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List of battles 1801-1900

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Nineteenth Century

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1850 or before

\n* 1801 Battle of Aboukir March 20 - British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou\n* 1801 Battle of Copenhagen April 2 - Nelson defeats Danish fleet\n* 1801 First Battle of Algeciras July 6 - English naval defeat by French\n* 1801 Second Battle of Algeciras July 12 - English naval victory over French, Spanish\n* 1803 Battle of Delhi September 16 - British forces under Gerard Lake defeat Maratha forces led by French officer Louis Bourquien\n* 1803 Battle of Assaye September 23 - English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under Doulut Rao Sindhia in Deccan\n* 1803 Battle of Laswari November 1 - Lake defeats Marathas near Agra\n* 1803 Battle of Argaon November 28 - Wellesley defeats Sindhia\n* 1804 Battle of Farrukhabad November 17 - Lake defeats Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar\n* 1805 Battle of Ulm October 17 - Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich\n* 1805 Battle of Trafalgar October 21 - Horatio Nelson defeats Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed\n* 1805 Battle of Caldiero October 30 - French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles\n* 1805 Battle of Austerlitz December 2 - Napoleon defeats combined Austrian, Russian forces\n* 1806 Battle of Jena and Battle of Auerstedt October 14 - Davout, Napoleon defeat Prussians in separate battles\n* 1806 Battle of Pultusk December 26 - indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians\n* 1807 Battle of Eylau February 8 - Napoleon fights indecisive battle with Russians, Prussians under Bennigsne\n* 1807 Battle of Hailsburg June 10 - Napoleon repulses Russian attack\n* 1807 Battle of Friedland June 14 - Napoleon decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen\n* 1807 Battle of Lemnos June 30 - Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Turks in Aegean\n* 1807 Second Battle of Copenhagen September 2-7 - British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart destroy Danish fleet\n* 1808 Battle of Revolax April 27 - Swedish force defeats Russians camped in Finnish town\n* 1808 Battle of Pulkkila May 2 - Swedish force annihilates Russian force in Finland \n* 1808 Battle of Bailen July 23 - Gen. Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces\n* 1808 Battle of Vimeiro August 21 - English, Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley defeat French under Junot\n* 1808 Moonlight Raid November 10 - Swedish force under Gen. Sandels engage Russians near Virtabro in middle of night\n* 1809 Battle of Corunna January 16 - French defeat Sir John Moore in Peninsular War\n* 1809 Battle of Sacile April 16 - French forces under Eugene de Beauharnais defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John\n* 1809 Battle of Abensberg April 19-20 - Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles\n* 1809 Battle of Landeshut April 21 - Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller\n* 1809 Battle of Eckmühl April 22 - Napoleon defeats Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria\n* 1809 Battle of Regensburg April 23 - Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action\n* 1809 Battle of Oporto May 12 - Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult, drives French from city\n* 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\n* 1809 Battle of Wagram July 5-6 - Napoleon defeats Austrians of Archduke Charles at great cost, ending war\n* 1809 Battle of Talavera de la Reina July 28 - Wellesley defeats forces of Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington\n* 1809 Battle of Ratan and Sävar August 17-22 - Gen. Wachtmeister engage Russians near Umeå\n* 1809 Battle of Ocana November 19 - Spanish forces under Areizago crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult\n* 1810 Battle of Bussaco September 27 - Napoleon repulses attacks from Masséna, withdraws into Torres Vedras lines\n* 1811 Battle of Fuentes de Onoro May 5 - Wellington, Masséna fight drawn battle\n* 1811 Battle of Albuera May 16 - British under Gen. Beresford defeat Marshal Soult\n* 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe November 7 - William Henry Harrison (US) defeats Tecumseh and Shawnee\n* 1811 Battle of Tarifa\n* 1812 Battle of Ostrowo July 12 - Grande Armée invades Russia and gets sick, horses, too\n* 1812 First battle of Sackett's Harbor July 19 - US turns back British naval attack\n* 1812 Battle of Salamanca July 22 - Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return\n* 1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn August 15 - Fort burned by Indians\n* 1812 Battle of Smolensk August 16-17 - Russians under Peter Bagration, de Tolley defeated and retreat\n* 1812 Battle of Valutino August 19 - Another failed defensive effort from Russians\n* 1812 Battle of Nova Scotia August 19 - Isaac Hull's USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerrière\n* 1812 Battle of Borodino September 7 - Kutuzov retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow\n* 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\n* 1812 Battle of Virginia October 18 - Jacob Jones' USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic\n* 1812 Battle of Maloyaroslavets October 24 - Russians under Docturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat\n* 1812 Battle of Madeira October 25 - Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian\n* 1812 Battle of Aslanduz October 31 - Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza.\n* 1812 Battle of Krasnoi November 16-17 - Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Michel Ney\n* 1812 Battle of the Beresina November 26-28 - French successfully cross river, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia\n* 1812 Battle of Brazil December 29 - Bainbridge's USS Constitution destroys HMS Java\n* 1813 Battle of Raisin River January 22 - British Gen. Proctor defeats KT militia\n* 1813 Battle of Guiana February 24 - Lawrence's USS Hornet sinks HMS Peacock\n* 1813 Battle of Mobile April 15 - Wilkinson captures Spanish\n* 1813 Battle of York April 27 - Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, burn capital\n* 1813 Battle of Lützen May 2 - Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein\n* 1813 Battle of Bautzen May 20-21 - Napoleon defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence\n* 1813 Battle of Ft. George May 27 - Lt. Col. Winfield Scott captures British fort\n* 1813 Second battle of Sackett's Harbor May 28-29 - US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost\n* 1813 Battle of Boston Harbor June 1 - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"\n* 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\n* 1813 Battle of Vittoria June 21 - Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France\n* 1813 Battle of Sorauren July 26-August 1 - Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across Pyrenees\n* 1813 Battle of Great Britain August 14 - HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus\n* 1813 Battle of Dresden August 26-27 - Napoleon's last victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg\n* 1813 Battle of Kulm August 29-30 - Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by Allied forces\n* 1813 September 3 - USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer off New England Coast\n* 1813 Battle of Dennewitz September 6 - Bernadotte, Bülow defeat Ney\n* 1813 Battle of Lake Erie September 10 - Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours"\n* 1813 Battle of the Thames October 5 - US troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Proctor; Tecumseh killed\n* 1813 Battle of Leipzig October 16-October 19 - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon's army routed by Allies in Germany\n* 1813 Battle of Chateauguay October 25 - US forces under Gen. Wade Hampton fight indecisive battle with British, withdraw from Canada\n* 1813 Battle of Hanau October 30-31 - Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat\n* 1813 Battle of Tallasahatchee November 3 - US forces under Andrew Jackson defeat Creek\n* 1813 Battle of Talladega November 9 - Jackson defeats Creek\n* 1813 Battle of Chrysler's Farm November 11 - US forces under James Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under J.W. Morrison\n* 1813 Battle of Bari \n* 1814 Battle of Brienne January 29 - Napoleon defeats Blücher's Prussians\n* 1814 Battle of La Rothiere February 1 - Prussians under Blücher defeat Napoleon\n* 1814 Battle of Chanpaubert February 10 - Napoleon defeats Blücher\n* 1814 Battle of Montmirail February 11 - Napoleon defeats Blücher\n* 1814 Battle of Chateau-Thierry February 12 - Napoleon defeats Blücher\n* 1814 Battle of Vauchamps February 14 - Napoleon defeats Blücher\n* 1814 Battle of Montereau February 18 - Napoleon defeats Schwarzenberg\n* 1814 Battle of Bar-sur-Aube February 27 - Schwarzenberg defeats Marshal Macdonald\n* 1814 Battle of Orthez February 27 - Wellington defeats French under Soult near Bayonne\n* 1814 Battle of Craonne March 7 - Napoleon defeats Blücher\n* 1814 Battle of Laon March 9-10 - Blücher defeats Napoleon\n* 1814 Battle of Rheims March 13 - Napoleon defeats isolated Prussian corps\n* 1814 Battle of Arcis sur Aube March 20-21 - Schwarzenberg defeats Napoleon\n* 1814 Battle of La Fere Chanpenoise March 25 - Schwarzenberg defeats corps of Marmont, Mortier\n* 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend March 27 - Jackson decisively defeats Creek\n* 1814 Battle of Chile March 28 - Porter's USS Essex surrenders to HMS Phoebe, HMS Cherub\n* 1814 Battle of Montmartre March 30 - Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba\n* 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\n* 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\n* 1814 Battle of Florida April 29 - USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier\n* 1814 June 28 - USS Wasp destroys HMS Reindeer in battle in English Channel\n* 1814 Battle of Chippewa July 5 - US forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeat British under Phineas Riall\n* 1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane July 25 - Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle\n* 1814 Battle of Bladensburg August 24 - British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington\n* 1814 September 1 - USS Wasp sinks HMS Avon\n* 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\n* 1814 Battle of North Point September 12 - Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry\n* 1814 Battle of Ft. McHenry September 12 - Fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner"\n* 1814 Battle of Ft. Erie September 17 - US forces try to break siege of fort, but fail\n* 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\n* 1815 February 20 - USS Constitution captures HMS Cyane and HMS Levant\n* 1815 March 23 - USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in last major engagement of War of 1812\n* 1815 Battle of Tolentino May 2 - Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in Hundred Days, defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom\n* 1815 Battle of Quatre Bras June 16 - Ney fights indecisive battle against Wellington\n* 1815 Battle of Ligny June 16 - Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher\n* 1815 Battle of Waterloo June 18 - Napoleon attacks Wellington's army all day, but disastrously defeated on Blücher's arrival with reinforcements\n* 1815 Battle of Wavre June 18 - Marshal Grouchy, assigned to prevent Blücher from joining Wellington, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard\n* 1817 Battle of Chacabaco February 12 - Chile free from Spain\n* 1817 Battle of Mahidput December 21 - British forces under Sir Thomas Hyslop defeat Marathas under Holkar\n* 1821 Battle of Rieti March 7 - Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand I\n* 1821 Battle of Novara April 8 - Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries\n* 1822 Battle of Pichincha May 24 - Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito\n* 1822 Battle of Chios June 18-June 19 - Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Turkish fleet of Kara Ali\n* 1822 Battle of Karpenizi August 21 - Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat Turkish force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Turkish troops besieging Missolonghi\n* 1825 Battle of Danubyu April 2 - British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed\n* 1825 Battle of Prome November 30-December 2 - Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed\n* 1826 Battle of Ganja Russia defeats Persian invaders\n* 1827 Battle of Huzaingo February 20 - Brazil defeats Argentina, Uruguay\n* 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\n* 1828 Battle of Akhalzic August 27 - Russian troops under Paskievich defeat Turks in Caucasus\n* 1828 Battle of Praia Bay August 28 - Miguelite fleet in Portugal defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria in Azores\n* 1829 Battle of Kulevicha June 11 - Russian troops under Diebitsch-Zabalkansky defeat Ottomans under Reshid Pasha in Balkans\n* 1831 Battle of Grochow February 20 - Polish troops under Prince Radziwill defeat Russians under Diebitsch\n* 1831 Battle of Ostrolenka May 26 - Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Jan Skrzneki\n* 1831 Battle of Warsaw September 6-8 - Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt\n* 1832 Battle of Bad Axe August 2 - Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox\n* 1832 Battle of Konya December 21 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Turkish army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia\n* 1833 Battle of Cape St. Vincent July 5 - British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel\n* 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\n* 1836 Battle of the Alamo February 23 - Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege\n* 1836 Battle of Goliad March 27 - Capt. James Farrin troops massacred by Santa Anna\n* 1836 Battle of San Jacinto April 21 - Texans capture Santa Anna\n* 1836 Battle of Terapegui April 26 - Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign Legion, defeat Carlists near Pamplona\n* 1837 Battle of Huesca March 24 - Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists in Spain\n* 1837 Battle of Lake Okechobee December 25 - US forces under Zachary Taylor defeat Seminoles\n* 1838 Battle of Blood River December 16 - Voortrekker force under Andries Pretorius defeat Zulu force under King Dingane in Natal\n* 1839 Battle of Nezib June 24 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Turks under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Helmuth von Moltke)\n* 1840 Battle of Magango January - Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane\n* 1841 Battle of Canton May 24 - British amphibious assault captures city\n* 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\n* 1843 Battle of Smala May 10 - French forces under Duc d'Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el Kader\n* 1843 Battle of Miani February 17 - British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat forces of Baluchis in Sind\n* 1843 Battle of Hyderabad March - Napier defeats Baluchis in Sind\n* 1844 Battle of Isly August 14 - French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Abd el Kader\n* 1845 Battle of Ohaeawai - British Army attacks Maori Pa, but fortifications too strong\n* 1845 Battle of Mudki December 18 - Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Sir Hugh Gough\n* 1845 Battle of Ferozeshah December 21-22 - British forces under Gough and Hardinge, Governor-General, defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle\n* 1846 Battle of Aliwal January 28 - Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh defeated by British under Sir Harry Smith\n* 1846 Battle of Sobraon February 10 - British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs, and Punjab becomes British protectorate\n* 1846 Battle of Palo Alto May 8 - US Gen. Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans under Mariano Arista\n* 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma May 9 - Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans\n* 1846 Battle of Monterrey September 20-September 24 - Mexicans under Pedro de Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle\n* 1846 Battle of Los Angeles August 13 - US briefly captures Los Angeles\n* 1846 Battle of Santa Fe August 18 Kearney occupies Santa Fe\n* 1846 Battle of San Pascual December 6 - Stephen Kearny fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans in California\n* 1847 Battle of San Gabriel January 8 - Kearny defeats main Mexican force in California near Los Angeles\n* 1847 Battle of the Mesa January 9 - Kearny defeats Mexicans in climactic battle of Californian campaign\n* 1847 Battle of the Sacramento River February 28 - US forces under Alexander Doniphan defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua\n* 1847 Battle of Buena Vista February 22-23 - Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans\n* 1847 Battle of Vera Cruz March 27 - Scott takes port city\n* 1847 Battle of Cerro Gordo April 18 - Scott defeats Santa Anna\n* 1847 Battle of Contreras August 20 - Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City\n* 1847 Battle of Churubusco August 20 - Another US force storms other main Mexican position defending capital\n* 1847 Battle of Molino del Rey September 8 - Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle\n* 1847 Battle of Chapultepec September 12 - Scott takes fortified hill by storm in climactic battle of war\n* 1848 Battle of Custozza July 24-25 - Austrian forces under Marshal Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert\n* 1848 Battle of Boomplaats August 29 - British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area\n* 1848 Battle of Pakozd September 29 - Hungarian forces defeat Austrian army of Count Jellachich\n* 1848 Battle of Schwechat October 30 - Hungary\n* 1848 Battle of Ramnagar November 22 - British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab\n* 1848 Battle of Mór December 30 - Hungary - Windisch-Gratz defeats a hungarian detachment under Percel Mor \n* 1849 Battle of Chilianwala January 13 - British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal\n* 1849 Battle of Gujarat February 21 - Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs\n* 1849 Battle of Kapolna February 26-27 - Hungarian forces under Henry Dembinski defeated by Austrians under Prince Windischgrätz\n* 1849 Battle of Novara March 23 - Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace\n* 1849 Battle of Segesbar July 31 - Hungarian forces under Jozef Bem defeated by Russians, Austrians under Paskievich, Haynau\n* 1849 Battle of Temesvar Aug 9 - Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Görgei, Bem in final battle of war\n* 1849 Battle of Chillanwalla - British defeat Sikhs\n* 1849 Battle of Gujarat - British defeat Sikhs, Punjab annexed

After 1850

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