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

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