Famous battles of the world

Name of the Battle	Countries involved	Year
Battle of Marathon	Athenians and Persians. King Darius of Persia defeated.	490 BC
Battle of Thermoplaye	Spartans led by Leonidas and Persians led by Xerexes. Greeks defeated.	480 BC
Battle of Salamis	Athenian fleet and Persian fleet in bay of Salamis; Persian fleet defeated.	480 BC
Battle of Platae	Greek and Persians forces defeated.	479 BC
Battle of Mycale	Greek and Persian fleets; Persian fleet defeated.	479 BC
Spartan War I (Peloponesian War)	Sparta and Athens, lasted for 30 years.	459 BC
Spartan War II	Sparta and Athens; Spartans victorious.	431 BC-421
Battle of Arabia	Greek and Persian forces; Greeks victorious.	331 BC
Battle of Magnesia	Syrian and Roman forces; Syrian forces defeated (North-west Lydia).	190 BC
Battle of Pharasalus	Caesar defeated Pompey.	48 AD
Battle of Hastings	William, the Duck of Normandy defeated Harold, the king of England. England came under the control of Normans.	1066
Hundred- year War	Fought between France and England . The cause of the war was the succession was claimed to the throne of France which was claimed by Edward III of England. The war was resume by Henry V and was brought to an end by the Heroism of Joan of Arc – ‘A Country girl who overthrew the power of England ‘. John of Arc was burnt alive at the stakes in 1431.	1338-1453
War of the Roses	Civil War in England; The Cause of the War was a struggle for the throne o England between the two royal houses of Lancaster and York.	1455-1485
Anglo-Spanish War (Spanish armada War)	Spanish and England fleets fought in the England Channel; The English fleet under lord Howard Defeated of the Spanish Armada.	1588
Battle of Gibraltar Way	The Dutch defeated the Spanish and Portuguese.	1607
Thirty-year War	Stated as religious-cum-political war Between the Lutherans and Catholics in Germany and developed into an international war.	1618-1648
Civil War in England	Between Cavaliers (King Charles I supporters)and forces of Parliament led by Oliver Cromwell, king Charles I executed .	1642-1649
Battle of Blenheim	England and Austria headed by Marlborough defended France and Russia.	1704
War of Austrian Succession	Queen of Austria, Maria Theresa (daughter of Charles VII ) was Challenged by king Frederick II of Prussia. England Supported the Queen and Frederick II was helped by France. Ended with a Treaty Which recognized the Queen’s right to the throne after the death of king Frederick.	1740-1748
Seven -Year War (Anglo-French War III)	Britain and France against Austria and Prussia; the British alliance won.	1756-1763
Battle of the Nile	British and French fleets, Britain victorious.	1798
Battle of Trafalgar	British fleet defeated fleets of France and Spain. British fleets were commanded by Admiral Nelson, who was killed during the Battle.	1805
Battle of Austerlitz	Britain , Austria ,Russia and Prussia .On side and France on the other. Napoleon (France) defeated Austria and Russia.	1805
Battle of Borodin	Between France and Russia. Napoleon invaded Russia at Borodin, and nearly defeated the Russians. However on reaching Moscow, his army suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat. Napolean’s ill-fated attack on Russia market the beginning of the downfall of the French Empire.	1812
Battle of Leipzing	Germany and combined force of Austria, Prussia and Russia, Defeated Napoleon.	1813
Battle of Waterloo	British forces and by Duke of Wellington (sir Arthur Welles) defeated French forces led by Napoleon. Napoleon was Captured and exiled to St. Helena where he died in 1821.	1815
First Opium War	China and Britain; Chinese yielded opium. It was a trade war.	1840
Crimean War	The Combined forces of the British, French and Turks defeated Russia.	1854-1856
American Civil War	Northern states of America under Abraham Lincoln defeated the Southern states and abolished the slavery.	1861-1865
Si no- Japanese War	Japan Defeated China and occupied Formosa and Korea.	1894-1895
Battle of Omdurman	The British and Egyptian forces defeated The forces of Khalifa (Mehdits).	1898
Bear War	The revolt of Transvaal Boers was Suppressed by the British forces. Boers belonged to Dutch Protestant stock who opposed Britishers because of abolition of slavery by Britain.	1899-1901
Russo- Japanese War (Battle of Port Arthur& Battle of Yalu)	Russia and Japan in the sea of Japan. Russia defeated; It led the wave of the idea of Asian Resurgence.	1904-1905
Balkan War I	Turkey and Balkan countries (Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece), Turkey defeated.	1912
Balkan War II	Invasion of Serbia and Greece by Bulgaria. Bulgaria was Defeated by Combined forces of Serbia, Greece. Rumania, Montenegro who stripped Turkey of most of its European territories.	1913
World War I	Central Power (Germany and its allies) Against the Allied Power (Britain and its allies); Central power were defeated. Famous Battles : (1). First battle of Marne (1914)- France defeated Germany. (2). Battle o Jutland(1916)- Naval battle between England and Germany. England defeated Germa ny. (3). Battle of Verdun (1916)- Fought between France & Germany . (4). Second battle of Marne(1918) – France defeated Germany.	1914-1918
World War II	Axis Powers (Germany and its allies) Against the Allied Power (Britain and its allies); Axis Power were defeated. Famous Battle: Battle of EI Alamein (1942)-The Allies victory during the World War II and retreat of General Rommel’s forces	1939- 1945