Battle Encyclopedia
Explore 227 historical battles across 9 eras
Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia
3000 BCE - 30 BCE
Fall of Ur
2004 BCE · Ur (modern Iraq)
Siege of Avaris
1550 BCE · Avaris, Nile Delta, Egypt
Nubian Campaign of Thutmose I
1504 BCE · Upper Nile, Nubia
Battle of Megiddo
1457 BCE · Canaan (modern Israel)
Battle of Kadesh
1274 BCE · Orontes River, Syria
Battle of Djahy
1178 BCE · Djahy (Levantine coast)
Battle of the Delta
1175 BCE · Nile Delta, Egypt
Battle of Qarqar
853 BCE · Qarqar, Syria
Siege of Lachish
701 BCE · Lachish, Judah (modern Israel)
Battle of Halule
691 BCE · Halule, Tigris River (modern Iraq)
Sack of Babylon by Sennacherib
689 BCE · Babylon (modern Iraq)
Siege of Memphis
671 BCE · Memphis, Egypt
Battle of Ulai
653 BCE · Ulai River (modern Karun River, Iran)
Fall of Nineveh
612 BCE · Nineveh (modern Mosul, Iraq)
Battle of Carchemish
605 BCE · Carchemish, Syria
Siege of Jerusalem
587 BCE · Jerusalem
Battle of Thymbra
546 BCE · Thymbra, Lydia (modern Turkey)
Fall of Babylon
539 BCE · Babylon (modern Iraq)
Battle of Opis
539 BCE · Opis, Tigris River (modern Iraq)
Battle of Pelusium
525 BCE · Nile Delta, Egypt
Battle of Issus
333 BCE · Issus, Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
Siege of Tyre
332 BCE · Tyre, Lebanon
Battle of Gaugamela
331 BCE · Gaugamela, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)
Battle of Raphia
217 BCE · Raphia (near modern Rafah, Gaza)
Battle of Actium
31 BCE · Actium, Greece
Ancient Greece & Rome
500 BCE - 476 CE
Battle of Marathon
490 BCE · Greece
Battle of Thermopylae
480 BCE · Greece
Battle of Salamis
480 BCE · Greece
Battle of Plataea
479 BCE · Greece
Battle of Leuctra
371 BCE · Greece
Battle of Chaeronea
338 BCE · Greece
Battle of the Granicus
334 BCE · Turkey
Battle of the Trebia
218 BCE · Italy
Battle of Lake Trasimene
217 BCE · Italy
Battle of Cannae
216 BCE · Italy
Siege of Syracuse
212 BCE · Sicily
Battle of the Metaurus
207 BCE · Italy
Battle of Zama
202 BCE · North Africa (Tunisia)
Battle of Cynoscephalae
197 BCE · Greece
Battle of Pydna
168 BCE · Greece
Battle of Carrhae
53 BCE · Turkey/Syria
Battle of Alesia
52 BCE · France
Battle of Pharsalus
48 BCE · Greece
Battle of Zela
47 BCE · Turkey
Battle of Philippi
42 BCE · Greece
Battle of Teutoburg Forest
9 CE · Germany
Siege of Masada
73 CE · Israel
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
312 CE · Rome, Italy
Battle of Adrianople
378 CE · Turkey
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
451 CE · France
Medieval Europe
500 CE - 1500 CE
Battle of Tours
732 CE · France
Battle of Lechfeld
955 CE · Germany
Battle of Clontarf
1014 CE · Ireland
Battle of Hastings
1066 CE · England
Battle of Stamford Bridge
1066 CE · England
Battle of Manzikert
1071 CE · Turkey
Battle of Legnano
1176 CE · Italy
Battle of Hattin
1187 CE · Israel
Siege of Acre
1191 CE · Israel
Battle of Arsuf
1191 CE · Israel
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
1212 CE · Spain
Battle of Muret
1213 CE · France
Battle of Bouvines
1214 CE · France
Battle of Stirling Bridge
1297 CE · Scotland
Battle of Bannockburn
1314 CE · Scotland
Battle of Sluys
1340 CE · English Channel
Battle of Crécy
1346 CE · France
Battle of Poitiers
1356 CE · France
Battle of Kosovo
1389 CE · Serbia
Battle of Nicopolis
1396 CE · Bulgaria
Battle of Tannenberg
1410 CE · Poland
Battle of Agincourt
1415 CE · France
Siege of Orléans
1429 CE · France
Siege of Constantinople
1453 CE · Turkey
Battle of Towton
1461 CE · England
Ottoman & Islamic Empires
630 CE - 1920s
Battle of Badr
624 CE · Saudi Arabia
Battle of Yarmouk
636 CE · Jordan
Battle of Karbala
680 CE · Iraq
Battle of the Zab
750 CE · Iraq
Battle of Talas
751 CE · Central Asia
Siege of Baghdad
1258 CE · Iraq
Battle of Ain Jalut
1260 CE · Israel
Battle of Ankara
1402 CE · Turkey
Battle of Varna
1444 CE · Bulgaria
Fall of Constantinople
1453 CE · Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
Battle of Chaldiran
1514 CE · Iran/Turkey
Battle of Marj Dabiq
1516 CE · Syria
Battle of Ridaniya
1517 CE · Egypt
Siege of Rhodes
1522 CE · Greece
Battle of Mohacs
1526 CE · Hungary
Battle of Panipat
1526 CE · India
Siege of Vienna
1529 CE · Austria
Battle of Preveza
1538 CE · Greece
Siege of Malta
1565 CE · Malta
Battle of Lepanto
1571 CE · Gulf of Patras, Greece
Battle of Mezokeresztes
1596 CE · Hungary
Siege of Vienna (1683)
1683 CE · Vienna, Austria
Battle of Pruth
1711 CE · Moldova
Battle of Sarikamish
1914 CE · Turkey
Battle of Gallipoli
1915 CE · Turkey
Battle of Kut
1916 CE · Iraq
Capture of Aqaba
1917 CE · Jordan
East Asia
200 BCE - 1900s
Battle of Boju
506 BCE · Boju, Hubei, China
Battle of Changping
260 BCE · Changping, China
Battle of Guandu
200 CE · Guandu, Henan, China
Battle of Red Cliffs
208 CE · Yangtze River, China
Battle of Yiling
222 CE · Yiling, Hubei, China
Battle of Fei River
383 CE · Fei River, Anhui, China
Battle of Salsu
612 CE · Salsu River, Korea
Battle of Hulao Pass
621 CE · Hulao Pass, Henan, China
Battle of Baekgang
663 CE · Geum River, Korea
Battle of Suiyang
757 CE · Suiyang, Henan, China
Battle of Dan-no-ura
1185 CE · Straits of Shimonoseki, Japan
Mongol Invasion of Japan
1274 CE · Hakata Bay, Japan
Battle of Yamen
1279 CE · Yamen, Guangdong, China
Battle of Okehazama
1560 CE · Okehazama, Owari, Japan
Battle of Kawanakajima
1561 CE · Kawanakajima, Nagano, Japan
Battle of Nagashino
1575 CE · Nagashino, Japan
Battle of Busan
1592 CE · Busan, Korea
Siege of Pyongyang
1593 CE · Pyongyang, Korea
Battle of Myeongnyang
1597 CE · Myeongnyang Strait, Korea
Battle of Noryang
1598 CE · Noryang Strait, Korea
Battle of Sekigahara
1600 CE · Sekigahara, Japan
Siege of Osaka
1615 CE · Osaka, Japan
Battle of Sarhu
1619 CE · Sarhu, Manchuria, China
Battle of Shanhai Pass
1644 CE · Shanhai Pass, China
Battle of Mukden
1905 CE · Mukden (Shenyang), Manchuria, China
Colonial & Napoleonic Era
1500 - 1850
Spanish Armada
1588 CE · English Channel
Battle of Breitenfeld
1631 CE · Germany (Saxony)
Battle of Lutzen
1632 CE · Germany (Saxony)
Battle of Rocroi
1643 CE · France (Ardennes)
Battle of the Boyne
1690 CE · Ireland
Battle of Blenheim
1704 CE · Germany (Bavaria)
Battle of Poltava
1709 CE · Ukraine
Battle of Leuthen
1757 CE · Poland (Silesia)
Battle of Plassey
1757 CE · India (Bengal)
Battle of Rossbach
1757 CE · Germany (Saxony)
Battle of Chesme
1770 CE · Turkey (Aegean Coast)
Siege of Gibraltar
1779 CE · Gibraltar
Battle of Cape St Vincent
1797 CE · Atlantic Ocean, off Portugal
Battle of the Nile
1798 CE · Egypt (Aboukir Bay)
Battle of Marengo
1800 CE · Italy (Piedmont)
Battle of Trafalgar
1805 CE · Atlantic Ocean, off Spain
Battle of Austerlitz
1805 CE · Czech Republic (Moravia)
Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
1806 CE · Germany
Battle of Friedland
1807 CE · Russia (Kaliningrad)
Battle of Wagram
1809 CE · Austria
Battle of Borodino
1812 CE · Russia
Battle of Leipzig
1813 CE · Germany
Battle of Vitoria
1813 CE · Spain (Basque Country)
Battle of Waterloo
1815 CE · Belgium
Battle of Tsushima
1905 CE · Tsushima Strait, Japan/Korea
American Wars
1775 - 1975
Battle of Bunker Hill
1775 CE · Massachusetts, USA
Battle of Trenton
1776 CE · New Jersey, USA
Battle of Saratoga
1777 CE · New York, USA
Battle of Monmouth
1778 CE · New Jersey, USA
Battle of Yorktown
1781 CE · Virginia, USA
Battle of Cowpens
1781 CE · South Carolina, USA
Battle of New Orleans
1815 CE · Louisiana, USA
Battle of the Alamo
1836 CE · Texas, USA
Battle of Buena Vista
1847 CE · Coahuila, Mexico
Battle of Chapultepec
1847 CE · Mexico City, Mexico
Battle of Fort Sumter
1861 CE · South Carolina, USA
First Battle of Bull Run
1861 CE · Virginia, USA
Battle of Antietam
1862 CE · Maryland, USA
Battle of Shiloh
1862 CE · Tennessee, USA
Battle of Gettysburg
1863 CE · Pennsylvania, USA
Battle of Vicksburg
1863 CE · Mississippi, USA
Battle of Chancellorsville
1863 CE · Virginia, USA
Battle of Chattanooga
1863 CE · Tennessee, USA
Battle of San Juan Hill
1898 CE · Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Battle of Manila Bay
1898 CE · Manila Bay, Philippines
Battle of Inchon
1950 CE · Inchon, South Korea
Battle of Chosin Reservoir
1950 CE · North Korea
Battle of Ia Drang
1965 CE · Central Highlands, Vietnam
Battle of Khe Sanh
1968 CE · Quang Tri Province, Vietnam
Tet Offensive
1968 CE · South Vietnam
World Wars
1914 - 1945
Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
1914 CE · East Prussia (Poland)
Battle of the Marne
1914 CE · France
Battle of the Somme
1916 CE · France
Battle of Verdun
1916 CE · France
Battle of Jutland
1916 CE · North Sea
Battle of Passchendaele
1917 CE · Belgium
Battle of Caporetto
1917 CE · Italy
Battle of Britain
1940 CE · United Kingdom
Battle of Dunkirk
1940 CE · France
Siege of Tobruk
1941 CE · Libya
Siege of Leningrad
1941 CE · Soviet Union (Russia)
Battle of Midway
1942 CE · Pacific Ocean
Battle of El Alamein
1942 CE · Egypt
Battle of Guadalcanal
1942 CE · Solomon Islands
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942 CE · Pacific Ocean
Battle of Stalingrad
1943 CE · Soviet Union (Russia)
Battle of Kursk
1943 CE · Soviet Union (Russia)
D-Day
1944 CE · Normandy, France
Battle of the Bulge
1944 CE · Belgium & Luxembourg
Battle of Monte Cassino
1944 CE · Italy
Battle of Leyte Gulf
1944 CE · Philippines
Battle of Arnhem
1944 CE · Netherlands
Battle of Iwo Jima
1945 CE · Iwo Jima, Japan
Battle of Okinawa
1945 CE · Okinawa, Japan
Battle of Berlin
1945 CE · Germany
Latin American Wars
1438 - 1935
Battle of Otumba
1520 CE · Otumba, Mexico
La Noche Triste
1520 CE · Tenochtitlan, Mexico
Siege of Tenochtitlan
1521 CE · Tenochtitlan, Mexico
Battle of Cajamarca
1532 CE · Cajamarca, Peru
Siege of Cusco
1536 CE · Cusco, Peru
Battle of Tucuman
1812 CE · Tucuman, Argentina
Battle of San Lorenzo
1813 CE · San Lorenzo, Argentina
Battle of Rancagua
1814 CE · Rancagua, Chile
Battle of Chacabuco
1817 CE · Chacabuco, Chile
Battle of Maipu
1818 CE · Maipu, Chile
Battle of Cancha Rayada
1818 CE · Cancha Rayada, Chile
Battle of Boyaca
1819 CE · Boyaca, Colombia
Battle of Carabobo
1821 CE · Carabobo, Venezuela
Battle of Pichincha
1822 CE · Quito, Ecuador
Battle of Ayacucho
1824 CE · Ayacucho, Peru
Battle of Junin
1824 CE · Junin, Peru
Battle of Ituzaingo
1827 CE · Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
1845 CE · Parana River, Argentina
Battle of Puebla
1862 CE · Puebla, Mexico
Battle of Tuyuti
1866 CE · Tuyuti, Paraguay
Battle of Cerro Cora
1870 CE · Cerro Cora, Paraguay
Battle of Iquique
1879 CE · Iquique, Chile/Peru
Battle of Angamos
1879 CE · Cape Angamos, Bolivia/Chile
Battle of Arica
1880 CE · Arica, Peru (now Chile)
Battle of Chaco Boreal
1932 CE · Gran Chaco, South America