List of battles 1801–1900
1801–15
- 1801 –
- Battle of Aboukir 8 March – British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou
- Battle of Copenhagen 2 April – Nelson defeats Danish fleet
- First Battle of Algeciras 6 July – British naval defeat by French
- Second Battle of Algeciras 12 July – British naval victory over French, Spanish
- Action of 1 August 1801 1 August
- 1802 –
- Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres 23 February
- Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot 4–24 March
- First Battle of Tripoli Harbor 16 May
- First Battle of Sitka 20 June – Tlingit warriors massacre Russians and Aleut workers, and carry off the women and children.
- Battle of Poona - precursor to the Second Anglo-Maratha War
- 1803 –
- Blockade of Saint-Domingue 18 June – 6 December
- Action of 22 June 1803 22 June
- Battle of Delhi 11 September – British forces under Gerard Lake defeat Maratha forces led by French officer Louis Bourquin
- Siege of Aligarh 1–4 September
- Battle of Assaye 23 September – English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under Daulat Scindia in Deccan
- Siege of Port-au-Prince October
- Battle of Laswari 1 November – Lake defeats Marathas near Agra
- Battle of Vertières 18 November – Haitians defeat French in last battle of war of independence
- Battle of Argaon 28 November – Wellesley defeats Sindhia
- Second Ottoman invasion of Mani - Ottomans fail to conquer Mani a second time
- 1804 –
- Battle of Ganja (1804) 22 November 1803 – 15 January 1804 – Battle between Russian Empire and Persian Empire for the control of Ganja citadel.
- Castle Hill convict rebellion 5 March – Irish convict uprising in the New South Wales colony
- Battle of Drlupa April
- Battle of Suriname 5 May – Battle between the Netherlands and Great Britain for the control of the Suriname colony.
- Battle of Echmiadzin (1804) June – Russian forces forced to withdraw by Iranian forces during Russo-Persian War.
- Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor October 1803 – September 1804 – Indecisive battle between United States and Barbary Pirates.
- Second Battle of Sitka 1–7 October – In reprisal for the 1802 attack, Russian forces defeat the Tlingit in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives.
- Raid on Boulogne 2–3 October
- Battle of Farrukhabad 17 November – Lake defeats Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar
- Siege of Delhi - Brits and Mughals hold Delhi
- Battle of Vizagapatam - French defeat British in Bay of Bengal
- Battle of Tabkin Kwatto - First decisive battle of Fulani War
- 1805 –
- Siege of Bharatpur (1805) 2 January – 22 February
- Battle of Derne 27 April – 13 May – United States victory during First Barbary War
- Battle of Cape Finisterre 22 July
- Battle of Ivankovac 18 August – Serbian rebels defeated Ottoman army during the First Serbian Uprising
- Ulm Campaign 25 September – 20 October – Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Wertingen 8 October
- Battle of Günzburg 9 October
- Battle of Haslach-Jungingen 11 October
- Battle of Elchingen 14 October – French army, under Marshal Michel Ney, defeats an Austrian army
- Battle of Ulm 16–19 October – Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich
- Battle of Schöngrabern – Pyotr Bagration commands Russian and Austrian forces against Murat and Napoleon
- Battle of Verona (1805) 18 October
- Battle of Trafalgar 21 October – Horatio Nelson defeats Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed
- Battle of Caldiero 30 October – French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles of Austria
- Battle of Dürenstein 11 November
- Battle of Castelfranco Veneto 24 November
- Battle of Wischau 25 November
- Battle of Austerlitz 2 December – French army, under Napoléon Bonaparte, win a great victory against Russian army and any Austrians troops. End of war of third coalition.
- Siege of Santo Domingo - Haitians withdraw from Santo Domingo
- 1806 –
- Battle of Blaauwberg 8 January – British beat the Dutch near Cape Town, this established British rule in South Africa.
- Battle of Campo Tenese 10 March
- Battle of Maida 4 July
- Massacre of Lauria 7–8 August – French troops under Massena besiege and destroy Lauria, southern Italy
- Battles of Jena and Auerstedt – 14 October – French army, under Davout and Napoleon, defeat two Prussian army in separate battles. The city of Berlin was taken by the French troops.
- Battle of Mišar 12–15 August – Serbs defeated bigger Ottoman army in Serbia, during First Serbian Uprising.
- Battle of Deligrad December – big battle between Serbian rebels and Ottomans forces in which Serbs won.
- Battle of Pułtusk 26 December – indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians
- Edirne incident - standoff between Ottoman troops and Balkan janissaries
- 1807 –
- Battle of Cardal 20 January Britain defeats Spain
- Battle of Mohrungen 25 January French defeat Russians and Prussians.
- Battle of Eylau 8 February – Napoleon fights a hard-won bloodbath with Russians, no decisive result
- Battle of Ostrołęka (1807) 16 February French defeat Russians
- Battle of the Dardanelles 10–11 May – Ottoman fleet fails to break the Russian blockade of Istanbul
- Battle of Heilsberg 10 June – Napoleon repulses Russian attack
- Battle of Friedland 14 June – French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen. End of war of fourth coalition.
- Battle of Arpachai 18 June Russians defeat Ottomans
- Battle of Athos 19–29 June – Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Ottoman fleet in Aegean
- Battle of Miserere 2 July British defeat Spanish
- Battle of the Retiro 5 July British defeat Spanish
- Battle of Køge 29 August British defeat Denmark-Norway
- Second Battle of Copenhagen 2–7 September – British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and General Cathcart capture Danish fleet
- Battle of Hingakaka Largest battle ever fought on New Zealand soil. Tainui victory.
- Third Ottoman invasion of Mani - Ottomans fail to capture Mani for a final time
- 1808 –
- Battle of Zealand Point 22 March – Britain defeats Denmark and Norway
- Battle of Pyhäjoki 16 April
- Battle of Siikajoki 18 April – Georg Carl von Döbeln halts Russian advance during Finnish War
- Battle of Toverud 19–20 April
- Battle of Rødenes 20 April – 7 May
- Battle of Trangen 25 April
- Battle of Revolax 27 April – Swedish force defeats Russians camped in Finnish town
- Battle of Furuholm 28 April
- Battle of Pulkkila 2 May – Swedish force annihilates Russian force in Finland
- Battle of Mobekk 18 May
- Battle of El Bruc June – French forces torch buildings after previous attempt foiled by ambush
- Battle of Lapua 14 July – Swedish victory during Finnish War.
- Battle of Medina de Rioseco 14 July – French victory during Peninsular War
- Battle of Bailén 18–22 July – General Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces
- Battle of Sandöström 2–3 August
- Battle of Kauhajoki 10 August – von Döbeln defeats the Russians
- First Siege of Zaragoza 15 June – 13 August – Unsuccessful French attempt to capture Zaragoza, Spain
- Battle of Roliça 17 August – British-Portuguese victory during Peninsular War
- Battle of Vimeiro 21 August – British, Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley defeat French under Junot
- Battle of Jutas 13 September – Swedes under von Döbeln intercept and defeat Russians
- Battle of Oravais 14 September – Russian forces overwhelm Swedish army
- Battle of Koljonvirta 27 October – Swedish victory following a month-long cease-fire
- Battle of Zornoza 31 October – Indecisive battle between French and Spanish
- Battle of Valmaseda 5 November – Minor Spanish victory
- Battle of Burgos 7 November – French victory during Peninsular War
- Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros 10–11 November – French victory, Spanish forces escape
- Battle of Tudela 23 November – Marshal Jean Lannes defeats General Francisco Castaños during Peninsular War
- Battle of Somosierra 30 November – Napoleon defeats Benito de San Juan.
- Battle of Cardedeu 16 December
- Battle of Sahagún 21 December – British cavalry defeat French cavalry during Peninsular War
- Battle of Benavente 29 December
- 1809 –
- Battle of Quilon 15 January- British East India Company defeats the army of Travancore
- Battle of Corunna 16 January – French defeat Sir John Moore in Peninsular War
- Battle of Valls 25 February
- Battle of Los Yébenes 24 March
- Battle of Ciudad Real 27 March – French forces under General Sabastiani defeat a Spanish army commanded by General Cartojal
- First Battle of Porto 28 March – French forces under Marshal Soult capture the city of Porto from the Portuguese
- Battle of Medellín 28 March
- Battle of Sacile 16 April – French forces under Eugène de Beauharnais defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John
- Battle of the Basque Roads 18–24 April - Admiral Gambier and Thomas Cochrane defeat French Atlantic Fleet
- Battle of Raszyn 19 April – Duchy of Warsaw defeats Austria.
- Battle of Abensberg 19–20 April – Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles
- Battle of Landshut 21 April – Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller
- Battle of Eckmühl 22 April – Napoleon defeats Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria
- Battle of Ratisbon 23 April – Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action
- Second Battle of Porto 12 May – Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult, drives French from city
- Battle of Alcantara (1809) 14 May
- Battle of Linz-Urfahr 17 May
- Battle of Aspern-Essling 21–22 May – Napoleon's first attempt to cross Danube near Vienna results in serious check by Austrians under Archduke Charles
- Battle of Alcañiz 23 May – Spanish defeat French
- Battle of Sankt Michael 25 May
- Battle of Stralsund (1809) 31 May
- Battle of Suvodol 10 June
- Battle of María 15 June
- Battle of Belchite (1809) 18 June
- Battle of Graz 24–26 June
- Battle of Wagram 5–6 July – French army, under Napoleon, defeats Austrians of Archduke Charles of Austria at great cost, ending war of fifth coalition
- Battle of Gefrees 8 July
- Battle of Hollabrunn (1809) 9 July
- Battle of Talavera 27–28 July – Wellesley defeats forces of Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington
- Battle of Halberstadt 29–30 July
- Battle of Ölper (1809) 1 August
- Battle of Almonacid 11 August
- Battle of Ratan and Sävar 17–22 August – General Wachtmeister engage Russians near Umeå
- Battle of Piteå 25 August
- Battle of Tamames 18 October – Spanish repel Marhsal Ney's forces
- Battle of Ocaña 19 November – Spanish forces under Areizago crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult
- Battle of Alba de Tormes 26 November
- Battle of Nimla - Mahmud Shah Durrani seizes the Durrani throne
- 1810 –
- Battle of Mollet 21 January
- Battle of Vic 20 February
- Battle of Batin 17 August – Russians capture large Ottoman force during the Russo-Turkish War of 1810–1811
- Battle of Grand Port 20–27 August – The French force the British Royal Navy fleet to surrender.
- Battle of Batin 9 September
- Battle of La Bisbal 14 September
- Battle of Buçaco (or Busaco) 27 September – Wellington repulses attacks from Masséna, withdraws into Lines of Torres Vedras
- Battle of Sobral 13–14 October
- Battle of Fuengirola 15 October – Polish defeat British and Spanish during Peninsular War
- Battle of Saguntum 25 October
- Battle of Cotagaita 27 October
- Battle of Suipacha 7 November
- Battle of Campichuelo 19 December 1810 – Revolutionary Argentinian forces defeats Royalist troops.
- Battle of Monte de las Cruces - early battle in Mexican War of Independence
- Battle of El Veladero - Mexicans defeat Spanish
- 1811 –
- Battle of El Pla 15 January
- Battle of Calderón Bridge 17 January – Spanish victory against a large Mexican force
- Battle of Paraguarí 19 January – Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Royalist troops
- Battle of Barrosa 5 March – Minor British victory during Peninsular War
- Battle of Tacuarí 9 March – Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Royalist troops
- Battle of Pombal 11 March
- Battle of Redinha 12 March
- Battle of Lissa 13 March – British fleet defeats French fleet
- Battle of Foz de Arouce 15 March
- Battle of Anholt 27 March – British naval victory over Denmark and Norway
- Battle of Sabugal 3 April – Anglo-Portuguese victory over French during Peninsular War
- Battle of El Maguey 2 May
- Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro 5 May – Wellington, Masséna fight drawn battle
- Battle of Albuera 16 May – British under Gen. Beresford defeat Marshal Soult
- Battle of Huaqui 20 June – Revolutionary Argentinian forces are defeated by Royalist troops
- Battle of Zújar 9 August
- Battle of El Bodón 25 September
- Siege of Tarifa October 1811 – January 1812 – Anglo-Spanish troops defeat the French during Peninsular War
- Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos 28 October – An allied force under General Rowland Hill defeated a French force during Peninsular War
- Battle of Tippecanoe 7 November – William Henry Harrison (US) defeats Tecumseh and Shawnee
- Battle of Yanbu end of 1811 – Muhammad Ali forces landed in Yanbu starting Ottoman–Saudi War
- Battle of Khakeekera - Bahraini-Kuwaiti victory against Diriyahn forces.
- Battle of Puerto de Piñones - precursor to Battle of Zacatecas
- Battle of Zacatecas - Mexicans capture Zacatecas
- Battle of Llanos de Santa Juana - Spanish victory, but the state Colima is later taken by the Mexicans.
- 1812 –
- Battle of Al-Safra January – Muhammad Ali forces met Saudi Al-Kabeer forces near Medina
- Battle of Izúcar 22 January
- Battle of Altafulla 29 January
- Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo 2–23 February – British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War.
- Battle of Sultanabad 13 February
- Battle of Izúcar 23 February
- Battle of Badajoz 16 March – 6 April – British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War.
- Battle of Almaraz 18–19 May – Anglo-Portuguese Army under Lord Hill destroy a French pontoon bridge across the River Tagus during Peninsular War
- Battle of Zitlala 4 July
- Battle of Ostrovno 12 July – Indecisive French victory; Russian strategic success
- Battle of Lyngør 12 July – British victory, Danish-Norwegian frigate sunk.
- First Battle of Sacket's Harbor 19 July – U.S. turns back British naval attack
- Battle of Salamanca 22 July – Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return
- Battle of García Hernández 23 July
- Battle of Saltanovka 23 July
- Battle of Ostrovno 25 July
- Battle of Kobrin 27 July
- Battle of Klyastitsy 30 July – 1 August – Minor Russian victory over French corps
- Battle of Maguaga 9 August – Both armies withdraw from War of 1812 battle
- Battle of Majadahonda 11 August
- Battle of Fort Dearborn 15 August – Fort burned by Indians
- Siege of Detroit 15–16 August – American forces, under General William Hull, surrender to British, under Sir Isaac Brock and Chief Tecumseh during War of 1812
- Battle of Smolensk 16–17 August – Russians under Pyotr Bagration, de Tolley defeated and retreat
- First Battle of Polotsk 17–18 August – indecisive battle between Russian and French corps
- Battle of Valutino 19 August – Marginal French victory; successful Russian retreat
- Siege of Fort Harrison 4–5 September – 10 healthy American soldiers repel attack by four tribes
- Siege of Fort Wayne 5–12 September – Americans repel Miamis and Potawatomis
- Battle of Borodino 7 September – Kutuzov retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow. General Pyotr Bagration is killed.
- Battle of Burgos 19 September – 21 October – Unsuccessful siege by Anglo-Portuguese Army during Peninsular War.
- Battle of Tucumán 24–25 September – Argentina's Army of the North, commanded by General Manuel Belgrano, defeated royalist troops
- Battle of Mesoten 29 September
- Battle of Queenston Heights 13 October – U.S. forces under Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed
- Battle of Tarutino 18 October – Russian victory over Murat's corps
- Second Battle of Polotsk 18–20 October – Russian victory over Saint-Cyr's Franco-Bavarian force.
- Battle of Maloyaroslavets 24 October – Russians under Docturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat
- USS United States vs HMS Macedonian 25 October – Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian
- Battle of Czasniki 31 October – Russians defeat French army, commanded by Marshal Victor.
- Battle of Aslanduz 31 October – Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza.
- Battle of Medina (1812) November – Muhammad Ali of Egypt recovers Medina from Saudis
- Battle of Vyazma 3 November – Russians defeat French indecisively
- Battle of Smoliani 13–14 November – Russian victory over French forces of Victor and Oudinot
- Battle of Krasnoi 15–18 November – Partial Russian victory. Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Michel Ney
- First Battle of Lacolle Mills 20 November – British and Mohawks defeat Americans
- Battle of Berezina 26–29 November – French successfully cross river with huge losses, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia
- Battle of the Mississinewa 17–18 December – United States forces defeat Miami tribe.
- Battle of Cerrito 31 December
- 1813 –
- Battle of Jeddah 7 January – Tusun Pasha and his father reclaim Jeddah from Saudis
- Battle of Frenchtown 22 January – British General Proctor defeats Kentucky militia
- Battle of Mecca – Tusun Pasha and his father reclaim Mecca.
- Battle of Salta 20 February – The Argentina's Army of the North defeated for the second time the royalist troops of general Pío de Tristán
- Battle of Ogdensburg 22 February – British victory after attacking against orders
- Battle of San Lorenzo 3 February – Argentina defeats a Spanish Royalist force
- Battle of Rosillo Creek 29 March
- Battle of Mobile 15 April – James Wilkinson captures Spanish
- Battle of La Chincúa 19 April – 28 May
- Battle of York 27 April – Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, recklessly loot and burn capital (now Toronto)
- Battle of Yerbas Buenas 27 April
- Battle of Lützen 2 May – Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein
- Siege of Fort Meigs 1–9 May – Effective stalemate during War of 1812
- Battle of San Carlos (1813) 15 May
- Battle of Bautzen 20–21 May – Napoleon defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence
- Battle of Fort George 27 May – Lt. Col. Winfield Scott captures British fort
- Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor 28–29 May – U.S. General Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost
- Battle of Boston Harbor 1 June – HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake with ease
- Battle of Stoney Creek 6 June – British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat US force three times its size under William Winder, John Chandler
- Battle of Pequereque 19 June
- Battle of Alazan Creek 20 June
- Battle of Vitoria 21 June – Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France
- Battle of Craney Island 22 June – British attack on Norfolk foiled
- Battle of Tolosa (1813) 26 June
- Battle of San Sebastian 7 July – 8 September – Allied forces capture San Sebastián from French during Peninsular War.
- Battle of the Pyrenees 25–30 July – French large-scale attack under General Soult against Allies fails during Peninsular War
- Battle of Burnt Corn 27 July – American forces disperse a raiding party of Creek Indians
- Battle of Sorauren 28 July – 1 August – Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across Pyrenees
- Battle of Fort Stephenson 2 August – British attack on American fort fails
- Battle of St. Michaels 10 August – George Cockburn defeated
- Battle of Medina 18 August
- Battle of Großbeeren 23 August – Allies win series of three actions during War of the Sixth Coalition
- Battle of Katzbach 26 August – von Blucher defeats Marshal MacDonald
- Battle of Dresden 26–27 August – Napoleon's last major victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg
- Battle of Kulm 29–30 August – Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by allied Coalition forces
- Battle of San Marcial 31 August – Spanish Army of Galicia, led by Manuel Freire, turns back Marshal Nicolas Soult's last major offensive of Peninsular War
- Battle of Dennewitz 6 September – Bernadotte, Bülow defeat Ney
- Battle of Lake Erie 10 September – Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours"
- Second Battle of Kulm 17 September – Allied Coalition victory, Napoleon forced to halt his advance on Teplitz and withdraws to Leipzig
- Battle of the Göhrde 18 September
- Battle of Altenburg 28 September
- Battle of Roßlau 29 September
- Battle of Vilcapugio 1 October – Republican forces of Argentina were defeated by a royalist army.
- Battle of the Thames 5 October – U.S. troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Proctor; Tecumseh killed
- Battle of El Roble 13 October
- Battle of Leipzig 16–19 October – (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon suffers his greatest defeat ever in the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of the Chateauguay 25 October – several hundred Canadian militia turn back Wade Hampton's advance on Montreal; the American army withdraws from Canada
- Battle of Hanau 30–31 October – Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat
- Battle of Tallushatchee 3 November – U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson defeat Creek
- Battle of Talladega 9 November – Jackson defeats Creek
- Battle of Nivelle 10 November – Allied troops defeat Marshal Soult of France during Peninsular War
- Battle of Crysler's Farm 11 November – US forces under James Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under J. W. Morrison
- Battle of Ayohuma 14 November – Argentina's Army of the North were defeated by the royalists.
- Battle of Autossee 29 November
- Battle of Arnhem (1813) 30 November
- Battle of Araure 5 December
- Battle of the Nive 9–13 December – Allies defeat Marshal Soult's French army near Bayonne during the Peninsular War
- Battle of Lomas de Santa María 23–24 December
- 1814 –
- Battle of Puruarán 5 January
- Battle of Hoogstraten 11 January
- Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek 22–24 January – Twin indecisive battles during Creek War
- Battle of Calebee Creek 27 January
- Battle of Brienne 29 January – Napoleon defeats Blücher's Prussians
- Battle of La Rothière 1 February – French under Napoleon manage to hold back an overwhelming force of Prussians until nightfall, where then they withdraw from the field.
- Battle of Lesmont 2 February
- Battle of Champaubert 10 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher
- Battle of Montmirail 11 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher
- Battle of Château-Thierry 12 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher
- Battle of Vauchamps 14 February – Napoleon defeats a much smaller force of Russians
- Battle of Mormant 17 February
- Battle of Montereau 18 February – Napoleon defeats Schwarzenberg
- Battle of Bar-sur-Aube 27 February – Schwarzenberg defeats Marshal Macdonald
- Battle of Orthez 27 February – Wellington defeats French under Soult near Bayonne
- Battle of Gué-à-Tresmes 28 February
- Battle of Cúcuta 28 February
- Battle of Saint-Julien (1814) 1 March
- Battle of Laubressel 3 March
- Battle of Longwoods 4 March – American victory during War of 1812
- Battle of Craonne 7 March – Napoleon defeats Blücher
- Battle of Laon 9–10 March – Blücher defeats Napoleon
- Battle of Reims 13 March – Napoleon defeats isolated Prussian corps
- Battle of El Quilo 19 March
- Battle of Membrillar 20 March
- Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube 20–21 March – Schwarzenberg defeats Napoleon
- Battle of Fère-Champenoise 25 March – Schwarzenberg defeats corps of Marmont, Mortier
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend 27 March – Jackson decisively defeats Creek
- Battle of Montmartre 30 March – Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba
- Second Battle of Lacolle Mills 30 March – U.S. forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Jacob Brown, with assistance of Winfield Scott
- Battle of Toulouse 10 April – Wellington defeats Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication
- Battle of Alto de los Godos 25 May
- Battle of Big Sandy Creek 30 May – U.S. forces surprise the British in upstate New York, capturing 6 ships and 143 prisoners
- Battle of Niquitao 2 July
- Battle of Chippawa 5 July – U.S. forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeats British under Phineas Riall
- Battle of Los Horcones 22 July
- Battle of Lundy's Lane 25 July – Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle. US forces withdraw from Canada due to heavy losses giving argument for British victory.
- Battle of Mackinac Island 26 July – 4 August – Unsuccessful American attempt to capture Fort Mackinac.
- Battle of Taguanes 31 July
- Battle of Lier 2 August
- Battle of Matrand 5 August
- Battle of Rakkestad 6 August
- Battle of Langnes 9 August
- Battle of Kjølberg Bridge 14 August
- Battle of Bladensburg 24 August – British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington in retribution for the burning of York (Toronto). American government barely escapes the city as Congress and the Whitehouse are torched.
- Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburgh 11 September – U.S. squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie. Same day, U.S. land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Alexander Macomb
- Battle of North Point 12 September – Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry (part of the Battle of Baltimore).
- Battle of Ft. McHenry 13 September – Fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner" (part of the Battle of Baltimore).
- Battle of Cook's Mills 19 October – Indecisive battle in Canada during War of 1812
- Siege of Fort Erie 4 August – 5 November – Americans repel British attempt to retake fort
- Battle of Pensacola 7–9 November – Andrew Jackson wins Pyrrhic victory
- Battle of Urica 5 December
- 1815 –
- Battle of New Orleans 8 January – Jackson defeats British Army of Pakenham, as news of Treaty of Ghent signed in December, not yet arrived
- Battle of Fort Bowyer 11 February – Jackson loses fort after boasting that ten thousand men could not take it.
- Battle of the Panaro 3 April
- Battle of Occhiobello 8–9 April
- Battle of Carpi (1815) 10 April
- Battle of Cesenatico 23 April
- Battle of Pesaro 28 April
- Battle of Scapezzano 1 May
- Battle of Tolentino 2 May – Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in Hundred Days, defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom.
- Battle of Ljubić 8 May
- Battle of Castel di Sangro 13 May
- Battle of San Germano 15–17 May
- Battle of the Sink Hole 24 May
- Battle of Quatre Bras 16 June – Ney fights indecisive battle against Wellington.
- Battle of Ligny 16 June – Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher.
- Battle of Waterloo 18 June – Emperor Napoleon defeated by Duke of Wellington and Prussians, Dutch and German forces.
- Battle of Wavre 18 June – Marshal Grouchy, assigned to prevent Blücher from joining Wellington, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard
- Battle of Rocheserviere 20 June
- Battle of La Suffel 28 June
- Battle of Temalaca 5 November
1816–60
- 1816 –
- Battle of Seven Oaks 19 June
- Bombardment of Algiers 27 August – UK and Dutch ships attack Barbary pirates.
- Battle of Yavi 15 November
- Battle of Pablo Perez 6 December
- 1817 –
- Battle of Chacabuco 12 February – Chilean rebels defeat Spanish.
- Battle of Curapalihue 4 April
- Battle of la Tablada de Tolomosa 15 April
- Nejd Expedition 1817-1818 – Ibrahim Pasha captured several Nejdi villages
- Battle of Mahidpur 21 December – British forces under Sir Thomas Hyslop defeat Marathas under Holkar
- Battle of Makassar - Argentine skirmish.
- Battle of Khadki - British capture Pune
- 1818 –
- Battle of Kafir Qala – The Afghans defeat a Persian army on its way to take Herat.
- Second Battle of Cancha Rayada 16 March – Spanish forces defeat Chileans under San Martin.
- Battle of Maipú 5 April – Chile free from Spain
- Nejd Expedition – Ibrahim Pasha captured Riyadh
- Battle of Diriyah 9 September – Ibrahim Pasha captured and destroyed Diriyah ending the First Saudi State
- Battle of Koregaon - Unresolved
- 1819 –
- Battle of Las Queseras del Medio 2 April
- Battle of Grahamstown 22 April – Xhosa chief Makana attacks the British settlement of Grahamstown in Eastern Cape, South Africa with 6000 men and is repulsed with heavy losses.
- Battle of Vargas Swamp 25 July
- Battle of Boyacá 7 August – Known in Colombia as Battle of Boyacá Bridge. (Batalla del puente de Boyacá) Simón Bolívar and his brigadier generals Francisco de Paula Santander and Jose Antonio Anzoátegui defeat and capture royalist Colonel Jose Maria Barreiro in the battle sealing the independence of Nueva Granada, now Colombia.
- Battle of Agua Zarca 5 November
- Battle of Píleo 7 December
- 1820 –
- Battle of Valdivia 3–4 February – Thomas Cochrane and Jorge Beauchef capture the Royalist stronghold of Valdivia for Chile.
- Battle of Agüi 18 February
- Battle of El Toro 6 March
- Battle of Tarpellanca 26 September
- Martin Rodriguez campaigns - Argentine Martin Rodriguez sets out to battle indigenous peoples of Buenos Aires Province.
- 1821 –
- Battle of Rieti 7 March – Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand
- Battle of Novara 8 April – Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries
- Battle of Alamana 22 April
- Battle of Gravia Inn 8 May
- Battle of Doliana 18 May
- Battle of Valtetsi 24 May
- Battle of Dragashani 19 June
- Battle of Carabobo 24 June – Simón Bolívar defeats Spanish army, ensuring Venezuelan independence.
- Battle of Sculeni 29 June
- Battle of Menangkabaoe – Part of the first Padri War in the Dutch East Indies. Colonial Dutch forces defeated Indonesian rebels.
- Battle of Azcapotzalco 19 August
- Battle of Rincon de Marlopa - battle between Tucumán and the provinces of Salta and Santiago del Estero.
- 1822 –
- Battle of Pichincha 24 May – Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito
- 18 – 19 June – Greek rebel Konstantinos Kanaris burns the flagship of the Ottoman fleet
- Battle at Dervenakia 26–28 July (O.S.) – Greek revolutionaries under Theodoros Kolokotronis, Papaflessas and Nikitaras crush Dramali Pasha's Ottoman army.
- Battle of Karpenizi 8 August (O.S.) – Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat Ottoman force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Ottoman troops besieging Missolonghi
- 1823 –
- Battle of Trocadero – French army, under Duke of Angoulême, defeat Spanish army and takes Trocadero. Occupation of Spain by French troops (1823 at 1828)
- Battle of Zepita 25 August
- Demerara rebellion - 10,000 Guyanese slaves rise up for two days.
- Battle of Nowshera - Sikhs take Peshawar valley
- 1824
- Battle of Nsamankow 21 January
- Battle of Mocopulli 1 April
- Battle of Ramu 16 May – Burmese forces under Lord Myawaddy defeat British under Captain Norton, who is killed
- Battle of Junín 6 August
- Battle of Ayacucho 9 December
- 1825 –
- Battle of Danubyu 2 April – British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed
- Battle of Prome 30 November – 2 December – Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed
- 1826 Battle of Ganja – Russia defeats Persian invaders
- 1827 –
- Battle of Berbera 10-11 Jan
- Battle of Monte Santiago – A naval division of the Brazilian Imperial Navy is attacked by Argentine vessels. The battle ended with the destruction of the attacking forces.
- Battle of Ituzaingó or Passo do Rosário 27 February – A Brazilian Army under Marquis of Barbacena met in combat an Argentine/Uruguayan Army led by General Carlos Maria Alvear (part of the Cisplatine War).
- Battle of Phaleron 24 April (O.S.) – Greek setback in the Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Navarino 20 October – Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha inside Navarino Bay.
- Battle of Kossober October – Ethiopian warlord Yimam of Yejju joins with Wube Haile Mariam of Semien to defeat Goshu Zewde of Gojjam and Meru of Dembiya.
- 1828
- Battle of Mariel 10–11 February – Spanish navy defeats and captures a Mexican brig
- Battle of Akhalzic 9 August – Russian troops under Paskievich defeat Ottoman troops in Caucasus
- Battle of Praia Bay 28 August – Miguelite fleet in Portugal defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria in Azores
- 1829
- Battle of San Roque 22 April
- Battle of Márquez Bridge 26 April
- Battle of Kulevicha 11 June – Russian troops under Hans Karl von Diebitsch defeat Ottoman Army under Reshid Pasha in Balkans
- Battle of Tampico 11 September – Mexican army defeats a Spanish incursion near the city of Tampico
- 1830 Siege of Yogyakarta – Part of the Java War Fought between Indonesian rebels, and the Dutch colonial army. The Dutch won after 5 years of fighting.
- 1831 –
- Battle of Debre Abbay 14 February – Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis.
- Battle of Stoczek 14 February – Polish victory during November Uprising.
- Battle of Białołęka 24 February – Polish counterattack succeeds, forcing Russian attack to be moved up one day.
- Battle of Olszynka Grochowska 25 February – Marginal Polish victory during November Uprising.
- Battle of Iganie 8 March – Poland defeats Russia.
- Battle of Ostrołęka 26 May – Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Jan Skrzynecki
- Ten days campaign 2–12 August – Dutch military victory in the Belgian Revolution. Dutch led by Prince William
- Battle of Ladeira da Velha 3 August
- Battle of Hasselt 8 August – Dutch army defeated Belgian rebels. The Rebels suffered 700 dead while the Dutch losses were very small.
- Battle of Leuven 12 August – The Dutch army defeated the Belgian rebels and took the city.
- Battle of Warsaw 6–8 September – Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt
- Battle of the Tagus - French attempt to strongarm the Portuguese government into recognizing the Kingdom of France.
- First Battle of Wawer - Polish victory
- Battle of Nowa Wieś - Polish victory after being outnumbered by Russians
- Second Battle of Wawer - Second Polish victory in that town
- Battle of Dębe Wielkie - Polish victory near Warsaw
- Battle of Poryck - Polish victory
- Battle of Rajgród - second to last Polish victory
- 1832 –
- Indian Creek Massacre 20 May – Settlers killed by Indians in Illinois.
- Battle of the Kellogg's Grove 16 July – U.S. forces defeat Sauk.
- Battle of Ponte Ferreira 22–23 July
- Battle of Bad Axe 2 August – Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox
- Siege of Antwerp 15 November – Dutch troops occupying Antwerp's citadel (led by David Chassé) against France's Armée du Nord.
- Battle of Konya 21 December – Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Ottoman Army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia
- Verovering van Bondjol – Dutch army successfully beats down an uprise by the people of Sumatra
- 1833
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent 5 July – British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
- Battle of Cova da Piedade 23 July
- 1834
- Battle of Alsasua 22 April
- Battle of Santarén 16 May – Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat forces of usurper Don Miguel
- Battle of Aranzueque 19 September
- Battle of Venta de Echavarri 28 October
- First Battle of Arquijas 15 December
- Battle of Peshawar - Sikhs take Peshawar
- 1835 –
- Battle of Macta 28 June
- Battle of Mendigorría 16 July
- Battle of Gonzales 2 October – Mexicans withdraw during Texas Revolution.
- Battle of Goliad 10 October
- Battle of Concepción 28 October – Texans defeat Mexicans under Martin Perfecto de Cós.
- Grass Fight 26 November – Texans, thinking a Mexican pack train is carrying silver, capture it but only end up with grass.
- Siege of Bexar 12 October – 11 December Texans successfully besiege and defeat Mexicans.
- Dade Battle 25 December – 108 American troops were ambushed by about 180 Seminole Indians. Colonel Dade, who was on horseback, was the first to be killed. Only three American purportedly survived the attack. Two of these survivors died shortly after.
- 1836 –
- Battle of San Patricio 27 February – Texan expedition into Mexico thwarted.
- Battle of the Alamo 23 February – 6 March – General Santa Anna defeats Texans. Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege.
- Battle of San Patricio 27 February
- Battle of Agua Dulce Creek 2 March
- Battle of Refugio 12–15 March – Infighting amongst Texans leads to defeat.
- Battle of Coleto 19–20 March – Col. James Fannin and Texans defeated and captured by Mexicans of General Jose de Urrea. Later massacred by Santa Anna.
- Battle of San Jacinto 21 April – Texans capture Santa Anna.
- Battle of Terapegui 26 April – Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign Legion, defeat Carlists near Pamplona.
- Battle of San Felasco Hammock 18 September
- Battle of Villarrobledo 20 September
- Battle of Wahoo Swamp 21 November – December
- Battle of Majaceite 23 November
- 1837 –
- Battle of Huesca 24 March – Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists in Spain.
- Battle of Villar de los Navarros 24 August
- Battle of Saint-Denis 23 November – Canadian rebels under Wolfred Nelson defeat British.
- Battle of Saint-Charles 25 November – British defeat Canadian rebels.
- Confrontation at Montgomery's Tavern 7 December – Battle near tavern first action of Upper Canada Rebellion.
- Battle of Saint-Eustache 14 December – British capture and ransack village.
- Battle of Lake Okeechobee 25 December – US forces under Zachary Taylor defeat Seminoles.
- Siege of Herat - Afghan victory against Qajar dynasty.
- Siege of Constantine - French victory subduing the city of Constantine, Algeria.
- Battle of Jamrud - Disputed results
- 1838 –
- Battle of Pelee Island 3 March
- Battle of Pine Island Ridge 22 March
- Battle of Italeni 9 April
- Battle of Maella 1 October
- Battle of Beauharnois 10 November – Revolt in Canada put down.
- Battle of the Windmill 12–16 November – British forces defeat Canadian rebels.
- Battle of Windsor 4 December
- Battle of Blood River 16 December – Voortrekker force under Andries Pretorius defeat Zulu force under King Dingane in Natal
- French blockade of the Rio de la Plata - Two year long blockade on the new Argentine Republic,
- 1839
- Battle of Buin 6 January
- Battle of Casma 12 January
- Battle of Yungay 20 January
- Battle of Ramales 12 May
- Battle of the San Gabriels 17 May
- Battle of Nezib 24 June – Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Ottoman Army under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Helmuth von Moltke)
- Battle of the Neches 15–16 July
- Battle of Kowloon 3 September
- First Battle of Chuenpi 3 November
- Battle of Ghazni - Brits capture Ghazni
- 1840
- Battle of Magango 29 January – Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane
- Battle of Plum Creek 12 August
- Battle of the Barrier 19 August
- Battle of Saltillo 25 October
- Battle of Quebracho Herrado 28 November
- Battle of Mazagran - French army holds up against an attack by Algerian forces, and was popularized in French contemporary media.
- 1841
- Second Battle of Chuenpi 7 January
- Battle of First Bar 27 February
- Battle of Whampoa 2 March
- Battle of Drummond's Island 9 April
- Battle of Canton 24 May – British amphibious assault captures city.
- Battle of Angaco 16 August
- Battle of Amoy 26 August
- Battle of Famaillá 19 September
- Battle of Rodeo del Medio 24 September
- Battle of Chinhai 10 October
- 1842 –
- Battle of Kabul 6 January – Afghan forces force British to withdraw from city, which they had occupied for two and a half years
- Battle of Debre Tabor 7 February – Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
- Battle of Ningpo 10 March
- Battle of Woosung 16 June
- Battle of Chinkiang 21 July
- Battle of Arroyo Grande 6 December
- Costa Brava Combat - Battle between Argentina and the Uruguayan colorados.
- Battle of Jellalabad - Brits capture Jalalabad
- 1843 –
- Battle of the Smala 16 May – French forces under Duc d'Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el Kader
- Battle of Miani 17 February – British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat the Baluch forces of the Talpurs in Sind
- Battle of Hyderabad March – Napier defeats Baluchis in Sindh
- Great Siege of Montevideo - 7 year long siege during the Uruguayan Civil War.
- 1844 –
- Battle of Fuente del Rodeo 13 March
- Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías 13–18 March
- Battle of Azua 19 March
- Battle of Santiago (1844) 30 March
- Battle of El Memiso 13 April
- Battle of Tortuguero 15 April
- Battle of Isly 14 August – French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Moroccan forces
- Battle of Fort Cachimán 6 December
- Bombardment of Tangiers - The first bombardment in a slew of attacks by the French navy during the Franco-Moroccan War.
- Bombardment of Mogador - The third bombardment in the series aforementioned (the second was Isly).
- 1845 –
- Battle of Ohaeawai July – British Army attacks Māori Pa, but fortifications too strong
- Battle of Estrella 17 September
- Battle of Sidi Brahim 22–25 September
- Battle of Beler 27 November
- Battle of Mudki 18 December – Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Sir Hugh Gough
- Battle of Ferozeshah 21–22 December – British forces under Gough and Hardinge, Governor-General, defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle
- Battle of Vuelta de Obligado - battle during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata during the Argentine and Uruguayan wars.
- 1846 –
- Battle of Aliwal 28 January – Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh defeated by British under Sir Harry Smith
- Battle of Sobraon 10 February – British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs, and Punjab becomes British protectorate
- Siege of Fort Texas 3–9 May – Mexican siege on U.S. fort unsuccessful
- Battle of Palo Alto 8 May – U.S. General Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans under Mariano Arista
- Battle of Resaca de la Palma 9 May – Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans
- Siege of Los Angeles 13 August – U.S. Marines briefly capture Los Angeles, but are driven out by Californio forces, led by José María Flores.
- Battle of Santa Fe 15 August Kearney occupies Santa Fe
- Battle of Monterrey 20–24 September – Mexicans under Pedro de Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle
- Battle of Dominguez Rancho – 9 October José Antonio Carrillo leads Californio forces in victory against 350 US Marines and sailors near Los Angeles.
- First Battle of Tabasco 24–26 October – Commodore Matthew C. Perry fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans under Juan B. Traconis.
- Battle of San Pasqual 6 December – U.S. Cavalry General Stephen Kearny's dragoons are defeated by Californio forces, led by Andrés Pico near San Diego.
- Battle of San Lorenzo - Argentine victory during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata.
- Battle of Quebracho - Argentine victory during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata.
- Battle of Gdów - Austrians defeat Polish insurgents
- 1847 –
- Battle of Rio San Gabriel 8 January – Kearny's 600-man army defeats the 160-man Californio force near Los Angeles.
- Battle of La Mesa 9 January – Kearny, Stockton and Fremont's combined US forces, defeat the Californio's in the climactic battle for California.
- Battle of the Sacramento 28 February – U.S. forces under Alexander Doniphan defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua
- Battle of Buena Vista 22–23 February – Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans
- Battle of Vera Cruz 9–29 March – Scott takes port city
- Battle of Cerro Gordo 18 April – Scott defeats Santa Anna
- Battle of Tuxpan 18 April – Perry defeats Cos
- Second Battle of Tabasco 15–16 June – Commodore Perry captures
- Battle of Contreras 19–20 August – Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City
- Battle of Churubusco 20 August – Another U.S. force storms other main Mexican position defending capital
- Battle of Molino del Rey 8 September – Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle
- Battle of Chapultepec 12 September – Scott takes fortified hill by storm in climactic battle of war
- Siege of Puebla 14 September – 12 October – Puebla taken by Winfield Scott
- Battle of Huamantla 9 October – U.S. victory, end of Santa Anna's military career
- Bombardment of Tourane - French forces attack Da Nang after the Vietnamese hold two French priests captive.
- 1848 –
- Battle of Dabarki March – Dejazmach Kassa assaults an Egyptian fortified camp deep inside of Sudan and suffers massive losses. One of the few defeats experienced by the future Emperor.
- Battle of Custoza 24–25 July – Austrian forces under Marshal Radetzky defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert
- Battle of Boomplaats 29 August – British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area
- Battle of Pákozd 29 September – Hungarian forces defeat Austrian army of Count Jellachich
- Battle of Schwechat 30 October – Hungary
- Battle of Ramnagar 22 November – British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab
- Battle of Mór 30 December – Hungary, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz defeats a Hungarian detachment under Mór Perczel
- Battle of Miłosław - Polish victory after failed peace talks
- 1849 –
- Battle of Chillianwala 13 January – British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal
- Siege of Multan 22 January – British forces capture fortress in Punjab.
- Battle of Gujarat 21 February – Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs, Punjab annexed.
- Battle of Kápolna 26–27 February – Hungarian forces under Henry Dembinski defeated by Austrians under the Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
- Battle of Novara 23 March – Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace
- Battle of Szolnok 5 March – Hungarian forces led by General Damjanich defeat Austrian forces.
- Ten Days of Brescia 23 March – 1 April – Popular riot against the Austrian garrisons
- Battle of Hatvan 2 April
- Battle of Tápióbicske 4 April
- Battle of Isaszeg (or Gödöllö) 6 April – Hungarian forces led by general Görgei defeat Austrians (Windisch-Grätz, Schlick)
- Battle of El Número 17 April
- Battle of Nagysalló 19 April
- First Battle of Komárom 26 April
- Battle of Las Carreras 21–22 April
- Battle of Buda 21 May – Hungarians take back the capital from Austrians.
- Battle of Csorna 13 June
- Battle of Pered 20-21 June
- Battle of Győr 28 June
- Second Battle of Komárom 2 July
- Third Battle of Komárom 11 July
- Battle of Kirchheimbolanden 14 June
- Battle of Ludwigshafen 15–18 June
- Battle of Rinnthal 17 June
- Battle of Pered 20–21 June
- Battle of Győr 28 June
- Battle of Hegyes 14 July
- Battle of Segesvár 31 July – Hungarian forces under Józef Bem defeated by Russians, Austrians under general Luders and general Dick
- Battle of Szőreg 5 August
- Battle of Temesvár 9 August – Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Artúr Görgey, Bem in final battle of war
- 1851
- Battle of La Arada - Assured Guatemalan sovereignty.
- Bombardment of Salé - French won battle, but withdraw from Morocco.
- 1852 –
- Battle of Monte Caseros 3 February – A coalition of the Argentine Provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, allied with Brazilian and Uruguayan troops (27,000 men) defeats Buenos Aires forces (22,000 men) under Juan Manuel Rosas, presidente of Argentina.
- Battle of Gur Amba 27 September – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats and kills the vassal of the current ruler of Ethiopia, Ras Ali II.
- Battle of Berea 20 December – British force under Major-General Sir George Cathcart invades Basutoland but is forced to withdraw by Chief Moshoeshoe
- Battle of Dimawe - skirmish between Tswana tribes and Boer people.
- 1853 –
- Battle of Takusa 12 April – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats an allied army from the provinces of Tigray, Wollo, Yejju, and Gojjam led by Dejazmach Birru Aligaz of Yejju. Dejazmach Biru is killed.
- Battle of Ayshal 29 June – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Ras Ali II; considered the end of the Zemene Mesafint ("Era of Princes") in Ethiopia.
- Battle of Oltenitza 4 November – Russians defeated by Ottoman troops (Crimean War)
- Battle of Akhaltsikhe 24 November
- Battle of Başgedikler 1 December
- 1854 –
- Battle of Citate 6 January – Ottoman troops defeat Russians during the Crimean War[1]
- Battle of Amba Jebelli March – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Birru Goshu of Gojjam.
- Battle of Ojo Caliente Canyon 8 April
- Battle of Bomarsund August
- Battle of Kurekdere 6 August
- Battle of Alma 20 September – British and French, under French general Saint-Arnaud, defeat a Russian army during the Crimean War.
- Battle of the Diablo Mountains 3 October
- Siege of Sevastopol 17 October – 9 September 1855 Allies capture the city.
- Battle of Balaclava 25 October – Charge of the Light Brigade on Crimea under Cardigan
- Battle of Inkermann 5 November – British, helped by French of general Bosquet, defeat a Russian army.
- Eureka Rebellion 3 December – British Army and Victoria Police defeat Eureka gold field rebels
- 1855 –
- Battle of Derasge 9 February – Tewodros II defeats Dejasmach Wube, deposing the last rival warlord of the Zemene Mesafint ("Era of Princes").
- Battle of Eupatoria 17 February – Allies win naval battle.
- Battle of Nam Quan 10 May
- Battle of Ty-ho Bay 4 August
- Battle of Suomenlinna 7–9 August
- Battle of Traktir 16 August – French army and any Piedmontese troops defeat a Russian army near the Tchernaïa river.
- Battle of the Leotung 19 August
- Battle of Ash Hollow 3 September
- Battle of Malakoff 8 September – French army, under general Pelissier and general Mac-Mahon, takes Malakoff and defeat Russian army. Fall of the city of Sebastopol and end of crimean war.
- Battle of Kinburn 17 October
- Siege of Kars June – November – Russians defeat Ottoman troops
- Battle of Santomé 22 December
- Battle of Kaba - skirmish between Fijian leader Seru Epenisa Cakobau and his enemies from surrounding islands Rewa and Bau.
- 1856 –
- Battle of Sabana Larga and Jácuba 24 January
- First Battle of Seattle (1856) 26 January – Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers.
- Battle of Santa Rosa 20 March – Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers
- Battle of Rivas 11 April – Central American coalition defeats filibuster William Walker
- Battle of the Bogue 12–13 November – British victory in the Second Opium War.
- Battle of the Barrier Forts 16–24 November
- Second Bombardment of Tourane - French forces attack Da Nang again after Thiệu Trị forbids European contact.
- 1857 –
- Battle of Macao Fort 4 January
- Battle of Cooke's Spring 9 March
- Battle of Escape Creek 25–27 May
- Siege of Lucknow 30 May – 27 November – Lucknow besieged by rebels, relieved, besieged again, and relieved for a second time.
- Siege of Cawnpore 5–25 June – British troops and civilians besieged and later betrayed and murdered during the Indian Rebellion
- Battle of Chinhat 30 June – British troops retreat to Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion
- Battle of Jhelum 7 July – Battle sparked by an attempt to disarm the 14th Bengal Native Infantry who mutinied and were then destroyed by a larger force during the Indian Mutiny.
- Battle of Aong 15 July – British forces under General Henry Havelock capture Cawnpore, India.
- Battle of Devil's River 20 July
- Siege of Medina Fort - Toucouleuri forces laid siege to French ones trapped at Médine, now Senegal.
- 1858 –
- Battle of Malgram – 9 January – British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong
- Battle of Celaya (1858) 8–9 March
- Battle of Grahovac 28 April – 1 May – Montenegro defeated Ottoman army in Grahovo. This battle brought first official Turkish recognition of borders of Montenegro.
- Battle of Little Robe Creek 12 May
- Battle of Pine Creek 17 May
- Battle of Atenquique 2 June
- Battle of Four Lakes 1 September
- Battle of Spokane Plains 5 September
- Battle of Ixtlahuaca 18 September
- Battle of Ahualulco 29 September
- Battle of San Joaquín 26 December
- 1859 –
- Battle of Logandème 18 May – Serer people of Sine (present-day Senegal) against French colonialism. French victory.
- Battle of Montebello 20 May – French army, under general Forey, defeat an Austrian army.
- Battle of Varese 26 May – Piedmontese defeat Austrians in the Austro-Sardinian War.
- Battle of San Fermo 27 May
- Battle of Palestro 30 May – French zouaves and Piedmontese defeat an Austrian army.
- Battle of Turbigo 3 June
- Battle of Magenta 4 June – French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat Austrian army under general Giulay. Liberation of Milano.
- Battle of Solferino 24 June – French army and Piedmontese army, under Louis-Napoléon, defeat an Austrian army under archiduc François-Joseph. Started the birth of the Red Cross. End of second war of Italian independence.
- Battle of Tlatempa 5 July
- Battle of Loma de las Ánimas 1 November
- Battle of Estancia de las Vacas 13 November
- 1860 –
- Battle of Loma Alta 24 January
- Battle of Antón Lizardo 6 March
- Battle of Calatafimi 15 May – Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops.
- Battle of Peñuelas 14 June
- Battle of Milazzo 25 June – Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops.
- Battle of Silao 10 August
- Battle of Castelfidardo 18 September – Italian victory over the Papal troops.
- Battle of the Volturnus 1 October – Sicilians are defeated by the Piedmontese
- Siege of Gaeta 5 November – 13 February 1861 – Francis II of the Two Sicilies is sieged by the Piedmontese.
- Battle of the Mimbres River 4 December
- Battle of Pease River 19 December
- Battle of Calpulapan 22 December
1861
- 1861 -
- Battle of Fort Sumter 12 April – P.G.T. Beauregard fires on Fort – first important battle of American Civil War
- Battle of Sewell's Point 18–19 May – Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery.
- Battle of Aquia Creek 29 May – 1 June – Confederate artillery hit by naval bombardment, later withdrawn.
- Battle of Philippi Races 3 June – Union troops under McClellan defeats rebels
- Battle of Big Bethel 10 June – Union attack on Confederate positions near a church repelled.
- Battle of Boonville 17 June – Union forces defeat pro-Confederate governor's Missouri State Guard.
- Battle of Hoke's Run 2 July – Robert Patterson defeats Confederate force but fails to capitalize on his victory.
- Battle of Carthage 5 July – Confederate victory in Missouri during the American Civil War.
- Battle of Rich Mountain 11 July – Confederate force split in half mid-battle; one half surrenders, the other escapes.
- Battle of Blackburn's Ford 18 July – Irvin McDowell defeated in recon-in-force against Confederate forces at Manassas.
- Battle of 1st Bull Run, or 1st Manassas 21 July – Union under McDowell lose to Confederates under J.E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Jackson anointed Stonewall
- Battle of Athens 5 August – Union victory in small skirmish in Northeast Missouri
- Battle of Wilson's Creek 10 August – Union forces lose
- Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes 26 August – Confederates surprise and defeat Union forces.
- Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries 28–29 August – Union forces capture two North Carolina forts.
- Battle of Dry Wood Creek 2 September – Union cavalry from Kansas defeated by Missouri State Guard.
- Battle of Carnifex Ferry 10 September – Confederates withdraw by night after several hours of fighting.
- Battle of Cheat Mountain 12–15 September – 300 Union troops withstand uncoordinated Confederate attacks.
- First Battle of Lexington 13–20 September – Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard.
- Battle of Liberty 17 September – Minor Missouri State Guard victory.
- Battle of Barbourville 19 September – Confederate victory over Union forces.
- Battle of Canada Alamosa 24–25 September
- Battle of Pinos Altos 27 September
- Battle of Greenbrier River 3 October – Confederates withdraw after inconclusive battle.
- Battle of Cockle Creek 5 October
- Battle of Santa Rosa Island 9 October – Union forces capture island.
- Battle of the Head of Passes 12 October
- Battle of Bolivar Heights 16 October – Union victory near Harpers Ferry
- Battle of Camp Wildcat 21 October – Union victory over Confederate forces.
- Battle of Leesburg 21 October – 1900 Union soldiers die
- Battle of Fredericktown 21 October – Missouri State Guard defeated.
- First Battle of Springfield 25 October – Union forces capture town.
- Battle of Belmont 7 November – Grant captures and destroys Confederate supplies near Cairo, Illinois
- Battle of Ivy Mountain 8 November – Union victory over Confederate forces.
- Battle of Round Mountain 19 November – Confederate forces defeat Opothleyahola near present-day Stillwater.
- Battle of Chusto-Talasah 9 December – Opothleyahola defeated near present-day Tulsa.
- Battle of Camp Alleghany 13 December – Confederates withstand Union attack.
- Battle of Rowlett's Station 17 December – An inconclusive battle fought in Kentucky.
- Battle of Dranesville 20 December – Union defeats Confederate forces under J.E.B. Stuart.
- Battle of Chustenahlah 26 December – Opothleyahola defeated, flees to Kansas.
- Battle of Mount Zion Church 28 December – Union victory in Northeastern Missouri.
1862
Cannons that were used and are located at the Battle of Malvern Hill
- 1862 -
- Battle of Cockpit Point 3 January – Inconclusive battle in Virginia during the Civil War.
- Battle of Hancock 5–6 January – Unsuccessful Confederate attack on Maryland town.
- Battle of Roan's Tan Yard 8 January – Confederates routed.
- Battle of Middle Creek 10 January – Union forces under James A. Garfield defeat Confederates under Humphrey Marshall.
- Battle of Lucas Bend 11 January
- Battle of Mill Springs 19 January – Union victory, Felix Zollicoffer killed.
- Battle of Fort Henry 6 February – Ulysses S. Grant and gunboats under Andrew Hull Foote take fort and gain control of Tennessee River
- Battle of Roanoke Island 7–8 February – Union forces under Ambrose E. Burnside capture island.
- Battle of Elizabeth City 10 February – Destruction of the Mosquito Fleet.
- Battle of Fort Donelson 11–16 February – Grant takes fort, accepts surrender of Confederate army, and gains control of Cumberland River
- Battle of Valverde 20–21 February – Union forces routed in New Mexico Territory.
- Battle of Pea Ridge 7 March – Missouri saved for Union
- Battle of Hampton Roads 9 March – Monitor defeats Merrimac
- Battle of New Bern 14 March – Union troops disembark from ships and capture town.
- First Battle of Kernstown 23 March – Union forces defeat Confederates under "Stonewall" Jackson.
- Battle of Glorieta 26–28 March – Union forces outmaneuver Confederates near Santa Fe.
- Battle of Shiloh 6–7 April – Ulysses S. Grant attacked by Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard, defeats them
- Battle of Island Number Ten 28 February – 8 April – Union victory by Pope
- Battle of Ft. Pulaski 10–11 April – Union takes fort
- Battle of Peralta 15 April – Union forces defeat the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers.
- Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip 18–28 April - Union victory for possession of New Orleans.
- Battle of South Mills 19 April – Confederates thwart attempt to destroy a canal.
- Battle of Fort Macon 23 March – 26 April – Confederate fort surrenders after Union artillery bombardment.
- Battle of New Orleans (25 April – 1 May) – Union forces capture city.
- Battle of Yorktown 5 April – 4 May – Union troops win skirmish near site of decisive Revolutionary War battle.
- Battle of Puebla 5 May – Cinco de Mayo – Mexicans defeat French
- Battle of Williamsburg – McClellan and Longstreet fight inconclusive battle.
- Battle of Eltham's Landing 7 May – Inconclusive battle in Virginia.
- Battle of McDowell 8–9 May – Stonewall Jackson's Confederates defeat Union forces.
- Battle of Drewry's Bluff 15 May – Union naval attack repelled by Confederate artillery.
- Battle of Princeton Court House 15–17 May - Confederate victory over Union forces.
- Battle of Whitney's Lane 19 May – Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted
- Battle of Front Royal 23 May – Stonewall Jackson forces Union retreat by threatening the rear of the Union force.
- First Battle of Winchester 25 May – Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel P. Banks.
- Battle of Hanover Courthouse 27 May – Union victory during the American Civil War.
- Siege of Corinth 29 April – 30 May – Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to Tupelo.
- Battle of Seven Pines 31 May – J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive
- Battle of Tranter's Creek 5 June – Confederate forces retreat after Colonel Singletary is killed.
- Battle of Memphis 6 June – Union forces capture the city.
- First Battle of Chattanooga 7–8 June – Union forces bombard the town.
- Battle of Cross Keys 8 June – John C. Frémont defeated by elements of Stonewall Jackson's force.
- Battle of Port Republic 9 June – Costly victory for Stonewall Jackson.
- Battle of Secessionville 16 June – Union fails to take town, Union commander later court-martialed for disobeying orders.
- Battle of Saint Charles 17 June – The USS Mound City is hit by Confederate shore gun and explodes.
- Battle of Simmon's Bluff 21 June - Minor bloodless victory by Union forces.
- Battle of Oak Grove 25 June – Indecisive battle between McClellan and Lee.
- Battle of Beaver Dam Creek 26 June – Robert E. Lee defeated.
- Battle of Gaines' Mill 27 June – Lee defeats McClellan.
- Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm 27–28 June – Indecisive battle between Lee and McClellan.
- Battle of Savage's Station 29 June – Union forces withdraw
- Battle of White Oak Swamp 30 June – Indecisive artillery duel during the American Civil War.
- Battle of Glendale 30 June – McClellan retreats from Lee's Confederates.
- Battle of Tampa 30 June – 1 July – Union gunboat attacks, but later withdraws.
- Battle of Malvern Hill 1 July – McClellan defeats Lee but withdraws after battle.
- Battle of Locust Grove 3 July
- Battle of Hill's Plantation 7 July – Union victory in Arkansas.
- Battle of Cotton Plant 7 July
- First Battle of Murfreesboro 13 July – Confederate victory during the American Civil War.
- Battle of Apache Pass 15–16 July
- Battle of Moore's Mill 28 July
- Battle of Baton Rouge 5 August
- Battle of Kirksville 6–9 August – Union forces capture town.
- Battle of Cedar Mountain 9 August – Union forces repelled by Confederate counter-attack.
- First Battle of Donaldsonville 9 August - Minor bloodless victory by Union forces.
- First Battle of Independence 11 August – Confederate victory near Kansas City.
- Battle of Lone Jack 15–16 August – Confederate victory, Union commander killed. Confederates forced to withdraw after battle.
- Battle of Redwood Ferry 18 August
- Battle of Fort Ridgely 21–22 August – Failed Santee Sioux attack on Union controlled fort.
- First Battle of Rappahannock Station 22–25 August – Union supplies destroyed during skirmish.
- Battle of Bull Run Bridge – Confederates capture and destroy Manassas Station.
- Battle of Thoroughfare Gap 28 August – Longstreet defeats small union force.
- Battle of Aspromonte 29 August – Italian royal forces defeat rebels
- Battle of 2nd Bull Run, or Second Manassas 30 August – Jackson, Lee, and Longstreet destroys Pope's Army of Northern Virginia
- Battle of Richmond (Kentucky) 30 August – Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union army under Gen. William Nelson
- Battle of Chantilly 1 September – Union forces escape from nearly being cut off, Philip Kearny is killed.
- Battle of Mile Hill 2 September – Confederates clear Leesburg of Federal forces.
- Battle of Harpers Ferry 12–15 September – Stonewall Jackson captures Union garrison.
- Battle of South Mountain 14 September – McClellan defeats Lee.
- Battle of Munfordville 14–17 September – Union force surrenders.
- Battle of Antietam 17 September – McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war
- Battle of Iuka 19 September – Grant is victorious near Mississippi town.
- Battle of Shepherdstown 19–20 September – Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades.
- Battle of Wood Lake 23 September – United States victory over the Lakota during the Dakota War of 1862.
- First Battle of Sabine Pass 24–25 September – Minor bloodless victory by Union forces.
- Battle of Augusta (1862) 27 September
- First Battle of Newtonia 30 September – Union forces panic under bombardment from Confederate artillery.
- Battle of St. John's Bluff 1–3 October - Bloodless victory by Union forces near present-day Jacksonville, Florida.
- Second Battle of Corinth 3–4 October – Confederate attack fails.
- Battle of Galveston Harbor or First Battle of Galveston 4 October – Bloodless Union victory.
- Battle of Hatchie's Bridge 5 October – Confederate force under Earl Van Dorn escapes across river.
- Battle of Perryville 8 October – Buell v. Bragg, indecisive
- Battle of Old Fort Wayne 22 October – Union victory in Indian Territory now present day Oklahoma.
- Battle of Georgia Landing 27 October – Union victory in Louisiana.
- Battle of Clark's Mill 7 November – Union force surrenders to larger Confederate force.
- Battle of Cane Hill 28 November – Small Confederate force delays Union while larger force escapes.
- Battle of Prairie Grove 7 December – Union secures NW Arkansas
- Battle of Hartsville 7 December – Disguised in Union uniforms, Confederates infiltrate and defeat Union forces.
- Battle of Fredericksburg 13 December – Lee routs Burnside
- Battle of Kinston 14 December – Union forces under John G. Foster defeat Confederates under Nathan Evans.
- Battle of White Hall 16 December – Foster fights indecisive battle with Beverly Robertson
- Battle of Goldsboro Bridge 17 December – Foster defeats Confederates and destroys the bridge.
- Battle of Jackson, Tennessee 19 December – Confederate feint to distract Union forces.
- Battle of Chickasaw Bayou 26–29 December – Union attack on Confederate right flank thwarted.
- Battle of Parker's Cross Roads 31 December – Confederates repel Union double-pronged assault.
1863
- 1863 -
- Battle of Murfreesboro or Stones River 31 December 1862 – 2 January 1863 – Forces fight to draw
- Second Battle of Springfield 8 January – Confederates enter town, but are unable to take nearby fort.
- Battle of Arkansas Post 9 January – Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River
- Battle of Hartville 9–11 January – Confederates are victorious, but unable to continue raid.
- Battle of Ciołków - 22 January - first skirmish of January Uprising
- Battle of Szydłowiec - 22-23 January - Polish insurgents raid Szydłowiec
- Battle of Lubartów - 22-23 January - Failed Polish attack on Lubartów
- Bear River Massacre 29 January – Shoshone forces massacred by Union troops.
- Battle of Deserted House 30 January
- Battle of Dover 3 February – Failed Confederate attack on town.
- Battle of Węgrów - 3 February - Russians recapture town taken by Poles
- Battle of Rawa - 4 February - Poles defeat Russians
- Battle of Sosnowiec - 6-7 February - Polish victory
- Battle of Siemiatycze - 6-7 February - Russians defeat Polish insurgents
- Battle of Słupcza - 8 February - Failed Polish attack
- Battle of Miechów - 17 February - Russians foil a Polish attack
- Battle of Staszów 17 February – Indecisive battle between Poland and Russia as part of January Uprising
- Battle of Krzywosądz - 19 February - Russians defeat poles
- First Battle of Nowa Wieś - 21 February - Ludwik Mierosławski resigns as leader of January Uprising
- Battle of Dobra - 24 February - Poles get ambushed
- Battle of Małogoszcz 24 February – Polish forced to retreat.
- Battle of Mrzygłód - 1 March - Poles defeat Russians
- Battle of Pieskowa Skała - 4 March - Polish victory
- Battle of Skała - 5 March - Poles defeat Russians
- Battle of Thompson's Station 5 March – Confederate victory in Tennessee.
- Battle of Fort Anderson 13–15 March – Daniel H. Hill leads unsuccessful Confederate attack on New Bern.
- Battle of Chroberz - 17 March - Pyrrhic Polish victory
- Battle of Kelly's Ford 17 March – Indecisive cavalry battle during the American Civil War.
- Battle of Grochowiska - 18 March - One of the bloodiest battles of the January Uprising
- Battle of Vaught's Hill 20 March – Union forces withstand attack by John Hunt Morgan's Confederates.
- Battle of Igołomia - 21 March - Poles attack and then escape
- Battle of Krasnobród - Russians defeat Poles
- Battle of Brentwood 25 March – Union force surrenders.
- Battle of Washington 30 March – 19 April – Hill unable to take North Carolina town from Union forces.
- First Battle of Franklin 10 April – Confederates withdraw after rearguard defeat.
- Battle of Suffolk (11 April – 4 May) Twin indecisive battles at Norfleet House and Hill's Point fought over town.
- Battle of Praszka - 11 April - Poles surprise and ambush Russians
- Battle of Buda Zaborowska - 14 April - Russians attack Poles
- Battle of Borowe Młyny - 16 April - Unknown victor
- Grierson's Raid 17 April – Deep Union cavalry raid toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serves as a diversion of Confederate forces during Grant's VIcksburg campaign.
- Battle of Genėtiniai - Lithuanians defeat Russians
- Battle of Newton's Station 24 April
- Battle of Cape Girardeau 26 April – Confederate attack fails.
- Second Battle of Nowa Wieś - Poles under a Frenchman defeat Russians
- Battle of Grand Gulf 29 April – Unsuccessful naval attack by Grant's forces.
- Battle of Snyder's Bluff 29 April – 1 May – Union feint during Vicksburg Campaign.
- Battle of Pyzdry - 29 April - major Polish victory
- Battle of Day's Gap 30 April – Union victory during a raid in Alabama.
- Battle of Camarón 30 April – Regarding by the French Foreign Legion as a defining moment in its history.
- Battle of Port Gibson 1 May – In Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats Confederates
- Battle of Chalk Bluff 1–2 May – Confederates win but can't continue raid.
- Battle of Chancellorsville 2 May – Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed
- Second Battle of Fredericksburg 3 May – Union forces under John Sedgwick defeat Confederate forces left to guard the town by Lee.
- Battle of Salem Church 3–4 May – Lee defeats Sedgwick.
- Battle of Stok - 4-5 May - one of the biggest Polish victories
- Battle of Krzykawka - 5 May - Russians defeat Italians and Poles.
- Battle of Kobylanka - 6 May - Poles clash with Russians
- Battle of Biržai - 7-9 May - Lithuanian insurrection defeated
- First Battle of Ignacewo - 8 May - Russians defeat and massacre Poles.
- Battle of Huta Krzeszowska - 11 May - Russian victory
- Battle of Raymond 12 May – Failed Confederate attempt to protect Vicksburg from approaching Federals.
- Battle of Jackson (MS) 14 May – Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston
- Battle of Champion's Hill 16 May – Grant defeats Confederates
- Battle of Miropol - 16-17 May - Russian victory
- Battle of Horki - 17-25 May - Russian victory
- Battle of Big Black River Bridge 17 May – Confederate forces trapped in Vicksburg.
- Battle of Plains Store 21 May – Union victory near Baton Rouge.
- Battle of Salicha - 26 May - pivotal battle in January Uprising
- First Battle of Chruślina - 30 May - Pyrrhic victory for Russians
- Battle of Nagoszewo - 2-3 June - Russian victory
- Battle of Milliken's Bend 7 June – Confederates unable to break Siege of Vicksburg.
- Battle of Brandy Station 9 June – Pleasonton surprises Jeb Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps near Brandy Station
- Second Battle of Winchester 13–15 June – Confederate victory paves way for Lee's invasion.
- Battle of Lututów - 15 June - Polish attack on Lututów fails
- Battle of Aldie 17 June – Indecisive battle during Robert E. Lee's march north.
- Battle of Middleburg 17–19 June – J.E.B. Stuart retreats from engagement with Union cavalry.
- Battle of Komorów - 20 June - Russian victory
- Battle of LaFourche Crossing 20–21 June
- Battle of Upperville 21 June – Indecisive cavalry battle during Lee's invasion.
- Battle of Hoover's Gap 24–26 June – Union victory prevents Confederates in Tennessee from coming to the aid of Vicksburg.
- Battle of Goodrich's Landing 29–30 June – Confederates drive Union Black Regiments off of several plantations.
- Battle of Hanover 30 June – J.E.B. Stuart forced to change his route, delaying his efforts to unite with Lee's force outside Gettysburg.
- Battle of Gettysburg 1–3 July – Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's Charge fails, ends second invasion of North
- Battle of Vicksburg 4 July – siege from 22 May ends, Grant accepts surrender of second Confederate army
- Battle of Helena 4 July – Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union
- Battle of Boonsboro 8 July – indecisive action at rearguard of Lee's retreat.
- Siege of Port Hudson 21 May – 9 July – last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi surrenders.
- Battle of Corydon 9 July – Confederate raid results in civilian casualties, including a Lutheran minister.
- Battle of Ossa - 10 July - Polish victory
- First Assault on Morris Island 11 July – First of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner.
- Battle of Williamsport 6–16 July – Meade and Lee fight indecisive battle.
- Battle of Kock's Plantation 12–13 July
- Battle of Honey Springs 17 July – In Indian Territory, two largely Black and Native American forces meet. Union victory.
- Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island 18 July – second of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner fails, heroism of the 54th Massachusetts.
- Battle of Buffington Island 19 July
- Battle of Manassas Gap 23 July – Indecisive battle by day, Confederates withdraw by night.
- Battle of Big Mound 24–25 July – Union forces defeat Santee and Teton Sioux forces.
- Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake 26 July – Sibley defeats Sioux forces.
- Battle of Salineville 26 July – Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan surrenders in Ohio: the northernmost Battle of the American Civil War.
- Battle of Stony Lake 28 July – Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit.
- Second Battle of Chruślina - 4 August - Polish victory
- Battle of Depułtycze - 5 August - Polish victory
- Battle of Żyrzyn - 8 August - Polish victory
- Second Battle of Fort Sumter 17 August – 9 September – Union attempt to retake fort fails even after massive bombardment and naval attack.
- Second Battle of Chattanooga 21 August – 8 September – Union captures town.
- Battle of Złoczew - 22 August - Russian victory, Poles withdraw
- Battle of Lawrence 23 August – Quantrill's Raiders pillage the city.
- Battle of Fajsławice - 24 August - Decisive Polish defeat
- Battle of Sędziejowice - 26 August - Polish victory
- Battle of Devil's Backbone 1 September – Union victory after heavy fighting.
- Battle of Panasówka - 3 September - Polish victory
- Battle of Whitestone Hill 3–5 September – Union forces defeat several Native American tribes including Sioux and Blackfeet.
- Battle of Sowia Góra - 6 September - Russians defeat Poles and Hungarians
- Second Battle of Sabine Pass 8 September – Confederate forces place stakes in river to help aim their guns at Union ships, Confederate victory.
- Battle of Bayou Fourche 10 September – Union victory allows for capture of Little Rock.
- Battle of Davis' Cross Roads 10–11 September – Union forces establish defensive positions prior to Chickamauga.
- Battle of Chickamauga 19 September – Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga"
- Battle of Blountville 22 September – Union forces capture town.
- Battle of Stirling's Plantation 29 September
- Battle of Mełchów - 30 September - Polish and Hungarian forces defeat Russians
- Battle of Baxter Springs 6 October – Quantrill's Raiders massacre Union Black Troops during the American Civil War.
- Battle of Blue Springs 10 October – Confederate forces overrun.
- First Battle of Auburn 13 October – J.E.B. Stuart escapes by hiding in a ravine.
- Second Battle of Auburn 14 October – Confederates attack Union rearguard, indecisive.
- Battle of Bristoe Station 14 October – Meade defeats elements of Lee's forces, but Confederates destroy railroad during retreat.
- Battle of Charlestown 18 October
- Battle of Buckland Mills 19 October – Union cavalry caught in ambush, defeated.
- Battle of Rybnica - 20 October - Poles defeat Cossacks
- Battle of Pine Bluff 25 October – Confederate attack fails.
- Battle of Wauhatchie 28–29 October – Longstreet defeated by Union forces.
- Battle of Collierville 3 November – Abortive Confederate attack on the town.
- Battle of Droop Mountain 6 November
- Second Battle of Rappahannock Station 7 November – Union forces surge across river, forcing Lee to retreat.
- Battle of Campbell's Station 16 November – Confederate double-envelopment attempt fails.
- Battle of Mustang Island 17 November
- Battle of Rangiriri, 20–21 November - New Zealand Wars
- Third Battle of Chattanooga 23–25 November – Grant defeats Braxton Bragg and relieves Union forces besieged in Chattanooga
- First Battle of Opatów - 25 November - Poles capture town
- Battle of Ringgold Gap 27 November – Confederates under Patrick Cleburne defeat Union forces under Joseph Hooker.
- Battle of Fort Sanders 29 November – Longstreet unable to take fort due to poor quality gunpowder.
- Battle of Mine Run 27 November – 2 December – Meade bombards Lee's Confederates but then withdraws.
- Battle of Bean's Station 14 December – Union forces withdraw a short distance.
- Battle of Mossy Creek 29 December – Confederate cavalry forced back.
1864
- 1864 -
- Battle of Pecos River 4 January
- Battle of Loudoun Heights 10 January
- Battle of Canyon de Chelly 12–14 January
- Battle of Dandridge 17 January – Union forces withdraw
- Battle of Iłża - Polish victory
- Battle of Athens 26 January – Union victory in Northern Alabama.
- Battle of Fair Garden 27 January – Union Pyrrhic victory.
- Battle of Sankelmark 6 February
- Battle of Morton's Ford 6–7 February – Diversionary Union attack.
- Battle of Middle Boggy Depot 13 February
- Battle of Meridian 14 February – Sherman occupies town
- Battle of Olustee 20 February – Union can't take Florida
- Second Battle of Opatów - 21 February - end of January Uprising
- Battle of Walkerton 2 March
- Battle of Jasmund 17 March
- Battle of Laredo 18 March
- Battle of Paducah 25 March – Confederate raid by Forrest successful.
- Battle of Elkin's Ferry 3–4 April – Confederates unable to prevent Union river crossing.
- Battle of Mount Gray 7 April
- Battle of Mansfield 8 April – Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by rebels
- Battle of Pleasant Hill 9 April – Confederate attack fails.
- Battle of Prairie D'Ane 9–13 April – Frederick Steele defeats Sterling Price.
- Battle of Fort Pillow 12 April – N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers
- Battle of Poison Spring 18 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred
- Battle of Dybbøl 18 April – Key defeat for Denmark in the Second War of Schleswig
- Battle of Monett's Ferry 23 April – Confederate forces driven back.
- Battle of Marks' Mills 25 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
- Battle of Jenkins' Ferry 30 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas
- Battle of the Wilderness 5 May – Grant and Lee meet inconclusively
- Battle of Albemarle Sound 5 May – Indecisive naval battle during the American Civil War.
- Battle of Port Walthall Junction 6–7 May – Union forces destroy railroad
- Battle of Heligoland 9 May – Danish sea victory over Austria. Last significant battle involving wooden ships on both sides.
- Battle of Cloyd's Mountain 9 May – Union victory, Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins killed.
- Battle of Swift Creek 9 May – Union forces damage railroad, but are stopped by Confederate forces.
- Battle of Cove Mountain 10 May – Union victory after brief battle.
- Battle of Chester Station 10 May – Union forces under Benjamin Butler pushed back.
- Battle of Yellow Tavern 11 May – Union forces win cavalry battle, J.E.B. Stuart is killed.
- Battle of Rocky Face Ridge 8–13 May Indecisive battle near Atlanta.
- Battle of Resaca 13 May – Sherman defeats Johnston
- Battle of New Market 15 May – Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz Sigel from advance up Shenandoah Valley
- Battle of Proctor's Creek 12–16 May – Beauregard defeats Butler.
- Battle of Adairsville 17 May – Failed Confederate attempt to destroy part of the Union force approaching Atlanta.
- Battle of Yellow Bayou 18 May - Final battle of the Red River Campaign in Louisiana, Union forces successfully cross the Atchafalaya River
- Battle of Ware Bottom Church 20 May – Beauregard boxes Butler in.
- Battle of Spotsylvania Court House 8–21 May – Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer"
- Battle of Wilson's Wharf 24 May – Confederates under Fitzhugh Lee defeated by two Union black regiments.
- Battle of North Anna 23–26 May – Lee outmaneuvers Grant, but because of illness, he is unable to capitalize.
- Battle of New Hope Church 25–26 May – Hooker's forces defeated.
- Battle of Pickett's Mill 27 May – Unsuccessful attack by Sherman on Johnston.
- Battle of Haw's Shop 28 May – Union advance halted.
- Battle of Dallas (Georgia) 28 May – Confederate withdrawal in Georgia.
- Battle of Totopotomoy Creek 28–30 May – Union forces pushed back.
- Battle of Old Church 30 May – Union forces drive Confederates back to Cold Harbor.
- Battle of Cold Harbor 31 May – 12 June – Lee repulses Grant, Confederate general says "This is not war, this is murder".
- Battle of Piedmont 5 June – Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley
- First Battle of Petersburg 9 June – Beauregard defeats Butler.
- Battle of Brices Crossroads 10 June – N.B. Forrest routs Union force almost three times as large
- Battle of Trevilian Station 11–12 June – Confederate victory, George Armstrong Custer nearly surrounded and has to be rescued by Sheridan.
- Second Battle of Petersburg 15 June – 18 July – Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond.
- Battle of Lynchburg 17 June
- Sinking of CSS Alabama 19 June – USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
- Battle of Kolb's Farm 22 June – Confederate attack fails due to poor terrain conditions.
- Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road 21–24 June – Union siege lines extended for Siege of Petersburg.
- Battle of Saint Mary's Church 24 June – Union forces fight a successful delaying action.
- Battle of Kennesaw Mountain 27 June – Johnston repulses Sherman
- Battle of Als 29 June – Final battle of the Second War of Schleswig, Prussian victory over Denmark.
- Battle of Marietta 9 June – 3 July – Sherman defeats Johnston
- Battle of Monocacy Junction 9 July – Union General Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC
- Battle of Fort Stevens 11–12 July – Failed confederate attempt to capture Washington, D.C., President Lincoln, observing the battle, comes under Confederate fire.
- Battle of Tupelo 14–15 July – Union victory, Nathan Bedford Forrest wounded.
- Battle of Cool Spring 17–18 July
- Battle of Rutherford's Farm 20 July – Confederates under Jubal Early caught by surprise and defeated.
- Battle of Peachtree Creek 20 July – Confederate attack fails
- Battle of Atlanta 22 July – Sherman turns back Hood
- Second Battle of Kernstown 24 July – Jubal Early defeats Union forces.
- Battle of Killdeer Mountain 26 July – Union forces defeat Sioux.
- Battle of Ezra Church 28 July – Confederates fail to gain element of surprise, finding entrenched Union forces. Union victory.
- Battle of the Crater 30 July – Lee defeats Burnside
- Battle of Folck's Mill 1 August – Indecisive battle during the American Civil War.
- Battle of Utoy Creek 5–7 August – Indecisive battle on Union right flank near Atlanta.
- Second Battle of Dalton 14–15 August – Union forces withstand attack until relieved.
- Battle of Gainesville 17 August
- Battle of Globe Tavern 18–21 August – Confederate forces lose control of railroads at Petersburg.
- Battle of Lovejoy's Station 20 August – Confederates repel Union raiders attacking the station.
- Second Battle of Memphis 21 August – Partially successful Confederate raid.
- Battle of Mobile Bay 23 August – David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead"
- Second Battle of Ream's Station 25 August – Union lines overrun by Confederates.
- Battle of Jonesborough 31 August – 1 September – William J. Hardee's Confederates defeated, resulting in Atlanta's fall.
- Battle of Shimonoseki 5 September – 6 – Engagements since July 1863 pits U.S. and European allies against rebellious Japanese warlord
- Third Battle of Winchester 19 September – Sheridan defeats Early, several officers killed or wounded on both sides.
- Battle of Fisher's Hill 21–22 September – Successful Union frontal assault.
- Battle of Fort Davidson 27 September – Union forces detonate their own fort after losing to Confederates.
- Battle of Marianna 27 September
- Battle of Chaffin's Farm 29–30 September – Union forces victorious, but fail to capture several forts.
- Battle of Peebles' Farm 30 September – 2 October – Union victory near Petersburg.
- Battle of Saltville 1–3 October – Confederates defeat Union Black Cavalry, war crimes committed against captured blacks.
- Battle of Allatoona 5 October – Union fortifications hold.
- Battle of Darbytown Road 7 October – Confederate attack repelled near Richmond.
- Battle of Tom's Brook 9 October – Union cavalry defeats Confederates.
- Capture of Sedalia 15 October – Confederate cavalry defeats Union militia
- Battle of Glasgow, Missouri 15 October – Union forces surrender.
- Second Battle of Lexington 19 October – Union forces driven out of town.
- Battle of Cedar Creek 19 October – Sheridan defeats Early, drives rebels from Shenandoah Valley
- Battle of Little Blue River 21 October – Confederate victory in Missouri.
- Second Battle of Independence 22 October – Union forces occupy town.
- Battle of Byram's Ford 22–23 October – Confederates under Marmaduke defeated.
- Battle of Westport 23 October – Union forces win decisive battle to take control of Missouri.
- Battle of Marais des Cygnes 25 October – Price's Confederates pursued into Kansas.
- Battle of Mine Creek 25 October – Price's army crushed, flees back into Missouri.
- Battle of Marmiton River 25 October – Price escapes Union pursuit.
- Battle of Decatur 26–29 October – Confederates unable to cross river.
- Battle of Boydton Plank Road 27–28 October – Union forces take control of road, but withdraw after battle.
- Second Battle of Newtonia 28 October – James G. Blunt defeats Joseph O. Shelby.
- Battle of Johnsonville 4–5 November – Confederates bombard Union forces during the night after a fire starts near union positions.
- Battle of Bull's Gap 11–13 November – Minor Confederate victory during the American Civil War.
- Sherman's March to the Sea 16 November – Sherman lays waste to South
- Battle of Columbia 24 November – Confederates divert attention
- First Battle of Adobe Walls 25 November – Kit Carson fights Kiowa forces to a draw, but manages to destroy their settlement.
- Battle of Spring Hill 29 November – Confederate mistakes allow Federal forces to redeploy, leading to the Battle of Franklin.
- Battle of Sand Creek – U.S. forces massacre Cheyenne and Arapaho.
- Battle of Franklin 30 November – Hood attacks Thomas but loses
- Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia 4 December – Kilpatrick stops Wheeler from attacking Sherman.
- Third Battle of Murfreesboro 5–7 December – Confederate raid mostly unsuccessful.
- First Battle of Fort Fisher 7–27 December – Failed Union attempt to take fort.
- Battle of Nashville 15–16 December – Confederate Army in Tennessee overwhelmed.
- Battle of Altamaha Bridge 19 December
1865
- 1865 -
- Battle of Julesburg 7 January
- Battle of Dove Creek 8 January
- Second Battle of Fort Fisher 15 January – Union takes fort
- Battle of Trent's Reach 23–25 January
- Battle of Rivers' Bridge 3 February – Union forces capture river crossing.
- Battle of Hatcher's Run 5 February – Union force launch unexpected attack.
- Battle of Rush Creek 8–9 February
- Battle of Fort Buchanan 17 February
- Battle of Fort Myers 20 February
- Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina) 22 February – Last rebel port falls
- Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia 2 March – Jubal Anderson Early's army destroyed
- Battle of Natural Bridge 6 March – Confederate victory in Florida prevents the capture of Tallahassee.
- Battle of Wyse Fork 7–10 March – Confederate attacks repelled by Union artillery.
- Battle of Mud Lake 14 March
- Battle of Averasborough 16 March – Union and Confederate forces attack one another in turn, both attacks fail.
- Battle of Bentonville 19–21 March – Sherman defeats Confederates
- Wilson's Raid 22 March – 20 April – Union cavalry operate through Alabama and Georgia in the final stages of the Civil War, opposed by Nathan Bedford Forest.
- Battle of Fort Steadman 25 March – Lee breaks siege
- Battle of Lewis's Farm 29 March – Union forces capture Confederate earthworks.
- Battle of White Oak Road 31 March – Confederate forces under Richard H. Anderson defeated.
- Battle of Dinwiddie Court House 31 March – Pickett defeats Sheridan.
- Battle of Five Forks 1 April – Sheridan routs Confederates in last important battle of the American Civil War.
- Battle of Selma 2 April – Wilson defeats Forrest.
- Third Battle of Petersburg 2 April – Grant defeats Lee.
- Battle of Sutherland's Station 2 April – Lee's supply lines are cut.
- Battle of Namozine Church 3 April – Several Confederates captured, Custer's brother earns Medal of Honor.
- Battle of Sayler's Creek 6 April – Union victory, Lee realizes his army will not last long.
- Battle of High Bridge 6–7 April – Union forces thwart Lee's attempts to burn bridges and to resupply, Grant proposes that Lee surrender, but he refuses.
- Battle of Cumberland Church 7 April – Union forces attack Confederate rearguard, but darkness cuts the attack short.
- Battle of Spanish Fort 27 March – 8 April – Union forces capture fort just east of Mobile.
- Battle of Appomattox Station 8 April – Union forces thwart Lee's final attempt to resupply.
- Battle of Fort Blakely 2–9 April – Union forces capture fort outside of Mobile.
- Battle of Appomattox Courthouse 9 April – Lee's forces surrounded. He subsequently surrenders.
- Battle of Tacámbaro 11 April
- Battle of Morrisville 13–15 April – Last cavalry battle of the American Civil War.
- Battle of West Point 16 April – Union victory during final phase of American Civil War.
- Battle of Columbus 16 April – Union victory in (what is considered) the final battle of the Civil war.
- Battle of Palmito Ranch 12–13 May – Confederate victory in Texas during final phases of the American Civil War.
- Battle of Riachuelo 11 June – Brazil defeats Paraguay
- Battle of la Loma 16 July
- Battle of Platte Bridge 26 July
- Battle of Paso de Cuevas 12 August
- Battle of Bone Pile Creek 13–15 August
- Battle of Jataí or Yataí 17 August – The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) attacks a Paraguayan column of troops in the Paraguayan War
- Battle of the Tongue River 29 August – U.S. forces led by Patrick E. Connor defeat Arapaho forces.
- Battle of Papudo 26 November – Peru and Chile defeat Spain in a naval battle.
1866–1900
- 1866 –
- Battle of Abtao 7 February – Indecisive battle between combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet and Spanish fleet.
- Battle of Callao 2 May – Spain defeats Peruvian forces.
- Battle of Tuyutí or Tuyuty 24 May – The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) is attacked by Paraguayan Army in the swamp fields of Tuyuty (Paraguay). Almost 60,000 took part in the fight. 16,000 casualties (8,000 allied; 12,000 Paraguayans). Paraguayan War
- Battle of Ridgeway 2 June – Fenian Brotherhood defeats Canadians.
- Battle of Fort Erie 2 June – Canadian force overwhelmed by main Fenian army.
- Battle of Custoza (1866) 24 June
- Battle of Langensalza 27 June – Hanoverian Army under King George V defeated by Prussians under General Flies Austro-Prussian War
- Battle of Burkersdorf 28 June
- Battle of Skalitz 28 June
- Battle of Königgrätz – (Sadowa) Prussia, led by General Helmuth von Moltke, defeats Austria in Austro-Prussian War, resulting in Prussia taking over as prominent German nation from Austria
- Battle of Custoza – During Austro-Prussian War
- Battle of Lissa 20 July – Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads.
- Battle of Bezzecca 21 July – Garibaldi defeats Austrians.
- Battle of Tauberbischofsheim 24 July
- Battle of Curuzú 1–3 September
- Battle of Curupaity 22 September – Argentine and Brazilian forces of 20,000 men attack Paraguayan trenches on Curupaity. Paraguayan War.
- Battle of Miahuatlán 3 October
- Battle of La Carbonera 18 October
- Battle of Owyhee River 26 December
- 1867 –
- Battle of Steen's Mountain 29 January
- Battle of Kansala - 13 – 27 May. Forces of the Kaabu Empire fight those of The Imamate of Futa Jallon. Kaabu Defenders blow up Kansala once defeat is clear, taking many attackers with it.
- Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune 18 July – the Serer people defeated the Muslim jihadists of Senegambia (present-day Senegal and the Gambia).
- Battle of Infernal Caverns 26–28 September
- Battle of Potrero Obella 28 October
- 1868 –
- Pasoemah Expedition – Expedition of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army to the Pasoemah (also Pasumah) region in South Sumatra. The expedition lasted from 1864 to 1868
- Battle of Awa 28 January
- Battle of Hokuetsu 29 March
- Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma 29 March
- Battle of Magdala 9–13 April – Sir Robert Napier defeats the army of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia and captures Magdala by assault. Tewodros commits suicide.
- Battle of Utsunomiya Castle 10–14 May
- Battle of Ueno 4 July
- Battle of Piribebuy 12 August
- Battle of Beecher Island 17–19 September
- Battle of Bonari Pass 6 October
- Battle of Noheji 7 November
- Battle of Washita River 27 November – George Armstrong Custer defeats Black Kettle.
- Battle of Itororó 6 December – First battle of a series fought the month of December between the Brazilian Army and the Paraguayan one. Around 13,000 Brazilians attack a fortified position on a river bridge, defended by 5,000 Paraguayans. Paraguayan War
- Battle of Avahy or Avaí 11 December – 17,000 Allied troops, mainly Brazilians, attack 4,000 Paraguayans. Paraguayan War
- Battle of Lomas Valentinas 21–27 December – Fought in two days between The Triple Alliance Army (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) against Paraguayan forces (19,500 allies on the first day; 25,000 on the second/ 6,500 Paraguayans). The end of the Paraguayan Army by death or captured. Paraguayan War
- 1870
- Battle of Cerro Corá 1 March
- Battle of Eccles Hill 25 May – Canadians defeat Fenian Brotherhood.
- Battle of Wissembourg 4 August – German victory during Franco-Prussian War.
- Battle of Spicheren 6 August – Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz leads Prussians to victory over the French.
- Battle of Woerth 6 August – German Crown Prince defeats French forces.
- Battle of Mars-La-Tour 16 August – German strategic victory against French.
- Battle of Gravelotte 18 August – German victory against French.
- Battle of Sedan 1 September – Mac-Mahon's French lose to Germans, paving the way to the founding of the German Empire
- Siege of Strasbourg ended 28 September – Germans capture city.
- Battle of Le Bourget 27–30 September – Albert, King of Saxony defeats French forces.
- Battle of Chevilly 30 September – French attack on Prussian forces repulsed.
- Siege of Metz 19 August – 27 October – François Achille Bazaine forced to surrender.
- Battle of Coulmiers (November 1870) – French army, under general Aurelles de Paladines, defeat a Bavarian army. Liberation of the city of Orléans.
- Battle of Villiers 29 November – 3 December – Germans defeat French.
- 1871
- Battle of the Lisaine 15–17 January – French efforts to lift the Siege of Belfort fail.
- Battle of St. Quentin 19 January – Prussians defeat French.
- Battle of Buzenval 20 January – German Crown Prince defeats the French.
- Siege of Belfort ended 18 February – German victory during Franco-Prussian War.
- Battle of Adwa fought between Emperor Tekle Giyorgis II and Kassa Mercha. Kassa Mercha decisively defeats an army of some 60,000 under Tekle Giyorgis with 12,000 of his own troops, securing his path to become Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1873 –
- First Battle of the Stronghold 17 January
- First Aceh Expedition 26 March – 25 April – Part of the Aceh War. An expedition under Major General Johan Harmen Rudolf Köhler. The intention of the Dutch was to attack and take the Sultan's palace.
- Battle of Turret Peak 27 March
- Battle of Honsinger Bluff 4 August
- Battle of Pease Bottom 11 August
- 1874 –
- Second Battle of Adobe Walls 27 June – 28 hunters hold off 300 Comanche warriors.
- Battle of Palo Duro Canyon 28 September – Comanche, Cheyenne, and Kiowa defeated by United States forces.
- Battle of Sunset Pass 1 November
- 1875 -
- Battle of Gondet 14–16 November. A large force under Yohannes IV decisively defeat a much smaller force of Egyptians under the commanders Arakil Bey, Colonel Ahrendrup, and Count Zichy, brother of the contemporary ambassador to Constantinople. This was one of the earlier battles in which Shalaka Alula would distinguish himself fighting for the Ethiopians.
- 1876 –
- Battle of Gura 7–9 March – Emperor of Ethiopia Yohannes IV decisively defeats an Egyptian punitive attack.
- Battle of Powder River 17 March
- Battle of Prairie Dog Creek 9 June
- Battle of the Rosebud 17 June – Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe warriors under Crazy Horse, check U.S. forces under George Crook, forcing him to retreat into Wyoming, preventing him from uniting with Custer.
- Battle of Little Big Horn 25 June – Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse of Sioux defeat Custer in Montana.
- Battle of Vučji Do 18 July – The Montenegrin-Herzegovinian forces heavily defeated the Ottomans, and managed to capture two of their commanders.
- Battle of Šumatovac in August – The outnumbered Serbian army, led by colonel Kosta Protić, won a tactical victory in this defensive battle against the Ottoman forces in Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–1877)
- Battle of Fundina 2 August – Montenegro defeated much bigger Ottoman army near the village of Kuči.
- Battle of Cedar Creek 21 October
- Dull Knife Fight 25 November – U.S. and Pawnee forces surprise and destroy the village of the last free Cheyennes, forcing them to seek shelter with Crazy Horse's people..
- 1877
- Battle of Slim Buttes 8 January – 2000 U.S. Cavalry and infantry forces destroy a small village under Oglala chief American horse, then repulse a relief attack of 500-600 Lakota under Crazy Horse.
- Battle of Tabaruzaka 3–20 March
- Battle of Yellow House Canyon 18 March
- Battle of Little Muddy Creek 7–8 May
- Battle of Kizil-Tepe 25 June – Ottoman victory during the Russo-Turkish War.
- Battle of Cottonwood 3–5 July
- Battle of the Clearwater 10 July – Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce defeated by Oliver Otis Howard of the United States.
- Battle of Nikopol 16 July – Russian forces capture city.
- First Battle of Shipka Pass 17–19 July – Joseph Gourko seizes pass from Suleiman Pasha.
- Battle of the Big Hole 9 August – Minor U.S. victory over the Nez Perce, John Gibbon wounded.
- Battle of Camas Creek 20 August
- Second Battle of Shipka Pass 21–26 August – Ottomans unable to retake pass.
- Battle of Lovcha 1–3 September – Mikhail Skobelev defeats Osman Pasha in Bulgaria.
- Battle of Canyon Creek 13 September
- Third Battle of Shipka Pass 13–17 September – Suleiman Pasha fails in a second Ottoman attempt to retake the pass.
- Battle of Shiroyama 24 September
- Battle of Bear Paw 30 September – 5 October – American victory forces Chief Joseph to surrender.
- Battle of Gorni-Dubnik 24 October – Gourko captures fortress.
- Battle of Kars 17 November – Russian forces capture city.
- Siege of Plevna 20 July – 10 December – Russians, after reverses, defeat Ottomans
- 1878 –
- Fourth Battle of Shipka Pass 5–9 January – Russians defeat Ottomans.
- Battle of Philippopolis 17 January – Ottomans forced to retreat to Constantinople.
- Battle of Ali Masjid 21 November – British victory and first battle of the Anglo-Afghan War.
- Battle of Peiwar Kotal 28–29 November – British victory over Afghanistan.
- 1879 –
- Battle of Isandlwana 22 January – Zulu combined army annihilates British-led force, start of Anglo-Zulu War
- Battle of Rorke's Drift 22 January – A small, heavily outnumbered British force defeats the Zulus in one of Britain's finest hours.
- Battle of Intombe 12 March – Zulu army destroys small British force in an ambush
- Battle of Topáter 23 March – Chile defeats Bolivia during the War of the Pacific
- Battle of Hlobane 28 March – British suffer yet another disaster at Zulu hands on the mountain of Hlobane
- Battle of Kambula 29 March – Zulu Impi defeated in an attack on a British laager in Britain's first major victory in the war
- Battle of Gingindlovu 2 April – British defeat Zulu.
- Siege of Eshowe ended 3 April – British victory during Anglo-Zulu War.
- Battle of Chipana 12 April – Indecisive naval battle between Chile and Bolivia.
- Battle of Kam Dakka 22 April – British victory in Anglo-Afghan War.
- Battle of Iquique 21 May – Indecisive battle between Chile and the combined forces of Peru and Bolivia.
- Battle of Ulundi 4 July – Decisive British victory at Zulu capital, end of Anglo-Zulu War
- Naval Battle of Angamos 8 October – Chilean navy defeats the navies of Peru and Bolivia.
- Battle of Pisagua 2 November – Successful Chilean amphibious assault.
- Battle of San Francisco 19 November – Peruvian and Bolivian troops ambush Chileans, but Bolivians retreat, forcing Peruvians to follow suit.
- Battle of Tarapacá 27 November – Peru defeats Chile.
- Battle of Novšiće 4 December – Pro-Ottoman irregular troops of the League of Prizren ambushed and repulsed Montenegrin forces.
- First Battle of Charasiab - British victory
- 1880 –
- Battle of Murino 8 January - around 10,000 pro-Ottoman forces attacked and were repulsed by Montenegrins numbering 3,000.
- Battle of Hembrillo Basin 5–8 April
- Battle of Ahmed Khel 19 April – British and Indian forces defeat Afghans.
- Battle of Fort Tularosa 14 May
- Battle of Arica 2 July – Chile storms Peruvian positions atop a hill. Heavy casualties including Peruvian commander and several Chilean officers.
- Second Aceh Expedition – Dutch Colonial forces take the sultan's palace in Aceh.
- Battle of Maiwand 27 July – Afghan victory over British and Indian forces.
- Battle of Carrizo Canyon 12 September
- Battle of Kandahar 1 September – British victory over Afghan forces, following General Roberts' Kabul to Kandahar relief march.
- Battle of Bronkhorstspruit 20 December – Transvaal Boers defeat British.
- Second Battle of Charasiab - Brits recapture Char Asiab
- 1881 –
- Battle of Laing's Nek 28 January – Boer victory, British gunfire holds Boers back long enough to allow retreat.
- Battle of Schuinshoogte 8 February – Rain stops the battle before British reinforcements arrive, Boer victory.
- Battle of Majuba Hill 27 February – Boer victory over British, George Pomeroy Colley killed.
- Battle of Cibecue Creek 30 August
- 1882 –
- Battle of Embabo 6 June – Shewan forces under Negus Menelik II defeat the opposing forces of Gojjam under Negus Tekle Haymanot, giving Shewa the hegemony over the Gibe region and making Menelik the most powerful ruler in Ethiopia except for Emperor Yohannes IV
- Battle of Big Dry Wash 17 July
- Battle of Tel al-Kebir 13 September – British forces defeat Egyptian army under Colonel Urabi.
- 1883 –
- Battle of Cầu Giấy 19 May – Black Flag forces defeated French forces in Tonkin.
- Battle of El Obeid – Mahdi wipes out Egyptians controlling Sudan
- Continuing war – Third part of the Aceh War. Major J.B. van Heutsz, conquered the rest of Aceh, and became Governor of the Dutch East Indies.
- 1884 –
- Battles of El Teb 4–29 February – Mahdi forces battle Egyptian then British forces.
- Battle of Tamai 13 March – British forces under Sir Gerald Graham defeat a Mahdi army under Osman Digna, despite the successful breaking of an infantry square.
- Battle of Fuzhou 23 August – French fleet destroyed Qing Chinese fleet at Foochow.
- Battle of Tamsui 2–8 October – Chinese victory over the French in Taiwan.
- Battle of Yu Oc 19 November - French victory over Black Flag forces in Tonkin.
- Siege of Tuyên Quang 24 November 1884 – 3 March 1885 – French victory in Tonkin.
- 1885 –
- Battle of Nui Bop 4 January - French victory over Qing Chinese forces in Tonkin.
- Battle of Khartoum – After a 10-month siege, on 26 January the Mahdi capture the city from the British, slaughtering the garrison and its commander, Chinese Gordon, as well as 4,000 inhabitants.
- Battle of Đồng Đăng 23 February - French victory over Qing Chinese forces at the Chinese border.
- Battle of Hòa Mộc 2 March – French victory over Qing Chinese and Black Flag forces in Tonkin.
- Battle of Bang Bo 23–24 March – Chinese victory over French forces in Tonkin.
- Battle of Phu Lam Tao 23 March – Qing Chinese and Black Flag victory over French forces in Tonkin.
- Battle of Duck Lake 26 March – Gabriel Dumont wins a victory for the Métis people during the North-West Rebellion in Saskatchewan.
- Battle of Fort Pitt 2–15 April – Cree forces destroy Canadian fort.
- Battle of Fish Creek 24 April – Frederick Middleton withdraws the Canadian force from what could have been a victory over the Métis.
- Battle of Cut Knife 2 May – Cree and Assiniboine defeat Canadian force
- Battle of Batoche 5–12 May – Middleton defeats Dumont.
- Battle of Devil's Creek 22 May
- Battle of Frenchman's Butte 28 May – Cree withstand Canadian assault.
- Battle of Loon Lake 3 June – Canadian Dominion defeats the Cree.
- Battle of Kufit 23 September – Ras Alula defeats an invading Mahdi army led by Osman Digna.
- Battle of Slivnitsa 5–7 November (OS) – Bulgarians win the decisive engagement of the Serbo-Bulgarian War
- Battle of Pirot 14–15 November (OS) – Last battle of the Serbo-Bulgarian War.
- Battle of Little Dry Creek 19 December
- Battle of Ginnis 30 December – Anglo-Egyptian Army defeat Mahdist Sudanese warriors of Dervish Empire, effectively ending First Sudan Campaign.
- 1886 –
- Battle of Azule - Ras Darge Sahle Selassie defeats a force of Arsi Oromo while on campaign in their lands. In the following months, he will annex their country into some type of emergent Shewan 'Empire'.
- 1887 –
- Battle of Chelenqo 9 January – Negus Menelik II routs the tiny Harari army of emir 'Abd-Allah II, leading to the conquest of Harar.
- Battle of Dogali 24 January – Ras Alula annihilates an Italian battalion sent to relieve an Ethiopian siege of Sahati.
- 1888 –
- Battle of Suakin 20 December – British defeated the Mahdi forces near Suakin
- 1889 –
- Battle of Gallabat 9–10 March – At the moment his army is about to crush the Mahdi army, Emperor Yohannes IV is killed, and his army defeated.
- 1890 –
- Battle of Atchoukpa 20 April - French forces defeat the Dahomean army near Porto-Novo
- Battle of Wounded Knee 29 December – Sioux crushed in last Indian Wars battle
- 1891 –
- Battle of Mulayda 24 January – Rashidi troops ended the Second Saudi State.
- Battle of Pozo Almonte 6 March
- Battle of Concón 21 August
- Battle of Placilla 28 August
- 1893
- Battle of Bembesi 1 November – 700 British troops defeat 10,000 Ndebele during First Matabele War
- Battle of Uruzgan - Expulsion of Uruzgani Hazaras
- 1894 Battle of Yalu River 17 September – Japanese fleet barely defeats Chinese off Korea
- 1895 –
- Battle of Coatit 13–14 January – After occupying Adwa, the Italians defeat a counterattack by Ras Mangesha Yohannes.
- Battle of Keelung (1895) 2–3 June
- Battle of Baguashan 27 August
- Battle of Yunlin-Chiayi 1–2 September
- Battle of Ciayi 9 October
- Battle of Chiatung 11 October
- Battle of Changhsing 26 November
- Battle of Amba Alagi 7 December – Ras Makonnen Woldemikael leads the first Ethiopian counterstrike of the First Italo-Abyssinian War to success.
- 1896 –
- Siege of Mek'ele 6–21 January – The forces of Menelik II besiege the Italians at Mek'ele, until the defenders receive permission allowing them to leave the town.
- Battle of Adowa 1 March – Ethiopian soldiers under Emperor Menelik II deal a humiliating defeat upon Italian troops.
- Battle of Camalig 2 April
- Battle of Calamba May
- Battle of Tres de Abril 3–8 April
- Battle of San Juan del Monte 30 August
- Battle of Novelta 30 August
- Battle of San Francisco de Malabon 31 August
- Battle of Talisay 12 October
- Battle of Batangas 23 October
- Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican 9–11 November – The first major victory of the Philippine Revolutionary soldiers over Spanish colonial forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo, Lieutenant General Edilberto Evangelista, General Candido Tirona and Gregoria Montoya y Patricio, in the vicinity of Cavite el Viejo town, now Kawit, Cavite.
- Battle of Sambat 15–16 November
- 1897
- Battle of Dömeke – Ottoman victory during Greco-Turkish war on Creten conflict
- Battle of Zapote Bridge 17 February – The victory of the Philippine Revolutionary forces by General Emilio Aguinaldo and General Edilberto Evangelista, captured Zapote Bridge in Bacoor, Cavite and defeated the Spanish colonial forces under Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja.
- Battle of Saragarhi 12 September – Between twenty-one Sikhs of the 4th Battalion (then 36th Sikhs) of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defending an army post, and 10,000 Afghan.
- 1898 –
- Battle of Manila Bay 1 May – Dewey says "You may fire when you are ready Gridley"
- Battle of Cárdenas 11 May – Spanish naval victory near Cuba.
- Battle of Cienfuegos 11 May – U.S. forces cut two telegraph cables, but fail to destroy a third due to Spanish intervention.
- Battle of San Juan 12 May – Indecisive battle in Puerto Rico.
- Battle of Alapan 28 May
- Invasion of Guantánamo Bay (6–10 June) – United States commences its invasion of Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
- Battle of Guam 20–21 June – U.S. forces capture island, Spanish governor protests since he was unaware of the Declaration of War.
- Battle of Las Guasimas 24 June – First major land battle of Spanish–American War.
- Battle of Tayacoba 30 June – U.S. forces barely able to rescue trapped reconnaissance force.
- Battle of El Caney 1 July – Spanish forces hold back Americans.
- Battle of San Juan Hill 1 July – Theodore Roosevelt storms the hill, U.S. victory.
- Battle of Santiago de Cuba 3 July – Admiral Cervera's Spanish fleet destroyed trying to escape blockading US Fleet and reach reinforcements
- Siege of Santiago 3–18 July – American forces capture city, but the outbreak of disease begins to take its toll on the Americans.
- Battle of Rio Manimani 23 July – Unsuccessful American landing attempt in Cuba.
- Battle of Yauco 26 July – American victory despite desertions.
- Battle of Guayama 5 August – American push past Spanish snipers to take town.
- Battle of Guamani 9 August – United States victory in Puerto Rico.
- Battle of Coamo 9 August – Americans troops destroy the Spanish garrison at Coamo, Puerto Rico
- Battle of Silva Heights 10 August – Spanish forces retreat after American attack with cannons and gatling guns.
- Battle of Abonito Pass 12 August – Battle interrupted by news of armistice.
- Battle of Manila (Spanish–American War) (25 July – 15 August) – U.S. and Filipino forces capture Philippine capital from Spanish.
- Battle of Omdurman 2 September – British under Kitchener ambushed by Sudanese dervishes
- 1899 –
- Battle of Manila (Philippine–American War) 4–5 February – American troops engage with the Philippine Army in the first battle of the Philippine–American War. After hard fighting, the Americans rout the Filipinos.
- First Battle of Caloocan 10 February – American victory during Philippine–American War.
- Second Battle of Caloocan 22–24 February – American victory during Philippine–American War.
- Battle of Balantang 10 March
- Battle of Marilao River 27 March – American victory during the Philippine–American War.
- Battle of Santa Cruz 9–10 April – American victory during Philippine–American War.
- Battle of Pagsanjan 11 April – Philippine forces routed by American sharpshooters and artillery.
- Battle of Paete 12 April – Americans under Henry W. Lawton defeat small Philippine force.
- Battle of Quingua 23 April – Battle during the Philippine-American War.
- Battle of Calumpit 25–27 April – American victory during Philippine-American War.
- Battle of Zapote River 13 June – American victory during Philippine-American War.
- Battle of Olongapo 18–23 September – American victory during the Philippine-American War.
- Battle of Kraaipan 12 October
- Battle of Senluo Temple 18 October
- Battle of Talana Hill 20 October – British Pyrrhic victory over the Boers.
- Battle of Elandslaagte 21 October – Successful British cavalry charge in bad weather.
- Battle of a Thousand Days in Colombia 24 October – Liberals vs. Conservatives, successful Colombia lost Panamá (24 October 1899 – 24 October 1902).
- Battle of Ladysmith 30 October
- Battle of San Jacinto 11 November – American forces defeat Philippine army under General Tinio.
- Battle of Belmont (1899) 23 November
- Battle of Modder River 28 November – British defeat Boers under Piet Cronjé.
- Battle of Tirad Pass 2 December – Filipino Forces
- Battle of Stormberg 10 December – Boer victory during Second Boer War.
- Battle of Magersfontein 11 December – Piet Cronjé defeats British forces.
- Battle of Colenso 15 December – British forces attacked while caught in a loop of a river, heavy casualties.
- Battle of Paye 19 December – Filipino forces initially defeat American forces but are later defeated.
- 1900 –
- Battle of Spion Kop 24 January – Boer victory
- Battle of Vaal Krantz 5–7 February
- Battle of Paardeberg 18–27 February – British capture forces of Boer general Piet Cronjé
- Battle of Poplar Grove 7 March
- Battle of Boshof 5 April
- Battle of Cagayan de Misamis 7 April
- Battle of Agusan Hill 14 May
- Battle of Makahambus Hill 4 June
- Battle of Diamond Hill 11–12 June – British empire forces defeat Boers
- Battle of Witpoort 16 July
- Battle of Calidonia Bridge 24–26 July
- Battle of Elands River (1900) 4–16 August – August Australian and Rhodesian force's defeat Boers
- Battle of Beicang 5 August
- Battle of Yangcun 6 August
- Battle of Mabitac 17 September
- Battle of Beitang 20 September
- Siege of Ladysmith 2 November – 28 February – Unsuccessful Boer siege.
- Battle of Sanna's Post 31 March – British forces caught in double-pronged Boer ambush.
- Siege of Mafeking 13 October 1899 – 17 May – British forces withstand Boer siege.
- Battle of Pulang Lupa 13 September – Filipino guerrillas ambush and defeat a U.S. infantry column during the Philippine–American War.
- Battle of Mabitac 17 September – Filipino soldiers under General Juan Cailles outmaneuver the 37th and 15th U.S. Volunteer Infantry during the Philippine–American War.
- Battle of Bothaville 6 November
- Battle of Leliefontein 7 November
- Battle of Nooitgedacht 13 December
References
- George H Townsend (1862). Manual of Dates: A Dictionary of References. p. 218.
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