List of battles 1601–1800

Early 17th century (1601–50)

1601
- Battle of Bantam Dutch outnumbered expedition fleet defeats the Portuguese Armada.
- Siege of Nagykanizsa Ottoman Turks of Nagykanizsa (Kanije) fort defeat an invading army of Habsburg Monarchy.
1603
- Battle of Sluys Spanish defeated by the Dutch fleet, the Spanish commander Federico Spinola died.
- Battle of Brașov July 17 – Fought between the troops of Wallachia led by Radu Șerban and the Habsburg Empire on one side and the Transylvanian troops led by Mózes Székely on the other side
1605
- Battle of Dobrynichi 21 January – Pretender to the Russian throne defeated, but escapes.
- Battle of Kircholm 27 September – Polish hussars cavalry defeated numerically superior Swedes.
1606
- Battle of Cape Rachado Dutch East India Company and Portuguese fleets. Portuguese victory.
- Battle of Gol 10 March – Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
- Siege of Groenlo Forces led by Ambrosio Spinola take the city, which remained in Spanish hands until 1627.
1607 Battle of Gibraltar 25 April – Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet.
1608 Battle of Ebenat 17 January – Emperor Susenyos surprises an Oromo army, killing 12,000 Oromo at a cost of 400 soldiers.
1610
- Siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra (23 September 1608 – 12 January) sixteen-month siege of Trinity Monastery fails.
- Battle of Kluszyn 4 July, during Time of Troubles in Russia. Polish army defeated Russians and Swedes.
1611 Siege of Smolensk (ended in June) – Poland captures city after two-year siege.
1612
- Battle of Kringen – 26 August – Norwegian peasant militia ambush Scottish mercenary soldiers on their way to enlist in the Swedish army.
- 30 November – English East India Company fleet defeats Portuguese off the coast of Surat, India.
1613 Battle of Port Royal (October) - Captain Samuel Argall leads a force from Virginia to attack Acadia destroying Port Royal and other French outposts in eastern Canada.
1614 Battle of Imafuku (November) Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks and captures the village of Imafuku by defeating Toyotomi clan forces.
1615 –
- Battle of Kashii 29 April Tokugawa forces defeat Toyotomi forces during the conflict over Osaka.
- Battle of Tennōji Final defeat of Toyotomi Hideyori, son of Hideyoshi
1617 Second Battle of Playa Honda – Spanish victory in the Philippines during Eighty Years' War
1618 Siege of Plzeň Protestants defeat Catholics in the Thirty Years' War.
1619
- Battle of Sablat 10 June, called Battle of Záblatí in Czech, during the Thirty Years' War
- Battle of Sarhū the Manchus defeat the Ming.
- Battle of Wisternitz 5 August Battle of the Thirty Years' War, Bohemians defeat Austrians.
1620
- Battle of White Mountain 8 November Battle deciding fate of Prague in Thirty Years' War
- Battle of Cecora (1620) (Tutora) Ottoman Turks defeat Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army
1621 Battle of Khotyn Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army stops great Turkish invasion.
1622
- Battle of Wiesloch 25 April Protestants under Count Mansfield defeat Catholics under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly in Thirty Years' War.
- Battle of Wimpfen 6 May
- Battle of Höchst 20 June
- Battle of Fleurus 29 August Protestant victory during Thirty Years' War
1623
- Battle of Stadtlohn 6 August The Count of Tilly leads Catholic forces to victory over the Protestants.
- Capture of Bahia 22 December – Dutch victory in the Dutch–Portuguese War
1624
- Battle of Playa Honda – The Netherlands defeats Spain.
- Siege of Breda Dutch fortress falls into Spanish hands in 1625.
1625
- Recapture of Bahia – Decisive Spanish-Portuguese victory
- Action of 1 February 1625 Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War
- Battle of Elmina (1625) 25 October – Failed Dutch attempt to take a Portuguese fortress
1626
- Battle of Wallhof – 17 January – Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden defeats a Polish force during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29).
- Battle of Lutter am Berenberge Danish defeated during Thirty Years' War.
1627
- Battle of Dirschau – 7 August – Indecisive battle during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29)
- Siege of Groenlo A Dutch army led by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange liberates the city from Spanish rule.
- Battle of Oliwa Battle in the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29). It was the biggest and the last naval battle of the Polish royal navy.
1628 Battle in the Bay of Matanzas Dutch fleet led by Admiral Piet Hein was able to defeat and capture the Spanish treasure fleet.
1629
- Battle of Górzno – 12 February – Swedish victory during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29)
- Battle of Trzciana – 25 June – Polish victory during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29)
- Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch Dutch army takes a city loyal to the Spanish king.
1630 Siege of Recife (1630) the Dutch captured Recife, in Portuguese Brazil. This began a war over Brazil, which would see the Dutch establish a colony called New Holland.
1631
- Battle of Magdeburg (ended 20 May) Imperial Soldiers capture and pillage town.
- Battle of Albrolhos 10 August – Spanish Admiral Oquendo defeated the Dutch after a six-hour naval battle.
- Battle of Breitenfeld 17 September Saxons and Swedes defeat Catholics under Tilly.
- Battle of the Slaak Crushing Dutch victory over the Spanish fleet
1632
- Battle of Rain 5 April Count of Tilly killed in battle with the Swedes.
- Capture of Maastricht 9 June – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange eventually captured the city from Spanish forces.
- Battle of Lützen Protestant Swedish forces defeat Catholics but King Gustavus Adolphus is killed.
1633
- Battle of Liaoluo Bay – 7 July to 22 October – The Dutch East India Company were decisively defeated by the Ming China.
- Battle of Oldendorf 8 July – The Swedish Empire defeat the Holy Roman Empire near Hessisch Oldendorf.
1634 – Battle of Nördlingen – 6–7 September – The Imperial armies number 33,000 troops, the Protestant forces with 25,000. At the end of the day, 12,000 Protestants are dead, another 4,000 captured, including Swedish army leader Gustaf Horn.
1636 Battle of Wittstock – Sweden defeats an army of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire.
1637
- Battle off Lizard Point – Spanish fleet defeats an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy off Lizard Point, Cornwall, England
- Battle of Elmina (1637) – The Dutch captured Fort Elmina from the Portuguese.
- Battle of Mombaldone – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy defeats a Spanish army.
- Siege of Breda Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange retook the city.
1638 Battle of Kallo – William of Nassau tried to surround the city of Antwerp.
1639
- Battle of the Downs – Spanish navy defeated by Dutch in the English Channel.
- Action of 30 September 1639 – Naval battle in the Dutch–Portuguese War. Dutch ships captured and destroyed 3 Portuguese galleons.
1641
- Battle of Malacca – Dutch efforts effectively destroyed the last bastion of Portuguese power.
- Capture of Luanda – The Dutch captured Luanda from the Portuguese.
1642
- Battle of Honnecourt – 26 May – Spanish victory against a French army
- Battle of Edgehill – 23 October – First battle of English Civil War, a draw
- Second Battle of Breitenfeld – 23 October – Swedish victory over Holy Roman Empire
- Battle of Brentford – 12 November – Royalist cavalry defeats Roundheads, but has to retreat later.
- Battle of Lostwithiel (1642)
1643
- Battle of Rocroi 19 May French under Duc d'Enghien destroy Spanish military supremacy in Europe.
- Battle of Adwalton Moor 30 June Royalists beat Roundheads near York.
- Battle of Burton Bridge 4 July Royalists capture Burton from the Roundheads.
- Battle of Lansdowne 5 July Royalists and Roundheads tie near Bath.
- Battle of Roundway Down 13 July Royalists crush Roundheads in West Country.
- First Battle of Newbury 20 September Roundheads save London from Royalists.
- Battle of Tuttlingen 24 November
1644
- Battle of Ochmatów – 30 January – Polish–Lithuanian army defeat Crimean Tatars.
- Battle of Cropredy Bridge 29 June Charles defeats Roundheads under William Waller.
- Battle of Marston Moor 2 July Oliver Cromwell Roundheads defeat King Charles I of England's Cavaliers securing the North for the Puritans.
- Battle of Freiburg (August) – Indecisive battle between French forces and an Austrian-Bavarian army.
- Battle of Tippermuir 1 September Montrose's Royalists defeat Elcho's Covenanters.
- Battle of Lostwithiel 2 September Royalists surround Roundheads west of Plymouth.
- Battle of Aberdeen (1644) 13 September Royalist victory during Scottish Civil War
- Second Battle of Newbury 27 October Roundheads block Charles' return to London.
- Battle of Jüterbog – Sweden defeats Holy Roman Empire.
- Battle of Lagoscuro – Allied Castro, Republic of Venice, Modena, and Tuscany forces defeat the papal army.
1645
- Battle of Inverlochy 2 February Highlanders defeat Covenanters.
- Battle of Jankau 23 February
- Siege of Hulst – The heavily fortified town was conquered by Dutch troops commanded by Frederick Henry after only 28 days.
- Battle of Auldearn 9 May Royalist victory during Scottish Civil War
- Battle of Naseby 14 June Cromwell's Ironsides defeat Charles' Cavaliers.
- Battle of Alford 2 July Covenanters defeated by Royalists under Montrose.
- Second Battle of Nördlingen 3 August French victory during Thirty Years' War
- Battle of Tabocas 3 August – Aka Battle of Mount Tabocas, battle between the Dutch and the Portuguese army
- Battle of Kilsyth 15 August James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats Covenanters in decisive battle.
- Battle of Philiphaugh 13 September Covenanters under General David Leslie surprise Montrose in camp, Montrose runs away.
1646
- Battle of Benburb – Irish Ulster army under Owen Roe O'Neill defeat Scots.
- Battles of La Naval de Manila – Two quickly fitted out Spanish-Filipino crewed Manila galleons repel a Dutch invasion fleet in 5 separate battles.
1647
- Battle of Dungan's Hill, Irish Leinster army destroyed by Parliamentarians.
- Battle of Knocknanuss, Irish Munster army destroyed in Cork by Inchiquin.
- Battle of Puerto de Cavite 10 June Spanish defenders defeat Dutch invasion in the Philippines during Eighty Years' War.
- Battle of Kombi 29 October – Decisive Dutch victory over the Portuguese Empire
1648
- Battle of Maidstone
- Battle of St Fagans
- Siege of Pembroke
- First Battle of Guararapes 18 April – Dutch and Portuguese forces in Pernambuco, in a dispute for the dominion of that part of Brazil
- Battle of Zusmarshausen 17 May French and Swedish defeat Holy Roman Empire.
- Battle of Prague
- Battle of Preston 17 August Cromwell defeats William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton.
- Battle of Lens 20 August
1649
- Second Battle of Guararapes, Portuguese forces defeat the Netherlands and conquer Pernambuco.
- Battle of Rathmines, an army composed of Irish and Royalist soldiers is destroyed, paving the way for the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
- Destruction of Huronia, force of 1200 armed Iroquois destroy Huron villages of St. Louis and St. Ignace near southern Georgian Bay, Canada, initiating Huron dispersal.
1650 – Battle of Dunbar

Late 17th century (1651–1700)

1651 –
- Battle of Worcester 3 September Cromwell defeats Royalists, Charles King of Scots escapes disguised as a servant.
- Battle of Berestechko Ukrainian rebels clash with the Polish army, in the largest battle of the 17th century.
1652 –
- Battle of Goodwin Sands (or Dover) 29 May Blake's attack without a declaration of war on Tromp's fleet, initiates First Anglo-Dutch War.
- Battle of Plymouth First Anglo-Dutch War 26 August De Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away.
- Battle of Elba Dutch victory over the English fleet
- Battle of the Kentish Knock (or Dover) 8 October Blake beats back de With.
- Battle of Dungeness 10 December Tromp defeats Blake during the First Anglo-Dutch War.
- Battle of Bléneau (La Fronde) 7 April. Condé commands Fronds against French under Marshall Turenne, but the outcome is inconclusive.
1653 –
- Battle of Portland 28 February – 2 March Dutch admiral Tromp, outnumbered, loses a dozen men-of-war and 50 merchantmen to Blake.
- Battle of Livorno 13 March Johan van Galen's ships defeat Bodley.
- Battle of Leghorn 14 March Dutch naval victory over the English
- Battle of the Gabbard (or North Foreland) 12–13 June, English victory during the First Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of Scheveningen (or Texel) 8–10 August English victory during the First Anglo-Dutch War, Tromp killed
1654 –
- Battle of Arras French defeat Spanish.
- Action of 23 March 1654 Portuguese having their 2 top officers killed still win the battle. Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War
- Action of 2 May 1654 Battle near Colombo, Ceylon. Dutch defeat the Portuguese at sea.
1655 –
- Battle of Żarnów – 16 September – Swedish army defeats Polish during The Deluge.
- Battle of Nowy Dwór – 30 September – Swedish army defeats Polish during The Deluge.
1656 –
- Battle of Częstochowa (Winter, continued from 1655) Failed Swedish attack on Jasna Góra monastery
- First Battle of Warsaw 30 June Poland retakes capital from Sweden.
- Second Battle of Warsaw 18–20 July Charles X Gustavus of Sweden defeats Poland and is declared war upon by every country of significance in the Northern War.
- Battle of Prostken 8 October Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł defeated by loyal Polish.
1658 –
- Battle of the Dunes 14 June English and French defeat Spanish at Dunkirk.
- Battle of Kolding 25 December Poland and Denmark defeat Sweden.
1659 –
- Battle at Elvas 14 January Portuguese defeat Spain.
- Battle of Pratapgarh – 10 November – Marathas defeat Adilshahis and make major territorial gains.
- Battle of Kohlapur – 28 December – Maratha warriors defeat Adilshahi forces.
1660 –
- Battle of Polonka – 29 June – Polish–Lithuanian army defeat Russians.
- Battle of Chudnov – 14 October to 2 November – Polish–Lithuanian and Crimean Khanate army defeat Russian and Cossacks army.
1661 Siege of Fort Zeelandia Ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan
1664 Battle of Saint Gotthard – Austrians defeat Ottoman Empire.
1665 –
- Battle of Lowestoft Battle during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Biggest naval defeat in Dutch history.
- Battle of Vågen English fleet defeated by the Dutch without losing any ships.
- Battle of Ambuila (or Mbwila) Portuguese forces defeat and kill king António I of Kongo, ending native rule of that kingdom.
- Battle of Montes Claros – Portuguese forces decisively defeat Spain in the last major battle of the Portuguese Restoration War
1666 –
- Four Days' Battle One of the longest naval engagements in history ended up in a Dutch (led by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter) victory against the English.
- St. James's Day Battle a.k.a. Two Days' Battle Another huge naval clash between England and the Netherlands. Close victory for England.
1667 Raid on the Medway a.k.a. Battle of Chatham, England's largest naval defeat in history. A successful Dutch attack on English ships, in their main naval base Chatham, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch under command of Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
1671 –
- Battle of Saraighat – Ahoms, led by Lachit Borphukan, defeat Mughals, led by rajput Raja Ramsingh I, successfully defending Guwahati in the last major Mughal invasion of Assam in its history.
1672 –
- Battle of Solebay 7 June – Naval battle between Dutch and English, England forced to abandon plans for a blockade.
- Siege of Groningen 9 July – Dutch victory that ended all hope to push deeper into the Netherlands
- Siege of Groenlo (1672) a 10-day siege of the Dutch town of Groenlo by forces of France during the Franco-Dutch War. It ended in the town's surrender.
1673 –
- Siege of Bonn (1673)
- Battle of Khotyn – Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces defeat Ottoman Empire.
- First Battle of Schooneveld 7 June – Dutch naval victory
- Siege of Maastricht (1673) 11 June – Key element in King Louis XIV's plans to attack the Netherlands
- Second Battle of Schooneveld 14–15 June – Dutch win naval battle, poor fighting on both sides.
- Battle of Texel 21 August Dutch defeat English and French attempt at naval invasion.
1674 Battle of Seneffe 11 August – French defeat the Dutch.
1675 –
- Battle of Lwów Jan Sobieski defeats Turkish and Crimean Tatar forces.
- Battle of Fehrbellin 28 June Swedes invade Brandenburg and lose.
- Battle of Turckheim France defeats Austrian-Prussian coalition and conquers Alsace.
- Great Swamp Fight 16 December English colonial forces in New England destroy the headquarters of the Narragansett during Metacom's or King Philip's War.
1676 –
- Battle of Agosta Draw between the French and Dutch navy. Dutch genius Admiral and naval hero Michiel de Ruyter gets wounded and dies a week later. The French retreat out of respect for the wounded Admiral.
- Battle of Bornholm Naval battle between the fleet of Charles XI of Sweden, and a combined Danish and Dutch fleet. Allied victory.
- Battle of Öland 1 June – Danish-Dutch fleet defeats Swedish fleet in the Baltic Sea during the Scanian War.
- Battle of Gegodog 13 October – Trunajaya rebellion defeats forces loyal to the Mataram Sultanate
- Battle of Lund 4 December Swedish troops defeat the Danish ones in the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history with over 9,000 dead (about 50% losses on both sides).
1677 –
- Battle of Malmö – Swedish victory over Denmark
- Battle of Landskrona – Swedish victory over Denmark
- Battle of Cassel – French victory under Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, against the Dutch under William III of Orange, stadtholder of the Netherlands
- Battle of Marstrand – Danish-Norwegian victory over Sweden
- Battle of Uddevalla – Danish victory over Sweden
- Battle of Surabaya – Dutch East India Company defeats the Trunajaya rebellion on behalf of the Mataram Sultanate
1678 –
- Battle of Saint Denis 15 August – Last battle of the Franco-Dutch War
- Capture of Kediri 25 November – after weeks of marching, an allied Mataram–Dutch force took Kediri, the stronghold of Trunajaya rebellion by assault
1679 Battle of Drumclog 1 June – Part of the Scottish Covenanter Wars
- Battle of Bothwell Bridge 22 June – Part of the Scottish Covenanter Wars
1683 Battle of Vienna 12 September – The Holy Roman Empire and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth defeat an Ottoman army and lift the siege of Vienna.
1685 Battle of Sedgemoor – James II of England's forces defeat those of the Duke of Monmouth, ending the Monmouth Rebellion.
1687 Second Battle of Mohács 12 August Charles of Lorraine defeats Ottomans.
1686 Battle of Buda – The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from Ottoman Turkish rule.
1688 –
- Battle of Reading – William III of England's forces defeat those of James II in the only battle of the Glorious Revolution.
- Battle of Bhangani – Guru Gobind Singh defeats Hari Chand's forces.
- Battle of Fort Albany – French forces engage and defeat British relief forces in Hudson Bay.
1689 Battle of Bantry Bay – France defeats the English fleet near the Irish southern coast.
1690 –
- Battle of Beachy Head 10 July French defeat the English fleet under command of Admiral Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington in the War of the League of Augsburg.
- Battle of Fleurus The French troops, under the command of Louis XIV's marshal Montmorency, defeat a coalition formed by England, Spain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire.
- Battle of the Boyne William of Orange defeats James II of England.
- Battle of Quebec – British attack during King William's War
1691 –
- Battle of Aughrim – The bloodiest battle in Irish history and a Jacobite defeat
- Battle of Slankamen 19 August – Louis of Baden defeats Ottoman Turks.
- Battle of La Prairie French repulse British and First Nations' attack on this settlement.
- Battle of Leuze was a famous French cavalry victory in the Nine Years' War against a superior Anglo-Dutch force.
1692 –
- Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue 29 May – French lose 15 ships to England.
- Siege of Namur 25 May – 1 July- Louis XIV takes Namur from a coalition of Spaniards, Dutch and Imperial troops.
- Battle of Steenkerque 3 August – French victory against England, Scotland, Denmark and the United Provinces
1693 –
- Battle of Lagos 27 June – Near Portugal Comte de Tourville avenges La Hougue by defeating the Anglo-Dutch fleet.
- Battle of Neerwinden 29 July – duc de Luxembourg defeats English.
1694 –
- Battle of Torroella 27 May – The French Navy defeats Spain.
- Battle of Camaret 18 Juny – Failed Anglo-Dutch attack to seize the French port of Brest and to destroy part of the French fleet stationed there
1695 Siege of Namur – William III of Orange and Coehoorn recapture the place.
1697 Battle of Zenta – Prince Eugene of Savoy defeats Ottoman Turkish forces.
1700 Battle of Narva – 30 November – Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russians during the Great Northern War.

Early 18th century (1701–50)

1701 Crossing of the Düna – 19 July – Charles XII crosses the Düna during the Great Northern War.
1702 –
- Battle of Cremona 1 February – Indecisive action between Austria and France
- Battle of Klissow – 19 July – Sweden defeats a combined Saxon and Polish army during the Great Northern War.
- Battle of Hummelshof – 30 July – Russia defeats Sweden during the Great Northern War.
- Battle of Friedlingen – France defeats Holy Roman Empire during War of the Spanish Succession.
- Battle of Vigo Bay 23 October – English and Dutch forces capture a defended harbor and part of the silver from a treasure fleet.
1704 –
- Battle of Schellenberg 2 July – Duke of Marlborough defeats French and Bavarian forces during War of the Spanish Succession.
- Battle of Blenheim 14 August – Duke of Marlborough defeats French and Bavarian forces during War of the Spanish Succession.
1705 –
- Battle of Gemauerthof – 26 July – Sweden defeats Russia during the Great Northern War.
- Battle of Warsaw (1705) – 31 July – Sweden defeats Saxon and Polish troops near Warsaw during the Great Northern War.
1706 –
- Battle of Fraustadt – 13 February – Sweden defeats Saxony during the Great Northern War.
- Siege of Barcelona – Battle during the War of the Spanish Succession. Allied victory.
- Battle of Ramilles or Battle of Ramillies 23 May – Duke of Marlborough defeats the French in the War of Spanish Succession.
- Battle of Turin 7 September – French siege fails during War of the Spanish Succession.
1707 Battle of Almansa 25 April French forces defeat Portuguese.
1708 –
- Battle of Holowczyn – 4 July – Swedish defeat two Russian forces during the Great Northern War.
- Battle of Oudenarde 11 July Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat French and besiege Lille.
- Battle of Lesnaya – 28 September – Swedish routed after snowstorm starts during the Great Northern War.
- Battle of Wijnendale 28 September General Webb defeats the French near Torhout who wanted to stop the siege of Rijsel.
1709 –
- Battle of Poltava – 28 June – Peter I of Russia of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War.
- Battle of Malplaquet 11 September – Prince of Savoy and Duke of Marlborough defeat the French in the largest battle of the 18th century, though at a terrible cost.
1710 –
- Battle of Helsingborg – 10 March – Sweden defeats invading Danish force during the Great Northern War.
- Battle of Almenar 27 July – Austrian-British-Dutch allies defeat the Spanish in the War of Spanish Succession.
- Battle of Saragossa 20 August – Important allied victory in the War of Spanish Succession
- Battle of Brihuega 9 December – The duke of Vendôme surprises and defeats a British force.
- Battle of Villaviciosa 10 December – Indecisive battle between retreating Austrian-Dutch forces and a Franco-Spanish army
- Battle of Prut – Ottoman Turks defeat Peter I of Russia.
1711 –
- Quebec Expedition – British failed attack during Queen Anne's War
- First Battle of Bloody Creek – French allied Indians successfully ambush British troops.
- Second Battle of Bloody Creek – British soldiers defeated by Acadians and Mi'kmaq natives.
1712 –
- Cassard expedition French voyage to raid the Dutch South American colonial outposts, and British colonies
- Battle of Denain 24 July – French defeat Austrians and Dutch.
- Battle of Gadebusch – 9 December – Sweden defeats Denmark and Saxony during the Great Northern War.
1714 –
- Battle of Storkyro – 2 March – Swedish army defeated by Russia during the Great Northern War.
- Battle of Gangut – 7 August – Swedish fleet defeated by much larger Russian fleet during the Great Northern War.
1715 –
- Battle of Preston (9 November – 14) – Rebel victory during First Jacobite rising
- Battle of Sheriffmuir Duke of Argyll defeated, but manages to withdraw.
1716 –
- Battle of Dynekilen 8 July – Swedish fleet defeated by Dano-Norwegian naval forces.
- Battle of Petrovaradin – 5 August – Austria defeats the Ottomans.
1717 Siege of Belgrade – Month long siege during the Austro-Venetian-Ottoman war. Austrian victory.
1718 -
- Battle of Cape Passaro – 11 August – the British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeat the Spanish near Cape Passero, Sicily.
- Battle of the Salween River September – Zunghar forces defeat a Chinese expeditionary force sent to capture Lhasa.
- Siege of Fredriksten – 12 December – Swedish king is killed in Norway during the Great Northern War.
1719 Battle of Glen Shiel – 10 June
1720 Battle of Nassau – Spanish forces assault the British settlement of Nassau during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
1721 Battle of Glen Affric – Government backed forces of the Clan Ross fight against rebel the forces of the Clan Mackenzie.
1722 Battle of Gulnabad – The military forces from Hotaki dynasty fight the army of the Safavid Empire.
1728 Battle of Palkhed 28 February Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I defeats Mughal Governor of Deccan, Nizam-ul-Mulk.
1729 Battle of Damghan – Nader Shah defeats the Afghans.
1733 Battle of Kirkuk – Persian ruler Nader Shah's defeats the Ottoman army, killing general Topal Osman Pasha.
1734
- Battle of Bitonto – 25 May
- Battle of Guastalla – 19 September – Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia defeats the Spanish.
1737 – 28 March Battle of Delhi between Maratha Empire and the Mughals.
1739 Battle of Grocka – 22 July/23 – Ottoman Empire defeats Austria.
1739 Battle of Stavuchany – Russians defeat Ottoman Empire.
1739 battle of karnal – Persia invasion mughul empire.
1741 –
- Battle of Cartagena de Indias March–May – Spanish decisive victory. One of the biggest British naval defeats.
- Battle of Mollwitz 10 April – Prussia under Frederick the Great fights and beats the Austrians under FM Neipperg in Silesian War.
- Battle of Colachel 10 August Hindu ruler of Travancore, Marathanda Raja defeats Dutch East India Company at Colachel, off the southern coast of India.
1742 Battle of Chotusitz 17 May – Frederick the Great of Prussia beats the Austrians for a second time under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
1743 Battle of Dettingen 27 June – French defeat during War of the Austrian Succession.
1744 –
- Battle of Toulon (1744) 22 February – draw between British and Franco-Spanish fleets
- Battle of Villafranca 20 April – France and Spain defeat Britain and Sardinia.
- Battle of Casteldelfino 18 July – French troops victorious against Sardinians at bayonet-point despite several orders to retreat.
- Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo 30 September – Franco-Spanish victory over Sardinian forces, Prince of Conti wounded twice.
1745 –
- Battle of Fontenoy 11 May – French victory, during the War of the Austrian Succession, against a coalition made of Great Britain, Hanover, the Dutch Republic and Austria
- Battle of Hohenfriedberg 4 June – Frederick the Great of Prussia beats an Austro-Saxon army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
- Battle of Kars (1745) 19 August – last major engagement of the Ottoman–Persian War
- Battle of Prestonpans 21 September – Jacobite Stuarts under Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) defeat English.
- Battle of Soor 30 September – Frederick the Great of Prussia defeats a superior Austro-Saxon force under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
- Battle of Kesselsdorf 14 December – Prussians defeat Austro-Saxon force.
1746 –
- Battle of Falkirk (1746) 17 January – Jacobites defeat English dragoons.
- Battle of Culloden Moor (or Battle of Culloden) 16 April – Jacobites lose to government forces.
- Battle of Piacenza 16 June – Austrian victory during War of the Austrian Succession, Montcalm present on French side.
- Battle of Rottofreddo 12 August – French army defeats small Austrian force during French retreat to Genoa.
- Battle of Rocoux – French victory over an allied Austrian, British, Hanoverian and Dutch army outside Liège
1747
- Battle of Lauffeld 2 July – French victory over British, Austrian, Dutch and Hanoverian armies
- Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) July – French defeat the United Provinces supported by Great Britain.
- Battle of Assietta – Savoy defeats a French army.
1748 –
- Battle of Havana – British minor naval victory during War of the Austrian Succession
- Siege of Maastricht (1748) – final few months of the campaign in the Low Countries
1750 Battle of Kathio – Chippewas defeat Sioux and gain control of Minnesota.

Late 18th century (1751–1800)

1754 –
- Battle of Jumonville Glen 28 May – British victory
- Battle of Fort Necessity 3 July – French take the fort.
1755 –
- Battle of Fort Beauséjour – British capture fort.
- Battle of the Monongahela Valley – also called the Braddock Expedition, British expedition to capture Fort Duquesne is slaughtered by French and Indian allies.
1756 –
- Battle of Minorca (1756) - The French fleet gains a strategic victory.
- Battle of Fort Bull – French capture British fort.
- Battle of Fort Oswego (1756) – French and Indian allies take and raze the only British trading post on Lake Ontario, thus re-establishing French sovereignty.
- Battle of Lobositz 1 October Opening battle of the Seven Years' War
1757 –
- Battle of Reichenberg 21 April – Prussian victory over Austria in the Seven Years' War
- Siege of Fort William Henry 4 August-9 – British defeated by French then Indians slaughter prisoners.
- Battle of Prague 6 May Prussians beat the Austrians, though at a terrible cost during the Seven Years' War.
- Battle of Kolín 18 June – Frederick the Great of Prussia loses, for the first time, to Austria in Seven Years' War.
- Battle of Plassey 23 June – Robert Clive consolidates English rule over India.
- Battle of Hastenbeck 26 July – French army defeats Hanover, Great Britain, Hesse-Kassel and Brunswick.
- Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf 30 August – Russians under Stepan Fedorovich Apraksin defeat the Prussians.
- Battle of Moys 7 September – Prussian-Austrian battle during the Seven Years' War
- Battle of Rossbach 5 November – Frederick crushes French, Louis XV says "After me, the Deluge".
- Battle of Breslau 22 November – Battle fought during the Seven Years' War, Austrians briefly re-conquer Silesia.
- Battle of Leuthen 5 December – Frederick the Great crushes Austrians under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine; considered Frederick's greatest victory.
1758 –
- Battle of Cartagena, 28 February
- Battle of Cuddalore 29 April – Indecisive naval battle of Seven Years' War
- Battle of Luisbourg 8 June – 26 July – also Louisburg, British capture fort controlling entrance to St. Lawrence River.
- Battle of Krefeld 23 June – Ferdinand son of duke of Brunswick drives French across the Rhine.
- Battle of Domstadtl 30 June – Seven Years' War: Ernst Gideon von Laudon and Joseph von Siskovits routed a convoy with supplies for the Prussians besieging Olomouc, protected by forces of Hans Joachim von Zieten.
- Battle of Bernetz Brook 6 July – A sharp engagement in the Carillon campaign between the British and an isolated party of Frenchmen
- Battle of Carillon 8 July – also called Battle of Ticonderoga. A far superior British force badly mauled after foolishly attacking entrenched French head on.
- Battle of Negapatam 3 August – Britain and France fight indecisive naval battle off the coast of India.
- Battle of Zorndorf 25 August – Frederick battles Russians under Fermor in Prussia to a bloody draw.
- Battle of Fort Duquesne 14 September – French repel British attack, but realize they can't hold fort. Fort abandoned by French in November.
- Battle of Fort Ligonier 12 October – French attack on fort fails.
- Battle of Hochkirch 14 October – Austrians mildly defeat Prussians.
1759 –
- Battle of Ticonderoga (1759) – British capture French fort.
- Battle of Bergen (1759) 13 April – French repulse Ferdinand's drive on Frankfurt-am-Main.
- Battle of Kay 23 July – battle fought during the Seven Years' War
- Battle of Fort Niagara (6 July – 26) – British take fort, but Brigadier General John Prideaux is killed.
- Battle of Beauport 31 July – French stop British attempt to land near Quebec city; notable naval bombardment with British ships and batteries firing 4000 rounds in 8 hours on French shoreline entrenchments.
- Battle of Minden 1 August – Ferdinand defeats French.
- Battle of Lagos (18 August – 19) – British naval victory near Portugal
- Battle of Kunersdorf August – Russia and Austria smash Frederick's Prussian army.
- Battle of Pondicherry 10 September – Indecisive naval battle near India
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham, 13 September – English defeat French outside Quebec City.
- Battle of Quiberon Bay 20 November
- Battle of Maxen 21 November – Battle during the Seven Years' War
- Battle of Meissen 4 December – Battle during the Seven Years' War
1760 –
- Battle of Sainte-Foy 28 April – French defeat British but fail to re-take Quebec city; entrenched French forced to retreat when British naval re-enforcements arrive in May.
- Battle of Landeshut 23 June – in Bavaria, Austria captures a Prussian army.
- Battle of Warburg 1 August – Battle during the Seven Years' War
- Battle of Liegnitz 15 August – Frederick defeats Austrians.
- Battle of the Thousand Islands-16 August-24
- Battle of Torgau 3 November – Prussian pyrrhic victory over Austria during the Seven Years' War
- Battle of Montreal – Three British armies converge on Montreal forcing general capitulation of Canada, New France.
- Battle of Wandiwash
1761 –
- Third Battle of Panipat 14 January – Afghans defeat The Marathas.
- Battle of Villinghausen – Large French force defeated during Seven Years' War
1762 –
- Battle of Burkersdorf 21 July – Battle during the Seven Years' War
- Battle of Manila (24 September – 6 October) – British capture Philippines from Spanish.
1763 Battle of Bushy Run (4 August-5) – British defeat Indians in Pennsylvania backcountry.
1764 Battle of Buxar – Mughal emperor with his combined forces attacks British to drive British out of Bengal, British successful.
1767 Battle of Bang Rajan
1768 Battle of Borgo
1769 Battle of Faggeta 9 December – Ras Mikael Sehul and Emperor Tekle Haymanot, with the help of Goshu of Amhara and Wand Bewossen, defeat Fasil of Damot.
- Battle of Ponte Novu
1770 –
- Battle of Golden Hill 19 January – in New York, the first bloodshed between the rebels and their colonial masters
- Battle of Chesme 6 July – Russian fleet defeats Ottoman fleet.
- Battle of Larga 7 July – Russian army defeats Crimean Tatars and Ottoman janissaries.
- Battle of Kagul 21 July – Russian army under Rumyantsev attacks and puts to flight 150,000 Turks.
1771 –
- The Three battles of Sarbakusa May – An alliance of three of the most powerful aristocrats of Ethiopia – Goshu of Amhara, Wand Bewossen, and Fasil of Damot – defeats Ras Mikael Sehul and Emperor Tekle Haymanot I, taking control of that country.
- Battle of Alamance 16 May – Colonial government crushes North Carolina patriots (Regulators).
- Battle of Lanckorona 23 May – A force of 4,000 Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat a Polish formation of 1,300 men.
1774 Battle of Point Pleasant 10 October- Frontiersmen defeat Shawnees.
1775 –
- Battle of Lexington and Concord 19 April – Patriot militia repel British in confrontation at Concord, drive them back to Boston.
- Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold capture fort.
- Battle of Machias – first naval engagement of American Revolution; British sloop captured.
- Battle of Bunker Hill 17 June – British win, Patriot morale boost
- Battle of Longue Pointe 25 September – American attack on Montreal led by Ethan Allen fails; Allen is captured.
- Siege of Fort St. Jean 21 August – 3 November – Americans under Richard Montgomery capture fort near Montreal.
- Battle of Great Bridge 9 December – American victory seals the fate of the British colonial government in Virginia.
- Battle of Quebec 31 December – Arnold and Richard Montgomery defeated before Quebec City; Montgomery killed.
1776 –
- Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge 27 February – NC patriots defeat Scottish Loyalists.
- Battle of the Rice Boats (2 March – 3) – British ships set on fire.
- Battle of The Cedars (15 May – 16) – British capture American forces near Montreal during American Revolutionary War.
- Battle of Trois-Rivières 8 June – American counterattack during retreat from Quebec fails.
- Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet 29 June – American naval battle with British.
- Battle of Long Island 27 August – William Howe crushes George Washington.
- Battle of Harlem Heights 16 September – Washington repels Howe.
- Battle of Valcour Island 11 October – Benedict Arnold escapes the British fleet under Guy Carleton.
- Battle of Pell's Point 18 October – British forces defeat Colonel John Glover's forces.
- Battle of White Plains 28 October – Howe inflicts casualties on George Washington's army.
- Battle of Trenton 26 December – Washington surprises Hessian force.
- Battle of Fort Cumberland (22 November – 28 December) – American attack on fort in Nova Scotia fails.
1777 –
- Battle of the Assunpink Creek – 2 January – Also known as the Second Battle of Trenton. After repulsing the British during the day, Washington marches by night to Princeton.
- Battle of Princeton – 3 January – Washington defeats the British force.
- Battle of Bound Brook – 13 April – Successful British attack during American Revolution
- Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – Americans abandon fort to avoid British artillery.
- Battle of Oriskany – 6 August – General Herkimer killed in British ambush.
- Battle of Bennington – 16 August – John Stark eradicates detachment sent by Burgoyne.
- Battle of Brandywine – 11 September – Howe drives George Washington's troops to Philadelphia.
- Battle of 1st Saratoga Freeman's Farm – 19 September – Morgan defeats Burgoyne.
- Battle of Germantown – 4 October – Howe kills 700 patriots while losing 534.
- Battle of 2nd Saratoga – 7 October – Gates (Benedict Arnold) defeats Burgoyne.
- Battle of Stillwater
1778 –
- Battle of Crooked Billet – 1 May – American contingent forced to abandon their supplies.
- Battle of Monmouth – 28 June – George Washington stands off Clinton, Clinton continues retreat to NY, Charles Lee order of retreat leads to court-martial.
- Battle of Alligator Bridge – 30 June – American attack thwarted because of terrain, including ditch dug by British.
- First Battle of Ushant – Indecisive naval battle
- Battle of St. Lucia – 15 December – British naval victory
1779 –
- First Battle of Tucson – 9 December – Spanish victory over Apache warriors
- Battle of Kettle Creek – 14 February – Pickens defeats loyalist brigade.
- Battle of Vincennes – 23–25 February – Americans capture fort.
- Battle of Brier Creek – 3 March – Ashe loses 350 men near Augusta to British.
- Battle of Grenada – 6 July – French naval victory
- Battle of Stony Point – 16 July – Wayne takes 700 prisoners in bayonet attack with only 15 patriot casualties.
- Battle of Paulus Hook – 19 August – Henry Lee drives British from New Jersey.
- Battle of Newtown – 29 August – Americans defeat Iroquois.
- Battle of Fort Bute – 7 September – Spanish victory over British forces
- Battle of Lake Pontchartrain – 10 September – Americans led by William Pickles capture West Florida.
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779) – 20–21 September – Spanish capture city.
- Siege of Savannah – 16 September – 18 October – American siege fails.
1780 –
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) – 16 January – British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney destroys a smaller Spanish fleet under Don Juan de Lángara.
- Battle of Fort Charlotte (2–14 March) – Spanish victory near Mobile, Alabama
- Battle of Martinique – 17 April – Indecisive naval battle between British and French
- Battle of Pollilur – Tipu Sultan routs British.
- Siege of Charleston – 12 May – British take South Carolina city.
- Battle of Saint Louis – 26 May – British unable to take town from Spanish.
- Battle of Springfield – 23 June – Greene defeats British.
- Battle of Camden – 16 August – Cornwallis crushes Gates, 900 patriots killed.
- Battle of Fishing Creek – 18 August – Tarleton defeats Sumter.
- Battle of King's Mountain – 7 October – Patriots capture loyalists.
1781 –
- Battle of Mobile – British unable to retake city.
- Battle of Cowpens – 17 January – Morgan defeats Tarleton.
- Battle of Guilford Court House – 15 March – Cornwallis achieves a Pyrrhic victory over Greene and Morgan.
- Battle of Porto Praya – 16 April – French admiral Suffren damages English naval squadron.
- Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – 25 April – Greene defeats Lord Rawdon.
- Battle of Fort Royal – 29–30 April – Indecisive naval battle
- Battle of Pensacola – 9 March – 8 May – Spanish victory in Florida
- Shirley's Gold Coast expedition – Start of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of Dogger Bank – Indecisive naval battle between Britain and the Netherlands
- Battle of the Chesapeake – 5 September – French fleet, under Admiral Comte de Grasse, defeat British fleet under Admiral Thomas Graves, seals Cornwallis' fate. This French victory is a strategic victory that leads Cornwallis to surrender in Yorktown.
- Battle of Groton Heights – 6 September – British seize fort, Benedict Arnold triggers a gunpowder explosion.
- Battle of Eutaw Springs – 8 September – Greene is defeated.
- Battle of Yorktown – 28 September – 19 October – French and Americans begin siege of Cornwallis.
- Siege of Negapatam 21 October – first British major offensive military action on the Indian subcontinent
- Second Battle of Ushant – 12 December – French convoy destroyed by British before escort ships can react.
1782 –
- Battle of Fort Elmina (1782) 18 February – British expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa
- Second Battle of Tucson – 1 May – Spanish victory over Apache warriors
- Battle of St. Kitts – 25–26 January – British outmaneuver French but unable to save island.
- Battle of Sadras – 17 February – French admiral Suffren (12 ships) meets a British squadron of 9 ships under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes.
- Battle of Wuchale – 14 March – Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
- Battle of the Saintes – 12 April – Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats the Comte de Grasse by breaking through the French line.
- Battle of Providien – 12 April – French and English squadrons clash in an indecisive engagement.
- Battle of Negapatam – 6 July – Indecisive engagement between British and French fleets
- Battle of Blue Licks – 19 August – British victory
- Battle of Trincomalee – 3 September – British fleet under Hughes damages French fleet under Suffren but withdraws.
- Battle of Chillicothe – 10 November – George Rogers Clark defeats Shawnees in last battle of war.
1783 Battle of Cuddalore – 20 June – French fleet drives British fleet off shore of Cuddalore. Last of the five battles between Suffren and Hughes
1784
- Fourth Battle of Tucson – 21 March – Apache/Navaho victory over Spanish forces
1788 Battle of Madab – Ras Ali, Dejazmach Hailu Eshte, and the Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I defeat the allied forces of Ras Haile Yosadiq, Dejazmach Gebre, and Wolde Gabriel; Dejazmach Wolde Gabriel is killed in battle and the pretender Baeda Maryam was captured.
1789 Battle of Turnhout – 27 October – Belgian rebels defeat Austrian army.
1790 –
- Battle of Kepaniwai – King Kamehameha I unites Hawaii.
- Battle of Fort Wayne – 18 October – Little Turtle and Miamis defeat federal generals Joseph Harmar and Saint-Clair.
1791 Battle of the Wabash – Arthur St Clair defeated by Indians.
1792-
- Battle of Zieleńce – 18 June – Josef Poniatowski wins a battle against a Russian army group under command of General Markov.
- Battle of Verdun (1792) – 20 August – Prussians defeat French Revolutionaries.
- Battle of Valmy – 20 September – French win and proceed to declare war on Europe.
- Battle of Jemappes – November – French army, under General Dumouriez, defeats Austrians under General Saxe-Tenchen.
1793 –
- Battle of Neerwinden – Austrians defeat French army.
- Siege of Toulon – Napoleon's first battle – the French Republicans defeat a combined Allied force in a crucial siege.
- Battle of Méribel – Combined Savoy, Piedmont and Valdot forces fought the French occupying Savoy.
- Battle of Hondschoote (1793) – French army, under General Houchard, defeats British, Hanoverians and Hessians under General Walmoden.
- Battle of Wattignies – 15 and 16 October – French army, under Generals Jourdan and Carnot, defeats Austrians under General Saxe-Coburg.
- Battle of Kaiserslautern – 28–30 November – Prussian army under Brunswick defeats French Army under Hoche.
- Battle of Gilette – French army, under General Dugommier, defeats Austrians, Piedmontese and Sardinian army.
- Battle of Woerth – 22 December – French army, under General Hoche, defeats Austrians under General Hotze.
- Battle of Geisberg – 26 December – French army, under General Hoche, defeats Austrians under Wumrser and Prussians under Brunswick.
1794 –
- Battle of Racławice – 4 April – Polish forces under Tadeusz Kościuszko defeat larger Russian force but are unable to give chase.
- Warsaw Uprising of 1794 – 17–19 April – Polish drive Russians out of city.
- Wilno Uprising of 1794 – 22 April – Russians expelled from city.
- Battle of Boulou – 30 April – French army, under General Dugommier, defeats Spanish army.
- Glorious First of June – 28 May – 1 June – British Admiral Lord Howe defeats a French squadron under Villaret.
- Battle of Szczekociny – 6 June – Tadeusz Kościuszko defeated by Russo-Prussian army.
- Battle of Mouescron – 29 April – French army, under General Moreau and General Souham, defeats Austrians and Hanoverians under General Saxe-Coburg.
- Battle of Tourcoing – 18 May – French army, under General Souham, defeats Austrians, British and Hanoverians under General Saxe-Coburg.
- Battle of Fleurus (1794) – 26 June – French army, under General Jourdan, defeats Austrian army under General Saxe-Coburg.
- Battle of Sprimont – September – French army, under General Jourdan, defeats Austrians under General Clairfayt.
- Battle of Aldenhoven – 2 October – French army, under General Jourdan, defeats Austrians under General Clairfayt.
- Battle of Fallen Timbers – 20 August – Wayne defeats Indians, ends menace.
- Battle of Maciejowice – 10 October – Koscuiszko defeated by two Russian forces, wounded, and captured.
- Battle of Praga – 4 November – Russian forces retake Warsaw, massacring civilians and devastating the city.
- Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga – 20 November – French army, under General Perignon, defeats Spanish army.
1795 –
- Battle of Richmond Hill – Major battle of the Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
- Capture of Trincomalee (1795) – The taking by force of the port of Trincomalee in the island of Ceylon
- Battle of Muizenberg 7 August – British gain control of Cape Colony over the Dutch.
- Battle of Krtsanisi – Persians annihilate the Georgian army and proceed to massacre Tbilisi.
- Battle of Loano – November – French army, under General Andre Massena, defeats Austrians, Piedmontese and Sardinian army.
1796 –
- Battle of Montenotte – 12 April – Napoleon's first victory in the Italian Campaign, French army defeat Austrians.
- Battle of Dego – April – French army, under General Napoleon Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under General Beaulieu.
- Battle of Lodi – 10 May – French army, under Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under General Beaulieu.
- Battle of Derbent – 10 May – Russians storm the Persian citadel of Derbent.
- Battle of Castiglione – 5 August – French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under General Wurmser.
- Battle of Würzburg – 3 September – Karl Habsburg defeats French under Gen. Jourdan.
- Battle of Bassano – – 8 September – French army, under Bonaparte, defeats Austrian army.
- Battle of the Bridge of Arcole – 17 November – French army, under Bonaparte, defeats Austrian army.
- Battle of Millesimo – French army, under Bonaparte, wins a victory in Italy against Austrians and Piedmontese.
- Battle of Mondovì – French army, under Bonaparte, wins a victory in Italy against Austrians and Piedmontese.
1797 –
- Battle of Rivoli – 14 January – Napoleon's first decisive victory, French army wins a great victory against Austrians under General Alvinzy.
- Battle of Tagliamento French army, under general Napoleon Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under Archduke Charles.
- Battle of Neuwied (1797) – 20 April – French army, under General Hoche, defeats Austrians under General Wenecek.
- Battle of Dierscheim – 20 April – French army, under General Moreau, Desaix and Davout, defeats Austrians under Kray.
- Battle of Cape St Vincent – 14 February – British admiral Jervis defeats Spanish fleet.
- Battle of Camperdown – British fleet under Admiral Duncan defeats a Dutch fleet.
1798 –
- Battle of Ballymore-Eustace – 24 May – Rebels unable to take stronghold during Irish Rebellion of 1798.
- Battle of Naas – 24 May – Rebel attack barely thwarted during Irish Rebellion of 1798.
- Battle of Kilcullen – 24 May – Government cavalry charge defeats rebels.
- Battle of Carlow – 25 May – Rebels defeated by two ambushes after believing they had won.
- Battle of Tara Hill – 26 May – British victory, spread of rebellion halted.
- Battle of Oulart Hill – 27 May – Wexford militia annihilated by Rebels.
- Gibbet Rath massacre – 29 May – Unprovoked British attack
- Battle of Three Rocks – 30 May – Rebel victory during Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Battle of Bunclody – 1 June – British surprise counterattack after apparent Irish victory routs rebels.
- Battle of Tuberneering – 4 June – Rebel victory in Ireland
- Battle of New Ross – 5 June – British victory, spread of rebellion into two counties halted.
- Battle of Antrim – 7 June – British victory, Lord O'Neill mortally wounded.
- Battle of Arklow – 9 June – British victory, Wexford rebels forced onto the defensive.
- Battle of Prosperous – 23 May – 19 June – settlement changes hands twice, ultimately controlled by Government forces.
- Battle of Foulksmills – 20 June – British victory during Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Battle of Vinegar Hill – 21 June – British retake Wexford.
- Battle of Ballyellis – 30 June – British charge into a disaster, thinking they were attacking the rearguard of fleeing forces.
- Battle of the Pyramids – 21 July – Napoleon defeats Mameluks in Egypt.
- Battle of the Nile – 1 August – French fleet in Abukir Bay destroyed by Horatio Nelson.
- Battle of Castlebar – 27 August – Franco-Irish army defeats British forces.
- Battle of Ballinamuck – 8 September – British forces defeat Ireland and France.
- Battle of Civita Castelana – 4 December – French and Poles under Gen. Macdonald defeat Neapolitans under Gen. Mack.
1799 –
- Siege of El Arish – 19 February – French capture Ottoman fort.
- Siege of Jaffa – 7 March – Napoleon captures city.
- Siege of Acre – 20 March – 21 May – Unsuccessful attempt by Napoleon to capture city
- First Battle of Zürich – 4 June – 7 – Austrians defeat French, later driven out.
- Battle of Trebia – 17 June – 19 – Russians and Austrians defeat French during War of the Second Coalition.
- Battle of Abukir (1799) – 25 July – Napoleon and Joachim Murat defeat Turks.
- Battle of Novi (1799) – 15 August – Austrian and Russians beat French, Joubert is defeated and killed.
- Battle of Callantsoog 27 August – Amphibious landing by a British invasion force, Dutch were forced to retreat.
- Battle of Krabbendam 10 September – British division had established a bridgehead in the extreme north of Holland.
- Battle of Bergen – 19 September – French beat English and Russians.
- Battle of Linth (1799) – 25 September – French army, under General Soult, defeats Austrians under General Hotze.
- Second Battle of Zurich – 25 September – French under General Massena defeat Russians under Alexander Korsakov.
- Battle of Alkmaar – 2 Oktober – Dutch-French coalition prevents a Russian-English invasion in Holland.
- Battle of Castricum 6 Oktober – Franco-Dutch force defeats an Anglo-Russian force.
1800 –
- Battle of Engen – 3 May – French army, under General Moreau, defeats Austrians under General Kray.
- Battle of Stokach – 3 May – French army, under General Lecourbe, defeats Austrians.
- Battle of Möerskirch – 15 May – French army, under General Moreau, defeats Austrians under General Kray.
- Battle of Montebello – 9 June – French army, under General Lannes, defeats Austrians under General Ott.
- Battle of Marengo – 14 June – French army, under Bonaparte, defeats Austrians under Baron von Melas.
- Battle of Höchstädt (1800) – 19 June – French army, under General Moreau, defeats Austrians under General Kray.
- Battle of Hohenlinden – 3 December – French army, under General Moreau, defeats Austrians and Bavarians under Archduke John.
- Battle of Pozzolo – 25 December – French army, under General Brune, defeats Austrians under General Bellegarde.

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