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Battle of Marathon (490 BCE) Athens defeated a Persian invasion in Greece famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE) Small Greek force held a mountain pass against Persia famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Salamis (480 BCE) Greek fleet defeated the Persian navy famous-wars-and-battles
Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) Sparta defeated Athens famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE) Alexander the Great defeated Persian king Darius III famous-wars-and-battles
Punic Wars (264-146 BCE) Rome defeated Carthage in three wars famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Cannae (216 BCE) Hannibal's great victory over Rome famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Zama (202 BCE) Scipio defeated Hannibal famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Actium (31 BCE) Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Hastings (1066) William of Normandy won England famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Tours (732) Charles Martel stopped a Muslim army in France famous-wars-and-battles
First Crusade (1096-1099) Christian knights captured Jerusalem famous-wars-and-battles
Mongol conquests Genghis Khan and successors built the largest land empire in the 1200s famous-wars-and-battles
Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) England and France fought; Joan of Arc rallied the French famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Agincourt (1415) English longbows beat French knights famous-wars-and-battles
Fall of Constantinople (1453) Ottomans took the Byzantine capital famous-wars-and-battles
Spanish Armada (1588) English defeated Spain's invasion fleet famous-wars-and-battles
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) Religious and political war in central Europe famous-wars-and-battles
French and Indian War (1754-1763) Britain defeated France in North America famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Lexington and Concord (1775) First fights of the American Revolution famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Saratoga (1777) American victory that brought France into the war famous-wars-and-battles
Siege of Yorktown (1781) Last major battle of the American Revolution famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Trafalgar (1805) British Admiral Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Austerlitz (1805) Napoleon's greatest victory, over Russia and Austria famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Waterloo (1815) Napoleon's final defeat famous-wars-and-battles
War of 1812 US versus Britain; ended in a stalemate in 1815 famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of New Orleans (1815) Andrew Jackson defeated British troops famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of the Alamo (1836) Texas defenders fell to Mexican forces famous-wars-and-battles
Mexican-American War (1846-48) US won California and the Southwest famous-wars-and-battles
Crimean War (1853-56) Britain, France and the Ottomans fought Russia; Florence Nightingale nursed there famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Fort Sumter (1861) First shots of the American Civil War famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Gettysburg (1863) Turning point of the Civil War in the East famous-wars-and-battles
Siege of Vicksburg (1863) Union victory that took control of the Mississippi River famous-wars-and-battles
Appomattox (1865) Lee's surrender to Grant famous-wars-and-battles
Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) Prussia defeated France and united Germany famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) Lakota and Cheyenne defeated Custer's troops famous-wars-and-battles
Spanish-American War (1898) US gained Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines famous-wars-and-battles
Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) Japan defeated Russia famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Verdun (1916) Long battle between France and Germany in WWI famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of the Somme (1916) British offensive in WWI with heavy losses famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Britain (1940) RAF stopped German air attacks famous-wars-and-battles
Dunkirk evacuation (1940) Rescue of Allied troops from France by many boats famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43) Soviet victory on the Eastern Front famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Midway (1942) US Navy victory in the Pacific famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of El Alamein (1942) British victory in North Africa famous-wars-and-battles
D-Day (June 6, 1944) Allied landings in Normandy famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of the Bulge (1944-45) Germany's last big offensive in the West famous-wars-and-battles
Iwo Jima (1945) US Marines captured the island famous-wars-and-battles
Korean War (1950-53) UN forces helped South Korea against North Korea famous-wars-and-battles
Vietnam War (1955-75) Long conflict between North and South Vietnam; the US supported the South famous-wars-and-battles
Six-Day War (1967) Israel and neighboring Arab states fought in June 1967 famous-wars-and-battles
Gulf War (1991) Coalition forces freed Kuwait after Iraq's invasion famous-wars-and-battles
Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) Fighting between Nationalists and Communists, which the Communists won famous-wars-and-battles
Russian Civil War (1917-1922) Reds under the Bolsheviks defeated Whites famous-wars-and-battles
American Civil War (1861-1865) Union defeated the Confederacy; slavery ended famous-wars-and-battles
English Civil War (1642-1651) Parliament defeated the king, Charles I famous-wars-and-battles
Wars of the Roses (1455-1487) English families York and Lancaster fought for the throne famous-wars-and-battles
Boer War (1899-1902) Britain fought two Boer republics in South Africa famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Adwa (1896) Ethiopia defeated Italy famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Plassey (1757) British East India Company victory that brought it power in Bengal famous-wars-and-battles
Opium Wars (1839-42, 1856-60) Britain defeated China, forcing trade concessions famous-wars-and-battles
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901) Uprising against foreign influence in China famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Lepanto (1571) Christian fleet defeated the Ottoman navy at sea famous-wars-and-battles
Siege of Vienna (1683) Defeat of Ottoman forces outside Vienna famous-wars-and-battles
Seven Years' War (1756-1763) Global war involving Britain, France, Prussia and others famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) British won but lost many men famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh's followers famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of San Jacinto (1836) Texans defeated Mexican forces and won independence famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Antietam (1862) Bloodiest day of the Civil War famous-wars-and-battles
Pearl Harbor (1941) Japanese surprise attack that brought the US into WWII famous-wars-and-battles
Siege of Leningrad (1941-44) Long German siege of the Soviet city famous-wars-and-battles
Battle of Okinawa (1945) Last major battle of the Pacific famous-wars-and-battles
Fall of Saigon (1975) End of the Vietnam War famous-wars-and-battles