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Early 14th century (1301–1350)
editYear | Battle | Loc. | Description |
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1302 | Battle of the Golden Spurs | 11 July – In Flanders, Flemish forces led by William of Jülich and Pieter de Coninck defeat French knights.[1] | |
Battle of Bapheus | 27 July – The founder of the Ottoman dynasty Osman I defeats a Byzantine force.[2] | ||
1303 | Battle of Roslin | 24 February – Scottish forces led by John Comyn III ambush and defeat an English army at Roslin.[3] | |
Siege of Chittorgarh | 28 January – 26 August – The Delhi Sultanate defeats and conquers the Guhilas of Medapata. | ||
Battle of Arques | 4 April – Flemish forces led by William of Jülich defeat a French army at Arques.[4] | ||
Battle of Marj al-Saffar | 20–22 April – Mamluk forces defeat the Ilkhanate and their Armenian allies, last Mongol invasion of Syria.[5] | ||
Siege of Maastricht | May – The Prince-Bishopric of Liège fails to conquer Maastricht from the Duchy of Brabant. | ||
Battle of Dimbos | Ottoman forces defeat Byzantine governors. | ||
Conquest of Sylhet | Muslims led by Shamsuddin Firuz Shah conquer the Hindu Gour Kingdom led by Gour Govinda. | ||
Siege of Amsterdam | William of Avesnes, commanding an army of the County of Holland captures Amsterdam from Jan I van Amstel, lord of Amstelland. | ||
Siege of Zierikzee | A Flemish army under Guy of Namur fails to capture Zierikzee. | ||
1304 | Battle of Happrew | February – English forces defeat a small Scottish army. | |
Battle on the Manpad | Witte van Haemstede, commanding an army of the County of Holland defeats a Flemish army under Guy of Namur near Heemstede. | ||
Second Siege of Stirling Castle | April–July – King Edward I besieges the Scots successfully. The Warwolf siege engine is constructed and first used during this battle. | ||
Siege of Schoonhoven | July – William of Avesnes, commanding the army of the County of Holland defeats rebel Schoonhoven. | ||
Battle of Zierikzee | 10–11 August – A combined fleet from France, Genoa and Holland defeats a Flemish fleet. | ||
Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle | 18 August – French forces under King Philip IV defeat the Flemish army at Mons-en-Pévèle. The battle is indecisive, which leads later to the Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge. | ||
1305 | Battle of Apros | July – Byzantine forces under Co-Emperor Michael IX are defeated by the Catalan Company in Thrace. | |
Battle of Amroha | 20 December – The Delhi Sultanate defeats the invading Mongol forces of the Chagatai Khanate. | ||
1306 | Battle of Methven | 19 June – English forces under Aymer de Valence defeat the newly crowned Robert the Bruce and the Scottish army, during a surprise attack on his camp at Methven. | |
Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes | Rhodes is conquered by the Hospitallers. | ||
Battle of Dalrigh | July – Robert the Bruce is defeated by rival Scottish forces under John of Argyll of the Clan MacDougall at Dalrigh (also called "King's Field"). | ||
1307 | Battle of Loch Ryan | February – Scottish forces under Thomas de Brus and Alexander de Brus are defeated by rival Scots at Loch Ryan. | |
Battle of Glen Trool | April – Scottish forces under King Robert the Bruce ambush and defeat the English army at Glen Trool. | ||
Battle of Loudoun Hill | 10 May – Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat the English army at Loudoun Hill. | ||
1308 | Battle of Inverurie | 23 May – Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat the rival Scots of the Clan Comyn at Oldmeldrum. | |
Battle of the Pass of Brander | August – Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat the rival Scots of the Clan MacDougall at the Pass of Brander. | ||
Siege of Siwana | Delhi forces conquer Siwana fortress in Rajasthan (North India). | ||
1309 | Siege of Almería | August –December – Aragonese forces under King James II besiege the Saracen garrison at Almería. After two months, James is forced to break off the siege. | |
First siege of Gibraltar | 12 September – Castilian forces under King Ferdinand IV besiege and capture the Moorish fortress at Gibraltar. | ||
1310 | Siege of Algeciras | July 1309 – January 1310 – Castile forced to withdraw siege on Granada city. | |
Siege of Warangal | Delhi forces sack the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty, leading to their inevitable annexation in the coming years. | ||
1311 | Siege of Dwarasamudra | February - Hoysala Empire surrenders and agrees to pay tribute to Delhi Sultanate. | |
Battle of Halmyros | 15 March – Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne of Athens and goes on to capture Athens and Thebes. | ||
Battle of Wopławki | 7 April – The Teutonic Knights under Heinrich von Plötzke defeat the Lithuanian forces near the village of Wopławki. | ||
Siege of Brescia | 19 May - 19 September – Henry VII, King of the Romans captures rebel Brescia. | ||
1312 | Battle of Rozgony | 15 June – Hungarian forces under King Charles I defeat the rebel army of Palatine Amadeus Aba at Rozgony. | |
Battle of Gallipoli | 2,000 Turcopoles are annihilated by a combined Byzantine, Kingdom of Serbia, and Genoese force. | ||
Battle of Amorgos | Knights Hospitaller destroy the fleet of Menteshe.[6] | ||
1313 | Battle of Gammelsdorf | 9 November – Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria. | |
1314 | Battle of Bannockburn | Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat King Edward II. Robert takes Stirling Castle and secures Scottish independence. | |
1315 | Battle of Holíč | 12 July – King John of Bohemia defeats Matthew III Csák. | |
Siege of Carlisle | 22 July – 1 August – Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce besiege unsuccessfully Carlisle Castle. | ||
Battle of Montecatini | 29 August – Pisa defeats allied forces of Florence and the Kingdom of Naples. | ||
Battle of Moiry Pass | September – Scottish-Irish forces under Edward Bruce defeat an Irish garrison at Moyry Pass. | ||
Battle of Morgarten | 15 November – Swiss forces defeat Leopold I, Duke of Austria on the shore of the Ägerisee. | ||
1316 | Battle of Skaithmuir | February – Scottish forces under James Douglas defeat an English raiding party near Coldstream. | |
Battle of Picotin | 22 February – Ferdinand of Majorca defeats Matilda of Hainaut and the Achaean barons loyal to her. | ||
Battle of Manolada | 5 July – Louis of Burgundy defeats the Majorcans, Ferdinand of Majorca is slain. | ||
Battle of Gransee | August – A North German-Danish alliance led by Henry II of Mecklenburg defeat Waldemar the Great. | ||
Second Battle of Athenry | 10 August – English forces defeat an Irish army under Felim O'Connor, king of Connacht. | ||
1318 | Battle of Dysert O'Dea | 10 May – Irish forces under Ó Deághaidh defeat the English Lordship. | |
Siege of Sittard | John III, Duke of Brabant captures Sittard from Reinoud van Valkenburg. | ||
Battle of Faughart | October 14 – English forces defeat a Scots–Irish army under Edward Bruce, who is slain. | ||
1319 | Battle of Chios | The Knights Hospitaller and the Genoese of the Lordship of Chios score victory over an Aydinid fleet. | |
1320 | Battle of Saint George | 9 September – Byzantine forces under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the army of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia. | |
Battle of Rhodes | A Turkish invasion fleet is destroyed by the Knights Hospitaller and the Genoese, in an attempt to capture Rhodes. | ||
Battle of Marra Biete | Ethiopians defeat Sultanate of Ifat. | ||
1322 | Battle of Bliska | A coalition of Croatian noblemen defeat Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, Ban of Croatia. | |
Battle of Burton Bridge | English Royal forces defeat a rebel English army. | ||
Battle of Boroughbridge | English Royal forces defeat a rebel English army fighting for the Scots. | ||
Battle of Mühldorf | 28 September – Louis the Bavarian defeats and captures Frederick I of Austria. | ||
1323 | Siege of Warangal (1323) | Delhi Sultanate conquers Kakatiya Empire. | |
1324 | Siege of Villa di Chiesa | Aragonese capture Sardinian town from Pisa. | |
Battle of Lucocisterna | Aragon conquers Sardinia from the Republic of Pisa. | ||
1325 | Battle of Zappolino | Communal struggle between Bologna and Modena, Modena emerges victorious. | |
Battle of Varey | Vienne under Guigues de la Tour-du-Pin defeat the Savoyards. | ||
1326 | Siege of Bursa | 6 April – Ottoman forces led by Sultan Orhan capture the fortified city of Bursa. | |
Siege of Bristol | 18–26 October – Queen Isabella of France besieges and captures Bristol after an eight-day siege. | ||
1327 | Battle of Temzezdekt | Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen defeats Hafsid dynasty. | |
1328 | Battle of Cassel | French under Philip VI defeat a revolting Flemish peasant army, killing their leaders. | |
1329 | Siege of Medvėgalis | 1 February - Teutonic Order captures Lithuanian fortress. | |
1329 | Battle of Pelekanon | 10 June – The second ruler of the Ottoman dynasty, Orhan, defeats the Byzantine emperor Andronicus III. | |
Battle of Ardnocher | Irish force led by William MacGeoghegan defeats English army under Thomas Butler, who is killed. | ||
1330 | Battle of Velbazhd | 28 July - Serbia defeats Bulgaria and their Wallachian allies. Michael III of Bulgaria killed in battle. | |
Battle of Posada | 9 November – Basarab I of Wallachia defeats Charles I of Hungary. | ||
Battle of Fiodh-an-Átha | Ualgarg O'Rourke is defeated by the English. | ||
1331 | Siege of Nicaea | The Byzantine city of Nicaea falls to Ottomans under Orhan. | |
Battle of Płowce | 27 September - Kingdom of Poland defeats Teutonic Order. | ||
1332 | Battle of Das | 3 July - Ethiopians led by their Emperor Amda Seyon defeat combined attack of Adal and Sultanate of Ifat in the Ethiopian mainland. | |
Battle of Rusokastro | 18 July - Bulgarians defeat Byzantines. | ||
Battle of Kinghorn | 6 August - Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife defeated by smaller army supporting Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne. | ||
Battle of Dupplin Moor | 11 August - English supporting Edward Balliol, Scottish pretender, defeat the Scots. | ||
Battle of Płowce | 27 September- Poland's Ladislas IV Lokietek defeats Teutonic Knights. | ||
Battle of San Felice | 25 November - The Holy Roman Empire under Charles of Luxembourg defeats the Signoria of Ferrara, the Signoria of Mantua, the Signoria of Milan and the Signoria of Verona under condottiere Giovi da Camposampiero. | ||
Battle of Annan | 16 December - Bruce loyalists drive out the English-backed usurper to the Scottish throne Edward Balliol. | ||
Battle of Zeila | Ethiopians defeat and vassalize Sultanate of Ifat, sack their capital and imprison their Sultan Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din. | ||
1333 | Battle of Halidon Hill | 19 July – Edward III of England avenges Bannockburn. | |
1334 | Siege of Maastricht | March – After a short siege, Maastricht surrenders to bishop Adolph de la Marck of Liège. | |
1335 | Battle of Boroughmuir | 30 July - Scotland under John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray defeats an army of the County of Namur under Guy II, Marquis of Namur, fighting for England. | |
1336 | Battle of Minatogawa | Kusunoki Masashige, obeying Emperor Go-Daigo's orders, leads an imperial army into defeat by the Ashikaga. Kusunoki commits suicide. | |
1337 | Battle of Cadzand | English defeat pro-French garrison of Cadsand in Flanders. | |
Siege of Kanegasaki | Ashikaga victory during Nanboku-cho Wars. | ||
1338 | Battle of Arnemuiden | French victory over the English fleet. | |
1339 | Battle of Parabiago | 21–22 February – Rebel Lodrisio Visconti is defeated by the Visconti of Milan's army. | |
Siege of Cambrai | September–October – King Edward III of England withdraws when a large French army was near and fails to capture Cambrai. | ||
1340 | Battle of Sluys | 24 June – Edward III defeats the Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of the English Channel. | |
Battle of Saint-Omer | 26 July – Anglo-Flemish force driven back from the town by a French army. | ||
Siege of Tournai | 23 July – 25 September – King Edward III of England fails to capture Tournai from king Philip VI of France. | ||
Battle of Río Salado | 30 October – Alfonso XI of Castile and Afonso IV of Portugal defeat the Marinid under Sultan Abul-Hassan and the Granadine under King Yusuf I. | ||
1341 | Battle of Champtoceaux | 13 October −16 October – Begins Breton War of Succession. | |
1342 | Battle of Brest | 18 August – English fleet defeats Genoese mercenaries. | |
Battle of Morlaix | Besieged by the English, a French relief army broke the siege of Morlaix. When the English retreated into a wood, the French withdrew. | ||
1344 | Battle of Stephaniana | May – Turks from the Emirate of Aydin defeat a Serbian army in northern Greece. | |
1345 | Battle of Gamenario | 22 April – Ghibelline Asti and John II, Marquess of Montferrat defeat the Neapolitan Guelph League army. | |
Battle of Lough Neagh | Naval battle between Hugh O'Neill and the Clann Hugh Buidhe. | ||
Battle of Peritheorion | 7 July – A Byzantine-Turkish army under John VI Kantakouzenos and Umur Bey defeats and kills the renegade lord Momchil in the Rhodope. | ||
Battle of Lelów | July – Poland and Hungary defeat Bohemia. | ||
Battle of Pogoń | July – Poland defeats Bohemia. | ||
Siege of Utrecht | 8 June - 22 July – William II, Count of Hainaut and of Holland captures Utrecht and forces bishop John of Arkel to submission. | ||
Battle of Warns | 26 September – Frisians defeat Dutch invasion force led by William IV, Count of Holland. | ||
Battle of Auberoche | 21 October – English relief army lift a siege by the French. | ||
Siege of Kaffa (Second) | 1345–46 The Golden Horde again lays siege to the Genoese city of Kaffa on the Black Sea, but withdraws due to the Black Death. | ||
1346 | Battle of Calry Lough Gill | O Rourke soundly defeated by the O Connors. | |
Battle of St Pol de Léon | English defeat the French. | ||
Battle of Caen | English force capture and sack the town. | ||
Battle of Blanchetaque | English under Edward III cross the Somme. | ||
Battle of Crécy | 26 August – English longbowmen defeat French cavalry at Abbeville. | ||
Battle of Neville's Cross | English defeat the Scots under King David Bruce. | ||
1347 | Siege of Calais | 4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347 – English forces capture the city. | |
Battle of Porta San Lorenzo | (Rome) – November – The people of Rome defeat the baronial troops of Stefano Colonna. | ||
Battle of La Roche-Derrien | English relief army lift a French siege. | ||
1348 | Battle of Strėva | Teutonic Order defeats the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. | |
1349 | Battle of Lunalonge | Anglo-Gascons hold the upper hand during the day over the French but the Anglo-Gascons have to withdraw during the night. | |
Battle of Llucmajor | 25 October – James IV of Majorca defeated and killed by troops of Aragon. | ||
Battle of Santolo | Newly Islamic Sultanate of Kano defeats animist Hausa Kingdom of Santolo. | ||
1350 | Battle of Calais | 1 January 1350 - English force defeated a French army which was attempting to take the city. | |
Battle of Naarden | 15 or 16 May – The army of Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut and of Holland defeats the army of her son, William I, Duke of Bavaria. | ||
Les Espagnols sur Mer | 29 August – English fleet defeats Castilian fleet. |
Late 14th century (1351–1400)
editYear | Battle | Loc. | Description |
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1351 | Combat of the Thirty | 26 March – Thirty French knights from Chateau Josselin under Jean de Beaumanoir call out and defeat thirty English knights under Robert Bemborough. | |
Siege of Medemblik | March–April – William I, Duke of Bavaria captures Medemblik (Hook and Cod wars). | ||
Battle of Saintes | 1 April – English relief army lifted a French siege. | ||
Battle of Ardres | 6 June – French defeated the English. | ||
Battle of Veere | 10 June – The fleet of Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut defeats the fleet of her son William I, Duke of Bavaria, after which Margaret captures Zeeland. | ||
Battle of Zwartewaal | 3–5 July – The Cod fleet of William I defeats the Hook fleet of his mother Margaret II. | ||
1351-1352 | Siege of Geertruidenberg | October 1351 - 18 August 1352 – William I, Duke of Bavaria captures Geertruidenberg. | |
1352 | Battle of Mauron | Anglo-Bretons defeated the French. | |
1354 | Battle of Sapienza | Genoans destroy Venetian fleet. | |
Fall of Gallipoli | March – Ottoman Turks under Sultan Orhan capture Gallipoli, giving them a bridgehead into Europe. | ||
1356 | Baile Loch Deacair | In southern Connacht. | |
Battle of Soest | 14 March – The army of Bavaria-Straubing and the County of Holland defeats the army of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht. | ||
Battle of Scheut | 17 August – The Flemish army defending the claim of Louis II, Count of Flanders as duke of Brabant defeats an army of Brabant, supporting Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg as the new duke. | ||
Battle of Poitiers | 25 October – Edward the Black Prince captures King John II of France, France plunges into chaos. | ||
1357 | Battle of Bubat | Majapahit Prime Minister Gajah Mada has the Sunda royal family killed. | |
1358 | Battle of Mello | Army of French nobles crushes the peasant Jacquerie. | |
1358-1359 | Siege of Heusden | The army of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland captures rebel Cod Heusden. | |
Siege of Heemskerk | The army of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland captures rebel Cod Heemskerk. | ||
1359 | Siege of Delft | 11 March - 29 May – Albert I of Bavaria and Holland captures rebel Cod controlled Delft. | |
Battle of Achelous | Late Spring – Albanians under John Spata defeat Despotate of Epirus and form several Despotates in parts of their land. | ||
Battle of Campo delle Mosche | 23 July – Florentines defeat Great Company. | ||
1361 | Battle of Visby | 27 July - Poorly armed farmers from the island of Gotland are defeated by a Danish army. The battle became notable after an excavation revealed numerous mass graves containing the dead from the battle, many still wearing their armour. | |
1362 | Battle of Helsingborg | Danish fleet beat Hanseatic fleet in Danish–German War (aka First Danish War with the Hanseatic League). | |
Battle of Brignais | 6 April – Mercenary Free Companies defeat a French army. | ||
Siege of Kaunas | 13 March – 17 April – Teutonic Order defeats Grand Duchy of Lithuania, captures and razes the Kaunas Castle. | ||
Battle of Guadix | Granada defeats Castile. | ||
1362/1363 | Battle of Blue Waters | The Pagan Lithuanians defeat Islamic Tatar Forces. | |
1363 | Battle of Lake Poyang | Ming dynasty decisively defeats Yuan dynasty and kills their commander Chen Youliang. | |
1364 | Battle of Cocherel | 16 May – French defeat Gascon-Navarrese-English. | |
Battle of Cascina | 28 July – Battle between the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence. | ||
Battle of Auray | 29 September – End of Breton War of Succession, English defeat Franco-Bretons. | ||
1365 | Battle of Adrianople | Capture by Ottoman Turks. | |
1367 | Battle of Nájera | English under the Black Prince and Don Pedro of Castile defeat the Franco-Castilians. | |
1367 | First Albanian Siege of Ioannina | Albanian and Aromanian troops attack Ioannina for three years, ending in a ceasefire. | |
1369 | Battle of Montiel | Franco-Castilians under King Henry II of Castile defeated Portuguese-Marinids-Grenadines-Jews under his half-brother Don Pedro of Castile, who is captured and executed. | |
Siege of Algeciras (1369) | July – Granada retakes city from Castile. | ||
Battle of Poni | Majapahit Empire and Bruneian Empire defeat Sulu Sultanate. | ||
1370 | Battle of Rudau | February – Teutonic Knights defeat Lithuanians. | |
Battle of Pontvallain | French victory against English. | ||
Siege of Balkh (1370) | Timur defeats and has killed his brother-in-law Amir Husayn and gains control of the western Chagatai. | ||
1371 | Battle of Baesweiler | Edward, Duke of Guelders and William II, Duke of Jülich defeat Wenceslaus, Duke of Brabant. | |
Battle of Maritsa | 26 September – Serbs under their ruler, King Vukašin of Serbia, were defeated by an Ottoman force. | ||
1372 | Battle of La Rochelle | 22–23 June - Castilian fleet defeats the English fleet. English sea dominance destroyed. | |
1373 | Battle of Chiset | 21 March - French defeat an English relief army trying to lift the siege of Chiset. | |
Siege of Venlo | John II, Count of Blois besieges Venlo during the First War of the Guelderian Succession, against his contender William II, Duke of Jülich. | ||
1375 | Battle of Gardiki | Achaean victory defeats Morean siege | |
1377 | Cesena Bloodbath | February - 2,500/5,000 inhabitants of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal troops led by John Hawkwood during the War of the Eight Saints. | |
Battle on Pyana River | 2 August - The Russian troops are defeated, while their commander drowns in the river. | ||
Battle of Dubravnica | Moravian Serbia defeats the Ottoman Empire. | ||
1378 | Battle of the Vozha River | Moscow defeats the Golden Horde. | |
1378 | Knights Hospitaller Invasion of Arta | Knights Hospitaller attempt to capture the Despotate of Arta but fail. | |
1380 | Battle of Kulikovo | Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow halts the Mongols. | |
1380 or 1381 | Battle of Loppersum | End 1380 or Early 1381 - Chieftain Ocko I tom Brok of Norderland and Emsigerland defeats cheaftains Kampo Abdena of Hinte and Folkmar Allena of Osterhusen. | |
1381 | Second Battle of the Kalka River | Tokhtamysh defeats Mamai and gains control of the Blue Horde. | |
Battle of North Walsham | Forces led by Henry le Despenser defeat the rebels of Norfolk at the end of the English Peasants' Revolt. | ||
1382 | Battle of Beverhoutsveld | 3 May - Ghent rebels under Philip van Artevelde defeat the army of Louis II, Count of Flanders. | |
Siege of Moscow (1382) | 23–27 August - Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde takes back control of Moscow from the Grand Duchy of Moscow. | ||
Battle of Roosebeke | 27 November - French army under King Charles VI of France crush a large Flemish army of urban levies. | ||
1383 | Battle of Dunkirk | May - Ghent rebels under Frans Ackerman and an English army under Henry le Despenser defeat the armies of Louis II, Count of Flanders and king Charles VI of France. | |
Siege of Ypres | May - An English army under Henry le Despenser and Ghent rebels fail to take Ypres from Louis II, Count of Flanders. | ||
Trian Chongail | Hugh O Neill and Robin Savage kill each other in a cavalry charge. | ||
1384 | Battle of Atoleiros | 6 April – Nuno Álvares Pereira (Portuguese general) defeats Castile. | |
Siege of Lisbon | Portugal successfully defends its capital from the Castilians. | ||
Battle of Leça | The Castilian blockade to Porto is stopped. | ||
Battle of Tejo | The Portuguese win a naval battle in the Tagus river. | ||
1385 | Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele | O Conchobhair, King of Uí Falighe, soundly defeats the English of Meath. | |
Battle of Trancoso | 29 May – An army sent by John I of Castile is defeated by the Portuguese. | ||
Battle of Aljubarrota | 14 August – Portugal maintains independence from Castile, John I establishes Avis dynasty. | ||
Battle of Valverde | 14 October – The Portuguese defeat a Castilian army. | ||
Battle of Savra | Zeta (Montenegro) forces under Balša II were defeated by Ottoman commander Hayreddin Pasha near Berat. | ||
1386 | Battle of the Vikhra River | 29 April – Grand Duchy of Lithuania decisively defeats the Principality of Smolensk and make the principality agree to be their vassal. | |
Battle of Sempach | 9 July – Swiss defeat Leopold III of Austria. | ||
Battle of Pločnik | Serbian victory and first serious defeat for the Ottoman army in the Balkans. | ||
Siege of Tbilisi (1386) | Timur decisively defeats the Kingdom of Georgia. | ||
1387 | Battle of Castagnaro | 11 March – Giovanni Ordelaffi and Ostasio da Polenta, for Verona, defeated by John Hawkwood and Francesco Novello Carraresi, for Padua. | |
Battle of Margate | 24–25 March – An English fleet under Richard, Earl of Arundel defeats a Franco-Castilian-Flemish wine fleet under Sir Jean de Bucq in the area of the southern North Sea between Margate and Cadzand. | ||
Siege of Isfahan (1387) | Timur annexes Isfahan and nearby territories from the Muzaffarids. | ||
Battle of Radcot Bridge | 19 December - Rebellious Lords Appellant defeat a Royal army and briefly gain control of the government. | ||
1388 | Battle of Buir Lake | March Ming Chinese army under general Lan Yu decisively defeated Mongol Northern Yuan dynasty, more than 100,000 Mongols killed or captured. | |
Battle of Otterburn | 19 August - English under a young Henry "Hotspur" Percy defeated by Scots under James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas. | ||
Battle of Döffingen | 23 August - The league of princes and the league of knights under Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg defeat the Swabian League of Cities under 'Städtehauptmann' or military commander Konrad Besserer of Ulm. | ||
Battle of Bileća | 27 August Bosnians and Serbians defeat the Ottomans. | ||
1389 | Battle of Kosovo Polje | A Turkish army gathered by Murad I and a Serbian army under Knez Lazar beat each other into the ground. The battle was a draw, yet in the wake of it the Serbs were left with too few men to effectively defend their lands, while the Turks had many more troops in the east. Both Lazar and Murad lost their lives in the battle. | |
1391 | Battle of Alessandria | Mercenary army of Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan beat that of Jean III of Armagnac. | |
Battle of the Kondurcha River | Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde. | ||
1393 | Siege of Altena | Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and count of Holland captures rebel Altena Castle. | |
1394 | Battle of Ros-mic-Triuin | King of Leinster attacks and defeats the English. | |
Battle of Rovine | 10 October – Mircea cel Batrin the voievod of Wallachia defeated Bayezid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire. | ||
1395 | Battle of the Terek River | 15 April – Timur decisively defeats Tokhtamysh. | |
Battle of Portomaggiore | 16 April – Astorre I Manfredi for the Republic of Venice and Niccolò III d'Este beat Ferrarese rebel Azzo X d'Este. | ||
1396 | Battle of the North Inch | Scottish clan battle. | |
Battle of Nicopolis | 25 September – A major French–Hungarian crusade is defeated by the Ottomans under Bayezid I. | ||
Battle of Schoterzijl | Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and count of Holland defeats the Frisians. | ||
1397 | Battle of Kleverhamm | Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Dietrich IX, Count of Mark defeat duke William II of Berg and duke William I of Guelders and Jülich. | |
1398 | Siege of Delhi (1398) | Timur defeats the Sultanate of Delhi and sacks their capital, weakening Delhi for a century. | |
1399 | Battle of Tragh-Bhaile | The Anglo-Irish defeat the sons of Henry O Neill. | |
Battle of the Vorskla River | Vytautas the Great of Lithuania is defeated by generals of Tamerlane. |
Early 15th century (1401–50)
editYear | Battle | Loc. | Description |
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1400 | Siege of Damascus (1400) | Timur defeats Mamluk Sultanate and annexes Damascus. | |
1401 | Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen | mid-June – Welsh rebels under Owain Glyndŵr defeat an army of English and Flemish soldiers near Aberystwyth. | |
Battle of Tuthill | November – Inconclusive battle between English and Welsh near Caernarfon. | ||
1402 | Battle of Casalecchio | 26 January – Alberico da Barbiano for Milan defeats Bolognese–Florentine army under Muzio Attendolo. | |
Battle of Bryn Glas | 22 June – English army routed in mid-Wales; Owain Glyndŵr's revolt spreads. | ||
Battle of Nesbit Moor | 22 June – Clash between English and Scottish prior to the decisive Battle of Homildon Hill. | ||
Battle of Angora or Battle of Ankara |
20 July – Timur defeats and captures Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I in Anatolia. | ||
Battle of Homildon Hill | 14 September – A strong Scottish raiding force is heavily defeated by English longbowmen. | ||
Siege of Gorinchem | 29 June - 18 September – Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and of Holland defeats John V, Lord of Arkel. | ||
Siege of Smyrna | December – Timur defeats the Knights of Rhodes and razes Smyrna. | ||
1403 | Battle of Shrewsbury | 21 July – Henry IV defeats rebel army led by Henry "Hotspur" Percy, who is slain in the fighting. | |
Siege of Birtvisi (1403) | Timur besieges fortress of the Georgian Kingdom. | ||
Battle of Ziela | Ethiopia under Dawit I defeats and kills Sultan Sa'ad ad-Din II, bringing a final conquest to the Ifat Sultanate. | ||
1405 | Battle of Pwll Melyn | May – Owain Glyndŵr's rebels defeated near Usk. | |
1406 | Cluain Immorrais | The King of Uí Falighe defeats the Galls of Meath. | |
Battle of Tuiteam Tarbhach | Scottish clan battle fought between the Clan MacLeod of Lewis against the Clan MacKay. | ||
1407 | Battle of Lạng Sơn | 19 January – Ming Chinese forces defeated Đại Ngu forces. | |
Battle of Sông Phú Lương | Chinese Ming dynasty decisively defeated the Vietnamese Hồ dynasty, led to the Ming conquest of Đại Ngu. | ||
Battle of Palembang | Ming dynasty defeats pirates in Sumatra and captures their leader Chen Zuyi. | ||
1408 | Battle of Bramham Moor | 19 February – The Percy Rebellion is finally crushed by King Henry IV of England. | |
Siege of Maastricht | 24 November 1407 - 23 September 1408 – Rebels from Liège fail to take Maastricht from supporters of bishop John of Bavaria of Liège. | ||
Battle of Othée | 23 September – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy defeats rebels from the city of Liège, which greatly enriches him and puts him in a strong position for the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War. | ||
1409 | Battle of Sanluri | 30 June – Aragon defeats the giudicato di Arborea, last independent kingdom of Sardinia. | |
Battle of Kherlen | 23 September – The Mongols under Öljei Temür Khan defeat Ming China. | ||
1410 | Battle of Grunwald or Battle of Tannenberg |
15 July – Polish and Lithuanian army under Władysław II Jagiełło break the spine of the Teutonic Knights under Ulrich von Jungingen. | |
Battle of Koronowo | 10 October – Polish-Lithuania army defeat Teutonic Knights. | ||
1411 | Battle of Harlaw | 24 July – Highlanders versus Lowland Scots ends in draw. | |
1412 | Battle of Saint-Rémy-du-Val | 9 May – The Burgundians under Waleran III, Count of Ligny and Philippe d'Harcourt defeat the Armagnacs under John I, Duke of Alençon and Raoul de Gaucourt. | |
Siege of Bourges | 11 June - 12 July – After a month of siege, king Charles VI of France decides for a truce with the Armagnacs. | ||
Siege of Dreux | 10–15 July – Burgundians capture Dreux from the Armagnacs in a French civil war. | ||
Battle of Chalagan | December – Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgian army under Constantine I of Georgia and Shirvanshah Ibrahim, their ally. | ||
1415 | Conquest of Ceuta | 21 August – Ceuta is captured by the Portuguese. | |
Battle of Agincourt | 25 October – An outnumbered English force under Henry V defeats the French through the use of massed longbowmen behind sharpened stakes. | ||
1416 | Battle of Gallipoli | 29 May – A Venetian fleet under Pietro Loredan destroys the Ottoman fleet. | |
Siege of IJsselstein | 5–30 May – William II, Duke of Bavaria and count of Holland captures IJsselstein after a truce, which ends the rebellion of John II, Lord of Egmond. | ||
1417 | Battle of Okswerderzijl | 18 June – The Allies (Vetkopers and Bronckhorsts) under Keno II tom Brok, Focko Ukena and Sibet Papinga defeat the Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda and Coppen Jarges. | |
Siege of IJsselstein | 10–24 June – A Cod army besieged a Hook army in IJsselstein. A truce brokered by John III, Duke of Bavaria makes an end to the siege. | ||
Siege of Gorinchem | 23 or 24 November - 1 December – A Hook army defeats a Cod army in the city of Gorinchem. | ||
1418 | Siege of Dordrecht | 28 June - 10 August – An army under Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and John IV, Duke of Brabant fails to capture Dordrecht from supporters of John III, Duke of Bavaria. | |
Siege of Rouen | 19 July - January 1419 – Henry V of England gains a foothold in Normandy. | ||
Battle of Dokkum | Allies under Focko Ukena defeat the Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda. | ||
1419 | Siege of Ceuta | 13–17 August – The Moors attempt to retake Ceuta but are easily repelled by the Portuguese. | |
Battle of Miedum | 19 or 20 August – Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda defeat the allies. | ||
Battle of la Rochelle | 30 December – A Castilian fleet defeats an English-Hanseatic coalition fleet. | ||
1419–1428 | Siege of Dong Quan | Ming city besieged every year of Lam Son uprising, eventually fell to Le Loi. | |
1420 | Battle of Sudomer | 25 March – Hussites led by Jan Žižka defeat Catholics. | |
Battle on the Palesloot | 12 May – The Allies under Focko Ukena defeat the Schieringers. | ||
Battle of Vitkov Hill | 12 June – 14 July – Hussite victory over the Crusaders of the Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
Siege of Montereau-Fault-Yonne | 16 June – 1 July – An army under king Henry V of England and duke Philip the Good of Burgundy captures Montereau-Fault-Yonne from the French. | ||
Siege of Leiden | 18 June – 17 August – An army under John III, Duke of Bavaria captures Leiden from supporters of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut. | ||
Battle of Sloten | 11 July – An army of Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda and Cods under Hendrik van Renesse defeats the allies (Vetkopers and Bronckhorsts) under Focko Ukena. | ||
Battle of Vysehrad | Series of engagements between the Hussite forces and the Holy Roman Emperor's crusaders. | ||
Siege of Geertruidenberg | End August – 11 November – Supporters of John III, Duke of Bavaria defeat supporters of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut. | ||
1421 | Battle of Baugé | 22 March - The French and Scottish forces of Charles VII of France commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat an English army after a reckless cavalry charge by Henry V's younger brother, the Duke of Clarence, who is slain in the fighting. | |
Battle of Mons-en-Vimeu | 30 August - The Burgundians under duke Philip the Good defeat the Armagnacs under Jaqcues d'Harcourt, Jean Poton de Xaintrailles and La Hire. | ||
Battle of Kutna Hora | 21 December – Hussites escape Royalist forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. | ||
1422 | Battle of Nebovidy | 6 January – Jan Žižka leads the Hussites to victory over an Imperial army. | |
Battle of Německý Brod | 10 January – Hussites sack town. | ||
Battle of Arbedo | 30 June – Milanese led by Francesco Bussone fight the Swiss. | ||
Siege of Meaux | English led by Henry V fight the French. | ||
1423 | Battle of Horic | 27 April – Taborites defeat Utraquists, ending the Hussite Civil War. | |
Battle of Cravant | 31 July – English victory during Hundred Years' War. | ||
Battle of La Brossinière | French victory over English. | ||
1424 | Battle of L'Aquila | Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon. | |
Battle of Zagonara | 28 July - The Florentines defeated by Filippo Maria Visconti's Milanese army under Count of Carmagnola. | ||
Battle of Verneuil | 17 August – The English under the Duke of Bedford defeat a major Franco-Scottish army, clearing the way for further English conquests in Northern France. | ||
1425 | Siege of Schoonhoven | 10 March - 8 October – A Hook army under Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut managed to capture and hold Schoonhoven, from Cod armies, fighting for duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. | |
Battle of Alphen aan den Rijn | 21 October – A Hook army under Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut defeats a Cod army under Jacob van Gaasbeek. | ||
1426 | Battle of Brouwershaven | 13 January – Burgundian troops defeat combined Zeelander and English forces. | |
Battle of St. James | 6 March – An English force defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont. | ||
Siege of Haarlem | 4 April - 8 May – The army of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut fails to take Haarlem from duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. | ||
Battle of Alphen aan den Rijn | 30 April – The army of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut defeats a Burgundian army. | ||
Battle of Usti nad Labem | 16 June – Hussites defeat Imperial forces in the modern-day Czech Republic. | ||
Battle of Khirokitia | 7 July – Mamelukes defeat intoxicated Cypriots. | ||
Battle of Hoorn | 22 August – An army under duke Philip the Good of Burgundy defeats a Hook army. | ||
Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động | 5–7 November – Le Loi decisively defeats Ming dynasty. | ||
1427 | Siege of Zevenbergen | November 1426 - 11 April 1427 - The army of duke Philip the Good of Burgundy captures Zevenbergen. | |
Battle of Tachov | 3-4 August - Hussites defeat coalition forces. | ||
Siege of Montargis | 15 July-5 September - French under Jean de Dunois defeat English. | ||
Battle of Chi Lăng | 18 September - Vietnam decisively defeats Ming Chinese. China agrees to Vietnam's independence soon after. | ||
Battle of Wieringen | September – A Burgundian fleet defeats a Hook fleet. | ||
Battle of Maclodio | 4 October – Part of the Wars in Lombardy. | ||
Siege of Amersfoort | 1–8 November – Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy fails to take Amersfoort from the local citizens, fighting for bishop Rudolf van Diepholt of Utrecht. | ||
Battle of the Echinades | Byzantines defeat Carlo I Tocco and recapture the Latin possessions in the Peloponnese. | ||
1428 | Siege of Gouda | May 1428 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut capitulates to duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. | |
1429 | Siege of Orléans | 12 October 1428 - 8 May 1429 - English forces commanded by the Earl of Suffolk besiege French city and are driven off by Joan of Arc. | |
Battle of Jargeau | 11–12 June – Joan of Arc captures a bridge held by English over the Loire River. Her helmet saves her from a projectile. | ||
Battle of Meung-sur-Loire | 11–12 June The forces of Joan of Arc capture a second Loire River bridge. | ||
Battle of Beaugency | 16–17 June – Joan of Arc's forces capture a third Loire River bridge. | ||
Battle of Patay | 18 June – Major French field victory over the English, recognized as the war's turning point. | ||
1430 | Siege of Thessalonica | 29 March – The city of Thessalonica, ruled by the Republic of Venice, is captured by the Ottoman Empire. | |
Siege of Compiègne | 23 May – French victory but Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundians. | ||
1431 | Battle of Soncino | 17 May – Count of Carmagnola, for Venice, is defeated by the Visconti. | |
Battle of Pavia | 22 May – The Venetian fleet is destroyed by the Milanese. | ||
Battle of Domažlice | 14 August – Hussite army led by Prokop the Bald slaughters Crusaders. | ||
Battle of Inverlochy | Royal English forces routed by Scottish Highlanders. | ||
Siege of Angkor | Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom ends Khmer Empire and sacks their capital. | ||
1432 | Battle of Delebio | 18/19 November – Duchy of Milan and Valtellina fight the Republic of Venice. | |
Battle of San Romano | Florence fought Siena. | ||
1434 | Battle of Lipany | 30 May – Catholic Crusaders destroy Taborite army. | |
1435 | Battle of Gerbevoy | French troops, under the command of La Hire, defeat English. | |
Battle of Ponza | A Genoese fleet sent by Filippo Maria Visconti defeats the Aragonese of Alfonso V of Naples. | ||
Battle of Wiłkomierz | The forces of Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis of Lithuania with the help of Polish troops defeated Švitrigaila and his Livonian allies. | ||
1436 | Battle of Piperdean | Scottish victory over the English on the Scottish Borders. | |
1437 | Battle of Belyov | Tatars defeat Moscow. | |
1439 | Battle of Grotniki | Polish army defeats Hussite Protestants. | |
1439 | Siege of Älvsborg | Norwegian army is forced to retreat after a 10 week long siege by a Swedish relief force | |
1440 | Battle of Anghiari | 29 June – Niccolò Piccinino, overlord of Bologna, defeats Milanese Filippo Maria Visconti and is then opposed by Cosimo de Medici. | |
Siege of Novo Brdo | Ottoman forces captured Novo Brdo, an important fortified mining town of Serbia. | ||
1443 | Battle of Niš | November - John Hunyadi defeated three Ottoman armies before retreating. | |
Battle of Zlatica | December – Crusader advance stopped by the Ottoman army. | ||
1444 | Battle of Kunovica | 2 or 5 January — Hungary, Poland, and Serbia defeated Ottoman forces. | |
Battle of Torvioll | 29 June - Albanians under Skanderbeg defeat Ottomans. | ||
Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs | 26 August - French defeat Swiss. | ||
Siege of Rhodes | 10 August - 18 September - Knights Hospitaller defeats Mamluk Sultanate. | ||
Battle of Linnich | 3 November – The army of Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg defeats the army of Arnold, Duke of Guelders. | ||
Battle of Varna | 10 November – Ottoman Murad II defeats Hungarians, Poles, and Wallachians, King Władysław III of Poland killed. | ||
1445 | Battle of Gomit | Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal. | |
Battle of Mokra (1445) | Albanians under Skanderbeg defeat Ottomans. | ||
1446 | Battle of Otonetë | Skanderbeg defeats Ottomans. | |
1447 | Battle of Damghan | Abdal-Latif Mirza captures Damghan. | |
1448 | Siege of Svetigrad | Ottomans under Murad II capture Albanian fortress. | |
Battle of Caravaggio | 15 September – Ambrosian Republic (Milan's short-lived republic) fights the Republic of Venice. | ||
Battle of Kosovo | 17–20 October – Roman Catholic coalition defeated by Turkish forces. | ||
Battle of Sark | 23 October – also known as Battle of Lochmabenstone – Anglo-Scottish conflicts. | ||
1449 | Battle of Alfarrobeira | 20 May – Afonso V of Portugal defeats rebels of Pedro, Duke of Coimbra. | |
Battle of Tumu Fortress | 1 September – conflict between the Mongols and the Chinese Ming dynasty. | ||
1450 | Battle of Formigny | 15 April – decisive French victory over English during the Hundred Years' War. | |
Siege of Krujë (1450) | 14 May - 23 November - Skanderbeg defends Albanian town from an army of around 100,000 men led by Murad I. | ||
Battle of the Five Forts | Māori Ngāti Hotu tribe decisively defeated by the Whanganui Māori tribe. |
Late 15th century (1451–1500)
editYear | Battle | Loc. | Description |
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1452 | Battle of Nevele | 25 May – A Burgundian army under John of Burgundy defeats a rebel army of Ghent. | |
Battle of Bazel | 16 June – A Burgundian army under duke Philip the Good defeats a rebel army of Ghent under Wouter Leenknecht. | ||
1453 | Battle of Polog | 22 April – Skanderbeg defeats Ottomans. | |
Battle of Constantinople | 29 May – Mehmet II of the Ottoman Turks captures Constantinople (Istanbul), ending the Byzantine Empire. | ||
Battle of Castillon | 17 July – The Valois use cannon to defeat the Lancastrians, which ends the Hundred Years' War. | ||
Battle of Gavere | 23 July – A Burgundian army under duke Philip the Good defeats a rebel army of Ghent. | ||
1454 | Battle of Chojnice | 18 September – Polish defeated by Teutonic Knights. | |
Battle of Leskovac | 24 September – Serbs under command of Nikola Skobaljić defeat a larger Ottoman army. | ||
Battle of Kruševac | Serbian Despotate, allied with the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats invading Ottoman forces. | ||
1455 | Battle of Arkinholm | Scottish Royal-Black Douglas civil war. | |
First Battle of St Albans | 22 May – First battle of the English Wars of the Roses, a victory for the pretender Richard of York. | ||
Siege of Berat (1455) | July - Ottomans defeat Albanians under Skanderbeg. | ||
1456 | Siege of Belgrade | 14 August - 15 September - Hungarian forces lift Ottoman siege, Sultan Mehmet II wounded. | |
Siege of Deventer | 22 July - Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy captures Deventer in order to make his son David of Burgundy bishop of Utrecht during the Utrecht war (1456–1458). | ||
1457 | Battle of Direptatea | April – Ştefan cel Mare, helped by Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler, defeated Petru Aron and became Voivod of Moldavia. | |
1459 | Battle of Blore Heath | 23 September – Yorkist knights defeat Lancastrians in War of the Roses. | |
Battle of Ludford Bridge | 12 October – King Henry routs Yorkists in War of the Roses. | ||
Siege of Venlo | Adolf of Guelders surrenders to his father Arnold, Duke of Guelders, ending a rebellion. | ||
1460 | Battle of Sandwich | Yorkists land at Sandwich, rout Lancastrians. | |
Battle of Nola | John of Anjou's victory over Ferdinand of Naples. | ||
Battle of Northampton | 10 July – Warwick attacks royal camp and captures King Henry. | ||
Battle of Wakefield | 30 December – Queen Margaret's Lancastrians defeat Duke of York, who is killed in the fight. | ||
1461 | Battle of Mortimer's Cross | 2 February – Yorkists defeat Lancastrians in the west. | |
Second Battle of St Albans | 17 February – Lancastrians storm the town, chase out Yorkists. | ||
Battle of Ferrybridge | 28 March – Lancastrians ambush the Earl of Warwick and kill his second-in-command. | ||
Battle of Towton | 29 March – Edward IV of England defeats Lancastrian forces. | ||
Siege of Trebizond | 15 August – Ottoman Turks led by Mehmet II capture the capitol of the Empire of Trebizond, ending that empire. | ||
1462 | The Night Attack | 17 June – Vlad III Dracula attacks Mehmet II. | |
Battle of Świecino | 7 September – During the Thirteen Years' War, Poles defeated the Teutonic Order. | ||
Siege of Mytilene | Ottoman Turks capture the capitol of Gattilusi Lesbos. | ||
1463 | Battle of Chikhori | George VIII of Georgia is decisevely defeated by nobles led by his Royal kinsmen Bagrat. | |
Battle of Zatoka Świeża | 15 September – Polish navy defeats Teutonic navy. | ||
Battle of Aalsum | 11 October – The army of Jancko Douwema defeats the army of the Donias. A feud in Frisia. | ||
1464 | Battle of Hedgeley Moor | 25 April – Lancastrian defeat Yorkist forces. | |
Battle of Hexham | 15 May – Yorkists under Montagu annihilate Lancastrians in a surprise attack. | ||
Battle of Ohrid | 15 September - Albanians and Venetians defeat Ottomans. | ||
1465 | Battle of Vaikal | April - Albanian rebels under Skanderbeg defeat Ottomans. | |
Battle of Meçad (1465) | June - Skanderbeg defeats Ottomans under Ballaban Badera. | ||
Battle of Montlhéry | 16 July – Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of great nobles. | ||
Battle of Montenaken | 20 October – The Burgundian army under Charles the Bold defeats the army of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. | ||
1466 | Siege of Dinant | 18–29 August - The Burgundian army under Charles the Bold captures and destroys Dinant. | |
1467 | Battle of Molinella | 25 July – Bartolomeo Colleoni for Venice is defeated. | |
Siege of Krujë (1466–1467) | Albanians under Skanderbeg repel siege by Sultan Mehmet II. | ||
Siege of Krujë (1467) | Skanderbeg repels another siege by Mehmet II. | ||
Battle of Brustem | 28 October - The Burgundian army under Charles the Bold defeats the army of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. | ||
Battle of Baia | 15 December – Ştefan cel Mare defeated Mathias Corvinus. | ||
1468 | Battle of Straelen | 26 June – An army of Adolf, Duke of Guelders defeats the army of John I, Duke of Cleves. | |
1469 | Battle of Edgecote Moor | 26 July – Warwick the Kingmaker triumphs over Edward IV. | |
1470 | Battle of Lipnic | Ştefan cel Mare defeats the Tatars. | |
Siege of Negroponte | Ottomans besiege and capture the Venetian fortress of Negroponte. | ||
Battle of Lose-coat Field | 12 March – Yorkists chase disrobing Lancastrians from the field. | ||
Battle of Pasca | Southern Muisca Confederation defeats alliance of the Sutagao and Panche. | ||
1471 | Battle of Ravenspur | 14 March – Edward IV lands at Ravenspur and repulses token resistance. | |
Siege of Vijaya | 24 February-22 March- Đại Việt captures Vijaya, the capital of Champa. | ||
Battle of Barnet | 14 April – Confusion in the fog, Earl of Warwick killed. | ||
Battle of Tewkesbury | 4 May – Edward IV of England's final victory over the House of Lancaster. | ||
Battle of Shelon | 14 July – Ivan the Great of Russia decisively defeats the Novgorod Republic, which is gradually absorbed by Muscovy. | ||
Battle of Asilah | 24 August – Portugal conquers Asilah from the Wattasids. | ||
Battle of Brunkeberg | 10 October – Denmark fights Sweden. | ||
1472 | Siege of Nesle | 27 June - 22 July – The army of duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy captures Nesle from France. The population is massacred. | |
Siege of Beauvais | 14 June – The army of duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy fails to captures Beauvais from France. | ||
1473 | Battle of Otlukbeli | Mehmed II of Ottoman Turks decisively defeats Uzun Hasan of Akkoyunlu Turkomans. | |
Battle of Tlatelolco | Aztec Empire defeats Tlatelolco. | ||
1474 | Siege of Neuss | Charles the Bold leads unsuccessful siege during Burgundy Wars. | |
Battle of Héricourt | Burgundy is defeated by the Swiss Cofederation. | ||
Siege of Shkodra | Spring–8 August – Venice and Zeta (Montenegro) defeat Ottoman besiegers. | ||
1475 | Battle of Vaslui | 10 January – Ştefan cel Mare defeats a huge Ottoman army. | |
Siege of Burgos | Supporters of Joanna are driven out of the Castle of Burgos. | ||
Battle on the Planta | (November) – Switzerland defeats Savoy. | ||
1476 | Battle of Toro | 1 March – Indecisive: Prince John of Portugal defeated the Castilian right wing and remained in possession of the battlefield while his father Afonso V is defeated by the Castilian left-centre led by the Duke of Alba and Cardinal Mendoza. Both sides claimed victory. | |
Battle of Grandson | 2 March – A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold. | ||
Battle of Morat | 22 June – The Swiss defeat Charles the Bold again. | ||
Battle of Valea Albă | 26 July – Mehmed II defeats Ştefan cel Mare. | ||
1477 | Battle of Nancy | 5 January – Swiss pikemen defeat cavalry of Burgundy's Charles the Bold, who is killed. | |
Battle of Émagny Bridge | 25 June – France under Georges II de La Trémoille defeats Burgundy under Hugues III de Chalon-Arlay in an attempt to control the County of Burgundy. | ||
Siege of Dole | End of July - 7 October – France fails to capture Dole from Burgundy. The French army is destroyed and has to leave the County of Burgundy. | ||
1478 | Battle of Macomer | Sardinian rebels are defeated by the Aragonese. | |
Battle of Guinea | Castilian fleet is defeated and captured by the Portuguese. | ||
Battle of Trowulan | Majapahit rebels backed by the Demak Sultanate are defeated by Girindrawardhana. | ||
Siege of Krujë (1478) | Ottomans under Mehmet II capture Krujë from the League of Lezhë. | ||
1479 | Siege of Shkodra | Ottomans take Shkodër. | |
Battle of Guinegate | 7 August – French troops are defeated by the Burgundians led by Maximilian of Habsburg. | ||
Battle of the Plain of Jars | Fall - Đại Việt decisively defeats Lan Xang. | ||
Battle of Breadfield | 13 October – Pál Kinizsi, comite of Timișoara, defeated the Ottomans. | ||
1480 | Siege of Rhodes | May–28 July – Ottomans unsuccessfully besiege the Knights Hospitaller garrison on Rhodes. | |
Battle of Pāk Phūn | Lan Xang decisively defeats exhausted Viet army. | ||
Battle of Skibo and Strathfleet | Clan Sutherland and Murrays of Aberscross defeat Clan Donald. | ||
Battle of Bloody Bay | A naval battle fought near Tobermory, Scotland, between John of Islay, Earl of Ross, the Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald; and his son, Angus Óg Macdonald. | ||
Battle of Lagabraad | Clan Donald defeats Clan Mackenzie. | ||
Battle of Otranto | Gedik Ahmed Pasha of the Ottoman Turks captures Otranto in the Italian peninsula. | ||
Great Stand on the Ugra River | 8 October- 28 November – Ivan the Great makes army of the Golden Horde retreat without bloodshed. End of vassalage of the Russian states to Golden Horde. | ||
1481 | Siege of Leiden | 30 March - 14 April – The Burgundian army under duke Maximilian captures rebel Leiden. | |
Battle of Yenişehir | 22 June – The forces of Sultan Beyazit II of Ottoman Turks defeat the supporters of his brother and rival, Cem Sultan. | ||
Battle of Scherpenzeel | 22 or 23 September – An army of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht in coalition with Burgundy defeats a rebel army. | ||
Battle of Vreeswijk | 13 October – A rebel army under Jan III van Montfoort defeats an army of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht in coalition with Burgundy under governor Joost de Lalaing of Holland and Zeeland. | ||
Battle of Westbroek | 13 October – An army of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht in coalition with Burgundy defeats a rebel army. | ||
1482 | Battle of Campomorto | 21 August – Papal army under Roberto Malatesta defeats Neapolitan troops led by Alfonso, Duke of Calabria. | |
Siege of IJsselstein | 26 August - 16 September – A rebel army from the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht fails to capture Habsburg IJsselstein. | ||
1483 | Siege of Utrecht | A Habsburg army under regent Maximilian captures Utrecht. | |
1483 | Battle of Una | 29–30 October – Croatian army defeats forces of the invading Ottoman Empire. | |
1484 | Battle of Lochmaben Fair | Scottish Royal-Black Douglas civil war. | |
1485 | Battle of Bosworth Field | 22 August – Richard III defeated by Henry Tudor, who becomes Henry VII of England. This battle marked the end of the Wars of the Roses and the beginning of the Tudor period in England. | |
1486 | Battle of Auldicharish | Scottish clan battle | |
1487 | Battle of Stoke | 16 June – Henry VII of England finally defeats internal opposition. | |
1488 | Battle of Sauchieburn | 11 June – King James III defeated by Scottish nobles. | |
1489 | Battle on the Lek | 4 June – A Habsburg fleet defeats a rebel fleet. | |
1490 | Battle of Moordrecht | 18 June – A Habsburg army defeats a rebel army. | |
Battle of Brouwershaven | 23 July – A Habsburg fleet defeats a rebel fleet. | ||
Siege of Montfoort | 2 May - 8 August – A Habsburg army under Albert III, Duke of Saxony captures rebel Montfoort. | ||
Battle of Chocontá | The Southern Muisca defeat the Northern Muisca, though both leaders die in the battle. | ||
1491 | Battle of Vrpile | Early September – Forces of the Kingdom of Croatia defeat Ottoman Turks. | |
1492 | Battle of Granada | 2 January – Ferdinand II of Aragon defeats the last Muslim kingdom in al-Andalus, the Emirate of Granada of Sultan Boabdil. | |
1493 | Battle of Anfao | 12 April - Rebel General Muhammad Askia gains rulership of the Songhai Empire after defeating the forces of Sonni Baru, ending the Sonni dynasty. | |
Battle of Krbava field | 9 September – Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War Ottoman Turks defeat Croatians. | ||
Battle of the Maule | Inca Empire under Emperor Túpac Yupanqui fights coalition led by the Mapuche with a disputed outcome. | ||
1494 | First Battle of Acentejo | Guanches defeat Spainairds on island of Tenerife. | |
Battle of Aguere | Spanish defeat Guanches. | ||
Second Battle of Acentejo | Spanish decisively defeat Guanches and annex the Canary Islands. | ||
1495 | Battle of Fornovo | 6 July – Francesco II Gonzaga of the Italian Holy League fights against Charles VIII of France. | |
1497 | Battle of Codrii Cosminului | Ştefan cel Mare defeated John I of Poland. | |
Battle of Drumchatt | Scottish clan battle | ||
Siege of Samarkand (1497) | Babur of the Timurids takes city from Muhammad Shaybani. | ||
1499 | Battle of Zonchio (or Battle of Sapienza or First Battle of Lepanto) |
25 August – the Ottoman fleet defeats the Venetian fleet. | |
1500 | Battle of Hemmingstedt | 17 February – A peasant rebellion defeats a much larger ducal army by opening dykes and drowning them. | |
Battle of Lepanto | Ottoman fleet defeats Venetian fleet. | ||
Battle of Vedrosha | 14 July – Russians beat the Lithuanians. |
Early 16th century (1501–50)
editYear | Battle | Loc. | Description |
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1501 | Siege of Samarkand (1501) | Babur loses Samarkand for the final time to the Uzbeks. | |
First Battle of Cannanore | 31 December – 2 January 1502 – Portugal wins a naval battle against forces from Calicut. | ||
1503 | Battle of Calicut | 5-6 January - Portuguese under Vasco da Gama take city of Calicut. | |
Battle of Ruvo | 23 February – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War. | ||
Battle of Cerignola | 21 April – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War. | ||
Battle of Garigliano | 27 December – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War. | ||
1504 | Battle of Cochin | Portuguese fend off attack from larger army led by the Zamorin of Calicut. | |
Battle of Ormuz | October – Portugal captures Ormuz. | ||
Siege of Kabul | Babur defeats Arghun dynasty. | ||
1505 | Siege of Kilwa | July – With 8 ships and 500 soldiers, Portuguese conquer harbor capital of the Kilwa Sultanate. | |
1506 | Battle of Cannanore | March – The Portuguese defeat an Indian fleet. | |
Battle of Mbanza Kongo | Catholic Kongolese King Afonso I defeats his animist half-brother Mpanzu a Kitima for control of his throne. | ||
1507 | Battle of Barawa | April – Portuguese defeat Ajuran Sultanate, sack city but don't hold it. | |
1507 | Siege of Cannanore | April–August – Portugal successfully defends Kannur. | |
1508 | Battle of Chaul | March – The Portuguese lose their first Indian Ocean naval battle against the Mamluks. | |
1509 | Battle of Diu | 3 February – Portuguese Viceroy destroys Moslem fleet off the coast of India, wrests control of spice trade. | |
Battle of Agnadello (Battle of Vaila) |
14 May – French defeat Venetians during War of the League of Cambrai. | ||
Siege of Padua | 15–30 September – Venice captures Padua during War of the League of Cambrai. | ||
Battle of Polesella | 22 December – A fleet of the Republic of Venice is destroyed on the Po River by the Ferrarese artillery during War of the League of Cambrai. | ||
1510 | Conquest of Goa | Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate. | |
1511 | Siege of Mirandola | January 1511 – City captured by Pope Julius II during the War of the League of Cambrai. | |
Capture of Malacca | Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque conquer the Sultanate of Malacca. | ||
Battle of Ab Darrah Pass | Babur retakes Transoxiana from the Khanate of Bukhara. | ||
Battle of Yaguecas | Spanish under Juan Ponce de León put down rebellion by the Taino of Puerto Rico, their chief Agueybana II killed in battle. | ||
1512 | Sack of Brescia | 18 February – French troops overrun the Italian town of Brescia during the War of the League of Cambrai. | |
Battle of Ravenna | 11 April – Gaston de Foix, although killed in the battle, defeats the Spanish during War of the League of Cambrai. | ||
Battle of Ghazdewan | Khanate of Bukhara defeat Timurids and Safavids. Afterwards, Babur gives up on retaking Central Asia. | ||
1513 | Battle of Novara | 6 June – Holy League defeats France during War of the League of Cambrai. | |
Battle of Dubica | 16 August - Croatian army defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire | ||
Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) |
16 August – Henry VIII and Emperor Maximilian I crush French during War of the League of Cambrai. | ||
Battle of Azemmour | 28–29 August – Portugal defeats Morocco's Wattasid dynasty. | ||
Battle of Flodden Field | 9 September – Henry VIII's army under the Earl of Surrey heavily defeats the Scots and kills James IV of Scotland. | ||
Siege of Dijon | 8–13 September – Dijon was besieged by Switzerland and a Germany. France ends the siege by signing a treaty with the Swiss. | ||
Battle of La Motta | 7 October – Spain defeats Venice during War of the League of Cambrai. | ||
1514 | Battle of Orsha | 8 September – Polish–Lithuanian army defeated the army of Muscovy. | |
Battle of Chaldiran | Selim I of Ottoman Turks defeats Persian Safavids. | ||
1515 | Battle of Marignano | 13–14 September – France defeats Milan during War of the League of Cambrai. | |
Arumer Zwarte Hoop | Army of peasant rebels in Friesland fights the Dutch authorities. | ||
1516 | War of Urbino | Francesco Maria I della Rovere quickly reconquers Urbino. | |
Siege of Arai | 11 July – The Hōjō Clan captures Arai castle. | ||
Battle of Marj Dabiq | 24 August – Selim I of Ottoman Turks defeats the Mamelukes and captures Syria. | ||
Battle of Yaunis Khan | 28 October – Ottoman Empire defeats the Mamelukes. | ||
1517 | Battle of Ridaniya | Ottoman Turks under Selim I defeat Mamelukes and capture Egypt. | |
Battle of Catoche | Spanish expedition under Francisco Hernández de Córdoba beats back Mayan ambush long enough to retreat by sea. | ||
Siege of Jeddah | 16 December - Ottomans finish the conquest of Mamelukes by annexing a city in the Hejaz, then defeat Portuguese fleets going across the Red Sea to attempt to take advantage of the conflict. | ||
1519 | Battle of Bajaur | Babur defeats the tribes of the Bajaur region and massacres 3,000 Bajauris. | |
Battle of Centla | After arriving in the New World, Hernán Cortés defeats the Mayan state of Tabasco in battle. | ||
Battle of Pianosa | The Genoese admiral Andrew Doria defeats the flotilla of the Barbary corsair Kaid Ali in the Tyrrhenian Sea. | ||
1520 | Battle of Raichur | May – Vijayanagara Empire defeats Sultanate of Bijapur. | |
Battle of Cempoala | 27 May - Hernán Cortés defeats Pánfilo de Narváez. | ||
Battle of the Night of Sorrows | 30 June – The Aztec Empire defeats the Spanish troops of Hernán Cortés. | ||
Battle of Otumba | 7 July – Spain under Hernán Cortés and Tlaxcala defeat the Aztecs. | ||
Siege of Segovia | June - August – The Spanish royalist army under Rodrigo Ronquillo, fighting for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, fails to capture Segovia from the rebel Comuneros. | ||
Battle of Tordesillas | 5 December – The Spanish royalist army defeats the Comuneros. | ||
1521 | Battle of El Romeral | 12 March – A royalist army defeats the Comuneros. | |
Battle of Miñano Mayor | 19 April – The royalist army defeats the Comuneros. | ||
Battle of Villalar | 23 April – The royalist army defeats the Comuneros. | ||
Battle of Mactan | 27 April – Mactan chieftain Lapulapu overwhelms and decisively defeats Magellan's expedition and allied natives, killing Ferdinand Magellan. | ||
Battle of Pampeluna | 20 May – French take city from Spanish, Ignatius of Loyola wounded. | ||
Siege of Tenochtitlan | 26 May – 13 August – Fall of the Aztec Empire. | ||
Siege of Logroño | 4 or 6–10 June – France fails to capture Logroño from Spain. | ||
Battle of Noáin | 30 June – Spanish defeat the Franco-Navarrese army. | ||
Siege of Belgrade | July to August – Suleiman I of the Ottoman Turks captures Belgrade. | ||
Battle of Tunmen | August to September – Ming Chinese Navy defeated Portuguese Navy. | ||
Battle of Vaprio d'Adda | 13–14 November – The Holy Roman Empire defeats France. | ||
Siege of Tournai | November – The Holy Roman Empire captures Tournai from France. | ||
Siege of Mézières | The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Mézières from France. | ||
1522 | Siege of Genoa | 20–30 March – Spain captures Genoa for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor from France. | |
Siege of Pavia | March - 23 April – France and Venice lifts the siege of Pavia after the advance of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Papal States. | ||
Battle of Bicocca | 27 April – Spanish victory during Habsburg-Valois Wars. | ||
Siege of Knin | May - Ottomans defeat Croatia and annex the city of Knin. | ||
Battle of San Marcial | 30 June - Spain defeats France and Navarre. | ||
Siege of Rhodes | 26 June - 22 December - The Ottoman Empire expels the Knights of Rhodes. | ||
Battle of Xicaowan | Ming Chinese Navy defeated Portuguese Navy. | ||
1524 | Siege of Edo | January – Edo Castle falls from Uesugi control to Hōjō control. | |
Siege of Fuenterrabía | 1523 - 27 February 1524 – Spain recaptures Hondarribia from France. | ||
Siege of Zwolle | 5–29 April – Charles II, Duke of Guelders fails to conquer Zwolle of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht. | ||
Battle of the Sesia | 30 April – Spanish and Holy Roman Empire forces beat French. | ||
Sack of Lahore | Babur burns Lahore for two days. | ||
Battle of Acajutla | 8 June – Spanish led by Pedro de Alvarado defeat the army of the Pipils of Cuzcatlan. Pedro de Alvarado wounded. | ||
Siege of Marseille | August - September – The Holy Roman Empire fails to take Marseille from France. | ||
Battle of Tacuzcalco | Spanish again defeat Pipils. | ||
1525 | Battle of Punta Quemada | January – Pizarro defeats the Quitians, but is wounded seven times. | |
Battle of Pavia | 24 February – Spain and Holy Roman Empire defeat France; Francis I of France is captured. | ||
Battle of Frankenhausen | 14–15 May - End of the German Peasants' War. | ||
Battle of Meiningen | 3 June - German nobles defeat the Bildhäuser Haufen farmers. | ||
Battle of Pfeddersheim | 23/24 June - Louis V, Elector Palatine defeats the rebel farmers of the Palatinate. | ||
Siege of Zaculeu | October - Spanish capture Mayan city of Zaculeu. | ||
1526 | First battle of Panipat | 21 April – The Mughal king Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi. | |
Battle of Camollia | 25 July – Siena defeats Florence. | ||
Battle of Mohács | 29 August – Suleiman I of Ottoman Turks defeats the kingdom of Hungary; King Louis II killed. | ||
Battle of Governolo | 25 November – The Holy Roman Empire defeats Venice and France. | ||
Siege of Kamakura | December - Uesugi clan defeats Hōjō clan, inflicting a major psychological blow. | ||
1527 | Battle of Khanwa | Babur 16 March - consolidates Mughal rule in northern India by defeating a united rajput coalition led by Rana Sanga of Mewar. | |
Battle of Szőlős | 1 May - Serbia defeats Hungary. | ||
Sack of Rome | 6 May – Unpaid Spanish and Imperial troops attack the city in protest during War of the League of Cognac. | ||
Battle of Sződfalva | 25 July – Hungary defeats Serbia. | ||
Siege of Pavia | 1–5 October – France captures Pavia from the Holy Roman Empire. | ||
Battle of Sunda Kelepa | Demak Sultanate takes port and defeats the Portuguese and Sunda. | ||
1528 | Battle of Chanderi | 20 January – Babur defeats and conquers the Malwa. | |
Battle of Szina | 20 March - Habsburgs secure Hungary from claimant to the Hungarian throne John Zápolya. | ||
Siege of Melfi | 22 - 23 March - France captures Melfi from the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. | ||
Battle of Capo d'Orso | 28-29 April - French navy defeats Spanish navy trying to break blockade. | ||
Siege of Catanzaro | March - 8 August - France fails to capture Catanzaro from the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. | ||
Siege of Naples | April–August - Spanish beat back French siege of Italian city during the War of the League of Cognac. | ||
Battle of Cinactan | Spanish put down native rebellion. | ||
1529 | Battle of Shimbra Kure | 7 March or 9 – Imam Ahmad Gragn withstands the assault of the numerically superior army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. | |
Battle of Chimborazo | Spring – Among the first confrontations in the Inca Civil War, with Atahualpa defeating his brother Huáscar. | ||
Battle of Ghaghra | 6 May – Babur annexes Bihar for the Mughal Empire and defeats the combined forces of the Eastern Afghan Confederates and the Sultanate of Bengal. | ||
Siege of Monopoli | 15 March - 28 May – The Holy Roman Empire fails to take Monopoli from Venice | ||
Capture of Peñón of Algiers | 29 May – The Ottoman Empire captures Peñón of Algiers from Spain. | ||
Battle of Landriano | 21 June – Spanish and Holy Roman Empire troops defeat French during War of the League of Cognac. | ||
Siege of Vienna | 27 September - 15 October - Ottomans reach limit of empire, can't capture Vienna and settle in Buda. | ||
Battle of Formentera | 28 October - The Ottoman Empire defeated Spain. | ||
Siege of Florence | 24 October – 10 August 1530 – Spanish and Holy Roman Empire troops capture Florence during War of the League of Cognac. | ||
1530 | Battle of Gavinana | 3 August – Florence crushed by the Holy Roman Empire during War of the League of Cognac. | |
Siege of Buda | 31 October - 20 December – The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Buda from the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Battle of Chillopampa | 1529, 1530 or 1531 – Huáscarans defeat the Atahualpans. Atahualpa is taken prisoner. | ||
Battle of Mullihambato | 1529, 1530 or 1531 – Atahualpans defeat the Huáscarans. | ||
1531 | Battle of Antukyah | February or March – The Ethiopian army panics and flees before Imam Ahmad Gragn's seven cannons and matchlockmen. | |
Battle of Puná | April – Pizarro's forces defeat much larger forces of natives on the island of Puná. | ||
Battle of Obertyn | 22 August – Polish army defeats the Moldavians. | ||
Battle of Kappel | 11 October – Victory of Swiss Catholics over the followers of Zwingli. | ||
Battle of Amba Sel | 28 October – Imam Ahmad Gragn again defeats Emperor Lebna Dengel, and crosses the Walaqa River unchecked into Bet Amhara. | ||
1532 | Battle of Huanucopampa | 1531 or early 1532 - Inconclusive battle between the Atahualpans and the Huáscarans. | |
Battle of Quipaipan | April – Decisive battle of the Inca Civil War with Atahualpa defeating his brother and Huáscar. | ||
Siege of Güns | 5–30 August – The Ottoman Empire fails to take Kőszeg from the Holy Roman Empire. | ||
Battle of Cajamarca | 16 November – Pizarro captures king Atahuallpa during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. | ||
1533 | Battle of Jemgum | 14 October – The army of Guelders defeats the army of East Frisia. Lord Balthasar Oomkens von Esens of Harlingerland becomes a vasal of Guelders. | |
Battle of Cuzco | Shortly before 15 November – Capital of the Inca Empire taken by the Spanish. | ||
1534 | Siege of Coron | Spring 1533 - 1 April 1534 - The Ottoman Empire captures Koroni from the Holy Roman Empire. | |
Battle of Maraycalla | May - Spain defeats the northern Inca Empire. | ||
Siege of Mediaș | 27 August - 29 September - The combined forces of John Zápolya and the Holy Roman Empire capture Mediaș from Alvise Gritti, who was killed during the siege. | ||
Battle at Bae de Bic | Iroquois defeat Miꞌkmaq. | ||
Battle at Bouabouscache River | Mi'kmaq with aid from the Maliseet win a skirmish against the Iroquois, then kill many wounded and retreating on the battlefield the next day. | ||
Battle at Riviere Trois Pistoles | Mi'kmaq and Maliseet ambush the remaining Iroquois that were searching for their hunting party they'd previously killed. Most Iroquois killed, the rest that were captured were killed later after being taken back to camp. | ||
1535 | Conquest of Tunis | 1 June - The Spanish fleet of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, conquers Tunis from the Ottomans. | |
Sack of Mahón | 1–4 September - The Ottoman Empire captures Mahón from Spain. | ||
1536 | Battle of Un no Kuchi | Takeda family forces defeat Hiraga Genshin. | |
Siege of Cuzco | 6 May 1536 – March 1537 – Siege of the city of Cuzco by the army of Inca Emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui, Manco Inca is defeated. | ||
Battle of Sacsayhuamán | 16 May 1536 – Spain defeats Manco Inca. | ||
Battle of Reynogüelén (1536) | Spanish defeat Mapuche tribes. | ||
Battle of Heiligerlee | 5 August - The Habsburg army under Georg Schenck van Toutenburg defeats the army of Guelders under Meindert van Ham. Groningen and Drenthe are annexed to the Habsburg imperial domain. | ||
Siege of Lima | 10–26 August - Manco Inca fails to capture Lima from Spain. | ||
1537 | Battle of Ollantaytambo | January – The forces of the Inca emperor Manco Inca defeat the Spanish troops of Hernando Pizarro. | |
Siege of Klis | 31 August 1536 - 12 March 1537 – The Ottoman Empire captures Klis Fortress. | ||
Battle of Abancay | 12 July - Diego de Almagro defeats and captures Alonso de Alvarado. | ||
Siege of Corfu | August - September - Venetians defeat Ottoman attempt to take island. | ||
Battle of Gorjani | 9 October - The Ottoman Empire defeats the Holy Roman Empire. | ||
1538 | Battle of Las Salinas | Pizarro brothers defeat Diego de Almagro. | |
Battle of Preveza | Ottoman fleet defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet. | ||
Siege of Diu (1538) | Portuguese defeat Ottomans and Gujarat Sultanate who attempted to siege city. | ||
Battle of Tocarema | 19-20 August - With assistance from the Muisca, the Spanish defeat and partly subjugate the Panche. | ||
Battle of Naungyo | November/December – Toungoo Kingdom led by their General and future King Bayinnaung decisively defeats a numerically larger force of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in Myanmar. | ||
1539 | Battle of Chausa | 26 June - Defeat for Afghan Mughal loyalists by Sur Empire. | |
Siege of Castelnuovo | 18 July - 6 August – The Ottoman Empire captures Herceg Novi from the Holy Roman Empire. | ||
1540 | Battle of Girolata | 15 June – Spain and Genoa defeat the Ottoman navy. | |
Battle of Alborán | 1 October – Spain defeats the Ottoman navy. | ||
Battle of Mabila | 18 October – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortress town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa. | ||
Battle of Bilgram | Defeat for Afghan Mughal loyalists | ||
1541 | Battle of Sahart | 24 April – Ethiopian Emperor Gelawdewos defeats an attack by Garad Emar, a lieutenant of Imam Ahmad Gragn. However, the Emperor is forced south into Shewa and away from the advancing troops of Portuguese commander Christovão da Gama. | |
Siege of Buda | 4 May - 21 August – The Holy Roman Empire fails to take Buda from the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Siege of Martaban | November 1540 – May 1541 – Toungoo under King Tabinshwehti conquers the last remnant of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom after taking the city of Martaban. | ||
1542 | Battle of Baçente | 2 February – Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia. | |
Battle of Sezawa | 9 March – Takeda Shingen defeats four enemy forces to begin his conquest Shinano Province. | ||
Battle of Jarte | 4 April-16 The Portuguese under Christovão da Gama encounter the army of Imam Ahmad Gragn in two successive victories. | ||
Battle of Northern Prome | April – Toungoo led by Tabinshwehti and Bayinnaung defeats armies of Prome, Ava, and the Confederation of Shan States outside the city of Prome. | ||
Battle of Padaung Pass | April – Toungoo led by Bayinnaung trap and defeat the Arakan Kingdom of Mrauk U. Tabinshwehti is so pleased with this victory he appoints Bayinnaung his heir apparent. Prome eventually surrenders after this battle. | ||
Battle of the Hill of the Jews | August – During the rainy season, Christovão da Gama captures a strategic position and many badly needed horses. | ||
Battle of Benadir | Naval battle between Portuguese and Ajuran Sultanate. | ||
Battle of Haddon Rig | 24 August – Scottish victory over the English. | ||
Battle of Wofla | 28 August – Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp. The Portuguese are scattered, Christovão da Gama captured and executed. | ||
Battle of Chupas | 16 September - Spanish in Peru defeat rogue army of Diego de Almagro II and execute him. | ||
Battle of Solway Moss | 25 November – English victory over Scotland. | ||
Battle of Azukizaka | Oda Nobuhide defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto. | ||
Siege of Uehara | Takeda Shingen captures Uehara Castle from Suwa Yorishige. | ||
Siege of Kuwabara | One day after Uehara, Shingen defeats Yorishige again. Yorishige then commits suicide. | ||
Siege of Fukuyo | Takeda Shingen captures Fukuyo fortress. Battle of Ankokuji follows, Takato Yoritsugu defeated. | ||
Battle of Alltan-Beath | Scottish clan battle. | ||
Siege of Perpignan | French siege raised by Spanish army. | ||
Siege of Pest | the Holy Roman Empire fails to take Pest from the Ottoman Empire. | ||
1543 | Battle of Wayna Daga | 11 February – Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat their Muslim opponent; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed. | |
Siege of Nagakubo | Shingen defeats Oi Sadataka | ||
Battle of Muros Bay | 25 July – Spanish fleet defeats French fleet. | ||
Siege of Esztergom | 25 July – 10 August - The Ottoman Empire captures Esztergom from the Holy Roman Empire. | ||
Siege of Nice | 5–22 August – Ottomans and French sack Nice. | ||
Battle of Prome | 7 December – Confederation unsuccessfully attempts to retake Prome from Toungoo. | ||
Siege of Landrecies | The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Landrecies from France. | ||
1544 | Battle of Ceresole | 11 April – French forces defeat Holy Roman Empire in Italy. | |
Battle of Serravalle | 2–4 June – Spanish and Holy Roman Empire defeat Italian mercenaries. | ||
Battle of the Shirts | July - Scottish clan battle. | ||
Siege of Saint-Dizier | 10 July – 17 August – The Holy Roman Empire captures Saint-Dizier from France. | ||
First Siege of Boulogne | 19 July – 18 September – English forces capture Boulogne. | ||
Second Siege of Boulogne | October – French forces unsuccessfully besiege the town. | ||
Battle of Sammel | Victory for the Sur Empire against the Kingdom of Marwar. | ||
Battle of Salin | Tabinshwehti and Bayinnaung take Confederation of Shan States city in three days deep into their territory. | ||
Siege of Kojinyama | Takeda Shingen continues his conquest of Ima Valley, Shinano Province. | ||
1545 | Battle of Ancrum Moor | 27 February – Scottish victory over the English during the War of the Rough Wooing. | |
Siege of Takatō | Takeda Shingen defeats Takatō Yoritsugu, taking his castle. | ||
Siege of Ryūgasaki | The Takeda family defeats Tozawa Yorichika. | ||
Battle of the Solent | 18–19 July – Indecisive naval battle between France and England, English flagship Mary Rose sinks. | ||
Battle of Bonchurch | July – French invade Isle of Wight and are repulsed. | ||
Battle of Kawagoe | Hōjō forces defeat the Uesugi, foiling a siege. | ||
1546 | Battle of Iñaquito | 18 January – The army of Gonzalo Pizarro defeats the army of the hated viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela, who was killed. | |
Battle of Quilacura | 11 February – Spain defeats the Mapuche. | ||
1547 | Battle of Mrauk U | 23 January – Taongoo led by Tabinshwehti fail to take capital of the Kingdom of Mrauk U. | |
Battle of Mühlberg | 24 April – Emperor Charles V captures elector of Saxony and lays siege to Wittenberg in the Schmalkaldic War. | ||
Battle of Drakenburg | 23 May – The German Protestant Schmalkaldic League defeats the German imperial and German Roman Catholic forces. | ||
Battle of Pinkie | 10 September – Earl of Hertford guardian of Edward VI crushes Scottish resistance. | ||
Battle of Huarina | 20 October – The army of Gonzalo Pizarro defeats the army of viceroy Diego Centeno, newly appointed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
1548 | Battle of Uedahara | 14 February – Takeda Shingen defeats Murakami Yoshikiyo. | |
Battle of Shirojiritoge | Takeda Shingen surprises and defeats Ogasawara Nagatoki in a dawn attack. | ||
Battle of Jaquijahuana | Loyalists sent by the Crown of Spain to depose Gonzalo Pizarro as governor of Peru defeat and capture him. | ||
1549 | Siege of Fukashi | Takeda Shingen captures several of Nagatoki's castles, forcing him to flee to Kyoto. | |
Battle of Ayutthaya | Tabinshwehti withdraws from attack on the Siamese capital. | ||
Battle of Kamphaeng Phet | Tabinshwehti takes advantage of Siam's eagerness to crush Toungoo's retreat to trap and defeat the Siamese. Prince Ramesuan and Maha Thammaracha captured. | ||
Battle of Dussindale | Final battle putting an end of Kett's Rebellion, took place outside Norwich 27 August 1549. | ||
1550 | Battle of Andalien | 6 February – The Mapuche are defeated by the Spanish. | |
Battle of Penco | 12 March – The Mapuche are defeated by the Spanish. | ||
Capture of Mahdia | 28 June - September – Spain captures Mahdia. | ||
Battle of Sauðafell | 2 October – Jón Arason, the last Catholic Bishop of Iceland, is defeated and captured. |
Late 16th century (1551–1600)
editYear | Battle | Loc. | Description |
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1551 | Siege of Tripoli | 15 August – The garrison of the Knights of Malta in the fortress of Tripoli surrender to Ottoman besiegers after a bombardment lasting six days. | |
Sieges of Toishi | Takeda Shingen takes the castle of Toishi after besieging it multiple times starting in 1550 | ||
Siege of Mirandola | July 1551 to March 1552 – Pope Julius III besieges town then withdraws | ||
1552 | Siege of Temesvár | 24 June - 27 July - Ottoman Empire captures town | |
Capture of Muscat | August – Muscat captured from Portuguese by Ottoman fleet | ||
Battle of Ponza | 10–11 August – Franco-Ottoman fleet defeats Genoese fleet | ||
Battle of Plášťovce | 5 August – The Ottoman Empire defeats the Holy Roman Empire. | ||
Siege of Kazan | 2 September- 13 October – Ivan the Terrible defeats the Kazan Khanate | ||
Siege of Eger | 9 September - 17 October - Hungarian victory over Ottoman Turks | ||
Siege of Metz | October 1552 to January 1553 – Unsuccessful siege by Holy Roman Empire | ||
1553 | First Battle of Kawanakajima | June – indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin | |
Siege of Katsurao | Takeda Shingen captures fortress | ||
Battle of Sievershausen | 9 July – Maurice, Elector of Saxony and Duke Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg defeat Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | ||
Siege of Kulmbach and Plassenburg | 22 November 1553 - 22 June 1554 – A German imperial army captures Kulmbach on 26 November and massacres the population. The castle Plassenburg surrenders with Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. | ||
Battle of Tucapel | 25 December – Mapuche defeat Spanish conquistadors | ||
Siege of Hof | A German imperial army captures Hof from Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. | ||
1554 | Battle of Marihueñu | 23 February – Mapuche defeat Spanish conquistador Francisco de Villagra. | |
Battle of Schwarzach | 13 June – A German imperial army defeats Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. | ||
Battle of Marciano | 2 August – Florence finally defeats Siena | ||
Battle of the Gulf of Oman | 10–25 August – Portuguese destroy Ottoman fleet | ||
Battle of Renty | 12 August – Francis, Duke of Guise repels an Imperial invasion of Picardy | ||
Battle of Tadla | September – Saadi dynasty defeat Wattasids | ||
Battle of Oshikibata | Mōri clan defeat Sue Harukata | ||
1555 | Battle of Kivinebb | 11 March – Swedish victory over Russians | |
Battle at Machhiwara | 15 May - Mughal Empire defeats Suri Empire | ||
Battle of Sirhind | 22 June – Mughal Empire has decisive victory over the Suri Empire | ||
Capture of Bougie | 16–28 September - Ottomans capture Béjaïa from Spain | ||
Battle of Miyajima | 16 October – Mōri clan defeat Ōuchi clan on sacred island of Miyajima | ||
Second Battle of Kawanakajima | August - November - Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin | ||
Battle of Garbharry | Battle fought between Clan MacKay and Clan Sutherland | ||
1556 | Battle of Nagara-gawa | April – Saitō Yoshitatsu defeats father Saitō Dōsan | |
Battle of Peteroa | June to July – Spanish victory over Manuche | ||
Siege of Oran | August - Ottoman troops besiege the Spanish garrison in Oran | ||
Battle of Tughlaqabad | 7 October – Hemu defeats Mughal forces and occupies Delhi | ||
Second battle of Panipat | 5 November – Akbar the Great defeats Hemu | ||
Battle of Garisi | Georgia defeats Safavid Empire, King Luarsab I of Kartli falls in battle | ||
1557 | Third Battle of Kawanakajima | Takeda Shingen repelled by Uesugi Kenshin | |
Campaign of Tlemcen | Ottoman vassal the Regency of Algiers defeats the Moroccan Saadi dynasty. | ||
Battle of St. Quentin | 10 August – Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeats Anne de Montmorency during the Habsburg-Valois War | ||
Battle of Lagunillas | 8 November – Spanish defeat Mapuche during Arauco War | ||
Battle of Millarapue | 30 November - Spanish defeat Mapuche. | ||
Siege of Kotte | November 1557 to November 1558 – Sitawaka besiege Portuguese. Portuguese break out. | ||
1558 | Siege of Calais | 7 January – France capture the city from the English | |
Battle of Wadi al-Laban | March–April – Between Moroccos and Ottomans. Ottomans retreat | ||
Siege of Narva | April to May – Russians besiege Narva during Livonian War | ||
Siege of Thionville | 27 April to 23 June – France conquers Thionville from Spain. | ||
Battle of Gravelines | 13 July Spain defeats France | ||
Mostaganem Expedition | August to September – Spanish forces fail to capture Mostaganem from the Ottomans. | ||
Ottoman invasion of the Balearic Islands | Ottomans capture Balearic Islands during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars | ||
Battle of Rio de Janeiro | Portuguese destroy French settlement of Henriville | ||
Battle of Quiapo | 13 December – Spanish defeat Mapuche | ||
1559 | Battle of Spancel Hill | Sir Donnell O'Brien defeats Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and his ally Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde in County Clare | |
Battle of Mulleriyawa | Kingdom of Sitawaka defeats Portuguese. | ||
Siege of Bahrain | Portuguese successfully defend island from Ottoman siege. | ||
1560 | Battle of Glasgow | 18 March – Lords of the Congregation defeat French | |
Battle of Djerba | 9–14 May – Ottoman fleet defeats Holy League | ||
Battle of Norada | In Japan, the Azai clan gains its independence from the Rokkaku | ||
Siege of Marune | Forces of Imagawa Yoshimoto defeat forces of Oda Nobunaga | ||
Battle of Okehazama | Oda Nobunaga's small forces ambush and slay warlord Imagawa Yoshimoto | ||
Battle of Ērģeme | Russian Tsardom defeats Livonian Confederacy so decisively that the Livonian Order was disbanded | ||
Invasion of Jaffna | Portuguese invade Kingdom of Jaffna | ||
1561 | Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima | 10 September Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts | |
Siege of Moji | Mōri clan break siege by Ōtomo Sōrin and Portuguese traders | ||
Siege of Odawara | Hōjō clan resist siege by Uesugi Kenshin | ||
1562 | Battle of Nevel | 19 August – Tactical Polish victory over Russia during Livonian War | |
Battle of Corrichie | 28 October – Mary, Queen of Scots Civil Wars | ||
Battle of Dreux | 19 December Catholics versus Huguenots in France. Both leaders captured. | ||
Battle of Mulleriyawa | Sitawaka forces defeat Portuguese near Colombo during Sinhalese–Portuguese War | ||
1563 | Battle of Lincoya Fortress | 16 January - Mapuche capture Lincoya Fortress from Spain. | |
Siege of Orléans | 5–19 February - Catholics besiege Protestants during War of Religion | ||
Battle of Bornholm | 30 May – Naval battle between Denmark and Sweden during Northern Seven Years' War | ||
Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir | April - June - Spanish victory during Ottoman-Habsburg wars | ||
Capture of Älvsborg | 4 September - Danes capture Älvsborg during Northern Seven Years' War | ||
Battle of Mared | 9 November – Danes beat Swedes during Northern Seven Years' War | ||
Battle of Öland | 11 September – Naval battle between Denmark and Sweden during Northern Seven Years' War | ||
Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama | Combined Takeda clan-Hōjō clan army regain Musashi-Matsuyama castle | ||
1564 | Battle of Azukizaka | 15 January - Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the Ikkō-ikki | |
Battle of Ula | 26 January – Lithuanians defeat Russians during Livonian War | ||
Siege of Concepción | 1 February to 1 April – Mapuche besiege Spanish | ||
Siege of Ayutthaya | February – Toungoo dynasty under Bayinnaung decisively defeats Siam and their Portuguese mercenaries. Ayutthaya Kingdom becomes vassal state of Toungoo. | ||
Battle of Angol | 25 March – Spain defeats the Mapuche. | ||
First battle of Öland | 30 to 31 May – Danish fleet beat Swedish fleet during Northern Seven Years' War | ||
Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima | Indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin | ||
Battle of Kōnodai | Hōjō clan forces defeat the forces of Satomi Yoshihiro | ||
1565 | Battle of Talikota | 26 January – Deccan sultanates defeat Vijayanagara Empire | |
Battle of Affane | February – Butlers beat the Geraldines | ||
Siege of Malta | Knights of Malta defeat Turkish forces | ||
Battle of Glentaisie | 2 May – O'Neills defeat Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. | ||
Battle of Rügen | 21 May -Swedish Fleet beats Danish fleet during Northern Seven Years' War | ||
Battle of Fukuda Bay | 18 October – Two Portuguese trade vessels repel attack by forces of Matsura Takanobu. | ||
Battle of Axtorna | 20 October – Danes beat the Swedes during Northern Seven Years' War | ||
1566 | Battle of Szigetvár | 6 August to 8 September – 2,300 Hungarian defenders are annihilated by an army of 90,000 soldiers of the Ottoman Empire | |
Battle of Brobacka | 9 August – Swedish army ambushes and defeats Danish army | ||
Battle of Wattrelos | 27 December – Spain defeats rebel Calvinists. | ||
Battle of Lannoy | 29 December – Spain defeats rebel Calvinists. | ||
Siege of Minowa | Takeda Shingen captures Minowa castle from Uesugi clan | ||
1567 | Battle of Rio de Janeiro | 20 January – Portuguese finally defeat French colony | |
Battle of Oosterweel | 13 March – Traditionally seen as the beginning[1] of the Eighty Years' War. Spain defeats Dutch rebels | ||
Siege of Valenciennes | 14 December 1566 - 23 March 1567 – Spain captures Valenciennes from Calvinist rebels. | ||
Battle of Farsetmore | 8 May - Part of the Clan war between the O'Neills and the O'Donnells | ||
Battle of Carberry Hill | 15 June – Mary, Queen of Scots forces defeated by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray | ||
Siege of Inabayama Castle | 13 to 27 September – Oda Nobunaga defeats the Saito clan and takes control of Inabayama Castle and Mino province. | ||
Siege of Chittorgarh | October – Mughal forces successfully besiege Rajputs in Chittor Fort | ||
Battle of Saint-Denis | 10 November – 16,000 Royalists defeat 5,000 Huguenots near Paris | ||
Battle of Digomi | Georgian king Simon I of Kartli repulses Persian attack near Tbilisi | ||
Battle of Maracapana | Spanish defeat coalition of tribes led by Guaicaipuro. | ||
1568 | Siege of Chartres | 28 February to 15 March – Huguenots besiege Royalists | |
Battle of Dahlen | 25 April – Dutch attempt to conquer Roermond during Eighty Years War | ||
Battle of Langside | 13 May – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray defeats the forces of his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, forcing her to flee to England | ||
Battle of Heiligerlee | 23 May – Dutch army ambushes Spanish army | ||
Battle on the Ems | 23 May – A fleet of the Geuzen defeats Spain. | ||
Siege of Groningen | June - 15 July – Dutch army fails to take Groningen from Spain. | ||
Battle of Jemmingen | 21 July – Spanish army under the Duke of Alva defeats the Dutch army | ||
Battle of San Juan de Ulúa | 23 September – Spanish fleet defeats English privateers | ||
Battle of Jodoigne | 20 October - Spain defeats Dutch army | ||
Siege of Hachigata | Takeda Shingen is unable to take a Hōjō fortress | ||
Siege of Malacca | Sultan of Aceh attacks Portuguese-held Malacca and is defeated. | ||
1569 | Battle of Catirai | Mapuche defeat Spanish | |
Siege of Odawara | Takeda Shingen's forces burn the Hōjō clan controlled town | ||
Battle of Mimasetoge | Takeda Shingen escapes a trap set for him by the Hōjō clan | ||
Siege of Ranthambore | Mughal forces capture Ranthambore Fort | ||
Battle of Jarnac | 13 March – French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots | ||
Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille | 25 June – French Huguenots defeat French Catholic forces | ||
Battle of Orthez | 24 August – Huguenots defeat Royalist forces | ||
Battle of Moncontour | 3 October – French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots decisively | ||
Siege of Kanbara | Takeda Katsuyori successfully besieges and captures Kanbara castle | ||
1570 | Battle of Bun Garbhain | Clan Cameron decisively defeat the Clan Mackintosh | |
Siege of Chōkō-ji | Unsuccessful attempt to retake a castle captured by Oda Nobunaga | ||
Siege of Kanegasaki | Forces of Oda Nobunaga capture Kanegasaki fortress | ||
Siege of Hanazawa | Takeda clan captures Hanazawa castle from Imagawa clan | ||
Battle of Purén | The Mapuche defeat Spain. | ||
Battle of Manila (1570) | 24 May – Martin de Goiti decisively defeats the Rajahnate of Maynila and annexes the Philippines for the Spanish Empire | ||
Battle of Anegawa | 30 July – Nobunaga joins forces with Tokugawa Ieyasu to defeat the Asakura and Azai | ||
Siege of Famagusta | 17 September 1570 – 5 August 1571 – Ottoman Turks besiege and capture Famagusta | ||
1571 | Siege of Mount Hiei | Nobunaga defeats the Tendai Warrior Monks and razes their temple complex | |
Siege of Fukazawa | Takeda Shingen captures Fukazawa from Hōjō clan | ||
Battle of Tonegawa | Unresolved conflict between Uesugi forces and Takeda forces | ||
Battle of Bangkusay Channel | 3 June – Spanish settler fleet defeats local Kapampangan fleet | ||
Battle of Tillieangus | 10 October – Clan Gordon overcomes Clan Forbes | ||
Battle of Craibstone | 20 November – Clan Gordon overcomes Clan Forbes again | ||
Battle of Lepanto | 7 October – Spain and Venice's fleets defeat the Ottoman fleet | ||
First Siege of Nagashima | Unsuccessful attempt by Nobunaga to take the fortress | ||
1572 | Battle of Molodi | The Crimean Tatars and Ottoman Janissaries are routed by Russians near Moscow | |
Siege of Futamata | Takeda Shingen captures one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortresses | ||
Capture of Brielle | 1 April – Marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War | ||
Battle of Kizaki | June – Forces of Shimazu Takahisa defeated the larger army of Itō Yoshisuke in Japan. | ||
Siege of Mons | June to September – Successful Spanish siege of Dutch held town. | ||
Battle of Saint-Ghislain | June to September – Spanish army defeats a Dutch army. | ||
Siege of Kampen | 9–11 August – Dutch rebels under Willem IV van den Bergh capture Kampen from Spain. | ||
Relief of Goes | 20 October – Spanish raise the Dutch siege of Goes | ||
Siege of Middelburg | November 1572 to February 1574 – Dutch rebel army successfully besieged Middelburg, held by Spanish forces under Cristóbal de Mondragón. | ||
Siege of La Rochelle | November 1572 to July 1573 – Catholic troops besiege Protestant Huguenots. Negotiated settlement. | ||
Siege of Sancerre | November 1572 to August 1573 – Catholic forces besieged Protestant Huguenots. Siege abandoned. | ||
Siege of Haarlem | 11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 – Spanish successfully besiege Protestant garrison at Haarlem | ||
1573 | Battle of Mikatagahara | Tokugawa Ieyasu is forced to retreat from Takeda Shingen | |
Siege of Iwamura | Takeda Shingen's forces led by Akiyama Nobutomo capture Iwamura castle | ||
Siege of Odani | Nobunaga defeats Azai Nagamasa, effectively destroying the Azai family | ||
Siege of Ichijo ga dani | Nobunaga effectively destroys the Asakura | ||
Siege of Noda | Takeda Shingen is killed | ||
Battle of Lode | January – Swedes defeat Russians during Livonian War | ||
Battle of Flushing | 17 April – Dutch rebels manage to capture 5 Spanish ships. | ||
Battle of Borsele | 22 April – A Spanish fleet under Sancho d'Avila is forced to retreat by a Dutch fleet under Admiral Worst | ||
Battle of Haarlemmermeer | 26 May – The Dutch failed in an attempt to break the siege of Haarlem | ||
Siege of Alkmaar | August to October – Dutch garrison fight off Spanish force under Don Fadrique | ||
Capture of Geertruidenberg | 28 August – English, French Huguenot and Fleming forces capture Geertruidenberg from Franco-Spanish Catholic garrison | ||
Battle on the Zuiderzee | 11 October – Dutch fleet destroyed a larger and better-equipped Spanish fleet on the Zuiderzee | ||
Siege of Leiden | October 1573 to October 1574 – Spanish under Francisco de Valdez unsuccessfully besiege Leiden. | ||
Battle of Delft | October – Anglo-Dutch force under Thomas Morgan repels Spanish force under Francisco de Valdez | ||
1574 | Battle of Reimerswaal | 29 January – Sancho d'Avila's attempt to resupply his troops ends up in the destruction of his fleet by Anglo-Dutch forces. | |
Capture of Valkenburg | February – English troops surrender Valkenburg Castle in Holland to Spanish forces. | ||
Battle of Mookerheyde | 14 April – Spanish army decisively beats the Dutch Army. | ||
Battle of Lillo | 30 May – Lodewijk van Boisot with 64 Dutch ships destroys the Spanish fleet near Antwerp | ||
Conquest of Tunis | 13 September – Ottoman Empire finally defeats Spanish Empire for control of North Africa | ||
Battle of Zoetermeer | 17 September – The Dutch defeat Spain. | ||
Siege of Zaltbommel | July - 14 October – Spain fails to capture Zaltbommel from the Dutch. | ||
Battle of Manila (1574) | 29 November - Spanish under Juan de Salcedo and Don Galo decisively defeat Chinese pirates | ||
Battle of Takatenjin | Takeda Katsuyori, son of Takeda Shingen, captures Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortress of Takatenjin | ||
Second Siege of Nagashima | Nobunaga's second attempt is foiled by a counter-attack | ||
Siege of Itami | Nobunaga defeats Araki Murashige who had rebelled | ||
1575 | Battle of Tukaroi | 3 March – Mughals defeat Sultanate of Bengal | |
Siege of Buren | 28 June – Spain captures Buren from the Dutch. | ||
Battle of Nagashino | 28 June – Nobunaga repels the forces of Takeda Katsuyori | ||
Siege of Oudewater | 19 July - 7 August – Spain captures Oudewater from the Dutch. | ||
Siege of Schoonhoven | 11–24 August – Spain captures Schoonhoven from the Dutch. | ||
Siege of Bommenede | 11–24 August – Spain captures Bommenede from the Dutch. | ||
Third Siege of Nagashima | Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress | ||
1576 | Siege of Krimpen aan de Lek | 30 January - 21 February – The Dutch capture Krimpen aan de Lek from Spain. | |
Siege of Mitsuji | May – Honganji forces defeat Nobunaga's army, killing Harada Naomasa | ||
Siege of Muiden | 9 May – The Dutch fail to capture Muiden from Spain. | ||
Battle of Haldighati | 18 June - Mughals defeat Mewar. | ||
Battle of Rajmahal | 12 July - Mughals led by Akbar decisively defeat the Bengal Sultanate, capture and later execute their last sultan Daud Khan Karrani. | ||
Siege of Zierikzee | October 1575 - 29 July 1576 - Spain captures Zierikzee from the Dutch. | ||
First Battle of Kizugawaguchi | August – Unsuccessful naval blockade by Nobunaga | ||
Siege of Woerden | 8 September 1575 - 10 September 1576 - Spain fails to capture Woerden from the Dutch. | ||
Battle of Vissenaken | 14 September - Spain defeats a rebel army of the Netherlands. | ||
Siege of Spanjaardenkasteel | 15 September - 11 November - The Netherlands capture Spanjaardenkasteel from Spain. | ||
1577 | Siege of Vredenburg Castle | 21 December 1576 - 11 February 1577 – The Union of Brussels captures Vredenburg Castle from Spain. | |
Battle of Lubieszów | 17 April – Polish army defeats Danzig Rebellion army | ||
Siege of Breda | 4 August - 4 October – The Dutch capture Breda from Spain. | ||
Battle of Tedorigawa | 3 November - Nobunaga launches an unsuccessful attack on the forces of Uesugi Kenshin | ||
1578 | Battle of Gembloux | 31 January – Don John of Austria crushes Protestant army | |
Siege of Zichem | 20–24 February - Spain captures Zichem from the Union of Brussels. | ||
Siege of Nivelles | 8–12 March - Spain captures Nivelles from the Union of Brussels. | ||
Siege of Limbourg | 10–15 June - Spain captures Limbourg from the Union of Brussels. | ||
Siege of Kampen | 25 June - 20 July - The Union of Brussels captures Kampen from Spain. | ||
Battle of Rijmenam | 31 July - The Spanish forces were dealt a strategic defeat by the Dutch | ||
Battle of Alcazarquivir | 4 August – Moors defeat Portuguese army, kill King Sebastian of Portugal | ||
Battle of Çıldır | 9 August - Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persia and conquer the Caucasus | ||
Siege of Binche | 22 September - 7 October - The Union of Brussels captures Binche from Spain. | ||
Siege of Deventer | 3 August - 19 November - The Union of Brussels captures Deventer from Spain. | ||
Second Battle of Kizugawaguchi | Nobunaga defeats the naval forces of the Mori clan | ||
Siege of Kozuki | Hideyoshi is defeated by the Mori clan | ||
1579 | Siege of Kerpen | 7–15 January - Spain captures Kerpen from the Dutch. | |
Battle of Borgerhout | 7–15 January - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Siege of Maastricht | 12 March - 1 July - 20,000 Spanish troops under Farnese captures the city defended by 2,000 Dutch soldiers and civilians | ||
Battle of Baasrode | 14 August - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. William of Orange is nearly captured. | ||
Siege of Itami | Hideyoshi captures Itami castle from Araki Murashige | ||
1580 | Battle of Hardenbergerheide | 17 June - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. | |
Siege of Groningen | 3 March - 18 June - The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Groningen from Spain. | ||
Battle of Alcântara | 25 August - Spanish candidate to the Portuguese throne defeats national candidate | ||
Siege of Ishiyama Honganji | August – Kōsa surrenders to Nobunaga after a ten-year siege | ||
Capture of Porto | 24 October – Mainland Portugal is secured by the Spanish | ||
Siege of Smerwick | 7–10 November - English forces defeat freelance Papal States army that captured the Irish village and massacre most of the soldiers afterwards. | ||
Siege of Miki | Hideyoshi captures Miki castle from Nagaharu | ||
1581 | Siege of Steenwijk | 18 October 1580 - 23 February 1581 - Spain fails to capture Steenwijk from the Union of Utrecht. | |
Siege of Takatenjin | 1580 - 22 March 1581 - Oda Nobunaga captures Takeda controlled castle | ||
Siege of Tottori | May - Hideyoshi captures Tottori Castle. The castle's lord commits suicide | ||
Battle of Salga | 25 July – The Azores successfully resist a personal union with Spain | ||
Siege of Breda | 26–27 July - Spanish troops took the Dutch city by surprise | ||
Battle of Goor | 23 July - 1 August - The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Goor from Spain. | ||
Siege of Cambrai | September 1580 - 17 August 1581 - Spain fails to capture Cambrai from the Union of Utrecht and France. | ||
Battle of Noordhorn | 30 September - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht and England. | ||
Siege of Niezijl | 3–24 October - Spain fails to capture Niezijl from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Siege of Tournai | 10 October - 30 November - Spain captures Tournai from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Battle of Jilkua | Taraf annexed by Twipra Kingdom assisted by the Baro-Bhuiyan confederation. | ||
1582 | Battle of Temmokuzan | 11 March - Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga destroy the forces of Takeda Katsuyori, who commits suicide | |
Battle of Honnō-ji | 21 June – Nobunaga is defeated by Akechi Mitsuhide, who forces him to commit suicide | ||
Siege of Takamatsu | April - June - Hideyoshi captures Takamatsu Castle. The lord of this castle also commits suicide | ||
Battle of Yamazaki | 2 July - Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide, the murderer of his master Oda Nobunaga | ||
Siege of Oudenaarde | 19 April - 5 July - Spain captures Oudenaarde from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Battle of Ponta Delgada | 26 July – Spain wins a naval battle in the War of the Portuguese Succession | ||
Siege of Lochem | 22 July - 15 September – Spain fails to capture Lochem from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Siege of Keppel Castle | 26–30 September – The Union of Utrecht captures Keppel Castle from Spain. | ||
Battle of Chuvash Cape | 4 November - Russians decisively defeat and conquer the Khanate of Sibir in Siberia. | ||
Battle of Uchide-hama | Hideyoshi again defeats Nobunaga's murderer, Akechi Mitsuhide | ||
1583 | Battle of Sao Vicente | 3 February – Skirmish where three English ships defeated three Spanish galleons. | |
Siege of Eindhoven | 7 February - 23 April – Spain captures Eindhoven from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Battle of Torches | 9–11 May – Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persians at the end of three days of battle | ||
Battle of Shizugatake | May – Hideyoshi relieves one of his allies who was under siege | ||
Battle of Steenbergen | 17 June – Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Conquest of the Azores | 2 August – Spain integrates the Habsburg dynasty as the rulers of Portugal | ||
Battle of Hüls | 19 November – German Calvinists defeat German Catholics in the Cologne War. | ||
1584 | Battle of Terborg | 31 March - Spain defeats the Electorate of Cologne, ally of the Union of Utrecht. | |
Siege of Zutphen | May - July - The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Zutphen from Spain. | ||
Siege of Ghent | October 1583 - 17 September 1584 - Spain captures Ghent from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Battle of Slunj | 26 October – Croatian army defeats forces of the invading Ottoman Empire. | ||
Battle of Komaki and Nagakute | Hideyoshi is defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu | ||
1585 | Siege of Brussels | August 1584 - 10 March 1585 - Spain captures Brussels from the Union of Utrecht. | |
Battle on the Kouwesteinsedijk | May - The Union of Utrecht fails to relieve Antwerp, and end the siege by the Spanish army. | ||
Battle of Amerongen | 23 June - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Siege of Antwerp | July 1584 - 17 August 1585 - Spain captures Antwerp from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
Invasion of Shikoku | June - August - Hideyoshi conquers the island | ||
Siege of IJsseloord | 6–15 October – Dutch and English defeat Spain. | ||
1586 | Battle of Santo Domingo (1586) | 1 January – English under Francis Drake defeat and raid Spanish colony. | |
Battle of Boksum | 17 January – Spain defeats The Netherlands. | ||
Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586) | 9–11 February – Francis Drake defeats Spanish and plunders city. | ||
Raid on St. Augustine | 27–29 May – Francis Drake devastates Spanish colony. | ||
Siege of Grave | Early April - 7 June – Spain captures Grave after a treaty with the English and Dutch troops. | ||
Siege of Venlo | 28 June – Spain captures Venlo from The Netherlands. | ||
Battle of Pantelleria | 13 July - The English navy defeats Spain and Malta. | ||
Battle of Zutphen | 22 September – Spanish defeat Dutch rebels | ||
Siege of Zutphen | September - October – The Netherlands and England fail to capture Zutphen from Spain. | ||
1587 | Siege of Sluis | 12 June - 4 August – Spain captures Sluis from The Netherlands. | |
Battle of Coutras | 20 October – Huguenot forces defeat the French Royal Army | ||
Battle of Vimory | 26 October – French Royalist forces defeat foreign Huguenot forces | ||
1588 | Battle of Byczyna | 24 January – A Polish faction defeats a Habsburg faction | |
Siege of Medemblik | 27 February - 29 April – The Netherlands capture Medemblik from rebel commander Diederik Sonoy and English soldiers. | ||
Battle of Gravelines | 29 July – Spanish Armada beaten decisively in battle against the English and Dutch fleet | ||
Siege of Bonn | March - 24 September – Spain captures Bonn, capital of the Electorate of Cologne, for the Catholic archbishop Ernest of Bavaria from German Calvinists, supporting Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, the former archbishop, who had converted to Calvinism. | ||
Siege of Bergen op Zoom | 23 September - 13 November – Spain fails to capture Bergen op Zoom from The Netherlands. | ||
1589 | Battle of Arques | 15-29 September - King Henry IV of France and England defeat the French Catholic League | |
Battle of Zoutkamp | 5–9 October - The Netherlands capture Zoutkamp from Spain. | ||
Siege of Heusden | Summer - October - Spain fails to capture Heusden from The Netherlands. | ||
1590 | Siege of Rheinberg | 13 August 1586 - 3 February 1590 - Spain captures Rheinberg, a rebel protestant stronghold in the Electorate of Cologne defended by Dutch and English troops. | |
Capture of Breda | 4 March - The Netherlands and England capture Breda from Spain. | ||
Battle of Tondibi | 13 March - Saadi dynasty of Morocco decisively defeats the Songhai Empire, leading to its collapse. | ||
Battle of Ivry | 14 March – Henri IV of Navarre defeats Catholic League in War of the Three Henries | ||
Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar | 24 April – English secure passage of company ships after defeating Spain | ||
Siege of Paris | 7 May - 30 August – King Henry IV of France, England and French Huguenots fail to capture Paris from the French Catholic League, aided by Spain. Paris was a staunch supporter of the Catholic cause. | ||
Siege of Odawara | 4 May August – the Go-Hōjō clan surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Japan was unified (1590) | ||
Siege of Shimoda | May to August – Hideyoshi's forces successfully besiege Hōjō clan | ||
1591 | Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar | 24 April – The English navy defeats Spain. | |
Siege of Zutphen | 19–30 May – The Netherlands and England capture Zutphen from Spain. | ||
Siege of Deventer | 1–10 June – The Netherlands and England capture Deventer from Spain. | ||
Battle of the Berlengas | 15 July – The Spanish navy defeats England. | ||
Siege of Knodsenburg | 21–25 July – The Netherlands and England capture Knodsenburg from Spain. | ||
Battle of Bhuchar Mori | July – Mughal Empire defeated combined Kathiawar forces led by Nawanagar State | ||
Battle of the Gulf of Almería | Late August – The Spanish navy defeats The Netherlands and England. | ||
Battle of Flores (1591) | 30 August-1 September – Spain defeats England. | ||
Siege of Hulst | 20–24 September – The Netherlands capture Hulst from Spain. | ||
Siege of Nijmegen | 17–21 October – The Netherlands and England capture Nijmegen from Spain. | ||
1592 | Siege of Rouen | 11 November 1591 - 20 April 1592 – King Henry IV of France, England and The Netherlands fail to capture Rouen from the French Catholic League. Spain helped defend the city. | |
Battle of Sangju | 24 April – Konishi Yukinaga defeats the Koreans under Yi Il | ||
Battle of Ch'ungju | 28 April – Japanese forces decisively defeat the Koreans | ||
Battle of Okpo | 7 May – The Korean Navy defeats a Japanese convoy | ||
Battle of Craon | 21-24 May – Spain and the French Catholic League defeat French royalists and England. | ||
Siege of Busan | 24–25 May (13–14 April Lunar Calendar) Japanese defeat Koreans | ||
Siege of Steenwijk | 30 May - 5 July - The Netherlands and England capture Steenwijk from Spain. | ||
Battle of Flores (1592) | 20 May - 13 August – The English navy defeats Spain. | ||
Battle of Hansan Island | 14 August – Korean Navy defeats Japanese Navy | ||
Siege of Coevorden | 26 July - 2 September – The Netherlands and England capture Coevorden from Spain. | ||
Battle of Busan | 1 November – Korean Navy could not recapture Busan from Japan | ||
Siege of Jinju | 8–13 November - Siege of Jinju Fortress. Commander Kim Si-min repulses the Japanese commander Hosokawa Tadaoki, due to the arrival of a Korean relief force led by Gwak Jae-u | ||
Battle of the Bay of Biscay | November - The Spanish navy defeats England. | ||
1593 | Battle of Byeokjegwan | 27 January – battle between Japan and China in Seoul. The Japanese army led by Ukita Hideie and Kobayakawa Takakage defeated the Ming Chinese army under Li Rusong | |
Siege of Pyongyang | 6–8 February - Ming Chinese general Li Rusong defeats Konishi Yukinaga. Japan is expelled from Pyongyang | ||
Battle of Haengju | 14 March - The Korean army under commander Gwon Yul defenders were successful in repelling the Japanese forces | ||
Battle of Blaye | 18 April - The Spanish navy defeats England and French royalists. | ||
Battle of Sisak | 22 June - Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat forces of the Ottoman Empire | ||
Siege of Geertruidenberg | 27 March - 24 June - The Netherlands and England capture Geertruidenberg from Spain. | ||
Siege of Jinju | 20–27 July - Japanese defeat Koreans | ||
Battle of Dryfe Sands | 6 December - A clash between Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone | ||
Battle of Nong Sa Rai | Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom under Naresuan defeats final attempt to keep Siam subjugated by Nanda Bayin. Naresuan regains independence for the Ayutthaya Kingdom from Toungoo. | ||
1594 | Siege of Coevorden | October 1593 - 7 May 1594 – Spain fails to capture Coevorden from The Netherlands. | |
Siege of Groningen | 19 May - 22 July – The Netherlands and England capture Groningen from Spain. | ||
Campaign of Danture | 5 July-9 October – Kingdom of Kandy stops Portuguese incursion into Sri Lanka. | ||
Battle of Glenlivet | 3 October – Religious clan battle | ||
Siege of Fort Crozon | 13 October - 19 November – England and France capture a Spanish fort, used as an outpost for naval attacks on England. | ||
1595 | Siege of Groenlo | 14–24 July - The Netherlands and England fail to capture Groenlo from Spain. | |
Battle of Călugăreni | 23 August - Wallachia defeats the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Battle of the Lippe | 3 September - Spain defeats The Netherlands and England. | ||
Battle of Giurgiu | 27-30 October - Transylvania, Wallachia, Moldavia and the Holy Roman Empire defeat the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Battle of Guadelupe Island | 8 November - The Spanish navy defeats England. | ||
Battle of San Juan | 8 November - The Spanish navy defeats England. | ||
1596 | Battle of Pinos | 11 March - Spain defeats English fleet | |
Siege of Calais | 8–24 April - Spain captures Calais from France. | ||
Capture of Cadiz | 30 June - 15 July - Anglo-Dutch forces seize the Spanish city of Cádiz | ||
Battle of Brest, Croatia | 19 September - Croatian army defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire forcing the latter to lift the siege of Petrinja | ||
Battle of Keresztes | 24–26 October - Ottoman Empire defeats Austria-Hungary and Germany | ||
1597 | Battle of Turnhout | 24 January – Dutch troops defeat Spanish cavalry | |
Siege of Amiens | 13 May-25 September – France and England defeat Spain. | ||
Siege of Rheinberg | 9–19 August – The Netherlands and England capture Rheinberg from Spain. | ||
Battle of Chilcheollyang | 28 August – Japanese Navy decisively defeat Korean Navy | ||
Siege of Namwon | 23–26 September – Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force | ||
Siege of Groenlo | 11–28 September – The Netherlands and England capture Groenlo from Spain. | ||
Siege of Bredevoort | 1–10 October – The Netherlands and England capture Bredevoort from Spain. | ||
Battle of Myeongnyang | 26 October – Korean Navy defeats Japanese navy | ||
1598 | Siege of Ulsan | 29 January - 19 February - Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force | |
Battle of San Juan | 15–30 June - England defeats Spain in Puerto Rico and takes their castle, they retreat 65 days later but burn San Juan to the ground. | ||
Battle of the Yellow Ford | 14 August - Irish under Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, destroy English force | ||
Battle of Stångebro | 25 September – Sigismund loses the Swedish crown to his uncle, Duke Charles | ||
Siege of Rheinberg | 2–14 October – Spain captures Rheinberg from The Netherlands. | ||
Battle of Sacheon | 6–11 November – Japanese army defeats Korean army | ||
Battle of Noryang Point | 16 December – Ming Chinese and Korean Navy decisively defeat the Japanese army | ||
Battle of Curalaba | 23 December – The Mapuche defeat Spain. | ||
1599 | Battle of Jenné | 26 April - Saadi dynasty of Morocco decisively defeats the Mali Empire, leading to its collapse. | |
Siege of Schenckenschans | 28 April - May - Spain fails to capture Schenkenschanz from The Netherlands. | ||
Siege of Zaltbommel | 15 May - 22 July - Spain fails to capture Zaltbommel from The Netherlands. | ||
Battle of Curlew Pass | 15 August – Irish forces defeat the English | ||
Siege of Rees | 10–12 September – A Protestant German army and a Dutch army fail to capture Rees from Spain. | ||
Battle of Șelimbăr | 18 October – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the army of Andrew Báthory | ||
Battle of Nakhiduri | An invading Ottoman army defeats and captures the King Simon I of Kartli | ||
1600 | Battle of Castro | May – Spain defeats The Netherlands and reconquers Chiloé Island. | |
Battle of Nieuwpoort | 2 July – Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Maurits) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria. Dutch victory. | ||
Battle of Mirăslău | 18 September – The Holy Roman Empire and Hungarian nobility defeat Wallachia. | ||
Battle of Sekigahara | 21 October – Japanese General Ieyasu defeats three regents of the son of Hideyoshi in the most important battle in Japanese history – he later establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate |
References
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