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- Battle of the JaxartesBattle · 329 BCEThe Battle of the Jaxartes was fought in 329 BCE on the Syr Darya, near the newly founded Alexandria Eschate, between Alexander the Great and Saka nomads from beyond…
Battle of the Kalka RiverBattle · 1223The Battle of the Kalka River was fought in 1223 near the Sea of Azov, where a Mongol force under Jebe and Subutai, raiding west of the Caspian, routed an army of Rus'…
Battle of the Kondurcha RiverBattle · 1391The Battle of the Kondurcha River was fought on 18 June 1391 near the Kondurcha, a tributary of the Volga basin east of modern Samara.
Battle of the Little BighornBattle · 1876The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought on 25–26 June 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in Montana.- Battle of the Longanus RiverBattle · 260s BCEThe Battle of the Longanus River was fought in north-eastern Sicily in the 260s BCE between Hieron II of Syracuse and the Mamertines, Campanian mercenaries who held…
Battle of the MastsBattle · 654 or 655The Battle of the Masts was a naval battle fought in 654 or 655 off the coast of Lycia in south-western Anatolia, in which the young Arab fleet built up under Muawiya…
Battle of the MonongahelaBattle · 1755The Battle of the Monongahela was fought on 9 July 1755 near the Monongahela River, east of Fort Duquesne in present-day Pennsylvania.- Battle of the MuthulBattle · 109 BCEThe Battle of the Muthul was fought in 109 BCE near the Muthul River in Numidia between the Roman army of the consul Quintus Caecilius Metellus and King Jugurtha.
Battle of the NileBattle · 1798The Battle of the Nile was a naval battle fought on 1–3 August 1798 in Aboukir Bay, near Alexandria in Egypt.
Battle of the Olive Grove of KoundourosBattle · 1205The Battle of the Olive Grove of Koundouros was fought in Messenia in the south-western Peloponnese in 1205.
Battle of the Plains of AbrahamBattle · 1759The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought on 13 September 1759 outside Quebec City between British forces under General James Wolfe and French forces under the…
Battle of the PuigBattle · 1237The Battle of the Puig was fought in 1237 at El Puig, a hill north of Valencia, where Aragonese troops holding a fortress built on the orders of James I defeated an…
Battle of the PyramidsBattle · 1798The Battle of the Pyramids was fought on 21 July 1798 at Embabeh on the west bank of the Nile, near Cairo, during the French campaign in Egypt.
Battle of the SabisBattle · 57 BCEThe Battle of the Sabis was fought in 57 BCE on the river Sabis, usually identified with the Sambre, in northern Gaul.
Battle of the SagraBattle · 6th century BCEThe Battle of the Sagra was fought in the 6th century BCE beside the river Sagras in Calabria, where the small army of Locri Epizephyrii defeated a much larger force…
Battle of the Sit RiverBattle · 1238The Battle of the Sit River was fought on 4 March 1238 on the Sit, a tributary of the Mologa in north-eastern Rus', between the Mongol army of Batu Khan and Grand…
Battle of the SommeBattle · 1916The Battle of the Somme was fought from July to November 1916 in northern France during the First World War, between British and French forces and the army of the…
Battle of the SpercheiosBattle · 997The Battle of the Spercheios was fought in 997 on the river Spercheios in central Greece.
Battle of the SüntelBattle · 782The Battle of the Süntel was fought in 782 in the Süntel hills near the Weser, in present-day Lower Saxony, when a Saxon army raised by Widukind destroyed a Frankish…
Battle of the Teutoburg ForestBattle · 9 CEThe Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was fought in 9 CE in Germania, where Germanic tribes led by Arminius ambushed and destroyed three Roman legions under Publius…
Battle of the ThamesBattle · 1813The Battle of the Thames was fought on 5 October 1813 near Moraviantown in Upper Canada, now Ontario.
Battle of the TrebiaBattle · 218 BCEThe Battle of the Trebia was fought in 218 BCE in northern Italy, the first major victory of Hannibal over the Romans after his crossing of the Alps during the Second…
Battle of the TrentBattle · 679The Battle of the Trent was fought in 679 near the River Trent between Æthelred of Mercia and Ecgfrith of Northumbria. Ælfwine, Ecgfrith's young brother, was killed…
Battle of the Vorskla RiverBattle · 1399The Battle of the Vorskla River was fought on 12 August 1399 on the Vorskla, a tributary of the Dnieper in modern Ukraine.
Battle of the WinwaedBattle · 15 November 655The Battle of the Winwaed was fought on 15 November 655, probably near Leeds, when Oswiu of Northumbria defeated and killed the pagan king Penda of Mercia.
Battle of the YarmukBattle · 636 CEThe Battle of the Yarmuk was fought in August 636 CE near the Yarmuk River in the Levant, where the armies of the Rashidun Caliphate decisively defeated the Byzantine…
Battle of the Yellow FordBattle · 1598The Battle of the Yellow Ford was fought on 14 August 1598 on the Callan river near Armagh, where the Irish forces of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Red Hugh…
Battle of ThermopylaeBattle · 480 BCEThe Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BCE at a narrow coastal pass in central Greece, where a small Greek force led by King Leonidas of Sparta held off the army…
Battle of ThymbraBattle · 546 BCEThe Battle of Thymbra was fought in 546 BCE in western Anatolia, where Cyrus the Great defeated Croesus of Lydia.- Battle of TianmenlingBattle · 698The Battle of Tianmenling was fought in 698 between the Goguryeo and Mohe followers of Dae Joyeong and a pursuing Tang army under Li Kaigu.
Battle of TinchebrayBattle · 1106The Battle of Tinchebray was fought on 28 September 1106 in south-western Normandy between Henry I of England and his elder brother Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy.
Battle of TippecanoeBattle · 1811The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on 7 November 1811 near Prophetstown, in present-day Indiana, between United States forces under Governor William Henry Harrison and…
Battle of TitBattle · 1902The Battle of Tit was fought in May 1902 near the village of Tit in the Ahaggar region of southern Algeria.
Battle of Toba–FushimiBattle · 1868The Battle of Toba–Fushimi, fought from 27 to 31 January 1868 south of Kyoto, opened the Boshin War in Japan.
Battle of TolbiacBattle · c. 496The Battle of Tolbiac was fought around 496 at or near Tolbiacum (Zülpich), west of Cologne, between the Franks under Clovis I and the Alemanni.
Battle of TolentinoBattle · 2–3 May 1815The Battle of Tolentino was fought on 2–3 May 1815 near Tolentino in the Marche, Italy, between Joachim Murat's Neapolitan army and the Austrians.- Battle of TondibiBattle · 1591The Battle of Tondibi was fought on 12 March 1591 near the Niger River, where a Moroccan expeditionary force under Judar Pasha, armed with arquebuses and light cannon…
- Battle of TorrevicenteBattle · 981The Battle of Torrevicente was fought in 981 in the province of Soria, Spain, between the Córdoban general Almanzor and his father-in-law Ghalib, who had rebelled…
Battle of TorviollBattle · 1444The Battle of Torvioll was fought on 29 June 1444 in the plain of Torvioll in Albania, where Skanderbeg, leading the forces of the League of Lezhë, defeated an Ottoman…- Battle of ToskiBattle · 1889The Battle of Toski was fought on 3 August 1889 near Toshki on the Nile in southern Egypt.
- Battle of ToubacantiBattle · 1700The Battle of Toubacanti was fought in February 1700 in Darién, present-day Panama, when Scottish colonists of the second Darien expedition under Captain Alexander…
Battle of ToursBattle · 732 CEThe Battle of Tours, also called the Battle of Poitiers, was fought in 732 CE in western France, where Frankish forces under Charles Martel defeated an Umayyad army led…
Battle of TrafalgarBattle · 1805The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval battle fought in 1805 off Cape Trafalgar in southwestern Spain, in which the British fleet under Admiral Nelson defeated the…- Battle of TransBattle · 939The Battle of Trans was fought in 939 at Trans, near Dol in north-eastern Brittany, traditionally on 1 August.
- Battle of TricamarumBattle · 533The Battle of Tricamarum was fought in December 533 west of Carthage, where the Byzantine army of Belisarius defeated the Vandal king Gelimer and his brother Tzazon…
Battle of TryavnaBattle · 1190The Battle of Tryavna was fought in 1190 in a pass of the Balkan Mountains near Tryavna, in present-day Bulgaria.
Battle of TsushimaBattle · 1905The Battle of Tsushima was a naval battle fought in May 1905 in the strait between Korea and Japan, the decisive engagement of the Russo-Japanese War.
Battle of TucapelBattle · 1553The Battle of Tucapel was fought in December 1553 in southern Chile, when Mapuche forces led by Lautaro destroyed a small Spanish column under Pedro de Valdivia, the…
Battle of TukaroiBattle · 1575The Battle of Tukaroi was fought on 3 March 1575 near the village of Tukaroi in present-day Balasore district, Odisha, India, between the Mughal army of Akbar under…
Battle of TumuslaBattle · 1825The Battle of Tumusla was fought on 1 April 1825 in Upper Peru, present-day Bolivia, between the last royalist forces under Pedro Antonio Olañeta and troops who had…
Battle of TurckheimBattle · 1675The Battle of Turckheim was fought on 5 January 1675 near Colmar in Alsace, when the French army under Marshal Turenne, after a surprise winter march through the…
Battle of Turnhout (1789)Battle · 1789The Battle of Turnhout was fought on 27 October 1789 in the town of Turnhout, in the Austrian Netherlands, where the patriot army of the Brabant Revolution under Jan…
Battle of Uclés (1108)Battle · 1108The Battle of Uclés was fought on 29 May 1108 near Uclés in central Spain.- Battle of UdgirBattle · 1760The Battle of Udgir was fought in early 1760 in the Deccan between the Marathas under Sadashivrao Bhau and the army of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Battle of UhudBattle · 625The Battle of Uhud was fought in March 625 at Mount Uhud, north of Medina, between the Muslims under Muhammad and the Quraysh of Mecca led by Abu Sufyan.
Battle of UlaiBattle · c. 653 BCEThe Battle of the Ulai, also called the Battle of Til-Tuba, was fought around 653 BCE on the Ulai river in Elam between the army of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal and…
Battle of Ulan ButungBattle · 1690The Battle of Ulan Butung was fought in September 1690 a few hundred kilometres north of Beijing, between the Dzungar ruler Galdan Boshugtu Khan and a Qing army led by…
Battle of UlundiBattle · 1879The Battle of Ulundi, fought on 4 July 1879, was the last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War.- Battle of Umm DiwaykaratBattle · 1899The Battle of Umm Diwaykarat was fought on 24 November 1899 in Kordofan, Sudan, and ended the Mahdist State.
- Battle of UricaBattle · 1814The Battle of Urica was fought on 5 December 1814 in eastern Venezuela between royalist forces under José Tomás Boves and the last patriot army, led by José Félix Ribas.
Battle of Val-ès-DunesBattle · 1047The Battle of Val-ès-Dunes was fought in 1047 near Caen, where the young Duke William of Normandy and his overlord King Henry I of France defeated a coalition of rebel…
Battle of ValdejunqueraBattle · 920The Battle of Valdejunquera was fought on 26 July 920 in Navarre.
Battle of Valea AlbăBattle · 1476The Battle of Valea Albă, also called the Battle of Războieni, was fought on 26 July 1476 in north-eastern Moldavia, where the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeated the…- Battle of ValmyBattle · 1792The Battle of Valmy, fought on 20 September 1792 in Champagne in north-eastern France, halted the Prussian-led invasion that threatened revolutionary Paris.
- Battle of ValtierraBattle · 1110The Battle of Valtierra was fought on 24 January 1110 near Valtierra in Navarre, Spain.
Battle of VaravilleBattle · 1057The Battle of Varaville was fought in August 1057 near the mouth of the Dives in Normandy.
Battle of VarnaBattle · 1444The Battle of Varna was fought on 10 November 1444 near the Black Sea port of Varna in Bulgaria, where the Ottoman army of Murad II defeated a crusading army of…
Battle of VasluiBattle · 1475The Battle of Vaslui was fought on 10 January 1475 at Podul Înalt near Vaslui, in Moldavia.
Battle of VedroshaBattle · 1500The Battle of Vedrosha was fought on 14 July 1500 on the Vedrosha River near Dorogobuzh in western Russia.- Battle of VegkopBattle · 1836The Battle of Vegkop was fought on 16 October 1836 in the present-day Free State, South Africa, between Voortrekkers under Andries Potgieter and an Ndebele army sent by…
Battle of VelbazhdBattle · 1330The Battle of Velbazhd was fought on 28 July 1330 near Velbazhd, modern Kyustendil in western Bulgaria, between the Serbian army of Stefan Dečanski and the Bulgarian…- Battle of VenniBattleThe Battle of Venni was fought near Thanjavur in southern India in the Sangam age, when the Chola king Karikala defeated a coalition of the Chera and Pandya kings and…
Battle of VercellaeBattle · 101 BCEThe Battle of Vercellae was fought in 101 BCE on the Raudine Plain in northern Italy, where Roman armies under Gaius Marius and Quintus Lutatius Catulus destroyed the…
Battle of VerchenBattle · 1164The Battle of Verchen was fought on 6 July 1164 near Demmin in Pomerania, where an army of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, allied with Valdemar I of Denmark, defeated…
Battle of VerdunBattle · 1916The Battle of Verdun was fought in 1916 in northeastern France during the First World War, between the armies of the German Empire and France.
Battle of VersinikiaBattle · 813The Battle of Versinikia was fought on 22 June 813 near Versinikia, not far from Adrianople in Thrace.
Battle of VertièresBattle · 1803The Battle of Vertières was fought on 18 November 1803 outside Cap-Français, when the Haitian revolutionary army under Jean-Jacques Dessalines, with François Capois…
Battle of VesceraBattle · 682The Battle of Vescera was fought near Biskra in present-day Algeria in 682 or 683, when Berber forces under Kusaila, with Byzantine support, ambushed the Arab commander…
Battle of VézeronceBattle · 524The Battle of Vézeronce was fought on 25 June 524 near Vézeronce in the Dauphiné, France, between the Franks and the Burgundians.
Battle of Vicus HelenaBattle · c. 448The Battle of Vicus Helena was fought in the 440s, probably around 448, at an unidentified place in Artois in northern Gaul.- Battle of Vienna (1683)Battle · 1683The Battle of Vienna was fought in 1683, when a relief army led by King John III Sobieski of Poland broke the Ottoman siege of the Habsburg capital.
- Battle of ViervoetBattle · 1851The Battle of Viervoet was fought on 30 June 1851 near the Lesotho border between a force led by the British Resident Henry Warden and the Basotho of Moshoeshoe I.
Battle of VillalarBattle · 1521The Battle of Villalar was fought on 23 April 1521 near Valladolid, where royalist cavalry routed the army of the Castilian Comuneros.
Battle of Vimy RidgeBattle · 1917The Battle of Vimy Ridge, fought on 9–12 April 1917 in northern France as part of the Battle of Arras, was the first attack in which all four divisions of the Canadian…
Battle of VincyBattle · 717The Battle of Vincy was fought on 21 March 717 near Cambrai, in northern France, during the civil war that followed the death of Pepin of Herstal.
Battle of Vítkov HillBattle · 1420The Battle of Vítkov Hill was fought on 14 July 1420 on a hill on the eastern edge of Prague.
Battle of Vittorio VenetoBattle · 24 October – 4 November 1918The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was the final Italian offensive of the First World War, fought from 24 October to 4 November 1918.
Battle of VlaardingenBattle · 1018The Battle of Vlaardingen was fought on 29 July 1018, when Count Dirk III of Holland defeated an imperial army under Duke Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine near his…- Battle of VögelinseggBattle · 1403The Battle of Vögelinsegg was fought on 15 May 1403 near Speicher in Appenzell, Switzerland, in the Appenzell Wars.
Battle of VouilléBattle · 507The Battle of Vouillé was fought in 507 near Poitiers, in western France.
Battle of Wadi al-KhaznadarBattle · 1299The Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar was fought in 1299 near Homs in Syria, where the Ilkhanate under Ghazan Khan defeated the army of the Mamluk Sultanate.- Battle of Wadi al-LabanBattle · 1558The Battle of Wadi al-Laban was fought in 1558 near Fez between the Saadi sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib and an Ottoman army from Algiers led by Hasan Pasha, son of…
Battle of WagramBattle · 1809The Battle of Wagram was fought on 5–6 July 1809 on the Marchfeld plain north-east of Vienna between Napoleon and the Austrian army of Archduke Charles.
Battle of Warsaw (1920)Battle · 1920The Battle of Warsaw was fought in August 1920 during the Polish–Soviet War, when Polish forces under Józef Piłsudski counter-attacked the Red Army advancing on the…
Battle of WaterbergBattle · 1904The Battle of Waterberg was fought on 11 August 1904 at the Waterberg plateau in German South West Africa, now Namibia, between German troops under Lothar von Trotha…
Battle of WaterlooBattleThe Battle of Waterloo was fought in June 1815 in present-day Belgium, where an Anglo-allied army under the Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army under Blücher…
Battle of Wayna DagaBattle · 1543The Battle of Wayna Daga was fought on 21 February 1543 in the Ethiopian highlands, where Emperor Galawdewos of the Ethiopian Empire, aided by Portuguese musketeers…- Battle of Webi RiverBattleThe Battle of Webi River was a late sixteenth-century engagement in the Horn of Africa in which the Adalite leader Muhammad ibn Nasir was killed.
- Battle of WelfesholzBattle · 1115The Battle of Welfesholz was fought on 11 February 1115 in the Mansfeld area of Saxony.
- Battle of Wesenberg (1268)Battle · 18 February 1268The Battle of Wesenberg was fought on 18 February 1268 near Rakvere in northern Estonia between an army of Novgorod and Pskov, led by Prince Dmitry of Pereslavl and…