Minangkabau country in West Sum ...

in the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

. Colonial Dutch forces defeated Indonesian rebels. **

Battle of Azcapotzalco The Battle of Azcapotzalco, ( es, link=no, Batalla de Azcapotzalco), was fought on August 19, 1821, in the town of Azcapotzalco, near Mexico City. It was to be one of the last military action of the Mexican War of Independence. The insurgents, co ...

19 August ** Battle of Rincon de Marlopa - battle between Tucumán and the provinces of

Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...

and

Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surf ...

. * 1822 – **

Battle of Pichincha The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 3,500 meters above sea-level, right next to the city of Quito, in modern Ecuador. The encounter, fought in the context of the Spanish American wars of in ...

24 May –

Sucre Sucre () is the Capital city, capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the List of cities in Bolivia, 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . T ...

defeats Spaniards near Quito ** 18 – 19 June – Greek rebel

Konstantinos Kanaris Konstantinos Kanaris ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης, ; c. 17901877), also anglicised as Constantine Kanaris or Canaris, was a Greek admiral, Prime Minister, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence.Woodhouse, p. 129. Bio ...

burns the flagship of the Ottoman fleet ** Battle at Dervenakia 26–28 July ( O.S.) – Greek revolutionaries under

Theodoros Kolokotronis Theodoros Kolokotronis ( el, Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis's g ...

Papaflessas Grigorios Dimitrios Dikaios-Flessas (; 1788 – 25 May 1825), popularly known as Papaflessas () was a Greek priest and government official who became one of the most influential figures during the Greek War of Independence. The prefix () in th ...

and

Nikitaras Nikitaras ( el, Νικηταράς) was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos ( el, Νικήτας Σταματελόπουλος) (c. 17841849), a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence. Due to his fighting prowess, he was ...

crush Dramali Pasha's Ottoman army. ** Battle of Karpenizi 8 August ( O.S.) – Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat Ottoman force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Ottoman troops besieging

Missolonghi Missolonghi or Messolonghi ( el, Μεσολόγγι, ) is a municipality of 34,416 people (according to the 2011 census) in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis ...

* 1823 – **

Battle of Trocadero The Battle of Trocadero, fought on 31 August 1823, was the only significant battle in the French invasion of Spain in support of King Ferdinand VII. French forces defeated the Spanish liberal forces and restored the absolute rule of Ferdinand. P ...

– French army, under Duke of Angoulême, defeat Spanish army and takes Trocadero. Occupation of Spain by French troops (1823 at 1828) **

Battle of Zepita The Battle of Zepita, also known as the Battle of Chua Chua, was fought between the forces of future Peruvian president Santa Cruz and the Viceroyalty of Peru. Santa Cruz's army captured 240 rifles, 52 saddles, 240 lances and 63 sabers from the Ro ...

25 August ** Demerara rebellion - 10,000 Guyanese slaves rise up for two days. **

Battle of Nowshera The Battle of Nowshera ( ps, د نوښار جګړه; pa, ਨੌਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ) was fought in Nowshera in March 1823 between the Yusufzai Afghans, supported by the Peshawar sardars, alongside Azim Khan Barakzai, the Afghan ...

Sikhs Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism (Sikhi), a monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ...

take

Peshawar valley The Valley of Peshawar ( ps, د لوی پېښور وادي; ur, وادئ پشاور), or Peshawar Basin, historically known as the Gandhara Valley, is a broad area situated in the central part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The va ...

* 1824 **

Battle of Nsamankow The Battle of Nsamankow was a battle between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire that took place in 1824 as part of the First Anglo-Ashanti War. The British force under Charles MacCarthy was defeated by an Ashanti force. Background In la ...

21 January **

Battle of Mocopulli The Battle of Mocopulli (Spanish: ''Batalla de Mocopulli'') was fought on April 1 of 1824 as the culmination of a Chilean patriots invasion plan against royalist Chiloé. The battle concluded in a royalist victory that delayed the incorporation ...

1 April ** Battle of Ramu 16 May – Burmese forces under Lord Myawaddy defeat British under Captain Norton, who is killed **

Battle of Junín The Battle of Junín was a military engagement of the Peruvian War of Independence, fought in the highlands of the Junín Region on 6 August 1824. The preceding February the royalists had regained control of Lima, and having regrouped in Trujill ...

6 August **

Battle of Ayacucho The Battle of Ayacucho ( es, Batalla de Ayacucho, ) was a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence. This battle secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of South America. In Peru it is co ...

9 December * 1825 – **

Battle of Danubyu The Battle of Danubyu was a battle between the British Empire and the Konbaung Dynasty as part of the First Anglo-Burmese War. Prelude After the defeat of the Burmese army in the Battle of Yangon (1824), Maha Bandula retreated the Burmese ...

2 April – British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed **

Battle of Prome The battle of Prome was a land-based battle between the Kingdom of Burma and the British Empire that took place near the city of Prome, modern day Pyay, in 1825 as part of the First Anglo-Burmese War. It was the last-ditch effort by the Burmese ...

30 November – 2 December – Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed * 1826 Battle of Ganja – Russia defeats

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

n invaders * 1827 – ** Battle of Berbera 10-11 Jan **

Battle of Monte Santiago The naval Battle of Monte Santiago was fought on 7–8 April 1827, between the Argentine Navy and the Imperial Brazilian Navy, during the Cisplatine War. It was a decisive Brazilian victory, with the allied forces losing its best ships. The bat ...

– A naval division of the Brazilian Imperial Navy is attacked by Argentine vessels. The battle ended with the destruction of the attacking forces. **

Battle of Ituzaingó The Battle of Ituzaingó, also known as the Battle of Passo do Rosário, was a pitched battle fought in the vicinity of the Santa Maria River, in a valley of small hills where a stream divided the valley into two. After a two-year series of cont ...

or Passo do Rosário 27 February – A Brazilian Army under Marquis of Barbacena met in combat an Argentine/

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

an Army led by General Carlos Maria Alvear (part of the

Cisplatine War The Cisplatine War (), also known as the Argentine-Brazilian War () or, in Argentine and Uruguayan historiography, as the Brazil War (''Guerra del Brasil''), the War against the Empire of Brazil (''Guerra contra el Imperio del Brasil'') or t ...

). **

Battle of Phaleron The Battle of Phaleron, or Battle of Analatos, took place on April 24 (6 May Gregorian ), 1827. The Greek rebel forces were being besieged inside the Acropolis of Athens by Ottoman forces under the command of Mehmed Reshid Pasha. Greek forces ...

24 April ( O.S.) – Greek setback in the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...

Battle of Navarino The Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought on 20 October (O. S. 8 October) 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821–29), in Navarino Bay (modern Pylos), on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. Allied fo ...

20 October – Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha inside

Navarino Bay Pylos (, ; el, Πύλος), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is th ...

. **

Battle of Kossober A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

October –

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

n warlord

Yimam of Yejju Yimam of Yejju (also transliterated Imam; died 1828) was a ''Ras'' of Begemder and ''Enderase'' (regent) of the Emperor of Ethiopia. He was the son of Gugsa of Yejju. Upon succeeding his father Gugsa as ''Ras'' when Gugsa died in 1825, Yimam was ...

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Wube Haile Mariam Wube Haile Maryam of Semien, (1799-1867), also called by his title ''Dejazmach'' Wube, Webé; his name is also given in European sources as ‘‘Ubie’’. Wube was one of the major figures of 19th century Ethiopia, during the closing decades o ...

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Goshu Zewde Goshu Zewde of Gojjam (1783 or 1788-1852) was the governor of Damot, Metcha and Ybaba, the most of Gojjam was, indeed, under the government of his son Birru Goshu. He was elevated to the personal titles of Dejazmatch in 1825 and Ras by Empero ...

Gojjam Gojjam ( ''gōjjām'', originally ጐዛም ''gʷazzam'', later ጐዣም ''gʷažžām'', ጎዣም ''gōžžām'') is a historical province in northwestern Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos. Gojjam's earliest western boundary ex ...

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Meru of Dembiya Meru may refer to: Geography Kenya * Meru, Kenya, a city in Meru County, Kenya ** Meru County, created by the merger of *** Meru Central District *** Meru North District *** Meru South District * Meru National Park, a Kenyan wildlife park Tanzan ...

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Battle of Mariel The Battle of Mariel was a small-scale naval engagement fought between the First Mexican Republic and the Spanish Empire near the Cuban port town of Mariel. The battle resulted in a Spanish victory, with the Mexican navy losing the brig ''Guerr ...

10–11 February – Spanish navy defeats and captures a Mexican brig ** Battle of Akhalzic 9 August – Russian troops under Paskievich defeat Ottoman troops in Caucasus ** Battle of Praia Bay 28 August – Miguelite fleet in Portugal defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria in

Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

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Battle of San Roque The Battle of San Roque was part of the Argentine Civil War. It was fought on the Primero River, near the city of Córdoba, Argentina, on 22 April 1829. The Federalist forces of Córdoba Province governor Juan Bautista Bustos were defeated by ...

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Battle of Márquez Bridge The Battle of Márquez Bridge (located on the border between current-day Villa Udaondo and Paso del Rey, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina), fought on 26 April 1829, during the civil war between Unitarians and Federalists, resulting in a victory ...

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Battle of Kulevicha The Battle of Kulevicha, also known as the Battle of Kulevcha or Kulewtscha, was fought during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 on 11 June 1829 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. Battle The Russians led by Hans Karl von Diebitsch (German-bor ...

11 June – Russian troops under

Hans Karl von Diebitsch Hans Karl Friedrich Anton Graf von Diebitsch und Narten (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Ди́бич-Забалка́нский, tr. ; 13 May 1785 – 10 June 1831) was a German-born soldier serving as Russian field marshal. Career ...

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Ottoman Army The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. Army The military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the ...

under Reshid Pasha in Balkans ** Battle of Tampico 11 September – Mexican army defeats a Spanish incursion near the city of Tampico * 1830 Siege of Yogyakarta – Part of the

Java War The Java War ( jv, ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦗꦮ) or Diponegoro War () was fought in central Java from 1825 to 1830, between the colonial Dutch Empire and native Javanese rebels. The war started as a rebellion led by Prince Diponegoro, a leading member ...

Fought between Indonesian rebels, and the Dutch colonial army. The Dutch won after 5 years of fighting. * 1831 – **

Battle of Debre Abbay The Battle of Debre Abbay, also known as the Battle of Mai Islami, was a conflict between Ras Marye of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia, and his rival from Tigray, Dejazmach Sabagadis of Agame. Although Ras Marye lost his life in the ba ...

14 February – Ras

Marye of Yejju Marye of Yejju (died 14 February 1831) was a ''Ras'' of Begemder and Enderase (regent) of the Emperor of Ethiopia. He was the brother of his predecessor Ras Yimam. The missionary Samuel Gobat had a low opinion of Marye. He wrote in his journal, ...

marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach

Sabagadis Sabagadis Woldu (; horse name: Abba Garray; baptismal name: Za-Manfas Qedus; 1780 – 1831) was a governor of Tigray Province of the Ethiopian Empire from 1822 to 1831. Sabagadis gained some notoriety in the first decade of the 19th century for r ...

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Battle of Stoczek Battle of Stoczek was the first significant engagement of the November Uprising in Poland. It took place on 14 February 1831 near the town of Stoczek Łukowski, near the Brest–Warsaw road. Polish troops drove off two regiments of Russian mounted ...

14 February – Polish victory during November Uprising. **

Battle of Białołęka The Battle of Białołęka was fought from 24 to 25 February 1831 in the village of Białołęka, Poland, during the November Uprising. Though the Polish forces were victorious over the Russians, the outcome was not decisive, and was inconclusive ...

24 February – Polish counterattack succeeds, forcing Russian attack to be moved up one day. **

Battle of Olszynka Grochowska The Battle of Olszynka Grochowska was fought on 25 February 1831 in the woods near Grochów, on the eastern outskirts of Warsaw. The Polish army, commanded by Józef Chłopicki, succeeded in preventing its Russian counterpart, under Hans Karl vo ...

25 February – Marginal Polish victory during November Uprising. **

Battle of Iganie The Battle of Iganie was fought on 10 April 1831 between Russian and Polish forces. It was one of the last major battles of the November Uprising and the last major offensive for the Poles. Background Following the battle of Grochów of 25 ...

8 March – Poland defeats Russia. ** Battle of Ostrołęka 26 May – Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Jan Skrzynecki ** Ten days campaign 2–12 August – Dutch military victory in the Belgian Revolution. Dutch led by Prince William **Battle of Ladeira da Velha 3 August **Battle of Hasselt 8 August – Dutch army defeated Belgian rebels. The Rebels suffered 700 dead while the Dutch losses were very small. **Battle of Leuven (1831), Battle of Leuven 12 August – The Dutch army defeated the Belgian rebels and took the city. **Battle of Warsaw (1831), Battle of Warsaw 6–8 September – Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt **Battle of the Tagus - French attempt to strongarm the Miguel I of Portugal, Portuguese government into recognizing the Kingdom of France. **First Battle of Wawer - Polish victory **Battle of Nowa Wieś (1831), Battle of Nowa Wieś - Polish victory after being outnumbered by Russians **Second Battle of Wawer - Second Polish victory in that town **Battle of Dębe Wielkie - Polish victory near Warsaw **Battle of Poryck - Polish victory **Battle of Rajgród - second to last Polish victory * 1832 – ** Indian Creek Massacre 20 May – Settlers killed by Indians in Illinois. ** Battle of the Kellogg's Grove 16 July – U.S. forces defeat Sauk. **Battle of Ponte Ferreira 22–23 July ** Battle of Bad Axe 2 August – Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox ** Siege of Antwerp (1832), Siege of Antwerp 15 November – Dutch troops occupying Antwerp's citadel (led by David Chassé) against France's Armée du Nord. ** Battle of Konya 21 December – Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Ottoman Army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia ** Verovering van Bondjol – Dutch army successfully beats down an uprise by the people of Sumatra * 1833 **Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833), Battle of Cape St. Vincent 5 July – British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel **Battle of Cova da Piedade 23 July * 1834 **Battle of Alsasua 22 April **Battle of Santarén 16 May – Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat forces of usurper Don Miguel **Battle of Aranzueque 19 September **Battle of Venta de Echavarri 28 October **First Battle of Arquijas 15 December **Battle of Peshawar (1834), Battle of Peshawar - Sikhs take Peshawar * 1835 – **Battle of Macta 28 June **Battle of Mendigorría 16 July **Battle of Gonzales 2 October – Mexicans withdraw during Texas Revolution. **Battle of Goliad 10 October **Battle of Concepción 28 October – Texans defeat Mexicans under Martin Perfecto de Cós. **Grass Fight 26 November – Texans, thinking a Mexican pack train is carrying silver, capture it but only end up with grass. **Siege of Bexar 12 October – 11 December Texans successfully besiege and defeat Mexicans. **Dade Battle 25 December – 108 American troops were ambushed by about 180 Seminole Indians. Colonel Dade, who was on horseback, was the first to be killed. Only three American purportedly survived the attack. Two of these survivors died shortly after. * 1836 – **Battle of San Patricio 27 February – Texan expedition into Mexico thwarted. ** Battle of the Alamo 23 February – 6 March – General Santa Anna defeats Texans. Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege. ** Battle of San Patricio 27 February ** Battle of Agua Dulce Creek 2 March **Battle of Refugio 12–15 March – Infighting amongst Texans leads to defeat. **Battle of Coleto 19–20 March – Col. James Fannin and Texans defeated and captured by Mexicans of General Jose de Urrea. Later massacred by Santa Anna. **Battle of San Jacinto 21 April – Texans capture Santa Anna. **Battle of Terapegui 26 April – Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign Legion, defeat Carlists near Pamplona. **Battle of San Felasco Hammock 18 September **Battle of Villarrobledo 20 September **Battle of Wahoo Swamp 21 November – December **Battle of Majaceite 23 November * 1837 – **Battle of Huesca 24 March – Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists in Spain. **Battle of Villar de los Navarros 24 August **Battle of Saint-Denis (1837), Battle of Saint-Denis 23 November – Canadian rebels under Wolfred Nelson defeat British. **Battle of Saint-Charles 25 November – British defeat Canadian rebels. **Confrontation at Montgomery's Tavern 7 December – Battle near tavern first action of Upper Canada Rebellion. **Battle of Saint-Eustache 14 December – British capture and ransack village. **Battle of Lake Okeechobee 25 December – US forces under Zachary Taylor defeat Seminoles. **Siege of Herat (1837–1838), Siege of Herat - Afghan victory against Qajar dynasty. **Siege of Constantine - French victory subduing the city of Constantine, Algeria. **Battle of Jamrud - Disputed results * 1838 – **Battle of Pelee Island 3 March **Battle of Pine Island Ridge 22 March **Battle of Italeni 9 April **Battle of Maella 1 October **Battle of Beauharnois 10 November – Revolt in Canada put down. **Battle of the Windmill 12–16 November – British forces defeat Canadian rebels. **Battle of Windsor 4 December **Battle of Blood River 16 December – Voortrekker force under Andries Pretorius defeat Zulu force under King Dingane in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Natal **French blockade of the Río de la Plata, French blockade of the Rio de la Plata - Two year long blockade on the new Argentina, Argentine Republic, * 1839 **Battle of Buin 6 January **Battle of Casma 12 January **Battle of Yungay 20 January **Battle of Ramales 12 May **Battle of the San Gabriels 17 May **Battle of Nezib 24 June – Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Ottoman Army under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, Helmuth von Moltke) **Battle of the Neches 15–16 July **Battle of Kowloon 3 September **Battle of Chuenpi, First Battle of Chuenpi 3 November **Battle of Ghazni - Brits capture Ghazni * 1840 **Battle of Magango 29 January – Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane **Battle of Plum Creek 12 August **Battle of the Barrier 19 August **Battle of Saltillo 25 October **Battle of Quebracho Herrado 28 November **Battle of Mazagran - French army holds up against an attack by Emirate of Abdelkader, Algerian forces, and was popularized in French contemporary media. * 1841 **Second Battle of Chuenpi 7 January **Battle of First Bar 27 February **Battle of Whampoa 2 March **Battle of Drummond's Island 9 April **Battle of Canton (May 1841), Battle of Canton 24 May – British amphibious assault captures city. **Battle of Angaco 16 August **Battle of Amoy 26 August **Battle of Famaillá 19 September **Battle of Rodeo del Medio 24 September **Battle of Chinhai 10 October * 1842 – **Battle of Kabul (1842), Battle of Kabul 6 January – Afghan forces force British to withdraw from city, which they had occupied for two and a half years **Battle of Debre Tabor 7 February – Ras Ali II of Yejju, Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. **Battle of Ningpo 10 March **Battle of Woosung 16 June **Battle of Chinkiang 21 July **Battle of Arroyo Grande 6 December **Costa Brava Combat - Battle between Argentine Confederation, Argentina and the Colorado Party (Uruguay), Uruguayan colorados. **Battle of Jellalabad - Brits capture Jalalabad * 1843 – ** Battle of the Smala 16 May – French forces under Duc d'Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el Kader ** Battle of Miani 17 February – British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat the Baluch forces of the Talpurs in Sindh, Sind ** Battle of Hyderabad March – Napier defeats Baluchis in Sindh ** Great Siege of Montevideo - 7 year long siege during the Uruguayan Civil War. * 1844 – ** Battle of Fuente del Rodeo 13 March ** Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías 13–18 March ** Battle of Azua 19 March ** Battle of Santiago (1844) 30 March ** Battle of El Memiso 13 April ** Battle of Tortuguero 15 April ** Battle of Isly 14 August – French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Moroccan forces ** Battle of Fort Cachimán 6 December ** Bombardment of Tangiers - The first bombardment in a slew of attacks by the French navy during the Franco-Moroccan War. ** Bombardment of Mogador - The third bombardment in the series aforementioned (the second was Isly). * 1845 – **Battle of Ohaeawai July – British Army attacks Māori Pa, but fortifications too strong **Battle of Estrelleta, Battle of Estrella 17 September **Battle of Sidi Brahim 22–25 September **Battle of Beler 27 November **Battle of Mudki 18 December – Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Sir Hugh Gough **Battle of Ferozeshah 21–22 December – British forces under Gough and Hardinge, Governor-General, defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle **Battle of Vuelta de Obligado - battle during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata during the Argentine and Uruguayan wars. * 1846 – ** Battle of Aliwal 28 January – Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh defeated by British under Sir Harry Smith (army), Harry Smith ** Battle of Sobraon 10 February – British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs, and Punjab becomes British protectorate ** Siege of Fort Texas 3–9 May – Mexican siege on U.S. fort unsuccessful ** Battle of Palo Alto 8 May – U.S. General Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans under Mariano Arista ** Battle of Resaca de la Palma 9 May – Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans ** Siege of Los Angeles 13 August – U.S. Marines briefly capture Los Angeles, but are driven out by Californio forces, led by José María Flores. ** Battle of Santa Fe 15 August Kearney occupies Santa Fe ** Battle of Monterrey 20–24 September – Mexicans under Pedro de Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle ** Battle of Dominguez Rancho – 9 October José Antonio Carrillo leads Californio forces in victory against 350 US Marines and sailors near Los Angeles. ** First Battle of Tabasco 24–26 October – Commodore Matthew C. Perry fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans under Juan B. Traconis. ** Battle of San Pasqual 6 December – U.S. Cavalry General Stephen Kearny's dragoons are defeated by Californio forces, led by Andrés Pico near San Diego. **Battle of san lorenzo 1846, Battle of San Lorenzo - Argentine victory during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata. **Battle of quebracho, Battle of Quebracho - Argentine victory during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata. **Battle of Gdów - Austrians defeat Polish insurgents * 1847 – ** Battle of Rio San Gabriel 8 January – Kearny's 600-man army defeats the 160-man Californio force near Los Angeles. ** Battle of La Mesa 9 January – Kearny, Stockton and Fremont's combined US forces, defeat the Californio's in the climactic battle for California. ** Battle of the Sacramento 28 February – U.S. forces under Alexander William Doniphan, Alexander Doniphan defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua ** Battle of Buena Vista 22–23 February – Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans ** Battle of Vera Cruz 9–29 March – Scott takes port city ** Battle of Cerro Gordo 18 April – Scott defeats Santa Anna ** Battle of Tuxpan 18 April – Perry defeats Martin Perfecto de Cos, Cos ** Second Battle of Tabasco 15–16 June – Commodore Perry captures ** Battle of Contreras 19–20 August – Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City ** Battle of Churubusco 20 August – Another U.S. force storms other main Mexican position defending capital ** Battle of Molino del Rey 8 September – Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle ** Battle of Chapultepec 12 September – Scott takes fortified hill by storm in climactic battle of war ** Siege of Puebla (1847), Siege of Puebla 14 September – 12 October – Puebla taken by

** Battle of Huamantla 9 October – U.S. victory, end of Santa Anna's military career ** Bombardment of Tourane (1847), Bombardment of Tourane - French forces attack Da Nang after the Vietnamese hold two French priests captive. * 1848 – ** Battle of Dabarki March – Dejazmach Tewodros II of Ethiopia, Kassa assaults an Egyptian fortified camp deep inside of Sudan and suffers massive losses. One of the few defeats experienced by the future Emperor. ** Battle of Custoza (1848), Battle of Custoza 24–25 July – Austrian forces under Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Marshal Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert ** Battle of Boomplaats 29 August – British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area ** Battle of Pákozd 29 September – Hungary, Hungarian forces defeat Austrian army of Josip Jelacic, Count Jellachich ** Battle of Schwechat 30 October – Hungary ** Battle of Ramnagar 22 November – British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab ** Battle of Mór 30 December – Hungary, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz defeats a Hungarian detachment under Mór Perczel ** Battle of Miłosław - Polish victory after failed peace talks * 1849 – **Battle of Chillianwala 13 January – British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal ** Siege of Multan 22 January – British forces capture fortress in Punjab region, Punjab. ** Battle of Gujarat 21 February – Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs, Punjab annexed. ** Battle of Kápolna 26–27 February – Hungarian forces under Henry Dembinski defeated by Austrians under the Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz ** Battle of Novara (1849), Battle of Novara 23 March – Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace ** Battle of Szolnok 5 March – Hungarian forces led by General Damjanich defeat Austrian forces. ** Ten Days of Brescia 23 March – 1 April – Popular riot against the Austrian garrisons ** Battle of Hatvan 2 April ** Battle of Tápióbicske 4 April **Battle of Isaszeg (1849), Battle of Isaszeg (or Gödöllö) 6 April – Hungarian forces led by general Görgei defeat Austrians (Windisch-Grätz, Schlick) ** Battle of El Número 17 April ** Battle of Nagysalló 19 April ** First Battle of Komárom (1849), First Battle of Komárom 26 April ** Battle of Las Carreras 21–22 April **Battle of Buda (1849), Battle of Buda 21 May – Hungarians take back the capital from Austrians. ** Battle of Csorna 13 June ** Battle of Pered 20-21 June ** Battle of Győr 28 June ** Second Battle of Komárom (1849), Second Battle of Komárom 2 July ** Third Battle of Komárom (1849), Third Battle of Komárom 11 July ** Battle of Kirchheimbolanden 14 June ** Battle of Ludwigshafen 15–18 June ** Battle of Rinnthal 17 June **Battle of Pered 20–21 June **Battle of Győr 28 June **Battle of Hegyes 14 July **Battle of Segesvár 31 July – Hungarian forces under Józef Bem defeated by Russians, Austrians under general Luders and general Dick **Battle of Szőreg 5 August **Battle of Temesvár 9 August – Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Artúr Görgey, Bem in final battle of war * 1851 ** Battle of La Arada - Assured Guatemalan sovereignty. ** Bombardment of Salé - French won battle, but withdraw from Morocco. * 1852 – ** Battle of Monte Caseros 3 February – A coalition of the Argentine Provinces of Entre Ríos Province, Entre Rios and Corrientes, allied with Brazilian and Uruguayan troops (27,000 men) defeats Buenos Aires forces (22,000 men) under Juan Manuel Rosas, presidente of Argentina. ** Battle of Gur Amba 27 September – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats and kills the vassal of the current ruler of

, Ras Ali II of Yejju, Ali II. ** Battle of Berea 20 December – British force under George Cathcart, Major-General Sir George Cathcart invades Basutoland but is forced to withdraw by Chief Moshoeshoe I, Moshoeshoe ** Battle of Dimawe - skirmish between Tswana people, Tswana tribes and Boers, Boer people. * 1853 – ** Battle of Takusa 12 April – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats an allied army from the provinces of Tigray, Wollo, Yejju, and

led by Dejazmach Birru Aligaz of Yejju. Dejazmach Biru is killed. ** Battle of Ayshal 29 June – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Ras Ali II; considered the end of the ''Zemene Mesafint'' ("Era of Princes") in Ethiopia. ** Battle of Oltenitza 4 November – Russians defeated by Ottoman troops (Crimean War) **Battle of Akhaltsikhe (1853), Battle of Akhaltsikhe 24 November **Battle of Başgedikler 1 December * 1854 – **Battle of Citate 6 January – Ottoman troops defeat Russians during the Crimean War **Battle of Amba Jebelli March – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Birru Goshu of Gojjam. **Battle of Ojo Caliente Canyon 8 April **Bombardment of Odessa 22 April - Anglo-French warships attack the Russian port of Odesa. **Siege of Silistria 11 May-23 June - Russians launch an attack at an Ottoman fort in Bulgaria, but are repelled. **Battle of Nigoiti 20-27 May - Russian forces defeat Ottomans, the morale boost and achieved superiority allowing the strategic victory later at Choloki. **Battle of Choloki June 4 - Russians defeat Ottomans on the outskirts of Kakuti **Battle of Bomarsund August **Battle of Kurekdere 6 August **Battle of Alma 20 September – British and French, under French general Saint-Arnaud, defeat a Russian army during the Crimean War. **Battle of the Diablo Mountains 3 October **Siege of Sevastopol (1854), Siege of Sevastopol 17 October–9 September 1855 - Allies capture the city. **Battle of Balaclava 25 October – Charge of the Light Brigade on Crimea under Cardigan **Battle of Inkermann, Battle of Inkerman 5 November – British, helped by French of general Bosquet, defeat a Russian army. **Eureka Rebellion 3 December – British Army and Victoria Police defeat Eureka gold field rebels * 1855 – **Battle of Derasge 9 February – Tewodros II defeats Dejasmach Wube Haile Maryam, Wube, deposing the last rival warlord of the ''Zemene Mesafint'' ("Era of Princes"). ** Battle of Eupatoria 17 February – Allies win naval battle. **Battle of Nam Quan 10 May **Siege of Taganrog 3 June-24 November - After numerous British and French attacks, Russians hold the city of Taganrog, albeit the city was in ruins. **Skirmish at the Genitchi Strait 3 July - British soldiers destroyed a strategic Russian pontoon bridge. **Battle of Ty-ho Bay 4 August **Battle of Suomenlinna 9-11 August - Indecisive **Battle of Traktir 16 August – French army and any Piedmontese troops defeat a Russian army near the Tchernaïa river. **Battle of the Leotung 19 August **Battle of Ash Hollow 3 September **Battle of Malakoff 8 September – French army, under general Pelissier and general Mac-Mahon, takes Malakoff and defeat Russian army. Fall of the city of Sebastopol and end of crimean war. **Battle of the Great Redan 8 September - British forces attack Russian forces in Sevastopol **Battle of Kinburn (1855), Battle of Kinburn 17 October **Siege of Kars June–29 November – Russians defeat Ottoman troops **Battle of Santomé 22 December **Battle of Kaba - skirmish between Fiji, Fijian leader Seru Epenisa Cakobau and his enemies from surrounding islands Rewa Province, Rewa and Bau (island), Bau. * 1856 – ** Battle of Sabana Larga, Battle of Sabana Larga and Jácuba 24 January ** First Battle of Seattle (1856) 26 January – Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers. **Battle of Santa Rosa 20 March – Costa Rican troops rout William Walker (filibuster), Walker's soldiers **Battle of Rivas 11 April – Central American coalition defeats filibuster (settler), filibuster William Walker (filibuster), William Walker **Battle of the Bogue 12–13 November – British victory in the Second Opium War. **Battle of the Barrier Forts 16–24 November **Bombardment of Tourane (1856), Second Bombardment of Tourane - French forces attack Da Nang again after Thiệu Trị forbids European contact. * 1857 – **Battle of Macao Fort 4 January **Battle of Cooke's Spring 9 March **Battle of Escape Creek 25–27 May **Siege of Lucknow 30 May – 27 November – Lucknow besieged by rebels, relieved, besieged again, and relieved for a second time. **Siege of Cawnpore 5–25 June – British troops and civilians besieged and later betrayed and murdered during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Rebellion **Battle of Chinhat 30 June – British troops retreat to Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Rebellion **Battle of Jhelum – Indian Mutiny, Battle of Jhelum 7 July – Battle sparked by an attempt to disarm the 14th Bengal Native Infantry who mutinied and were then destroyed by a larger force during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Mutiny. **Battle of Aong 15 July – British forces under General Henry Havelock capture Cawnpore, India. **Battle of Devil's River 20 July **Siege of Medina Fort - Toucouleur Empire, Toucouleuri forces laid siege to French ones trapped at Médine, Mali, Médine, now Senegal. * 1858 – **Revolt of Rajab Ali#Defeat, Battle of Malgram – 9 January – British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong **Battle of Celaya (1858) 8–9 March **Battle of Grahovac 28 April – 1 May – Montenegro defeated Ottoman army in Grahovo. This battle brought first official Turkish recognition of borders of Montenegro. **Battle of Little Robe Creek 12 May **Battle of Pine Creek 17 May **Battle of Atenquique 2 June **Battle of Four Lakes 1 September **Battle of Spokane Plains 5 September **Battle of Ixtlahuaca 18 September **Battle of Ahualulco 29 September **Battle of San Joaquín 26 December * 1859 – **The Battle of Logandème, Battle of Logandème 18 May – Serer people of Kingdom of Sine, Sine (present-day Senegal) against French colonialism. French victory. ** Battle of Montebello (1859), Battle of Montebello 20 May – French army, under general Forey, defeat an Austrian army. ** Battle of Varese 26 May – Piedmontese defeat Austrians in the Austro-Sardinian War. ** Battle of San Fermo 27 May **Battle of Palestro 30 May – French zouaves and Piedmontese defeat an Austrian army. ** Battle of Turbigo 3 June **Battle of Magenta 4 June – French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat Austrian army under general Giulay. Liberation of Milano. **Battle of Solferino 24 June – French army and Piedmontese army, under Louis-Napoléon, defeat an Austrian army under archiduc François-Joseph. Started the birth of the Red Cross. End of second war of Italian independence. ** Battle of Tlatempa 5 July ** Battle of Loma de las Ánimas 1 November ** Battle of Estancia de las Vacas 13 November *1860 – **Battle of Loma Alta 24 January **Battle of Antón Lizardo 6 March **Giuseppe Garibaldi#Campaign of 1860, Battle of Calatafimi 15 May – Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops. **Battle of Peñuelas 14 June **Battle of Milazzo (1860), Battle of Milazzo 25 June – Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops. **Battle of Silao 10 August **Battle of Castelfidardo 18 September – Italian victory over the Papal troops. **Battle of the Volturnus (1860), Battle of the Volturnus 1 October – Sicilians are defeated by the Piedmontese **Siege of Gaeta (1860), Siege of Gaeta 5 November – 13 February 1861 – Francis II of the Two Sicilies is sieged by the Piedmontese. **Battle of the Mimbres River 4 December **Battle of Pease River 19 December **Battle of Calpulalpan, Battle of Calpulapan 22 December

1861

* 1861 - **Battle of Fort Sumter 12 April – P.G.T. Beauregard fires on Fort – first important battle of American Civil War ** Battle of Sewell's Point 18–19 May – Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery. ** Battle of Aquia Creek 29 May – 1 June – Confederate artillery hit by naval bombardment, later withdrawn. ** Battle of Philippi Races 3 June – Union troops under McClellan defeats rebels ** Battle of Big Bethel 10 June – Union attack on Confederate positions near a church repelled. ** Battle of Boonville 17 June – Union forces defeat pro-Confederate governor's Missouri State Guard. ** Battle of Hoke's Run 2 July – Robert Patterson defeats Confederate force but fails to capitalize on his victory. ** Battle of Carthage (1861), Battle of Carthage 5 July – Confederate victory in Missouri during the American Civil War. ** Battle of Rich Mountain 11 July – Confederate force split in half mid-battle; one half surrenders, the other escapes. ** Battle of Blackburn's Ford 18 July – Irvin McDowell defeated in recon-in-force against Confederate forces at Manassas. ** Battle of 1st Bull Run, or 1st Manassas 21 July – Union under McDowell lose to Confederates under J.E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Jackson anointed Stonewall ** Battle of Athens (1861), Battle of Athens 5 August – Union victory in small skirmish in Northeast Missouri ** Battle of Wilson's Creek 10 August – Union forces lose ** Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes 26 August – Confederates surprise and defeat Union forces. ** Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries 28–29 August – Union forces capture two North Carolina forts. ** Battle of Dry Wood Creek 2 September – Union cavalry from Kansas defeated by Missouri State Guard. ** Battle of Carnifex Ferry 10 September – Confederates withdraw by night after several hours of fighting. ** Battle of Cheat Mountain 12–15 September – 300 Union troops withstand uncoordinated Confederate attacks. ** Battle of Lexington I, First Battle of Lexington 13–20 September – Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard. ** Battle of Liberty 17 September – Minor Missouri State Guard victory. ** Battle of Barbourville 19 September – Confederate victory over Union forces. ** Battle of Canada Alamosa 24–25 September **Battle of Pinos Altos 27 September **Battle of Greenbrier River 3 October – Confederates withdraw after inconclusive battle. **Battle of Cockle Creek 5 October **Battle of Santa Rosa Island 9 October – Union forces capture island. **Battle of the Head of Passes 12 October **Battle of Bolivar Heights 16 October – Union victory near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry **Battle of Camp Wildcat 21 October – Union victory over Confederate forces. **Battle of Ball's Bluff, Battle of Leesburg 21 October – 1900 Union soldiers die **Battle of Fredericktown 21 October – Missouri State Guard defeated. **Battle of Springfield I, First Battle of Springfield 25 October – Union forces capture town. **Battle of Belmont 7 November – Grant captures and destroys Confederate supplies near Cairo, Illinois **Battle of Ivy Mountain 8 November – Union victory over Confederate forces. **Battle of Round Mountain 19 November – Confederate forces defeat Opothleyahola near present-day Stillwater, Oklahoma, Stillwater. **Battle of Chusto-Talasah 9 December – Opothleyahola defeated near present-day Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa. **Battle of Camp Alleghany 13 December – Confederates withstand Union attack. **Battle of Rowlett's Station 17 December – An inconclusive battle fought in Kentucky. **Battle of Dranesville 20 December – Union defeats Confederate forces under J.E.B. Stuart. **Battle of Chustenahlah 26 December – Opothleyahola defeated, flees to Kansas. **Battle of Mount Zion Church 28 December – Union victory in Northeastern Missouri.

1862

Malvern Cannons , Civil War Battlefield, RIchmond National Battlefield - Stierch

* 1862 - **Battle of Cockpit Point 3 January – Inconclusive battle in Virginia during the Civil War. ** Battle of Hancock 5–6 January – Unsuccessful Confederate attack on Maryland town. ** Battle of Roan's Tan Yard 8 January – Confederates routed. ** Battle of Middle Creek 10 January – Union forces under James A. Garfield defeat Confederates under Humphrey Marshall (general), Humphrey Marshall. ** Battle of Lucas Bend 11 January **Battle of Mill Springs 19 January – Union victory, Felix Zollicoffer killed. **Battle of Fort Henry 6 February – Ulysses S. Grant and gunboats under Andrew Hull Foote take fort and gain control of Tennessee River **Battle of Roanoke Island 7–8 February – Union forces under Ambrose E. Burnside capture island. **Battle of Elizabeth City 10 February – Destruction of the Mosquito Fleet. **Battle of Fort Donelson 11–16 February – Ulysses S. Grant, Grant takes fort, accepts surrender of Confederate army, and gains control of Cumberland River **Battle of Valverde 20–21 February – Union forces routed in New Mexico Territory. **Battle of Pea Ridge 7 March – Missouri saved for Union **Battle of Hampton Roads 9 March – Monitor defeats Merrimac **Battle of New Bern (1862), Battle of New Bern 14 March – Union troops disembark from ships and capture town. **Battle of Kernstown I, First Battle of Kernstown 23 March – Union forces defeat Confederates under "Stonewall" Jackson. **Battle of Glorieta 26–28 March – Union forces outmaneuver Confederates near Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe. **Battle of Shiloh 6–7 April – Ulysses S. Grant attacked by Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard, defeats them **Battle of Island Number Ten 28 February – 8 April – Union victory by Pope **Battle of Ft. Pulaski 10–11 April – Union takes fort **Battle of Peralta 15 April – Union forces defeat the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers. **Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip 18–28 April - Union victory for possession of New Orleans. **Battle of South Mills 19 April – Confederates thwart attempt to destroy a canal. **Battle of Fort Macon 23 March – 26 April – Confederate fort surrenders after Union artillery bombardment. **Battle of New Orleans (Civil War), Battle of New Orleans (25 April – 1 May) – Union forces capture city. **Battle of Yorktown (1862), Battle of Yorktown 5 April – 4 May – Union troops win skirmish near site of decisive Revolutionary War battle. **Battle of Puebla 5 May – Cinco de Mayo – Mexico, Mexicans defeat French **Battle of Williamsburg – McClellan and James Longstreet, Longstreet fight inconclusive battle. **Battle of Eltham's Landing 7 May – Inconclusive battle in Virginia. **Battle of McDowell 8–9 May – Stonewall Jackson's Confederates defeat Union forces. **Battle of Drewry's Bluff 15 May – Union naval attack repelled by Confederate artillery. **Battle of Princeton Court House 15–17 May - Confederate victory over Union forces. **Battle of Whitney's Lane 19 May – Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted **Battle of Front Royal 23 May – Stonewall Jackson forces Union retreat by threatening the rear of the Union force. **First Battle of Winchester 25 May – Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel P. Banks. **Battle of Hanover Courthouse 27 May – Union victory during the American Civil War. **Siege of Corinth 29 April – 30 May – Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to Tupelo, Mississippi, Tupelo. **Battle of Seven Pines 31 May – J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive **Battle of Tranter's Creek 5 June – Confederate forces retreat after Colonel Singletary is killed. **Battle of Memphis 6 June – Union forces capture the city. **Battle of Chattanooga I, First Battle of Chattanooga 7–8 June – Union forces bombard the town. **Battle of Cross Keys 8 June – John C. Frémont defeated by elements of Stonewall Jackson's force. **Battle of Port Republic 9 June – Costly victory for Stonewall Jackson. **Battle of Secessionville 16 June – Union fails to take town, Union commander later court-martialed for disobeying orders. **Battle of St. Charles, Battle of Saint Charles 17 June – The ''USS Mound City'' is hit by Confederate shore gun and explodes. **Battle of Simmon's Bluff 21 June - Minor bloodless victory by Union forces. **Battle of Oak Grove 25 June – Indecisive battle between McClellan and Lee. **Battle of Beaver Dam Creek 26 June – Robert E. Lee defeated. **Battle of Gaines' Mill 27 June – Lee defeats McClellan. **Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm 27–28 June – Indecisive battle between Lee and McClellan. **Battle of Savage's Station 29 June – Union forces withdraw **Battle of White Oak Swamp 30 June – Indecisive artillery duel during the American Civil War. **Battle of Glendale 30 June – McClellan retreats from Lee's Confederates. **Battle of Tampa 30 June – 1 July – Union gunboat attacks, but later withdraws. **Battle of Malvern Hill 1 July – McClellan defeats Lee but withdraws after battle. **Battle of Locust Grove 3 July **Battle of Hill's Plantation 7 July – Union victory in Arkansas. **Battle of Cotton Plant 7 July **Battle of Murfreesboro I, First Battle of Murfreesboro 13 July – Confederate victory during the American Civil War. **Battle of Apache Pass 15–16 July **Battle of Moore's Mill 28 July **Battle of Baton Rouge (1862), Battle of Baton Rouge 5 August **Battle of Kirksville 6–9 August – Union forces capture town. **Battle of Cedar Mountain 9 August – Union forces repelled by Confederate counter-attack. **First Battle of Donaldsonville 9 August - Minor bloodless victory by Union forces. **First Battle of Independence 11 August – Confederate victory near Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City. **Battle of Lone Jack 15–16 August – Confederate victory, Union commander killed. Confederates forced to withdraw after battle. **Battle of Redwood Ferry 18 August **Battle of Fort Ridgely 21–22 August – Failed Santee Sioux attack on Union controlled fort. **Battle of Rappahannock Station I, First Battle of Rappahannock Station 22–25 August – Union supplies destroyed during skirmish. **Battle of Manassas Station Ops., Battle of Bull Run Bridge – Confederates capture and destroy Manassas Station. **Battle of Thoroughfare Gap 28 August – Longstreet defeats small union force. **Battle of Aspromonte 29 August – Italian royal forces defeat rebels **Battle of 2nd Bull Run, or Second Manassas 30 August – Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Lee, and Longstreet destroys Pope's Army of Northern Virginia **Battle of Richmond (Kentucky) 30 August – Confederate States of America, Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union army under Gen. William "Bull" Nelson, William Nelson **Battle of Chantilly 1 September – Union forces escape from nearly being cut off, Philip Kearny is killed. **Battle of Mile Hill 2 September – Confederates clear Leesburg of Federal forces. **Battle of Harpers Ferry 12–15 September – Stonewall Jackson captures Union garrison. **Battle of South Mountain 14 September – McClellan defeats Lee. **Battle of Munfordville 14–17 September – Union force surrenders. **Battle of Antietam 17 September – McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war **Battle of Iuka 19 September – Grant is victorious near Mississippi town. **Battle of Shepherdstown 19–20 September – Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades. **Battle of Wood Lake 23 September – United States victory over the Lakota people, Lakota during the Dakota War of 1862. **First Battle of Sabine Pass 24–25 September – Minor bloodless victory by Union forces. **Battle of Augusta (1862) 27 September **First Battle of Newtonia 30 September – Union forces panic under bombardment from Confederate artillery. **Battle of St. John's Bluff 1–3 October - Bloodless victory by Union forces near present-day Jacksonville, Florida. **Second Battle of Corinth 3–4 October – Confederate attack fails. **Battle of Galveston Harbor or First Battle of Galveston 4 October – Bloodless Union victory. **Battle of Hatchie's Bridge 5 October – Confederate force under Earl Van Dorn escapes across river. **Battle of Perryville 8 October – Buell v. Bragg, indecisive **Battle of Old Fort Wayne 22 October – Union victory in Indian Territory now present day Oklahoma. **Battle of Georgia Landing 27 October – Union victory in Louisiana. **Battle of Clark's Mill 7 November – Union force surrenders to larger Confederate force. **Battle of Cane Hill 28 November – Small Confederate force delays Union while larger force escapes. **Battle of Prairie Grove 7 December – Union secures NW Arkansas **Battle of Hartsville 7 December – Disguised in Union uniforms, Confederates infiltrate and defeat Union forces. **Battle of Fredericksburg 13 December – Lee routs Burnside **Battle of Kinston 14 December – Union forces under John G. Foster defeat Confederates under Nathan George Evans, Nathan Evans. **Battle of White Hall 16 December – Foster fights indecisive battle with Beverly Robertson **Battle of Goldsboro Bridge 17 December – Foster defeats Confederates and destroys the bridge. **Battle of Jackson (TN), Battle of Jackson, Tennessee 19 December – Confederate feint to distract Union forces. **Battle of Chickasaw Bayou 26–29 December – Union attack on Confederate right flank thwarted. **Battle of Parker's Cross Roads 31 December – Confederates repel Union double-pronged assault.

1863

* 1863 - **Battle of Murfreesboro or Stones River 31 December 1862 – 2 January 1863 – Forces fight to draw ** Battle of Springfield II, Second Battle of Springfield 8 January – Confederates enter town, but are unable to take nearby fort. ** Battle of Arkansas Post 9 January – Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River ** Battle of Hartville 9–11 January – Confederates are victorious, but unable to continue raid. ** Battle of Ciołków - 22 January - first skirmish of January Uprising ** Battle of Szydłowiec - 22-23 January - Polish insurgents raid Szydłowiec ** Battle of Lubartów (1863), Battle of Lubartów - 22-23 January - Failed Polish attack on Lubartów ** Bear River Massacre 29 January – Shoshone forces massacred by Union troops. ** Battle of Deserted House 30 January **Battle of Dover (1863), Battle of Dover 3 February – Failed Confederate attack on town. **Battle of Węgrów - 3 February - Russians recapture town taken by Poles **Battle of Rawa (1863), Battle of Rawa - 4 February - Poles defeat Russians **Battle of Sosnowiec - 6-7 February - Polish victory **Battle of Siemiatycze - 6-7 February - Russians defeat Polish insurgents **Battle of Słupcza - 8 February - Failed Polish attack **Battle of Miechów - 17 February - Russians foil a Polish attack **Battle of Staszów 17 February – Indecisive battle between Poland and Russia as part of January Uprising **Battle of Krzywosądz - 19 February - Russians defeat poles **First Battle of Nowa Wieś (1863), First Battle of Nowa Wieś - 21 February - Ludwik Mierosławski resigns as leader of January Uprising **Battle of Dobra (1863), Battle of Dobra - 24 February - Poles get ambushed **Battle of Małogoszcz 24 February – Polish forced to retreat. **Battle of Mrzygłód - 1 March - Poles defeat Russians **Battle of Pieskowa Skała - 4 March - Polish victory **Battle of Skała - 5 March - Poles defeat Russians **Battle of Thompson's Station 5 March – Confederate victory in Tennessee. **Battle of Fort Anderson 13–15 March – Daniel H. Hill leads unsuccessful Confederate attack on New Bern. **Battle of Chroberz - 17 March - Pyrrhic victory, Pyrrhic Polish victory **Battle of Kelly's Ford 17 March – Indecisive cavalry battle during the American Civil War. **Battle of Grochowiska - 18 March - One of the bloodiest battles of the January Uprising **Battle of Vaught's Hill 20 March – Union forces withstand attack by John Hunt Morgan's Confederates. **Battle of Igołomia - 21 March - Poles attack and then escape **Battle of Krasnobród (1863), Battle of Krasnobród - Russians defeat Poles **Battle of Brentwood 25 March – Union force surrenders. **Battle of Washington 30 March – 19 April – Hill unable to take North Carolina town from Union forces. **First Battle of Franklin 10 April – Confederates withdraw after rearguard defeat. **Battle of Suffolk (Norfleet House), Battle of Suffolk (11 April – 4 May) Twin indecisive battles at Norfleet House and Battle of Suffolk (Hill's Point), Hill's Point fought over town. **Battle of Praszka - 11 April - Poles surprise and ambush Russians **Battle of Buda Zaborowska - 14 April - Russians attack Poles **Battle of Borowe Młyny - 16 April - Unknown victor **Grierson's Raid 17 April – Deep Union cavalry raid toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serves as a diversion of Confederate forces during Grant's VIcksburg campaign. **Battle of Genėtiniai - Lithuanians defeat Russians ** Battle of Newton's Station 24 April **Battle of Cape Girardeau 26 April – Confederate attack fails. **Second Battle of Nowa Wieś (1863), Second Battle of Nowa Wieś - Poles under a Leon Young de Blankenheim, Frenchman defeat Russians **Battle of Grand Gulf 29 April – Unsuccessful naval attack by Grant's forces. **Battle of Snyder's Bluff 29 April – 1 May – Union feint during Vicksburg Campaign. **Battle of Pyzdry (1863), Battle of Pyzdry - 29 April - major Polish victory **Battle of Day's Gap 30 April – Union victory during a raid in Alabama. **Battle of Camarón 30 April – Regarding by the French Foreign Legion as a defining moment in its history. **Battle of Port Gibson 1 May – In Vicksburg Campaign, Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats Confederates **Battle of Chalk Bluff 1–2 May – Confederates win but can't continue raid. **Battle of Chancellorsville 2 May – Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed **Battle of Fredericksburg II, Second Battle of Fredericksburg 3 May – Union forces under John Sedgwick defeat Confederate forces left to guard the town by Lee. **Battle of Salem Church 3–4 May – Lee defeats Sedgwick. **Battle of Stok - 4-5 May - one of the biggest Polish victories **Battle of Krzykawka - 5 May - Russians defeat Francesco Nullo, Italians and Poles. **Battle of Kobylanka - 6 May - Poles clash with Russians **Battle of Biržai - 7-9 May - Lithuanian insurrection defeated **First Battle of Ignacewo - 8 May - Russians defeat and massacre Poles. **Battle of Huta Krzeszowska - 11 May - Russian victory **Battle of Raymond 12 May – Failed Confederate attempt to protect Vicksburg from approaching Federals. **Battle of Jackson (MS) 14 May – Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston **Battle of Champion's Hill 16 May – Ulysses S. Grant, Grant defeats Confederates **Battle of Miropol - 16-17 May - Russian victory **Battle of Horki - 17-25 May - Russian victory **Battle of Big Black River Bridge 17 May – Confederate forces trapped in Vicksburg. **Battle of Plains Store 21 May – Union victory near Baton Rouge. **Battle of Salicha - 26 May - pivotal battle in January Uprising **First Battle of Chruślina - 30 May - Pyrrhic victory for Russians **Battle of Nagoszewo - 2-3 June - Russian victory **Battle of Milliken's Bend 7 June – Confederates unable to break Siege of Vicksburg. **Battle of Brandy Station 9 June – Pleasonton surprises Jeb Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps near Brandy Station **Battle of Winchester II, Second Battle of Winchester 13–15 June – Confederate victory paves way for Lee's invasion. **Battle of Lututów - 15 June - Polish attack on Lututów fails **Battle of Aldie 17 June – Indecisive battle during Robert E. Lee's march north. **Battle of Middleburg 17–19 June – J.E.B. Stuart retreats from engagement with Union cavalry. **Battle of Komorów - 20 June - Russian victory ** Battle of LaFourche Crossing 20–21 June **Battle of Upperville 21 June – Indecisive cavalry battle during Lee's invasion. **Battle of Hoover's Gap 24–26 June – Union victory prevents Confederates in Tennessee from coming to the aid of Vicksburg. **Battle of Goodrich's Landing 29–30 June – Confederates drive Union Black Regiments off of several plantations. **Battle of Hanover 30 June – J.E.B. Stuart forced to change his route, delaying his efforts to unite with Lee's force outside Gettysburg. **Battle of Gettysburg 1–3 July – Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's Charge fails, ends second invasion of North **Battle of Vicksburg 4 July – siege from 22 May ends, Grant accepts surrender of second Confederate army **Battle of Helena 4 July – Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union **Battle of Boonsboro 8 July – indecisive action at rearguard of Lee's retreat. **Siege of Port Hudson 21 May – 9 July – last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi surrenders. **Battle of Corydon 9 July – Confederate raid results in civilian casualties, including a Lutheran minister. **Battle of Ossa - 10 July - Polish victory **Fort Wagner, First Assault on Morris Island 11 July – First of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner. **Battle of Williamsport 6–16 July – Meade and Lee fight indecisive battle. ** Battle of Kock's Plantation 12–13 July * Battle of Coștangalia 15 July - Polish insurrects defeated Romanian forces **Battle of Honey Springs 17 July – In Indian Territory, two largely Black and Native American forces meet. Union victory. **Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island 18 July – second of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner fails, heroism of the 54th Massachusetts. ** Battle of Buffington Island 19 July **Battle of Manassas Gap 23 July – Indecisive battle by day, Confederates withdraw by night. **Battle of Big Mound 24–25 July – Union forces defeat Santee and Teton Sioux forces. **Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake 26 July – Henry Hastings Sibley, Sibley defeats Sioux forces. **Battle of Salineville 26 July – Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan surrenders in Ohio: the northernmost Battle of the American Civil War. **Battle of Stony Lake 28 July – Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit. **Second Battle of Chruślina - 4 August - Polish victory **Battle of Depułtycze - 5 August - Polish victory **Battle of Żyrzyn - 8 August - Polish victory **Second Battle of Fort Sumter 17 August – 9 September – Union attempt to retake fort fails even after massive bombardment and naval attack. **Second Battle of Chattanooga 21 August – 8 September – Union captures town. **Battle of Złoczew - 22 August - Russian victory, Poles withdraw **Battle of Lawrence 23 August – Quantrill's Raiders pillage the city. **Battle of Fajsławice - 24 August - Decisive Polish defeat **Battle of Sędziejowice - 26 August - Polish victory **Battle of Devil's Backbone 1 September – Union victory after heavy fighting. **Battle of Panasówka - 3 September - Polish victory **Battle of Whitestone Hill 3–5 September – Union forces defeat several Native American tribes including Sioux and Blackfeet. **Battle of Sowia Góra - 6 September - Russians defeat Poles and Hungarians **Second Battle of Sabine Pass 8 September – Confederate forces place stakes in river to help aim their guns at Union ships, Confederate victory. **Battle of Bayou Fourche 10 September – Union victory allows for capture of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. **Battle of Davis' Cross Roads 10–11 September – Union forces establish defensive positions prior to Chickamauga. **Battle of Chickamauga 19 September – Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga" **Battle of Blountville 22 September – Union forces capture town. ** Battle of Stirling's Plantation 29 September ** Battle of Mełchów - 30 September - Polish and Hungarian forces defeat Russians **Battle of Baxter Springs 6 October – Quantrill's Raiders massacre Union Black Troops during the American Civil War. **Battle of Blue Springs 10 October – Confederate forces overrun. **First Battle of Collierville 11 October - Union victory **Battle of Auburn I, First Battle of Auburn 13 October – J.E.B. Stuart escapes by hiding in a ravine. **Battle of Auburn II, Second Battle of Auburn 14 October – Confederates attack Union rearguard, indecisive. **Battle of Bristoe Station 14 October – Meade defeats elements of Lee's forces, but Confederates destroy railroad during retreat. ** Battle of Charlestown 18 October **Battle of Buckland Mills 19 October – Union cavalry caught in ambush, defeated. **Battle of Rybnica - 20 October - Poles defeat Cossacks **Battle of Pine Bluff 25 October – Confederate attack fails. **Battle of Wauhatchie 28–29 October – Longstreet defeated by Union forces. **Battle of Collierville, Second Battle of Collierville 3 November – Abortive Confederate attack on the town. ** Battle of Droop Mountain 6 November **Battle of Rappahannock Station II, Second Battle of Rappahannock Station 7 November – Union forces surge across river, forcing Lee to retreat. **Battle of Campbell's Station 16 November – Confederate double-envelopment attempt fails. ** Battle of Mustang Island 17 November **Battle of Rangiriri, 20–21 November - New Zealand Wars **Third Battle of Chattanooga 23–25 November – Grant defeats Braxton Bragg and relieves Union forces besieged in Chattanooga **Battle of Opatów (1863), First Battle of Opatów - 25 November - Poles capture town **Battle of Ringgold Gap 27 November – Confederates under Patrick Cleburne defeat Union forces under Joseph Hooker. **Battle of Fort Sanders 29 November – Longstreet unable to take fort due to poor quality gunpowder. **Battle of Mine Run 27 November – 2 December – Meade bombards Lee's Confederates but then withdraws. **Battle of Bean's Station 14 December – Union forces withdraw a short distance. **Battle of Mossy Creek 29 December – Confederate cavalry forced back.

1864

* 1864 - **Battle of Pecos River 4 January **Battle of Loudoun Heights 10 January **Battle of Canyon de Chelly 12–14 January **Battle of Dandridge 17 January – Union forces withdraw **Battle of Iłża (1864), Battle of Iłża - Polish victory **Battle of Athens (1864), Battle of Athens 26 January – Union victory in Northern Alabama. **Battle of Fair Garden 27 January – Union Pyrrhic victory. **Battle of Sankelmark 6 February **Battle of Morton's Ford 6–7 February – Diversionary Union attack. **Battle of Middle Boggy Depot 13 February **Battle of Meridian 14 February – Sherman occupies town **Battle of Olustee 20 February – Union can't take Florida **Battle of Opatów (1864), Second Battle of Opatów - 21 February - end of January Uprising **Battle of Walkerton 2 March **Battle of Jasmund (1864), Battle of Jasmund 17 March **Battle of Laredo 18 March **Battle of Paducah 25 March – Confederate raid by Forrest successful. **Battle of Elkin's Ferry 3–4 April – Confederates unable to prevent Union river crossing. **Battle of Mount Gray 7 April **Battle of Mansfield 8 April – Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by rebels **Battle of Pleasant Hill 9 April – Confederate attack fails. **Battle of Prairie D'Ane 9–13 April – Frederick Steele defeats Sterling Price. **Battle of Fort Pillow 12 April – N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers **Battle of Poison Spring 18 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred **Battle of Dybbøl 18 April – Key defeat for Denmark in the Second War of Schleswig **Battle of Monett's Ferry 23 April – Confederate forces driven back. **Battle of Marks' Mills 25 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas **Battle of Jenkins' Ferry 30 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas **Battle of the Wilderness 5 May – Grant and Lee meet inconclusively **Battle of Albemarle Sound 5 May – Indecisive naval battle during the American Civil War. **Battle of Port Walthall Junction 6–7 May – Union forces destroy railroad **Battle of Heligoland (1864), Battle of Heligoland 9 May – Danish sea victory over Austria. Last significant battle involving wooden ships on both sides. **Battle of Cloyd's Mountain 9 May – Union victory, Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins killed. **Battle of Swift Creek 9 May – Union forces damage railroad, but are stopped by Confederate forces. **Battle of Cove Mountain 10 May – Union victory after brief battle. **Battle of Chester Station 10 May – Union forces under Benjamin Butler (politician), Benjamin Butler pushed back. **Battle of Yellow Tavern 11 May – Union forces win cavalry battle, J.E.B. Stuart is killed. **Battle of Rocky Face Ridge 8–13 May Indecisive battle near Atlanta. **Battle of Resaca 13 May – Sherman defeats Johnston **Battle of New Market 15 May – Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz Sigel from advance up Shenandoah Valley **Battle of Proctor's Creek 12–16 May – Beauregard defeats Butler. **Battle of Adairsville 17 May – Failed Confederate attempt to destroy part of the Union force approaching Atlanta. **Battle of Yellow Bayou 18 May - Final battle of the Red River Campaign in Louisiana, Union forces successfully cross the Atchafalaya River **Battle of Ware Bottom Church 20 May – Beauregard boxes Butler in. **Battle of Spotsylvania Court House 8–21 May – Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer" **Battle of Wilson's Wharf 24 May – Confederates under Fitzhugh Lee defeated by two Union black regiments. **Battle of North Anna 23–26 May – Lee outmaneuvers Grant, but because of illness, he is unable to capitalize. **Battle of New Hope Church 25–26 May – Hooker's forces defeated. **Battle of Pickett's Mill 27 May – Unsuccessful attack by Sherman on Johnston. **Battle of Haw's Shop 28 May – Union advance halted. **Battle of Dallas (Georgia) 28 May – Confederate withdrawal in Georgia. **Battle of Totopotomoy Creek 28–30 May – Union forces pushed back. **Battle of Old Church 30 May – Union forces drive Confederates back to Cold Harbor. **Battle of Cold Harbor 31 May – 12 June – Lee repulses Grant, Confederate general says "This is not war, this is murder". **Battle of Piedmont 5 June – Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley **First Battle of Petersburg 9 June – Beauregard defeats Butler. **Battle of Brices Crossroads 10 June – N.B. Forrest routs Union force almost three times as large **Battle of Trevilian Station 11–12 June – Confederate victory, George Armstrong Custer nearly surrounded and has to be rescued by Sheridan. **Second Battle of Petersburg 15 June – 18 July – Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond. **Battle of Lynchburg 17 June **Sinking of CSS Alabama, Sinking of CSS ''Alabama'' 19 June – sinks CSS Alabama, CSS ''Alabama'' **Battle of Kolb's Farm 22 June – Confederate attack fails due to poor terrain conditions. **Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road 21–24 June – Union siege lines extended for Siege of Petersburg. **Battle of Saint Mary's Church 24 June – Union forces fight a successful delaying action. **Battle of Kennesaw Mountain 27 June – Johnston repulses Sherman **Battle of Als 29 June – Final battle of the Second War of Schleswig, Prussian victory over Denmark. **Battle of Marietta 9 June – 3 July – Sherman defeats Johnston **Battle of Monocacy Junction 9 July – Union General Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC **Battle of Fort Stevens 11–12 July – Failed confederate attempt to capture Washington, D.C., President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, observing the battle, comes under Confederate fire. **Battle of Tupelo 14–15 July – Union victory, Nathan Bedford Forrest wounded. **Battle of Cool Spring 17–18 July **Battle of Rutherford's Farm 20 July – Confederates under Jubal Early caught by surprise and defeated. **Battle of Peachtree Creek 20 July – Confederate attack fails **Battle of Atlanta 22 July – Sherman turns back Hood **Battle of Kernstown II, Second Battle of Kernstown 24 July – Jubal Early defeats Union forces. **Battle of Killdeer Mountain 26 July – Union forces defeat Sioux. **Battle of Ezra Church 28 July – Confederates fail to gain element of surprise, finding entrenched Union forces. Union victory. **Battle of the Crater 30 July – Lee defeats Burnside **Battle of Folck's Mill 1 August – Indecisive battle during the American Civil War. **Battle of Utoy Creek 5–7 August – Indecisive battle on Union right flank near Atlanta. **Second Battle of Dalton 14–15 August – Union forces withstand attack until relieved. **Battle of Gainesville 17 August **Battle of Globe Tavern 18–21 August – Confederate forces lose control of railroads at Petersburg. **Battle of Lovejoy's Station 20 August – Confederates repel Union raiders attacking the station. **Second Battle of Memphis 21 August – Partially successful Confederate raid. **Battle of Mobile Bay 23 August – David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" **Second Battle of Ream's Station 25 August – Union lines overrun by Confederates. **Battle of Jonesborough 31 August – 1 September – William J. Hardee's Confederates defeated, resulting in Atlanta's fall. **Battle of Shimonoseki 5 September – 6 – Engagements since July 1863 pits U.S. and European allies against rebellious Japanese warlord **Third Battle of Winchester 19 September – Sheridan defeats Early, several officers killed or wounded on both sides. **Battle of Fisher's Hill 21–22 September – Successful Union frontal assault. **Battle of Fort Davidson 27 September – Union forces detonate their own fort after losing to Confederates. **Battle of Marianna 27 September **Battle of Chaffin's Farm 29–30 September – Union forces victorious, but fail to capture several forts. **Battle of Peebles' Farm 30 September – 2 October – Union victory near Petersburg. **Battle of Saltville I, Battle of Saltville 1–3 October – Confederates defeat Union Black Cavalry, war crimes committed against captured blacks. **Battle of Allatoona 5 October – Union fortifications hold. **Battle of Darbytown Road 7 October – Confederate attack repelled near Richmond. **Battle of Tom's Brook 9 October – Union cavalry defeats Confederates. **Capture of Sedalia 15 October – Confederate cavalry defeats Union militia **Battle of Glasgow, Missouri 15 October – Union forces surrender. **Battle of Lexington II, Second Battle of Lexington 19 October – Union forces driven out of town. **Battle of Cedar Creek 19 October – Sheridan defeats Early, drives rebels from Shenandoah Valley **Battle of Little Blue River 21 October – Confederate victory in Missouri. **Second Battle of Independence 22 October – Union forces occupy town. **Battle of Byram's Ford 22–23 October – Confederates under Marmaduke defeated. **Battle of Westport 23 October – Union forces win decisive battle to take control of Missouri. **Battle of Marais des Cygnes 25 October – Price's Confederates pursued into Kansas. **Battle of Mine Creek 25 October – Price's army crushed, flees back into Missouri. **Battle of Marmiton River 25 October – Price escapes Union pursuit. **Battle of Decatur 26–29 October – Confederates unable to cross river. **Battle of Boydton Plank Road 27–28 October – Union forces take control of road, but withdraw after battle. **Battle of Newtonia II, Second Battle of Newtonia 28 October – James G. Blunt defeats Joseph O. Shelby. **Battle of Johnsonville 4–5 November – Confederates bombard Union forces during the night after a fire starts near union positions. **Battle of Bull's Gap 11–13 November – Minor Confederate victory during the American Civil War. **Sherman's March to the Sea 16 November – Sherman lays waste to South **Battle of Columbia 24 November – Confederates divert attention **First Battle of Adobe Walls 25 November – Kit Carson fights Kiowa forces to a draw, but manages to destroy their settlement. **Battle of Spring Hill 29 November – Confederate mistakes allow Federal forces to redeploy, leading to the Battle of Franklin. **Sand Creek Massacre, Battle of Sand Creek – U.S. forces massacre Cheyenne and Arapaho. **Battle of Franklin (1864), Battle of Franklin 30 November – Hood attacks Thomas but loses **Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia 4 December – Kilpatrick stops Wheeler from attacking Sherman. **Battle of Murfreesboro III, Third Battle of Murfreesboro 5–7 December – Confederate raid mostly unsuccessful. **First Battle of Fort Fisher 7–27 December – Failed Union attempt to take fort. **Battle of Nashville 15–16 December – Confederate Army in Tennessee overwhelmed. **Battle of Altamaha Bridge 19 December

1865

* 1865 - **Battle of Julesburg 7 January **Battle of Dove Creek 8 January **Second Battle of Fort Fisher 15 January – Union takes fort **Battle of Trent's Reach 23–25 January **Battle of Rivers' Bridge 3 February – Union forces capture river crossing. **Battle of Hatcher's Run 5 February – Union force launch unexpected attack. **Battle of Rush Creek 8–9 February **Battle of Fort Buchanan 17 February **Battle of Fort Myers 20 February **Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina) 22 February – Last rebel port falls **Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia 2 March – Jubal Anderson Early's army destroyed **Battle of Natural Bridge 6 March – Confederate victory in Florida prevents the capture of Tallahassee. **Battle of Wyse Fork 7–10 March – Confederate attacks repelled by Union artillery. **Battle of Mud Lake 14 March **Battle of Averasborough 16 March – Union and Confederate forces attack one another in turn, both attacks fail. **Battle of Bentonville 19–21 March – Sherman defeats Confederates **Wilson's Raid 22 March – 20 April – Union cavalry operate through Alabama and Georgia in the final stages of the Civil War, opposed by Nathan Bedford Forest. **Battle of Fort Steadman 25 March – Lee breaks siege **Battle of Lewis's Farm 29 March – Union forces capture Confederate earthworks. **Battle of White Oak Road 31 March – Confederate forces under Richard H. Anderson (general), Richard H. Anderson defeated. **Battle of Dinwiddie Court House 31 March – Pickett defeats Sheridan. **Battle of Five Forks 1 April – Sheridan routs Confederates in last important battle of the American Civil War. **Battle of Selma 2 April – James H. Wilson, Wilson defeats Forrest. **Battle of Petersburg III, Third Battle of Petersburg 2 April – Grant defeats Lee. **Battle of Sutherland's Station 2 April – Lee's supply lines are cut. **Battle of Namozine Church 3 April – Several Confederates captured, George Armstrong Custer, Custer's brother earns Medal of Honor. **Battle of Sayler's Creek 6 April – Union victory, Lee realizes his army will not last long. **Battle of High Bridge 6–7 April – Union forces thwart Lee's attempts to burn bridges and to resupply, Grant proposes that Lee surrender, but he refuses. **Battle of Cumberland Church 7 April – Union forces attack Confederate rearguard, but darkness cuts the attack short. **Battle of Spanish Fort 27 March – 8 April – Union forces capture fort just east of Mobile. **Battle of Appomattox Station 8 April – Union forces thwart Lee's final attempt to resupply. **Battle of Fort Blakely 2–9 April – Union forces capture fort outside of Mobile. **Battle of Appomattox Courthouse 9 April – Lee's forces surrounded. He subsequently surrenders. **Battle of Tacámbaro 11 April **Battle of Morrisville 13–15 April – Last cavalry battle of the American Civil War. **Battle of West Point 16 April – Union victory during final phase of American Civil War. **Battle of Columbus (1865), Battle of Columbus 16 April – Union victory in (what is considered) the final battle of the Civil war. **Battle of Palmito Ranch 12–13 May – Confederate victory in Texas during final phases of the American Civil War. **Battle of Riachuelo 11 June – Brazil defeats Paraguay **Battle of la Loma 16 July **Battle of Platte Bridge 26 July **Battle of Paso de Cuevas 12 August **Battle of Bone Pile Creek 13–15 August **Battle of Jataí or Yataí 17 August – The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) attacks a Paraguayan column of troops in the Paraguayan War **Battle of the Tongue River 29 August – U.S. forces led by Patrick Edward Connor, Patrick E. Connor defeat Arapaho forces. **Battle of Papudo 26 November – Peru and Chile defeat Spain in a naval battle.

1866–1900

* 1866 – **Battle of Abtao 7 February – Indecisive battle between combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet and Spanish fleet. ** Battle of Callao 2 May – Spain defeats Peruvian forces. ** Battle of Tuyutí or Tuyuty 24 May – The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) is attacked by Paraguayan Army in the swamp fields of Tuyuty (Paraguay). Almost 60,000 took part in the fight. 16,000 casualties (8,000 allied; 12,000 Paraguayans). Paraguayan War ** Battle of Ridgeway 2 June – Fenian Brotherhood defeats Canadians. ** Battle of Fort Erie (1866), Battle of Fort Erie 2 June – Canadian force overwhelmed by main Fenian army. ** Battle of Custoza (1866) 24 June **Battle of Langensalza (1866), Battle of Langensalza 27 June – Hanoverian Army under King George V defeated by Prussians under General Flies Austro-Prussian War **Battle of Burkersdorf (1866), Battle of Burkersdorf 28 June ** Battle of Skalitz 28 June **Battle of Königgrätz – (Sadowa) Prussia, led by General Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, Helmuth von Moltke, defeats Austria in Austro-Prussian War, resulting in Prussia taking over as prominent German nation from Austria **Battle of Custoza (1866), Battle of Custoza – During Austro-Prussian War **Battle of Lissa (1866), Battle of Lissa 20 July – Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads. **Battle of Bezzecca 21 July – Garibaldi defeats Austrians. ** Battle of Tauberbischofsheim 24 July **Battle of Curuzú 1–3 September **Battle of Curupaity 22 September – Argentine and Brazilian forces of 20,000 men attack Paraguayan trenches on Curupaity. Paraguayan War. **Battle of Miahuatlán 3 October **Battle of La Carbonera 18 October **Battle of Owyhee River 26 December * 1867 – **Battle of Steen's Mountain 29 January **Battle of Kansala - 13 – 27 May. Forces of the Kaabu Empire fight those of Imamate of Futa Jallon, The Imamate of Futa Jallon. Kaabu Defenders blow up Kansala once defeat is clear, taking many attackers with it. **The Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune, Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune 18 July – the Serer people defeated the Muslim jihadists of Senegambia (present-day Senegal and the Gambia). **Battle of Infernal Caverns 26–28 September **Battle of Potrero Obella 28 October * 1868 – **Pasoemah Expedition – Expedition of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army to the Pasoemah (also Pasumah) region in South Sumatra. The expedition lasted from 1864 to 1868 **Battle of Awa 28 January **Battle of Hokuetsu 29 March **Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma 29 March **Battle of Magdala 9–13 April – Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Robert Napier defeats the army of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia and captures Amba Mariam, Magdala by assault. Tewodros commits suicide. ** Battle of Utsunomiya Castle 10–14 May ** Battle of Ueno 4 July **Battle of Piribebuy 12 August **Battle of Beecher Island 17–19 September **Battle of Bonari Pass 6 October **Battle of Noheji 7 November **Battle of Washita River 27 November – George Armstrong Custer defeats Black Kettle. **Battle of Itororó 6 December – First battle of a series fought the month of December between the Brazilian Army and the Paraguayan one. Around 13,000 Brazilians attack a fortified position on a river bridge, defended by 5,000 Paraguayans. Paraguayan War **Battle of Avahy or Avaí 11 December – 17,000 Allied troops, mainly Brazilians, attack 4,000 Paraguayans. Paraguayan War **Battle of Lomas Valentinas 21–27 December – Fought in two days between The Triple Alliance Army (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) against Paraguayan forces (19,500 allies on the first day; 25,000 on the second/ 6,500 Paraguayans). The end of the Paraguayan Army by death or captured. Paraguayan War *1870 **Battle of Cerro Corá 1 March ** Battle of Eccles Hill 25 May – Canadians defeat Fenian Brotherhood. **Battle of Wissembourg (1870), Battle of Wissembourg 4 August – German victory during Franco-Prussian War. **Battle of Spicheren 6 August – Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz leads Prussians to victory over the French. **Battle of Woerth 6 August – German Crown Prince defeats French forces. **Battle of Mars-La-Tour 16 August – German strategic victory against French. **Battle of Gravelotte 18 August – German victory against French. **Battle of Sedan 1 September – Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta, Mac-Mahon's French lose to Germans, paving the way to the founding of the German Empire **Siege of Strasbourg ended 28 September – Germans capture city. **Battle of Le Bourget 27–30 September – Albert, King of Saxony defeats French forces. **Battle of Chevilly 30 September – French attack on Prussian forces repulsed. **Siege of Metz (1870), Siege of Metz 19 August – 27 October – François Achille Bazaine forced to surrender. **Battle of Coulmiers (November 1870) – French army, under general Aurelles de Paladines, defeat a Bavarian army. Liberation of the city of Orléans. **Battle of Villiers 29 November – 3 December – Germans defeat French. *1871 ** Battle of the Lisaine 15–17 January – French efforts to lift the Siege of Belfort fail. ** Battle of St. Quentin (1871), Battle of St. Quentin 19 January – Prussians defeat French. ** Battle of Buzenval (1871), Battle of Buzenval 20 January – German Crown Prince defeats the French. ** Siege of Belfort ended 18 February – German victory during Franco-Prussian War. ** Battle of Adwa (1871), Battle of Adwa fought between Emperor Tekle Giyorgis II and Yohannes IV, Kassa Mercha. Kassa Mercha decisively defeats an army of some 60,000 under Tekle Giyorgis with 12,000 of his own troops, securing his path to become Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia. * 1873 – **First Battle of the Stronghold 17 January ** First Aceh Expedition 26 March – 25 April – Part of the Aceh War. An expedition under Major General Johan Harmen Rudolf Köhler. The intention of the Dutch was to attack and take the Sultan's palace. **Battle of Turret Peak 27 March **Battle of Honsinger Bluff 4 August **Battle of Pease Bottom 11 August * 1874 – **Second Battle of Adobe Walls 27 June – 28 hunters hold off 300 Comanche warriors. ** Battle of Palo Duro Canyon 28 September – Comanche, Cheyenne, and Kiowa defeated by United States forces. **Battle of Sunset Pass 1 November * 1875 - ** Battle of Gondet 14–16 November. A large force under Yohannes IV of Ethiopia, Yohannes IV decisively defeat a much smaller force of Egyptians under the commanders Arakil Bey, Colonel Ahrendrup, and Count Zichy, brother of the contemporary ambassador to Constantinople. This was one of the earlier battles in which Ras Alula, Shalaka Alula would distinguish himself fighting for the Ethiopians. * 1876 – **Battle of Gura 7–9 March – Emperor of Ethiopia Yohannes IV of Ethiopia, Yohannes IV decisively defeats an Egyptian punitive attack. ** Battle of Powder River 17 March ** Battle of Prairie Dog Creek (1876), Battle of Prairie Dog Creek 9 June **Battle of the Rosebud 17 June – Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe warriors under Crazy Horse, check U.S. forces under George Crook, forcing him to retreat into Wyoming, preventing him from uniting with Custer. **Battle of Little Big Horn 25 June – Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse of Sioux defeat Custer in Montana. **Battle of Vučji Do 18 July – The Montenegrin-Herzegovinian forces heavily defeated the Ottomans, and managed to capture two of their commanders. **Battle of Šumatovac in August – The outnumbered Serbian army, led by colonel Kosta Protić, won a tactical victory in this defensive battle against the Ottoman forces in Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–1877) **Battle of Fundina 2 August – Montenegro defeated much bigger Ottoman army near the village of Kuči. ** Battle of Cedar Creek (1876), Battle of Cedar Creek 21 October **Dull Knife Fight 25 November – U.S. and Pawnee people, Pawnee forces surprise and destroy the village of the last free Cheyennes, forcing them to seek shelter with Crazy Horse's people.. * 1877 **Battle of Slim Buttes 8 January – 2000 U.S. Cavalry and infantry forces destroy a small village under Oglala chief American horse, then repulse a relief attack of 500-600 Lakota under Crazy Horse. **Battle of Tabaruzaka 3–20 March **Battle of Yellow House Canyon 18 March **Battle of Little Muddy Creek 7–8 May **Battle of Kizil-Tepe 25 June – Ottoman victory during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), Russo-Turkish War. **Battle of Cottonwood 3–5 July **Battle of the Clearwater 10 July – Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe, Nez Perce defeated by Oliver Otis Howard of the United States. **Battle of Nikopol 16 July – Russian forces capture city. **First Battle of Shipka Pass 17–19 July – Joseph Gourko seizes pass from Suleiman Pasha (Ottoman general), Suleiman Pasha. **Battle of the Big Hole 9 August – Minor U.S. victory over the Nez Perce, John Gibbon wounded. **Battle of Camas Creek 20 August **Second Battle of Shipka Pass 21–26 August – Ottomans unable to retake pass. **Battle of Lovcha 1–3 September – Mikhail Skobelev defeats Osman Nuri Pasha, Osman Pasha in Bulgaria. **Battle of Canyon Creek 13 September **Third Battle of Shipka Pass 13–17 September – Suleiman Pasha fails in a second Ottoman attempt to retake the pass. **Battle of Shiroyama 24 September **Battle of Bear Paw 30 September – 5 October – American victory forces Chief Joseph to surrender. **Battle of Gorni-Dubnik 24 October – Gourko captures fortress. **Battle of Kars 17 November – Russian forces capture city. **Siege of Plevna 20 July – 10 December – Russians, after reverses, defeat Ottomans * 1878 – **Fourth Battle of Shipka Pass 5–9 January – Russians defeat Ottomans. ** Battle of Philippopolis (1878), Battle of Philippopolis 17 January – Ottomans forced to retreat to Constantinople. **Battle of Ali Masjid 21 November – British victory and first battle of the Anglo-Afghan War. **Battle of Peiwar Kotal 28–29 November – British victory over Afghanistan. * 1879 – **Battle of Isandlwana 22 January – Zulu combined army annihilates British-led force, start of Anglo-Zulu War ** Battle of Rorke's Drift 22 January – A small, heavily outnumbered British force defeats the Zulus in one of Britain's finest hours. ** Battle of Intombe 12 March – Zulu army destroys small British force in an ambush ** Battle of Topáter 23 March – Chile defeats Bolivia during the War of the Pacific ** Battle of Hlobane 28 March – British suffer yet another disaster at Zulu hands on the mountain of Hlobane ** Battle of Kambula 29 March – Zulu Impi defeated in an attack on a British laager in Britain's first major victory in the war ** Battle of Gingindlovu 2 April – British defeat Zulu. ** Siege of Eshowe ended 3 April – British victory during Anglo-Zulu War. ** Naval Combat of Chipana, Battle of Chipana 12 April – Indecisive naval battle between Chile and Bolivia. **Battle of Kam Dakka 22 April – British victory in Anglo-Afghan War. **Battle of Iquique 21 May – Indecisive battle between Chile and the combined forces of Peru and Bolivia. **Battle of Ulundi 4 July – Decisive British victory at Zulu capital, end of Anglo-Zulu War **Naval Battle of Angamos 8 October – Chilean navy defeats the navies of Peru and Bolivia. **Battle of Pisagua 2 November – Successful Chilean amphibious assault. **Battle of San Francisco 19 November – Peruvian and Bolivian troops ambush Chileans, but Bolivians retreat, forcing Peruvians to follow suit. **Battle of Tarapacá 27 November – Peru defeats Chile. **Battle of Novšiće 4 December – Pro-Ottoman irregular troops of the League of Prizren ambushed and repulsed Montenegrin forces. **Battle of Charasiab, First Battle of Charasiab - British victory * 1880 – **Battle of Murino 8 January - around 10,000 pro-Ottoman forces attacked and were repulsed by Montenegrins numbering 3,000. **Battle of Hembrillo Basin 5–8 April **Battle of Ahmed Khel 19 April – British and Indian forces defeat Afghans. **Battle of Fort Tularosa 14 May **Battle of Arica 2 July – Chile storms Peruvian positions atop a hill. Heavy casualties including Peruvian commander and several Chilean officers. **Second Aceh Expedition – Dutch Colonial forces take the sultan's palace in Aceh. **Battle of Maiwand 27 July – Afghan victory over British and Indian forces. **Battle of Carrizo Canyon 12 September **Battle of Kandahar (1880), Battle of Kandahar 1 September – British victory over Afghan forces, following Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, General Roberts' Kabul to Kandahar relief march. **Action at Bronkhorstspruit, Battle of Bronkhorstspruit 20 December – South African Republic, Transvaal Boers defeat British. **Second Battle of Charasiab - Brits recapture Char Asiab * 1881 – **Battle of Laing's Nek 28 January – Boer victory, British gunfire holds Boers back long enough to allow retreat. ** Battle of Schuinshoogte 8 February – Rain stops the battle before British reinforcements arrive, Boer victory. ** Battle of Majuba Hill 27 February – Boer victory over British, George Pomeroy Colley killed. **Battle of Cibecue Creek 30 August * 1882 – **Battle of Embabo 6 June – Shewan forces under ''Negus'' Menelik II of Ethiopia, Menelik II defeat the opposing forces of

under Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, Tekle Haymanot, giving Shewa the hegemony over the Gibe region and making Menelik the most powerful ruler in

except for Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia, Yohannes IV **Battle of Big Dry Wash 17 July **Battle of Tel al-Kebir 13 September – British forces defeat Egyptian army under Colonel Urabi. * 1883 – ** Battle of Cầu Giấy (Paper Bridge), Battle of Cầu Giấy 19 May – Black Flag Army, Black Flag forces defeated French Third Republic, French forces in Tonkin. ** Battle of El Obeid – Mahdi wipes out Egyptians controlling Sudan ** Continuing war – Third part of the Aceh War. Major J.B. van Heutsz, conquered the rest of Aceh, and became Governor of the

. * 1884 – ** Battles of El Teb 4–29 February – Mahdi forces battle Egyptian then British Armed Forces, British forces. ** Battle of Tamai 13 March – British forces under Sir Gerald Graham defeat a Mahdi army under Osman Digna, despite the successful breaking of an infantry square. ** Battle of Fuzhou 23 August – French Third Republic, French fleet destroyed Qing dynasty, Qing Chinese fleet at Foochow. ** Battle of Tamsui 2–8 October – Qing dynasty, Chinese victory over the French Third Republic, French in Taiwan. ** Battle of Yu Oc 19 November - French victory over Black Flag Army, Black Flag forces in Tonkin. ** Siege of Tuyên Quang 24 November 1884 – 3 March 1885 – French Third Republic, French victory in Tonkin. * 1885 – ** Battle of Nui Bop 4 January - French Third Republic, French victory over Qing dynasty, Qing Chinese forces in Tonkin. **Battle of Khartoum – After a 10-month siege, on 26 January the Mahdi capture the city from the British, slaughtering the garrison and its commander, Charles George Gordon, Chinese Gordon, as well as 4,000 inhabitants. ** Battle of Đồng Đăng (1885), Battle of Đồng Đăng 23 February - French victory over Qing dynasty, Qing Chinese forces at the Chinese border. ** Battle of Hòa Mộc 2 March – French Third Republic, French victory over Qing dynasty, Qing Chinese and Black Flag Army, Black Flag forces in Tonkin. ** Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass), Battle of Bang Bo 23–24 March – Qing dynasty, Chinese victory over French forces in Tonkin. ** Battle of Phu Lam Tao 23 March – Qing dynasty, Qing Chinese and Black Flag Army, Black Flag victory over French Third Republic, French forces in Tonkin. ** Battle of Duck Lake 26 March – Gabriel Dumont (Métis leader), Gabriel Dumont wins a victory for the Métis people during the North-West Rebellion in Saskatchewan. ** Battle of Fort Pitt 2–15 April – Cree forces destroy Canadian fort. ** Battle of Fish Creek 24 April – Frederick Middleton withdraws the Canadian force from what could have been a victory over the Métis. ** Battle of Cut Knife 2 May – Cree and Assiniboine defeat Canadian force ** Battle of Batoche 5–12 May – Middleton defeats Dumont. **Battle of Devil's Creek 22 May **Battle of Frenchman's Butte 28 May – Cree withstand Canadian assault. **Battle of Loon Lake 3 June – Canadian Dominion defeats the Cree. **Battle of Kufit 23 September – Ras Alula Engida, Alula defeats an invading Mahdi army led by Osman Digna. **Battle of Slivnitsa 5–7 November Julian calendar, (OS) – Bulgarians win the decisive engagement of the Serbo-Bulgarian War **Battle of Pirot 14–15 November Julian calendar, (OS) – Last battle of the Serbo-Bulgarian War. **Battle of Little Dry Creek 19 December **Battle of Ginnis 30 December – Anglo-Egyptian Army defeat Mahdist Sudanese warriors of Dervish Empire, effectively ending First Sudan Campaign. * 1886 – ** Battle of Azule - Ras (title), ''Ras'' Darge Sahle Selassie defeats a force of Arsi Oromo while on campaign in their lands. In the following months, he will annex their country into some type of emergent Shewan 'Empire'. * 1887 – ** Battle of Chelenqo 9 January – Negus Menelik II of Ethiopia, Menelik II routs the tiny Harari army of emir 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur, 'Abd-Allah II, leading to the conquest of Harar. ** Battle of Dogali 24 January – Ras Alula Engida, Alula annihilates an Italian battalion sent to relieve an

n siege of Sahati. * 1888 – ** Battle of Suakin 20 December – British defeated the Mahdi forces near Suakin * 1889 – ** Battle of Gallabat 9–10 March – At the moment his army is about to crush the Mahdi army, Emperor Yohannes IV of Ethiopia, Yohannes IV is killed, and his army defeated. * 1890 – ** Battle of Atchoukpa 20 April - French forces defeat the Dahomean army near Porto-Novo ** Wounded Knee Massacre, Battle of Wounded Knee 29 December – Sioux crushed in last Indian Wars battle * 1891 – **Battle of Mulayda 24 January – Rashidi dynasty, Rashidi troops ended the Second Saudi State. ** Battle of Pozo Almonte 6 March ** Battle of Concón 21 August ** Battle of Placilla 28 August * 1893 ** Battle of Bembesi 1 November – 700 British troops defeat 10,000 Ndebele Kingdom, Ndebele during First Matabele War ** Battle of Uruzgan - Expulsion of Uruzgani Hazaras * 1894 Battle of Yalu River (1894), Battle of Yalu River 17 September – Japanese fleet barely defeats Chinese off Korea * 1895 – **Battle of Coatit 13–14 January – After occupying Adwa, the Italians defeat a counterattack by Ras Mangesha Yohannes. ** Battle of Keelung (1895) 2–3 June ** Battle of Baguashan 27 August ** Battle of Yunlin-Chiayi 1–2 September ** Battle of Chiayi, Battle of Ciayi 9 October ** Battle of Chiatung 11 October ** Battle of Changhsing 26 November **Battle of Amba Alagi (1895), Battle of Amba Alagi 7 December – Ras Makonnen Woldemikael leads the first

n counterstrike of the First Italo-Abyssinian War to success. * 1896 – **Battle of Mek'ele, Siege of Mek'ele 6–21 January – The forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia, Menelik II besiege the Italians at Mek'ele, until the defenders receive permission allowing them to leave the town. ** Battle of Adowa 1 March –

n soldiers under Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia, Menelik II deal a humiliating defeat upon Italian troops. ** Battle of Camalig 2 April ** Battle of Calamba May ** Battle of Tres de Abril 3–8 April ** Battle of San Juan del Monte 30 August ** Battle of Noveleta, Battle of Novelta 30 August ** Battle of San Francisco de Malabon 31 August ** Battle of Talisay 12 October ** Battles of Batangas, Battle of Batangas 23 October **Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican 9–11 November – The first major victory of the Philippine Revolutionary soldiers over Spanish colonial forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo, Lieutenant General Edilberto Evangelista, General Candido Tirona and Gregoria Montoya y Patricio, in the vicinity of Cavite el Viejo town, now Kawit, Cavite. ** Battle of Sambat 15–16 November * 1897 ** Greco-Turkish War (1897), Battle of Dömeke – Ottoman victory during Greco-Turkish war on Creten conflict **Battle of Zapote Bridge 17 February – The victory of the Philippine Revolutionary forces by General Emilio Aguinaldo and General Edilberto Evangelista, captured Zapote Bridge in Bacoor, Cavite and defeated the Spanish colonial forces under Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja. ** Battle of Saragarhi 12 September – Between twenty-one Sikhs of the 4th Battalion (then 36th Sikhs) of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defending an army post, and 10,000 Afghan. * 1898 – **Battle of Manila Bay 1 May – Dewey says "You may fire when you are ready Gridley" ** Battle of Cárdenas 11 May – Spanish naval victory near Cuba. **Battle of Cienfuegos 11 May – U.S. forces cut two telegraph cables, but fail to destroy a third due to Spanish intervention. **Bombardment of San Juan, Battle of San Juan 12 May – Indecisive battle in Puerto Rico. ** Battle of Alapan 28 May **1898 invasion of Guantánamo Bay, Invasion of Guantánamo Bay (6–10 June) – United States commences its invasion of Cuba during the Spanish–American War. **capture of Guam, Battle of Guam 20–21 June – U.S. forces capture island, Spanish governor protests since he was unaware of the Declaration of War. **Battle of Las Guasimas 24 June – First major land battle of Spanish–American War. **Battle of Tayacoba 30 June – U.S. forces barely able to rescue trapped reconnaissance force. **Battle of El Caney 1 July – Spanish forces hold back Americans. **Battle of San Juan Hill 1 July – Theodore Roosevelt storms the hill, U.S. victory. **Battle of Santiago de Cuba 3 July – Admiral Cervera's Spanish fleet destroyed trying to escape blockading US Fleet and reach reinforcements **Siege of Santiago 3–18 July – American forces capture city, but the outbreak of disease begins to take its toll on the Americans. **Battle of Rio Manimani 23 July – Unsuccessful American landing attempt in Cuba. **Battle of Yauco 26 July – American victory despite desertions. **Battle of Guayama 5 August – American push past Spanish snipers to take town. **Battle of Guamani 9 August – United States victory in Puerto Rico. **Battle of Coamo 9 August – Americans troops destroy the Spanish garrison at Coamo, Puerto Rico **Battle of Silva Heights 10 August – Spanish forces retreat after American attack with cannons and gatling guns. **Battle of Abonito Pass 12 August – Battle interrupted by news of armistice. **Battle of Manila (1898), Battle of Manila (Spanish–American War) (25 July – 15 August) – U.S. and Filipino forces capture Philippine capital from Spanish. **Battle of Omdurman 2 September – British under Kitchener ambushed by Sudanese dervishes * 1899 – **Battle of Manila (1899), Battle of Manila (Philippine–American War) 4–5 February – American troops engage with the Philippine Army in the first battle of the Philippine–American War. After hard fighting, the Americans rout the Filipinos. **Battle of Caloocan, First Battle of Caloocan 10 February – American victory during Philippine–American War. **Second Battle of Caloocan 22–24 February – American victory during Philippine–American War. **Battle of Balantang 10 March **Battle of Marilao River 27 March – American victory during the Philippine–American War. **Battle of Santa Cruz (1899), Battle of Santa Cruz 9–10 April – American victory during Philippine–American War. **Battle of Pagsanjan 11 April – Philippine forces routed by American sharpshooters and artillery. **Battle of Paete 12 April – Americans under Henry W. Lawton defeat small Philippine force. **Battle of Quingua 23 April – Battle during the Philippine-American War. **Battle of Calumpit 25–27 April – American victory during Philippine-American War. **Battle of Zapote River 13 June – American victory during Philippine-American War. **Battle of Olongapo 18–23 September – American victory during the Philippine-American War. **Battle of Kraaipan 12 October **Battle of Senluo Temple 18 October **Battle of Talana Hill 20 October – British Pyrrhic victory over the Boers. **Battle of Elandslaagte 21 October – Successful British cavalry charge in bad weather. **Battle of a Thousand Days in Colombia 24 October – Liberals vs. Conservatives, successful Colombia lost Panamá (24 October 1899 – 24 October 1902). **Battle of Ladysmith 30 October **Battle of San Jacinto (1899), Battle of San Jacinto 11 November – American forces defeat Philippine army under Manuel Tinio, General Tinio. **Battle of Belmont (1899) 23 November **Battle of Modder River 28 November – British defeat Boers under Piet Cronjé. **Battle of Tirad Pass 2 December – Filipino Forces **Battle of Stormberg 10 December – Boer victory during Second Boer War. **Battle of Magersfontein 11 December – Piet Cronjé defeats British forces. **Battle of Colenso 15 December – British forces attacked while caught in a loop of a river, heavy casualties. **Battle of Paye 19 December – Filipino forces initially defeat American forces but are later defeated. * 1900 – **Battle of Spion Kop 24 January – Boer victory **Battle of Vaal Krantz 5–7 February **Battle of Paardeberg 18–27 February – British capture forces of Boer general Piet Cronjé ** Battle of Poplar Grove 7 March ** Battle of Boshof 5 April ** Battle of Cagayan de Misamis 7 April ** Battle of Agusan Hill 14 May ** Battle of Makahambus Hill 4 June **Battle of Diamond Hill 11–12 June – British empire forces defeat Boers **Battle of Witpoort 16 July **Battle of Calidonia Bridge 24–26 July **Battle of Elands River (1900) 4–16 August – August Australian and Rhodesian force's defeat Boers **Battle of Beicang 5 August **Battle of Yangcun 6 August **Battle of Mabitac 17 September **Battle of Beitang 20 September ** **Siege of Ladysmith 2 November – 28 February – Unsuccessful Boer siege. **Sanna's Post, Battle of Sanna's Post 31 March – British forces caught in double-pronged Boer ambush. **Siege of Mafeking 13 October 1899 – 17 May – British forces withstand Boer siege. **Battle of Pulang Lupa 13 September – Filipino guerrillas ambush and defeat a U.S. infantry column during the Philippine–American War. **Battle of Mabitac 17 September – Filipino soldiers under General Juan Cailles outmaneuver the 37th and 15th U.S. Volunteer Infantry during the Philippine–American War. **Battle of Bothaville 6 November **Battle of Leliefontein 7 November **Battle of Nooitgedacht 13 December

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