Undated conflicts and resolutions
58 battles, sieges, wars, revolts, crises, treaties and peace settlements, in date order.
Battles 14
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 CarrhaeBattleThe Battle of Carrhae was fought in 53 BCE near Carrhae (Harran) in upper Mesopotamia.- Battle of HazaloBattleThe Battle of Hazalo was a defeat suffered by the army of Emir Nur ibn Mujahid of Adal in the period after Imam Ahmad's death.
Battle of KhanwaBattleThe Battle of Khanwa was fought in 1527 in northern India between Babur and a Rajput confederacy led by Rana Sanga of Mewar.- Battle of Ming ShaBattleThe Battle of Ming Sha was an engagement of the Second Göktürk Khaganate in which a Tang army reported at 80,000 was defeated by a significantly smaller Göktürk force.
Battle of Mount GilboaBattleThe Battle of Mount Gilboa was the battle in which, according to the Hebrew Bible, the Philistines defeated the Israelites under King Saul on Mount Gilboa, above the…
Battle of NavarinoBattleThe Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought in 1827 in the bay of Navarino in the Peloponnese during the Greek War of Independence.
Battle of PaniumBattleThe Battle of Panium was fought around 200 BCE near the sources of the Jordan River during the Fifth Syrian War, between the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus III and the…
Battle of SobraonBattleThe Battle of Sobraon was fought in 1846 on the Sutlej River and was the decisive engagement of the First Anglo-Sikh War.- Battle of TalaiyalanganamBattleThe Battle of Talaiyalanganam was fought in the Sangam age in southern India, when the young Pandya king Nedunjeliyan II defeated an alliance of the Chera and Chola…
- 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 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 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 YamamaBattleThe Battle of Yamama was fought in central Arabia during the Ridda Wars of 632–633 CE, between the forces of the caliph Abu Bakr and the followers of the rival…
Sieges 4
- Alexander's siege of GazaSiegeAlexander's siege of Gaza was a siege by the army of Alexander the Great in 332 BCE, following the capture of Tyre, as he advanced towards Egypt.
- Siege of Acre (1189–1191)SiegeThe Siege of Acre (1189–1191) was a long siege of the port city of Acre during the Third Crusade.
- Siege of Paris (885–886)SiegeThe Siege of Paris (885–886) was a siege of Paris by a large Viking army.
- Siege of UrshuSiegeThe Siege of Urshu was a siege by the Hittites of the city of Urshu in northern Syria, recorded in a Hittite text.
Wars & campaigns 34
Anglo-Dutch WarsWarThe Anglo-Dutch Wars were a series of naval wars fought between England and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Arab–Khazar warsWarThe Arab–Khazar wars were a series of conflicts in the seventh and eighth centuries between the Khazar Khaganate and the Umayyad and early Abbasid caliphates over…
Chu–Han ContentionWarThe Chu-Han Contention was the civil war that followed the collapse of the Qin dynasty in the late third century BCE, fought between Xiang Yu of Chu and Liu Bang of Han.
Cisplatine WarWarThe Cisplatine War was fought from 1825 to 1828 between the Brazilian Empire and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata over the Cisplatine Province, present-day…
CrusadeWarA crusade was a war sanctioned by the papacy, typically against Muslims or other perceived enemies of the Church, in which participants received spiritual privileges.- CrusadesWarThe Crusades were a series of religious wars launched by Latin Christians from the late eleventh century, chiefly to capture and hold Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
- Dano-Swedish warsWarThe Dano-Swedish wars were a long series of conflicts between Denmark-Norway and Sweden for control of Scandinavia and the Baltic.
Dutch RevoltRevolt · WarThe Dutch Revolt was the uprising of the Netherlands against Spanish Habsburg rule that began in the 1560s and led to the independence of the Dutch Republic.
First Italo-Ethiopian WarWarThe First Italo-Ethiopian War was fought in 1895–1896 between Italy and the Ethiopian Empire under Menelik II.
First World WarWarThe First World War (1914–1918) was a global conflict between the Allied Powers, including Britain, France and Russia, and the Central Powers, including Germany…
Flower WarsWarThe Flower Wars were ritualised conflicts fought by the Aztec Empire with neighbouring states such as Tlaxcala.
Franco-Prussian WarWarThe Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 was fought between France and a German coalition led by Prussia.
French Revolutionary WarsWarThe French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) were fought between revolutionary France and coalitions of European powers.- French Sahelian MissionCampaignThe French Sahelian Mission refers to the French military advance into the central Sahel in the early twentieth century.
French Wars of ReligionWarThe French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots) in France in the second half of the sixteenth century.- Goguryeo–Sui WarWarThe Goguryeo–Sui War was a series of failed invasions of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo by the Sui dynasty in the early seventh century.
Greco-Persian WarsWarThe Greco-Persian Wars were a series of conflicts in the fifth century BCE between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states, including Athens and Sparta.- Han campaigns against the Xiongnu (120s–110s BCE)CampaignThe Han campaigns against the Xiongnu of the 120s and 110s BCE were a series of large offensives launched by the Han Dynasty under Emperor Wu into the steppe.
Italian WarsWarThe Italian Wars were a series of conflicts between 1494 and 1559 fought mainly between France and Spain, along with other powers, for control of Italy.
Jinchuan campaignsCampaignThe Jinchuan campaigns were military expeditions of the Qing Empire in the eighteenth century against the Jinchuan chieftaincies in the mountains of western Sichuan.- Kaleb's Yemen campaignCampaignKaleb's Yemen campaign was the Aksumite military expedition to South Arabia in the sixth century CE under King Kaleb.
Livonian WarWarThe Livonian War was a conflict from 1558 to 1583 over control of Livonia, fought by Russia under Ivan IV against Poland-Lithuania, Sweden and Denmark.
March across the BeltsCampaignThe March across the Belts was a campaign in 1658 in which King Charles X Gustav of Sweden led his army across the frozen straits of Denmark.
MfecaneWarThe Mfecane was a period of widespread warfare, migration and state formation in southern Africa in the early nineteenth century, associated with the rise of the Zulu…
Opium WarsWarThe Opium Wars were two conflicts between Qing China and Western powers, chiefly Britain, in 1839–1842 and 1856–1860.
Ottoman–Habsburg warsWarThe Ottoman–Habsburg wars were a long series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy, fought from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century in…- Ottoman–Safavid warsWarThe Ottoman–Safavid wars were a series of conflicts between the Sunni Ottoman Empire and the Shi'a Safavid Empire from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
Pacific WarWarThe Pacific War was the theatre of the Second World War fought in Asia and the Pacific from 1941 to 1945, chiefly between the Empire of Japan and the Allies led by the…
Punic WarsWarThe Punic Wars were three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BCE.
ReconquistaWarThe Reconquista refers to the centuries-long series of campaigns by Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to conquer the territories ruled by Muslims, completed…
Second World WarWarThe Second World War was the global conflict of 1939 to 1945 between the Allies and the Axis powers, the deadliest war in history.
Seleucid–Mauryan warWarThe Seleucid–Mauryan war was the conflict between Seleucus I Nicator and Chandragupta Maurya at the end of the fourth century BCE, which ended in a peace settlement…
Syrian WarsWarThe Syrian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid kingdoms during the third and second centuries BCE.
Trojan WarWarThe Trojan War was the legendary siege of Troy by the Greeks, told in Homer's Iliad and later poems.
Revolts & revolutions 2
- Dungan RevoltRevoltThe Dungan Revolt was a major uprising of Muslim Hui and other peoples in north-western China in the 1860s and 1870s.
Nian RebellionRevoltThe Nian Rebellion was a large armed uprising in northern China in the mid-nineteenth century, fought largely by mounted bands across the provinces north of the Huai…
Crises & tensions 1
Treaties 3
Reinsurance TreatyTreatyThe Reinsurance Treaty was a secret agreement between the German Empire and Russia, concluded by Bismarck in 1887, in which each promised neutrality in most wars…- Treaty of LahoreTreaty · PeaceThe Treaty of Lahore was the peace settlement imposed by the British East India Company on the Sikh Empire after its defeat in the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845–1846.
Treaty of VersaillesTreaty · PeaceThe Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty signed in 1919 between the Allied powers and Germany after the First World War.