List of battles 1801-1900

List of battles - List of battles before AD 601 - List of battles 601-1400 - List of battles 1401-1800 - List of battles 1801-1900 - List of battles 1901-2000 - List of battles 2001-2100

See also: List of American Civil War battles

Contents

1 Nineteenth Century

1.1 1801 to 1824
1.2 1825 to 1849
1.3 1850 to 1874
1.4 1875 to 1900

Nineteenth Century

1801 to 1824

1801 Battle of Aboukir March 20 - British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou
1801 Battle of Copenhagen April 2 - Nelson defeats Danish fleet
1801 First Battle of Algeciras July 6 - English naval defeat by French
1801 Second Battle of Algeciras July 12 - English naval victory over French, Spanish
1803 Battle of Delhi September 16 - British forces under Gerard Lake defeat Maratha forces led by French officer Louis Bourquien
1803 Battle of Assaye September 23 - English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under Doulut Rao Sindhia in Deccan
1803 Battle of Laswari November 1 - Lake defeats Marathas near Agra
1803 Battle of Vertières November 18 - Haitians defeat French in last battle of war of independence.
1803 Battle of Argaon November 28 - Wellesley defeats Sindhia
1804 Battle of Farrukhabad November 17 - Lake defeats Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar
1805 Battle of Ulm October 17 - Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich
1805 Battle of Trafalgar October 21 - Horatio Nelson defeats Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed
1805 Battle of Caldiero October 30 - French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles
1805 Battle of Austerlitz December 2 - Napoleon defeats combined Austrian, Russian forces
1806 Battle of Jena and Battle of Auerstedt October 14 - Davout, Napoleon defeat Prussians in separate battles
1806 Battle of Pultusk December 26 - indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians
1807 Battle of Eylau February 8 - Napoleon fights a hard-won bloodbath with Russians, first major check of the Grand Armee.
1807 Battle of Heilsberg June 10 - Napoleon repulses Russian attack
1807 Battle of Friedland June 14 - Napoleon decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen
1807 Battle of Lemnos June 30 - Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Turks in Aegean
1807 Second Battle of Copenhagen September 2-7 - British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart destroy Danish fleet
1808 Battle of Revolax April 27 - Swedish force defeats Russians camped in Finnish town
1808 Battle of Pulkkila May 2 - Swedish force annihilates Russian force in Finland
1808 Battle of Bailen July 23 - Gen. Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces
1808 Battle of Vimeiro August 21 - English, Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley defeat French under Junot
1808 Moonlight Raid November 10 - Swedish force under Gen. Sandels engage Russians near Virtabro in middle of night
1809 Battle of Corunna January 16 - French defeat Sir John Moore in Peninsular War
1809 Battle of Ciudad-Real March 27 - French forces under General Sabastiani defeat a Spanish army commanded by General Cartojal.
1809 Battle of Sacile April 16 - French forces under Eugene de Beauharnais defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John
1809 Battle of Abensberg April 19-20 - Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles
1809 Battle of Landeshut April 21 - Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller
1809 Battle of Eckmühl April 22 - Napoleon defeats Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria
1809 Battle of Regensburg April 23 - Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action
1809 Battle of Oporto May 12 - Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult, drives French from city
1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling May 21-22 - Napoleon's first attempt to cross Danube near Vienna results in serious check by Austrians under Archduke Charles
1809 Battle of Wagram July 5-6 - Napoleon defeats Austrians of Archduke Charles at great cost, ending war
1809 Battle of Talavera de la Reina July 28 - Wellesley defeats forces of Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington
1809 Battle of Ratan and Sävar August 17-22 - Gen. Wachtmeister engage Russians near Umeå
1809 Battle of Ocana November 19 - Spanish forces under Areizago crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult
1810 Battle of Buçaco (or Busaco) September 27 - Wellington repulses attacks from Masséna, withdraws into Lines of Torres Vedras
1811 Battle of Fuentes de Onoro May 5 - Wellington, Masséna fight drawn battle
1811 Battle of Albuera May 16 - British under Gen. Beresford defeat Marshal Soult
1811 Battle of Tippecanoe November 7 - William Henry Harrison (US) defeats Tecumseh and Shawnee
1811 Battle of Tarifa
1812 Battle of Ostrowo July 12 - Grande Armée invades Russia and gets sick, horses, too
1812 First Battle of Sackett's Harbor July 19 - US turns back British naval attack
1812 Battle of Salamanca July 22 - Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return
1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn August 15 - Fort burned by Indians
1812 Battle of Smolensk August 16-17 - Russians under Peter Bagration, de Tolley defeated and retreat
1812 Battle of Valutino August 19 - Another failed defensive effort from Russians
1812 Battle of Nova Scotia August 19 - Isaac Hull's USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerrière
1812 Battle of Borodino September 7 - Kutuzov retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow
1812 Battle of Queenston Heights October 13 - US forces under Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed
1812 Battle of Virginia October 18 - Jacob Jones' USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic
1812 Battle of Maloyaroslavets October 24 - Russians under Docturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat
1812 Battle of Madeira October 25 - Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
1812 Battle of Aslanduz October 31 - Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza.
1812 Battle of Krasnoi November 16-17 - Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Michel Ney
1812 Battle of the Beresina November 26-28 - French successfully cross river, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia
1812 Battle of Brazil December 29 - Bainbridge's USS Constitution destroys HMS Java
1813 Battle of Frenchtown January 22 - British Gen. Proctor defeats Kentucky militia
1813 Battle of Guiana February 24 - Lawrence's USS Hornet sinks HMS Peacock
1813 Battle of Mobile April 15 - Wilkinson captures Spanish
1813 Battle of York April 27 - Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, burn capital
1813 Battle of Lützen May 2 - Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein
1813 Battle of Bautzen May 20-21 - Napoleon defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence
1813 Battle of Fort George May 27 - Lt. Col. Winfield Scott captures British fort
1813 Second Battle of Sackett's Harbor May 28-29 - US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
1813 Battle of Boston Harbor June 1 - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
1813 Battle of Stoney Creek June 6 - British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat US force three times its size under William Winder, John Chandler
1813 Battle of Vittoria June 21 - Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France
1813 Battle of Sorauren July 26-August 1 - Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across Pyrenees
1813 Battle of Burnt Corn July 27 - American forces disperse a raiding party of Creek Indians
1813 Battle of Great Britain August 14 - HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus
1813 Battle of Dresden August 26-27 - Napoleon's last major victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg
1813 Battle of Kulm August 29-30 - Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by Allied forces
1813 September 3 - USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast
1813 Battle of Dennewitz September 6 - Bernadotte, Bülow defeat Ney
1813 Battle of Lake Erie September 10 - Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours"
1813 Battle of the Thames October 5 - US troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Proctor; Tecumseh killed
1813 Battle of Leipzig October 16-October 19 - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon suffers his greatest defeat ever in the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars
1813 Battle of Chateauguay October 25 - US forces under Gen. Wade Hampton fight indecisive battle with British, withdraw from Canada
1813 Battle of Hanau October 30-31 - Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat
1813 Battle of Tallushatchee November 3 - US forces under Andrew Jackson defeat Creek
1813 Battle of Talladega November 9 - Jackson defeats Creek
1813 Battle of Crysler's Farm November 11 - US forces under James Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under J.W. Morrison
1813 Battle of Bari
1814 Battle of Brienne January 29 - Napoleon defeats Blücher's Prussians
1814 Battle of La Rothiere February 1 - French under Napoleon manage to hold back an overwhelming force of Prussians until nightfall, where then they withdraw from the feild.
1814 Battle of Chanpaubert February 10 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
1814 Battle of Montmirail February 11 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
1814 Battle of Chateau Thierry February 12 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
1814 Battle of Vauchamps February 14 - Napoleon defeats a much smaller force of Russians
1814 Battle of Montereau February 18 - Napoleon defeats Schwarzenberg
1814 Battle of Bar-sur-Aube February 27 - Schwarzenberg defeats Marshal Macdonald
1814 Battle of Orthez February 27 - Wellington defeats French under Soult near Bayonne
1814 Battle of Craonne March 7 - Napoleon defeats Blücher
1814 Battle of Laon March 9-10 - Blücher defeats Napoleon
1814 Battle of Rheims March 13 - Napoleon defeats isolated Prussian corps
1814 Battle of Arcis sur Aube March 20-21 - Schwarzenberg defeats Napoleon
1814 Battle of La Fere Chanpenoise March 25 - Schwarzenberg defeats corps of Marmont, Mortier
1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend March 27 - Jackson decisively defeats Creek
1814 Battle of Chile March 28 - Porter's USS Essex surrenders to HMS Phoebe, HMS Cherub
1814 Battle of Montmartre March 30 - Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba
1814 Battle of La Colle Mill March 30 - US forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Jacob Brown, with assistance of Winfield Scott
1814 Battle of Toulouse April 10 - Wellington defeats Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication
1814 Battle of Florida April 29 - USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier
1814 June 28 - USS Wasp destroys HMS Reindeer in battle in English Channel
1814 Battle of Chippewa July 5 - US forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeat British under Phineas Riall
1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane July 25 - Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle
1814 Battle of Bladensburg August 24 - British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington
1814 September 1 - USS Wasp sinks HMS Avon
1814 Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburg September 11 - US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie. Same day, US land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Alexander Macomb
1814 Battle of North Point September 12 - Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry
1814 Battle of Ft. McHenry September 12 - Fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner"
1814 Battle of Ft. Erie September 17 - British are unable to capture fort from US
1815 Battle of New Orleans January 8 - Jackson defeats British army of Pakenham, as news of Treaty of Ghent signed in December, not yet arrived
1815 Battle of Tolentino May 2 - Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in Hundred Days, defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom
1815 Battle of Quatre Bras June 16 - Ney fights indecisive battle against Wellington
1815 Battle of Ligny June 16 - Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher
1815 Battle of Waterloo June 18 - The Clash of the Titans: Emperor Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington square off in the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars. A "Damn near-run thing", with the Prussians and British just barely suppressing the final fight of the French Military Machine.
1815 Battle of Wavre June 18 - Marshal Grouchy, assigned to prevent Blücher from joining Wellington, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard
1817 Battle of Chacabaco February 12 - Chile free from Spain
1817 Battle of Mahidput December 21 - British forces under Sir Thomas Hyslop defeat Marathas under Holkar
1819 Battle of Boyacá August 7 - Known in Colombia as Battle of Boyacá Bridge. (Batalla del puente de Boyacá) Simon Bolivar and his brigadier generals Francisco de Paula Santander and Jose Antonio Anzoátegui defeat and capture royalist Colonel Jose Maria Barreiro in the battle sealing the independence of Nueva Granada, now Colombia.
1821 Battle of Rieti March 7 - Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand I
1821 Battle of Novara April 8 - Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries
1821 Battle of Carabobo June 24 - Simón Bolívar defeats Spanish army, ensuring Venezuelan independence.
1822 Battle of Pichincha May 24 - Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito
1822 Battle of Chios June 18-June 19 - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
1822 Battle of Karpenizi August 21 - Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat Turkish force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Turkish troops besieging Messolonghi

1825 to 1849

1825 Battle of Danubyu April 2 - British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed
1825 Battle of Prome November 30-December 2 - Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed
1826 Battle of Ganja Russia defeats Persian invaders
1827 Battle of Huzaingo February 20 - Brazil defeats Argentina, Uruguay
1827 Battle of Navarino October 20 - Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off Greek coast
1828 Battle of Akhalzic August 27 - Russian troops under Paskievich defeat Turks in Caucasus
1828 Battle of Praia Bay August 28 - Miguelite fleet in Portugal defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria in Azores
1829 Battle of Kulevicha June 11 - Russian troops under Diebitsch-Zabalkansky defeat Ottomans under Reshid Pasha in Balkans
1831 Battle of Grochow February 20 - Polish troops under Prince Radziwill defeat Russians under Diebitsch
1831 Battle of Ostroleka May 26 - Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Jan Skrzynecki
1831 Battle of Warsaw September 6-8 - Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt
1832 Battle of Bad Axe August 2 - Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox
1832 Battle of Konya December 21 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Turkish army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia
1833 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833) July 5 - British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
1834 Battle of Santarén May 16 - Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat forces of usurper Don Miguel
1836 Battle of the Alamo February 23 - General Santa Anna defeats Texans. Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege
1836 Battle of Coleto March 19 - Col. James Fannin and Texans defeated and captured by Mexicans of General Jose de Urrea. Later massacred by Santa Anna.
1836 Battle of San Jacinto April 21 - Texans capture Santa Anna
1836 Battle of Terapegui April 26 - Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign Legion, defeat Carlists near Pamplona
1837 Battle of Huesca March 24 - Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists in Spain
1837 Battle of Lake Okeechobee December 25 - US forces under Zachary Taylor defeat Seminoles
1838 Battle of Blood River December 16 - Voortrekker force under Andries Pretorius defeat Zulu force under King Dingane in Natal
1839 Battle of Nezib June 24 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Turks under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Helmuth von Moltke)
1840 Battle of Magango January - Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane
1841 Battle of Canton May 24 - British amphibious assault captures city
1842 Battle of Kabul (1842) January 6 - Afghan forces force British to withdraw from city, which they had occupied for two and a half years
1843 Battle of Smala May 10 - French forces under Duc d'Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el Kader
1843 Battle of Miani February 17 - British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat forces of Baluchis in Sind
1843 Battle of Hyderabad March - Napier defeats Baluchis in Sind
1844 Battle of Isly August 14 - French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Abd el Kader
1845 Battle of Ohaeawai - British Army attacks Maori Pa, but fortifications too strong
1845 Battle of Mudki December 18 - Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Sir Hugh Gough
1845 Battle of Ferozeshah December 21-22 - British forces under Gough and Hardinge, Governor-General, defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle
1846 Battle of Aliwal January 28 - Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh defeated by British under Sir Harry Smith
1846 Battle of Sobraon February 10 - British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs, and Punjab becomes British protectorate
1846 Battle of Palo Alto May 8 - US Gen. Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans under Mariano Arista
1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma May 9 - Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans
1846 Battle of Monterrey September 20-September 24 - Mexicans under Pedro de Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle
1846 Battle of Los Angeles August 13 - US briefly captures Los Angeles
1846 Battle of Santa Fe August 18 Kearney occupies Santa Fe
1846 Battle of San Pascual December 6 - Stephen Kearny fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans in California
1847 Battle of Rio San Gabriel January 8 - Kearny defeats main Mexican force in California near Los Angeles
1847 Battle of La Mesa January 9 - Kearny defeats Mexicans in climactic battle of Californian campaign
1847 Battle of the Sacramento River February 28 - US forces under Alexander Doniphan defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua
1847 Battle of Buena Vista February 22-23 - Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans
1847 Battle of Vera Cruz March 27 - Scott takes port city
1847 Battle of Cerro Gordo April 18 - Scott defeats Santa Anna
1847 Battle of Contreras August 20 - Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City
1847 Battle of Churubusco August 20 - Another US force storms other main Mexican position defending capital
1847 Battle of Molino del Rey September 8 - Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle
1847 Battle of Chapultepec September 12 - Scott takes fortified hill by storm in climactic battle of war
1848 Battle of Custoza July 24-25 - Austrian forces under Marshal Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert
1848 Battle of Boomplaats August 29 - British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area
1848 Battle of Pákozd September 29 - Hungarian forces defeat Austrian army of Count Jellachich
1848 Battle of Schwechat October 30 - Hungary
1848 Battle of Ramnagar November 22 - British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab
1848 Battle of Mór December 30 - Hungary - Windischgrätz defeats a Hungarian detachment under Mór Perczel
1849 Battle of Chilianwala January 13 - British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal
1849 Battle of Gujarat February 21 - Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs
1849 Battle of Kápolna February 26-27 - Hungarian forces under Henry Dembinski defeated by Austrians under Prince Windischgrätz
1849 Battle of Novara March 23 - Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace
1849 Battle of Segesvár July 31 - Hungarian forces under Józef Bem defeated by Russians, Austrians under general Luders and general Dick
1849 Battle of Temesvár Aug 9 - Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Artúr Görgey, Bem in final battle of war
1849 Battle of Chillanwalla - British defeat Sikhs
1849 Battle of Gujarat - British defeat Sikhs, Punjab annexed

1850 to 1874

1854 Battle of Alma
1854 Battle of Balaclava October 25 - Charge of the Light Brigade on Crimea under Cardigan
1854 Battle of Inkermann November 5 - Allies get another victory
1854 Siege of Sevastopol October 17–September 11, 1855
1855 Battle of Chermaia August 16 - Piedmont aids British in defeat of Russia
1857 Battle of Chinhat June 29 - British troops retreat to Lucknow during Indian Mutiny
1857 Battle of Aong July 15 - British forces under General Henry Havelock capture Cawnpore, India.
1859 Battle of Solferino June 24 - Both sides suffer in Austria
1859 Battle of Magenta June 4 - Austria withdraws from Italy
1861 Battle of Fort Sumter April 12 - P.G.T. Beauregard fires on Fort - first important battle of American Civil War
1861 Battle of Philippi Races June 3 - Union under McClellan defeats rebels
1861 Battle of 1st Bull Run, or 1st Manassas July 21 - Union under McDowell lose to Confederates under J.E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Jackson anointed Stonewall
1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek August 10 - Union forces lose
1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff October 21 - 1900 Union soldiers die

1862 Battle of Fort Henry February 6 - Ulysses S. Grant takes fort from west
1862 Battle of Fort Donelson February 16 - Grant takes fort
1862 Battle of Pea Ridge March 7 - Missouri saved for Union
1862 Battle of Hampton Roads March 9 - Monitor defeats Merrimac
1862 Battle of Glorieta March 27
1862 Battle of Shiloh April 6 - Rebel A. S. Johnston loses to Grant
1862 Battle of Island Number 10 April 8 - Union victory by Pope
1862 Battle of Ft. Pulaski April 11 - Union takes fort
1862 Battle of Puebla May 5 - Cinco de Mayo - Mexicans defeat French
1862 Battle of Whitney's Lane May 19 - Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted
1862 Battle of Seven Pines May 31 - J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive
1862 Seven Days Battle June 26 - Robert E. Lee ends Peninsular Campaign of George McClellan
1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain July 30 - Jackson defeats Union
1862 Battle of Baton Rouge August 5
1862 Battle of Aspromonte August 29 - Italian royal forces defeat rebels
1862 Battle of 2nd Bull Run, or Second Manassas August 30 - Jackson, Lee, and Longstreet destroys Pope's Army of Northern Virginia
1862 Battle of Richmond - August 30 - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union army under Gen. William Nelson
1862 Battle of Antietam September 17 - McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war
1862 Battle of Perryville October 8 - Buell v. Bragg, indecisive
1862 Battle of Prairie Grove December 7 - Union secures NW Arkansas
1862 Battle of Fredericksburg December 13 - Lee routs Burnside
1863 Battle of Murfreesboro January 2 - Forces fight to draw
1863 Battle of Arkansas Post January 9 - Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River
1863 Battle of Port Gibson May 1 - in Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats Confederates
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville May 2 - Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed
1863 Battle of Jackson May 14 - Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill ("Big Black River") May 16 - Grant defeats Confederates
1863 Battle of Brandy Station June 9 - Pleasonton surprises Jeb Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps near Brandy Station
1863 Battle of Gettysburg July 1-July 3 - Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's charge fails
1863 Battle of Vicksburg July 4 - siege from May 22 ends, Grant anointed "Unconditional Surrender"
1863 Battle of Helena July 4 - Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union
1863 Battle of Port Hudson July 8 - last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi surrenders
1863 Battle of Chattanooga September 9 - Rosecrans forces Bragg to evacuate rebel troops
1863 Battle of Chickamauga September 19 - Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga"
1864 Battle of Meridian January 14 - Sherman occupies town
1864 Battle of Olustee February 20 - Union can't take Florida
1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads LA April 8 - Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by rebels
1864 Battle of Fort Pillow April 12 - N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers
1864 Battle of Poison Spring April 18 - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred
1864 Battle of Marks' Mill 25 April - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
1864 Battle of Jenkins' Ferry 30 April - Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
1864 Battle of the Wilderness May 5 - Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Longstreet dies
1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 8 - Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer"
1864 Battle of Resaca May 13 - Sherman defeats Johnston
1864 Battle of New Market May 15 - Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz Sigel from advance up Shenandoah Valley
1864 Battle of Cold Harbor June 3 - Lee repulses Grant, Confederate general says "This is not war, this is murder"
1864 Battle of Piedmont June 5 - Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley
1864 Battle of Brices Crossroads June 10 - N.B. Forrest routes Union force almost three times as large
1864 Battle of Petersburg June 15 - Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond
1864 Battle of Cherbourg France June 19 - USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain June 27 - Johnston repulses Sherman
1864 Battle of Monocacy Junction July 9 - Union Gen. Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC
1864 Battle of the Crater
1864 Battle of Atlanta July 22 - Sherman turns back Hood
1864 Battle of Petersburg July 30 - Burnside loses Battle of the Crater
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay August 23 - David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"
1864 Battle of Atlanta September 2 - Sherman occupies Atlanta from Hood
1864 Battle of Winchester September 19 - Sheridan defeats Early
1864 Battle of Cedar Creek October 19 - Sheridan defeats Early, drives rebels from Shenandoah Valley
1864 Sherman's March to the Sea November 16 - Sherman lays waste to South
1864 Battle of Franklin November 30 - Hood attacks Thomas but loses
1864 Battle of Heligoland (1864) May 9
1865 Battle of Fort Fisher January 15 - Union takes fort
1865 Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina) February 22 - Last rebel port falls
1865 Battle of Bentonville March 13 - Sherman defeats Confederates
1865 Battle of Fort Steadman March 25 - Lee breaks siege
1865 Battle of Five Forks April 1 - Sheridan routs Confederates in last important battle of American Civil War
1865 Battle of Appomattox C.H. April 17 - Lee's forces surrounded and surrenders
1866 Battle of Burkersdorf June 28
1866 Battle of Königgratz - (Sadowa) Prussia, led by General Helmuth von Moltke, defeats Austria in Austro-Prussian War, resulting in Prussia taking over as prominent German nation from Austria
1866 Battle of Custoza - During Austro-Prussian War
1866 Battle of Lissa July 20 - Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads
1868 Battle of Arogee April 10 - Napier's Anglo
1867 Battle of Big Hole - Nez Percé Indians clash with US Army
1870 Battle of Rezonville-Mars-la-Tour August 16
1870 Battle of Gravelotte August 18
1870 Battle of Sedan September 1 - MacMahon's French lose to Germans, the rise of the Second Reich
1873 First Battle of the Stronghold January 17

1875 to 1900

1876 Battle of Little Big Horn June 25 - Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse of Sioux defeat Custer in Montana
1877 Battle of Plevna December 10 - Russians, after reverses, defeat Ottomans
1878 Battle of Shipka Pass - Russians defeat Ottomans
1879 Battle of Isandlwana January 22 - Zulu combined army annihalates British-led force, start of Anglo-Zulu War
1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift January 22 - Small, heavily outnumbered, British force defeats Zulus at the Rorke's Drift outpost
1879 Battle of Intombe March 12 - Zulu army destroys small British force in an ambush
1879 Battle of Hlobane March 28 - British suffer yet another disaster at Zulu hands on the mountain of Hlobane
1879 Battle of Khambula March 29 - Zulu Impi defeated in an attack on a British laager in Britian's first major victory in the war
1879 Battle of Ulundi July 4 - Decisive British victory at Zulu capital, end of Anglo-Zulu War
1881 Battle of Majuba Hill - in Boer War
1882 Battle of Tel al-Kebir - British forces defeat Egyptian army under Colonel Urabi.
1883 Battle of El Obeid - Mahdi wipes out Egyptians controlling Sudan
1884 Battle of Foochow - French fleet destroys Chinese fleet at Foochow
1885 Battle of Khartoum January 26 - Mahdi takes city from Chinese Gordon
1885 Battle of Cut Knife May 2 - Cree & Assiniboine defeat Canadian force
1887 Battle of Dogali January 24 - Ethiopians crush Italians
1890 Battle of Wounded Knee December 29 - Sioux crushed in last Indian Wars battle
1894 Battle of Yalu River September 17 - Japanese fleet barely defeats Chinese off Korea
1896 Battle of Adowa March 1 - Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats Italy
1898 Battle of Manila Bay May 1 - Dewey says "You may fire when you are ready Gridley"
1898 Battle of Las Guasimas - First major land battle of Spanish-American War.
1898 Battle of San Juan Hill and El Caney - biggest land battles of Spanish-American War
1898 Battle of Santiago de Cuba July 3 - Admiral Cervera's Spanish fleet destroyed trying to escape blockading US Fleet and reach reinforcements
1898 Battle of Omdurman September 2 - British under Kitchener ambushed by Sudanese dervishes
1899 Battle of Manila February 4-5 - American troops engage with the Philipine Army in the first battle of the Philippine American War. After hard fighting, the Americans route the Filipinos.
1899 Battle of Colenso - during Second Boer War
1900 Battle of Paardeberg February 17 - 27 - British capture forces of Boer general Piet Cronje
1900 Battle of Spion Kop January 24 in Second Boer War
1900 Battle of Pulang Lupa September 13-14 - 40 Filipino resistance fighters ambush and defeat 100 U.S. Infantry during the Philippine American War.