List of battles 1801–1900

List of battles - List of battles 1400 BC-1400 - List of battles 1401-1800 - List of battles 1801-1900 - List of battles 1901-forward

Nineteenth Century

• 1801 Battle of Copenhagen Apr. 2 Nelson defeats Danish fleet, pretends not to see an order to withdraw by putting telescope to blind eye
• 1801 Battle of Algeciras July 6
• 1803 Battle of Assaye Sept. 23 English under Wellesley defeat India forces
• 1805 Battle of Ulm Oct. 17 Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich
• 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Oct. 21 Nelson defeats Villeneuve, code is England expects every man to do his duty, Nelson killed
• 1805 Battle of Austerlitz Dec. 2 Napoleon defeats combined Austrian and Russian forces
• 1806 Battle of Jena and Auerstad Oct. 14 Napoleon defeats Prussians
• 1807 Battle of Eylau Feb. 7 indecisive battle Napoleon vs Russia and Prussia
• 1807 Battle of Friedland June 14 French defeat Russians
• 1808 Battle of Bailen July 23 Gen. DuPont surrenders to Spain
• 1809 Battle of Abensberg Napoleonic Empire Wars
• 1809 Battle of Corunna Jan. 16 French defeat Sir John Moore in Peninsular War
• 1809 Battle of Wagram July 5 French defeat Austrians at great cost
• 1809 Battle of Talavera de la Reina July 27 Wellesley defeats Joseph Bonaparte in Spain, made Duke of Wellington
• 1811 Battle of Fuentes do Onoro May 5 British defeat French
• 1811 Battle of Albuera May 16 British under General Beresford defeat Marshal Soult
• 1811 Battle of Tippiecanoe Nov. 7 W.H. Harrison repels The Prophet
• 1811 Battle of Tarifa
• 1812 Battle of Ostrowo July Grand Armee invades Russia and gets sick
• 1812 Battle of Salamanck July 22 Wellington defeats French
• 1812 Battle of Borodino Sep. 7 Kutusov retreats after bloody battle and burns Moscow
• 1812 Battle of Smolensk Nov. Russians under Kutusov defeats French under Ney and Davout
• 1812 Battle of 1st Sackett's Harbor July 19 US drives back British naval attack
• 1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn Aug. 15 Fort burned by Indians
• 1812 Battle of Detroit Aug. 16 Wm. Hull surrenders to Brock
• 1812 Battle of off Nova Scotia Aug. 19 Isaac Hull's USS Constitution defeats HMS Guerriere
• 1812 Battle of Queenstown Heights Oct. 13 Rensselear attempts to capture town, loses but kills Brock
• 1812 Battle of off Virginia 600 miles Oct. 17 Jacob Jones USS Wasp defeats HMS Frolic
• 1812 Battle of off Madeira Oct. 25 Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
• 1812 Battle of off Brazil Dec. 29 Bambridge's USS Constitution destroys HMS Java
• 1812 Battle of Beresina
• 1813 Battle of Lutzen May 2 Napoleon defeats Allies
• 1813 Battle of Bautzen and Wurschen May 20 Napoleon gets costly victories
• 1813 Battle of Vittorio June 23 Wellington defeats Joseph Bonaparte
• 1813 Battle of Dresden Aug. 26 Napoleon's last victory on German soil
• 1813 Battle of Dennewitz Sep. 6 von Bulow defeats Ney
• 1813 Battle of Leipzig Oct. 16 (of the Nations) Napoleon loses big
• 1813 Battle of Raisin River Jan. 22 British General Proctor defeats KT militia
• 1813 Battle of off Guiana Feb. 24 Lawrence's USS Hornet sinks HMS Peacock
• 1813 Battle of Mobile Apr. 15 Wilkinson captures Spanish
• 1813 Battle of York Apr. 27 Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison and burn capital
• 1813 Battle of Ft. George May 27 Lt.Col. Winfield Scott captures British garrison
• 1813 Battle of 2nd Sackett's Harbor May 28 US Gen. Brown turns back Prevost
• 1813 Battle off Boston Harbor June 1 HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
• 1813 Battle of Pampeluna or Battle of Pamplona
• 1813 Battle off Great Britain Aug. 14 HMS Pelican captures Allen's USS Argus
• 1813 Battle of Lake Erie Sep. 10 Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours"
• 1813 Battle of Thames Oct. 5 WHH defeats British and Indians, kills Tecumsah
• 1813 Battle of Chateaugay Oct. 25 Wade Hampton in drive to Montreal fights British, later withdraws
• 1813 Battle of Chrysler's Farm Nov. 11 Wilkinson defeated by Brits SW of Montreal
• 1813 Battle of Bari
• 1814 Battle of La Rothiere Feb. 1 Prussians under von Blucher defeat Napoleon
• 1814 Battle of Chanpaubert Napoleon victory
• 1814 Battle of Montmitrail Napoleon victory
• 1814 Battle of Chateau-Thierry Napoleon victory
• 1814 Battle of Vauchamps Napoleon victory
• 1814 Battle of Nangis Napoleon victory
• 1814 Battle of Montereau Napoleon victory
• 1814 Battle of Laon Mar. 9 Allies defeat Napoleon
• 1814 Battle of Bordeaux Mar. 12 Wellington defeats French
• 1814 Battle of Arcis sur Aube Mar. 20 Allies defeat Napoleon
• 1814 Battle of La Fere Chanpenoise Mar. 25 French lose
• 1814 Battle of Montmartre Mar. 30, Montmartre, Quarter of Paris where French lose and Napoleon abdicates
• 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend Mar. 27 Jackson pounds Creeks and Cherokees
• 1814 Battle of off Chile Mar. 28 Porter's USS Essex surrenders to HMS Phoebe and HMS Cherub
• 1814 Battle of off Florida Apr. 29 USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier
• 1814 Battle of Chippewa July 5 Gen. Scott defeats Gen. Ball
• 1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane July 25 Gen. Brown's Americans take on the British in very violent indecisive battle
• 1814 Battle of Bladensburg MD Aug. 24 British forces rout Americans, witnessed by Madison
• 1814 Battle of Washington DC Aug. 24 British burn capital in retaliation for York
• 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain Sep. 11 Capt. McDonough squadron defeats the British under Downie
• 1814 Battle of North Point Sep. 12 Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry
• 1814 Battle of Ft. McHenry Sep. 12 Baltimore saves nation, Star Spangled Banner
• 1815 Battle of Quartre Bras June 16 Ney fights Wellington
• 1815 Battle of Ligny June 16 Napoleon defeats Prussian
• 1815 Battle of Waterloo June 18 Wellington and von Blucher defeat Napoleon
• 1815 Battle of New Orleans (1815) Jan. 8 Jackson destroys Packenham, Peace already signed
• 1817 Battle of Chacabaco Feb. 12 Chile free from Spain
• 1822 Battle of Pichincha May 24 de Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito
• 1826 Battle of Ganja Russia defeats Persian invaders
• 1827 Battle of Huzaingo Feb. 20 Brazil defeat Argentina and Uruguay
• 1827 Battle of Navarino Sep. 8 British French and Russians destroy Egyptian and Turkish fleets
• 1829 Battle of Kulevicha June 11 Russia defeats Ottomans
• 1831 Battle of Ostrolenka May 26 Russia defeats Poland's Revolutionaries
• 1832 Battle of Bad Axe Aug. 2 Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox
• 1836 Battle of Alamo Feb. 23 Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege
• 1836 Battle of Goliad Mar. 27 Capt. James Farrin troops massacred by Santa Anna
• 1836 Battle of San Jacinto Apr. 21 Texans capture Santa Anna
• 1838 Battle of Blood River Dec. 16 Boers kill 3000 Zulus in Natal
• 1842 Battle of Kabul (1842) - First Afghan-British War
• 1843 Battle of Hyderabad March Sind emirs destroyed
• 1845 Battle of Ohaeawai British Army attacks Maori Pa, but fortifications are too strong.
• 1846 Battle of Palo Alto May 3 Taylor defeats Mexicans
• 1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma May 9 Taylor attacks retreating Mexicans
• 1846 Battle of Los Angeles Aug. 13 Stockton, Sloat, and Fremont take LA but later lose it
• 1846 Battle of Santa Fe Aug. 18 Kearney occupies Santa Fe
• 1846 Battle of San Pascual Dec. 6 Kearney defeats Mexican Americans
• 1847 Battle of Vera Cruz Mar. 9 Scott takes Vera Cruz
• 1847 Battle of Buena Vista Feb. 22 Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna
• 1847 Battle of Cerro Gordo Apr. 18 Scott defeats Santa Anna
• 1847 Battle of Molino del Rey Sep. 8 Scott takes town
• 1847 Battle of Chapultepec Sep. 12 Scott takes town and then marches through Mexico City
• 1848 Battle of Custozza
• 1848 Battle of Pakozd September 29 Hungary
• 1848 Battle of Schwechat October 30 Hungary
• 1849 Battle of Temesovar Aug. 9 Russia puts down Kussuth's Hungarian revolt
• 1849 Battle of Chillanwalla British defeat Sikhs
• 1849 Battle of Gujarat British defeat Sikhs, Punjab annexed
• 1854 Battle of Alma
• 1854 Battle of Balaclava Oct. 25 Charge of Light Brigade on Crimea under Cardigan
• 1854 Battle of Inkermann Nov. 5 Allies get another victory
• 1855 Battle of Chermaia Aug. 16 Piedmont aids British in defeat of Russia
• 1855 Battle of Sevastapol Sept. 11 Russians evacuate with scorched earth policy
• 1859 Battle of Solerino June 24 Both sides suffer in Austria
• 1859 Battle of Magenta June 4 Austria withdraws from Italy

United States Civil War

• 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter Apr. 12 Bearegard fires on Fort
• 1861 Battle of Phillipi June 3 Union under McClellan defeats rebels
• 1861 Battle of 1st Bull Run July 21 Union under McDowell lose to rebels under J.E. Johnston, P.T. Beauregard, Jackson anointed Stonewall
• 1861 Battle of Wilson's Creek August 10 Union forces lose
• 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff October 21 1900 Union soldiers die
• 1862 Battle of Fort Henry February 6 Grant takes fort from west
• 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson February 16 Grant takes fort
• 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads March 9 Monitor defeats Merrimac
• 1862 Battle of Glorieta March 27
• 1862 Battle of Shiloh April 6 Rebel A.S. Johnston loses to Grant
• 1862 Battle of Island No. 10 April 8 Union victory by Pope
• 1862 Battle of Ft. Pulaski April 11 Union takes fort
• 1862 Battle of Puebla May 5 Cinco de Mayo - Mexicans defeat French
• 1862 Battle of Seven Pines May 31 J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, he is wounded, inconclusive
• 1862 Battle of Seven Days Battle June 26 Lee ends Peninsular Campaign of McClellan
• 1862 Battle of Cedar Mountain July 30 Jackson defeats Union
• 1862 Battle of Baton Rouge August 5
• 1862 Battle of Aspromonte - Italian royal forces defeat rebels August 29
• 1862 Battle of 2nd Bull Run Aug. 30 Jackson, Lee, and Longstreet defeat Pope
• 1862]] - Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - August 30 - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright
• 1862 Battle of Antietam Sep. 17 McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war
• 1862 Battle of Perryville Oct. 8 Buell v. Bragg, indecisive
• 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Dec. 13 Lee routs Burnside
• 1863 Battle of Murfreesboro Jan. 2 forces fight to a draw
• 1863 Battle of Port Gibson May 1 in Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats rebels
• 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville May 2 Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed
• 1863 Battle of Jackson May 14 Sherman and McPherson defeat Johnston
• 1863 Battle of Champion's Hill May 16 Grant defeats rebels
• 1863 Battle of Big Black River May 16 Grant defeats rebels
• 1863 Battle of Gettysburg July 1 Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's charge fails
• 1863 Battle of Vicksburg July 4 siege from May 22 ends, Grant annointed "Unconditional Surrender"
• 1863 Battle of Port Hudson July 8 last rebel stronghold on Mississippi surrenders
• 1863 Battle of Chattanooga Sep. 9 Rosecrans forces Bragg to evacuate rebel troops
• 1863 Battle of Chickamauga Sep. 19 Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of USA anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga"
• 1864 Battle of Meridian Jan. 14 Sherman occupies town and destroys things
• 1864 Battle of Olustee Feb. 20 Union can't take Florida
• 1864 Battle of Sabine Crossroads LA Apr. 8 Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by rebels
• 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow Apr. 12 N.B. Forrest takes fort and massacres black soldiers
• 1864 Battle of the Wilderness May 5 Grant and Lee meet inconclusively
• 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 8 Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer"
• 1864 Battle of Resaca May 13 Sherman defeats Johnston
• 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor June 3 Lee repulses Grant, a rebel general says "This is not war, this is murder"
• 1864 Battle of Brices Crossroads June 10 N.B. Forrest routes Union force almost three times as large.
• 1864 Battle of Petersburg June 15 Lee repulses Grant at the Back door to Richmond
• 1864 Battle off Cherbourg France June 19 USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
• 1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain June 27 Johnston repulses Sherman
• 1864 Battle of Monacacy July 14 Union Gen. Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC
• 1864 Battle of Atlanta (Outside Atlanta) July 22 Sherman turns back Hood
• 1864 Battle of Petersburg July 30 Burnside loses again Battle of the Crater
• 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Aug. 23 Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"
• 1864 Battle of Atlanta Sep. 2 Sherman occupies Atlanta from Hood
• 1864 Battle of Winchester Sep. 19 Sheridan defeats Early
• 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek Oct. 19 Sheidan defeats Early, drives rebels from Shenendoah Valley
• 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea Nov. 16 Sherman lays waste to South
• 1864 Battle of Nashville Nov. 30 Hood attacks Thomas but loses
• 1864 Battle of Heligoland (1864) May 9
• 1865 Battle of Fort Fisher Jan. 15 Union takes fort
• 1865 Battle of Wilmington Feb. 22 last rebel port falls
• 1865 Battle of Bentonville Mar. 13 Sherman defeats rebels
• 1865 Battle of Fort Steadman Mar. 25 Lee fails to break out of siege
• 1865 Battle of Five Forks Apr. 1 Sheridan routs rebels in last important battle
• 1866 Battle of Burkersdorf June 28
• 1866 Battle of Sadowa Koniggratz July 3 Count von Molke defeats Austrians in Seven Weeks War
• 1868 Battle of Arogee Apr. 10 Napier's Anglo
• 1870 Battle of Sedan Sept. 1 MacMahon's French lose to Germans in Franco
• 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse of Sioux defeat Custer in Montana
• 1867 Battle of Big Hole - Nez Percé Indians clash with the U.S. Army
• 1877 Battle of Plevna Dec. 10 Russians, after reverses, defeat Ottomans
• 1878 Battle of Shipka Pass Russians defeat Ottomans
• 1883 Battle of El Obeid Mahdi wipes out Egyptians controlling Sudan
• 1885 Battle of Khartoum Jan. 26 Mahdi takes city from Chinese Gordon
• 1887 Battle of Dogali Jan. 24 Ethiopians crush Italians
• 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee Dec. 29 Sioux crushed in last Indian Wars battle
• 1896 Battle of Adowa Mar. 1 Ethiopians crush Italians
• 1898 Battle of Manila Bay May 1 Dewey says "You may fire when you are ready Gridley"
• 1898 Battle of Las Guasiman June 24 First land battle of SPAM War, Hawkins leads US, TR takes Kettle Hill
• 1898 Battle of San Juan Hill July 1 Wheeler leads volunteers, Wood and TR lead Rough Riders
• 1898 Battle of Santiago Bay July 3 One American, 180 Spanish die
• 1898 Battle of Omdurman Sept. 2 British under Kitchener defeat Sudanese
• 1898 Battle of El Caney