List of battles 1801–1900 explained

1801-1805

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1801 19 Feb British victory over France
8 March British-Turkish army under Ralph Abercromby defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou
13 March The UK defeats France
21 March British victory over France
2 April British commander Nelson defeats Danish fleet
6 May British victory over France
24 June French victory over the UK
May - 27 June The UK and the Ottoman Empire capture Cairo from France
/ 6 July British Royal Navy defeats by French
12 July British Royal Navy victory over French, Spanish
/ 1 Aug A US ship defeats Ottoman Tripolitania
4-16 Aug French victory over the UK
19 Aug British victory over France
30 Aug France capitulates to the UK and the Ottoman Empire. End of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
May - 1 Oct France besieges Porto Ferrajo on the island of Elba, 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.
1802 23 Feb France defeats Haitians
Feb
5 March
4–24 March
16 May Sweden and the USA defeat Ottoman Tripolitania
20 June Tlingit warriors massacre Russians and Aleut workers, and carry off the women and children.
25 Oct Precursor to the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Holkar defeats the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and the Scindia Dynasty in a Maratha civil war.
1803 18 June – 6 Dec The UK and Haitians defeat France
22 June The US navy defeats Tripolitania
28 June British Royal Navy defeats France
1–4 Sep The UK captures Aligarh from the Maratha Empire. France helped defend Aligarh.
11 Sep British forces under Gerard Lake defeat Maratha forces led by French officer Louis Bourquin
23 Sep English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under Daulat Scindia in Deccan
Oct Haitians capture Port-au-Prince from France
1 Nov British commander Lake defeats Marathas near Agra
18 Nov Haitians defeat French in last battle of war of independence
28 Nov The UK under Wellesley defeats the Maratha Empire under Sindhia
Ottomans fail to conquer Mani a second time
1804 22 Nov 1803 – 15 Jan 1804 Russian victory in a battle between Russian Empire and Persian Empire for the control of Ganja citadel.
5 March Irish convict uprising in the New South Wales colony
April Serbia defeats the Dahije
5 May Battle between the Netherlands and UK for the control of the Surinam colony. The UK captures Surinam.
21 June First decisive battle of Fulani War. The Sokoto Caliphate defeats Gobir.
June Russian forces forced to withdraw by Iranian forces
14 July Indecisive battle between US and Barbary pirates
15 Sep French defeat British in Bay of Bengal
1–7 Oct In reprisal for the 1802 attack, Russian forces defeat the Tlingit in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives.
2–3 Oct Minor British victory over France
5 Oct British Royal Navy defeats Spain
8-19 Oct Brits and Mughals hold Delhi against the Marathas
17 Nov Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar defeat British of commander Lake.
25 Nov British Royal Navy defeats Spain
7 Dec British Royal Navy defeats Spain
December Gobir defeat Sokoto Caliphate.
1805 2 Jan – 22 Feb The UK fails to capture Bharatpur, Rajasthan, capital of the Bharatpur State.
27 April – 13 May US victory against Ottoman Tripolitania
31 May - 2 June France and Spain capture Diamond Rock from the UK
15 July The French Navy defeats the UK
18 July A Batavian-French flotilla under Ver Huell repulses an attack by a superior British force
22 July Inconclusive naval battle between the UK and a coalition of France and Spain
10 Aug British Royal Navy defeats France
18 Aug Serbian rebels defeated Ottoman Army
25 Sep – 20 Oct
7 Oct France defeats Austria
8 Oct
9 Oct
11 Oct
14 Oct
French Army under Marshal Michel Ney defeats Austrian Army
16 Oct France defeats Austria
16–19 Oct Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian Army under Baron von Leiberich
18 Oct France defeats Austria
21 Oct The UK under Nelson defeats France under Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed
30 Oct French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles of Austria
France defeats Austria
31 Oct France defeats Russia and Austria
4 Nov British Royal Navy defeats France
France defeats Austria and Russia
5 Nov Inconclusive battle between France and a coalition of Austria and Russia
8 Nov France defeats Austria
11 Nov Inconclusive battle between France and a coalition of Russia and Austria
16 Nov Pyotr Bagration commands Russian and Austrian forces against Murat and Napoléon. French victory.
24 Nov France defeats Austria
25 Nov Russia defeats France
2 Dec French Army, under Napoleon, victory against Russian Army and any Austrians troops. End of War of the Third Coalition.
Franco-Haitian War Haitians withdraw from French occupied Santo Domingo

1806-1810

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1806 8 Jan British beat the Dutch near Cape Town, establishing British rule in South Africa.
/ 6 Feb British Royal Navy defeats France
10 March France defeats Naples
18 March British Royal Navy defeats France
4 July The UK defeats France
26 Feb - 18 July France captures Gaeta from Naples
26 July British Royal Navy defeats the Kingdom of Holland.
7–8 Aug French troops under Masséna besiege and destroy Lauria, southern Italy. The citizens of Lauria were against the French occupation of the Kingdom of Naples.
12–15 Aug Serbs defeated bigger Ottoman Army in Serbia
23 Aug British Royal Navy defeats Spain
30 Sep Russia and Montenegro defeat France
27 May - 1 Oct France captures Ragusa, present-day Dubrovnik, which was the end of the Republic of Ragusa. Ragusa was defended by Russia and Montenegro.
9 Oct France defeats Prussia and Saxony
10 Oct
14 Oct French Army, under Davout and Napoleon, defeats Prussian Army in two separate battles. The city of Berlin was taken by the French troops.
17 Oct France defeats Prussia
18 Oct British Royal Navy defeats the Kingdom of Holland
28 Oct France defeats Prussia
1 Nov Prussia defeats France
6 Nov France defeats Prussia and Sweden
27 Nov British Royal Navy defeats the Kingdom of Holland.
23 Dec France defeats Russia and Prussia
26 Dec Indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians
France defeats Russia
Dec Big battle between Serbian rebels and Ottomans forces in which Serbs won.
Standoff between Ottoman troops and Balkan janissaries
1807 20 Jan UK defeats Spain
25 Jan French defeat Russians and Prussians
3 Feb France defeats Russia
The UK defeats Spain
8 Feb Napoleon fights a hard-won bloodbath with Russians, no decisive result
16 Feb French defeat Russians
19 Feb A failed British attempt against the coastal fortifications of the Ottoman capital of Constantinople
1–3 April Sweden pushes the French Army out of Swedish Pomerania
10–11 May Ottoman fleet fails to break the Russian blockade of Istanbul
19 March - 24 May France captures Danzig, now Gdańsk, from Prussia. Prussia was aided by Russia and the UK.
28 May France defeats Bourbon Naples and Sicily
2 June The Spanish Navy defeats the UK
5–6 June Russia defeats France
10 June Napoleon repulses Russian attack
14 June French Army, under Napoleon, decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen. End of the War of the Fourth Coalition.
18 June Russians defeat Ottomans
19–29 June Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Ottoman fleet in Aegean Sea
20 March - 2 July France besieged Prussian Kolberg, now Kołobrzeg, until peace on 2 July. Prussia was aided by the UK and Sweden.
2 July The UK defeats Spain
5 July
24 July - 24 Aug France and Spain capture Stralsund from Sweden. This is the end of Swedish Pomerania.
29 Aug The UK defeats Denmark-Norway
2–7 Sep UK land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture Danish fleet.
18 March - 25 Sep Failed UK attempt to capture Alexandria. Viceroy Muhammad Ali Pasha accepts to formally keep Egypt within the Ottoman Empire.
22 Jan - 11 Dec France fails to capture Graudenz, now Grudziądz, from Prussia
5-11 Dec British Royal Navy defeats the Kingdom of Holland.
Largest battle ever fought on New Zealand soil. Tainui victory.
Ottomans fail to capture Mani for a final time
1808 22 March The UK defeats Denmark-Norway.
4 April British Royal Navy defeats Spain
16 April Russia defeats Sweden
18 April Sweden defeats Denmark-Norway
Swedish commander Döbeln halts Russian advance during Finnish War
19–20 April Denmark-Norway defeats Sweden
20 April – 7 May Norwegians pushes the Swedish Army out of Norway
25 April Denmark-Norway defeats Sweden
27 April Swedish force defeats Russians camped in Finnish town
28 April Sweden defeats Denmark-Norway
2 May Swedish force annihilates Russian force
9 or 10 May Swedish peasants defeat a Russian Army force
12 May Sweden defeats Russia
16 May Inconclusive naval battle between Denmark-Norway and the UK
18 May Sweden defeats Denmark-Norway
6 June Inconclusive battle between France and Spain
7 June France defeats Spain
9 June The navy of Denmark-Norway defeats the UK
10 June Denmark-Norway defeats Sweden
12 June France defeats Spain
6 and 14 June French forces torch buildings after previous attempt foiled by ambush by Spain. Spanish victory.
9–14 June Spain captures six French warships in the port of Cádiz
19–20 June Russia defeats Sweden
20 and 21 June Spain defeats France
24 June Sweden defeats Russia
25–26 June Russia defeats Sweden
26–28 June France fails to capture Valencia from Spain
30 June - 2 July Tactical victory but strategic failure of the Swedish Navy versus Russia
3 July Russia defeats Sweden
11 July
14 July Swedish victory over Russia during Finnish War
French victory over Spain
16–19 July French General Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces
29 July France defeats Portugal and Spain
2–3 Aug Russia defeats Sweden
10 Aug Sweden defeats Russia
Swedish commander Döbeln defeats the Russians
15 June – 13 Aug Unsuccessful French attempt to capture Zaragoza, Spain
24 July - 16 Aug France fails to capture Girona from Spain
17 Aug Sweden defeats Russia
British-Portuguese victory over France
21 Aug British, Portuguese forces under Wellesley defeat French under Junot
Russia defeats Sweden
28 Aug Sweden defeats Russia
29 Aug
30 Aug The Swedish Navy defeats Russia
1-2 Sep Sweden defeats Russia at Ruona and Russia defeats Sweden at Salmi
12 Sep Battle between Sweden and Denmark-Norway with a disputed outcome
13 Sep Swedes under Döbeln intercept and defeat Russians
14 Sep Russian forces overwhelm Swedish Army
17-18 Sep Russia defeats Sweden
18 Sep The Russian Navy defeats Sweden
26-28 Sep Russia defeats Sweden
27 Oct Swedish victory over Russia following a month-long cease-fire
31 Oct Indecisive battle between French and Spanish
5 Nov Minor Spanish victory over France
10 Nov French victory over Spain
10–11 Nov French victory, Spanish forces escape
23 Nov French Marshal Lannes defeats Spanish General Castaños
30 Nov Napoleon defeats Spanish commander Benito de San Juan.
16 Dec France defeats Spain
21 Dec
British cavalry defeat French cavalry
29 Dec The UK defeats France
30 Dec France defeats Spain
1809 1 Jan Spain defeats France
13 Jan France defeats Spain
Travancore rebellion 15 Jan British East India Company defeats the army of Travancore
16 Jan French defeat British commander Sir John Moore
19 Dec 1808 - 20 Feb 1809 France captures Zaragoza from Spain.
24 Feb British Royal Navy defeats France
Usman dan Fodio defeats and kills Yunfa.
25 Feb France defeats Spain
17 March Spain defeats France
20 March France defeats Portugal
21 March Spain defeats France
24 March Army of the Duchy of Warsaw successfully withdraws from Spanish Army
27 March French forces under General Sabastiani defeat Spanish Army commanded by General Cartojal
28 March French forces under Marshal Soult capture the city of Porto from the Portuguese
France defeats Spain
29 March France defeats Portugal and captures Porto
16 April French forces under Eugène de Beauharnais defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John
18–24 April British commanders Admiral Gambier and Thomas Cochrane defeat French Atlantic Fleet
War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Teugen-Hausen19 AprilFrance defeats Austria
Duchy of Warsaw defeats Austria.
19–20 April Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles
21 April French Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Hiller
22 April Napoleon defeats Austrian Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria
23 April Austrian Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action against France
24 April Austria defeats France
25 April Poles of the French-controlled Duchy of Warsaw defeat Austria
26 April The Duchy of Warsaw defeats Austria
27–30 April Austria defeats France
2 May The Duchy of Warsaw defeats Austria
2–3 May The French-controlled Duchy of Warsaw defeats Austria
3 May France defeats Austria
8 May
10–11 May The UK and Portugal defeat France
12 May A coalition of the UK and Portugal under Wellesley defeats Soult, drives French from city
13 May France defeats Austria
14 May France defeats Portugal
15 May Russia defeats Sweden
17 May France defeats Austria
15–18 May
21–22 May Napoleon's first attempt to cross Danube near Vienna results in serious check by Austrians under Archduke Charles
23 May Spanish defeat French
25 May France defeats Austria
31 May France defeats Prussia and Sweden
7–9 June Spain defeats France
10 June Serbia defeats the Ottoman Empire
11 June Austria defeats the French-controlled Duchy of Warsaw
14 June France defeats Austria
15 June France defeats Spain
18 June
24–26 June France defeats Austria
Durrani Civil Wars Late June-Early July Mahmud Shah Durrani seizes the Durrani throne after winning a battle against Shah Shujah Durrani.
5 July Russia defeats Sweden
5–6 July French Army, under Napoleon, defeats Austrians of Archduke Charles of Austria at great cost, ending the War of the Fifth Coalition
8 July Austria and the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel defeat France
9 July Austria defeats France
10–11 July Battle between Austria and France ends with the arrival of Napoleon with news of an armistice
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 16 July Denmark-Norway defeats Sweden
27–28 July The UK and Spain under Wellesley defeat forces of French Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington
29–30 July The Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel defeats the army of the French-controlled Kingdom of Westphalia.
1 Aug Draw between the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and the Kingdom of Westphalia.
8 Aug France defeats Spain
11 Aug
12 Aug France defeats Portugal, Spain and the UK
17–22 Aug Swedish General Wachtmeister defeats Russians near Umeå
25 Aug Russia defeats Sweden
18 Oct Spanish repel French Marshal Ney's forces
12 April - 1 Nov France and Bavaria defeat Tyrolean militia.
19 Nov Spanish forces under Aréizaga crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult
23 Nov Spain defeats France
26 Nov France defeats Spain
6 May - 12 Dec France captures Girona from Spain
30 July - 23 Dec Unsuccessful British invasion of French-controlled Holland
1810 21 Jan Spain defeats France
5 Feb 1810 - 24 Aug 1812 France fails to capture Cádiz from Spain
20 Feb France defeats Spain
21 March - 5 April Spain defeats France
11 Jan - 13 May France captures Hostalric from Spain.
26 April - 10 July France captures Ciudad Rodrigo from Spain
23 July British Royal Navy defeats Denmark-Norway
17 Aug Russians capture large Ottoman force
20–27 Aug The French force the British Royal Navy fleet to surrender
9 Sep Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire
13 Sep Inconclusive naval battle between France and the UK
14 Sep Spain and the UK defeat France
18 Sep British Royal Navy defeats France
27 Sep The UK and Portugal under Wellington repulses attacks from French commander Masséna, withdraws into Lines of Torres Vedras
13–14 Oct The UK and Portugal defeat France
15 Oct Polish in French service defeat British and Spanish
25 Oct France defeats Spain
27 Oct Spain defeats the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
30 Oct Mexican insurgents defeat Spain
4 Nov France defeats Spain
7 Nov The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata defeat Spain
19 Dec Revolutionary Argentinian forces defeats Spanish Royalist troops.
Mexicans defeat Spanish

1811-1815

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1811 15 Jan Spain defeats France
17 Jan Spanish victory against a large Mexican force
19 Jan Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Spanish Royalist troops
19 Feb France defeats Spain and Portugal
5 March The UK, Spain and Portugal defeat France
9 March Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Spanish Royalist troops
11 March France defeats the UK and Portugal
12 March Indecisive battle between France and a coalition of the UK and Portugal
13 March British fleet defeats French fleet
15 March The UK and Portugal defeat France
25 March
27 March British Royal Navy victory over Denmark and Norway
March Bahraini-Kuwaiti victory against Saudi Diriyah forces.
1 April Precursor to Battle of Zacatecas. Mexican rebels defeat Spain.
3 April Anglo-Portuguese victory over French
15 April Mexicans capture Zacatecas from Spain
2 May Spain defeats Mexican rebels
5 May Victory of the UK and Portugal under Wellington against the French under Masséna
5 May 29 June – French victory against Spain
16 May Draw of British, Portuguese and Spanish under Beresford and France under Soult
20 May British Royal Navy defeats France
25 May Spanish guerillas defeat France
The UK, Portugal and Spain defeat France
22 April - 10 June The UK and Portugal fail to capture Badajoz from France
20 June Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Spanish Royalist troops
23 June Spain defeats France
12 July Spanish victory, but the state Colima is later taken by the Mexicans
25 July France defeats Spain
9 Aug
4 April - 19 Aug France captures Figueres from Spain.
25 Sep British successful rearguard action against France
4-14 Oct Spain defeats France
25 Oct France defeats Spain
28 Oct An allied force of the UK, Portugal and Spain under General Hill defeated a French force
5 Nov Spain defeats France
7 Nov American troops under Harrison defeat Tecumseh and Shawnee
29 Nov British Royal Navy defeats France
End of 1811 Muhammad Ali forces land in Yanbu, winning a battle against the Saudis and starting the Ottoman–Wahhabi War
1812 15 Dec 1811 – 5 Jan 1812 Anglo-Spanish troops defeat the French
29 Jan France defeats Spain
Jan Ottoman Empire forces under Muhammad Ali meet Saudi Al-Kabeer forces near Medina. Saudi victory.
13 Feb Persia defeats Russia
22 Feb British Royal Navy defeats France
2–23 Feb British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison
23 Feb Mexican rebels defeat Spain
16 March – 6 April British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison
9 April Spain defeats France
11 April The UK defeats France
18–19 May Anglo-Portuguese Army under Hill destroy a French pontoon bridge across the River Tagus
31 May France defeats Spain
11 June France defeats the UK, Portugal and Spain
4 July Mexican rebels defeat Spain
9–10 July Russia defeats the French-controlled Duchy of Warsaw
12 July British victory, Danish-Norwegian frigate sunk.
19 July France defeats Russia
US turns back British naval attack
21 July France defeats Spain
22 July A coalition force of the UK, Portugal and Spain under Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return.
23 July The UK defeats France
France defeats Russia
25 July
26–27 July
27 July Russia defeats the French vassal state of Saxony
30 July – 1 Aug Minor Russian victory over French corps
8 August Russia defeats France
9 Aug Both armies, the USA and a coalition of the UK and Tecumseh's confederacy, withdraw
11 Aug France defeats the UK and Portugal
Inconclusive battle between Russia and France
12 Aug French-controlled Austria and Saxony defeat Russia
14 Aug France defeats Russia
15 Aug American Fort burned by the Potowatomi
15–16 Aug American forces under General Hull surrender to British, under Sir Isaac Brock and Chief Tecumseh
16–17 Aug Russians under Bagration, de Tolley defeated and retreat by France
17–18 Aug Indecisive battle between Russian and French corps
29 June - 19 Aug Spain captures Astorga from France
19 Aug Marginal French victory; successful Russian retreat
22 Aug France defeats Russia
4–5 Sep 10 American soldiers repel attack by the Miami tribe, the Potowatomi, the Kickapoo people and the Ho-Chunk
5 Sep France defeats Russia
7 Sep Russian commander Kutuzov retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow. General Bagration is killed.
12 Sep France defeats Russia
5–12 Sep Americans repel Miamis and Potawatomis
19 Sep – 21 Oct Unsuccessful siege by Anglo-Portuguese Army. French victory.
24–25 Sep Argentina's Army of the North, commanded by General Belgrano, defeat Spanish Royalist troops
29 Sep French-controlled Prussia defeats Russia
13 Oct US forces under Van Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed
18 Oct Russian victory over French commander Murat's corps
18–20 Oct Russian victory over Saint-Cyr's Franco-Bavarian force
24 Oct Russians under Dokhturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat
25 Oct Decatur's USS United States captures British HMS Macedonian
25-29 Oct France defeats the UK, Portugal and Spain
31 Oct Russians defeat French Army, commanded by Victor
31 Oct Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza
3 Nov Russians defeat French indecisively
9 Nov Russia defeats France
13 Nov Russia defeats Lithuania and the French-controlled Duchy of Warsaw
13–14 Nov Russian victory over French forces of Victor and Oudinot
14-16 Nov France defeats Russia
15 Nov Russia defeats France
15–18 Nov Partial Russian victory. Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Ney.
20 Nov British and Mohawks defeat Americans
21 Nov Russia defeats France
23 Nov France defeats Russia
26–29 Nov French successfully cross river with huge losses, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia
Nov The Ottoman Empire under Muhammad Ali recovers Medina from Saudis
1 Dec Russia defeats France
24 July - 18 Dec France fails to capture Riga from Russia
17–18 Dec US forces defeat Miami tribe
31 Dec The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata defeats Spain
1813 7 Jan The Ottoman Empire under Tusun Pasha and his father are able to hold on Jeddah. Jeddah is later captured by the Saudis.
22 Jan British General Procter with a combined British-Native American army defeats US Kentucky militia
The Ottoman Empire under Tusun Pasha and his father reclaim Mecca from the Saudis
20 Feb The Argentina's Army of the North defeated for the second time the Spanish Royalist troops of General Tristán
22 Feb British victory over the US after attacking against orders
3 Feb Argentina defeats a Spanish Royalist force
29 March Mexican rebels defeat Spain
2 April Russia and Prussia defeat France
5 April
13 April The UK, Spain and Sicily defeat France
Battle of Mobile 15 April US commander Wilkinson captures Mobile from Spain
27 April US commanders Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, recklessly loot and burn capital
Spain defeats patriots from Chile
2 May Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein
8 May Indecisive battle between France and a coalition of Prussia and Russia
1–9 May Effective stalemate between the US and the UK
15 May Chilean patriots defeat Spain
20–21 May France under Napoleon defeats a coalition of Russia and Prussia under Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence
22 May France defeats Russia
26 May Prussia defeats France
27 May US Lt. Col. Scott captures British fort
28 May France defeats Prussia
19 April – 28 May Mexican rebels defeat Spain
28–29 May US General Brown turns back British under Prevost
1 June British HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake with ease
3–11 June French victory in which an overwhelming Anglo-Allied force failed to capture the Spanish port
4 June Prussia and Russia defeat France
6 June British force of 700 under Vincent defeat US force, under Chandler and Winder, three times its size
18 June The UK, Portugal and Spain defeat France
19 June The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Republiquetas defeat Spain
20 June The US and Mexican rebels defeat Spain
21 June The UK, Portugal and Spain under Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France
22 June British attack on Norfolk foiled
26 June The UK, Portugal and Spain defeat France
25 July Draw between France and a coalition of the UK and Portugal
France defeats the UK and Portugal
27 July American forces disperse a raiding party of Creek Indians
25–30 July French large-scale attack under General Soult against the UK, Portugal and Spain fails
28 July – 1 Aug The UK, Portugal and Spain under Wellington defeats France under General Soult, who withdraws across the Pyrenees
2 Aug British attack on American fort fails
10 Aug The UK under Cockburn defeated by the US
18 Aug Spain defeats Mexican rebels and Americans
23 Aug France defeats Russia and Prussia
Prussia, Russia and Sweden win series of three actions against France
26 Aug Prussia and Russia under Blücher defeats France under Marshal MacDonald
27 Aug Prussia and Russia defeat France
26–27 Aug Napoleon's last major victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Austria, Russia and Prussia of Prince Schwarzenberg
29–30 Aug France under Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by allied coalition of Austria, Russia and Prussia
31 Aug Spanish Army of Galicia, led by Freire, turns back France under Marshal Soult's last major offensive of the war
6 Sep Prussia, Russia and Sweden under Crown Prince Charles John, Bülow defeat France under Ney
France defeats Austria
7 Sep Austria defeats France
7 July – 8 Sep Allied forces of the UK and Portugal capture San Sebastián from French
10 Sep US Perry's fleet defeats British
13 Sep The UK and Spain defeat France
17 Sep Allied Coalition of Austria, Prussia and Russia victory, Napoleon forced to halt his advance on Teplice and withdraws to Leipzig
18 Sep Prussia, Russia and the UK defeat France
28 Sep Prussia, Austria and Russia defeat France
29 Sep Sweden defeats France
1 Oct Republican forces of Argentina and Upper Peru were defeated by a Spanish Royalist army
3 Oct Prussia defeats France
5 Oct US troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Procter; Tecumseh killed
7 Oct The UK, Portugal and Spain defeat France
13 Oct Chilean patriots defeat Spain
16–19 Oct Napoleon suffers his greatest defeat ever in the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Saxony and Württemberg defeat France
25 Oct The UK with several hundred Canadian militia and the Mohawk people turn back Hampton's advance on Montreal; the American army withdraws from Canada
30–31 Oct Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat
26 June - 31 Oct Spain and the UK capture Pamplona from France
3 Nov US forces under Jackson defeat the Red Stick Creeks
9 Nov
10 Nov Allied troops of the UK, Portugal and Spain defeat Marshal Soult of France
11 Nov US forces under Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under Morrison
14 Nov Argentina's Army of the North and the Republiquetas are defeated by the Spanish Royalists
15 Nov France defeats Austria
29 Nov The US defeats the Red Stick Creeks
30 Nov Prussia defeats France
5 Dec Venezuelan patriots defeat Spain
7 Dec Sweden defeats Denmark-Norway
10 Dec Denmark-Norway defeats Russia, Prussia, the UK, Hanover and the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
9–13 Dec The UK, Portugal and Spain defeat Marshal Soult's French Army
23–24 Dec Spain defeats Mexican rebels
1814 16 Jan 1813 - 2 Jan 1814 Prussia and Russia capture Danzig, now Gdańsk, from France
14 Oct 1813 - 3 Jan 1814 The UK, Montenegro and Sicily capture Kotor from France
5 Jan Spain defeats Mexican rebels
18 Oct 1813 - 10 Jan 1814 Prussia captures Torgau from France
11 Jan Prussia, the UK and Russia defeat France
22–24 Jan Twin indecisive battles. The Red Stick Creeks versus the US, the Lower Creeks and the Cherokee.
24 Jan France withdraws after a battle against Austria and Württemberg
27 Jan Stalemate between the US and the Red Stick Creeks
29 Jan France under Napoleon defeats Prussia and Russia under Blücher
1 Feb French under Napoleon manage to hold back an overwhelming force of Prussians until nightfall, where then they withdraw from the field
2 Feb France defeats Bavaria and Russia
8 Feb Inconclusive battle between France and Austria
10 Feb France under Napoleon defeats Russia
11 Feb France under Napoleon defeats Russia and Prussia
12 Feb
14 Feb
15 Feb The UK, Portugal and Spain defeat France
17 Feb France defeats Austria, Bavaria and Russia
18 Feb France under Napoleon defeats Austria and Württemberg
27 Feb Austria, Bavaria and Russia under Schwarzenberg defeats France under Marshal Macdonald
The UK, Portugal and Spain under Wellington defeats French under Soult
28 Feb France defeats Prussia and Russia
The United Provinces of New Granada defeat Spain
1 March Austria defeats France
3 March Austria, Bavaria, Russia and Württemberg defeat France
4 March American victory against the UK, the Wyandot people and the Potowatomi
7 March France under Napoleon defeats Prussia and Russia under Blücher
9–10 March Prussia and Russia under Blücher defeats France under Napoleon
11 March Austria defeats France
13 March France under Napoleon defeats isolated Russian and Prussian corps
19 March Chilean patriots defeat Spain
20 March Austria and the Grand Duchy of Hesse defeat France
Chilean patriots defeat Spain
20–21 March Austria, Bavaria, Russia and Württemberg under Schwarzenberg defeats France under Napoleon
25 March Austria, Prussia, Russia and Württemberg under Schwarzenberg defeats French corps of Marmont, Mortier
26 March France defeats Russia
27 March The US, Creeks, Cherokee and Choctaw under Jackson decisively defeats Red Stick Creeks
28 March Prussia forces France to retreat
30 March Allied forces of Russia, Austria and Prussia enter Paris, force surrender of France under Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba.
US forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Brown with assistance of Scott
31 March France defeats Saxony and Prussia
10 April The UK, Portugal and Spain under Wellington defeat France under Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication.
3 Jan - 10 April Prussia, Russia and the Electorate of Hesse fail to capture Metz from France
14 April The UK, Portugal and Spain defeat France
14 Jan - 4 May The UK and Prussia besiege Antwerp. French commander surrenders after news of Napoleon's abdication.
1 Jan - 2 May Austria and Liechtenstein besiege Besançon. French commander surrenders after the news of Napoleon's abdication.
3 Jan - 4 May Russia, the Duchy of Berg and the Duchy of Nassau besiege Mainz. French commander surrenders after news of Napoleon's abdication.
24 Dec 1813 - 12 May 1814 Russian siege of Hamburg. The French commander surrendered on 27 May on orders of the new king of France.
17 Nov 1813 - 12 May 1814 The Netherlands and Russia besiege Naarden. French garrison surrenders after news that the war was over.
13 Nov 1813 - 23 May 1814 The Netherlands, Prussia, Russia and the UK besiege Delfzijl. The French commander surrenders after a treaty.
25 May Venezuelan patriots defeat Spain
30 May US forces surprise the British in upstate New York, capturing six ships and 143 prisoners
2 July Venezuelan patriots defeat Spain
5 July US forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeats British under Riall
22 July Venezuelan patriots defeat Spain
25 July Brown's Americans take on British under Drummond in violent indecisive battle. US forces withdraw from Canada due to heavy losses, giving argument for British victory.
31 July Venezuelan patriots and the United Provinces of New Granada defeat Spain
2 Aug Norway defeats Sweden
26 July – 4 Aug Unsuccessful American attempt to capture the British Fort Mackinac.
5 Aug Norway defeats Sweden
6 Aug Sweden defeats Norway
9 Aug Disputed outcome of a battle between Norway and Sweden
14 Aug Sweden defeats Norway
24 Aug British forces rout Americans in Maryland. British move on to burn Washington in retribution for the burning of York. American government barely escapes the city as Congress and the White House are torched.
11 Sep US squadron under Macdonough defeats British under Downie. On the same day, US land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Macomb.
12 Sep Land battle between the US and the UK, complement of Battle of Fort McHenry. Americans retreat after inflicting heavy casualties on the British.
13 Sep American fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner."
19 Oct Indecisive battle between the US and the UK
4 Aug – 5 Nov Americans repel British attempt to retake fort
7–9 Nov US commander Jackson wins Pyrrhic victory against the UK, Spain and the Creeks.
5 Dec Spain defeats Venezuela
1815 8 Jan The US under Jackson defeats British Army of Pakenham as news of Treaty of Ghent, signed in December, has not yet arrived.
11 Feb US commander Jackson loses fort against the UK after boasting that 10,000 men could not take it
3 April Naples defeats Austria
8–9 April Austria and Prussia defeat Naples
10 April Austria defeats Naples
12 April
21 April
23 April
3 March - 26 April Bonapartist France captures Ajaccio from Bourbon France
28 April Austria defeats Naples
1 May
2 May Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon; defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom.
8 May Serbia defeats the Ottoman Empire
13 May Austria defeats Naples
15–17 May
18 May Indecisive battle between Bonapartist France and Bourbon France
19 May
20–21 May
24 May The Sauk people defeat the US
25 May Bourbon France defeats Bonapartist France
29 May Indecisive battle between Bonapartist France and Bourbon France
2–3 June
4 June
5 June
10 June Bourbon France defeats Bonapartist France
16 June France under Ney fights indecisive battle against the UK, the Netherlands, Hanover, the Duchy of Nassau and the Duchy of Brunswick under Wellington
Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher
18 June Napoleon defeated by Wellington and Prussians, Dutch and German forces
France under Marshal Grouchy, assigned to prevent Prussia under Blücher from joining Wellington, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard
20 June Bonapartist France defeats Bourbon France
Battle of Thouars
21 June
28 June France defeats Austria and the Kingdom of Württemberg
1 July Bonapartist France defeats Bourbon France
France defeats Prussia
2–3 July Prussia defeats France
7 July Bonapartist France defeats Bourbon France
28 May - 8 Aug Austria and the UK capture Gaeta from Naples
8-10 Aug The UK and Bourbon France capture Guadeloupe from Bonapartist France
5 Nov Spain defeats Mexican rebels

1816–1820

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1816 19 June
27 Aug UK and Dutch ships attack Barbary pirates
15 Nov
6 Dec
1817 12 Feb Chilean rebels defeat Spanish
4 April
15 April
5 Nov British capture Pune
21 Dec British forces under Hislop defeat Marathas under Maharaja Holkar
1817-1818 Ibrahim Pasha captured several Nejdi villages
Argentine skirmish
1818 1 Jan Unresolved
16 March Spanish forces defeat Chileans under San Martín
5 April Chile free from Spain
June The Afghans defeat a Persian army on its way to take Herat
9 Sep Ibrahim Pasha captures and destroyes Diriyah, ending the First Saudi State
April-15 Sep Ottoman forces capture Diriyah in one of the last battles of the Wahhabi War, torturing captured Saudi POWs
Ibrahim Pasha captured Riyadh
1819 2 April
22 April Xhosa chief Makana attacks the British settlement of Grahamstown with 6000 men and is repulsed with heavy losses
25 July
7 Aug Simón Bolívar and his brigadier generals Santander and Anzoátegui defeat and capture Royalist Colonel Barreiro, sealing the independence of New Granada
5 Nov
7 Dec
1820 3–4 Feb Cochrane and Beauchef capture the Royalist stronghold of Valdivia for Chile
18 Feb
6 March
26 Sep

1821-1825

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1821 7 March Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand
8 April Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries[1]
22 April
8 May
18 May
24 May
19 June
24 June Simón Bolívar defeats Spanish Army, ensuring Venezuelan independence
29 June
Colonial Dutch forces defeat Indonesian rebels
19 Aug
Battle between Tucumán and the provinces of Salta and Santiago del Estero
1822 24 May Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito
18 – 19 June Greek rebel Konstantinos Kanaris burns the flagship of the Ottoman fleet
26–28 July (O.S.) Greek revolutionaries under Kolokotronis, Papaflessas and Nikitaras crush Dramali Pasha's Ottoman Army
8 Aug (O.S.) Greek troops under Botsaris defeat Ottoman force under Mustafa Pasha heading to reinforce Ottoman troops besieging Missolonghi
1823 14 March Sikhs take Peshawar valley
18-20 Aug 10,000 Guyanese slaves rise up for two days
25 Aug
31 Aug French Army, under Duke of Angoulême, defeat Spanish Army and takes Trocadero. Occupation of Spain by French troops (1823 at 1828)
1824 21 Jan
1 April
16 May Burmese forces under Lord Myawaddy defeat British under Captain Noton, who is killed
6 Aug
9 Dec
1825 2 April British forces under Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed
July - 25 Sep The Dutch won after five years of fighting. Prince Diponegoro fails to capture Yogyakarta from the Yogyakarta Sultanate when a Dutch army under General Kock lifts the siege.
30 Nov – 2 Dec Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Ne Myo, who is killed

1826-1830

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1826 Russia defeats Persian invaders
1827 10-11 Jan
27 Feb A Brazilian Army under Marquis of Barbacena met in combat an Argentine/Uruguayan Army led by General Alvear
April 7–8 A naval division of the Imperial Brazilian Navy is attacked by Argentine vessels. The battle ended with the destruction of the attacking forces.
24 April (O.S.) Greek setback
20 Oct Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha inside Navarino Bay
Oct Ethiopian warlord Yimam of Yejju joins with Wube Haile Mariam of Semien to defeat Goshu Zewde of Gojjam and Meru of Dembiya.
1828 10–11 Feb The Spanish Navy defeats and captures a Mexican brig
9 Aug Russian troops under Paskievich defeat Ottoman troops in Caucasus
28 Aug Miguelites fleet defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria
1829 22 April
26 April
11 June Russian troops under Diebitsch defeat Ottoman Army under Reşid Pasha
11 Sep Mexican army defeats a Spanish incursion near the city of Tampico

1831-1835

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1831 14 Feb Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis
Polish victory over Russia
19 Feb Polish victory after being outnumbered by Russians
19-20 Feb Polish victory over Russia
24 Feb Polish counterattack succeeds, forcing Russian attack to be moved up one day
25 Feb Marginal Polish victory over Russia
8 March Poland defeats Russia
31 March Second Polish victory over Russia in that town
Polish victory over Russia
11 April
26 May Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Skrzynecki
29 May Second-to-last Polish victory over Russia
11 July French victory. French attempt to strongarm the Portuguese government into recognizing the Kingdom of France.
/ 2–12 Aug Dutch military victory under Prince William
3 Aug Portuguese Liberals defeat Portuguese Miguelites
8 Aug Dutch army defeat Belgian rebels. The rebels suffer 700 dead while Dutch losses are very small.
12 Aug The Dutch army defeat the Belgian rebels and take the city
6–8 Sep Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt
1832 20 May US settlers killed by Potawatomi and Sauk warriors
16 July US forces defeat Sauk
22–23 July Indecisive battle between Portuguese Liberals and Portuguese Miguelites
2 Aug US Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Sauk and Fox
15 Nov Dutch troops occupying Antwerp's citadel (led by Chassé) against France's Armée du Nord. France captures the citadel.
21 Dec Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Ottoman Army of Reşid Pasha
Dutch army successfully beats down an uprise by the people of Sumatra
1833 5 July British fleet under Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
23 July Portuguese Liberals defeat Portuguese Miguelites
1 Oct 1830 - 18 Nov 1833 Belgium fails to capture Maastricht from The Netherlands
1834 22 April
6 May Sikhs take Peshawar
16 May Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat forces of usurper Don Miguel
19 Sep
28 Oct
15 Dec
1835 28 June
16 July
2 Oct Mexicans withdraw
10 Oct
28 Oct Texans defeat Mexicans under Martin Perfecto de Cós
26 Nov Texans, thinking a Mexican pack train is carrying silver, capture it but only end up with grass
12 Oct – 11 Dec Texans successfully besiege and defeat Mexicans
25 Dec 108 American troops were ambushed by about 180 Seminoles. 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.

1836-1840

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1836 27 Feb Texan expedition into Mexico thwarted
2 March
23 Feb – 6 March General Santa Anna defeats Texans. Travis and Crockett killed in siege.
12–15 March Infighting amongst Texans leads to defeat
19–20 March Col. Fannin and Texans defeated and captured by Mexicans of General Urrea. Later massacred by Santa Anna.
21 April Texans capture Santa Anna
26 April Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign Legion, defeat Carlists
18 Sep
20 Sep
23 Nov
21 Nov – Dec
1837 24 March Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists
30 April Disputed results. Battle between Emirate of Afghanistan and the Sikh Empire
Mid-Aug 1835 - 16 Aug 1837 The Netherlands capture Fort Bonjol from the Padri.
24 Aug Spanish Carlists defeat Spanish constitutionalists
10-13 Oct French victory subduing the city of Constantine
23 Nov Canadian rebels under Wolfred Nelson defeat British
25 Nov British defeat Canadian rebels
7 Dec
14 Dec British capture and ransack village in Lower Canada
25 Dec US forces under Zachary Taylor defeat Seminoles
1838 3 March
22 March
9 April
13 Nov 1837 - 9 Sep 1838 Herat and British victory against Qajar dynasty of Persia
1 Oct
8 November Only and last victory of Patriots in 1838
10 Nov Revolt in Canada put down
3 March Fight on frozen lake to capture island
12–16 Nov British forces defeat Canadian rebels
/ 4 Dec
16 Dec Voortrekker force under Pretorius defeat Zulu force under King Dingane
1839 6 Jan
12 Jan
20 Jan
12 May
17 May
24 June Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Ottoman Army under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Moltke)
15–16 July
23 July Brits capture Ghazni
3 Sep
3 Nov
1840 29 Jan Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane
12 Aug
19 Aug
25 Oct
28 March 1838 - 29 Oct 1840 Two year long blockade on the new Argentine Republic
28 Nov
1840 - 1903 French Army holds up against an attack by Algerian forces

1841-1845

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1841 7 Jan
27 Feb
2 March
9 April
24 May British amphibious assault captures city
16 Aug
26 Aug
19 Sep
24 Sep
10 Oct
1842 6 Jan Afghan forces force British to withdraw from city, which they had occupied for two and a half years
7 Feb Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia, defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien
10 March
16 June
21 July
6 Dec Blancoist victory
Battle between Argentina and the Uruguayan colorados
12 Nov 1841 – 13 April 1842 Brits capture Jalalabad
1843 16 May French forces under Duke of Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el-Kader
17 Feb British forces under Napier defeat the Baloch forces of the Talpurs in Sind
March Napier defeats Balochs in Sind
1844 13 March
13–18 March
19 March
30 March
13 April
15 April
6 Aug The first bombardment in a slew of attacks by the French Navy during the war
14 Aug French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Moroccan forces
15-17 Aug The third bombardment of the war
6 Dec
1845 July British Army attacks Māori Ngāpuhi, but fortifications too strong
17 Sep
22–25 Sep
20 Nov Battle during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
27 Nov
18 Dec Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Gough
21–22 Dec British forces under Gough and Hardinge defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle

1846-1850

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1846 28 Jan Sikh forces under Ranjodh Singh defeated by British under Smith
10 Feb British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs and Punjab becomes British protectorate
3–9 May Mexican siege on US fort unsuccessful
8 May US General Taylor defeats Mexicans under Arista
9 May Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans
13 Aug US Marines briefly capture Los Angeles, but are driven out by Californio forces led by Flores
15 Aug Kearney occupies Santa Fe
20–24 Sep Mexicans under Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle
9 Oct José Antonio Carrillo leads Californio forces in victory against 350 US Marines and sailors near Los Angeles
24–26 Oct Commodore Perry fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans under Traconis
6 Dec US General Kearney's dragoons are defeated by Californio forces, led by Pico near San Diego
Austrians defeat Polish insurgents
1847 8 Jan Kearney's 600-man army defeats the 160-man Californio force near Los Angeles
9 Jan Kearney, Stockton and Frémont's combined US forces, defeat the Californio's in the climactic battle for California
28 Feb US forces under Doniphan defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua
22–23 Feb Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans
9–29 March Scott takes port city
15 April French forces attack Da Nang after the Vietnamese hold two French priests captive.
18 April Scott defeats Santa Anna
Perry defeats Cos
15–16 June Commodore Perry captures port cities Tuxpan and Carmen
19–20 Aug Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City
20 Aug Another US force storms other main Mexican position defending capital
8 Sep Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle
12 Sep Scott takes fortified hill by storm
14 Sep – 12 Oct Puebla taken by Scott
9 Oct US victory, end of Santa Anna's military career
1848 March Dejazmach Kassa assaults an Egyptian fortified camp deep inside Sudan and suffers massive losses. One of the few defeats experienced by the future Emperor.
30 April Polish victory after failed peace talks
24–25 July Austrian forces under Marshal Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert
29 Aug British forces under Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area
29 Sep Hungarian forces defeat Austrian army of Count Jellachich
30 Oct
22 Nov British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab
30 Dec Alfred I defeats a Hungarian detachment under Perczel
1849 13 Jan British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal
22 Jan British forces capture fortress in Punjab
21 Feb Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs, Punjab annexed
26–27 Feb Hungarian forces under Dembiński defeated by Austrians under Alfred I
23 March Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace[2]
5 March Hungarian forces led by General Damjanich defeat Austrian forces
23 March – 1 April Popular riot against the Austrian garrisons
2 April
4 April
6 April Hungarian forces led by General Görgei defeat Austrians (Alfred I, Schlik)
17 April
19 April
26 April
21–22 April
21 May Hungarians take back the capital from Austrians
13 June
14 June
17 June
15–18 June
20–21 June
28 June
2 July
11 July
14 July
31 July Hungarian forces under Bem defeated by Russians, Austrians under General Lüders and General Dyck
5 Aug
9 Aug Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Görgey, Bem in final battle of war

1851-1855

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1851 Guatemalan–Salvadoran War 2 Feb Assured Guatemalan sovereignty
19 Nov Chilean government defeats Revolutionaries.
26-27 Nov French won battle, but withdraw from Morocco
8 Dec Chilean government defeats revolutionaries, revolution ends
1852 3 Feb A coalition of the Argentine Provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, allied with Brazilian and Uruguayan troops (27,000 men) defeats Buenos Aires forces (22,000 men) under Rosas, president of Argentina
Aug Skirmish between Tswana tribes and Boers
27 Sep The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats and kills the vassal of the current ruler, Ras Ali II
20 Dec British force under Cathcart invades Basutoland but is forced to withdraw by Chief Moshoeshoe
1853 12 April Tewodros II defeats an allied army from the provinces of Tigray, Wollo, Yejju, and Gojjam led by Dejazmach Birru, who is killed
29 June Tewodros II defeats Ras Ali II; considered the end of the Zemene Mesafint in Ethiopia
16 Nov 1843 - 8 Oct 1851
4 Nov Russians defeated by Ottoman troops
24 Nov
1 Dec
1854 6 Jan Ottoman troops defeat Russians[3]
March Tewodros II defeats Birru Goshu of Gojjam
8 April
22 April Anglo-French warships attack the Russian port of Odesa
20–27 May Russian forces defeat Ottomans, the morale boost and achieved superiority allowing the strategic victory later at Choloki
June 4 Russians defeat Ottomans on the outskirts of Kakuti
11 May-23 June Russians launch an attack at an Ottoman fort but are repelled
Aug
6 Aug
20 Sep British and French, under French general Arnaud, defeat a Russian army
3 Oct
25 Oct Charge of the Light Brigade on Crimea under Cardigan
5 Nov British, helped by French general Bosquet, defeat a Russian army
3 Dec British Army and Victoria Police defeat Eureka gold field rebels
1855 9 Feb Tewodros II defeats Dejasmach Wube, deposing the last rival warlord of the Zemene Mesafint
17 Feb Allies win naval battle
Fijian Civil War 7 April Skirmish between Fijian leader Seru Epenisa Cakobau and his enemies from surrounding islands Rewa and Bau
10 May
or 3 July British soldiers destroyed a strategic Russian pontoon bridge
4 Aug
9-11 Aug Indecisive
16 Aug French Army and Piedmontese troops defeat a Russian army near the Chyornaya river
19 Aug
3 Sep
8 Sep French Army, under General Pélissier and General MacMahon, takes Malakoff and defeat Russian army. Fall of the city of Sevastopol and end of the war.
British forces attack Russian forces in Sevastopol
17 Oct–9 Sep 1855 Allies capture the city
/ 17 Oct
3 June-24 Nov After numerous British and French attacks, Russians hold the city of Taganrog, albeit the city was in ruins
June–29 Nov Russians defeat Ottoman troops
22 Dec

1856-1860

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1856 24 Jan
26 Jan Marines from the USS Decatur drive off Native American attackers after all-day battle with settlers
20 March Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers
11 April Central American coalition defeats filibuster William Walker
Sep 26 French forces attack Đà Nẵng again after Thiệu Trị forbids European contact
12–13 Nov British victory
16–24 Nov
1857 4 Jan
9 March
25–27 May
French colonial wars 20 April - 18 July Toucouleuri forces laid siege to French ones trapped at Médine
5–25 June British troops and civilians besieged and later betrayed and murdered
30 June British troops retreat to Lucknow
7 July Battle sparked by an attempt to disarm the 14th Bengal Native Infantry who mutinied and were then destroyed by a larger force
15 July
20 July
30 May – 27 Nov Lucknow besieged by rebels, relieved, besieged again, and relieved for a second time
1858 9 Jan British forces defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong
8–9 March
28 April – 1 May Montenegro defeats Ottoman Army in Grahovac. This battle brought first official Turkish recognition of borders of Montenegro.
12 May
17 May
2 June
1 Sep
5 Sep
18 Sep
29 Sep
26 Dec
1859 18 May Serer people against French colonialism. French victory.
20 May French Army under General Forey defeat an Austrian army
26 May Piedmontese defeat Austrians
27 May
30 May French zouaves and Piedmontese defeat an Austrian army
3 June
4 June French Army under Napoleon III defeat Austrian army under General Gyulay. Liberation of Milan.
24 June French Army and Piedmontese army under Napoleon III defeat an Austrian army under Franz Joseph. End of war.
5 July
1 Nov
13 Nov
1860 24 Jan
6 March
15 May Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops
14 June
25 June Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops
10 Aug
18 Sept Italian victory over the Papal troops
1 Oct Sicilians are defeated by the Piedmontese
4 Dec
19 Dec
22 Dec

1861-1865

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1861 5 Nov 1860 – 13 Feb 1861 Frances II is sieged by the Piedmontese
12 April Beauregard fires on fort – first important battle of American Civil War
18–19 May Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery
29 May – 1 June Confederate artillery hit by naval bombardment, later withdrawn
3 June Union troops under McClellan defeats rebels
10 June Union attack on Confederate positions near a church repelled
17 June Union forces defeat pro-Confederate governor's Missouri State Guard
2 July Patterson defeats Confederate force but fails to capitalize on his victory
5 July Confederate victory
11 July Confederate force split in half mid-battle; one half surrenders, the other escapes
18 July McDowell defeated in recon-in-force against Confederate
21 July Union under McDowell lose to Confederate under Johnston, Beauregard, Jackson
5 Aug Union victory in small skirmish
10 Aug Union forces lose
26 Aug Confederates surprise and defeat Union forces
28–29 Aug Union forces capture two North Carolina forts
2 Sep Union cavalry from Kansas defeated by Missouri State Guard
10 Sep Confederates withdraw by night after several hours of fighting
12–15 Sep 300 Union troops withstand uncoordinated Confederate attacks
17 Sep Minor Missouri State Guard victory
19 Sep Confederate victory over Union forces
13–20 Sep Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard
24–25 Sep
27 Sep
3 Oct Confederates withdraw after inconclusive battle
5 Oct
9 Oct Union forces capture island
12 Oct
16 Oct Union victory
21 Oct Union victory over Confederate forces
1900 Union soldiers die
Missouri State Guard defeated
25 Oct Union forces capture town
7 Nov Grant captures and destroys Confederate supplies
8 Nov Union victory over Confederate forces
19 Nov Confederate forces defeat Opothleyahola
9 Dec Opothleyahola defeated
13 Dec Confederates withstand Union attack
17 Dec Inconclusive
20 Dec Union defeats Confederate forces under Stuart
26 Dec Opothleyahola defeated, flees to Kansas
28 Dec Union victory
1862 3 Jan Inconclusive
5–6 Jan Unsuccessful Confederate attack
8 Jan Confederates routed
10 Jan Union forces under Garfield defeat Confederates under Marshall
11 Jan
19 Jan Union victory, Zollicoffer killed
6 Feb Grant and gunboats under Foote take fort and gain control of Tennessee River
7–8 Feb Union forces under Burnside capture island
10 Feb Destruction of the Mosquito Fleet
11–16 Feb Grant takes fort, accepts surrender of Confederate army, and gains control of Cumberland River
20–21 Feb Union forces routed in New Mexico Territory
7 March Union victory
9 March USS Monitor defeats USS Merrimac
14 March Union troops disembark from ships and capture town
23 March Union forces defeat Confederates under Jackson
26–28 March Union forces outmaneuver Confederates.
6–7 April Grant attacked by Johnston and Beauregard, defeats them
28 Feb – 8 April Union victory by Pope
10–11 April Union takes fort
15 April Union forces defeat the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers
19 April Confederates thwart attempt to destroy a canal
23 March – 26 April Confederate fort surrenders after Union artillery bombardment
18–28 April Union victory for possession of New Orleans
25 April – 1 May Union forces capture city
5 April – 4 May Union troops win skirmish
5 May Mexicans defeat French
McClellan and Longstreet fight inconclusive battle
7 May Inconclusive
8–9 May Jackson's Confederates defeat Union forces
15 May Union naval attack repelled by Confederate artillery
15–17 May Confederate victory over Union forces
19 May Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted
23 May Jackson forces Union retreat by threatening the rear of the Union force
25 May Jackson defeats Banks
27 May Union victory
29 April – 30 May Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to Tupelo
31 May Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive
5 June Confederate forces retreat after Colonel Singletary is killed
6 June Union forces capture the city
7–8 June Union forces bombard the town
8 June Frémont defeated by elements of Jackson's force
9 June Costly victory for Jackson
16 June Union fails to take town, Union commander later court-martialed for disobeying orders
17 June The USS Mound City is hit by Confederate shore gun and explodes
21 June Minor bloodless victory by Union forces
25 June Indecisive battle between McClellan and Lee
26 June Lee defeated.
27 June Lee defeats McClellan.
27–28 June Indecisive battle between Lee and McClellan.
29 June Union forces withdraw
30 June Indecisive artillery duel
McClellan retreats from Lee's Confederates
30 June – 1 July Union gunboat attacks, but later withdraws.
1 July McClellan defeats Lee but withdraws after battle.
3 July
7 July Union victory
13 July Confederate victory
15–16 July
28 July
5 Aug
6–9 Aug Union forces capture town
9 Aug Union forces repelled by Confederate counter-attack
Minor bloodless victory by Union forces
11 Aug Confederate victory
15–16 Aug Confederate victory, Union commander killed. Confederates forced to withdraw after battle.
18 Aug
21–22 Aug Failed Santee Sioux attack on Union-controlled fort
22–25 Aug Union supplies destroyed during skirmish
25-27 Aug Confederates capture and destroy Manassas Station
28 Aug Longstreet defeats small Union
29 Aug Royal Italian Army defeats rebels
30 Aug Jackson, Lee, and Longstreet destroys Pope's Army of Northern Virginia
Confederates under Smith rout Union army under Nelson
1 Sep Union forces escape from nearly being cut off, Kearny is killed
2 Sep Confederates clear Leesburg of Union forces
1–3 Sep Bloodless victory by Union forces
3–4 Sep Confederate attack fails
12–15 Sep Jackson captures Union garrison
14 Sep McClellan defeats Lee
14–17 Sep Union force surrenders
17 Sep McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war
19 Sep Grant is victorious
19–20 Sep Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades
23 Sep US victory over the Lakota
24–25 Sep Minor bloodless victory by Union forces
27 Sep
30 Sep Union forces panic under bombardment from Confederate artillery
4 Oct Bloodless Union victory
5 Oct Confederate force under Van Dorn escapes across river
8 Oct Buell v. Bragg, indecisive
22 Oct Union
27 Oct
7 Nov Union force surrenders to larger Confederate force
28 Nov Small Confederate force delays Union while larger force escapes
7 Dec Union secures northwest Arkansas
Disguised in Union uniforms, Confederates infiltrate and defeat Union forces
13 Dec Lee routs Burnside
14 Dec Union forces under Foster defeat Confederates under Evans.
16 Dec Foster fights indecisive battle with Robertson
17 Dec Foster defeats Confederates and destroys the bridge
19 Dec Confederate feint to distract Union forces
26–29 Dec Union attack on Confederate right flank thwarted
31 Dec Confederates repel Union double-pronged assault
1863 31 Dec 1862 – 2 Jan 1863 Forces fight to draw
8 Jan Confederates enter town, but are unable to take nearby fort
9 Jan Fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River
9–11 Jan Confederates are victorious, but unable to continue raid
22 Jan First skirmish of January Uprising
22-23 Jan Polish insurgents raid Szydłowiec
Failed Polish attack on Lubartów
29 Jan Shoshone forces massacred by Union troops
30 Jan
3 Feb Failed Confederate attack on town
Russians recapture town taken by Poles
4 Feb Poles defeat Russians
6-7 Feb Polish victory
Russians defeat Polish insurgents
8 Feb Failed Polish attack
17 Feb Russians foil a Polish attack
Indecisive battle between Poland and Russia
19 Feb Russians defeat poles
21 Feb Ludwik Mierosławski resigns as leader of uprising
24 Feb Poles get ambushed
Polish forced to retreat
1 March Poles defeat Russians
4 March Polish victory
5 March Poles defeat Russians
Confederate victory
13–15 March Hill leads unsuccessful Confederate attack on New Bern
17 March Pyrrhic Polish victory
Indecisive cavalry battle
18 March One of the bloodiest battles of the uprising
20 March Union forces withstand attack by Morgan's Confederates
21 March Poles attack and then escape
24 March Russians defeat Poles
25 March Union force surrenders
10 April Confederates withdraw after rearguard defeat
11 April Poles surprise and ambush Russians
14 April Russians attack Poles
16 April Unknown victor
17 April Deep Union cavalry raid toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana serves as a diversion of Confederate forces during Grant's Vicksburg campaign
30 March – 19 April Hill unable to take North Carolina town from Union forces
21 April Lithuanians defeat Russians
24 April
26 April Confederate attack fails
Poles under a Frenchman defeat Russians
29 April Unsuccessful naval attack by Grant's forces
Major Polish victory
30 April Union victory
29 April – 1 May Union feint during Vicksburg Campaign
1 May Grant defeats Confederates
1–2 May Confederates win but can't continue raid
2 May Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed
3 May Union forces under Sedgwick defeat Confederate forces left to guard the town by Lee
11 April – 4 May Twin indecisive battles at Norfleet House and Hill's Point fought over town
3–4 May Lee defeats Sedgwick
4–5 May One of the biggest Polish victories
5 May Russians defeat Italians and Poles
6 May Poles clash with Russians
8 May Russians defeat and massacre Poles
7–9 May Lithuanian insurrection defeated
11 May Russian victory
12 May Failed Confederate attempt to protect Vicksburg from approaching Union army
14 May Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston
16 May Grant defeats Confederates
16–17 May Russian victory
17 May Confederate forces trapped in Vicksburg
21 May Union victory
17–25 May Russian victory
26 May Pivotal battle in uprising
30 May Pyrrhic victory for Russians
2–3 June Russian victory
7 June Confederates unable to break siege of Vicksburg
9 June Pleasonton surprises Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps
13–15 June Confederate victory paves way for Lee's invasion
15 June Polish attack on Lututów fails
17 June Indecisive battle during Lee's march north
17–19 June Stuart retreats from engagement with Union cavalry
20 June Russian victory
20–21 June
21 June Indecisive cavalry battle during Lee's invasion
24–26 June Union victory prevents Confederates in Tennessee from coming to the aid of Vicksburg
29–30 June Confederates drive Union Black Regiments off of several plantations
30 June Stuart forced to change his route, delaying his efforts to unite with Lee's force outside Gettysburg
1–3 July Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's Charge fails, ends second invasion of North
4 July Siege from 22 May ends, Grant accepts surrender of second Confederate army
Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union
8 July Indecisive action at rearguard of Lee's retreat
21 May – 9 July Last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi surrenders
9 July Confederate raid results in civilian casualties
10 July Polish victory
11 July First of two Union attempts to take Fort Wagner
12–13 July
15 July Polish insurrects defeated Romanian forces
6–16 July Meade and Lee fight indecisive battle
17 July In Indian Territory, two largely Black and Native American forces meet. Union victory.
18 July Second of two Union attempts to take Fort Wagner fails, heroism of the 54th Massachusetts
19 July
23 July Indecisive battle by day, Confederates withdraw by night
24–25 July Union forces defeat Santee, Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux troops
26 July Sibley defeats Sioux forces
Confederate Morgan surrenders in Ohio
28 July Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit
4 Aug Polish victory
5 Aug
8 Aug
22 Aug Russian victory, Poles withdraw
23 Aug Quantrill's Raiders pillage the city
24 Aug Decisive Polish defeat
26 Aug Polish victory
1 Sep Union victory after heavy fighting
3 Sep Polish victory
3–5 Sep Union soldiers defeat Sioux forces
6 Sep Russians defeat Poles and Hungarians
8 Sep Confederate forces place stakes in river to help aim their guns at Union ships, Confederate victory
21 Aug – 8 Sep Union captures town
17 Aug – 9 Sep Union attempt to retake Fort fails even after massive bombardment and naval attack
10 Sep Union victory allows for capture of Little Rock, Arkansas
10–11 Sep Union forces establish defensive positions prior to Chickamauga
19 Sep Bragg defeats Rosecrans
22 Sep Union forces capture town
29 Sep
30 Sep Polish and Hungarian forces defeat Russians
6 Oct Quantrill's Raiders massacre Union Black Regiments
10 Oct Confederate forces overrun
11 Oct Union victory
13 Oct Stuart escapes by hiding in a ravine
14 Oct Confederates attack Union rearguard, indecisive
Meade defeats elements of Lee's forces, but Confederates destroy railroad during retreat
18 Oct
19 Oct Union cavalry caught in ambush, defeated
20 Oct Poles defeat Cossacks
25 Oct Confederate attack fails
28–29 Oct Longstreet defeated by Union forces
3 Nov Abortive Confederate attack on the town
6 Nov
7 Nov Union forces surge across river, forcing Lee to retreat
16 Nov Confederate double-envelopment attempt fails
17 Nov
20–21 Nov
23–25 Nov Grant defeats Bragg and relieves Union forces besieged in Chattanooga
25 Nov Poles capture town
27 Nov Confederates under Cleburne defeat Union forces under Hooker
29 Nov Longstreet unable to take fort due to poor quality gunpowder
27 Nov – 2 Dec Meade bombards Lee's Confederates but then withdraws
14 Dec Union forces withdraw a short distance
29 Dec Confederate cavalry forced back
1864 4 Jan
10 Jan
12–14 Jan
17 Jan Union forces withdraw
Polish victory
26 Jan Union victory
27 Jan Union Pyrrhic victory
6 Feb
6–7 Feb Diversionary Union attack
13 Feb
14 Feb Sherman occupies town
20 Feb Union fail to take Florida
21 Feb End of January Uprising
2 March
17 March
18 March
25 March Confederate raid by Forrest successful
3–4 April Confederates unable to prevent Union river crossing
7 April
8 April Banks' Red River campaign halted by rebels
9 April Confederate attack fails
12 April Forrest takes fort, massacres Black troops
9–13 April Steele defeats Price
18 April Part of Red River campaign, Black troops massacred
Key defeat for Denmark
23 April Confederate forces driven back
25 April Part of Red River campaign
30 April
5 May Grant and Lee meet inconclusively
Indecisive naval battle
6–7 May Union forces destroy railroad
9 May Danish sea victory over Austria. Last significant battle involving wooden ships on both sides.
Union victory, Confederate General Jenkins killed
Union forces damage railroad but are stopped by Confederate forces
10 May Union victory after brief battle
Union forces under Butler pushed back
11 May Union forces win cavalry battle, Stuart is killed
8–13 May Indecisive battle
13 May Sherman defeats Johnston
15 May Confederate forces halt Union army under Sigel from advance up Shenandoah Valley
12–16 May Beauregard defeats Butler
17 May Failed Confederate attempt to destroy part of the Union force approaching Atlanta
18 May Final battle of the Red River campaign in Louisiana, Union forces successfully cross the Atchafalaya River
20 May Beauregard boxes Butler in
8–21 May Grant and Lee meet inconclusively
24 May Confederates under Fitzhugh Lee defeated by two Union Black Regiments
23–26 May Lee outmaneuvers Grant, but because of illness, is unable to capitalize
25–26 May Hooker's forces defeated
27 May Unsuccessful attack by Sherman on Johnston
28 May Union advance halted
Confederate withdrawal in Georgia
28–30 May Union forces pushed back
30 May Union forces drive Confederates back
5 June Union forces under Hunter defeat Confederate defenses
9 June Beauregard defeats Butler
10 June Forrest routs Union force almost three times as large
31 May – 12 June Lee repulses Grant
11–12 June Confederate victory, Custer nearly surrounded and has to be rescued by Sheridan
17 June
19 June USS Kearsarge
sinks 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|-| Second War of Schleswig || Battle of Als || || 29 June || Final battle of the war, Prussian victory over Denmark|-| rowspan="10" | American Civil War || Battle of Marietta || rowspan="23" | || 9 June – 3 July || Sherman defeats Johnston|-| Battle of Monocacy Junction || 9 July || Union General Wallace slows up Early, saving Washington, DC|-| Battle of Fort Stevens || 11–12 July || Failed Confederate attempt to capture Washington, DC|-| Battle of Tupelo || 14–15 July || Union victory, Forrest wounded|-| Second Battle of Petersburg || 15 June – 18 July || Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond|-| Battle of Cool Spring || 17–18 July |||-| Battle of Rutherford's Farm || rowspan="2" | 20 July || Confederate under Early caught by surprise and defeated|-| Battle of Peachtree Creek || Confederate attack fails|-| Battle of Atlanta || 22 July || Sherman turns back Hood|-| Second Battle of Kernstown || 24 July || Early defeats Union forces|-| Sioux Wars and American Civil War || Battle of Killdeer Mountain || 26 July || Union forces defeat Sioux|-| rowspan="12" | American Civil War || 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 Aug || Indecisive battle|-| Battle of Utoy Creek || 5–7 Aug || Indecisive battle on Union right flank|-| Second Battle of Dalton || 14–15 Aug || Union forces withstand attack until relieved|-| Battle of Gainesville || 17 Aug |||-| Battle of Lovejoy's Station || 20 Aug || Confederates repel Union raiders attacking the station.|-| Battle of Globe Tavern || 18–21 Aug || Confederate forces lose control of railroads at Petersburg|-| Second Battle of Memphis || 21 Aug || Partially successful Confederate raid|-| Battle of Mobile Bay || 23 Aug || Farragut takes port|-| Second Battle of Ream's Station || 25 Aug || Union lines overrun by Confederates|-| Battle of Jonesborough || 31 Aug – 1 Sep || Hardee's Confederates defeated, resulting in Atlanta's fall|-| Chōshū Rebellion || Battle of Shimonoseki || || 5-6 Sep || Engagements since July 1863 pits the UK, France, The Netherlands and the USA against Japanese warlord of the Chōshū Domain|-| rowspan="28" | American Civil War || Third Battle of Winchester || rowspan="29" | || 19 Sep || Sheridan defeats Early, several officers killed or wounded on both sides|-| Battle of Fisher's Hill || 21–22 Sep || Successful Union frontal assault|-| Battle of Fort Davidson || rowspan="2" | 27 Sep || Union forces detonate their own fort after losing to Confederates|-| Battle of Marianna |||-| Battle of Chaffin's Farm || 29–30 Sep || Union forces victorious but fail to capture several forts|-| Battle of Peebles' Farm || 30 Sep – 2 Oct || Union victory near Petersburg|-| Battle of Saltville || 1–3 Oct || Confederates defeat Union Black Regiment, war crimes committed against captured soldiers|-| Battle of Allatoona || 5 Oct || Union fortifications hold|-| Battle of Darbytown Road || 7 Oct || Confederate attack repelled|-| Battle of Tom's Brook || 9 Oct || Union cavalry defeats Confederates|-| Capture of Sedalia || rowspan="2" | 15 Oct || Confederate cavalry defeats Union militia|-| Battle of Glasgow, Missouri || Union forces surrender|-| Second Battle of Lexington || rowspan="2" | 19 Oct || Union forces driven out|-| Battle of Cedar Creek || Sheridan defeats Early|-| Battle of Little Blue River || 21 Oct || Confederate victory|-| Second Battle of Independence || 22 Oct || Union forces occupy town|-| Battle of Byram's Ford || 22–23 Oct || Confederates under Marmaduke defeated|-| Battle of Westport || 23 Oct || Union forces win decisive battle to take control of Missouri|-| Battle of Marais des Cygnes || rowspan="3" | 25 Oct || Price's Confederates pursued into Kansas|-| Battle of Mine Creek || Price's army crushed|-| Battle of Marmiton River || Price escapes Union pursuit|-| Battle of Boydton Plank Road || 27–28 Oct || Union forces take control of road, but withdraw after battle|-| Second Battle of Newtonia || 28 Oct || James G. Blunt defeats Joseph O. Shelby|-| Battle of Decatur || 26–29 Oct || Confederates unable to cross river|-| Battle of Johnsonville || 4–5 Nov || Confederates bombard Union forces during the night after a fire starts near Union positions|-| Battle of Bull's Gap || 11–13 Nov || Minor Confederate victory|-| Sherman's March to the Sea || 16 Nov || Sherman lays waste to South|-| Battle of Columbia || 24 Nov || Confederates divert attention|-| American Indian Wars and Apache Wars || First Battle of Adobe Walls || 25 Nov || Carson fights Kiowa forces to a draw, but manages to destroy their settlement|-| Uruguayan War || Siege of Salto || || 22-28 Nov || Brazilian forces capture the city of Salto|-| American Civil War || Battle of Spring Hill || rowspan="8" | || rowspan="2" | 29 Nov || Confederate mistakes allow Union forces to redeploy, leading to the Battle of Franklin|-| Colorado War, American Indian Wars and American Civil War || Battle of Sand Creek || US forces massacre Cheyenne and Arapaho people|-| rowspan="6" | American Civil War || Battle of Franklin || 30 Nov || Hood attacks Thomas but loses|-| Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia || 4 Dec || Kilpatrick stops Wheeler from attacking Sherman|-| Third Battle of Murfreesboro || 5–7 Dec || Confederate raid mostly unsuccessful|-| Battle of Nashville || 15–16 Dec || Confederate Army in Tennessee overwhelmed.|-| Battle of Altamaha Bridge || 19 Dec |||-| First Battle of Fort Fisher || 7–27 Dec || Failed Union attempt to take fort|-| rowspan="48" | 1865 || Uruguayan War || Siege of Paysandú || || 3 Dec-2 Jan 1865 || Brazilian-Colorado victory|-| Colorado War || Battle of Julesburg || rowspan="4" | || 7 Jan |||-| rowspan="3" | American Civil War || Battle of Dove Creek || 8 Jan |||-| Second Battle of Fort Fisher || 15 Jan || Union takes fort|-| Battle of Trent's Reach || 23–25 Jan |||-| Uruguayan War || Battle of Jaguarão || || 27 Jan || Brazilian victory|-| rowspan="2" | American Civil War || Battle of Rivers' Bridge || rowspan="28" | || 3 Feb || Union forces capture river crossing|-| Battle of Hatcher's Run || 5 Feb || Union force launch unexpected attack|-| Colorado War || Battle of Rush Creek || 8–9 Feb |||-| Apache Wars and American Civil War || Battle of Fort Buchanan || 17 Feb |||-| rowspan="5" | American Civil War || Battle of Fort Myers || 20 Feb |||-| Battle of Wilmington || 22 Feb || Last rebel port falls|-| Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia || 2 March || 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|-| Indian Wars and Snake War || Battle of Mud Lake || 14 March |||-| rowspan="18" | American Civil War || 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|-| Battle of Fort Stedman || 25 March || Lee breaks siege|-| Battle of Lewis's Farm || 29 March || Union forces capture Confederate earthworks.|-| Battle of White Oak Road || rowspan="2" | 31 March || Confederate forces under Anderson defeated.|-| Battle of Dinwiddie Court House || Pickett defeats Sheridan|-| Battle of Five Forks || 1 April || Sheridan routs Confederates in last important battle of the Civil War|-| Battle of Selma || rowspan="3" | 2 April || Wilson defeats Forrest|-| Third Battle of Petersburg || Grant defeats Lee|-| Battle of Sutherland's Station || Lee's supply lines are cut|-| Battle of Namozine Church || 3 April || Several Confederates captured|-| 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 Blakeley || 2–9 April || Union forces capture fort outside of Mobile|-| Battle of Appomattox Courthouse || 9 April || Lee's forces surrounded. He subsequently surrenders.|-| Second French intervention in Mexico || Battle of Tacámbaro || || 11 April |||-| rowspan="5" | American Civil War || Battle of Morrisville || rowspan="5" | || 13–15 April || Last cavalry battle of the Civil War|-| Battle of West Point || rowspan="2" | 16 April || Union victory|-| Battle of Columbus || Union victory|-| Wilson's Raid || 22 March – 20 April || Union cavalry operate through Alabama and Georgia, opposed by Forest|-| Battle of Palmito Ranch || 12–13 May || Confederate victory in Texas|-| Paraguayan War || Battle of Riachuelo || || 11 June || Brazil defeats Paraguay|-| Second French intervention in Mexico || Battle of la Loma || || 16 July |||-| Colorado War, Sioux Wars and American Indian Wars || Battle of Platte Bridge || || 26 July |||-| Paraguayan War || Battle of Paso de Cuevas || || 12 Aug |||-| Powder River Expedition and Sioux Wars || Battle of Bone Pile Creek || || 13–15 Aug |||-| Paraguayan War || Battle of Jataí || || 17 Aug || The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) attacks a Paraguayan column of troops|-| Indian Wars || Battle of the Tongue River || || 29 Aug || US forces led by Connor defeat Arapaho forces|-| Chincha Islands War || Battle of Papudo || || 26 Nov || Peru and Chile defeat Spain in a naval battle|}

1866–1870

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1866 7 Feb Indecisive battle between combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet and Spanish fleet
2 May Spain defeats Peruvian forces
24 May The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) is attacked by Paraguayan Army. Almost 60,000 took part in the fight. 16,000 casualties (8,000 allied; 12,000 Paraguayans).
2 June Fenian Brotherhood defeats Canadians
Canadian force overwhelmed by main Fenian army
24 June
27 June Hanoverian Army under King George V defeated by Prussians under General Von Flies
28 June
3 July Prussia, led by General Von Moltke, defeats Austria in Austro-Prussian War, resulting in Prussia taking over as prominent German nation from Austria
20 July Austrian Admiral Von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads.
21 July Garibaldi defeats Austrians
24 July
1–3 Sep
22 Sep Argentine and Brazilian forces of 20,000 men attack Paraguayan trenches
3 Oct
18 Oct
21 Dec 80 men under captain William J. Fetterman are completely wiped out at the hands of at least 1,000 Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors under Oglala Lakota chiefs Red Cloud and Crazy Horse.
26 Dec
1867 29 Jan
13 – 27 May Forces of the Kaabu Empire fight those of the Imamate of Futa Jallon. Kaabu defenders blow up Kansala once defeat is clear, taking many attackers with it.
18 July The Serer people defeated the Muslim jihadists of Senegambia
26–28 Sep
28 Oct
1868 28 Jan
29 March
9–13 April Napier defeats the army of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia and captures Magdala by assault. Tewodros dies by suicide.
10–14 May
4 July
12 Aug
17–19 Sep
6 Oct
7 Nov
27 Nov Custer defeats Black Kettle
6 Dec First battle of a series fought the month of December between the Brazilian Army and the Paraguayan Army. Around 13,000 Brazilians attack a fortified position on a river bridge defended by 5,000 Paraguayans.
11 Dec 17,000 Allied troops, mainly Brazilians, attack 4,000 Paraguayans
21–27 Dec 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)
1870 1 March
25 May Canadians defeat Fenian Brotherhood
4 Aug German victory
6 Aug Von Steinmetz leads Prussians to victory over the French
German Crown Prince defeats French forces
16 Aug German strategic victory against French
18 Aug German victory against French
1 Sep Mac-Mahon's French lose to Germans, paving the way to the founding of the German Empire
14 Aug - 28 Sep Germans capture city
27–30 Sep Albert, King of Saxony defeats French forces
30 Sep French attack on Prussian forces repulsed
19 Aug – 27 Oct Bazaine forced to surrender.
9 Nov French Army, under General Paladines, defeat a Bavarian army. Liberation of Orléans.
29 Nov – 3 Dec Germans defeat French

1871-1875

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1871 15–17 Jan French efforts to lift the Siege of Belfort fail
19 Jan Prussians defeat French
20 Jan German Crown Prince defeats the French
3 Nov 1870 - 18 Feb 1871 German victory
20 April-3 June Ottoman Empire captures Al-Ahsa Governorate
11 July Fought between Emperor Tekle Giyorgis II and 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 Emperor of Ethiopia.
1873 17 Jan
27 March
26 March – 25 April An expedition under Major General Köhler with the intention of attacking and taking the Sultan's palace
4 Aug
11 Aug
1874 27 June – 28 Hunters hold off 300 Comanche warriors
28 Sep Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa defeated by US forces
1 Nov
Late 1873 Dutch Colonial forces take the sultan's palace in Aceh
1875 16 Nov A large force under Yohannes IV decisively defeat a much smaller force of Egyptians under the commanders Bey, Ahrendrup, and Count Zichy

1876-1880

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1876 7–9 March Emperor Yohannes IV decisively defeats an Egyptian punitive attack
17 March
9 June
17 June Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe warriors under Crazy Horse, check US forces under Crook, forcing him to retreat into Wyoming and preventing him from uniting with Custer
25 June Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse of Sioux defeat Custer
17 July
18 July Montenegrin-Herzegovinian forces heavily defeat the Ottomans and manage to capture two of their commanders
2 Aug Montenegro defeats much bigger Ottoman Army
23 Aug The outnumbered Serbian army, led by Colonel Protić, win a tactical victory in this defensive battle against the Ottoman forces
9-10 Sep 2000 US 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
21 Oct
25 Nov US and Pawnee forces surprise and destroy the village of the last free Cheyennes, forcing them to seek shelter with Crazy Horse's people
1877 18 March
3–20 March
7–8 May
25 June Ottoman victory
3–5 July
10 July Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce defeated by Howard of the US
16 July Russian forces capture city
17–19 July Gourko seizes pass from Suleiman Pasha
9 Aug Minor US victory over the Nez Perce, Gibbon wounded
20 Aug
21–26 Aug Ottomans unable to retake pass
1–3 Sep Skobelev defeats Osman Pasha
13 Sep
13–17 Sep Süleyman Pasha fails in a second Ottoman attempt to retake the pass
24 Sep
30 Sep – 5 Oct US victory forces Chief Joseph to surrender
24 Oct Gourko captures fortress
17 Nov Russian forces capture city
20 July – 10 Dec Russians, after reverses, defeat Ottomans
1878 5–9 Jan Russians defeat Ottomans
17 Jan Ottomans forced to retreat to Constantinople
21 Nov British victory
28–29 Nov British victory over Afghanistan
1879 22 Jan Zulu combined army annihilates British-led force
22 Jan A small, heavily outnumbered British force defeats the Zulus
12 March Zulu army destroys small British force in an ambush
23 March Chile defeats Bolivia
28 March British suffer yet another disaster at Zulu hands
29 March Zulu Impi defeated in an attack on a British laager
2 April British defeat Zulu
22 Jan - 3 April British victory
12 April Indecisive naval battle between Chile and Peru
22 April British victory
21 May Indecisive battle between Chile and the combined forces of Peru and Bolivia
4 July Decisive British victory
6 Oct British victory
8 Oct Chilean navy defeats the Peruvian and Bolivian navies
2 Nov Successful Chilean amphibious assault
19 Nov Peruvian and Bolivian troops ambush Chileans but Bolivians retreat, forcing Peruvians to follow suit
27 Nov Peru defeats Chile
4 Dec Pro-Ottoman irregular troops of the League of Prizren ambush and repulse Montenegrin forces
1880 8 Jan Around 10,000 pro-Ottoman forces attack and are repulsed by Montenegrins numbering 3,000
5–8 April
19 April British and Indian forces defeat Afghans
25 April Brits recapture Char Asiab
14 May
2 July Chile storms Peruvian positions atop a hill. Heavy casualties.
27 July Afghan victory over British and Indian forces
1 Sep British victory over Afghan forces, following General Roberts' Kabul-to-Kandahar relief march
12 Sep
20 Dec Transvaal Boers defeat British

1881-1885

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1881 28 Jan Boer victory, British gunfire holds Boers back long enough to allow retreat
8 Feb Boer victory
27 Feb Boer victory over British, Colley killed
12 Aug
30 Aug
1882 6 June Shewan forces under Negus Menelik II defeat the opposing forces of Gojjam under Negus Tekle Haymanot, giving Shewa the hegemony over the Gibe region and making Menelik the most powerful ruler in Ethiopia except for Emperor Yohannes IV
11-13 July
17 July
5 Aug
13 Sep British forces defeat Egyptian army under Colonel Urabi
1883 19 May Black Flag forces defeat French forces in Tonkin
3-5 Nov Mahdi wipes out Egyptians controlling Sudan
Major Van Heutsz conquers the rest of Aceh and becomes governor of the Dutch East Indies
1884 4–29 Feb Mahdi forces battle Egyptian then British forces
13 March British forces under Graham defeat a Mahdi army under Digna despite successfully breaking an infantry square
23 Aug French fleet destroys Qing Chinese fleet at Fuzhou
2–8 Oct Qing Chinese victory over the French
19 Nov French victory over Black Flag forces
1885 4 Jan French victory over Qing Chinese forces
26 Jan After a 10-month siege, the Mahdi capture the city from the British, slaughtering the garrison, as well as 4,000 residents
23 Feb French victory over Qing Chinese forces
2 March French victory over Qing Chinese and Black Flag forces
24 Nov 1884 – 3 March 1885 French victory
23–24 March Chinese victory over French forces
23 March Qing Chinese and Black Flag victory over French forces
26 March Dumont wins a victory for the Métis people
2–15 April Cree forces destroy Canadian fort
24 April Middleton withdraws the Canadian force
2 May Cree and Assiniboine defeat Canadian force
5–12 May Middleton defeats Dumont
22 May
28 May Cree withstand Canadian assault
3 June Canadians defeat the Cree
23 Sep Ras Alula defeats an invading Mahdi army led by Digna
Bulgarians win the decisive engagement
Final battle of the Serbo-Bulgarian War
19 Dec
30 Dec Anglo-Egyptian Army defeat Mahdist Sudanese warriors, effectively ending the First Sudan Campaign

1886-1890

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1886 6 Sep Ras Darge Sahle Selassie defeats a force of Arsi Oromo
Oct Emirate of Harar troops led by Bakri Salih routs Abyssinian forces of Menelik II
1887 9 Jan Negus Menelik II routs the tiny Harari army of emir 'Abd-Allah II, leading to the conquest of Harar
26 Jan Ras Alula annihilates an Italian battalion sent to relieve an Ethiopian siege of Sahati
1888 20 Dec British defeated the Mahdi forces near Suakin
1889 9–10 March On the brink of victory, Emperor Yohannes IV is killed and his army defeated
1890 20 April French forces defeat the Dahomean army near Porto-Novo
29 Dec Sioux crushed in last Indian Wars battle

1891-1895

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1891 24 Jan Rashidi troops end the Second Saudi State
6 March
21 Aug
28 Aug
1893 1 Nov 700 British troops defeat 10,000 Ndebele
Expulsion of Uruzgani Hazaras
1894 / 17 Sep Japanese fleet barely defeats Chinese
1895 13–14 Jan After occupying Adwa, the Italians defeat a counterattack by Ras Mangesha Yohannes
2–3 June
27 Aug
1–2 Sep
9 Oct
11 Oct
26 Nov
7 Dec Ras Makonnen Woldemikael leads the first Ethiopian counterstrike of the war to success

1896-1900

Year War Battle Date(s) Description
1896 6–21 Jan Menelik II's forces besiege the Italians at Mek'ele until the defenders receive permission allowing them to leave the town
1 March Ethiopian soldiers under Emperor Menelik II defeat upon Italian troops
2 April
3–8 April
May
30 Aug
31 Aug
12 Oct
23 Oct
9–11 Nov The first major victory of the Philippine Revolutionary soldiers over Spanish colonial forces under Aguinaldo, Evangelista, Tirona and Montoya
15–16 Nov
1897 17 Feb Victory for the Philippine Revolutionary forces by Aguinaldo and Evangelista; captures Zapote Bridge in Bacoor and defeats the Spanish colonial forces under Polavieja.
18 April - 20 May Ottoman victory
12 Sep Battle between twenty-one Sikhs of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defending an army post, and 10,000 Afghans
1898 1 May
11 May Spanish naval victory
US forces cut two telegraph cables but fail to destroy a third due to Spanish intervention
12 May Indecisive battle
28 May
6–10 June US commences its invasion of Cuba
20–21 June US forces capture island, Spanish governor protests since he was unaware of the declaration of war
24 June First major land battle of the war
30 June US forces barely able to rescue trapped reconnaissance force.
1 July Spanish forces hold back Americans
Roosevelt storms the hill, American victory
3 July Admiral Cervera's Spanish fleet destroyed trying to escape blockading US fleet and reach reinforcements
3–18 July US forces capture city but the outbreak of disease begins to take its toll on the Americans
23 July Unsuccessful American landing attempt
26 July American victory despite desertions
5 Aug American push past Spanish snipers to take town.
9 Aug American victory
Americans troops destroy the Spanish garrison at Coamo
10 Aug Spanish forces retreat after US attack with cannons and gatling guns
12 Aug Battle interrupted by news of armistice
25 July – 15 Aug US and Filipino forces capture Manila Spanish
2 Sep British under Kitchener ambushed by Sudanese Dervishes
1899 4–5 Feb American troops engage with the Philippine Army in the first battle of the war. After hard fighting, the Americans rout the Filipinos.
10 Feb American victory
22–24 Feb
10 March
27 March American victory
9–10 April
11 April Philippine forces routed by American sharpshooters and artillery
12 April Americans under Lawton defeat small Philippine force
23 April
25–27 April American victory
13 June
18–23 Sep
12 Oct
18 Oct
20 Oct British Pyrrhic victory over the Boers
21 Oct Successful British cavalry charge in bad weather
24 Oct Colombian Liberals vs. Conservatives, Conservative victory
30 Oct
11 Nov American forces defeat Philippine Army under General Tinio
23 Nov
28 Nov British defeat Boers under Cronjé
2 Dec Philippine Forces
10 Dec Boer victory
11 Dec Cronjé defeats British forces
15 Dec British forces attacked while caught in a loop of a river, heavy casualties.
19 Dec Philippine forces initially defeat American forces but are later defeated
1900 24 Jan Boer victory
5–7 Feb
18–27 Feb British capture forces of Boer general Cronjé
2 Nov 1899 – 28 Feb 1900 Unsuccessful Boer siege
7 March
31 March British forces caught in double-pronged Boer ambush
5 April
7 April
14 May
13 Oct 1899 – 17 May 1900 British forces withstand Boer siege
4 June
11–12 June British Empire forces defeat Boers
16 July
24–26 July
5 Aug
6 Aug
4–16 Aug Australian and Rhodesian forces defeat Boers
13 Sep Filipino guerrillas ambush and defeat a US infantry column
17 Sep Filipino soldiers under General Cailles outmaneuver the 37th and 15th US infantry regiments
20 Sep
6 Nov
7 Nov
13 Dec

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Sardinia - historical kingdom, Italy. 2023-06-23 . www.britannica.com . en.
  3. Book: George H Townsend . Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of References . 1862 . 218 .