List of American Revolutionary War battles
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This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties.
Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war
- Boston campaign (1774–76)
- Invasion of Canada (1775) (1775–76)
- New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–77)
- Saratoga campaign (1777)
- Philadelphia campaign (1777–78)
- Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–81)
- West Indies and Gulf Coast campaigns (1779–82)
- Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–83)
- Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1779–82)
- Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War
Battles (in chronological order)
1774
- Powder Alarm – September 1, 1774*
1775
- Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19, 1775
- Siege of Boston – April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776
- Gunpowder Incident – April 20, 1775*
- Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10, 1775*
- Battle of Chelsea Creek – May 27 – May 28, 1775
- Battle of Machias – June 11 – June 12, 1775
- Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775 (also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill)
- Battle of Gloucester, MA – August 8, 1775
- Shelling of Stonington – August 30, 1775
- Siege of Fort St. Jean – September 17 – November 3, 1775 (also called St. John's)
- Burning of Falmouth – October 18, 1775*
- Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14, 1775
- Battle of Great Bridge – November 28 – December 9, 1775
- Battle of Quebec – December 31, 1775
1776
- Burning of Norfolk – January 1, 1776
- Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27, 1776
- Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2 – March 3, 1776
- Battle of Nassau – March 3 – March 4, 1776
- Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4, 1776*
- Battle of Saint-Pierre – March 25, 1776
- Action of 6 April 1776 – April 6, 1776
- Battle of The Cedars – May 15 – May 16, 1776
- Battle of Trois-Rivières – June 8, 1776
- Battle of Sullivan's Island – June 28, 1776
- Battle of Long Island – August 27, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn)
- Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15, 1776
- Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16, 1776
- Battle of Valcour Island – October 11, 1776 (naval battle)
- Battle of White Plains – October 28, 1776
- Battle of Fort Cumberland – November 10 – November 28, 1776
- Battle of Fort Washington – November 16, 1776
- Battle of Fort Lee – November 19, 1776
- Ambush of Geary – December 14, 1776
- Battle of Iron Works Hill – December 22 – December 23, 1776 (also known as the Battle of Mount Holly)
- Battle of Trenton – December 26, 1776
1777
- Second Battle of Trenton – January 2, 1777
- Battle of Princeton – January 3, 1777
- Battle of Millstone – January 20, 1777
- Forage War – Winter 1777
- Battle of Bound Brook – April 13, 1777
- Battle of Ridgefield – April 27, 1777 (also known as the Danbury Raid)
- Battle of Thomas Creek – May 17, 1777
- Meigs Raid – May 23, 1777
- Battle of Short Hills – June 26, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse)
- Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – July 5 – July 6, 1777
- Battle of Hubbardton – July 7, 1777
- Battle of Fort Ann – July 8, 1777
- Siege of Fort Stanwix – August 2 – August 23, 1777
- Battle of Oriskany – August 6, 1777
- Battle of Bennington – August 16, 1777
- Battle of Staten Island – August 22, 1777
- Battle of Setauket- August 22, 1777
- First Siege of Fort Henry – September, 1777
- Battle of Cooch's Bridge – September 3, 1777
- Battle of Brandywine – September 11, 1777
- Battle of the Clouds – September 16, 1777
- Battle of Saratoga I – September 19, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Freeman's Farm)
- Battle of Paoli – September 21, 1777
- Battle of Germantown – October 4, 1777
- Battle of Red Bank – October 5 – November 25, 1777
- Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery – October 6, 1777
- Battle of Saratoga II – October 7, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights)
- Battle of Fort Mercer – October 22, 1777
- Bombardment of Fort Mifflin – November 10 – November 15, 1777
- Battle of Gloucester, NJ – November 25, 1777
- Battle of White Marsh – December 5 – December 8, 1777
- Battle of Matson's Ford – December 11, 1777
1778
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- Battle of Quinton's Bridge – March 18, 1778
- North Channel Naval Duel – April 24, 1778
- Battle of Crooked Billet – May 1, 1778
- Battle of Barren Hill – May 20, 1778
- Battle of Freetown – May 25, 1778
- Battle of Monmouth – June 28, 1778
- Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30, 1778
- Wyoming Massacre – July 3, 1778
- First Battle of Ushant – July 27, 1778
- Siege of Pondicherry – August 21 – October 19, 1778
- Battle of Rhode Island – August 29, 1778 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill)
- Grey's raid – September 5 – September 17, 1778
- Siege of Boonesborough – September 7 – September 18, 1778
- Baylor Massacre – September 27, 1778
- Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6, 1778
- Little Egg Harbor massacre – October 16, 1778
- Carleton's Raid – October 24 – November 14, 1778
- Cherry Valley Massacre – November 11, 1778
- Battle of St. Lucia – December 15, 1778
- Capture of Savannah – December 29, 1778
1779
- Battle of Beaufort – February 3, 1779 (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island)
- Battle of Kettle Creek – February 14, 1779
- Battle of Vincennes – February 23 – February 25, 1779
- Battle of Brier Creek – March 3, 1779
- Battle of Chillicothe – May, 1779
- Armada of 1779 – June – September, 1779
- Battle of Stono Ferry – June 20, 1779
- Great Siege of Gibraltar – June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783
- Tryon's raid – July 5 – July 14, 1779
- Battle of Grenada – July 6, 1779
- Battle of Stony Point – July 16, 1779
- Penobscot Expedition – July 24 – August 29, 1779
- Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19, 1779
- Battle of Newtown – August 29, 1779
- Capture of Fort Bute – September 7, 1779
- Battle of Lake Pontchartrain – September 10, 1779
- Siege of Savannah – September 16 – October 18, 1779
- Battle of Baton Rouge – September 20 – September 21, 1779
- Battle of Flamborough Head – September 23, 1779
- Battle of San Fernando de Omoa – October 16 – November 29, 1779
- First Battle of Martinique – December 18, 1779
1780
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16, 1780
- Battle of Young's House – February 3, 1780
- Battle of Fort Charlotte – March 2 – March 14, 1780
- Siege of Charleston – March 29 – May 12, 1780
- Battle of Monck's Corner – April 14, 1780
- Second Battle of Martinique – April 17, 1780
- Battle of Lenud's Ferry – May 6, 1780
- Bird's invasion of Kentucky – May 25 – August, 1780
- Battle of St. Louis – May 25, 1780
- Battle of Waxhaws – May 29, 1780
- Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 7, 1780
- Battle of Mobley's Meeting House – June 10?, 1780
- Battle of Ramsour's Mill – June 20, 1780
- Battle of Springfield, NJ – June 23, 1780
- Huck's Defeat – July 12, 1780
- Battle of Colson's Mill – July 21, 1780
- Battle of Rocky Mount – August 1, 1780
- Battle of Hanging Rock – August 6, 1780
- Battle of Pekowee – August 8, 1780 (also known as the Battle of Piqua)
- Battle of Camden – August 16, 1780
- Battle of Fishing Creek – August 18, 1780
- Battle of Musgrove Mill – August 18, 1780
- Battle of Black Mingo – August 28, 1780
- Battle of Wahab's Plantation – September 20, 1780
- Battle of Charlotte – September 26, 1780
- Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780
- Royalton Raid – October 16, 1780
- Battle of Klock's Field – October 19, 1780
- La Balme's Defeat – November 5, 1780
- Battle of Fishdam Ford – November 9, 1780
- Battle of Blackstock's Farm – November 20, 1780
1781
- Battle of Jersey – January 6, 1781
- Battle of Mobile – January 7, 1781
- Battle of Cowpens – January 17, 1781
- Battle of Cowan's Ford – February 1, 1781
- Battle of Haw River – February 25, 1781
- Battle of Wetzell's Mill – March 6, 1781
- Battle of Pensacola – March 9 – May 8, 1781
- Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15, 1781
- Battle of Cape Henry – March 16, 1781
- Siege of Fort Watson – April 15 – 23, 1781
- Battle of Porto Praya – April 15, 1781
- Battle of Blanford – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Petersburg)
- Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Second Battle of Camden)
- Battle of Fort Royal – April 29 or 30, 1781
- Battle of Fort Motte – May 8 – May 12, 1781
- Siege of Augusta – May 22 – June 6, 1781
- Siege of Ninety-Six – May 22 – June 19, 1781
- Battle of Spencer's Ordinary – June 26, 1781
- Francisco's Fight – July, 1781
- Battle of Green Spring – July 6, 1781
- Naval battle of Louisbourg – July 21, 1781
- Battle of Dogger Bank – August 5, 1781
- Invasion of Minorca – August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782
- Lochry's Defeat – August 24, 1781
- Battle of the Chesapeake – September 5, 1781 (naval battle)
- Battle of Groton Heights – September 6, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold)
- Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8, 1781
- Battle of Lindley's Mill – September 13, 1781
- Long Run Massacre – September 13, 1781
- Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 17, 1781
- Battle of Fort Slonco - October 3, 1781
- Siege of Negapatam – October 21 – November 11, 1781
- Battle of Johnstown – October 25, 1781
- Second Battle of Ushant – December 12, 1781
1782
- Capture of Trincomalee – January 11, 1782
- Battle of St. Kitts – January 25 – January 26, 1782
- Battle of Sadras – February 17, 1782
- Gnadenhütten massacre – March 8, 1782
- Battle of Roatán – March 16, 1782
- Battle of Little Mountain – March 22, 1782
- Battle of the Saintes – April 9 – April 12, 1782
- Battle of Providien – April 12, 1782
- Crawford expedition – May 25 – June 12, 1782
- Battle of Negapatam – July 6, 1782
- Battle of Piqua – August 8, 1782
- Hudson Bay Expedition – August 8, 1782
- Siege of Bryan Station – August 15 – August 17, 1782
- Battle of Blue Licks – August 19, 1782
- Battle of the Combahee River – August 26, 1782
- Battle of Trincomalee – August 25 – September 3, 1782
- Battle of Cape Spartel – October 20, 1782
1783
- Battle of Cuddalore – June 20, 1783 (naval battle)
- Siege of Cuddalore – June 7 – June 25, 1783 (land siege)