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Battle of AmorgosBattle · 322 BCEThe Battle of Amorgos was a naval battle fought in 322 BCE near the island of Amorgos during the Lamian War.
Battle of AnBattle · 589 BCEThe Battle of An was fought in 589 BCE in modern Shandong, when the State of Jin and its allies Lu and Wey defeated the State of Qi.
Battle of AñaquitoBattle · 1546The Battle of Añaquito was fought on 18 January 1546 on the plain of Iñaquito near Quito between the forces of Viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela and the rebel encomenderos led…
Battle of Anchialus (763)Battle · 763The Battle of Anchialus was fought on 30 June 763 near Anchialus on the Black Sea coast.- Battle of AndernachBattle · 939The Battle of Andernach was fought on 2 October 939 on the Rhine near Andernach.
- Battle of AndkhudBattle · 1204The Battle of Andkhud was fought in 1204 near Andkhoy in northern Afghanistan, where an army of the Khwarazmshah Muhammad II, reinforced by the Qara Khitai, crushed the…
Battle of AnegawaBattle · 1570The Battle of Anegawa was fought in the summer of 1570 by the Ane river in northern Ōmi province, Japan.
Battle of AngamosBattle · 1879The Battle of Angamos was a naval battle fought on 8 October 1879 off the coast of Antofagasta during the War of the Pacific.
Battle of AnkaraBattle · 1402The Battle of Ankara was fought in 1402 in central Anatolia between Timur and the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I.- Battle of AnsataBattle · 1270The Battle of Ansata was fought in 1270 in Ethiopia, when Yekuno Amlak defeated the last ruler of the Zagwe dynasty.
- Battle of AnyrakaiBattle · c. 1729–1730The Battle of Anyrakai was fought around 1729–1730 in the Anyrakai Mountains of south-eastern Kazakhstan, near Lake Balkhash, between the Kazakhs and the Dzungars.
Battle of Appomattox Court HouseBattle · 1865The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Virginia on 9 April 1865, was the last engagement of Robert E.
Battle of ArgaonBattle · 1803The Battle of Argaon was fought on 29 November 1803 in the Deccan between a British force under Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, and the armies of Raghuji II…- Battle of ArgentovariaBattle · 378The Battle of Argentovaria was fought in 378 in Alsace between the Western Roman army of the emperor Gratian and the Alemannic Lentienses, who had crossed the frozen…
Battle of ArsufBattleThe Battle of Arsuf was fought in 1191 on the coast of Palestine during the Third Crusade, between the Crusader army of Richard I of England and Saladin's forces.
Battle of ArtemisiumBattle · 480 BCEThe Battle of Artemisium was a series of naval engagements fought over three days in August 480 BCE off the northern tip of Euboea, at the same time as the land battle…
Battle of AscalonBattle · 12 August 1099The Battle of Ascalon was fought on 12 August 1099 near Ascalon on the coast of southern Palestine, soon after the capture of Jerusalem in the First Crusade.
Battle of AshdownBattle · 871The Battle of Ashdown was fought on 8 January 871 between the West Saxons, led by King Æthelred I and his brother Alfred, and the Great Heathen Army of the Danes.
Battle of Aspern-EsslingBattle · 1809The Battle of Aspern-Essling was fought on 21–22 May 1809 on the north bank of the Danube near Vienna, where Archduke Charles of Austria repulsed Napoleon's attempt to…
Battle of AssayeBattle · 1803The Battle of Assaye was fought in 1803 in western India during the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
Battle of AssiettaBattle · 1747The Battle of the Assietta was fought on 19 July 1747 on the Assietta ridge in the Cottian Alps west of Turin.- Battle of AtapuercaBattle · 1054The Battle of Atapuerca was fought on 1 September 1054 near Burgos between two sons of Sancho III of Navarre.
Battle of AughrimBattle · 1691The Battle of Aughrim was fought on 12 July 1691 near Aughrim in County Galway, between the Jacobite army of the Marquis de St Ruth and the Williamite army under Godert…
Battle of AurayBattle · 1364The Battle of Auray, fought on 29 September 1364 in southern Brittany, was the decisive battle of the War of the Breton Succession.
Battle of AusterlitzBattle · 1805The Battle of Austerlitz was fought on 2 December 1805 near Austerlitz (Slavkov u Brna) in Moravia, during the War of the Third Coalition.
Battle of AvarayrBattle · 451The Battle of Avarayr was fought in 451 on the Avarayr plain, south-east of Lake Van in the historical province of Vaspurakan, between Armenian rebels led by Vardan…
Battle of AyacuchoBattle · 1824The Battle of Ayacucho was fought on 9 December 1824 in the Peruvian highlands, where a patriot army under Antonio José de Sucre defeated and captured the Spanish…
Battle of BaddowalBattle · 1846The Battle of Baddowal was an engagement on 21 January 1846 near Ludhiana in Punjab during the First Anglo-Sikh War.
Battle of Baduhenna WoodBattle · 28 CEThe Battle of Baduhenna Wood was fought in 28 CE in Frisia, in the present-day Netherlands, between the rebellious Frisii and Roman troops.
Battle of BaekgangBattle · 663The Battle of Baekgang was fought in 663 near the mouth of the Geum river in south-western Korea between Tang Chinese and Silla forces and the fleet of Yamato Japan…
Battle of BaesweilerBattle · 1371The Battle of Baesweiler was fought on 22 August 1371 near Baesweiler, north-east of Aachen, between Duke Wenceslaus of Brabant and Duke William II of Jülich, allied…- Battle of BaidengBattle · 200 BCEThe Battle of Baideng took place in 200 BCE near present-day Datong in northern China.
Battle of BairénBattle · 1097The Battle of Bairén was fought in January 1097 near Gandia, south of Valencia, between El Cid, supported by King Peter I of Aragon, and an Almoravid army.- Battle of BallonBattle · 845The Battle of Ballon was fought on 22 November 845 near Bains-sur-Oust in eastern Brittany, between the Breton ruler Nominoe and the West Frankish king Charles the Bald.
Battle of Bangkusay ChannelBattle · 3 June 1571The Battle of Bangkusay Channel was fought on 3 June 1571 in Manila Bay, off Tondo near the mouth of the Pasig River.
Battle of BannockburnBattle · 1314The Battle of Bannockburn was fought on 23–24 June 1314 near Stirling, Scotland, between the army of Robert the Bruce and a much larger English army under Edward II.
Battle of BapheusBattle · 1301The Battle of Bapheus was fought in 1301 near Nicomedia in north-western Anatolia between the forces of Osman I and a Byzantine army.- Battle of BasianiBattle · c. 1202The Battle of Basiani was fought around 1202 in the Basiani valley in north-eastern Anatolia, where the Georgian army of Queen Tamar under the Zakarid brothers defeated…
Battle of BataanBattle · 1942The Battle of Bataan was fought from January to April 1942 on the Bataan Peninsula of Luzon, where American and Filipino forces under Douglas MacArthur withdrew after…
Battle of Bathys RyaxBattle · 872 or 878The Battle of Bathys Ryax was fought in central Anatolia between the Byzantine army of Emperor Basil I and the Paulicians of Tephrike, probably in 872 or 878.
Battle of BatocheBattle · 1885The Battle of Batoche, fought on 9–12 May 1885 in present-day Saskatchewan, was the decisive battle of the North-West Rebellion.
Battle of BayanBattle · 1902The Battle of Bayan, also called the Battle of Bayang or Pandapatan, was fought on 2 May 1902 near Lake Lanao on Mindanao between United States troops and Maranao…
Battle of BenburbBattle · 1646The Battle of Benburb was fought on 5 June 1646 in County Tyrone, where the Ulster army of Confederate Ireland under Owen Roe O'Neill routed a Scottish Covenanter army…
Battle of BeneventoBattle · 1266The Battle of Benevento was fought on 26 February 1266 near Benevento in southern Italy between the army of Charles of Anjou and that of Manfred, King of Sicily.- Battle of Beneventum (275 BC)Battle · 275 BCEThe Battle of Beneventum was fought in southern Italy in 275 BCE between a Roman army under the consul Manius Curius Dentatus and Pyrrhus of Epirus.
- Battle of BensingtonBattle · 779The Battle of Bensington was fought in 779 at Bensington, now Benson in Oxfordshire, where Offa of Mercia defeated Cynewulf of Wessex and took the town.
Battle of BereaBattle · 1852The Battle of Berea was fought on 20 December 1852 on the Berea plateau in present-day Lesotho between British forces under Sir George Cathcart and the Basotho of…
Battle of BerestechkoBattle · 1651The Battle of Berestechko was fought from 28 June to 10 July 1651 in Volhynia, in present-day Ukraine, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising.
Battle of Beth Horon (66)Battle · 66 CEThe Battle of Beth Horon was fought in the autumn of 66 CE, when Jewish rebels ambushed the retreating army of Cestius Gallus, the Roman governor of Syria, in the Beth…
Battle of BhanganiBattle · 1688The Battle of Bhangani was fought in 1688 near Paonta Sahib in the Himalayan foothills between Guru Gobind Singh and the forces of Raja Fateh Shah of Garhwal and his…
Battle of Bhuchar MoriBattle · 1591The Battle of Bhuchar Mori was fought in 1591 near Dhrol in Saurashtra, Gujarat, between a Mughal army under Mirza Aziz Koka and the Kathiawar chiefs led by the Jam of…
Battle of BiBattle · 597 BCEThe Battle of Bi was fought in 597 BCE near the Yellow River in modern Henan, when King Zhuang of Chu defeated an army of Jin that had come to relieve the State of Zheng.
Battle of Bir HakeimBattle · 1942The Battle of Bir Hakeim was fought in the Libyan desert from 26 May to 11 June 1942, as part of the Battle of Gazala.- Battle of BirinjiyaBattle · 1916The Battle of Birinjiya was fought in 1916 near El Fasher between a British-led Anglo-Egyptian force and the army of Sultan Ali Dinar of Darfur.
Battle of Bita PakaBattle · 1914The Battle of Bita Paka was fought on 11 September 1914 on the island of New Britain, then part of German New Guinea.
Battle of BitontoBattle · 1734The Battle of Bitonto was fought on 25 May 1734 in Apulia during the War of the Polish Succession.
Battle of BlaauwbergBattle · 1806The Battle of Blaauwberg was fought on 8 January 1806 near Cape Town, when a British force under General David Baird defeated the Batavian garrison of Governor Jan…
Battle of BlenheimBattle · 1704The Battle of Blenheim was fought on 13 August 1704 near the village of Blindheim on the Danube in Bavaria, during the War of the Spanish Succession.
Battle of Blood RiverBattle · 1838The Battle of Blood River was fought on 16 December 1838 on the Ncome River in Natal between about 470 Voortrekkers under Andries Pretorius and a much larger army of…- Battle of Blue WatersBattle · c. 1362The Battle of Blue Waters was fought around 1362 or 1363 near the Syniukha river, a tributary of the Southern Bug in present-day Ukraine, between the Grand Duchy of…
- Battle of Bô CôBattle · 1408The Battle of Bô Cô was fought in late 1408 in what is now Nam Định province, Vietnam, between the Later Tran forces of Emperor Gian Dinh and a Ming army under Mu Sheng.
Battle of BojuBattle · 506 BCEThe Battle of Boju was fought in 506 BCE in modern Hubei, when King Helü of Wu, advised by the Chu exile Wu Zixu and traditionally by Sun Wu, invaded Chu and defeated…
Battle of BombonáBattle · 1822The Battle of Bomboná was fought on 7 April 1822 near Pasto in southern New Granada between Simón Bolívar's army and royalist forces under Colonel Basilio García.- Battle of BonzaBattle · 1539The Battle of Bonza was fought in 1539 near Duitama in present-day Boyacá, Colombia, between Spanish forces under Baltasar Maldonado, with Indian auxiliaries, and the…
Battle of BoomplaatsBattle · 1848The Battle of Boomplaats was fought on 29 August 1848 in the south of the present-day Free State of South Africa, between British troops under Sir Harry Smith and Boer…- Battle of BornhövedBattle · 1227The Battle of Bornhöved was fought on 22 July 1227 in Holstein, where an alliance of north German princes, including Count Adolf IV of Holstein, Count Henry of…
Battle of Bosworth FieldBattle · 1485The Battle of Bosworth Field was fought on 22 August 1485 in Leicestershire between Richard III of England and Henry Tudor, the Lancastrian claimant.
Battle of BouvinesBattle · 1214The Battle of Bouvines was fought on 27 July 1214 near Lille in Flanders, where Philip II of France defeated the army of Emperor Otto IV, Count Ferrand of Flanders and…
Battle of BoyacáBattle · 1819The Battle of Boyacá was fought on 7 August 1819 near Tunja in present-day Colombia, where the patriot army of Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander defeated a…
Battle of BreadfieldBattle · 1479The Battle of Breadfield (Kenyérmező) was fought on 13 October 1479 near Orăștie in Transylvania, where Hungarian forces under Stephen Báthory and Paul Kinizsi…
Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)Battle · 1631The Battle of Breitenfeld was fought in 1631 near Leipzig during the Thirty Years' War.
Battle of BrémuleBattle · 1119The Battle of Brémule was fought on 20 August 1119 in the Norman Vexin between Henry I of England, duke of Normandy, and Louis VI of France, who supported the claim of…
Battle of BritainBattle · 1940The Battle of Britain was the air campaign fought over southern England in the summer and autumn of 1940, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom…
Battle of BrunanburhBattle · 937The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, king of the English, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, king of Dublin, Constantine II of Scotland and…
Battle of BrunkebergBattle · 1471The Battle of Brunkeberg was fought on 10 October 1471 on a ridge outside Stockholm, where the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Elder, with peasants, miners and burghers…
Battle of BrustemBattle · 1467The Battle of Brustem was fought on 28 October 1467 near Sint-Truiden, in present-day Belgium, between the army of Liège and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
Battle of Bryn DerwinBattle · 1255The Battle of Bryn Derwin was fought in June 1255 at a pass in the hills of Caernarfonshire, where Llywelyn ap Gruffudd defeated his brothers Owain and Dafydd, with…
Battle of BubatBattle · 1357The Battle of Bubat took place in 1357 at Bubat, near the Majapahit capital in East Java.
Battle of Bud BagsakBattle · 1913The Battle of Bud Bagsak was fought in June 1913 on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines between American troops under General John J.- Battle of BulantyBattle · c. 1727–1728The Battle of Bulanty was a victory of the united forces of the three Kazakh juzes over the Dzungars near the Bulanty River, in what is now central Kazakhstan, around…
Battle of BulgarophygonBattle · 896The Battle of Bulgarophygon was fought in 896 near the town of that name in eastern Thrace, now Babaeski in Turkey.
Battle of BulgnévilleBattle · 1431The Battle of Bulgnéville was fought on 2 July 1431 in Lorraine between René of Anjou and Antoine of Vaudémont, rival claimants to the Duchy of Lorraine.- Battle of BurfordBattle · 752The Battle of Burford was fought in 752 near Burford in Oxfordshire, where, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Cuthred of Wessex defeated Æthelbald of Mercia.
Battle of BurmiBattle · 1903The Battle of Burmi was fought in 1903 in north-eastern Nigeria between British colonial forces and followers of the deposed caliph Attahiru I, who had fled after the…
Battle of BuxarBattle · 1764The Battle of Buxar was fought in October 1764 in Bihar between the East India Company army under Hector Munro and the combined forces of Mir Qasim of Bengal…
Battle of Buyur LakeBattle · 1388The Battle of Buyur Lake was a Ming victory over the Northern Yuan in 1388 near Lake Buir in eastern Mongolia.- Battle of BziyukBattle · 1796The Battle of Bziyuk was fought in 1796 in western Circassia, on the Bziyuk river, between the free communities of the Shapsugs and Natukhaj and the forces of the…
- Battle of BziyuqoBattle · 1796The Battle of Bziyuqo was fought in 1796 in western Circassia between the commoners of the Shapsug and Natukhaj tribes and an alliance of Circassian nobles, including…
- Battle of CabiraBattle · 72 or 71 BCEThe Battle of Cabira was fought near Cabira in Pontus, in the Third Mithridatic War, in 72 or 71 BCE.
- Battle of CaishiBattle · 1161The Battle of Caishi was fought in November 1161 on the Yangtze River near Caishi, in present-day Anhui, between the Southern Song and the Jurchen Jin.
- Battle of Calderón BridgeBattle · 1811The Battle of Calderón Bridge was fought on 17 January 1811 near Guadalajara during the Mexican War of Independence.
Battle of CallannBattle · 1261The Battle of Callann was fought in 1261 near Kilgarvan in County Kerry, Ireland, where Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, king of Desmond, defeated the Anglo-Norman FitzGeralds.
Battle of CallaoBattle · 1866The Battle of Callao was fought on 2 May 1866 between a Spanish naval squadron under Casto Méndez Núñez and the coastal fortifications of Callao, Peru's main port…
Battle of CampaldinoBattle · 1289The Battle of Campaldino was fought on 11 June 1289 in the upper Arno valley between the Guelphs of Florence and their allies and the Ghibellines of Arezzo.
Battle of CamperdownBattle · 1797The Battle of Camperdown was fought on 11 October 1797 off the Dutch coast near Camperduin between the British North Sea Fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and the fleet…
Battle of Canhe SlopeBattle · 395The Battle of Canhe Slope was fought in 395 in northern China between the Later Yan army of Murong Bao and the forces of Tuoba Gui of Northern Wei.
Battle of CannaeBattle · 216 BCEThe Battle of Cannae was fought in 216 BCE in south-eastern Italy during the Second Punic War.
Battle of Cape MatapanBattle · 27–29 March 1941The Battle of Cape Matapan was a naval battle fought on 27–29 March 1941 off the south-western coast of the Peloponnese, Greece, between the British Mediterranean Fleet…- Battle of Cape PassaroBattle · 1718The Battle of Cape Passaro was fought on 11 August 1718 off the south-eastern tip of Sicily, where a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Byng destroyed a Spanish…
Battle of CaporettoBattle · 24 October – 19 November 1917The Battle of Caporetto was an Austro-Hungarian and German offensive on the Isonzo front, launched on 24 October 1917 near the town of Caporetto, now Kobarid in Slovenia.