List of battles by geographic location

This list of battles is organized geographically, by country in its present territory.

Afghanistan edit

Albania edit

Algeria edit

Angola edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
29 October 1647 Battle of Kombi Dutch–Portuguese War Dutch Republic and Kingdom of Ndongo Kingdom of Portugal Dutch-Ndongo victory
29 October 1665 Battle of Mbwila European exploration of Africa and Kongo Civil War Kingdom of Kongo Portuguese victory
June 1670 Battle of Mbidizi River Soyo and Ngoyo
18 October 1670 Battle of Kitombo Soyo victory
15 February 1709 Battle of São Salvador Kongo Civil War Orthodox Catholics Antonian Catholics Decisive Orthodox victory
10 November 1975 Battle of Quifangondo Angolan Civil War National Liberation Army of Angola or ELNA (National Liberation Front of Angola or FNLA), Zaire and South Africa People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola or FAPLA (MPLA) and Cuba FAPLA victory
4 May 1978 Battle of Cassinga South African Border War South Africa People's Liberation Army of Namibia or PLAN (SWAPO) and Cuba South African military victory
14 August 1987 - 23 March 1988 Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Angolan Civil War and South African Border War FALA (UNITA) and South Africa FAPLA (MPLA), Cuba, PLAN (SWAPO) and UMkhonto we Sizwe (African National Congress) Inconclusive

Argentina edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
2-3 June 1807 Action of 2 June 1807 British invasions of the River Plate (Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)) [French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars] Kingdom of Spain (1700-1808) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Spanish victory
2 July 1807 Battle of Miserere British victory
24-25 September 1812 Battle of Tucumán Argentine War of Independence (Spanish American wars of independence) United Provinces of the Río de la Plata History of Spain (1808–1874) Provinces of Rio de la Plata victory
3 February 1813 Battle of San Lorenzo Second Banda Oriental campaign (Argentine War of Independence) [Spanish American wars of independence]
20 February 1813 Battle of Salta Argentine War of Independence (Spanish American wars of independence)
10-15 March 1814 Battle of Martín García Second Banda Oriental campaign (Argentine War of Independence) [Spanish American wars of independence]
15 November 1816 Battle of Yavi Argentine War of Independence (Spanish American wars of independence) Spanish victory
2 July 1817 Battle of Apóstoles Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves Misiones Province Misiones victory
1817 or 1818 Battle of San Carlos (1817) Luso-Brazilian victory
1 February 1820 Battle of Cepeda (1820) Argentine Civil Wars Federalist Party (Argentina) Unitarian Party Federalist victory
9 February 1826 Battle of Punta Colares Cisplatine War Empire of Brazil United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Inconclusive
29-30 July 1826 Battle of Quilmes Brazilian victory
7 March 1827 Battle of Carmen de Patagones United Provinces victory
7-8 April 1827 Battle of Monte Santiago Brazillan victory
22 April 1829 Battle of San Roque Decembrist revolution (Argentina) (Argentine Civil Wars) Federalist Party (Argentina) Unitarian Party Unitarian victory
26 April 1829 Battle of Márquez Bridge Federal victory
19 September 1841 Battle of Famaillá Argentine Civil Wars
28 November 1841 Battle of Caaguazú Unitarian victory
6 December 1842 Battle of Arroyo Grande Uruguayan Civil War National Party (Uruguay) or Blancos and Argentine Confederation Colorado Party (Uruguay) or Colorados and Unitarian Party Blanco victory
20 November 1845 Battle of Vuelta de Obligado Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata Argentine Confederation July Monarchy and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Pyrrhic strategic Anglo-French victory

Diplomatic Argentinian victory

4 February 1846 Battle of Laguna Limpia Argentine Civil Wars Federalist Party (Argentina) Corrientes Province Federalist victory
17 December 1851 Battle of the Tonelero Pass Platine War Argentine Confederation Empire of Brazil Brazilian victory
3 February 1852 Battle of Caseros Uruguayan Civil War, Argentine Civil Wars and Platine War Ejército Grande Allied victory
23 October 1859 Battle of Cepeda (1859) War between the Argentine Confederation and the state of Buenos Aires (Argentine Civil Wars) State of Buenos Aires Argentine Confederation victory
17 September 1861 Battle of Pavón State of Buenos Aires victory
11 June 1865 Battle of Riachuelo Paraguayan War Paraguay Empire of Brazil Brazilian victory
21 June 1880 Battle of Los Corrales ??? Argentina Buenos Aires Buenos Aires victory

Armenia edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
68 BC Battle of Artaxata Third Mithridatic War Roman Republic Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) Roman victory
702 or 703 Battle of Vardanakert ??? Umayyad Caliphate Arminiya Armenian victory
25 April 775 Battle of Bagrevand Abbasid Caliphate Armenian princes Decisive Abbasid victory
921 Battle of Sevan Arab–Byzantine wars Sajid dynasty Bagratid Armenia Armenian victory
19 June 1735 Battle of Yeghevārd Caucasus Campaign (1735) (Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735) and Campaigns of Nader Shah) Safavid Iran Ottoman Empire Persian victory
June 1804 Battle of Echmiadzin (1804) Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) Qajar Iran Russian Empire Inconclusive
July-September 1804 Siege of Erivan (1804) Iranian victory
18 June 1807 Battle of Arpachai Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Ottoman Empire Russian victory
October-November 1808 Siege of Erivan (1808) Russo-Persian War (1804–1813) Qajar Iran Iranian victory
1 October 1827 Capture of Erivan Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) Russian victory
7 November 1920 Battle of Alexandropol Turkish–Armenian War (Turkish War of Independence) Government of the Grand National Assembly First Republic of Armenia Turkish victory

Australia edit

Austria edit

Azerbaijan edit

Bahamas edit

Bahrain edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
20 September - 4 October 1529 Siege of Bahrain (1529) ??? Portuguese Empire Bahraini rebels Bahraini victory
July - November 1559 Siege of Bahrain Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) (Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations) Ottoman Empire Portuguese victory
19 October 1940 Bombing of Bahrain in World War II World War II Fascist Italy United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Italian victory

Bangladesh edit

Barbados edit

Belarus edit

Belgium edit

Belize edit

Benin edit

Bolivia edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina edit

Botswana edit

Brazil edit

Bulgaria edit

Cambodia edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
1431 Fall of Angkor or Sack of Angkor or Siege of Angkor / Ayutthaya Kingdom Khmer Empire Ayutthaya victory

Cameroon edit

Canada edit

Cape Verde edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
11-28 November 1585 Capture of Santiago (1585) Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) Habsburg Spain Kingdom of England English victory
16 April 1781 Battle of Porto Praya American Revolutionary War Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of France Inconclusive

Chile edit

Chilean War of Independence edit

1830 and onwards edit

China edit

Colombia edit

Democratic Republic of the Congo edit

Costa Rica edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
13 August 1747 Raid on Matina War of Jenkins' Ear (War of the Austrian Succession) Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of Spain (1700-1808) British victory
3 September 1855 Battle of Santa Rosa Filibuster War Filibuster (military) Costa Rica Costa Rican victory

Croatia edit

Cuba edit

Cyprus edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
306 BC Battle of Salamis (306 BC) Fourth War of the Diadochi Antigonid dynasty Ptolemaic dynasty Decisive Antigonid victory
746 Battle of Keramaia Arab–Byzantine wars Byzantine Empire Umayyad Caliphate Byzantine victory
17 September 1570 - 5 August 1571 Siege of Famagusta Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) (Ottoman–Venetian wars) Ottoman Empire Republic of Venice Ottoman victory

Czech Republic edit

Hussite Wars edit

17th century onwards edit

Denmark edit

Djibouti edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
1551 Battle of Bab al-Mandab Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) (Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations) Ottoman Empire Portuguese Empire Ottoman victory

Dominica edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
June 1761 Invasion of Dominica (1761) Seven Years' War Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of France British victory
7 September 1778 Invasion of Dominica (1778) American Revolutionary War Kingdom of France Kingdom of Great Britain French victory
9-12 April 1782 Battle of the Saintes American Revolutionary War Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of France British victory
25 October 1800 USS Enterprise vs Flambeau Quasi-War (French Revolutionary Wars) United States French First Republic American victory

Dominican Republic edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
1 January 1586 Battle of Santo Domingo (1586) Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) Habsburg Spain Kingdom of England English victory
23-30 April 1655 Siege of Santo Domingo (1655) Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) (Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)) [Thirty Years' War] Habsburg Spain Commonwealth of England Spanish victory
19 April 1782 Battle of the Mona Passage American Revolutionary War Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of France British victory
17-18 October 1782 Action of 18 October 1782 American Revolutionary War Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of France British victory
11 May 1800 Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor Quasi-War (French Revolutionary Wars) United States French First Republic & Kingdom of Spain (1700-1808) American victory
7 November 1808 Battle of Palo Hincado Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo (Napoleonic Wars) Captaincy General of Santo Domingo First French Empire Dominican-Spanish victory
13 March 1844 Battle of Fuente del Rodeo Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
13-18 March 1844 Battle of Cabeza de Las Marías Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Tactical Haitian victory

Strategic Dominican victory

19 March 1844 Battle of Azua Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
30 March 1844 Battle of Santiago (1844) Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
13 April 1844 Battle of El Memiso Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
15 April 1844 Battle of Tortuguero Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
17 September 1845 Battle of Estrelleta Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Decisive Dominican victory
27 November 1845 Battle of Beler Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
17 April 1849 Battle of El Número Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
21-22 April 1849 Battle of Las Carreras Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Decisive Dominican victory
22 December 1855 Battle of Santomé Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
Battle of Cambronal Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory
24 January 1856 Battle of Sabana Larga Dominican War of Independence Dominican Republic Haiti Dominican victory

East Timor/Timor-Leste edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
16 October 1999 Battle of Aidabasalala 1999 East Timorese crisis Australia Pro-Indonesia militia Australian victory

Ecuador edit

Egypt edit

El Salvador edit

England edit

Eritrea edit

Estonia edit

Ethiopia edit

Finland edit

France edit

Gabon edit

Germany edit

Georgia edit

Ghana edit

Greece edit

Grenada edit

Guatemala edit

Guyana edit

Haiti edit

Honduras edit

Hungary edit

Iceland edit

India edit

Indonesia edit

Iran edit

Iraq edit

Ireland edit

Israel edit

Italy edit

Jamaica edit

Japan edit

Jordan edit

Kazakhstan edit

Kenya edit

Korea edit

See North Korea and South Korea whithin this article.

Kosovo edit

Kuwait edit

Kyrgyzstan edit

Laos edit

Latvia edit

Lebanon edit

Libya edit

Lithuania edit

Luxembourg edit

Madagascar edit

Malaysia edit

Mali edit

Malta edit

Manchuria edit

Marshall Islands edit

Mauritania edit

Mauritius edit

Mexico edit

Moldova edit

Mongolia edit

Montenegro edit

Morocco edit

Mozambique edit

Myanmar (formerly Burma) edit

Namibia edit

Nauru edit

Nepal edit

Netherlands edit

New Zealand edit

Nicaragua edit

Nigeria edit

North Korea edit

North Macedonia edit

Norway edit

Oman edit

Pakistan edit

Palau edit

Palestine edit

Panama edit

Papua New Guinea edit

Paraguay edit

Peru edit

Philippines edit

Poland edit

Portugal edit

Qatar edit

Romania edit

Russia edit

Saint Kitts and Nevis edit

Saint Lucia edit

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines edit

Saudi Arabia edit

Scotland edit

Senegal edit

Serbia edit

Seychelles edit

Slovakia edit

Slovenia edit

South Africa edit

South Korea edit

Spain edit

Sri Lanka edit

Sudan edit

Suriname edit

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

Syria edit

Taiwan edit

Tajikistan edit

Thailand edit

Trinidad and Tobago edit

Tunisia edit

Turkey edit

Turkmenistan edit

Ukraine edit

United Arab Emirates edit

United Kingdom edit

See England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales within this article.

United States edit

Uruguay edit

Uzbekistan edit

Venezuela edit

Vietnam edit

Wales edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
50 Caratacus' last battle Roman conquest of Britain Roman Empire Celtic Britons Roman victory
60 or 61 Roman conquest of Anglesey Roman retreat due to the Boudican revolt
77 Roman victory
c. 630 Battle of Cefn Digoll Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain Kingdom of Gwynedd and Mercia Northumbria Gwynedd-Mercian victory ; Northumbrian domination of Gwynedd ended
893 Battle of Buttington Danelaw (Viking activity in the British Isles) Mercia, Wessex and Welsh people Vikings Anglo-Welsh victory
1081 Battle of Mynydd Carn Welsh dynastic struggle Gruffudd ap Cynan and Rhys ap Tewdwr Trahaearn ap Caradog and Caradog ap Gruffydd Victory for Gruffud and Rhys
January 1136 Battle of Llwchwr Norman invasion of Wales Welsh people Normans Welsh victory
10 October 1136 Battle of Crug Mawr Kingdom of Gwynedd and Deheubarth Normans and County of Flanders
June 1401 Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen Glyndŵr rebellion Principality of Wales Kingdom of England
2 November 1401 Battle of Tuthill English victory
22 June 1402 Battle of Bryn Glas Welsh victory
c. 1403 Battle of Stalling Down or Battle of Bryn Owain
1405 Battle of Grosmont English victory
5 May 1405 Battle of Pwll Melyn or Battle of Usk
18 September 1644 Relief of Montgomery Castle First English Civil War, 1644 (First English Civil War) [Wars of the Three Kingdoms] Cavalier Roundhead Parliamentarian/Roundhead victory
1 November 1645 Battle of Denbigh Green First English Civil War, 1645 (First English Civil War) [Wars of the Three Kingdoms]
6 May 1648 Battle of St Fagans Second English Civil War (Wars of the Three Kingdoms)
31 May 1648 - 11 July 1648 Siege of Pembroke
5 June 1648 Battle of Y Dalar Hir
22-24 February 1797 Battle of Fishguard War of the First Coalition (French Revolutionary Wars) [French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars] French First Republic Kingdom of Great Britain British victory

Yemen edit

Date Name of the battle Part of 1st combattant 2nd combattant Result
570 Siege of Sanaa (570) Aksumite–Persian wars Sasanian Empire Kingdom of Aksum Sasanian victory
1531 Battle of al-Shihr (1531) Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations Portuguese Empire Ottoman Empire and Kathiri Ottoman victory
26 February 1548 Capture of Aden (1548) Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) (Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations) Ottoman Empire Portuguese Empire
7 April 1548 Battle of al-Shihr (1548) / Portuguese Empire and Mahra Sultanate Kathiri Portuguese victory
January 1551 Battle of Bab al-Mandab Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) (Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations) Portuguese Empire Ottoman Empire Ottoman victory
February 1558 Attack on Mocha
1560 Battle of Kamaran
23 May 2011 - 7 June 2011 (1st phase)

18 September 2011 - 25 November 2011 (2nd phase)

Battle of Sanaa (2011) Yemeni Revolution Yemeni government Joint Meeting Parties Indecisive

References edit

  1. ^ Bing, D.; Sievers, J. (2020-08-26), "ANTIOCHUS", Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, Brill, doi:10.1163/2330-4804_eiro_com_5509, retrieved 2023-12-12