Battles in & about
|
|
Tangier |
1437 |
Tangier |
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|
Bc46 |
|
Pompeiian defeat |
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|
Bc255 |
Bagradas |
Romans
invade |
Balkans |
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|
1230 |
Klokotnitsa |
|
Balkans |
|
Salonica |
1014 |
Strymon |
|
Balkans |
|
Dobruja |
0251 |
Abrittus |
Emperor Decius defeated and killed by Goths |
Balkans |
|
|
0268 |
Naissus |
Goths
defeated by Gallienus |
Balkans |
|
Vincovc |
0316 |
Cibalae |
Constantine
defeats Licinius |
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Sempach |
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|
1382 |
Roosebeke |
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1434 |
Lipan |
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Eastphalia |
|
0782 |
Suntel |
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|
0506 |
Tolbiac |
Alamans defeated by Merovingians |
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0436 |
|
Huns defeat
Burgundians |
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|
0933 |
Riade |
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1476 |
Murten |
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1476 |
Grandson |
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|
1475 |
Morat |
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Glarus |
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Nafles |
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|
0260 |
|
Romans
defeat invading Juthungi tribe |
|
|
Zug |
|
Morgarten |
|
central |
|
|
0531 |
Scheidungen |
Carolingians
and Saxon allies defeat the locals. |
|
Cambs |
|
1643 |
Crowland |
|
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Lincs |
Grantham |
1643 |
Ancaster |
|
|
Lincs |
Grantham |
1643 |
Belton |
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Lincs |
Grantham |
1643 |
Grantham |
|
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Leics |
|
1645 |
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|
Notts |
|
1644 |
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|
1260 |
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1435 |
Wilkomierz |
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Kulikovo Pole |
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|
0793 |
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Bc102 |
Aquae Sextiae |
Marius defeats
the Teutons |
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|
1429 |
Baugé |
Joan Of Arc |
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1346 |
Aiguillon |
On the |
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Dreux |
1424 |
Verneuil |
Henry v |
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|
0068 |
Vesontio |
Nero
defeats Vindex at the start of a Roman civil war |
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1474 |
Hericourt |
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Bc58 |
|
Allied to
the local Aedui tribe, Caesar defeats migrating Helvetii |
|
|
Chalons |
0274 |
Durocatalauni |
Aurelian defeats Tetricus, the last Gallic
Emperor |
|
|
Chalons |
0451 |
Catalaunian Plains |
Romans and
allies defeat Attila the Hun, whose troops are mostly reduced to fighting on
foot. |
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1453 |
Castillon |
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1345 |
Auberoche |
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1477 |
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0197 |
Lugdunum |
Severus defeats Albinus, who commits
suicide |
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1370 |
Pontvallain |
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St Lo |
1450 |
Formigny |
Henry v |
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1429 |
Patay |
Joan Of Arc |
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1475 |
Picquigny |
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|
0507 |
Vouillé |
Visigoths
defeated |
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|
0732 |
|
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|
1356 |
Maupertuis |
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|
Bc105 |
|
Cimbri and Teutons defeat
Romans |
French
waters |
|
|
1372 |
Sea battle
off La Rochelle |
|
French waters |
Off |
Sluis |
1340 |
Sluys |
Sea battle
off Flemish coast |
|
|
|
Bc86 |
|
Sulla
defeats the Hellenic Mithridates of Pontus |
|
|
|
Bc86 |
Orchomenus |
Sulla
defeats the Hellenic Mithridates of Pontus |
|
|
Baeza |
1212 |
Las Navas de Tolosa |
|
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|
1212 |
Alarcos |
|
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|
1147 |
Calatrava |
|
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|
1108 |
Uclés |
|
|
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Leiria |
1137 |
Tomar |
|
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Clare |
1650 |
Scarrifhollis |
|
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|
1316 |
Athenry |
|
|
|
Carrick |
1649 |
Carrick |
|
|
|
Carrick |
1649 |
Ross |
|
|
|
Carrick |
1261 |
Callan |
|
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|
Carrick |
1462 |
Piltown |
|
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|
|
1641 |
Julianstown |
|
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|
|
1647 |
Dangan Hill |
|
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|
1649 |
Baggot- Rath |
Ormond
repulsed from |
|
|
Kilkenny |
1643 |
New Ross |
|
|
|
Kilkenny |
1650 |
Kilkenny |
|
|
|
Wexford |
1649 |
Wexford |
|
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Mayo |
|
1798 |
Castlebar |
Shortlived victory of a french
expedition |
|
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|
1647 |
Knockanoss |
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|
1651 |
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|
1650 |
Clonmel |
|
Italian
waters |
Sicilian
waters |
|
Bc36 |
Naulochus |
Octavian
defeats Sextus Pompey |
Italian
waters |
Sicilian
waters |
|
Bc260 |
Mylae |
Punic naval
defeat |
Italian
waters |
Sicilian
waters |
|
Bc249 |
Drepana |
Roman naval
defeat |
|
|
Beneventum |
Bc275 |
|
Romans
defeat Pyrrhus |
|
|
|
1266 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bc340 |
Neapolis |
Latins defeated by Romans |
|
|
|
|
Caudine Forks |
Samnite victory |
|
|
|
Bc390 |
River Allia |
Celts win
and sack Rome |
|
|
|
0312 |
|
Constantine
defeats Maxentius |
|
|
|
1268 |
Tagliacozzo |
|
|
|
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|
|
Pyrrhus defeats Romans |
|
|
|
Bc71 |
|
Spartacans defeated and crucified |
|
|
Ausculum |
Bc279 |
Ausculum |
Pyrrhus wins but is unable to take Rome |
|
|
|
Bc101 |
Vercellae |
Marius
defeats the Cimbri |
|
|
|
1176 |
Legnano |
|
|
|
Milano |
0259 |
Mediolanum |
Allemani tribe defeated |
|
|
|
0312 |
|
Constantine
defeats Maxentius |
|
|
|
0312 |
Taurinorum |
Constantine
defeats Maxentius |
|
|
|
0069 |
|
Otho defeated by Vitellius
during the “year of 4 Emperors” |
|
|
|
0069 |
|
Vespasian’s Danube legions defeat Vitellius |
|
|
|
Bc207 |
Metaurus R |
Punic
defeat |
|
|
|
0552 |
Busta Gallorum |
|
|
|
|
Bc256 |
Ecnomus |
Punic HQ
captured after the battle |
|
|
|
Bc241 |
Lilybaeum |
Romans
defeat Carthage |
|
|
|
Bc251 |
Panormus |
Roman
Victory Over |
|
|
|
|
Manj-al-Suffar |
Mongol
defeat |
|
|
|
0216 |
|
Romans
surprise Parthians |
|
|
Khermanshah |
0642 |
Nahavand |
|
|
|
|
0266 |
|
Odenathus of |
|
|
|
1260 |
Ain Jalut |
Mongols
[vs. mamelukes?] |
|
|
Tel Aviv |
0066 |
Beth Horon |
Romans
defeated by Jewish rebels |
|
|
|
1280 |
|
Mongol
defeat |
|
|
|
0194 |
|
Severus defeats Niger decisively, then marches against |
|
|
|
0260 |
|
Valerian
captured by Persians |
|
|
|
Bc47 |
Zela |
Caesar
defeats Pontus |
|
|
|
0193 |
Cyzicus |
during
the “year of 6 Emperors”, Severus and the |
|
|
|
0193 |
|
Severus defeats Niger |
|
|
|
0324 |
Üsküdar |
Final
defeat of Licinius by Constantine |
|
|
|
0270 |
Tyana |
Romans
defeat Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra |
|
|
|
Bc190 |
Magnesia |
|
|
|
|
1644 |
Nantwich |
|
|
|
|
1643 |
Barthomley |
|
Northern
England |
Cheshire |
Northwich |
1659 |
Winnington Bridge |
|
Northern
England |
Cheshire |
Northwich |
1659 |
Hartford
Green |
|
Northern
England |
Cumbria |
Lancaster |
1644 |
Furness |
|
Northern
England |
Durham |
Sunderland |
1644 |
Boldon |
|
Northern
England |
Durham |
Sunderland |
|
Hilton |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Blackburn |
1643 |
Blackburn |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Blackburn |
1643 |
Lango Green |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Bolton |
1643 |
Bolton |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Lancaster |
1643 |
Lancaster |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Leigh |
1643 |
Leigh |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Leigh |
1643 |
Lowton |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Padiham |
1643 |
Read Hall |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Preston |
1643 |
Ribchester |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Preston |
1643 |
Houghton |
|
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Preston |
1648 |
Clitheroe |
Cromwell
advancing across Pennines on Preston |
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Warrington |
1643 |
Warrington |
3
skirmishes here! |
Northern
England |
Lancashire |
Wigan |
1643 |
Wigan |
|
Northern
England |
Lancs |
Wigan |
1644 |
Ormskirk |
|
Northern
England |
Lancs |
Wigan |
1648 |
Wigan |
Scots
invade to restore the King |
Northern
England |
Lancs |
Wigan |
1651 |
Wigan Lane |
While the
King recruited in Wales, Derby’s Royalists were mauled in his rear. |
Northern
England |
Northumberland |
Corbridge |
1644 |
Corbridge |
|
Northern
England |
Yorks |
York |
1645 |
Pontefract |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Bradford |
1642 |
Bradford |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Bradford |
1642 |
Adwalton Moor |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Bridlington |
1644 |
Kilham |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Halifax |
1644 |
Kirklees |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Leeds |
1642 |
Leeds |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Leeds |
1642 |
Seacroft |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Leeds |
1642 |
Howley |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Leeds |
1644 |
Hunslet |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Northallerton |
1644 |
Northallerton |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Selby |
1642 |
Sherburn |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Selby |
1642 |
Monk Fryston |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Selby |
1644 |
Selby |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Wakefield |
1642 |
Wakefield |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
Wakefield |
1642 |
Stanley |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
York |
1642 |
Nunmonkton |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
York |
1642 |
Wetherby |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
York |
1642 |
Tadcaster |
|
Northern
England |
Yorkshire |
York |
1644 |
Wetherby |
|
Scotland |
|
Renfrew |
1164 |
Renfrew |
|
Scotland |
Caithness |
Kyle |
1746 |
A two-ship sea battle in a north coast inlet
led to Jacobites being forced ashore and captured. |
|
Scotland |
Grampian |
Inverness |
1746 |
Follow
link to an excellent site on the ‘45 |
|
Scotland |
Great Glen |
Roy Bridge |
1688 |
Roy Hill (Drochaid Ruaidh)
at the foot of Glen Roy |
between the MacDonnells of Keppoch and the MacIntoshes,
the last battle in Scotland to be fought with bows and arrows. |
Scotland |
Highlands |
Blair atholl |
1645 |
Dalnaspidal |
Monck’s suppression of the Glencairn
rising |
Scotland |
Highlands |
Inverness |
1690 |
Cromdale |
Jacobite defeat |
Scotland |
Lothian |
Edinburgh |
1650 |
Musselburgh |
|
Scotland |
Lothian |
Stirling |
1650 |
Torwood |
|
Scotland |
Lothian |
Stirling |
1650 |
Redhall |
|
Scotland |
Northern
Highlands |
|
1306 |
Innerhadden |
Bruce,
fleeing west, defeated the MacDougalls of Lorn – Balliol adherents - and others
on the road NW of Schiehallion. The name Dalchosnie
(the field of victory) still appears on the map. |
Scotland |
Northern
Highlands |
Strathearn |
1306 |
Methven |
Robert
Bruce, defeated in June |
Scottish
waters |
Moidart |
Kyle |
|
Loch Nam Uamh |
Jacobites vs. Royal navy |
South England |
Kent |
Maidstone |
1554 |
Cooling
castle |
Wyatt’s
rebellion |
South
England |
Kent |
Maidstone |
1554 |
Wrothing |
Wyatt’s
rebellion |
South
England |
Kent |
Maidstone |
1554 |
Cobham |
Wyatt’s
rebellion |
South of
England |
|
London |
1642 |
Brentford & Turnham Green |
Fought on
successive days; at Brentford, Royalists in Syon House tried to block Parliamentary traffic down the
river. |
South of
England |
Kent |
Maidstone |
1648 |
Maidstone |
|
South of
England |
Wilts |
Swindon |
1642 |
Marlborough |
|
Southern
England |
|
London |
Bc54 |
|
Cassivelaunus defeated by Caesar somewhere north of the
Thames |
Spain |
|
Burgos |
1367 |
Najera |
Black
prince |
Spain |
|
Valladolid |
0939 |
Simancas |
|
Spain |
Alava |
Vitoria |
0801 |
Arganzon |
|
Spain |
Andalusia |
Malaga |
Bc45 |
Munda |
Caesar
defeats Pompey’s sons |
Spain |
Leon |
|
0878 |
Polvoraria |
|
Wales |
Dyfed |
Carmarthen |
1645 |
Colby Moor |
|
Wales |
Gwent |
Cardiff |
1648 |
St Fagans |
Second
Civil War |
Wales |
Gwent |
Usk |
1404 |
Grosmont |
|
Wales |
Gwent |
Usk |
1404 |
Campstone |
|
Wales |
Gwent |
Usk |
1404 |
Craig – y –
dorth |
Owain Glndwr |
Wales |
Gwent |
Usk |
1405 |
Pwll melyn |
Owain Glndwr |
Wales |
Powys |
Aberystwyth |
1401 |
Hyddgen |
Owain Glndwr |
West
Midlands |
Cheshire |
Crewe |
1643 |
Middlewich |
|
West
Midlands |
Cheshire |
Crewe |
1643 |
Tarporley |
|
West
Midlands |
Cheshire |
Crewe |
1643 |
Nantwich |
|
West
Midlands |
Glos |
Gloucester |
1643 |
Highnam |
|
West
Midlands |
Glos |
Tewkesbury |
1643 |
Tewkesbury |
|
West
Midlands |
Glos. |
Tewkesbury |
1643 |
Ripple |
|
West
Midlands |
Hereford |
Hereford |
|
Hereford |
3
skirmishes here! |
West
Midlands |
Hereford |
Hereford |
1644 |
Siege of
Hereford |
…by 12,000
neutral “Clubmen”, who resented the impositions of the Royalist garrison
there. |
West
Midlands |
Oxon |
Faringdon |
1645 |
Bampton in the Bush |
|
West
Midlands |
Oxon |
Oxford |
1645 |
Bletchingdon House |
|
West
Midlands |
Oxon |
Oxford |
1645 |
Abingdon |
|
West
Midlands |
Salop |
Shrewsbury |
1643 |
Wem |
|
West
Midlands |
Salop |
Wrexham |
1643 |
Lee Bridge |
|
West
Midlands |
Warwicks. |
Birmingham |
1643 |
Birmingham |
|
West
Midlands of England |
Hereford |
Hereford |
0051 |
Wroxeter |
Caractacus defeated |
West of
England |
Avon |
Bristol |
1685 |
Keynsham |
Monmouth’s
rebellion |
West of
England |
Devon |
Barnstaple |
1646 |
Torrington |
|
West of
England |
Devon |
Dartmouth |
1643 |
Modbury |
|
West of
England |
Devon |
Exeter |
1549 |
Sampford courtenay |
Western
rebellion |
West of
England |
Devon |
Exeter |
1549 |
Clyst st mary |
Western
rebellion |
West of
England |
Devon |
Exeter |
1549 |
Fenny
bridges |
Western
rebellion |
West of
England |
Devon |
Exeter |
1549 |
Honiton |
Western
rebellion |
West Of
England |
Devon |
Exeter |
1646 |
Bovey
Tracey |
|
West of
England |
Devon |
Exeter |
1655 |
South Molton |
|
West of
England |
Devon |
Okehampton |
1549 |
Okehampton |
Western
rebellion |
West of
England |
Devon |
Okehampton |
1643 |
Sourton Down |
|
West of
England |
Dorset |
Shaftesbury |
1645 |
Hambledon Hill |
Cromwell
drives the Dorset Clubmen effortlessly off the hill |
West of
England |
Dorset |
Sherborne |
1643 |
Babylon
Hill |
|
West of
England |
Dorset |
Sherborne |
1643 |
Sherborne |
|
West of
England |
Glos |
Gloucester |
1643 |
Ripple
Field |
|
West of
England |
Somerset |
Taunton |
1645 |
Ilminster |
|
West of
England |
Somerset |
Wells |
1642 |
Marshall’s
Elm |
Royalists
intercepted and dispersed a larger column of Roundheads |
West of
England |
Somerset |
Wells |
1643 |
Chewton Mendip |
|
West of
England |
Wilts |
Swindon |
1645 |
Trowbridge |
|
West of
England |
Wilts. |
Swindon |
1643 |
Cirencester |
|