All battles
587 battles by era, from the Battle of Muye to the 20th century — each with belligerents, course, casualties and impact.
Open the interactive world history map →Antiquity (2100–500 BCE) 34 entries
- 2100 BCEBattle of Zhuolu (legend)
- 2100 BCEBattle of Banquan (legend)
- 2055 BCEMentuhotep II reunifies Egypt
- 2004 BCEElam destroys the Third Dynasty of Ur
- 1763 BCEHammurabi conquers Larsa
- 1600 BCEBattle of Mingtiao
- 1550 BCEAhmose I expels the Hyksos
- 1457 BCEBattle of Megiddo
- 1400 BCEBattle of the Ten Kings
- 1340 BCESuppiluliuma I conquers Mitanni
- 1274 BCEBattle of Kadesh
- 1200 BCEFall of Hattusa (collapse of the Hittite Empire)
- 1180 BCETrojan War (fall of Troy)
- 1175 BCEBattle of the Nile Delta (Sea Peoples invasion)
- 1048 BCEEarly Zhou prelude to the campaign against King Zhou (the review at Mengjin)
- 1046 BCEBattle of Muye
- 1042 BCERebellion of the Three Guards
- 771 BCEQuanrong attack on Haojing
- 728 BCEPiye conquers Egypt
- 701 BCEBattle of Eltekeh
- 684 BCEBattle of Changshao
- 671 BCEAssyrian conquest of Egypt
- 632 BCEBattle of Chengpu
- 612 BCEFall of Nineveh
- 605 BCEBattle of Carchemish
- 597 BCEBattle of Bi
- 589 BCEBattle of An
- 586 BCESiege of Jerusalem and the Babylonian Captivity
- 575 BCEBattle of Yanling
- 547 BCECyrus conquers Lydia (fall of Sardis)
- 539 BCECyrus conquers the Neo-Babylonian Empire
- 525 BCECambyses II conquers Egypt (Battle of Pelusium)
- 521 BCEDarius I suppresses the great revolts of the empire
- 506 BCEBattle of Boju
Classical (500 BCE–500 CE) 120 entries
- 496 BCEBattle of Zuili
- 494 BCEBattle of Fujiao
- 494 BCEBattle of Lade
- 490 BCEBattle of Marathon
- 484 BCEBattle of Ailing
- 480 BCEBattle of Thermopylae
- 480 BCEBattle of Salamis
- 479 BCEBattle of Mycale
- 479 BCEBattle of Plataea
- 473 BCEYue conquers Wu
- 455 BCESiege of Jinyang (late Spring and Autumn)
- 425 BCEBattle of Sphacteria
- 413 BCESicilian Expedition (Siege of Syracuse)
- 405 BCEBattle of Aegospotami
- 404 BCEGreat Egyptian Revolt
- 371 BCEBattle of Leuctra
- 353 BCEBattle of Guiling
- 341 BCEBattle of Maling
- 338 BCEBattle of Chaeronea
- 334 BCEBattle of the Granicus
- 333 BCEBattle of Issus
- 332 BCESiege of Tyre
- 331 BCEBattle of Gaugamela
- 330 BCEBattle of the Persian Gate
- 326 BCEBattle of the Hydaspes
- 305 BCESeleucid-Mauryan War
- 301 BCEBattle of Ipsus
- 293 BCEBattle of Yique
- 279 BCEBattle of Jimo
- 278 BCEBattle of Yan–Ying
- 273 BCEBattle of Huayang
- 269 BCEBattle of Yuyu
- 261 BCEKalinga War
- 260 BCEBattle of Changping
- 257 BCEDefense of Handan
- 251 BCEBattle of Hao and Dai
- 230 BCEQin conquers Han
- 229 BCEFirst Illyrian War
- 228 BCEQin conquers Zhao
- 226 BCEQin conquers Yan
- 223 BCEQin conquers Chu
- 221 BCEQin conquers Qi
- 217 BCEBattle of Raphia
- 217 BCEBattle of Lake Trasimene
- 216 BCEBattle of Cannae
- 209 BCEDazexiang Uprising
- 208 BCEBattle of Dingtao (late Qin)
- 207 BCEBattle of Julu
- 207 BCEBattle of the Metaurus
- 206 BCELiu Bang enters the pass and destroys Qin
- 205 BCEBattle of Pengcheng
- 204 BCEBattle of Jingxing
- 204 BCEBattle of the Wei River
- 203 BCEBattle of Xingyang-Chenggao
- 202 BCEBattle of Gaixia
- 202 BCEBattle of Zama
- 200 BCESiege of Baideng
- 197 BCEBattle of Cynoscephalae
- 168 BCEBattle of Pydna
- 154 BCERebellion of the Seven States
- 146 BCEThe final fall of Carthage (Third Punic War)
- 133 BCEMayi ambush plan
- 133 BCESiege of Numantia
- 124 BCEBattle of the Southern Gobi
- 121 BCEHexi Campaign
- 119 BCEBattle of Mobei
- 112 BCEJugurthine War
- 104 BCELi Guangli attacks Dayuan
- 71 BCESpartacus slave revolt
- 53 BCEBattle of Carrhae
- 52 BCESiege of Alesia
- 48 BCEBattle of Pharsalus
- 42 BCEBattle of Philippi
- 36 BCEChen Tang forges an edict and kills Zhizhi Chanyu
- 31 BCEBattle of Actium
- 25 BCERoman–Meroitic War
- 9Teutoburg Forest
- 18Lülin and Red Eyebrows uprisings
- 23Battle of Kunyang
- 23Gengshi's attack on Chang'an after Kunyang
- 61Boudica's revolt
- 70Siege of Jerusalem
- 73Ban Chao's campaigns to pacify the Western Regions
- 74Siege of Masada
- 89Battle of Mount Jiluo
- 106Trajan's conquest of Dacia
- 184Yellow Turban Rebellion · Battle of Guangzong
- 191Battle of Jieqiao
- 198Battle of Xiapi
- 200Battle of Guandu
- 207Battle of White Wolf Mountain
- 208Battle of Red Cliffs
- 215Battle of Hefei (Xiaoyao Ford)
- 219Battle of Mount Dingjun
- 219Battle of Xiangfan
- 219Battle of Hanzhong
- 222Battle of Yiling
- 222Battle of Jiangling (Wei–Wu struggle for Jing Province)
- 228Battle of Shiting
- 228Battle of Jieting
- 234Battle of Wuzhang Plains
- 238Sima Yi pacifies Liaodong
- 257Three Rebellions of Shouchun (Zhuge Dan's Rebellion)
- 260Battle of Edessa
- 263Wei conquers Shu
- 280Jin conquers Wu
- 304War of the Eight Princes (Battle of Dangyin)
- 311Disaster of Yongjia (Fall of Luoyang)
- 312Battle of the Milvian Bridge
- 313Zu Ti's northern expedition
- 354Huan Wen's first northern expedition
- 363Battle of Ctesiphon (Julian's expedition)
- 369Battle of Fangtou
- 378Tikal "Entrada" (Teotihuacan intervention in the Maya world)
- 378Battle of Adrianople
- 383Battle of Fei River
- 395Battle of Canhe Slope
- 417Liu Yu's northern expeditions (conquest of Southern Yan and Later Qin)
- 450Yuanjia Northern Expedition
- 451Battle of Chalons (Battle of the Catalaunian Plains)
Medieval (500–1500) 182 entries
- 507Battle of Zhongli
- 525Aksum conquers Himyar
- 530Battle of Dara
- 531Battle of Callinicum
- 532Battle of Hanling
- 537Battle of Shayuan
- 538Battle of Heqiao
- 543Battle of Mangshan
- 546Battle of Yubi
- 546Battle of Yubi
- 549Hou Jing Rebellion · Siege of Taicheng
- 552Battle of Taginae
- 562Tikal–Calakmul War (c. 562 CE)
- 577War of Northern Zhou's conquest of Northern Qi
- 578Battle of Lüliang
- 589Sui conquers Chen
- 612Battle of Salsu
- 615Siege of Yanmen
- 618Battle of Qianshuiyuan
- 621Battle of Hulao
- 624Battle of Badr
- 626Avar-Persian siege of Constantinople
- 627Battle of the Trench
- 627Battle of Nineveh
- 630Battle of Yinshan (Tang conquers the Eastern Turks)
- 630Tang conquers the Eastern Turks
- 636Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
- 636Battle of the Yarmuk
- 640Tang conquest of Gaochang
- 642Battle of Nahavand
- 645Siege of Ansi
- 652Battle of Dongola
- 656Battle of the Camel
- 663Battle of Baekgang
- 668Tang conquers Goguryeo
- 674First Arab Siege of Constantinople
- 680Battle of Karbala
- 683Battle of Tahuda
- 687Battle of Tertry
- 695Tikal–Calakmul War (695 CE)
- 711Battle of Guadalete
- 717Second Arab Siege of Constantinople
- 732Battle of Tours
- 740Great Berber Revolt (Battle of the Nobles)
- 751Battle of Talas
- 756Battle of Yongqiu
- 756Battle of Tong Pass
- 757Battle of Taiyuan
- 757Battle of Xiangji Temple
- 757Siege of Suiyang
- 759Battle of Ye (Battle of Xiangzhou)
- 778Battle of Roncevaux Pass
- 783Jingyuan Mutiny and Fengtian Crisis
- 793Raid on Lindisfarne
- 796Campaign against the Avar Ring
- 817Tang Pacifies Huaixi · Entering Caizhou on a Snowy Night
- 841Battle of Fontenoy
- 878Battle of Edington
- 883Tang suppresses Huang Chao's rebellion · Recaptured Chang'an
- 885Siege of Paris
- 907Zhu Wen usurps the Tang · Fall of the Tang dynasty
- 908Battle of Jiazhai
- 910Battle of Baixiang
- 918Battle of Huliupo
- 923Later Tang destroys Later Liang
- 936Battle of Jinyang (Later Jin replaces Later Tang)
- 936Later Jin destroys Later Tang
- 938Battle of Bạch Đằng (938)
- 945Battle of Yangcheng (Battle of Baituanwei Village)
- 954Battle of Gaoping
- 955Battle of Lechfeld
- 958Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou's Huainan campaigns
- 960Chenqiao Mutiny
- 975War of Song's conquest of Southern Tang
- 979Song conquers Northern Han
- 979Battle of Gaoliang River
- 986Battle of Chenjiagu
- 986Yongxi Northern Expedition · Battle of Qigou Pass
- 1000Battle of Svolder
- 1004Battle of Chanyuan
- 1014Battle of Clontarf
- 1014Battle of Kleidion
- 1014Battle of Clontarf
- 1019Great Victory at Kwiju
- 1040Battle of Sanchuankou
- 1040Battle of Dandanaqan
- 1041Battle of Haoshuichuan
- 1042Battle of Dingchuanzhai
- 1053Di Qing suppresses Nong Zhigao · Battle of Kunlun Pass
- 1066Battle of Stamford Bridge
- 1066Battle of Hastings
- 1071Battle of Manzikert
- 1082Battle of Yongle City
- 1097Battle of Dorylaeum
- 1098Siege of Antioch
- 1099Siege of Jerusalem
- 1115Battle of Hubudagang
- 1127Jingkang Incident · The Fall of Kaifeng
- 1130Battle of Fuping
- 1130Battle of Huangtiandang
- 1131Battle of Heshangyuan
- 1140Battle of Shunchang
- 1140Battle of Yancheng
- 1147Siege of Lisbon
- 1161Battle of Caishi
- 1176Battle of Legnano
- 1177Champa sacks Angkor
- 1177Battle of Montgisard
- 1185Battle of Dan-no-ura
- 1187Battle of Hattin
- 1191Battle of Arsuf
- 1192Battle of Tarain
- 1204Sack of Constantinople
- 1211Battle of Yehuling
- 1212Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
- 1214Battle of Bouvines
- 1219Siege of Otrar
- 1219Siege of Damietta
- 1220Siege of Samarkand
- 1221Battle of the Indus
- 1223Battle of the Kalka River
- 1231Battle of Kuju
- 1234Battle of Caizhou · Fall of the Jin dynasty
- 1235Battle of Kirina
- 1236Battle of Saule
- 1240Battle of the Neva
- 1241Battle of Legnica
- 1241Battle of Mohi (Sajó River)
- 1242Battle on the Ice
- 1250Battle of Mansurah
- 1253Yuan conquest of Dali
- 1258Fall of Baghdad
- 1259Battle of Diaoyu Fortress
- 1260Battle of Durbe
- 1260Ain Jalut
- 1262Battle of the Terek River
- 1268Battle of Xiangyang
- 1274Mongol invasions of Japan
- 1274Bun'ei Invasion
- 1276War of Yuan's conquest of Song
- 1277Mongol invasions of Burma
- 1278Battle on the Marchfeld
- 1279Battle of Yamen
- 1281Koan invasion
- 1288Yuan invasion of Annam: Battle of Bạch Đằng
- 1288Battle of Bạch Đằng
- 1293Yuan invasion of Java
- 1293Yuan invasion of Java
- 1302Battle of the Golden Spurs
- 1303Battle of Marj al-Saffar
- 1314Battle of Bannockburn
- 1346Battle of Crecy
- 1354Battle of Gaoyou in the late Yuan
- 1356Battle of Poitiers
- 1360Battle of Longwan
- 1363Battle of Lake Poyang
- 1367Battle of Pingjiang
- 1378Battle of the Vozha River
- 1380Battle of Chioggia
- 1380Battle of Kulikovo
- 1385Battle of Aljubarrota
- 1388Battle of Buir Lake
- 1389Battle of Kosovo
- 1396Battle of Nicopolis
- 1399Battle of the Vorskla River
- 1402Battle of Ankara
- 1402Jingnan Campaign
- 1410Battle of Tannenberg
- 1415Battle of Agincourt
- 1427Battle of Chi Lăng
- 1429Siege of Orléans
- 1431Fall of Angkor
- 1444Battle of Varna
- 1449Tumu Crisis
- 1449Defense of Beijing
- 1450Siege of Krujë
- 1453Fall of Constantinople
- 1457Battle of Albulena
- 1461Battle of Towton
- 1480Great Stand on the Ugra River
- 1485Battle of Bosworth Field
- 1492Fall of Granada
Modern (1800–present) 151 entries
- 1800Battle of Marengo
- 1803Battle of Vertières
- 1803Battle of Assaye
- 1804Battle of Tabkin Kwatto
- 1805Trafalgar
- 1805Austerlitz
- 1806British invasions of the Río de la Plata
- 1806Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
- 1808Battle of Bailén
- 1809Battle of Aspern-Essling
- 1809Battle of Wagram
- 1812Battle of Queenston Heights
- 1812Borodino
- 1813Battle of Leipzig (Battle of the Nations)
- 1815Battle of New Orleans
- 1815Waterloo
- 1817Battle of Chacabuco
- 1818Battle of Maipú
- 1824Battle of Nsamankow
- 1824First Anglo-Burmese War
- 1824Battle of Ayacucho
- 1825Java War
- 1826Siege of Missolonghi
- 1827Battle of Ituzaingó
- 1827Battle of Navarino
- 1836Battle of the Alamo
- 1836Battle of San Jacinto
- 1838Battle of Blood River
- 1840Opium War
- 1842Retreat from Kabul
- 1847Battle of Chapultepec
- 1852Battle of Caseros
- 1854Siege of Sevastopol
- 1857Siege of Delhi (1857)
- 1857Siege of Lucknow
- 1858Siege of Jhansi
- 1859Battle of Solferino
- 1861Battle of Pavón
- 1861Battle of Anqing
- 1862Battle of Puebla (Cinco de Mayo)
- 1862Battle of Antietam
- 1863Siege of Vicksburg
- 1863Gettysburg
- 1864Atlanta campaign
- 1864Fall of Tianjing
- 1865Russian army captures Tashkent
- 1865Battle of Riachuelo
- 1866Battle of Tuyutí
- 1866Battle of Curupayty
- 1866Battle of Sadowa (Königgrätz)
- 1868Expedition to Magdala
- 1868Boshin War
- 1868Siege of Humaitá
- 1870Battle of Cerro Corá
- 1870Battle of Sedan
- 1876Battle of the Little Bighorn
- 1879Battle of Isandlwana
- 1879Battle of Angamos
- 1880Battle of Maiwand
- 1881Battle of Majuba Hill
- 1881Battle of Geok Tepe
- 1882Battle of Tel el-Kebir
- 1883Battle of Shaykan
- 1884Siege of Khartoum
- 1894Battle of Pyongyang (First Sino-Japanese War)
- 1894Battle of the Yalu River
- 1896Battle of Adwa
- 1897Benin Expedition
- 1897War of Canudos
- 1898Battle of Omdurman
- 1898Siege of Sikasso
- 1898Battle of San Juan Hill
- 1899Siege of Mafeking
- 1900War of the Golden Stool
- 1900Battle of Spion Kop
- 1900Boxer Uprising: Eight-Nation Alliance invades China
- 1902Recapture of Riyadh
- 1904Siege of Port Arthur
- 1905Maji Maji Rebellion
- 1905Battle of Tsushima
- 1911Wuchang Uprising
- 1914Battle of Tanga
- 1914Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
- 1914First Battle of the Marne
- 1915Battle of Celaya
- 1915Gallipoli campaign
- 1916Siege of Kut
- 1916Easter Rising
- 1916Battle of Jutland
- 1916Verdun
- 1916Somme
- 1917Battle of Vimy Ridge
- 1917Battle of Cambrai
- 1917Battle of Caporetto
- 1918Meuse-Argonne Offensive
- 1918Battle of Vittorio Veneto
- 1918Battle of Amiens
- 1919Battle of Cēsis
- 1919Estonian War of Independence
- 1920Battle of Warsaw
- 1921Battle of Annual
- 1921Battle of the Sakarya
- 1921Battle of the Sakarya
- 1926Battles of Tingsi Bridge and Hesheng Bridge (Northern Expedition)
- 1935Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- 1937Battle of Shanghai
- 1938Battle of the Ebro
- 1939Winter War
- 1939Battle of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan)
- 1939Polish campaign
- 1940Greco-Italian War
- 1940Battle of France
- 1940Battle of Britain
- 1941Siege of Leningrad
- 1941Battle of Crete (airborne)
- 1941Battle of Moscow
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1942Battle of the Coral Sea
- 1942Kokoda Track campaign
- 1942Burma campaign
- 1942Guadalcanal campaign
- 1942Battle of Midway
- 1942Battle of El Alamein
- 1943Stalingrad
- 1943Kursk
- 1944Operation Bagration
- 1944Warsaw Uprising
- 1944Operation Market Garden
- 1944Battle of Monte Cassino
- 1944Ardennes Offensive (Battle of the Bulge)
- 1944Battle of Leyte Gulf
- 1944Normandy landings
- 1945Battle of Iwo Jima
- 1945Battle of Surabaya
- 1945Battle of Okinawa
- 1945Battle of Berlin
- 1950Inchon landing
- 1952Mau Mau Uprising
- 1954Algerian War of Independence
- 1954Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
- 1961Bay of Pigs invasion
- 1967Biafran War (Nigerian Civil War)
- 1973Fourth Arab–Israeli War (October War)
- 1978Uganda–Tanzania War
- 1980Iran–Iraq War
- 1980Iran–Iraq War
- 1982Falklands War
- 1991Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
- 1994First Chechen War
- 1999Second Chechen War
- 2003Iraq War
Early modern (1500–1800) 100 entries
- 1505Portugal takes Mombasa
- 1509Battle of Diu
- 1514Battle of Chaldiran
- 1514Battle of Chaldiran
- 1516Battle of Marj Dabiq
- 1519Battle of Centla
- 1520La Noche Triste
- 1520Battle of Otumba
- 1521Siege of Tenochtitlan
- 1525Battle of Pavía
- 1526First Battle of Panipat
- 1526Battle of Mohács
- 1529Battle of Shimbra Kure
- 1529First Siege of Vienna
- 1532Battle of Cajamarca
- 1536Siege of Cusco
- 1538Battle of Preveza
- 1543Battle of Wayna Daga
- 1552Siege of Kazan
- 1556Second Battle of Panipat
- 1558Livonian War
- 1560Battle of Okehazama
- 1561Qi Jiguang fights the wokou pirates: Victory at Taizhou
- 1565Battle of Talikota
- 1571Battle of Lepanto
- 1574Siege of Leiden
- 1575Battle of Nagashino
- 1578Battle of the Three Kings
- 1588Spanish Armada
- 1591Battle of Tondibi
- 1592Battle of Hansan Island
- 1593Elephant duel at Nong Sarai
- 1593Imjin War: Siege of Pyongyang
- 1597Battle of Myeongnyang
- 1598Battle of the Yellow Ford
- 1600Battle of Sekigahara
- 1600Bozhou Campaign
- 1601Battle of Kinsale
- 1605Battle of Kircholm
- 1607Battle of Gibraltar
- 1615Siege of Osaka
- 1619Battle of Sarhu
- 1620Battle of White Mountain
- 1626Battle of Ningyuan
- 1627Battle of Ningjin
- 1631Battle of Breitenfeld
- 1632Battle of Lützen
- 1634Battle of Nördlingen
- 1639Battle of the Downs
- 1640Battle of Song-Jin
- 1643Battle of Rocroi
- 1644Battle of Shanhai Pass
- 1645Battle of Naseby
- 1648Battles of Guararapes
- 1649Siege of Drogheda
- 1653Battle of Scheveningen
- 1661Koxinga recovers Taiwan
- 1665Battle of Mbwila
- 1666Four Days' Battle
- 1670Battle of Kitombo
- 1673Suppressed the Revolt of the Three Feudatories
- 1683Siege of Vienna (1683)
- 1685Siege of Albazin
- 1690Battle of the Boyne
- 1690Battle of Ulan Butung
- 1692Battle of La Hogue
- 1696Siege of Fort Jesus
- 1696Battle of Jao Modo
- 1697Fall of Tayasal
- 1697Battle of Zenta
- 1700Battle of Narva
- 1701Battle of Feyiase
- 1704Battle of Blenheim
- 1709Battle of Poltava
- 1717Siege of Belgrade
- 1718Battle of Ocracoke Inlet
- 1739Battle of Karnal
- 1746Battle of Culloden
- 1757Battle of Rossbach
- 1757Alaungpaya captures Pegu
- 1757Battle of Plassey
- 1757Battle of Leuthen
- 1758Siege of Louisbourg
- 1758Revolt of the Khoja brothers suppressed
- 1759Battle of Kunersdorf
- 1759Battle of Quebec (Plains of Abraham)
- 1761Third Battle of Panipat
- 1764Battle of Buxar
- 1767Fall of Ayutthaya
- 1770Battle of Chesma
- 1775Battles of Lexington and Concord
- 1777Victory at Saratoga
- 1781Siege of Yorktown
- 1785Nine Armies' War
- 1789Battle of Dong Da
- 1791Sino-Gorkha War
- 1792Battle of Valmy
- 1798Battle of the Pyramids
- 1798Battle of the Nile
- 1799Siege of Seringapatam