Battle of Pharsalus
(48 AD)
# The Battle of Pharsalus was a decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War. On 9, August 48 BC at Pharsalus in central Greece, Gaius Julius Caesar, and his allies formed up opposite the army of the republic under the command of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
# Caesar defeated Pompey
Battle of Salamis
(480 BC)
# The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under king Xerxes in 480 BC which resulted in a devisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks.
# The Greek fleet defeated the Persians
The Crusades
(11th - 13th Centuries)
# Military expeditions of the Christians in Western Europe to get back the Holy lands from Muslims; result; the Holy city remained with Turks.
Hundred Years War
(1338-1453)
# The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England,against the House of Valois, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, rulers of the Kingdom of France, for control of the latter kingdom.
# It was fought between France and England; came to an end by the heroism of Joan of Arc who was burnt Alive.
Battle of Gibraltar Bay
(1607-37)
# The naval Battle of Gibraltar took place on 25 April 1607 during the Eighty years' War when a Dutch fleet surprised and engaged a Spanish fleet anchored at the Bay of Gibraltar. During the four hours of action, most of the Spanish ships were destroyed.
# The Dutch defeated the Spaniards and the Portuguese.
Anglo- Spanish War of the Defeat of Spanish Armada
(1585-1604)
# The Anglo-Spanish War was an intermittent conflict between the kingdoms of Spain and England that was never formally declared.
# The British fleet under Howard and Drake defeated the Spanish fleet Armada.
Seven Years of Anglo-French War III
(1756-63)
# Fought by Britain and Prussia against Austria, France, and later Russia; the Treaty of Paris brought an end to it.
American War of Independence
(1776-83)
# The American revolutionary War (1775-1783), also known as the American War of independence and the Revolutionary War in the United States, was the armed conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its North American Colonies, which had declared themselves the independent United States of America.
# George Washington defeated the British forces; America became independent; independence of British colonies recognised at the Peace of Paris (1783).
Thirty Years War
(1618-48)
# A politico-religious struggle; included Bohemain War; Danish War and Swedish War; result; Calvinism was finally granted recognition.
Battle of Bunker Hill
# The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle fought on 17 june 1775, during the siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary war.
# The first battle of the war of American independence; fought at Charlestown, Boston.
Battle of Pyramids
(july 1798)
# The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a major engagement fought on 21 july 1798 during the French invasion of Egypt.
# Napolean emerged victorious over the Mameluke rulers of Egypt.
Battle of Trafalgar
(October 1805)
# The British fleet under Lord Nelson defeated the combined French and Spanish fleet under Villeneuve; Britain won but Nelson was killed; Napolean's scheme of invading England failed.
Battle of Nile
(August 1798)
# The Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1 to 3 August 1798.
# The British fleet under Lord Nelson defeated the French fleet and established their supremacy over the Mediterranean Sea.
Battle of Austerlitz
(1805)
# The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
# Napolean defeated Austria and Russia.
Battle of Leipzig or Battle of Nations
(1813)
# The Battle of Leipzig was the largest battle of the Napoleonic wars and the largest battle in Europe until the first world War easily ranking as one of the largest battles in History.
# Napolean was defeated by the English and the Allies; he abdicated in the following year.
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