Battle
|
Conflict
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Casualties
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Year
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Battle of Salsu
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Goguryeo-Sui Wars
|
0,097,000 ≈302,300 casualties [mostly from drowning][1]
|
#0612
|
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
|
Reconquista
|
0,102,000 ≈102,000 casualties
|
#1212
|
Battle of Cannae
|
Second Punic War
|
0,092,000 92,000+ casualties[2]
|
!9783 216 BC
|
Battle of Arausio
|
Cimbrian War
|
0,080,000 80,000+ casualties[3][4][5]
|
!9894 105 BC
|
Battle of Wagram
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,079,000 79,000 casualties[6]
|
#1809
|
Battle of Panipat Third Battle of Panipat
|
Imperial Maratha Conquests
|
0,075,000 75,000+ killed
|
#1761
|
Battle of Ullais
|
Muslim conquest of Persia
|
0,071,000 71,000+ killed[7]
|
#0633
|
Battle of Yarmouk
|
Muslim conquest of Syria, Byzantine-Arab Wars
|
0,120,000 70,000+ killed[8][9]
|
#0636
|
Battle of Valea Albă
|
Ottoman wars: European campaigns, Moldavian-Ottoman Wars
|
0,070,000 70,000+ casualties
|
#1476
|
Battle of Guandu
|
Three Kingdoms
|
0,070,000 70,000+ casualties
|
#0200
|
Battle of Pliska
|
Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
|
0,070,000 70,000+ casualties
|
#0811
|
Battle of Watling Street
|
Boudica's Uprising
|
0,070,000 70,000+ casualties
|
#0061
|
Battle of Siffin
|
First Islamic civil war
|
0,070,000 70,000 casualties
|
#0657
|
Battle of Anchialus
|
Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
|
0,070,000 70,000 casualties
|
#0917
|
Battle of az-Zallaqah
|
Reconquista
|
0,070,000 ≈70,000 casualties
|
#1086
|
Battle of Berestechko
|
Khmelnytsky Uprising
|
0,060,000 60,000+ killed
|
#1651
|
Battle of Heunghwajin
|
Third Goryeo-Khitan War
|
0,060,000 60,000–70,000 casualties
|
#1018
|
Battle of Walaja
|
Muslim conquest of Persia
|
0,055,000 55,000+ killed[7]
|
#0633
|
Battle of Firaz
|
Muslim conquest of Persia, Byzantine-Arab Wars
|
0,055,000 55,000+ killed[10]
|
#0634
|
Battle of Ilipa
|
Second Punic War
|
0,054,000 54,000 casualties
|
!9793 206 BC
|
Battle of Königgrätz
|
Austro-Prussian War
|
0,053,000 53,000 casualties
|
#1866
|
Battle of Gettysburg
|
American Civil War
|
0,051,000 51,000 casualties
|
#1863
|
Battle of Ajnadayn
|
Muslim conquest of Syria, Byzantine-Arab Wars
|
0,051,000 51,000+ killed[11]
|
#0634
|
Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,050,000 50,000 killed
|
#1806
|
Battle of Dresden
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,050,000 50,000 killed
|
#1813
|
Battle of Kosovo
|
Ottoman wars: Expansion into Europe
|
0,050,000 ≈50,000 killed
|
#1389
|
Battle of Borodino
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,049,000 49,000 killed[12]
|
#1812
|
Battle of The Saw Battle of "The Saw"
|
Mercenary War
|
0,045,000 45,000+ killed
|
!9760 239 BC
|
Battle of Lützen
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,045,000 ≈45,000 killed
|
#1813
|
Battle of Aspern-Essling
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,045,000 ≈45,000 casualties
|
#1809
|
Battle of Telamon
|
Roman-Gaulish Wars
|
0,040,000 40,000+ killed
|
!9775 224 BC
|
Battle of Legnica
|
Mongol invasions in Poland
|
0,040,000 40,000+ killed
|
#1241
|
Battle of Vaslui
|
Ottoman wars: European campaigns, Moldavian-Ottoman Wars
|
0,040,000 40,000+ killed
|
#1475
|
Battle of Manzikert
|
Byzantine-Seljuk wars
|
0,040,000 40,000+ killed
|
#1071
|
Battle of Sekigahara
|
Sengoku period of Japan
|
0,040,000 40,000+ killed
|
#1600
|
Battle of Alesia
|
Gallic Wars
|
0,040,000 40,000+ killed
|
!9947 52 BC
|
Battle of Lepanto
|
Ottoman wars: Rhodes and Holy League
|
0,040,000 40,000 killed
|
#1571
|
Battle of Gaugamela
|
Wars of Alexander the Great
|
0,040,000 40,000 casualties
|
!9668 331 BC
|
Battle of Solferino
|
Second Italian War of Independence
|
0,040,000 40,000 casualties
|
#1859
|
Battle of Bautzen
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,040,000 ≈40,000 casualties
|
#1813
|
Battle of Kulikovo
|
Mongol invasion of Rus
|
0,040,000 ≈40,000 casualties
|
#1380
|
Battle of Plataea
|
Greco-Persian Wars
|
0,037,000 77,000 killed[13] to 257,000 killed[14]
|
!9520 479 BC
|
Battle of Malplaquet
|
War of the Spanish Succession
|
0,037,000 37,000 killed or wounded
|
#1709
|
Battle of Seneffe
|
Franco-Dutch War
|
0,035,000 ≈35,000 casualties
|
#1674
|
Battle of Blenheim
|
War of the Spanish Succession
|
0,032,000 32,000 killed or wounded
|
#1704
|
Battle of Crécy
|
Hundred Years' War
|
0,031,000 31,000 dead or wounded
|
#1346
|
Battle of Hattin
|
Crusades
|
0,030,000 30,000+ killed
|
#1187
|
Battle of Chalons
|
Wars of Attila
|
0,030,000 30,000+ killed
|
#0451
|
Battle of the Metaurus
|
Second Punic War
|
0,030,000 30,000+ killed
|
#0207 BC
|
Battle of Prague
|
Seven Years' War
|
0,030,000 30,000 killed
|
#1757
|
Battle of Mars-la-Tour
|
Franco-Prussian War
|
0,029,000 29,000 casualties
|
#1870
|
Battle of Montgisard
|
Crusades
|
0,028,100 28,100 killed
|
#1177
|
Battle of Friedland
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,028,000 28,000 casualties
|
#1807
|
Battle of Gravelotte
|
Franco-Prussian War
|
0,028,000 28,000 casualties
|
#1870
|
Battle of the Hydaspes River
|
Wars of Alexander the Great
|
0,025,000 25,000 killed and wounded
|
!9673 326 BC
|
Battle of Sedan
|
Franco-Prussian War
|
0,025,000 25,000 killed and wounded
|
#1870
|
Battle of the Trebia
|
Second Punic War
|
0,025,000 ≈25,000 casualties
|
!9781 218 BC
|
Battle of Mohács
|
Ottoman wars: Attack on Habsburg Empire
|
0,024,000 24,000–30,000 killed
|
#1526
|
Battle of Denain
|
War of the Spanish Succession
|
0,023,000 23,000+ killed
|
#1712
|
Battle of Waterloo
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,022,000 22,000 killed
|
#1815
|
Battle of Zama
|
Second Punic War
|
0,021,500 21,500 killed
|
!9797 202 BC
|
Battle of Antietam
|
American Civil War
|
0,021,000 ≈21,000 killed or wounded
|
#1862
|
Battle of Versinikia
|
Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
|
0,020,000 20,000–45,000 killed
|
#0813
|
Battle of Towton
|
Wars of the Roses
|
0,020,000 20,000–30,000 killed
|
#1461
|
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
|
Germanic Wars
|
0,020,000 20,000–25,000 killed
|
#0009
|
Battle of Carrhae
|
Roman-Persian Wars
|
0,020,000 20,000+ killed
|
!9946 53 BC
|
Battle of the Bosnian Highlands
|
Croatian-Bulgarian War of 927
|
0,020,000 20,000+ killed
|
#0927
|
Battle of Sluys
|
Hundred Years' War
|
0,020,000 20,000+ killed
|
#1340
|
Battle of the Kalka River
|
Mongol invasion of Rus
|
0,020,000 ≈20,000 killed
|
#1223
|
Battle of Thermopylae
|
Greco-Persian Wars
|
0,020,000 20,000 casualties[14]
|
!9519 480 BC
|
Battle of Ulm
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,018,000 18,000 killed
|
#1805
|
Battle of Eckmühl
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,018,000 18,000 casualties
|
#1809
|
Battle of Salamanca
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,018,000 18,000 casualties
|
#1812
|
Battle of Oudenarde
|
War of the Spanish Succession
|
0,018,000 18,000 casualties
|
#1708
|
Battle of Lake Trasimene
|
Second Punic War
|
0,016,500 16,500 killed
|
!9782 217 BC
|
Battle of Austerlitz
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,016,000 16,000 killed or wounded
|
#1805
|
Battle of Tuyutí
|
War of the Triple Alliance
|
0,016,000 ≈16,000 killed or wounded
|
#1866
|
Battle of Ramillies
|
War of the Spanish Succession
|
0,015,500 15,500+ killed
|
#1706
|
Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas
|
Second Balkan War
|
0,015,000 15,000 killed
|
#1913
|
Battle of Narva
|
Great Northern War
|
0,015,000 15,000 killed
|
#1700
|
Battle of Fontenoy
|
War of the Austrian Succession
|
0,015,000 15,000 killed
|
#1745
|
Battle of Assaye
|
Second Anglo-Maratha War
|
0,013,000 13,000 killed
|
#1803
|
Battle of Breitenfeld
|
Thirty Years' War
|
0,013,000 13,000 killed
|
#1631
|
Battle of Hohenfriedberg
|
War of the Austrian Succession
|
0,013,000 13,000 casualties
|
#1745
|
Battle of Custoza
|
Austro-Prussian War
|
0,013,000 13,000 casualties
|
#1866
|
Battle of Vitoria
|
Napoleonic Wars
|
0,012,500 12,500 casualties
|
#1813
|
Battle of Tours
|
Muslim conquests
|
0,012,000 ≈12,000 killed
|
#0732
|
Battle of Flodden Field
|
War of the League of Cambrai
|
0,011,500 11,500 killed
|
#1513
|
Battle of Bannockburn
|
First War of Scottish Independence
|
0,011,000 11,000+ killed
|
#1314
|
Battle of Issus
|
Wars of Alexander the Great
|
0,010,500 10,500+ killed
|
!9666 333 BC
|
Battle of Mons Graupius
|
Roman conquest of Britain
|
0,010,500 10,500+ killed
|
#0083
|
Battle of Adrianople
|
Gothic War (376–382)
|
0,010,000 ≈10,000–25,000 killed
|
#0378
|
Battle of Grunwald
|
Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War
|
0,010,000 10,000–15,000 killed
|
#1410
|
Battle of Ascalon
|
First Crusade
|
0,010,000 10,000–12,000 killed
|
#1099
|
Battle of Villiers
|
Franco-Prussian War
|
0,010,000 10,000–12,000 killed
|
#1870
|
Battle of Bach Dang
|
Mongol invasions of Vietnam
|
Template:Formatun:0001000 10,000–11,000 killed
|
#1288
|
Battle of Omdurman
|
Mahdist War
|
0,010,000 10,000 killed
|
#1898
|
Battle of Schellenberg
|
War of the Spanish Succession
|
0,010,000 10,000 killed or drowned
|
#1704
|
Battle of Rocroi
|
Thirty Years' War
|
0,009,500 9,500 killed
|
#1643
|
Battle of Krbava field
|
Ottoman-Croatian wars
|
0,009,000 9,000+ killed
|
#1493
|
Battle of Lund
|
Scanian War
|
0,009,000 9,000 killed
|
#1676
|
Battle of Kesselsdorf
|
War of the Austrian Succession
|
0,009,000 9,000 killed
|
#1745
|
Battle of Cynoscephalae
|
Second Macedonian War
|
0,008,000 ≈8,000 killed
|
!9802 197 BC
|
Battle of Isandlwana
|
Anglo-Zulu War
|
0,007,300 7,300 killed (inc. 1,400 of 2000 British troops)
|
#1879
|
Battle of Hastings
|
Norman Conquest of England
|
0,007,300 7,000 killed (5,000 Anglo-Saxons, 2,000 Normans)
|
#1066
|