Events
Articles about notable events, ceremonies and occurrences.
Battle of Cannae
Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
Battle of Cassel (1071)
Battle of Cisterna
Battle of Cisterna (30 January–2 February 1944)
Battle of Crécy
Battle of Crécy (1346): English longbows, tactics, and consequences
The Battle of Crécy (26 Aug 1346) was a pivotal Hundred Years' War engagement where English forces used longbows and defensive tactics to defeat a larger French army, altering medi
Battle of Crete
Battle of Crete (20 May – 1 June 1941)
Battle of Curupaity
Battle of Curupaity (22 September 1866)
A major engagement of the War of the Triple Alliance in which Paraguayan forces repelled a combined Brazilian-Argentine-Uruguayan assault, producing heavy Allied losses and delayin
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo, May–June 1940)
Battle of Ðiện Biên Phủ
Battle of Ellandun
Battle of Ellandun (825) — Turning point in Anglo‑Saxon England
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Battle of Falkirk
Battle of Falkirk (1298): Edward I's victory over William Wallace
The Battle of Falkirk (22 July 1298) was a major encounter of the First War of Scottish Independence in which King Edward I's English army defeated the Scots led by William Wallace
Battle of Fort Washington
Battle of Fort Washington (16 November 1776)
Battle of Fulford
Battle of Fulford (20 September 1066)
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Granada
Battle of Granada (1491–1492) — Fall of the Emirate of Granada
Battle of Harpers Ferry
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Hastings (1066)
Battle of Hatfield Chase
Battle of Hatfield Chase (633)
Battle of Honey Springs
Battle of Honey Springs (July 17, 1863)
Battle of Inkerman
Battle of Inkerman (5 November 1854)
Battle of Isandlwana
Battle of Isandlwana (22 January 1879)
Battle of Jena-Auerstadt
Battle of Jena–Auerstadt (14 October 1806)
Two closely timed engagements in Prussia during the War of the Fourth Coalition in which French forces defeated the Prussian armies, opening the way to the occupation of Berlin and
Battle of Karbala
Battle of Kasserine Pass
Battle of the Kasserine Pass (February 1943)
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Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Leipzig (Battle of the Nations) — October 1813
Decisive 1813 engagement near Leipzig in which the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon, precipitating the invasion of France, his abdication and exile to Elba; a turning point in the
Battle of Lewes
Battle of Lewes (1264) — Simon de Montfort's victory over King Henry III
Battle of Long Island
Battle of Majuba Hill
Battle of Majuba Hill (27 February 1881) — decisive engagement of the First Boer War
Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
Battle of Maserfield
Battle of Messines
Battle of Messines (7 June 1917)
Battle of Miani
Battle of Miani (1843) — British conquest of Sindh
Battle of Mutina
Battle of Mutina (43 BC) — Relief of Decimus Brutus and Clash with Mark Antony
Battle of Nagashino
Battle of Nagashino (1575) — decisive clash in Japan's Sengoku era
Battle of Nalapani
Battle of Nalapani (1814): first clash of the Anglo‑Nepalese War
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans (January 1815)
Battle of Ortona
Battle of Ortona (December 1943)
Battle of Osawatomie
Battle of Osawatomie (1856): clash in Bleeding Kansas
Battle of Patay
Battle of Patay (1429) — decisive French victory in the Hundred Years' War
Battle of Plassey
Battle of Poitiers (1356)
Battle of Puebla
Battle of Reading (871)
Battle of Rimini (1944)
Battle of Santa Rosa
Battle of Santa Rosa (1856)
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Seven Pines
Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), May–June 1862
A key engagement of the Peninsula Campaign in the American Civil War fought May 31–June 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, noted for heavy fighting, high casualties and the wounding