List of battles 1801-1900

See also: List of American Civil War battles

Nineteenth Century

1850 or before

• 1801 Battle of Aboukir March 20 - British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou
• 1801 Battle of Copenhagen April 2 - Nelson defeats Danish fleet
• 1801 First Battle of Algeciras July 6 - English naval defeat by French
• 1801 Second Battle of Algeciras July 12 - English naval victory over French, Spanish
• 1803 Battle of Delhi September 16 - British forces under Gerard Lake defeat Maratha forces led by French officer Louis Bourquien
• 1803 Battle of Assaye September 23 - English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under Doulut Rao Sindhia in Deccan
• 1803 Battle of Laswari November 1 - Lake defeats Marathas near Agra
• 1803 Battle of Argaon November 28 - Wellesley defeats Sindhia
• 1804 Battle of Farrukhabad November 17 - Lake defeats Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar
• 1805 Battle of Ulm October 17 - Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich
• 1805 Battle of Trafalgar October 21 - Horatio Nelson defeats Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed
• 1805 Battle of Caldiero October 30 - French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles
• 1805 Battle of Austerlitz December 2 - Napoleon defeats combined Austrian, Russian forces
• 1806 Battle of Jena and Battle of Auerstedt October 14 - Davout, Napoleon defeat Prussians in separate battles
• 1806 Battle of Pultusk December 26 - indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians
• 1807 Battle of Eylau February 8 - Napoleon fights indecisive battle with Russians, Prussians under Bennigsne
• 1807 Battle of Hailsburg June 10 - Napoleon repulses Russian attack
• 1807 Battle of Friedland June 14 - Napoleon decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen
• 1807 Battle of Lemnos June 30 - Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Turks in Aegean
• 1807 Second Battle of Copenhagen September 2-7 - British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart destroy Danish fleet
• 1808 Battle of Revolax April 27 - Swedish force defeats Russians camped in Finnish town
• 1808 Battle of Pulkkila May 2 - Swedish force annihilates Russian force in Finland
• 1808 Battle of Bailen July 23 - Gen. Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces
• 1808 Battle of Vimeiro August 21 - English, Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley defeat French under Junot
• 1808 Moonlight Raid November 10 - Swedish force under Gen. Sandels engage Russians near Virtabro in middle of night
• 1809 Battle of Corunna January 16 - French defeat Sir John Moore in Peninsular War
• 1809 Battle of Sacile April 16 - French forces under Eugene de Beauharnais defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John
• 1809 Battle of Abensberg April 19-20 - Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles
• 1809 Battle of Landeshut April 21 - Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller
• 1809 Battle of Eckmühl April 22 - Napoleon defeats Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria
• 1809 Battle of Regensburg April 23 - Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action
• 1809 Battle of Oporto May 12 - Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult, drives French from city
• 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling May 21-22 - Napoleon's first attempt to cross Danube near Vienna results in serious check by Austrians under Archduke Charles
• 1809 Battle of Wagram July 5-6 - Napoleon defeats Austrians of Archduke Charles at great cost, ending war
• 1809 Battle of Talavera de la Reina July 28 - Wellesley defeats forces of Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington
• 1809 Battle of Ratan and Sävar August 17-22 - Gen. Wachtmeister engage Russians near Umeå
• 1809 Battle of Ocana November 19 - Spanish forces under Areizago crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult
• 1810 Battle of Bussaco September 27 - Napoleon repulses attacks from Masséna, withdraws into Torres Vedras lines
• 1811 Battle of Fuentes de Onoro May 5 - Wellington, Masséna fight drawn battle
• 1811 Battle of Albuera May 16 - British under Gen. Beresford defeat Marshal Soult
• 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe November 7 - William Henry Harrison (US) defeats Tecumseh and Shawnee
• 1811 Battle of Tarifa
• 1812 Battle of Ostrowo July 12 - Grande Armée invades Russia and gets sick, horses, too
• 1812 First battle of Sackett's Harbor July 19 - US turns back British naval attack
• 1812 Battle of Salamanca July 22 - Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return
• 1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn August 15 - Fort burned by Indians
• 1812 Battle of Smolensk August 16-17 - Russians under Peter Bagration, de Tolley defeated and retreat
• 1812 Battle of Valutino August 19 - Another failed defensive effort from Russians
• 1812 Battle of Nova Scotia August 19 - Isaac Hull's USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerrière
• 1812 Battle of Borodino September 7 - Kutuzov retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow
• 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights October 13 - US forces under Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed
• 1812 Battle of Virginia October 18 - Jacob Jones' USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic
• 1812 Battle of Maloyaroslavets October 24 - Russians under Docturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat
• 1812 Battle of Madeira October 25 - Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
• 1812 Battle of Aslanduz October 31 - Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza.
• 1812 Battle of Krasnoi November 16-17 - Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Michel Ney
• 1812 Battle of the Beresina November 26-28 - French successfully cross river, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia
• 1812 Battle of Brazil December 29 - Bainbridge's USS Constitution destroys HMS Java
• 1813 Battle of Raisin River January 22 - British Gen. Proctor defeats KT militia
• 1813 Battle of Guiana February 24 - Lawrence's USS Hornet sinks HMS Peacock
• 1813 Battle of Mobile April 15 - Wilkinson captures Spanish
• 1813 Battle of York April 27 - Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, burn capital
• 1813 Battle of Lützen May 2 - Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein
• 1813 Battle of Bautzen May 20-21 - Napoleon defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence
• 1813 Battle of Ft. George May 27 - Lt. Col. Winfield Scott captures British fort
• 1813 Second battle of Sackett's Harbor May 28-29 - US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
• 1813 Battle of Boston Harbor June 1 - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
• 1813 Battle of Stony Creek June 6 - British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat US force three times its size under William Winder, John Chandler
• 1813 Battle of Vittoria June 21 - Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France
• 1813 Battle of Sorauren July 26-August 1 - Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across Pyrenees
• 1813 Battle of Great Britain August 14 - HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus
• 1813 Battle of Dresden August 26-27 - Napoleon's last victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg
• 1813 Battle of Kulm August 29-30 - Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by Allied forces
• 1813 September 3 - USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast
• 1813 Battle of Dennewitz September 6 - Bernadotte, Bülow defeat Ney
• 1813 Battle of Lake Erie September 10 - Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours"
• 1813 Battle of the Thames October 5 - US troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Proctor; Tecumseh killed
• 1813 Battle of Leipzig October 16-October 19 - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon's army routed by Allies in Germany
• 1813 Battle of Chateauguay October 25 - US forces under Gen. Wade Hampton fight indecisive battle with British, withdraw from Canada
• 1813 Battle of Hanau October 30-31 - Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat
• 1813 Battle of Tallasahatchee November 3 - US forces under Andrew Jackson defeat Creek
• 1813 Battle of Talladega November 9 - Jackson defeats Creek
• 1813 Battle of Chrysler's Farm November 11 - US forces under James Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under J.W. Morrison
• 1813 Battle of Bari
• 1814 Battle of Brienne January 29 - Napoleon defeats Blücher's Prussians
• 1814 Battle of La Rothiere February 1 - Prussians under Blücher defeat Napoleon
• 1814 Battle of Chanpaubert February 10 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
• 1814 Battle of Montmirail February 11 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
• 1814 Battle of Chateau-Thierry February 12 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
• 1814 Battle of Vauchamps February 14 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
• 1814 Battle of Montereau February 18 - Napoleon defeats Schwarzenberg
• 1814 Battle of Bar-sur-Aube February 27 - Schwarzenberg defeats Marshal Macdonald
• 1814 Battle of Orthez February 27 - Wellington defeats French under Soult near Bayonne
• 1814 Battle of Craonne March 7 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
• 1814 Battle of Laon March 9-10 - Blücher defeats Napoleon
• 1814 Battle of Rheims March 13 - Napoleon defeats isolated Prussian corps
• 1814 Battle of Arcis sur Aube March 20-21 - Schwarzenberg defeats Napoleon
• 1814 Battle of La Fere Chanpenoise March 25 - Schwarzenberg defeats corps of Marmont, Mortier
• 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend March 27 - Jackson decisively defeats Creek
• 1814 Battle of Chile March 28 - Porter's USS Essex surrenders to HMS Phoebe, HMS Cherub
• 1814 Battle of Montmartre March 30 - Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba
• 1814 Battle of La Colle Mill March 30 - US forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Jacob Brown, with assistance of Winfield Scott
• 1814 Battle of Toulouse April 10 - Wellington defeats Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication
• 1814 Battle of Florida April 29 - USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier
• 1814 June 28 - USS Wasp destroys HMS Reindeer in battle in English Channel
• 1814 Battle of Chippewa July 5 - US forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeat British under Phineas Riall
• 1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane July 25 - Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle
• 1814 Battle of Bladensburg August 24 - British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington
• 1814 September 1 - USS Wasp sinks HMS Avon
• 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburg September 11 - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie. Same day, US land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Alexander Macomb
• 1814 Battle of North Point September 12 - Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry
• 1814 Battle of Ft. McHenry September 12 - Fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner"
• 1814 Battle of Ft. Erie September 17 - US forces try to break siege of fort, but fail
• 1815 Battle of New Orleans January 8 - Jackson defeats British army of Pakenham, as news of Treaty of Ghent signed in December, not yet arrived
• 1815 February 20 - USS Constitution captures HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
• 1815 March 23 - USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in last major engagement of War of 1812
• 1815 Battle of Tolentino May 2 - Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in Hundred Days, defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom
• 1815 Battle of Quartre Bras June 16 - Ney fights indecisive battle against Wellington
• 1815 Battle of Ligny June 16 - Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher
• 1815 Battle of Waterloo June 18 - Napoleon attacks Wellington's army all day, but disastrously defeated on Blücher's arrival with reinforcements
• 1815 Battle of Wavre June 18 - Marshal Grouchy, assigned to prevent Blücher from joining Wellington, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard
• 1817 Battle of Chacabaco February 12 - Chile free from Spain
• 1817 Battle of Mahidput December 21 - British forces under Sir Thomas Hyslop defeat Marathas under Holkar
• 1821 Battle of Rieti March 7 - Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand I
• 1821 Battle of Novara April 8 - Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries
• 1822 Battle of Pichincha May 24 - Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito
• 1822 Battle of Chios June 18-June 19 - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
• 1822 Battle of Karpenizi August 21 - Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat Turkish force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Turkish troops besieging Missolonghi
• 1825 Battle of Danubyu April 2 - British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed
• 1825 Battle of Prome November 30-December 2 - Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed
• 1826 Battle of Ganja Russia defeats Persian invaders
• 1827 Battle of Huzaingo February 20 - Brazil defeats Argentina, Uruguay
• 1827 Battle of Navarino October 20 - Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off Greek coast
• 1828 Battle of Akhalzic August 27 - Russian troops under Paskievich defeat Turks in Caucasus
• 1828 Battle of Praia Bay August 28 - Miguelite fleet in Portugal defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria in Azores
• 1829 Battle of Kulevicha June 11 - Russian troops under Diebitsch-Zabalkansky defeat Ottomans under Reshid Pasha in Balkans
• 1831 Battle of Grochow February 20 - Polish troops under Prince Radziwill defeat Russians under Diebitsch
• 1831 Battle of Ostrolenka May 26 - Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Jan Skrzneki
• 1831 Battle of Warsaw September 6-8 - Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt
• 1832 Battle of Bad Axe August 2 - Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox
• 1832 Battle of Konya December 21 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Turkish army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia
• 1833 Battle of Cape St. Vincent July 5 - British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
• 1834 Battle of Santarén May 16 - Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat forces of usurper Don Miguel
• 1836 Battle of the Alamo February 23 - Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege
• 1836 Battle of Goliad March 27 - Capt. James Farrin troops massacred by Santa Anna
• 1836 Battle of San Jacinto April 21 - Texans capture Santa Anna
• 1836 Battle of Terapegui April 26 - Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign Legion, defeat Carlists near Pamplona
• 1837 Battle of Huesca March 24 - Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists in Spain
• 1837 Battle of Lake Okechobee December 25 - US forces under Zachary Taylor defeat Seminoles
• 1838 Battle of Blood River December 16 - Voortrekker force under Andries Pretorius defeat Zulu force under King Dingane in Natal
• 1839 Battle of Nezib June 24 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Turks under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Helmuth von Moltke)
• 1840 Battle of Magango January - Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane
• 1841 Battle of Canton May 24 - British amphibious assault captures city
• 1842 Battle of Kabul (1842) January 6 - Afghan forces force British to withdraw from city, which they had occupied for two and a half years
• 1843 Battle of Smala May 10 - French forces under Duc d'Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el Kader
• 1843 Battle of Miani February 17 - British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat forces of Baluchis in Sind
• 1843 Battle of Hyderabad March - Napier defeats Baluchis in Sind
• 1844 Battle of Isly August 14 - French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Abd el Kader
• 1845 Battle of Ohaeawai - British Army attacks Maori Pa, but fortifications too strong
• 1845 Battle of Mudki December 18 - Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Sir Hugh Gough
• 1845 Battle of Ferozeshah December 21-22 - British forces under Gough and Hardinge, Governor-General, defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle
• 1846 Battle of Aliwal January 28 - Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh defeated by British under Sir Harry Smith
• 1846 Battle of Sobraon February 10 - British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs, and Punjab becomes British protectorate
• 1846 Battle of Palo Alto May 8 - US Gen. Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans under Mariano Arista
• 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma May 9 - Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans
• 1846 Battle of Monterrey September 20-September 24 - Mexicans under Pedro de Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle
• 1846 Battle of Los Angeles August 13 - US briefly captures Los Angeles
• 1846 Battle of Santa Fe August 18 Kearney occupies Santa Fe
• 1846 Battle of San Pascual December 6 - Stephen Kearny fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans in California
• 1847 Battle of San Gabriel January 8 - Kearny defeats main Mexican force in California near Los Angeles
• 1847 Battle of the Mesa January 9 - Kearny defeats Mexicans in climactic battle of Californian campaign
• 1847 Battle of the Sacramento River February 28 - US forces under Alexander Doniphan defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua
• 1847 Battle of Buena Vista February 22-23 - Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans
• 1847 Battle of Vera Cruz March 27 - Scott takes port city
• 1847 Battle of Cerro Gordo April 18 - Scott defeats Santa Anna
• 1847 Battle of Contreras August 20 - Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City
• 1847 Battle of Churubusco August 20 - Another US force storms other main Mexican position defending capital
• 1847 Battle of Molino del Rey September 8 - Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle
• 1847 Battle of Chapultepec September 12 - Scott takes fortified hill by storm in climactic battle of war
• 1848 Battle of Custozza July 24-25 - Austrian forces under Marshal Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert
• 1848 Battle of Boomplaats August 29 - British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area
• 1848 Battle of Pakozd September 29 - Hungarian forces defeat Austrian army of Count Jellachich
• 1848 Battle of Schwechat October 30 - Hungary
• 1848 Battle of Ramnagar November 22 - British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab
• 1849 Battle of Chilianwala January 13 - British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal
• 1849 Battle of Gujarat February 21 - Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs
• 1849 Battle of Kapolna February 26-27 - Hungarian forces under Henry Dembinski defeated by Austrians under Prince Windischgrätz
• 1849 Battle of Novara March 23 - Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace
• 1849 Battle of Segesbar July 31 - Hungarian forces under Jozef Bem defeated by Russians, Austrians under Paskievich, Haynau
• 1849 Battle of Temesvar Aug 9 - Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Görgei, Bem in final battle of war
• 1849 Battle of Chillanwalla - British defeat Sikhs
• 1849 Battle of Gujarat - British defeat Sikhs, Punjab annexed

After 1850

• 1854 Battle of Alma
• 1854 Battle of Balaclava October 25 - Charge of the Light Brigade on Crimea under Cardigan
• 1854 Battle of Inkermann November 5 - Allies get another victory
• 1855 June 17 - Assault of Redan during Siege of Sebastapol
• 1855 Battle of Chermaia August 16 - Piedmont aids British in defeat of Russia
• 1855 Battle of Sevastapol September 11 - Russians evacuate with scorched-earth policy
• 1857 Battle of Chinhat June 29 - British troops retreat to Lucknow during Indian Mutiny
• 1859 Battle of Solverino June 24 - Both sides suffer in Austria
• 1859 Battle of Magenta June 4 - Austria withdraws from Italy
• 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter April 12 - P.G.T. Beauregard fires on Fort - first important battle of American Civil War
• 1861 Battle of Phillipi June 3 - Union under McClellan defeats rebels
• 1861 Battle of 1st Bull Run July 21 - Union under McDowell lose to rebels under J.E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Jackson anointed Stonewall
• 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek August 10 - Union forces lose
• 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff October 21 - 1900 Union soldiers die

• 1862 Battle of Fort Henry February 6 - Ulysses S. Grant takes fort from west
• 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson February 16 - Grant takes fort
• 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge March 7 - Missouri saved for Union
• 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads March 9 - Monitor defeats Merrimac
• 1862 Battle of Glorieta March 27
• 1862 Battle of Shiloh April 6 - Rebel A. S. Johnston loses to Grant
• 1862 Battle of Island No. 10 April 8 - Union victory by Pope
• 1862 Battle of Ft. Pulaski April 11 - Union takes fort
• 1862 Battle of Puebla May 5 - Cinco de Mayo - Mexicans defeat French
• 1862 Battle of Whitney's Lane May 19 - Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted
• 1862 Battle of Seven Pines May 31 - J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive
• 1862 Seven Days Battle June 26 - Robert E. Lee ends Peninsular Campaign of George McClellan
• 1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain July 30 - Jackson defeats Union
• 1862 Battle of Baton Rouge August 5
• 1862 Battle of Aspromonte August 29 - Italian royal forces defeat rebels
• 1862 Battle of 2nd Bull Run August 30 - Jackson, Lee, Longstreet defeat Pope
• 1862 - Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - August 30 - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union army under Gen. Horatio Wright
• 1862 Battle of Antietam September 17 - McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war
• 1862 Battle of Perryville October 8 - Buell v. Bragg, indecisive
• 1862 Battle of Prairie Grove December 7 - Union secures NW Arkansas
• 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg December 13 - Lee routs Burnside
• 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro January 2 - Forces fight to draw
• 1863 Battle of Arkansas Post January 9 - Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River
• 1863 Battle of Port Gibson May 1 - in Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats rebels
• 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville May 2 - Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed
• 1863 Battle of Jackson May 14 - Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston
• 1863 Battle of Champion's Hill ("Big Black River") May 16 - Grant defeats rebels
• 1863 Battle of Gettysburg July 1-July 3 - Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's charge fails
• 1863 Battle of Vicksburg July 4 - siege from May 22 ends, Grant anointed "Unconditional Surrender"
• 1863 Battle of Helena July 4 - Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union
• 1863 Battle of Port Hudson July 8 - last rebel stronghold on Mississippi surrenders
• 1863 Battle of Chattanooga September 9 - Rosecrans forces Bragg to evacuate rebel troops
• 1863 Battle of Chickamauga September 19 - Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga"
• 1864 Battle of Meridian January 14 - Sherman occupies town and destroys things
• 1864 Battle of Olustee February 20 - Union can't take Florida
• 1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads LA April 8 - Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by rebels
• 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow April 12 - N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers
• 1864 Battle of Poison Spring April 18 - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred
• 1864 Battle of Marks' Mill 25 April - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
• 1864 Battle of Jenkins' Ferry 30 April - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
• 1864 Battle of the Wilderness May 5 - Grant and Lee meet inconclusively
• 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 8 - Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer"
• 1864 Battle of Resaca May 13 - Sherman defeats Johnston
• 1864 Battle of New Market May 15 - Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz Sigel from advance up Shenandoah Valley
• 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor June 3 - Lee repulses Grant, rebel general says "This is not war, this is murder"
• 1854 Battle of Piedmont June 5 - Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley
• 1864 Battle of Brices Crossroads June 10 - N.B. Forrest routes Union force almost three times as large
• 1864 Battle of Petersburg June 15 - Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond
• 1864 Battle of Cherbourg France June 19 - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
• 1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain June 27 - Johnston repulses Sherman
• 1864 Battle of Monacacy July 14 - Union Gen. Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC
• 1864 Battle of the Crater
• 1864 Battle of Atlanta July 22 - Sherman turns back Hood
• 1864 Battle of Petersburg July 30 - Burnside loses Battle of the Crater
• 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay August 23 - David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"
• 1864 Battle of Atlanta September 2 - Sherman occupies Atlanta from Hood
• 1864 Battle of Winchester September 19 - Sheridan defeats Early
• 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek October 19 - Sheridan defeats Early, drives rebels from Shenandoah Valley
• 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea November 16 - Sherman lays waste to South
• 1864 Battle of Franklin November 30 - Hood attacks Thomas but loses
• 1864 Battle of Heligoland (1864) May 9
• 1865 Battle of Fort Fisher January 15 - Union takes fort
• 1865 Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina) February 22 - Last rebel port falls
• 1865 Battle of Bentonville March 13 - Sherman defeats rebels
• 1865 Battle of Fort Steadman March 25 - Lee breaks siege
• 1865 Battle of Five Forks April 1 - Sheridan routs rebels in last important battle of American Civil War
• 1865 Battle of Appomattox C.H. April 17 - Lee's forces surrounded and surrenders
• 1866 Battle of Burkersdorf June 28
• 1866 Battle of Königgratz - (Sadowa) Prussia, led by General Helmuth von Moltke, defeats Austria in Austro-Prussian War, resulting in Prussia taking over as prominent German nation from Austria
• 1866 Battle of Custozza - During Austro-Prussian War
• 1866 Battle of Lissa July 20 - Austrian Admiral von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads
• 1868 Battle of Arogee April 10 - Napier's Anglo
• 1870 Battle of Sedan September 1 - MacMahon's French lose to Germans in Franco
• 1867 Battle of Big Hole - Nez Percé Indians clash with US Army
• 1870 Battle of Rezonville-Mars-la-Tour August 16
• 1870 Battle of Gravelotte-St Privat August 18
• 1870 Battle of Sedan September 1
• 1873 First Battle of the Stronghold January 17
• 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn June 25 - Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse of Sioux defeat Custer in Montana
• 1877 Battle of Plevna December 10 - Russians, after reverses, defeat Ottomans
• 1878 Battle of Shipka Pass - Russians defeat Ottomans
• 1879 Battle of Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift - begin Zulu War
• 1881 Battle of Majuba Hill - in Boer War
• 1882 Battle of Tel al-Kebir - British forces defeat Egyptian army under Colonel Urabi.
• 1883 Battle of El Obeid - Mahdi wipes out Egyptians controlling Sudan
• 1884 Battle of Foochow - French fleet destroys Chinese fleet at Foochow
• 1885 Battle of Khartoum January 26 - Mahdi takes city from Chinese Gordon
• 1887 Battle of Dogali January 24 - Ethiopians crush Italians
• 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee December 29 - Sioux crushed in last Indian Wars battle
• 1894 Battle of Yalu River September 17 - Japanese fleet barely defeats Chinese off Korea
• 1896 Battle of Adowa March 1 - Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats Italy
• 1898 Battle of Manila Bay May 1 - Dewey says "You may fire when you are ready Gridley"
• 1898 Battle of Las Guasimas - First major land battle of Spanish-American War.
• 1898 Battles of the San Juan Heights - El Caney San Juan Hill Biggest land battles of Spanish-American War
• 1898 Battle of Santiago de Cuba July 3 - Admiral Cervera's Spanish fleet destroyed trying to escape blockading US Fleet and reach reinforcements
• 1898 Battle of Omdurman September 2 - British under Kitchener ambushed by Sudanese dervishes
• 1899 Battle of Colenso - during Second Boer War
• 1900 Battle of Paardeberg February 17 - 27 - British capture forces of Boer general Piet Cronje
• 1900 Battle of Spion Kop January 24 in Second Boer War

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