Draft:List of battles in Belgium
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This is a list of battles that occurred in Belgium.
Battles
[edit]- Battle of the Sabis – 57 BC – Gallic Wars
- Siege of the Atuatuci – 57 BC – Gallic Wars
- Ambiorix's revolt – 54 BC – Gallic Wars
- Battle of Amblève – 716 – Frankish Civil War and Frisian–Frankish wars
- Battle of Thimeon – 880 – Viking expansion
- Battle of Leuven – 891 – Viking expansion
- Battle of Damme – 1213 – Anglo-French War (1213–1214)
- Battle of Steppes – 1213
- Battle of Furnes – 1297 – Franco-Flemish War
- Matins of Bruges – 1302 – Franco-Flemish War
- Battle of the Golden Spurs – 1302 – Franco-Flemish War
- Siege of Tournai (1340) – 1340 – Tournaisis campaign of 1340 (Edwardian Phase) [Hundred Years' War]
- Battle of Beverhoutsveld – 1382 – Revolt of Ghent (1379–1385) (Caroline War) [Hundred Years' War]
- Battle of Roosebeke or Battle of Westrozebeke – 1382 – Revolt of Ghent (1379–1385) (Caroline War) [Hundred Years' War]
- Siege of Ypres (1383) – 1383 – Despenser's Crusade (Revolt of Ghent (1379–1385)) [Caroline War] [Hundred Years' War]
- Battle of Othée – 1408
- Siege of Oudenaarde – 1452 – Revolt of Ghent (1449–1453)
- Battle of Bazel – 1452 – Revolt of Ghent (1449–1453)
- Battle of Gavere – 1453 – Revolt of Ghent (1449–1453)
- Battle of Brustem – 1467 – Second Liège War
- Six hundred Franchimontois – 1468 – Third Liège War
- Siege of Tournai (1513) – 1513 – War of the League of Cambrai (Italian Wars)
- Siege of Tournai (1521) – 1521 – Italian War of 1521–1526 (Italian Wars)
- Battle of Oosterweel – 1567 – Eighty Years' War, 1566–1572 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Jodoigne – 1568 – Eighty Years' War, 1566–1572 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Siege of Mons (1572) – 1572 – French Wars of Religion, Anglo-Spanish War and Eighty Years' War, 1572–1576 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Spanish Fury at Mechelen – 1572 – Eighty Years' War, 1572–1576 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Lillo – 1574 – Eighty Years' War, 1572–1576 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Sack of Antwerp – 1576 – Eighty Years' War, 1576–1579 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Gembloux (1578) – 1578 – Anglo-Spanish War and Eighty Years' War, 1576–1579 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Rijmenam (1578) – 1578 – Anglo-Spanish War and Eighty Years' War, 1576–1579 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Borgerhout – 1579 – Anglo-Spanish War and Eighty Years' War, 1576–1579 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- English Fury at Mechelen – 1580 – Anglo-Spanish War and Eighty Years' War, 1579–1588 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Taking of Diest (1580) – 1580 – Eighty Years' War, 1579–1588 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Siege of Lier (1582) – 1582 – Anglo-Spanish War and Eighty Years' War, 1579–1588 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- French Fury – 1583 – Eighty Years' War, 1579–1588 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Siege of Ghent (1583–1584) – 1583 – 1584 – Eighty Years' War, 1579–1588 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Capture of Aalst (1584) – 1584 – Anglo-Spanish War and Eighty Years' War, 1579–1588 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Fall of Antwerp – 1584 – 1585 – Eighty Years' War, 1579–1588 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Siege of Huy (1595) – 1595 – Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and Ten Years (Eighty Years' War) (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Sack of Lier – 1595 – Ten Years (Eighty Years' War) (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Turnhout (1597) – 1597 – Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and Ten Years (Eighty Years' War) (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Nieuwpoort – 1600 – Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and Eighty Years' War, 1599–1609 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Siege of Ostend – 1601 – 1604 – Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and Eighty Years' War, 1599–1609 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Siege of Hoogstraten – 1603 – Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and Eighty Years' War, 1599–1609 (Eighty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Fleurus (1622) – 1622 – Eighty Years' War, 1621–1648 and Palatinate campaign (Eighty Years' War and Thirty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Les Avins – 1635 – Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) (Thirty Years' War)
- Siege of Leuven – 1635 – Eighty Years' War, 1621–1648 and Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) (Eighty Years' War and Thirty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Kallo – 1638 – Eighty Years' War, 1621–1648 (Eighty Years' War and Thirty Years' War) [European wars of religion]
- Battle of Seneffe – 1674 – Franco-Dutch War
- Siege of Ypres (1678) – 1678 – Franco-Dutch War
- Battle of Saint-Denis (1678) – 1678 – Franco-Dutch War
- Battle of Walcourt – 1689 – Nine Years' War
- Battle of Fleurus – 1690 – Nine Years' War
- Siege of Mons (1691) – 1691 – Nine Years' War
- Battle of Leuze – 1691 – Nine Years' War
- Siege of Namur (1692) – 1692 – Nine Years' War
- Battle of Steenkerque – 1692 – Nine Years' War
- Battle of Landen – 1693 – Nine Years' War
- Siege of Huy (1694) – 1694 – Nine Years' War
- Siege of Namur (1695) – 1695 – Nine Years' War
- Capitulation of Diksmuide – 1695 – Nine Years' War
- Bombardment of Brussels – 1695 – Nine Years' War
- Siege of Ath (1697) – 1697 – Nine Years' War
- Battle of Ekeren – 1703 – War of the Spanish Succession
- Battle of Elixheim – 1705 – War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Zoutleeuw – 1705 – War of the Spanish Succession
- Battle of Ramillies – 1706 – War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Ostend (1706) – 1706 – War of the Spanish Succession
- Battle of Oudenaarde – 1708 – War of the Spanish Succession
- Battle of Wijnendale – 1708 – War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Ghent (1708) – 1708 – War of the Spanish Succession
- Battle of Fontenoy – 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession
- Battle of Melle – 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession
- Fall of Ghent – 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession
- Siege of Ostend (1745) – 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession
- Siege of Brussels – 1746 – War of the Austrian Succession
- Battle of Rocoux – 1746 – War of the Austrian Succession
- Battle of Lauffeld – 1747 – War of the Austrian Succession
- Action of 15 June 1780 – 1780 – American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Turnhout (1789) – 1789 – Brabant Revolution
- Battle of Falmagne – 1790 – Brabant Revolution
- First battle of Quiévrain (1792) – 1792 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Marquain – 1792 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Second battle of Quiévrain (1792) – 1792 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Harelbeke – 1792 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Jemappes – 1792 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Anderlecht – 1792 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Siege of Namur (1792) – 1792 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Neerwinden (1793) – 1793 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Arlon (1793) – 1793 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Menin (1793) – 1793 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Courtrai (1793) – 1793 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Arlon (1794) – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Mouscron – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Willems – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Courtrai (1794) – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Grand-Reng – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Erquelinnes – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Tournay (1794) – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Gosselies – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Siege of Ypres (1794) – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Lambusart – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Fleurus (1794) – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Sprimont – 1794 – War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars)
- Battle of Hasselt (1798) – 1798 – Boerenkrijg
- Battle of Hoogstraten – 1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition (Napoleonic Wars)
- Siege of Antwerp (1814) – 1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition (Napoleonic Wars)
- Battle of Courtrai (1814) – 1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition (Napoleonic Wars)
- Battle of Quatre Bras – 1815 – Hundred Days (Napoleonic Wars)
- Battle of Ligny – 1815 – Hundred Days (Napoleonic Wars)
- Battle of Waterloo – 1815 – Hundred Days (Napoleonic Wars)
- Battle of Wavre – 1815 – Hundred Days (Napoleonic Wars)
- Battle of Ravels – 1831 – Ten days' campaign
- Battle of Turnhout (1831) – 1831 – Ten days' campaign
- Battle of Hasselt – 1831 – Ten days' campaign
- Battle of Leuven (1831) – 1831 – Ten days' campaign
- Battle of Liège – 1914 – World War I
- Battle of Mons – 1914 – World War I
- Battle of the Yser – 1914 – World War I
- Battle of Passchendaele – 1917 – World War I
- Battle of the Lys (1918) – 1918 – World War I
- Battle of the Lys and the Escaut – 1918 – World War I
- Battle of France – 1940 – World War II
- Battle of Gembloux (1940) – 1940 – World War II
- Battle of the Lys (1940) – 1940 – World War II
- Battle of the Scheldt – 1944 – World War II
- Battle of the Bulge – 1944 – 1945 – World War II
See also
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