List of battles 1301–1600

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List of battles:before 301 – 301–1300 – 1301–1600 – 1601–1800 – 1801–1900 – 1901–2000 – 2001–current
See also:List of Hundred Years' War battles

Contents
1 Early 14th century (1301-50)
2 Late 14th century (1351–1400)
3 Early 15th century (1401–50)
4 Late 15th century (1451–1500)
5 Early 16th century (1501–50)
6 Late 16th century (1551–1600)
7 External links

Early 14th century (1301-50)

Year Battle Description
Battle of the 11 July – In Flanders, Flemish burghers led by William of Jülich and Pieter de Coninck
1302
Golden Spurs defeat French knights.
Battle of
1302 27 July – The founder of the Ottoman Dynasty Osman I defeats a Byzantine force.
Bapheus
Battle of
1303 Ottomans defeat Byzantine governors.
Dimbos
Second Siege
April – July – Edward I besieges the Scots successfully. The Warwolf siege engine is
1304 of Stirling
constructed and first used during this battle.
Castle
Battle of 17 August – Lowland rebels defeat the French under King Philip IV. The French claim
1304 Mons-en- victory, as they remained in possession of the battlefield while suffering the heavier
Pévèle losses.
Battle of Forces of the Earl of Pembroke defeat newly crowned Robert the Bruce and his small
1306
Methven Scottish army.
Battle of
1307 Scots under Robert Bruce defeat the greater English army.
Loudon Hill
Battle of 15 March – Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne of Athens and goes on to
1311
Halmyros capture Athens and Thebes.
Battle of 2000 Turcopoles are annihilated by a combined Byzantine, Kingdom of Serbia and
1312
Gallipoli Genoese forces
Battle of
1312 Knights Hospitaller and destroy the fleet of Menteshe
Amorgos
Battle of
1313 9 November – Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria.
Gamelsdorf
Battle of Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II, takes Stirling Castle and secures Scottish
1314
Bannockburn independence.
Battle of
1315 29 August – Pisa defeats allied forces of Florence and the Kingdom of Naples.
Montecatini
Battle of
1315 15 November – Swiss defeat Leopold I, Archduke of Austria decisively.
Morgarten
Battle of 22 February – Ferdinand of Majorca defeats Matilda of Hainaut and the Achaean barons
1316
Picotin loyal to her.
Battle of
1316 5 July – Louis of Burgundy defeats the Majorcans, Ferdinand of Majorca is slain.
Manolada
Second Battle
1316 10 August – English defeated the Irish under Felim O'Connor, King of Connacht.
of Athenry
Battle of
1318 Irish under Ó Deághaidh defeat the English Lordship.
Dysert O'Dea
Battle of
1318 English defeated a Scots-Irish army under Edward Bruce, who is slain.
Faughart
The Knights Hospitaller and the Genoese of the Lordship of Chios score a crushing
1319 Battle of Chios
victory over an Aydinid fleet.
Battle of
1322 A coalition of Croatian noblemen defeat Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, Ban of Croatia.
Bliska
Battle of
1322 English Royal forces defeat a rebel English army.
Burton Bridge
1322 Battle of English Royal forces defeat a rebel English army fighting for the Scots.
 Boroughbridge
Battle of
1322 28 September – Louis the Bavarian defeats and captures Frederick I of Austria.
Mühldorf
Battle of
1325 Communal struggle between Bologna and Modena, which emerges victorious
Zappolino
1325 Battle of Varey Vienne under Guigues de la Tour-du-Pin defeat the Savoyards.
Battle of
1328 French under Philip VI defeat a revolting Flemish peasant army, killing their leaders.
Cassel
Battle of 10 June – The second ruler of the Ottoman Dynasty, Orhan I, defeats the Byzantine
1329
Pelekanon emperor Andronicus III.
Battle of Irish force led by William MacGeoghegan defeats English army under Thomas Butler,
1329
Ardnocher who is killed.
Battle of
1330 9 November – Basarab I of Wallachia defeats Charles I of Hungary.
Posada
Battle of Fiodh
1330 Ualgarg O'Rourke is defeated by the English.
an Atha
Battle of
1332 English supporting Edward Balliol, Scottish pretender, defeated the Scots.
Dupplin Moor
Battle of
1332 27 September- Poland's Ladislas IV Lokietek defeats Teutonic Knights.
Płowce
Battle of
1333 19 July – Edward III of England avenges Bannockburn.
Halidon Hill
Battle of Kusunoki Masashige, obeying Emperor Go-Daigo's orders, leads an imperial army into
1336
Minatogawa a disastrous defeat by the Ashikaga. Kusunoki commits suicide.
Battle of
1337 English defeated pro-French garrison of Cadsand in Flanders.
Cadsand
Siege of
1337 Ashikaga victory during Nanboku-cho Wars.
Kanagasaki
naval battle of
1338 French victory over the English fleet.
Arnemuiden
Battle of
1339 Rebel Lodrisio Visconti is defeated by the Visconti of Milan's army.
Parabiago
24 June – Edward III beats the Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast
1340 Battle of Sluys
of Flanders and gains control of the English Channel.
Battle of
1340 26 July – Anglo-Flemish force driven back from the town by a French army.
Saint-Omer
Battle of Rio 30 October – Alfonso XI of Castile and Alfonso IV of Portugal defeat the Marinid
1340
Salado under Sultan Abul-Hassan and the Granadine under King Yusuf I.
Battle of
1341 13 October −16 October – Begins Breton War of Succession.
Champtoceaux
1342 Battle of Brest 18 August – English fleets defeats Genoese mercenaries.
Battle of Besieged by the English, a French relief army broke the siege of Morlaix. When the
1342
Morlaix English retreated into a wood, the French withdrew.
Battle of
1344 May – Turks from the Emirate of Aydin defeat a Serbian army in northern Greece.
Stephaniana
Battle of
1345 English relief army lifted a siege by the French.
Auberoche
1345 Battle of Ghibelline Asti and John II of Montferrat defeat the Neapolitan Guelph League army.
 Gamenario
Battle of
1345 Naval battle between Hugh O'Neill and the Clann Hugh Buidhe.
Lough Neagh
Battle of 7 July – A Byzantine-Turkish army under John VI Kantakouzenos and Umur Bey
1345
Peritheorion defeats and kills the renegade lord Momchil in the Rhodope.
Battle of
1345 Frisians defeat Dutch invasion force led by William IV, Count of Holland.
Warns
Siege of Kaffa 1345-46 The Golden Horde again lays siege to the Genoese city of Kaffa on the Black
1345
(Second) Sea, but withdraws due to the Black Death.
Battle of Calry
1346 O Rourke soundly defeated by the O Connors.
Lough Gill
Battle of St-
1346 English defeated the French.
Pol-de-Leon
1346 Battle of Caen English force captured and sacked the town.
Battle of
1346 English under Edward III crossed the Somme.
Blanchetaque
Battle of
1346 26 August – English longbowmen defeat French cavalry at Abbeville.
Crécy
Battle of
1346 English defeated the Scots under King David Bruce.
Neville's Cross
1347 Siege of Calais 4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347 – English forces capture the city.
Battle of Porta (Rome) – November – The people of Rome defeat the baronal troops of Stefano
1347
San Lorenzo Colonna.
Battle of La
1347 English relief army lifted a French siege.
Roche-Derrien
Battle of Anglo-Gascons held the upper hand during the day over the French but the Anglo-
1349
Lunalonge Gascons had to withdraw during the night.
Battle of
1349 25 October – James IV of Majorca defeated and killed by troops of Aragon.
Llucmajor
Les Espagnols
1350 English fleet defeats Castilian fleet.
sur Mer

Late 14th century (1351–1400)

 Year Battle Description
Combat of the Thirty French knights from Chateau Josselin under Jean de Beaumanoir call out
1351
Thirty and defeat thirty English knights under Robert Bemborough.
Battle of
1351 English relief army lifted a French siege.
Saintes
Battle of
1351 French defeated the English.
Ardres
Battle of
1352 Anglo-Bretons defeated the French.
Mauron
Battle of
1354 Genoans destroy Venetian fleet.
Sapienza
Fall of March – Ottoman Turks under Sultan Orhan capture Gallipoli, giving them a
1354
Gallipoli bridgehead into Europe.
Baile Loch
1356 In south Connacht
Deacair
Battle of 25 October – Edward the Black Prince captures King John II of France, France
1356
Poitiers plunges into chaos.
Battle of
1358 Army of French nobles crushes the peasant Jacquerie.
Mello
Battle of
1359 Campo delle 23 July - Florentines defeat Great Company
Mosche
Battle of
1361 Danish defeated the Swedish.
Wisby
Battle of
1362 Danish fleet beat Hanseatic fleet in Danish-German War
Helsingborg
Battle of
1362 6 April – Free Companies defeat the French.
Brignais
Battle of Blue
1362/1363 The Pagan Lithuanians defeat Islamic Tatar Forces
Waters
Battle of
1364 16 May – French defeat Gascon-Navarrese-English.
Cocherel
Battle of
1364 28 July – Battle between Republics of Pisa and Florence.
Cascina
Battle of
1364 29 September – End of Breton War of Succession English defeat Franco-Bretons.
Auray
Battle of
1365 Capture by Ottoman Turks
Adrianople
Battle of English under the Black Prince and Don Pedro of Castile defeated the Franco-
1367
Nájera Castilians.
Battle of Franco-Castilians under King Henry II of Castile defeated Portuguese-Marinids-
1369
Montiel Grenadines-Jews under Don Pedro of Castile.
Battle of
1370 French victory against English
Pontvallain
Battle of Edward, Duke of Guelders and William II, Duke of Jülich defeat Wenceslaus,
1371
Baesweiler Duke of Brabant.
Battle of 26 September – Serbs under their ruler Vukashin were defeated by an Ottoman
1371
Maritsa force.
1372 Battle of La Naval battle. Castilian fleet defeats the English fleet. English sea dominance
Rochelle destroyed.
Battle of
1373 Chiset French defeated an English relief army trying to lift the siege of Chiset.
(Chizai)
Cesena 2,500/5,000 inhabitants of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal
1377
Bloodbath troops led by John Hawkwood during the War of the Eight Saints.
Battle on
1377 The Russian troops are defeated, while their commander drowns in the river.
Pyana River
Battle of
1377 Moravian Serbia defeated the Ottoman Empire.
Dubravnica
Battle of
1380 Dmitri Donskoy of Moscow halts the Mongols.
Kulikovo
Battle of
Forces led by Henry le Despenser defeat the rebels of Norfolk at the end of the
1381 North
English Peasants' Revolt.
Walsham
Battle of French and Castilian forces under King Charles VI of France defeated Flemish
1382
Roosebeke and English forces.
Trian
1383 Hugh O Neill and Robin Savage kill each other in a cavalry charge.
Chongail
Battle of
1384 6 April – Nuno Alvares Pereira (Portuguese general) defeats Castile.
Atoleiros
Tochar
1385 Cruachain- O Conchobhair, King of Uí Falighe, soundly defeats the English of Meath.
Bri-Ele
Battle of
1385 An army sent by John I of Castile is defeated by the Portuguese.
Trancoso
Battle of 14 August – Portugal maintains independence from Castile, John I establishes
1385
Aljubarrota Avis dynasty.
Battle of
1385 14 October – A Portuguese army defeated a Castilian army.
Valverde
Serbian forces under Balša II and Ivaniš Mrnjavčević were defeated by Ottoman
1385 Battle of Savra
commander Hayreddin Pasha near Berat.
Battle of
1386 9 July Swiss defeat Leopold III of Austria.
Sempach
Battle of
1386 Serbian victory and first serious defeat for the Ottoman army in the Balkans.
Pločnik
Battle of 11 March – Giovanni Ordelaffi and Ostasio da Polenta, for Verona, defeated by
1387
Castagnaro John Hawkwood and Francesco Novello Carraresi, for Padua.
Battle of March Ming Chinese army under general Lan Yu,decisively defeated Mongol
1388
Buyur Lake Northern Yuan Dynasty,more than 100'000 Mongols killed or captured.
Battle of
1388 19 August English defeated in Scottish/English border dispute.
Otterburn
Battle of
1388 27 August Bosnians and Serbians defeat the Ottomans.
Bileća
A Turkish army gathered by Murad I and a Serbian army under Knez Lazar beat
Battle of each other into the ground. The battle was a draw, yet in the wake of it the Serbs
1389
Kosovo Polje were left with too few men to effectively defend their lands, while the Turks had
many more troops in the east. Both Lazar and Murad lost their lives in the battle.
1391 Battle of Mercenary army of Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan beat that of Jean III of
Alessandria Armagnac
Ros-mic-
1394 King of Leinster attacks and defeats the English.
Triuin
Battle of 10 October – Mircea cel Batrin the voievod of Wallachia defeated Beyazid I,
1394
Rovine sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Battle of 16 April – Astorre I Manfredi for the Republic of Venice and Niccolò III d'Este
1395
Portomaggiore beat Ferrarese rebel Azzo X d'Este.
Battle of the
1396 Scottish clan battle
North Inch
Battle of
1396 25 September – French-Hungarian crusade defeated by the Ottoman Empire
Nicopolis
Battle of
1399 The Anglo-Irish defeat the sons of Henry O Neill.
Tragh-Bhaile
Battle of the
1399 Vytautas the Great of Lithuania is defeated by generals of Tamerlane.
Vorskla River

Early 15th century (1401–50)

Year Battle Description
Battle of
mid-June – Welsh rebels under Owain Glyndŵr defeat an army of English and
1401 Mynydd
Flemish soldiers near Aberystwyth.
Hyddgen
1401 Battle of Tuthill November – inconclusive battle between English and Welsh near Caernarfon
Battle of 26 January – Alberico da Barbiano for Milan defeats Bolognese–Florentine army
1402
Casalecchio under Muzio Attendolo
Battle of Bryn
1402 22 June – English army routed in mid-Wales; Owain Glyndŵr's revolt spreads
Glas
Battle of Angora
1402 or Battle of 20 July – Timur defeats and captures Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I in Anatolia
Ankara
Battle of Nesbit
1402 clash between English and Scottish prior to the Battle of Homildon Hill
Moor
Battle of
1402 14 September - Scottish raiding force is defeated in Northern England
Homildon Hill
Battle of 21 July – Lancastrians defeat rebel army including Welsh soldiers led by Henry
1403
Shrewsbury Percy, "Hotspur"
Battle of Pwll
1405 May – Owain Glyndŵr's rebels defeated near Usk
Melyn
Cluain
1406 The King of Uí Falighe defeats the Galls of Meath
Immorrais
Battle of Tuiteam Scottish clan battle fought between the Clan MacLeod of Lewis against the Clan
1406
Tarbhach MacKay
Battle of Lạng
1407 19 January - Ming Chinese forces defeated Đại Ngu forces
Sơn
Battle of Sông Chinese Ming Dynasty decisively defeated the Vietnamese Hồ Dynasty,led to the
1407
Phú Lương Ming conquest of Đại Ngu
Battle of
1408 19 February - The Percy Rebellion is finally crushed by King Henry IV of England
Bramham Moor
23 September - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy defeats rebels from the city of
1408 Battle of Othée
Liege
30 June - Aragona defeats the giudicato di Arborea, last independent kingdom of
1409 Battle of Sanluri
Sardinia
23 September - The Mongols under Öljei Temür Khan defeated Ming China on 23
1409 Battle of Kherlen
September 1409
Battle of
Grunwald 15 July - Polish and Lithuanian army under Władysław II Jagiełło break the spine of
1410
or Battle of the Teutonic Knights under Ulrich von Jungingen
Tannenberg
Battle of
1410 10 October - Polish army defeat Teutonic Knights
Koronowo
1411 Battle of Harlaw 24 July – Highlanders versus Lowland Scots ends in draw
Battle of December – Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgian army under Constantine I
1412
Chalagan of Georgia and Shirvanshah Ibrahim, their ally
Battle of 25 October – English longbowmen under Henry V defeat French under Charles
1415
Agincourt d'Albret
1415 Battle of Ceuta 14 August - Ceuta is captured by the Portuguese
1416 Battle of A Venetian fleet under Pietro Loredan destroys the Ottoman fleet
Gallipoli
1418 Siege of Rouen 19 July January 1419 – Henry V of England gains a foothold in Normandy
Battle of la
1419 A Castilian fleet defeats an English-Hanseatic coalition fleet
Rochelle
Battle of
1420 25 March – Hussites led by Jan Žižka defeat Catholics
Sudomer
Battle of Vitkov
1420 12 June – 14 July – Hussite victory over the Crusaders of the Holy Roman Emperor
Hill
Battle of Series of engagements between the Hussite forces and the Holy Roman Emperor's
1420
Vysehrad Crusaders
The French and Scottish forces of Charles VII commanded by the Earl of Buchan
1421 Battle of Bauge
defeat the forces of Henry V commanded by the Duke of Clarence
Battle of Kutna
1421 21 December – Hussites escape Royalist forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund
Hora
Battle of
1422 6 January – Jan Žižka leads the Hussites to victory over an Imperial army
Nebovidy
Battle of
1422 10 January – Hussites sack town
Německý Brod
1422 Battle of Arbedo 30 June – Milanese led by Francesco Bussone fight the Swiss
1422 Siege of Meaux English led by Henry V fight the French
1423 Battle of Horic 27 April – Taborites defeat Utraquists, ending the Hussite Civil War
1423 Battle of Cravant 31 July – English victory during Hundred Years' War
Battle of
1423 17 August – English defeat French, killing two French earls
Verneuil
Battle of La
1423 French victory over English
Brossinière
Battle of Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio
1424
L'Aquila da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon
Battle of The Florentines defeated by Filippo Maria Visconti's Milanese army under Count of
1424
Zagonara Carmagnola
Battle of
1426 13 January – Burgundian troops defeat combined Zeelander and English forces
Brouwershaven
Battle of St.
1426 6 March – An English force defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont
James
Battle of Usti
1426 16 June – Hussites defeat Imperial forces in the modern-day Czech Republic
nad Labem
Battle of
1426 7 July – Mamelukes defeat intoxicated Cypriots
Khirokitia
Battle of
1427 4 October – Part of the Wars in Lombardy
Maclodio
English forces commanded by the Earl of Suffolk besiege French city and are driven
1428 Siege of Orléans
off by Joan of Arc
11–12 June – Joan of Arc captures a bridge held by English over the Loire River. Her
1429 Battle of Jargeau
helmet saves her from a projectile
Battle of Meung-
1429 11–12 June The forces of Joan of Arc capture a second Loire River bridge
sur-Loire
1429 Battle of 16–17 June – Joan of Arc's forces capture a third Loire River bridge
 Beaugency
18 June – First major field victory of the French in the Hundred Years' War,
1429 Battle of Patay
recognized as the war's turning point
Siege of 29 March – The city of Thessalonica, ruled by the Republic of Venice, is captured by
1430
Thessalonica the Ottoman Empire
Siege of
1430 23 May – French victory but Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundians
Compiègne
1431 Battle of Soncino 17 May – Count of Carmagnola, for Venice, is defeated by the Visconti
1431 Battle of Pavia 22 May – The Venetian fleet is destroyed by the Milanese
Battle of
1431 14 August - Hussite army led by Prokop the Bald slaughters Crusaders
Domažlice
Battle of
1431 Royal English forces routed by Scottish Highlanders
Inverlochy
1432 Battle of Delebio 18/19 November – Duchy of Milan and Valtellina fight the Republic of Venice
Battle of San
1432 Florence fought Siena
Romano
1434 Battle of Lipany 30 May – Catholic Crusaders destroy Taborite army
Battle of
1435 French troops, under the command of La Hire, defeat English
Gerbevoy
a Genoese fleet sent by Filippo Maria Visconti defeats the Aragonese of Alfonso V of
1435 Battle of Ponza
Naples
Battle of the forces of Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis of Lithiania with the help of the
1435
Pabaiskas Polish troops defeated Švitrigaila and his Livonian allies
Battle of
1436 Scottish victory over the English on the Scottish Borders
Piperdean
Battle of
1439 Polish army defeats Hussite Protestants
Grotniki
Battle of 29 June – Niccolò Piccinino, overlord of Bologna, defeats Milanese Filippo Maria
1440
Anghiari Visconti and is then opposed by Cosimo de Medici
Siege of Novo
1440 Ottoman forces captured Novo Brdo, an important fortified mining town of Serbia
Brdo (1440–41)
1443 Battle of Zlatica December – Crusader advance stopped by the Ottoman army
Battle of
1444 2 or 5 January — Hungary, Poland and Serbia defeated Ottoman forces
Kunovica
10 November - Ottoman Murad II defeats Hungarians, Poles and Wallachians, King
1444 Battle of Varna
Władysław III of Poland killed
1445 Battle of Gomit Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal
Battle of
1447 Abdal-Latif Mirza captures Damghan
Damghan
1448 Battle of Sark 23 October – also known as Battle of Lochmabenstone – Anglo-Scottish conflicts
Battle of 15 September - Ambrosian Republic (Milan's short lived republic) fights the
1448
Caravaggio Republic of Venice
1448 Battle of Kosovo 17–20 October – Roman Catholic coalition defeated by Turkish and Orthodox forces
Battle of
1449 20 May - Afonso V of Portugal defeats rebels of Pedro, Duke of Coimbra
Alfarrobeira
Battle of Tumu
1449 1 September - conflict between the Mongols and the Chinese Ming dynasty
Fortress
1450 Battle of 15 April - decisive French victory over English during the Hundred years war
Formigny

Late 15th century (1451–1500)

 Year Battle Description
Battle of The Valois use cannon to defeat the Lancastrians, which ends the Hundred Years'
1453
Castillon War
Battle of 29 May – Mehmet II of the Ottoman Turks captures Constantinople (İstanbul),
1453
Constantinople ending the Byzantine Empire
Battle of
1454 18 September – Polish defeated by Teutonic Knights
Chojnice
Battle of 24 September - Serbs under command of Nikola Skobaljić defeat a larger
1454
Leskovac Ottoman army
Battle of Serbian Despotate, allied with the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats invading
1454
Kruševac Ottoman forces
Battle of
1455 Scottish Royal-Black Douglas civil war
Arkinholm
First Battle of
1455 22 May – first battle of the Wars of the Roses, England
St Albans
Siege of
1456 22 July Hungarian forces lift Ottoman siege, Sultan Mehmet II wounded
Belgrade
Battle of April - Ştefan cel Mare, helped by Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler,
1457
Direptatea defeated Petru Aron and became Voivod of Moldavia
Battle of Blore
1459 23 September – Yorkist knights defeat Lancastrians in War of the Roses
Heath
Battle of
1459 Ludford 12 October – King Henry routs Yorkists in War of the Roses
Bridge
Battle of
1460 Yorkists land at Sandwich, rout Lancastrians
Sandwich
1460 Battle of Nola John of Anjou's victory over Ferdinand of Naples
Battle of
1460 10 July – Warwick attacks royal camp and captures King Henry
Northampton
Battle of 30 December – Queen Margaret's Lancastrians defeat Duke of York, who is killed
1460
Wakefield in the fight
Battle of
1461 Mortimer's 2 February – Yorkists defeat Lancastrians in the west
Cross
Second Battle
1461 17 February – Lancastrians storm the town, chase out Yorkists
of St Albans
Battle of 28 March – Lancastrians ambush the Earl of Warwick and kill his second-in-
1461
Ferrybridge command
Battle of
1461 29 March – Edward IV of England defeats Lancastrian forces
Towton
Siege of 15 August – Ottoman Turks led by Mehmet II capture the capitol of the Empire of
1461
Trebizond Trebizond, ending that empire
The Night
1462 17 June – Vlad III Dracula attacks Mehmed II
Attack
Battle of
Świecino
1462 7 September - during the Thirteen Years' War, Poles defeated the Teutonic Order
(or Schwetzin,
or Żarnowiec)
1462 Siege of Ottoman Turks capture the capitol of Gattilusi Lesbos
Mytilene
Battle of
1463 15 September – Polish navy defeats Teutonic navy
Zatoka Świeża
Battle of
1464 Hedgeley 25 April – Lancastrian rebels defeated
Moor
Battle of
1464 15 May – Yorkists under Montagu annihilate Lancastrians in a surprise attack
Hexham
Battle of
1467 25 July – Bartolomeo Colleoni for Venice is defeated
Molinella
1467 Battle of Baia 15 December – Ştefan cel Mare defeated Mathias Corvinus
Battle of
1467 28 October
Brustem
Battle of
Edgecote
1469 26 July – Warwick the Kingmaker triumphs over Edward IV
Moor
(or Banbury)
Battle of
1470 Ştefan cel Mare defeats the Tatars
Lipnic
Siege of
1470 Ottomans besiege and capture the Venetian fortress of Negroponte
Negroponte
Battle of Lose-
1470 12 March – Yorkists chase disrobing Lancastrians from the field
coat Field
Battle of
1471 14 March - Edward IV lands at Ravenspur and repulses token resistance
Ravenspur
Battle of
1471 14 April – Confusion in the fog, Earl of Warwick killed
Barnet
Battle of
1471 4 May – Edward IV of England's final victory over the House of Lancaster
Tewkesbury
Battle of
1471 10 October – Denmark fights Sweden
Brunkeberg
Battle of Mehmed II of Ottoman Turks decisively defeats Uzun Hasan of Akkoyunlu
1473
Otlukbeli Turkomans
1474 Siege of Neuss Charles the Bold leads unsuccessful siege during Burgundy Wars
Battle of
1474 Burgundy is defeated by the Swiss Cofederation
Héricourt
Siege of
1474 Spring 1474 — 8 August 1474 — Venice and Zeta defeat Ottoman besiegers
Shkodra
Battle of
1475 10 January – Ştefan cel Mare defeats a huge Ottoman army
Vaslui
Battle on the
1475 (November) - Burgundy Wars
Planta
1 March - Indecisive: Prince John of Portugal defeated the Castilian right wing
and remained in possession of the battlefield while his father Afonso V is defeated
1476 Battle of Toro
by the Castilian left-centre led by the Duke of Alba and Cardinal Mendoza. Both
sides claimed victory
Battle of
1476 2 March – A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold
Grandson
1476 Battle of 22 June – The Swiss defeat Charles the Bold again
Morat
Battle of Valea
1476 26 July – Mehmed II defeats Ştefan cel Mare
Albă
Battle of 5 January – Swiss pikemen defeat cavalry of Burgundy's Charles the Bold, who is
1477
Nancy killed
Battle of
1478 Sardinian rebels are defeated by the Aragonese
Macomer
Battle of Majapahit rebels backed by the Demak Sultanate are defeated by
1478
Trowulan Girindrawardhana
Battle of 7 August – French troops are defeated by the Burgundians led by Maximilian of
1479
Guinegate Habsburg
Battle of
1479 13 October – Pál Kinizsi, comite of Timişoara, defeated the Ottomans
Breadfield
Siege of May until 28 July – Ottomans unsuccessfully besiege the Knights Hospitaller
1480
Rhodes garrison on Rhodes
A naval battle fought near Tobermory, Scotland, between John of Islay, Earl of
Battle of
1480 Ross, the Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald; and his son, Angus Óg
Bloody Bay
Macdonald
Battle of Gedik Ahmed Pasha of the Ottoman Turks captures Otranto in the Italian
1480/1481
Otranto peninsula
Battle of 22 June – The forces of Sultan Beyazit II of Ottoman Turks defeat the supporters
1481
Yenişehir of his brother and rival, Cem Sultan
Battle of 21 August – Papal army under Roberto Malatesta defeats Neapolitan troops led by
1482
Campomorto Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
Battle of
1484 Lochmaben Scottish Royal-Black Douglas civil war
Fair
Battle of
22 August – ends Wars of the Roses fought since 1460, Lacastrian Henry VII
1485 Bosworth
becomes King
Field
Battle of
1486 Scottish clan battle
Auldicharish
1487 Battle of Stoke 16 June – Henry VII of England finally defeats internal opposition
Battle of
1488 11 June – King James III defeated by Scottish nobles
Sauchieburn
Battle of 2 January – Ferdinand II of Aragon defeats the last Muslim kingdom in al-
1492
Granada Andalus, the emirate of Granada of Sultan Boabdil
Battle of 9 September – Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War Ottoman Turks defeat
1493
Krbava field Croatians
Battle of 6 July – Francesco II Gonzaga of the Italian Holy League defeats Charles VIII of
1495
Fornovo France
Battle of
1497 Codrii Ştefan cel Mare defeated John I of Poland
Cosminului
Battle of
1497 Scottish clan battle
Drumchatt
1499 Battle of 25 August – the Ottoman fleet defeats the Venetian fleet
Zonchio
 (or Battle of
Sapienza
or First Battle
of Lepanto)
Battle of 17 February – A peasant rebellion defeats a much larger ducal army by opening
1500
Hemmingstedt dykes and drowning them
Battle of
1500 Ottoman fleet defeats Venetian fleet
Lepanto
Battle of
1500 14 July – Russians beat the Lithuanians
Vedrosha

Early 16th century (1501–50)

Year Battle Description
Battle of Ruvo 23 February - Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War
Battle of
21 April – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War
1503 Cerignola
Battle of
27 December – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War.
Garigliano
3 February – Portuguese Viceroy destroys Moslem fleet off the coast of India, wrests
Battle of Diu
control of spice trade.
Battle of
Agnadello
14 May – French defeat Venetians during War of the League of Cambrai
1509 (Battle of
Vaila)
Siege of Padua 15–30 September Venice captures Padua during War of the League of Cambrai
Battle of 22 December - A fleet of the Republic of Venice is destroyed on the Po River by the
Polesella Ferrarese artillery during War of the League of Cambrai
Siege of 19 December 1510 – 20 January 1511 - City captured by Pope Julius II during the War
1510
Mirandola of the League of Cambrai
Sack of 18 February - French troops overrun the Italian town of Brescia during the War of the
Brescia League of Cambrai.
1512
Battle of 11 April – Gaston de Foix, although killed in the battle, defeats the Spanish during War
Ravenna of the League of Cambrai
Battle of
6 June – Holy League defeats France during War of the League of Cambrai
Novara
Battle of
Guinegate 16 August – Henry VIII and Emperor Maximilian I crush French during War of the
(Battle of the League of Cambrai
1513 Spurs)
Battle of
9 September - Henry VIII's army under Earl of Surrey killed James IV of Scotland.
Flodden Field
Battle of La
7 October – Spain defeats Venice during War of the League of Cambrai
Motta
Battle of
8 September – Polish–Lithuanian army defeated the army of Muscovy.
Orsha
1514
Battle of
Selim I of Ottoman Turks defeats Persian Safavids.
Chaldiran
Battle of
13–14 September – France defeats Milan during War of the League of Cambrai
Marignano
1515
Arumer
Army of peasant rebels in Friesland fights the Dutch authorities
Zwarte Hoop
War of Urbino Francesco Maria I della Rovere shortly reconquers Urbino
Siege of Arai 11 July – In Japan, the Hōjō Clan captures Arai castle.
1516 Battle of Marj 24 August – Selim I of Ottoman Turks defeats the Mamelukes and captures Syria.
Dabiq
Battle of
28 October – Ottoman Empire defeats the Mamelukes.
Yaunis Khan
Battle of
1517 Ottoman Turks under Selim I defeat Mamelukes and capture Egypt.
Ridaniya
1520 Battle of the 30 June – The Aztec Empire defeats the Spanish troops of Hernán Cortés
 Night of
Sorrows
Siege of
26 May – 13 August – Fall of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
Battle of
20 May - French take city from Spanish, Ignatius of Loyola wounded
Pampeluna
Battle of
1521 30 June - Spanish defeat the Franco-Navarrese army
Noáin
Siege of
July to August - Suleiman I of the Ottoman Turks captures Belgrade.
Belgrade
Battle of
August to September - Ming Chinese Navy defeated Portuguese Navy
Tunmen
Battle of
27 April – Spanish victory during Habsburg-Valois Wars
Bicocca
Siege of
1522 The Ottoman Empire expels the Knights of Rhodes
Rhodes
Battle of
Ming Chinese Navy defeated Portuguese Navy.
Xicaowan
Siege of Edo Edo Castle falls from Uesugi control to Hōjō control
1524 Battle of the
30 April - Spanish and Holy Roman Empire forces beat French
Sesia
Battle of Punta
January – Pizarro defeats the Quitians, but is wounded seven times
Quemada
Battle of
1525 End of the German Peasants' War
Frankenhausen
24 February – Spain and Holy Roman Empire defeat France; Francis I of France is
Battle of Pavia
captured
First battle of
21 April – The Mughal king Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi
Panipat
Battle of 29 August – Suleiman I of Ottoman Turks defeats the kingdom of Hungary; King Louis
1526
Mohács II killed
Siege of
Uesugi clan defeats Hōjō clan, inflicting a major psychological blow
Kamakura
6 May – Unpaid Spanish and Imperial troops attack the city in protest during War of the
1527 Sack of Rome
League of Cognac
Battle of 7 March or 9 – Imam Ahmad Gragn withstands the assault of the numerically superior
Shimbra Kure army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia
Battle of Spring - among the first confrontations in the Inca Civil War, with Atahualpa defeating
Chimborazo his brother Huáscar
Battle of 21 June - Spanish and Holy Roman Empire troops defeat French during War of the
1529
Landriano League of Cognac
Siege of
Ottomans reach limit of empire, can't capture Vienna and settle in Buda
Vienna
Siege of 24 October 1529 – 10 August 1530 Spanish and Holy Roman Empire troops capture
Florence Florence during War of the League of Cognac
Battle of 3 August – Florence crushed by the Holy Roman Empire during War of the League of
1530
Gavinana Cognac
1531 Battle of February or March – The Ethiopian army panics and flees before Imam Ahmad Gragn's
 Antukyah seven cannons and matchlockmen.
Battle of Puná April – Pizarro's forces defeat much larger forces of natives on the island of Puná
Battle of
22 August - Polish army defeats the Moldavians
Obertyn
Battle of
11 October – Victory of Swiss Catholics over the followers of Zwingli
Kappel
Battle of 28 October – Imam Ahmad Gragn again defeats Emperor Lebna Dengel, and crosses
Amba Sel the Walaqa River unchecked into Bet Amhara
Battle of April - decisive battle of the Inca Civil War with Atahualpa defeating his brother and
Quipaipan Huáscar
1532
Battle of 16 November - Pizarro captures king Atahuallpa during the Spanish conquest of the
Cajamarca Inca Empire
Battle of
1533 Capital of the Inca empire taken by the Spanish
Cuzco
Battle of Un
Takeda family forces defeat Hiraga Genshin
no Kuchi
1536
Siege of 6 May 1536 – March 1537 - Siege of the city of Cuzco by the army of Inca Emperor
Cuzco Manco Inca Yupanqui, Manco Inca is defeated
Battle of January – The forces of the Inca emperor Manco Inca defeat the Spanish troops of
1537
Ollantaytambo Hernando Pizarro
Battle of Las
Pizarro brothers defeat Diego de Almagro
Salinas
1538
Battle of
Ottoman fleet defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet
Preveza
Battle of 18 October - Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortress town
1540
Mabila of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa
24 April – Ethiopian Emperor Gelawdewos defeats an attack by Garad Emar, a
Battle of
1541 lieutenant of Imam Ahmad Gragn. However, the Emperor is forced south into Shewa
Sahart
and away from the advancing troops of Portuguese commander Christovão da Gama
1542 Battle of 2 February – Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hillfort
Baçente in northern Ethiopia
Battle of 9 March – Takeda Shingen defeats four enemy forces to begin his conquest Shinano
Sezawa Province
4 April-16 The Portuguese under Christovão da Gama encounter the army of Imam
Battle of Jarte
Ahmad Gragn in two successive victories
Battle of the
August – During the rainy season, Christovão da Gama captures a strategic position and
Hill of the
many badly needed horses
Jews
Battle of
24 August – Scottish victory over the English
Haddon Rig
28 August – Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn
Battle of
attacks the Portuguese camp. The Portuguese are scattered, Christovão da Gama
Wofla
captured and executed.
Battle of
25 November – English victory over Scotland
Solway Moss
Battle of
Oda Nobuhide defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto
Azukizaka
Siege of
Takeda Shingen captures Uehara Castle from Suwa Yorishige
Uehara
 Siege of
One day after Uehara, Shingen defeats Yorishige again. Yorishige then commits suicide
Kuwabara
Siege of Takeda Shingen captures Fukuyo fortress. Battle of Ankokuji follows, Takato Yoritsugu
Fukuyo defeated
Battle of
Scottish clan battle
Alltan-Beath
Siege of
French siege raised by Spanish army
Perpignan
Battle of 11 February – Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat their Muslim opponent;
Wayna Daga Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
Siege of
Shingen defeats Oi Sadataka
1543 Nagakubo
Battle of
25 July - Spanish fleet defeats French fleet
Muros Bay
Siege of Nice 5–22 August - Ottomans and French sack Nice
Battle of
11 April – French forces defeat Holy Roman Empire in Italy
Ceresole
Battle of
2–4 June - Spanish and Holy Roman Empire defeat Italian mercenaries
Serravalle
First Siege of
19 July - 18 September - English forces capture Boulogne
Boulogne
1544
Second Siege
October - French forces unsuccessfully besiege the town
of Boulogne
Siege of
Takeda Shingen continues his conquest of Ima Valley, Shinano Province
Kojinyama
Battle of the
Scottish clan battle
Shirts
Battle of
27 February - Scottish victory over the English during the War of the Rough Wooing
Ancrum Moor
Siege of
Takeda Shingen defeats Takatō Yoritsugu, taking his castle
Takatō
Siege of
The Takeda family defeats Tozawa Yorichika
Ryūgasaki
1545
Battle of the 18–19 July – Indecisive naval battle between France and England, English flagship
Solent Mary Rose sinks
Battle of
July - French invade Isle of Wight and are repulsed
Bonchurch
Battle of
Hōjō forces defeat the Uesugi, foiling a siege
Kawagoe
Battle of 24 April – Emperor Charles V captures elector of Saxony and lays siege to Wittenberg
Mühlberg in the Schmalkaldic War
1547
Battle of
10 September – Earl of Hertford guardian of Edward VI crushes Scottish resistance
Pinkie
Battle of
14 February – Takeda Shingen defeats Murakami Yoshikiyo
Uedahara
1548
Battle of
Takeda Shingen surprises and defeats Ogasawara Nagatoki in a dawn attack
Shirojiritoge
1549 Siege of Takeda Shingen captures several of Nagatoki's castles, forcing him to flee to Kyoto.
 Fukashi

Late 16th century (1551–1600)

Year Battle Description
15 August – The garrison of the Knights of Malta in the fortress of Tripoli
Siege of Tripoli
surrender to Ottoman besiegers after a bombardment lasting six days.
1551 Takeda Shingen takes the castle of Toishi after besieging it multiple times starting
Sieges of Toishi
in 1550
Siege of Mirandola July 1551 to March 1552 - Pope Julius III besieges town then withdraws
Siege of Eger Hungarian victory over Ottoman Turks
Capture of Muscat August - Muscat captured from Portuguese by Ottoman fleet
Battle of Ponza 5 August - Franco-Ottoman fleet defeats Genoese fleet
1552
Siege of Kazan 2 September- 13 October - Ivan the Terrible defeats the Kazan Khanate
Siege of Metz October 1552 to January 1553 - Unsuccessful siege by Holy Roman Empire
Siege of Temesvár Ottoman Empire captures town
First Battle of
June - indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin
Kawanakajima
Siege of Katsurao Takeda Shingen captures fortress
1553
Battle of 9 July - Maurice, Elector of Saxony and Duke Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-
Sievershausen Lüneburg defeat Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Battle of Tucapel 25 December - Mapuche (Araucanian) Indians defeat Spanish conquistadors
Battle of
23 February - Mapuche defeat Spanish conquistador Francisco de Villagra
Marihueñu
Battle of Marciano 2 August - Florence finally defeats Siena
Battle of the Gulf
10–25 August - Portuguese destroy Ottoman fleet
1554 of Oman
Battle of Renty 12 August – Francis, Duke of Guise repels an Imperial invasion of Picardy
Battle of Tadla September - Saadi dynasty defeat Wattasids
Battle of
Mōri clan defeat Sue Harukata
Oshikibata
Second Battle of
Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin
Kawanakajima
Battle of Kivinebb 11 March - Swedish victory over Russians
Battle of Sirhind 22 June - Mughal Empire has decisive victory over the Suri Empire
1555 Battle at
Mughal Empire defeats Suri Empire
Machhiwara
Capture of Bougie Ottomans capture Béjaïa from Spain
Battle of Garbharry Battle fought between Clan MacKay and Clan Sutherland
Battle of Miyajima 16 October - Mōri clan defeat Ōuchi clan on sacred island of Miyajima
Battle of Nagara-
April - Saitō Yoshitatsu defeats father Saitō Dōsan
gawa
Battle of Peteroa June to July - Spanish victory over Manuche
Battle of
1556 7 October - Hemu defeats Mughal forces and occupies Delhi
Tughlaqabad
Second battle of
5 November – Akbar the Great defeats Hemu
Panipat
Siege of Oran Ottoman troops besiege the Spanish garrison in Oran
1557 Third Battle of Takeda Shingen repelled by Uesugi Kenshin
 Kawanakajima
Battle of St. 10 August – Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeats Anne de Montmorency during
Quentin the Habsburg-Valois War
Battle of Lagunillas 8 November - Spanish defeat Mapuche during Arauco War
November 1557 to November 1558 - Sitawaka besiege Portuguese. Portuguese
Siege of Kotte
break out.
Siege of Calais 7 January – France capture the city from the English
Battle of Wadi al-
March–April - Between Moroccos and Ottomans. Ottomans retreat
Laban
Siege of Narva April to May - Russians besiege Narva during Livonian War
Battle of
13 July Spain defeats France
Gravelines
1558 Mostaganem August to September - Spanish forces fail to capture Mostaganem from the
Expedition Ottomans.
Ottoman invasion
of the Balearic Ottomans capture Balearic Islands during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars
Islands
Battle of Rio de
Portuguese destroy French settlement of Henriville
Janeiro
Battle of Quiapo 13 December - Spanish defeat Mapuche
Battle of Spancel Sir Donnell O'Brien defeats Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and his ally
1559
Hill Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde in County Clare
Battle of Glasgow 18 March - Lords of the Congregation defeat French
Battle of Djerba 9–14 May – Ottoman fleet defeats Holy League
Battle of Norada In Japan, the Azai clan gains its independence from the Rokkaku
Siege of Marune Forces of Imagawa Yoshimoto defeat forces of Oda Nobunaga
1560 Battle of
Oda Nobunaga's small forces ambush and slay warlord Imagawa Yoshimoto
Okehazama
Russian Tsardom defeats Livonian Confederacy so decisively that the Livonian
Battle of Ērģeme
Order was disbanded
Invasion of Jaffna Portuguese invade Kingdom of Jaffna
Fourth Battle of 10 September Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their
Kawanakajima ongoing conflicts
1561
Siege of Moji Mōri clan break siege by Ōtomo Sōrin and Portuguese traders
Siege of Odawara Hōjō clan resist siege by Uesugi Kenshin
Battle of Nevel 19 August - Tactical Polish victory over Russia during Livonian War
Battle of Corrichie 28 October - Mary, Queen of Scots Civil Wars
1562 Battle of Dreux 19 December Catholics versus Huguenots in France. Both leaders captured.
Battle of Sitawaka forces defeat Portuguese near Colombo during Sinhalese–Portuguese
Mulleriyawa War
1563 Sieges of Oran and
Spanish victory during Ottoman-Habsburg wars
Mers El Kébir
Siege of Orléans Catholics besiege Protestants during War of Religion
30 May - Naval battle between Denmark and Sweden during Northern Seven
Battle of Bornholm
Years' War
Battle of Mared 9 November - Danes beat Swedes during Northern Seven Years' War
 Capture of
Danes capture Älvsborg during Northern Seven Years' War
Älvsborg
11 September - Naval battle between Denmark and Sweden during Northern Seven
Battle of Öland
Years' War
Siege of Musashi-
Combined Takeda clan-Hōjō clan army regain Musashi-Matsuyama castle
Matsuyama
Battle of Ula 26 January - Lithuanians defeat Russians during Livonian War
Siege of
1 February to 1 April - Mapuche besiege Spanish
Concepción
First battle of
30 to 31 May - Danish fleet beat Swedish fleet during Northern Seven Years' War
1564 Öland
Fifth Battle of
Indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin
Kawanakajima
Battle of Kōnodai Hōjō clan forces defeat the forces of Satomi Yoshihiro
Battle of Azukizaka Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the Ikkō-ikki
Battle of Talikota 26 January - Deccan sultanates defeat Vijayanagara Empire
Battle of Affane February - Butlers beat the Geraldines
Siege of Malta Knights of Malta defeat Turkish forces
1565
Battle of Glentaisie 2 May - O'Neills defeat Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg.
Battle of Rügen 21 May -Swedish Fleet beats Danish fleet during Northern Seven Years' War
Battle of Axtorna 20 October - Danes beat the Swedes during Northern Seven Years' War
6 August to 8 September - 2,300 Hungarian defenders are annihilated by an army
Battle of Szigetvár
of 90,000 soldiers of the Ottoman Empire
1566
Battle of Brobacka 9 August - Swedish army ambushes and defeats Danish army
Siege of Minowa Takeda Shingen captures Minowa castle from Uesugi clan
Battle of Rio de
20 January - Portuguese finally defeat French colony
Janeiro
Battle of 13 March - Traditionally seen as the beginning[1] of the Eighty Years' War. Spain
Oosterweel defeats Dutch rebels
Battle of Carberry 15 June - Mary, Queen of Scots forces defeated by James Douglas, 4th Earl of
Hill Morton and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
Siege of Inabayama
13 to 27 September - Oda Nobunaga takes castle
1567 Castle
Siege of
October - Mughal forces successfully besiege Rajputs in Chittorgarh Fort
Chittorgarh
Battle of Saint-
10 November - 16,000 Royalists defeat 5,000 Huguenots near Paris
Denis
Battle of Digomi Georgian king Simon I of Kartli repulses Persian attack near Tbilisi
Battle of
Part of the Clan war between the O'Neills and the O'Donnells
Farsetmore
1568 Siege of Chartres 28 February to 15 March - Huguenots besiege Royalists
Battle of Dahlen 25 April - Dutch attempt to conquer Roermond during Eighty Years War
13 May - James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray defeats the forces of his half-sister,
Battle of Langside
Mary, Queen of Scots, forcing her to flee to England
Battle of 23 May - Dutch army ambushes Spanish army
 Heiligerlee
Battle of
21 July - Spanish army under the Duke of Alva defeats the Dutch army
Jemmingen
Battle of San Juan
23 September - Spanish fleet defeats English privateers
de Ulúa
Battle of Jodoigne Spain defeats Dutch army
Siege of Hachigata Takeda Shingen is unable to take a Hōjō fortress
Siege of Malacca Sultan of Aceh attacks Portuguese-held Malacca
Battle of Catirai Mapuche defeat Spanish
Siege of Odawara Takeda Shingen's forces burn the Hōjō clan controlled town
Battle of
Takeda Shingen escapes a trap set for him by the Hōjō clan
Mimasetoge
Siege of
Mughal forces capture Ranthambore Fort
Ranthambore
1569 Battle of Jarnac 13 March - French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots
Battle of La Roche-
25 June - French Huguenots defeat French Catholic forces
l'Abeille
Battle of Orthez 24 August - Huguenots defeat Royalist forces
Battle of
3 October - French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots decisively
Moncontour
Siege of Kanbara Takeda Katsuyori successfully besieges and captures Kanbara castle
Battle of Bun
Clan Cameron decisively defeat the Clan Mackintosh
Garbhain
Siege of Chōkō-ji Unsuccessful attempt to retake a castle captured by Oda Nobunaga
Siege of
Forces of Oda Nobunaga capture Kanegasaki fortress
Kanegasaki
1570
Siege of Hanazawa Takeda clan captures Hanazawa castle from Imagawa clan
30 July - Nobunaga joins forces with Tokugawa Ieyasu to defeat the Asakura and
Battle of Anegawa
Azai
17 September 1570 - 5 August 1571 - Ottoman Turks besiege and capture
Siege of Famagusta
Famagusta
Siege of Mount
Nobunaga defeats the Tendai Warrior Monks and razes their temple complex
Hiei
Siege of Fukazawa Takeda Shingen captures Fukazawa from Hōjō clan
Battle of Tonegawa Unresolved conflict between Uesugi forces and Takeda forces
Battle of Bankusay
3 June - Spanish settler fleet defeats local Kapampangan fleet
Channel
1571 Battle of
10 October - Clan Gordon overcomes Clan Forbes
Tillieangus
Battle of
20 November - Clan Gordon overcomes Clan Forbes again
Craibstone
Battle of Lepanto 7 October - Spain and Venice's fleets defeat the Ottoman fleet
First Siege of
Unsuccessful attempt by Nobunaga to take the fortress
Nagashima
1572 Battle of Molodi The Crimean Tatars and Ottoman Janissaries are routed by Russians near Moscow
Siege of Futamata Takeda Shingen captures one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortresses
 Capture of Brielle 1 April – Marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against
Spain in the Eighty Years' War
June - Forces of Shimazu Takahisa defeated the larger army of Itō Yoshisuke in
Battle of Kizaki
Japan.
Siege of Mons June to September - Successful Spanish siege of Dutch held town.
Relief of Goes August - Spanish raise the Dutch siege of Goes
Siege of November 1572 to February 1574 - Dutch rebel army successfully besieged
Middelburg Middelburg, held by Spanish forces under Cristóbal de Mondragón.
Siege of La November 1572 to July 1573 - Catholic troops besiege Protestant Huguenots.
Rochelle Negotiated settlement.
November 1572 to August 1573 - Catholic forces besieged Protestant Huguenots.
Siege of Sancerre
Siege abandoned.
11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 – Spanish successfully besiege Protestant
Siege of Haarlem
garrison at Haarlem
Battle of
Tokugawa Ieyasu is forced to retreat from Takeda Shingen
Mikatagahara
Siege of Iwamura Takeda Shingen's forces led by Akiyama Nobutomo capture Iwamura castle
Siege of Odani Nobunaga defeats Azai Nagamasa, effectively destroying the Azai family
Siege of Ichijo ga
Nobunaga effectively destroys the Asakura
dani
Siege of Noda Takeda Shingen is killed
Battle of Lode January - Swedes defeat Russians during Livonian War
Battle of Flushing 17 April – Dutch rebels manage to capture 5 Spanish ships.
22 April – A Spanish fleet under Sancho d'Avila is forced to retreat by a Dutch
Battle of Borsele
1573 fleet under Admiral Worst
Battle of
26 May – The Dutch failed in an attempt to break the siege of Haarlem
Haarlemmermeer
Siege of Alkmaar August to October - Dutch garrison fight off Spanish force under Don Fadrique
Capture of 28 August - English, French Huguenot and Fleming forces capture
Geertruidenberg Geertruidenberg from Franco-Spanish Catholic garrison
Battle on the 11 October - Dutch fleet destroyed a larger and better-equipped Spanish fleet on
Zuiderzee the Zuiderzee
October 1572 to October 1574 - Spanish under Francisco de Valdez unsuccessfully
Siege of Leiden
besiege Leiden.
October - Anglo-Dutch force under Thomas Morgan repels Spanish force under
Battle of Delft
Francisco de Valdez
1574 Battle of 29 January – Sancho d'Avila's attempt to resupply his troops ends up in complete
Reimerswaal annihilation of his fleet
Siege of Leiden Dutch rebels victory over Spain
Battle of
14 April - A Dutch army crumbles at a Spanish army's presence
Mookerheyde
30 May – Lodewijk van Boisot with 64 Dutch ships destroys the Spanish fleet near
Battle of Lillo
Antwerp
Takeda Katsuyori, son of Takeda Shingen, captures Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortress of
Battle of Takatenjin
Takatenjin
Second Siege of
Nobunaga's second attempt is foiled by a counter-attack
Nagashima
 Siege of Itami Nobunaga defeats Araki Murashige who had rebelled
Battle of Nagashino 28 June - Nobunaga repels the forces of Takeda Katsuyori
1575 Third Siege of
Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress
Nagashima
Siege of Mitsuji May - Honganji forces defeat Nobunaga's army, killing Harada Naomasa
1576 First Battle of
August - Unsuccessful naval blockade by Nobunaga
Kizugawaguchi
Battle of
17 April - Polish army defeats Danzig Rebellion army
Lubieszów
1577
Battle of
Nobunaga launches an unsuccessful attack on the forces of Uesugi Kenshin
Tedorigawa
Battle of Gembloux 31 January - Don John of Austria crushes Protestant army
Battle of
4 August - Moors defeat Portuguese army, kill King Sebastian of Portugal
Alcazarquivir
Second Battle of
Nobunaga defeats the naval forces of the Mori clan
1578 Kizugawaguchi
Battle of Rijmenam
The Spanish forces were dealt a strategic defeat by the Dutch
(1578)
Siege of Kozuki Hideyoshi is defeated by the Mori clan
Battle of Çıldır Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persia and conquer the Caucasus
Siege of Itami Hideyoshi captures Itami castle from Araki Murashige
1579 20,000 Spanish troops under Farnese captures the city defended by 2,000 Dutch
Siege of Maastricht
soldiers and civilians
Battle of Alcântara Spanish candidate to the Portuguese throne defeats national candidate
Siege of Ishiyama
1580 August - Kōsa surrenders to Nobunaga after a ten-year siege
Honganji
Siege of Miki Hideyoshi captures Miki castle from Nagaharu
Siege of Breda Spanish troops took the Dutch city by surprise
1581 Siege of Takatenjin Oda Nobunaga captures Takeda controlled castle
Siege of Tottori Hideyoshi captures Tottori Castle. The castle's lord commits suicide
Battle of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga destroy the forces of Takeda Katsuyori, who
Temmokuzan commits suicide
Siege of Takamatsu Hideyoshi captures Takamatsu Castle. The lord of this castle also commits suicide
21 June - Nobunaga is defeated by Akechi Mitsuhide, who forces him to commit
1582 Battle of Honnō-ji
suicide
Battle of Yamazaki Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide, the murderer of his master Oda Nobunaga
Battle of Uchide-
Hideyoshi again defeats Nobunaga's murderer, Akechi Mitsuhide
hama
Battle of
May - Hideyoshi relieves one of his allies who was under siege
Shizugatake
1583
9–11 May - Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persians at the end of three days of
Battle of Torches
battle
Battle of Komaki
1584 Hideyoshi is defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu
and Nagakute
Invasion of
1585 Hideyoshi conquers the island
Shikoku
1586 Battle of Zutphen 22 September - Spanish defeat Dutch rebels
Battle of Coutras 20 October - Huguenot forces defeat the French Royal Army
1587
Battle of Vimory 26 October - French Royalist forces defeat foreign Huguenot forces
Battle of Byczyna 24 January - A Polish faction defeats a Habsburg faction
1588 Battle of 29 July - Spanish Armada beaten decisively in battle against the English and Dutch
Gravelines fleet
14 March Henri IV of Navarre defeats Catholic League in War of the Three
Battle of Ivry
Henries
1590 4 May August - the Go-Hojo clan surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Japan
Siege of Odawara
was unified (1590)
Siege of Shimoda May to August - Hideyoshi's forces successfully besiege Hōjō clan
Battle of Bhuchar July - Mughal Empire defeated combined Kathiawar forces led by Nawanagar
1591
Mori State
Battle of Sangju 24 April - Konishi Yukinaga defeats the Koreans under Yi Il
Battle of Ch'ungju 28 April - Japanese forces decisively defeat the Koreans
Battle of Okpo 7 May - The Korean Navy defeats a Japanese convoy
Siege of Busan 24–25 May (13–14 April Lunar Calendar) Japanese defeat Koreans
Battle of Hansan
1592 Island 14 August - Korean Navy defeats Japanese Navy

Battle of Busan 1 November - Korean Navy could not recapture Busan from Japan
Siege of Chinese general Li Rusong defeats Konishi Yukinaga. Japan is expelled from
Pyongyang Pyongyang
Siege of Jinju Siege of Jinju Fortress. Commander Kim Si-min repulses the Japanese commander
(1592) Hosokawa Tadaoki, due to the arrival of a Korean relief force led by Gwak Jae-u
27 January - battle between Japan and China in Seoul. The Japanese army led by
Battle of
Ukita Hideie and Kobayakawa Takakage defeated the Chinese army under Li
Byeokjegwan
Rusong
The Korean army under commander Gwon Yul defenders were successful in
Battle of Haengju
1593 repelling the Japanese forces
Siege of Jinju Japanese defeat Koreans
Battle of Sisak Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat forces of the Ottoman Empire
Battle of Dryfe
A clash between Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone
Sands
1594 Battle of Glenlivet 3 October - Religious clan battle
Battle of Keresztes 24 to 26 October Ottoman Empire defeats Austria-Hungary and Germany
1596
Capture of Cadiz Dutch United Provinces seize the Spanish city of Cádiz
Battle of Turnhout 24 January - Dutch troops defeat Spanish cavalry
Battle of
28 August - Japanese Navy decisively defeat Korean Navy
Chilchonryang
1597 Siege of Namwon August - Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force
Siege of Ulsan Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force
Battle of
26 October - Korean Navy defeats Japanese navy
Myeongnyang
1598 Battle of the
Irish under Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, destroy English force
Yellow Ford
Battle of Stångebro 25 September - Sigismund loses the Swedish crown to his uncle, Duke Charles
 Battle of Sacheon
October - Japanese army defeats Chinese army
(1598)
Battle of Noryang
16 December - Chinese and Korean Navy decisively defeat the Japanese army
Point
Battle of Japanese General Ieyasu defeats three regents of the son of Hideyoshi in the most
Sekigahara important battle in Japanese history – he later establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate
1600
Battle of 2 July - Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Maurits) and Spanish army, led by
Nieuwpoort Albrecht, archduke of Austria

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