List of battles 1301–1600

Early 14th century (1301–1350)

Year	Battle	Description
1302	Battle of the Golden Spurs	11 July – In Flanders, Flemish forces led by William of Jülich and Pieter de Coninck defeat French knights.
	Battle of Bapheus	27 July – The founder of the Ottoman dynasty Osman I defeats a Byzantine force.
	Siege of Ruad	26 September – Mamluk forces defeat the Knights Templar, and besiege and capture the island of Ruad.
1303	Siege of Chittorgarh	28 January – 26 August – The Delhi Sultanate defeats and conquers the Guhilas of Medapata.
	Battle of Roslin	24 February – Scottish forces led by John Comyn III ambush and defeat an English army at Roslin.
	Battle of Arques	4 April – Flemish forces led by William of Jülich defeat a French army at Arques.
	Battle of Marj al-Saffar	20–22 April – Mamluk forces defeat the Ilkhanate and their Armenian allies, last Mongol invasion of Syria.
	Siege of Maastricht	May – The Prince-Bishopric of Liège fails to conquer Maastricht from the Duchy of Brabant.
	Battle of Dimbos	Ottoman forces defeat Byzantine governors.
	Conquest of Sylhet	Muslims led by Shamsuddin Firuz Shah conquer the Hindu Gour Kingdom led by Gour Govinda.
	Siege of Amsterdam	William of Avesnes, commanding an army of the County of Holland captures Amsterdam from Jan I van Amstel, lord of Amstelland.
	Siege of Zierikzee	A Flemish army under Guy of Namur fails to capture Zierikzee.
1304	Battle of Happrew	February – English forces defeat a small Scottish army.
	Battle on the Manpad	Witte van Haemstede, commanding an army of the County of Holland defeats a Flemish army under Guy of Namur near Heemstede.
	Second Siege of Stirling Castle	April–July – King Edward I besieges the Scots successfully. The Warwolf siege engine is constructed and first used during this battle.
	Siege of Schoonhoven	July – William of Avesnes, commanding the army of the County of Holland defeats rebel Schoonhoven.
	Battle of Zierikzee	10–11 August – A combined fleet from France, Genoa and Holland defeats a Flemish fleet.
	Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle	18 August – French forces under King Philip IV defeat the Flemish army at Mons-en-Pévèle. The battle is indecisive, which leads later to the Treaty of Athis-sur-Orge.
1305	Battle of Apros	July – Byzantine forces under Co-Emperor Michael IX are defeated by the Catalan Company in Thrace.
1305	Battle of Amroha	20 December – The Delhi Sultanate defeats the invading Mongol forces of the Chagatai Khanate.
1306	Battle of Methven	19 June – English forces under Aymer de Valence defeat the newly crowned Robert the Bruce and the Scottish army, during a surprise attack on his camp at Methven.
	Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes	Rhodes is conquered by the Hospitallers.
	Battle of Dalrigh	July – Robert the Bruce is defeated by rival Scottish forces under John of Argyll of the Clan MacDougall at Dalrigh (also called "King's Field").
1307	Battle of Loch Ryan	February – Scottish forces under Thomas de Brus and Alexander de Brus are defeated by rival Scots at Loch Ryan.
	Battle of Glen Trool	April – Scottish forces under King Robert the Bruce ambush and defeat the English army at Glen Trool.
	Battle of Loudoun Hill	10 May – Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat the English army at Loudoun Hill.
1308	Battle of Inverurie	23 May – Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat the rival Scots of the Clan Comyn at Oldmeldrum.
	Battle of the Pass of Brander	August – Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat the rival Scots of the Clan MacDougall at the Pass of Brander.
	Siege of Siwana	Delhi forces conquer Siwana fortress in Rajasthan (North India).
1309	Siege of Almería	August –December – Aragonese forces under King James II besiege the Saracen garrison at Almería. After two months, James is forced to break off the siege.
1309	First siege of Gibraltar	12 September – Castilian forces under King Ferdinand IV besiege and capture the Moorish fortress at Gibraltar.
1310	Siege of Algeciras	July 1309 – January 1310 – Castile forced to withdraw siege on Granada city.
1310	Siege of Warangal	Delhi forces sack the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty, leading to their inevitable annexation in the coming years.
1311	Siege of Dwarasamudra	February - Hoysala Empire surrenders and agrees to pay tribute to Delhi Sultanate.
	Battle of Halmyros	15 March – Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne of Athens and goes on to capture Athens and Thebes.
	Battle of Wopławki	7 April – The Teutonic Knights under Heinrich von Plötzke defeat the Lithuanian forces near the village of Wopławki.
	Siege of Brescia	19 May - 19 September – Henry VII, King of the Romans captures rebel Brescia.
1312	Battle of Rozgony	15 June – Hungarian forces under King Charles I defeat the rebel army of Palatine Amadeus Aba at Rozgony.
	Battle of Gallipoli	2,000 Turcopoles are annihilated by a combined Byzantine, Kingdom of Serbia, and Genoese force.
	Battle of Amorgos	Knights Hospitaller destroy the fleet of Menteshe.
1313	Battle of Gammelsdorf	9 November – Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria.
1314	Battle of Bannockburn	Scottish forces under Robert the Bruce defeat King Edward II. Robert takes Stirling Castle and secures Scottish independence.
1315	Battle of Holíč	12 July – King John of Bohemia defeats Matthew III Csák.
	Siege of Carlisle	22 July – 1 August – Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce besiege unsuccessfully Carlisle Castle.
	Battle of Montecatini	29 August – Pisa defeats allied forces of Florence and the Kingdom of Naples.
	Battle of Moiry Pass	September – Scottish-Irish forces under Edward Bruce defeat an Irish garrison at Moyry Pass.
	Battle of Morgarten	15 November – Swiss forces defeat Leopold I, Duke of Austria on the shore of the Ägerisee.
1316	Battle of Skaithmuir	February – Scottish forces under James Douglas defeat an English raiding party near Coldstream.
	Battle of Picotin	22 February – Ferdinand of Majorca defeats Matilda of Hainaut and the Achaean barons loyal to her.
	Battle of Manolada	5 July – Louis of Burgundy defeats the Majorcans, Ferdinand of Majorca is slain.
	Battle of Gransee	August – A North German-Danish alliance led by Henry II of Mecklenburg defeat Waldemar the Great.
	Second Battle of Athenry	10 August – English forces defeat an Irish army under Felim O'Connor, king of Connacht.
1318	Battle of Dysert O'Dea	10 May – Irish forces under Ó Deághaidh defeat the English Lordship.
	Siege of Sittard	John III, Duke of Brabant captures Sittard from Reinoud van Valkenburg.
	Battle of Faughart	October 14 – English forces defeat a Scots–Irish army under Edward Bruce, who is slain.
1319	Battle of Chios	The Knights Hospitaller and the Genoese of the Lordship of Chios score victory over an Aydinid fleet.
1320	Battle of Saint George	9 September – Byzantine forces under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the army of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.
	Battle of Rhodes	A Turkish invasion fleet is destroyed by the Knights Hospitaller and the Genoese, in an attempt to capture Rhodes.
	Battle of Marra Biete	Ethiopians defeat Sultanate of Ifat.
1322	Battle of Bliska	A coalition of Croatian noblemen defeat Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, Ban of Croatia.
	Battle of Burton Bridge	English Royal forces defeat a rebel English army.
	Battle of Boroughbridge	English Royal forces defeat a rebel English army fighting for the Scots.
	Battle of Mühldorf	28 September – Louis the Bavarian defeats and captures Frederick I of Austria.
1323	Siege of Warangal (1323)	Delhi Sultanate conquers Kakatiya Empire.
1324	Siege of Villa di Chiesa	Aragonese capture Sardinian town from Pisa.
1324	Battle of Lucocisterna	Aragon conquers Sardinia from the Republic of Pisa.
1325	Battle of Zappolino	Communal struggle between Bologna and Modena, Modena emerges victorious.
1325	Battle of Varey	Vienne under Guigues de la Tour-du-Pin defeat the Savoyards.
1326	Siege of Bursa	6 April – Ottoman forces led by Sultan Orhan capture the fortified city of Bursa.
1326	Siege of Bristol	18–26 October – Queen Isabella of France besieges and captures Bristol after an eight-day siege.
1328	Battle of Cassel	French under Philip VI defeat a revolting Flemish peasant army, killing their leaders.
1329	Siege of Medvėgalis	1 February - Teutonic Order captures Lithuanian fortress.
1329	Battle of Pelekanon	10 June – The second ruler of the Ottoman dynasty, Orhan, defeats the Byzantine emperor Andronicus III.
1329	Battle of Ardnocher	Irish force led by William MacGeoghegan defeats English army under Thomas Butler, who is killed.
1330	Battle of Velbazhd	28 July - Serbia defeats Bulgaria and their Wallachian allies. Michael III of Bulgaria killed in battle.
	Battle of Posada	9 November – Basarab I of Wallachia defeats Charles I of Hungary.
	Battle of Fiodh-an-Átha	Ualgarg O'Rourke is defeated by the English.
1331	Siege of Nicaea	The Byzantine city of Nicaea falls to Ottomans under Orhan.
1331	Battle of Płowce	27 September - Kingdom of Poland defeats Teutonic Order.
1332	Battle of Das	3 July - Ethiopians led by their Emperor Amda Seyon defeat combined attack of Adal and Sultanate of Ifat in the Ethiopian mainland.
	Battle of Rusokastro	18 July - Bulgarians defeat Byzantines.
	Battle of Kinghorn	6 August - Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife defeated by smaller army supporting Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne.
	Battle of Dupplin Moor	11 August - English supporting Edward Balliol, Scottish pretender, defeat the Scots.
	Battle of Płowce	27 September- Poland's Ladislas IV Lokietek defeats Teutonic Knights.
	Battle of San Felice	25 November - The Holy Roman Empire under Charles of Luxembourg defeats the Signoria of Ferrara, the Signoria of Mantua, the Signoria of Milan and the Signoria of Verona under condottiere Giovi da Camposampiero.
	Battle of Annan	16 December - Bruce loyalists drive out the English-backed usurper to the Scottish throne Edward Balliol.
	Battle of Zeila	Ethiopians defeat and vassalize Sultanate of Ifat, sack their capital and imprison their Sultan Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din.
1333	Battle of Halidon Hill	19 July – Edward III of England avenges Bannockburn.
1334	Siege of Maastricht	March – After a short siege, Maastricht surrenders to bishop Adolph de la Marck of Liège.
1335	Battle of Boroughmuir	30 July - Scotland under John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray defeats an army of the County of Namur under Guy II, Marquis of Namur, fighting for England.
1336	Battle of Minatogawa	Kusunoki Masashige, obeying Emperor Go-Daigo's orders, leads an imperial army into defeat by the Ashikaga. Kusunoki commits suicide.
1337	Battle of Cadzand	English defeat pro-French garrison of Cadsand in Flanders.
1337	Siege of Kanegasaki	Ashikaga victory during Nanboku-cho Wars.
1338	Battle of Arnemuiden	French victory over the English fleet.
1339	Battle of Parabiago	21–22 February – Rebel Lodrisio Visconti is defeated by the Visconti of Milan's army.
1339	Siege of Cambrai	September–October – King Edward III of England withdraws when a large French army was near and fails to capture Cambrai.
1340	Battle of Sluys	24 June – Edward III defeats the Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of the English Channel.
	Battle of Saint-Omer	26 July – Anglo-Flemish force driven back from the town by a French army.
	Siege of Tournai	23 July – 25 September – King Edward III of England fails to capture Tournai from king Philip VI of France.
	Battle of Río Salado	30 October – Alfonso XI of Castile and Afonso IV of Portugal defeat the Marinid under Sultan Abul-Hassan and the Granadine under King Yusuf I.
1341	Battle of Champtoceaux	13 October −16 October – Begins Breton War of Succession.
1342	Battle of Brest	18 August – English fleet defeats Genoese mercenaries.
1342	Battle of Morlaix	Besieged by the English, a French relief army broke the siege of Morlaix. When the English retreated into a wood, the French withdrew.
1344	Battle of Stephaniana	May – Turks from the Emirate of Aydin defeat a Serbian army in northern Greece.
1345	Battle of Gamenario	22 April – Ghibelline Asti and John II, Marquess of Montferrat defeat the Neapolitan Guelph League army.
	Battle of Lough Neagh	Naval battle between Hugh O'Neill and the Clann Hugh Buidhe.
	Battle of Peritheorion	7 July – A Byzantine-Turkish army under John VI Kantakouzenos and Umur Bey defeats and kills the renegade lord Momchil in the Rhodope.
	Battle of Lelów	July – Poland and Hungary defeat Bohemia.
	Battle of Pogoń	July – Poland defeats Bohemia.
	Siege of Utrecht	8 June - 22 July – William II, Count of Hainaut and of Holland captures Utrecht and forces bishop John of Arkel to submission.
	Battle of Warns	26 September – Frisians defeat Dutch invasion force led by William IV, Count of Holland.
	Battle of Auberoche	21 October – English relief army lift a siege by the French.
	Siege of Kaffa (Second)	1345–46 The Golden Horde again lays siege to the Genoese city of Kaffa on the Black Sea, but withdraws due to the Black Death.
1346	Battle of Calry Lough Gill	O Rourke soundly defeated by the O Connors.
	Battle of St Pol de Léon	English defeat the French.
	Battle of Caen	English force capture and sack the town.
	Battle of Blanchetaque	English under Edward III cross the Somme.
	Battle of Crécy	26 August – English longbowmen defeat French cavalry at Abbeville.
	Battle of Neville's Cross	English defeat the Scots under King David Bruce.
1347	Siege of Calais	4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347 – English forces capture the city.
	Battle of Porta San Lorenzo	(Rome) – November – The people of Rome defeat the baronial troops of Stefano Colonna.
	Battle of La Roche-Derrien	English relief army lift a French siege.
1348	Battle of Strėva	Teutonic Order defeats the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1349	Battle of Lunalonge	Anglo-Gascons hold the upper hand during the day over the French but the Anglo-Gascons have to withdraw during the night.
1349	Battle of Llucmajor	25 October – James IV of Majorca defeated and killed by troops of Aragon.
1350	Battle of Calais	1 January 1350 - English force defeated a French army which was attempting to take the city.
	Battle of Naarden	15 or 16 May – The army of Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut and of Holland defeats the army of her son, William I, Duke of Bavaria.
	Les Espagnols sur Mer	29 August – English fleet defeats Castilian fleet.

Late 14th century (1351–1400)

Year	Battle	Description
1351	Combat of the Thirty	26 March – Thirty French knights from Chateau Josselin under Jean de Beaumanoir call out and defeat thirty English knights under Robert Bemborough.
	Siege of Medemblik	March–April – William I, Duke of Bavaria captures Medemblik (Hook and Cod wars).
	Battle of Saintes	1 April – English relief army lifted a French siege.
	Battle of Ardres	6 June – French defeated the English.
	Battle of Veere	10 June – The fleet of Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut defeats the fleet of her son William I, Duke of Bavaria, after which Margaret captures Zeeland.
	Battle of Zwartewaal	3–5 July – The Cod fleet of William I defeats the Hook fleet of his mother Margaret II.
1351-1352	Siege of Geertruidenberg	October 1351 - 18 August 1352 – William I, Duke of Bavaria captures Geertruidenberg.
1352	Battle of Mauron	Anglo-Bretons defeated the French.
1354	Battle of Sapienza	Genoans destroy Venetian fleet.
1354	Fall of Gallipoli	March – Ottoman Turks under Sultan Orhan capture Gallipoli, giving them a bridgehead into Europe.
1356	Baile Loch Deacair	In southern Connacht.
	Battle of Soest	14 March – The army of Bavaria-Straubing and the County of Holland defeats the army of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht.
	Battle of Scheut	17 August – The Flemish army defending the claim of Louis II, Count of Flanders as duke of Brabant defeats an army of Brabant, supporting Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg as the new duke.
	Battle of Poitiers	25 October – Edward the Black Prince captures King John II of France, France plunges into chaos.
1357	Battle of Bubat	Majapahit Prime Minister Gajah Mada has the Sunda royal family killed.
1358	Battle of Mello	Army of French nobles crushes the peasant Jacquerie.
1358-1359	Siege of Heusden	The army of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland captures rebel Cod Heusden.
1358-1359	Siege of Heemskerk	The army of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, count of Holland captures rebel Cod Heemskerk.
1359	Siege of Delft	11 March - 29 May – Albert I of Bavaria and Holland captures rebel Cod controlled Delft.
	Battle of Achelous	Late Spring – Albanians under John Spata defeat Despotate of Epirus and form several Despotates in parts of their land.
	Battle of Campo delle Mosche	23 July – Florentines defeat Great Company.
1361	Battle of Visby	27 July - Poorly armed farmers from the island of Gotland are defeated by a Danish army. The battle became notable after an excavation revealed numerous mass graves containing the dead from the battle, many still wearing their armour.
1362	Battle of Helsingborg	Danish fleet beat Hanseatic fleet in Danish–German War (aka First Danish War with the Hanseatic League).
	Battle of Brignais	6 April – Mercenary Free Companies defeat a French army.
	Siege of Kaunas	13 March – April 17 – Teutonic Order defeats Grand Duchy of Lithuania, captures and razes castle.
	Battle of Guadix	Granada defeats Castile.
1362/1363	Battle of Blue Waters	The Pagan Lithuanians defeat Islamic Tatar Forces.
1363	Battle of Lake Poyang	Ming dynasty decisively defeats Yuan dynasty and kills their commander Chen Youliang.
1364	Battle of Cocherel	16 May – French defeat Gascon-Navarrese-English.
	Battle of Cascina	28 July – Battle between the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence.
	Battle of Auray	29 September – End of Breton War of Succession, English defeat Franco-Bretons.
1365	Battle of Adrianople	Capture by Ottoman Turks.
1367	Battle of Nájera	English under the Black Prince and Don Pedro of Castile defeat the Franco-Castilians.
1367	First Albanian Siege of Ioannina	Albanian and Aromanian troops attack Ioannina for three years, ending in a ceasefire.
1369	Battle of Montiel	Franco-Castilians under King Henry II of Castile defeated Portuguese-Marinids-Grenadines-Jews under his half-brother Don Pedro of Castile, who is captured and executed.
	Siege of Algeciras (1369)	July – Granada retakes city from Castile.
	Battle of Poni	Majapahit Empire and Bruneian Empire defeat Sulu Sultanate.
1370	Battle of Rudau	February – Teutonic Knights defeat Lithuanians.
	Battle of Pontvallain	French victory against English.
	Siege of Balkh (1370)	Timur defeats and has killed his brother-in-law Amir Husayn and gains control of the western Chagatai.
1371	Battle of Baesweiler	Edward, Duke of Guelders and William II, Duke of Jülich defeat Wenceslaus, Duke of Brabant.
1371	Battle of Maritsa	26 September – Serbs under their ruler, King Vukašin of Serbia, were defeated by an Ottoman force.
1372	Battle of La Rochelle	22–23 June - Castilian fleet defeats the English fleet. English sea dominance destroyed.
1373	Battle of Chiset	21 March - French defeat an English relief army trying to lift the siege of Chiset.
1373	Siege of Venlo	John II, Count of Blois besieges Venlo during the First War of the Guelderian Succession, against his contender William II, Duke of Jülich.
1375	Battle of Gardiki	Achaean victory defeats Morean siege
1377	Cesena Bloodbath	February - 2,500/5,000 inhabitants of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal troops led by John Hawkwood during the War of the Eight Saints.
	Battle on Pyana River	2 August - The Russian troops are defeated, while their commander drowns in the river.
	Battle of Dubravnica	Moravian Serbia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
1378	Battle of the Vozha River	Moscow defeats the Golden Horde.
1378	Knights Hospitaller Invasion of Arta	Knights Hospitaller attempt to capture the Despotate of Arta but fail.
1380	Battle of Kulikovo	Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow halts the Mongols.
1380 or 1381	Battle of Loppersum	End 1380 or Early 1381 - Chieftain Ocko I tom Brok of Norderland and Emsigerland defeats cheaftains Kampo Abdena of Hinte and Folkmar Allena of Osterhusen.
1381	Second Battle of the Kalka River	Tokhtamysh defeats Mamai and gains control of the Blue Horde.
1381	Battle of North Walsham	Forces led by Henry le Despenser defeat the rebels of Norfolk at the end of the English Peasants' Revolt.
1382	Battle of Beverhoutsveld	3 May - Ghent rebels under Philip van Artevelde defeat the army of Louis II, Count of Flanders.
	Siege of Moscow (1382)	23–27 August - Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde takes back control of Moscow from the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
	Battle of Roosebeke	27 November - French army under King Charles VI of France crush a large Flemish army of urban levies.
1383	Battle of Dunkirk	May - Ghent rebels under Frans Ackerman and an English army under Henry le Despenser defeat the armies of Louis II, Count of Flanders and king Charles VI of France.
	Siege of Ypres	May - An English army under Henry le Despenser and Ghent rebels fail to take Ypres from Louis II, Count of Flanders.
	Trian Chongail	Hugh O Neill and Robin Savage kill each other in a cavalry charge.
1384	Battle of Atoleiros	6 April – Nuno Álvares Pereira (Portuguese general) defeats Castile.
	Siege of Lisbon	Portugal successfully defends its capital from the Castilians.
	Battle of Leça	The Castilian blockade to Porto is stopped.
	Battle of Tejo	The Portuguese win a naval battle in the Tagus river.
1385	Battle of Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele	O Conchobhair, King of Uí Falighe, soundly defeats the English of Meath.
	Battle of Trancoso	29 May – An army sent by John I of Castile is defeated by the Portuguese.
	Battle of Aljubarrota	14 August – Portugal maintains independence from Castile, John I establishes Avis dynasty.
	Battle of Valverde	14 October – The Portuguese defeat a Castilian army.
	Battle of Savra	Zeta (Montenegro) forces under Balša II were defeated by Ottoman commander Hayreddin Pasha near Berat.
1386	Battle of the Vikhra River	29 April – Grand Duchy of Lithuania decisively defeats the Principality of Smolensk and make the principality agree to be their vassal.
	Battle of Sempach	9 July – Swiss defeat Leopold III of Austria.
	Battle of Pločnik	Serbian victory and first serious defeat for the Ottoman army in the Balkans.
	Siege of Tbilisi (1386)	Timur decisively defeats the Kingdom of Georgia.
1387	Battle of Castagnaro	11 March – Giovanni Ordelaffi and Ostasio da Polenta, for Verona, defeated by John Hawkwood and Francesco Novello Carraresi, for Padua.
	Battle of Margate	24–25 March – An English fleet under Richard, Earl of Arundel defeats a Franco-Castilian-Flemish wine fleet under Sir Jean de Bucq in the area of the southern North Sea between Margate and Cadzand.
	Siege of Isfahan (1387)	Timur annexes Isfahan and nearby territories from the Muzaffarids.
	Battle of Radcot Bridge	19 December - Rebellious Lords Appellant defeat a Royal army and briefly gain control of the government.
1388	Battle of Buir Lake	March Ming Chinese army under general Lan Yu decisively defeated Mongol Northern Yuan dynasty, more than 100,000 Mongols killed or captured.
	Battle of Otterburn	19 August - English under a young Henry "Hotspur" Percy defeated by Scots under James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas.
	Battle of Döffingen	23 August - The league of princes and the league of knights under Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg defeat the Swabian League of Cities under 'Städtehauptmann' or military commander Konrad Besserer of Ulm.
	Battle of Bileća	27 August Bosnians and Serbians defeat the Ottomans.
1389	Battle of Kosovo Polje	A Turkish army gathered by Murad I and a Serbian army under Knez Lazar beat each other into the ground. The battle was a draw, yet in the wake of it the Serbs 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 Alessandria	Mercenary army of Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan beat that of Jean III of Armagnac.
1391	Battle of the Kondurcha River	Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde.
1393	Siege of Altena	Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and count of Holland captures rebel Altena Castle.
1394	Battle of Ros-mic-Triuin	King of Leinster attacks and defeats the English.
1394	Battle of Rovine	10 October – Mircea cel Batrin the voievod of Wallachia defeated Bayezid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
1395	Battle of the Terek River	15 April – Timur decisively defeats Tokhtamysh.
1395	Battle of Portomaggiore	16 April – Astorre I Manfredi for the Republic of Venice and Niccolò III d'Este beat Ferrarese rebel Azzo X d'Este.
1396	Battle of the North Inch	Scottish clan battle.
	Battle of Nicopolis	25 September – A major French–Hungarian crusade is defeated by the Ottomans under Bayezid I.
	Battle of Schoterzijl	Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and count of Holland defeats the Frisians.
1397	Battle of Kleverhamm	Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and Dietrich IX, Count of Mark defeat duke William II of Berg and duke William I of Guelders and Jülich.
1398	Siege of Delhi (1398)	Timur defeats the Sultanate of Delhi and sacks their capital, weakening Delhi for a century.
1399	Battle of Tragh-Bhaile	The Anglo-Irish defeat the sons of Henry O Neill.
1399	Battle of the Vorskla River	Vytautas the Great of Lithuania is defeated by generals of Tamerlane.

Early 15th century (1401–50)

Year	Battle	Description
1400	Siege of Damascus (1400)	Timur defeats Mamluk Sultanate and annexes Damascus.
1401	Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen	mid-June – Welsh rebels under Owain Glyndŵr defeat an army of English and Flemish soldiers near Aberystwyth.
1401	Battle of Tuthill	November – Inconclusive battle between English and Welsh near Caernarfon.
1402	Battle of Casalecchio	26 January – Alberico da Barbiano for Milan defeats Bolognese–Florentine army under Muzio Attendolo.
	Battle of Bryn Glas	22 June – English army routed in mid-Wales; Owain Glyndŵr's revolt spreads.
	Battle of Nesbit Moor	22 June – Clash between English and Scottish prior to the decisive Battle of Homildon Hill.
	Battle of Angora or Battle of Ankara	20 July – Timur defeats and captures Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I in Anatolia.
	Battle of Homildon Hill	14 September – A strong Scottish raiding force is heavily defeated by English longbowmen.
	Siege of Gorinchem	29 June - 18 September – Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and of Holland defeats John V, Lord of Arkel.
	Siege of Smyrna	December – Timur defeats the Knights of Rhodes and razes Smyrna.
1403	Battle of Shrewsbury	21 July – Henry IV defeats rebel army led by Henry "Hotspur" Percy, who is slain in the fighting.
	Siege of Birtvisi (1403)	Timur besieges fortress of the Georgian Kingdom.
	Battle of Ziela	Ethiopia under Dawit I defeats and kills Sultan Sa'ad ad-Din II, bringing a final conquest to the Ifat Sultanate.
1405	Battle of Pwll Melyn	May – Owain Glyndŵr's rebels defeated near Usk.
1406	Cluain Immorrais	The King of Uí Falighe defeats the Galls of Meath.
1406	Battle of Tuiteam Tarbhach	Scottish clan battle fought between the Clan MacLeod of Lewis against the Clan MacKay.
1407	Battle of Lạng Sơn	19 January – Ming Chinese forces defeated Đại Ngu forces.
	Battle of Sông Phú Lương	Chinese Ming dynasty decisively defeated the Vietnamese Hồ dynasty, led to the Ming conquest of Đại Ngu.
	Battle of Palembang	Ming dynasty defeats pirates in Sumatra and captures their leader Chen Zuyi.
1408	Battle of Bramham Moor	19 February – The Percy Rebellion is finally crushed by King Henry IV of England.
	Siege of Maastricht	24 November 1407 - 23 September 1408 – Rebels from Liège fail to take Maastricht from supporters of bishop John of Bavaria of Liège.
	Battle of Othée	23 September – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy defeats rebels from the city of Liège, which greatly enriches him and puts him in a strong position for the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
1409	Battle of Sanluri	30 June – Aragon defeats the giudicato di Arborea, last independent kingdom of Sardinia.
1409	Battle of Kherlen	23 September – The Mongols under Öljei Temür Khan defeat Ming China.
1410	Battle of Grunwald or Battle of Tannenberg	15 July – Polish and Lithuanian army under Władysław II Jagiełło break the spine of the Teutonic Knights under Ulrich von Jungingen.
1410	Battle of Koronowo	10 October – Polish-Lithuania army defeat Teutonic Knights.
1411	Battle of Harlaw	24 July – Highlanders versus Lowland Scots ends in draw.
1412	Battle of Saint-Rémy-du-Val	9 May – The Burgundians under Waleran III, Count of Ligny and Philippe d'Harcourt defeat the Armagnacs under John I, Duke of Alençon and Raoul de Gaucourt.
	Siege of Bourges	11 June - 12 July – After a month of siege, king Charles VI of France decides for a truce with the Armagnacs.
	Siege of Dreux	10–15 July – Burgundians capture Dreux from the Armagnacs in a French civil war.
	Battle of Chalagan	December – Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgian army under Constantine I of Georgia and Shirvanshah Ibrahim, their ally.
1415	Conquest of Ceuta	21 August – Ceuta is captured by the Portuguese.
1415	Battle of Agincourt	25 October – An outnumbered English force under Henry V defeats the French through the use of massed longbowmen behind sharpened stakes.
1416	Battle of Gallipoli	29 May – A Venetian fleet under Pietro Loredan destroys the Ottoman fleet.
1416	Siege of IJsselstein	5–30 May – William II, Duke of Bavaria and count of Holland captures IJsselstein after a truce, which ends the rebellion of John II, Lord of Egmond.
1417	Battle of Okswerderzijl	18 June – The Allies (Vetkopers and Bronckhorsts) under Keno II tom Brok, Focko Ukena and Sibet Papinga defeat the Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda and Coppen Jarges.
	Siege of IJsselstein	10–24 June – A Cod army besieged a Hook army in IJsselstein. A truce brokered by John III, Duke of Bavaria makes an end to the siege.
	Siege of Gorinchem	23 or 24 November - 1 December – A Hook army defeats a Cod army in the city of Gorinchem.
1418	Siege of Dordrecht	28 June - 10 August – An army under Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and John IV, Duke of Brabant fails to capture Dordrecht from supporters of John III, Duke of Bavaria.
	Siege of Rouen	19 July - January 1419 – Henry V of England gains a foothold in Normandy.
	Battle of Dokkum	Allies under Focko Ukena defeat the Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda.
1419	Siege of Ceuta	13–17 August – The Moors attempt to retake Ceuta but are easily repelled by the Portuguese.
	Battle of Miedum	19 or 20 August – Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda defeat the allies.
	Battle of la Rochelle	30 December – A Castilian fleet defeats an English-Hanseatic coalition fleet.
1419–1428	Siege of Dong Quan	Ming city besieged every year of Lam Son uprising, eventually fell to Le Loi.
1420	Battle of Sudomer	25 March – Hussites led by Jan Žižka defeat Catholics.
	Battle on the Palesloot	12 May – The Allies under Focko Ukena defeat the Schieringers.
	Battle of Vitkov Hill	12 June – 14 July – Hussite victory over the Crusaders of the Holy Roman Emperor.
	Siege of Montereau-Fault-Yonne	16 June – 1 July – An army under king Henry V of England and duke Philip the Good of Burgundy captures Montereau-Fault-Yonne from the French.
	Siege of Leiden	18 June – 17 August – An army under John III, Duke of Bavaria captures Leiden from supporters of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut.
	Battle of Sloten	11 July – An army of Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda and Cods under Hendrik van Renesse defeats the allies (Vetkopers and Bronckhorsts) under Focko Ukena.
	Battle of Vysehrad	Series of engagements between the Hussite forces and the Holy Roman Emperor's crusaders.
	Siege of Geertruidenberg	End August – 11 November – Supporters of John III, Duke of Bavaria defeat supporters of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut.
1421	Battle of Baugé	22 March - The French and Scottish forces of Charles VII of France commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat an English army after a reckless cavalry charge by Henry V's younger brother, the Duke of Clarence, who is slain in the fighting.
	Battle of Mons-en-Vimeu	30 August - The Burgundians under duke Philip the Good defeat the Armagnacs under Jaqcues d'Harcourt, Jean Poton de Xaintrailles and La Hire.
	Battle of Kutna Hora	21 December – Hussites escape Royalist forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.
1422	Battle of Nebovidy	6 January – Jan Žižka leads the Hussites to victory over an Imperial army.
	Battle of Německý Brod	10 January – Hussites sack town.
	Battle of Arbedo	30 June – Milanese led by Francesco Bussone fight the Swiss.
	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.
	Battle of Cravant	31 July – English victory during Hundred Years' War.
	Battle of La Brossinière	French victory over English.
1424	Battle of L'Aquila	Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon.
	Battle of Zagonara	28 July - The Florentines defeated by Filippo Maria Visconti's Milanese army under Count of Carmagnola.
	Battle of Verneuil	17 August – The English under the Duke of Bedford defeat a major Franco-Scottish army, clearing the way for further English conquests in Northern France.
1425	Siege of Schoonhoven	10 March - 8 October – A Hook army under Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut managed to capture and hold Schoonhoven, from Cod armies, fighting for duke Philip the Good of Burgundy.
1425	Battle of Alphen aan den Rijn	21 October – A Hook army under Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut defeats a Cod army under Jacob van Gaasbeek.
1426	Battle of Brouwershaven	13 January – Burgundian troops defeat combined Zeelander and English forces.
	Battle of St. James	6 March – An English force defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont.
	Siege of Haarlem	4 April - 8 May – The army of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut fails to take Haarlem from duke Philip the Good of Burgundy.
	Battle of Alphen aan den Rijn	30 April – The army of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut defeats a Burgundian army.
	Battle of Usti nad Labem	16 June – Hussites defeat Imperial forces in the modern-day Czech Republic.
	Battle of Khirokitia	7 July – Mamelukes defeat intoxicated Cypriots.
	Battle of Hoorn	22 August – An army under duke Philip the Good of Burgundy defeats a Hook army.
	Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động	5–7 November – Le Loi decisively defeats Ming dynasty.
1427	Siege of Zevenbergen	November 1426 - 11 April 1427 - The army of duke Philip the Good of Burgundy captures Zevenbergen.
	Battle of Tachov	3-4 August - Hussites defeat coalition forces.
	Siege of Montargis	15 July-5 September - French under Jean de Dunois defeat English.
	Battle of Chi Lăng	18 September - Vietnam decisively defeats Ming Chinese. China agrees to Vietnam's independence soon after.
	Battle of Wieringen	September – A Burgundian fleet defeats a Hook fleet.
	Battle of Maclodio	4 October – Part of the Wars in Lombardy.
	Siege of Amersfoort	1–8 November – Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy fails to take Amersfoort from the local citizens, fighting for bishop Rudolf van Diepholt of Utrecht.
	Battle of the Echinades	Byzantines defeat Carlo I Tocco and recapture the Latin possessions in the Peloponnese.
1428	Siege of Gouda	May 1428 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut capitulates to duke Philip the Good of Burgundy.
1429	Siege of Orléans	12 October 1428 - 8 May 1429 - English forces commanded by the Earl of Suffolk besiege French city and are driven off by Joan of Arc.
	Battle of Jargeau	11–12 June – Joan of Arc captures a bridge held by English over the Loire River. Her helmet saves her from a projectile.
	Battle of Meung-sur-Loire	11–12 June The forces of Joan of Arc capture a second Loire River bridge.
	Battle of Beaugency	16–17 June – Joan of Arc's forces capture a third Loire River bridge.
	Battle of Patay	18 June – Major French field victory over the English, recognized as the war's turning point.
1430	Siege of Thessalonica	29 March – The city of Thessalonica, ruled by the Republic of Venice, is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
1430	Siege of Compiègne	23 May – French victory but Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundians.
1431	Battle of Soncino	17 May – Count of Carmagnola, for Venice, is defeated by the Visconti.
	Battle of Pavia	22 May – The Venetian fleet is destroyed by the Milanese.
	Battle of Domažlice	14 August – Hussite army led by Prokop the Bald slaughters Crusaders.
	Battle of Inverlochy	Royal English forces routed by Scottish Highlanders.
	Siege of Angkor	Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom ends Khmer Empire and sacks their capital.
1432	Battle of Delebio	18/19 November – Duchy of Milan and Valtellina fight the Republic of Venice.
1432	Battle of San Romano	Florence fought Siena.
1434	Battle of Lipany	30 May – Catholic Crusaders destroy Taborite army.
1435	Battle of Gerbevoy	French troops, under the command of La Hire, defeat English.
	Battle of Ponza	A Genoese fleet sent by Filippo Maria Visconti defeats the Aragonese of Alfonso V of Naples.
	Battle of Wiłkomierz	The forces of Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis of Lithuania with the help of Polish troops defeated Švitrigaila and his Livonian allies.
1436	Battle of Piperdean	Scottish victory over the English on the Scottish Borders.
1437	Battle of Belyov	Tatars defeat Moscow.
1439	Battle of Grotniki	Polish army defeats Hussite Protestants.
1440	Battle of Anghiari	29 June – Niccolò Piccinino, overlord of Bologna, defeats Milanese Filippo Maria Visconti and is then opposed by Cosimo de Medici.
1440	Siege of Novo Brdo	Ottoman forces captured Novo Brdo, an important fortified mining town of Serbia.
1443	Battle of Niš	November - John Hunyadi defeated three Ottoman armies before retreating.
1443	Battle of Zlatica	December – Crusader advance stopped by the Ottoman army.
1444	Battle of Kunovica	2 or 5 January — Hungary, Poland, and Serbia defeated Ottoman forces.
	Battle of Torvioll	29 June - Albanians under Skanderbeg defeat Ottomans.
	Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs	26 August - French defeat Swiss.
	Siege of Rhodes	10 August - 18 September - Knights Hospitaller defeats Mamluk Sultanate.
	Battle of Linnich	3 November – The army of Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg defeats the army of Arnold, Duke of Guelders.
	Battle of Varna	10 November – Ottoman Murad II defeats Hungarians, Poles, and Wallachians, King Władysław III of Poland killed.
1445	Battle of Gomit	Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal.
1445	Battle of Mokra (1445)	Albanians under Skanderbeg defeat Ottomans.
1446	Battle of Otonetë	Skanderbeg defeats Ottomans.
1447	Battle of Damghan	Abdal-Latif Mirza captures Damghan.
1448	Siege of Svetigrad	Ottomans under Murad II capture Albanian fortress.
	Battle of Caravaggio	15 September – Ambrosian Republic (Milan's short-lived republic) fights the Republic of Venice.
	Battle of Kosovo	17–20 October – Roman Catholic coalition defeated by Turkish forces.
	Battle of Sark	23 October – also known as Battle of Lochmabenstone – Anglo-Scottish conflicts.
1449	Battle of Alfarrobeira	20 May – Afonso V of Portugal defeats rebels of Pedro, Duke of Coimbra.
1449	Battle of Tumu Fortress	1 September – conflict between the Mongols and the Chinese Ming dynasty.
1450	Battle of Formigny	15 April – decisive French victory over English during the Hundred Years' War.
	Siege of Krujë (1450)	14 May - 23 November - Skanderbeg defends Albanian town from an army of around 100,000 men led by Murad I.
	Battle of the Five Forts	Māori Ngāti Hotu tribe decisively defeated by the Whanganui Māori tribe.

Late 15th century (1451–1500)

Year	Battle	Description
1452	Battle of Nevele	25 May – A Burgundian army under John of Burgundy defeats a rebel army of Ghent.
1452	Battle of Bazel	16 June – A Burgundian army under duke Philip the Good defeats a rebel army of Ghent under Wouter Leenknecht.
1453	Battle of Polog	22 April – Skanderbeg defeats Ottomans.
	Battle of Constantinople	29 May – Mehmet II of the Ottoman Turks captures Constantinople (Istanbul), ending the Byzantine Empire.
	Battle of Castillon	17 July – The Valois use cannon to defeat the Lancastrians, which ends the Hundred Years' War.
	Battle of Gavere	23 July – A Burgundian army under duke Philip the Good defeats a rebel army of Ghent.
1454	Battle of Chojnice	18 September – Polish defeated by Teutonic Knights.
	Battle of Leskovac	24 September – Serbs under command of Nikola Skobaljić defeat a larger Ottoman army.
	Battle of Kruševac	Serbian Despotate, allied with the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats invading Ottoman forces.
1455	Battle of Arkinholm	Scottish Royal-Black Douglas civil war.
	First Battle of St Albans	22 May – First battle of the English Wars of the Roses, a victory for the pretender Richard of York.
	Siege of Berat (1455)	July - Ottomans defeat Albanians under Skanderbeg.
1456	Siege of Belgrade	14 August - 15 September - Hungarian forces lift Ottoman siege, Sultan Mehmet II wounded.
1456	Siege of Deventer	22 July - Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy captures Deventer in order to make his son David of Burgundy bishop of Utrecht during the Utrecht war (1456–1458).
1457	Battle of Direptatea	April – Ştefan cel Mare, helped by Wallachian prince Vlad III the Impaler, defeated Petru Aron and became Voivod of Moldavia.
1459	Battle of Blore Heath	23 September – Yorkist knights defeat Lancastrians in War of the Roses.
	Battle of Ludford Bridge	12 October – King Henry routs Yorkists in War of the Roses.
	Siege of Venlo	Adolf of Guelders surrenders to his father Arnold, Duke of Guelders, ending a rebellion.
1460	Battle of Sandwich	Yorkists land at Sandwich, rout Lancastrians.
	Battle of Nola	John of Anjou's victory over Ferdinand of Naples.
	Battle of Northampton	10 July – Warwick attacks royal camp and captures King Henry.
	Battle of Wakefield	30 December – Queen Margaret's Lancastrians defeat Duke of York, who is killed in the fight.
1461	Battle of Mortimer's Cross	2 February – Yorkists defeat Lancastrians in the west.
	Second Battle of St Albans	17 February – Lancastrians storm the town, chase out Yorkists.
	Battle of Ferrybridge	28 March – Lancastrians ambush the Earl of Warwick and kill his second-in-command.
	Battle of Towton	29 March – Edward IV of England defeats Lancastrian forces.
	Siege of Trebizond	15 August – Ottoman Turks led by Mehmet II capture the capitol of the Empire of Trebizond, ending that empire.
1462	The Night Attack	17 June – Vlad III Dracula attacks Mehmet II.
	Battle of Świecino	7 September – During the Thirteen Years' War, Poles defeated the Teutonic Order.
	Siege of Mytilene	Ottoman Turks capture the capitol of Gattilusi Lesbos.
1463	Battle of Chikhori	George VIII of Georgia is decisevely defeated by nobles led by his Royal kinsmen Bagrat.
	Battle of Zatoka Świeża	15 September – Polish navy defeats Teutonic navy.
	Battle of Aalsum	11 October – The army of Jancko Douwema defeats the army of the Donias. A feud in Frisia.
1464	Battle of Hedgeley Moor	25 April – Lancastrian defeat Yorkist forces.
	Battle of Hexham	15 May – Yorkists under Montagu annihilate Lancastrians in a surprise attack.
	Battle of Ohrid	15 September - Albanians and Venetians defeat Ottomans.
1465	Battle of Vaikal	April - Albanian rebels under Skanderbeg defeat Ottomans.
	Battle of Meçad (1465)	June - Skanderbeg defeats Ottomans under Ballaban Badera.
	Battle of Montlhéry	16 July – Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of great nobles.
	Battle of Montenaken	20 October – The Burgundian army under Charles the Bold defeats the army of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
1466	Siege of Dinant	18–29 August - The Burgundian army under Charles the Bold captures and destroys Dinant.
1467	Battle of Molinella	25 July – Bartolomeo Colleoni for Venice is defeated.
	Siege of Krujë (1466–1467)	Albanians under Skanderbeg repel siege by Sultan Mehmet II.
	Siege of Krujë (1467)	Skanderbeg repels another siege by Mehmet II.
	Battle of Brustem	28 October - The Burgundian army under Charles the Bold defeats the army of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
	Battle of Baia	15 December – Ştefan cel Mare defeated Mathias Corvinus.
1468	Battle of Straelen	26 June – An army of Adolf, Duke of Guelders defeats the army of John I, Duke of Cleves.
1469	Battle of Edgecote Moor	26 July – Warwick the Kingmaker triumphs over Edward IV.
1470	Battle of Lipnic	Ştefan cel Mare defeats the Tatars.
	Siege of Negroponte	Ottomans besiege and capture the Venetian fortress of Negroponte.
	Battle of Lose-coat Field	12 March – Yorkists chase disrobing Lancastrians from the field.
	Battle of Pasca	Southern Muisca Confederation defeats alliance of the Sutagao and Panche.
1471	Battle of Ravenspur	14 March – Edward IV lands at Ravenspur and repulses token resistance.
	Siege of Vijaya	24 February-22 March- Đại Việt captures Vijaya, the capital of Champa.
	Battle of Barnet	14 April – Confusion in the fog, Earl of Warwick killed.
	Battle of Tewkesbury	4 May – Edward IV of England's final victory over the House of Lancaster.
	Battle of Shelon	14 July – Ivan the Great of Russia decisively defeats the Novgorod Republic, which is gradually absorbed by Muscovy.
	Battle of Asilah	24 August – Portugal conquers Asilah from the Wattasids.
	Battle of Brunkeberg	10 October – Denmark fights Sweden.
1472	Siege of Nesle	27 June - 22 July – The army of duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy captures Nesle from France. The population is massacred.
1472	Siege of Beauvais	14 June – The army of duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy fails to captures Beauvais from France.
1473	Battle of Otlukbeli	Mehmed II of Ottoman Turks decisively defeats Uzun Hasan of Akkoyunlu Turkomans.
1473	Battle of Tlatelolco	Aztec Empire defeats Tlatelolco.
1474	Siege of Neuss	Charles the Bold leads unsuccessful siege during Burgundy Wars.
	Battle of Héricourt	Burgundy is defeated by the Swiss Cofederation.
	Siege of Shkodra	Spring–8 August – Venice and Zeta (Montenegro) defeat Ottoman besiegers.
1475	Battle of Vaslui	10 January – Ştefan cel Mare defeats a huge Ottoman army.
	Siege of Burgos	Supporters of Joanna are driven out of the Castle of Burgos.
	Battle on the Planta	(November) – Switzerland defeats Savoy.
1476	Battle of Toro	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 by the Castilian left-centre led by the Duke of Alba and Cardinal Mendoza. Both sides claimed victory.
	Battle of Grandson	2 March – A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold.
	Battle of Morat	22 June – The Swiss defeat Charles the Bold again.
	Battle of Valea Albă	26 July – Mehmed II defeats Ştefan cel Mare.
1477	Battle of Nancy	5 January – Swiss pikemen defeat cavalry of Burgundy's Charles the Bold, who is killed.
	Battle of Émagny Bridge	25 June – France under Georges II de La Trémoille defeats Burgundy under Hugues III de Chalon-Arlay in an attempt to control the County of Burgundy.
	Siege of Dole	End of July - 7 October – France fails to capture Dole from Burgundy. The French army is destroyed and has to leave the County of Burgundy.
1478	Battle of Macomer	Sardinian rebels are defeated by the Aragonese.
	Battle of Guinea	Castilian fleet is defeated and captured by the Portuguese.
	Battle of Trowulan	Majapahit rebels backed by the Demak Sultanate are defeated by Girindrawardhana.
	Siege of Krujë (1478)	Ottomans under Mehmet II capture Krujë from the League of Lezhë.
1479	Siege of Shkodra	Ottomans take Shkodër.
	Battle of Guinegate	7 August – French troops are defeated by the Burgundians led by Maximilian of Habsburg.
	Battle of the Plain of Jars	Fall - Đại Việt decisively defeats Lan Xang.
	Battle of Breadfield	13 October – Pál Kinizsi, comite of Timișoara, defeated the Ottomans.
1480	Siege of Rhodes	May–28 July – Ottomans unsuccessfully besiege the Knights Hospitaller garrison on Rhodes.
	Battle of Pāk Phūn	Lan Xang decisively defeats exhausted Viet army.
	Battle of Skibo and Strathfleet	Clan Sutherland and Murrays of Aberscross defeat Clan Donald.
	Battle of Bloody Bay	A naval battle fought near Tobermory, Scotland, between John of Islay, Earl of Ross, the Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald; and his son, Angus Óg Macdonald.
	Battle of Lagabraad	Clan Donald defeats Clan Mackenzie.
	Battle of Otranto	Gedik Ahmed Pasha of the Ottoman Turks captures Otranto in the Italian peninsula.
	Great Stand on the Ugra River	8 October- 28 November – Ivan the Great makes army of the Golden Horde retreat without bloodshed. End of vassalage of the Russian states to Golden Horde.
1481	Siege of Leiden	30 March - 14 April – The Burgundian army under duke Maximilian captures rebel Leiden.
	Battle of Yenişehir	22 June – The forces of Sultan Beyazit II of Ottoman Turks defeat the supporters of his brother and rival, Cem Sultan.
	Battle of Scherpenzeel	22 or 23 September – An army of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht in coalition with Burgundy defeats a rebel army.
	Battle of Vreeswijk	13 October – A rebel army under Jan III van Montfoort defeats an army of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht in coalition with Burgundy under governor Joost de Lalaing of Holland and Zeeland.
	Battle of Westbroek	13 October – An army of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht in coalition with Burgundy defeats a rebel army.
1482	Battle of Campomorto	21 August – Papal army under Roberto Malatesta defeats Neapolitan troops led by Alfonso, Duke of Calabria.
1482	Siege of IJsselstein	26 August - 16 September – A rebel army from the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht fails to capture Habsburg IJsselstein.
1483	Siege of Utrecht	A Habsburg army under regent Maximilian captures Utrecht.
1483	Battle of Una	29–30 October – Croatian army defeats forces of the invading Ottoman Empire.
1484	Battle of Lochmaben Fair	Scottish Royal-Black Douglas civil war.
1485	Battle of Bosworth Field	22 August – Richard III defeated by Henry Tudor, who becomes Henry VII of England. This battle marked the end of the Wars of the Roses and the beginning of the Tudor period in England.
1486	Battle of Auldicharish	Scottish clan battle
1487	Battle of Stoke	16 June – Henry VII of England finally defeats internal opposition.
1488	Battle of Sauchieburn	11 June – King James III defeated by Scottish nobles.
1489	Battle on the Lek	4 June – A Habsburg fleet defeats a rebel fleet.
1490	Battle of Moordrecht	18 June – A Habsburg army defeats a rebel army.
	Battle of Brouwershaven	23 July – A Habsburg fleet defeats a rebel fleet.
	Siege of Montfoort	2 May - 8 August – A Habsburg army under Albert III, Duke of Saxony captures rebel Montfoort.
	Battle of Chocontá	The Southern Muisca defeat the Northern Muisca, though both leaders die in the battle.
1491	Battle of Vrpile	Early September – Forces of the Kingdom of Croatia defeat Ottoman Turks.
1492	Battle of Granada	2 January – Ferdinand II of Aragon defeats the last Muslim kingdom in al-Andalus, the Emirate of Granada of Sultan Boabdil.
1493	Battle of Krbava field	9 September – Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War Ottoman Turks defeat Croatians.
1493	Battle of the Maule	Inca Empire under Emperor Túpac Yupanqui fights coalition led by the Mapuche with a disputed outcome.
1494	First Battle of Acentejo	Guanches defeat Spainairds on island of Tenerife.
	Battle of Aguere	Spanish defeat Guanches.
	Second Battle of Acentejo	Spanish decisively defeat Guanches and annex the Canary Islands.
1495	Battle of Fornovo	6 July – Francesco II Gonzaga of the Italian Holy League fights against Charles VIII of France.
1497	Battle of Codrii Cosminului	Ştefan cel Mare defeated John I of Poland.
	Battle of Drumchatt	Scottish clan battle
	Siege of Samarkand (1497)	Babur of the Timurids takes city from Muhammad Shaybani.
1499	Battle of Zonchio (or Battle of Sapienza or First Battle of Lepanto)	25 August – the Ottoman fleet defeats the Venetian fleet.
1500	Battle of Hemmingstedt	17 February – A peasant rebellion defeats a much larger ducal army by opening dykes and drowning them.
	Battle of Lepanto	Ottoman fleet defeats Venetian fleet.
	Battle of Vedrosha	14 July – Russians beat the Lithuanians.

Early 16th century (1501–50)

Year	Battle	Description
1501	Siege of Samarkand (1501)	Babur loses Samarkand for the final time to the Uzbeks.
1501	First Battle of Cannanore	31 December – 2 January 1502 – Portugal wins a naval battle against forces from Calicut.
1503	Battle of Calicut	5-6 January - Portuguese under Vasco da Gama take city of Calicut.
	Battle of Ruvo	23 February – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War.
	Battle of Cerignola	21 April – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War.
	Battle of Garigliano	27 December – Spain defeats France during the Second Italian War.
1504	Battle of Cochin	Portuguese fend off attack from larger army led by the Zamorin of Calicut.
	Battle of Ormuz	October – Portugal captures Ormuz.
	Siege of Kabul	Babur defeats Arghun dynasty.
1505	Siege of Kilwa	July – With 8 ships and 500 soldiers, Portuguese conquer harbor capital of the Kilwa Sultanate.
1506	Battle of Cannanore	March – The Portuguese defeat an Indian fleet.
1506	Battle of Mbanza Kongo	Catholic Kongolese King Afonso I defeats his animist half-brother Mpanzu a Kitima for control of his throne.
1507	Battle of Barawa	April – Portuguese defeat Ajuran Sultanate, sack city but don't hold it.
1507	Siege of Cannanore	April–August – Portugal successfully defends Kannur.
1508	Battle of Chaul	March – The Portuguese lose their first Indian Ocean naval battle against the Mamluks.
1509	Battle of Diu	3 February – Portuguese Viceroy destroys Moslem fleet off the coast of India, wrests control of spice trade.
	Battle of Agnadello (Battle of Vaila)	14 May – French defeat Venetians during War of the League of Cambrai.
	Siege of Padua	15–30 September – Venice captures Padua during War of the League of Cambrai.
	Battle of Polesella	22 December – A fleet of the Republic of Venice is destroyed on the Po River by the Ferrarese artillery during War of the League of Cambrai.
1510	Conquest of Goa	Afonso de Albuquerque conquers Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate.
1511	Siege of Mirandola	January 1511 – City captured by Pope Julius II during the War of the League of Cambrai.
	Capture of Malacca	Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque conquer the Sultanate of Malacca.
	Battle of Ab Darrah Pass	Babur retakes Transoxiana from the Khanate of Bukhara.
	Battle of Yaguecas	Spanish under Juan Ponce de León put down rebellion by the Taino of Puerto Rico, their chief Agueybana II killed in battle.
1512	Sack of Brescia	18 February – French troops overrun the Italian town of Brescia during the War of the League of Cambrai.
	Battle of Ravenna	11 April – Gaston de Foix, although killed in the battle, defeats the Spanish during War of the League of Cambrai.
	Battle of Ghazdewan	Khanate of Bukhara defeat Timurids and Safavids. Afterwards, Babur gives up on retaking Central Asia.
1513	Battle of Novara	6 June – Holy League defeats France during War of the League of Cambrai.
	Battle of Dubica	16 August - Croatian army defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire
	Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs)	16 August – Henry VIII and Emperor Maximilian I crush French during War of the League of Cambrai.
	Battle of Azemmour	28–29 August – Portugal defeats Morocco's Wattasid dynasty.
	Battle of Flodden Field	9 September – Henry VIII's army under the Earl of Surrey heavily defeats the Scots and kills James IV of Scotland.
	Siege of Dijon	8–13 September – Dijon was besieged by Switzerland and a Germany. France ends the siege by signing a treaty with the Swiss.
	Battle of La Motta	7 October – Spain defeats Venice during War of the League of Cambrai.
1514	Battle of Orsha	8 September – Polish–Lithuanian army defeated the army of Muscovy.
1514	Battle of Chaldiran	Selim I of Ottoman Turks defeats Persian Safavids.
1515	Battle of Marignano	13–14 September – France defeats Milan during War of the League of Cambrai.
1515	Arumer Zwarte Hoop	Army of peasant rebels in Friesland fights the Dutch authorities.
1516	War of Urbino	Francesco Maria I della Rovere quickly reconquers Urbino.
	Siege of Arai	11 July – The Hōjō Clan captures Arai castle.
	Battle of Marj Dabiq	24 August – Selim I of Ottoman Turks defeats the Mamelukes and captures Syria.
	Battle of Yaunis Khan	28 October – Ottoman Empire defeats the Mamelukes.
1517	Battle of Ridaniya	Ottoman Turks under Selim I defeat Mamelukes and capture Egypt.
	Battle of Catoche	Spanish expedition under Francisco Hernández de Córdoba beats back Mayan ambush long enough to retreat by sea.
	Siege of Jeddah	16 December - Ottomans finish the conquest of Mamelukes by annexing a city in the Hejaz, then defeat Portuguese fleets going across the Red Sea to attempt to take advantage of the conflict.
1519	Battle of Bajaur	Babur defeats the tribes of the Bajaur region and massacres 3,000 Bajauris.
	Battle of Centla	After arriving in the New World, Hernán Cortés defeats the Mayan state of Tabasco in battle.
	Battle of Pianosa	The Genoese admiral Andrew Doria defeats the flotilla of the Barbary corsair Kaid Ali in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
1520	Battle of Raichur	May – Vijayanagara Empire defeats Sultanate of Bijapur.
	Battle of Cempoala	27 May - Hernán Cortés defeats Pánfilo de Narváez.
	Battle of the Night of Sorrows	30 June – The Aztec Empire defeats the Spanish troops of Hernán Cortés.
	Battle of Otumba	7 July – Spain under Hernán Cortés and Tlaxcala defeat the Aztecs.
	Siege of Segovia	June - August – The Spanish royalist army under Rodrigo Ronquillo, fighting for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, fails to capture Segovia from the rebel Comuneros.
	Battle of Tordesillas	5 December – The Spanish royalist army defeats the Comuneros.
1521	Battle of El Romeral	12 March – A royalist army defeats the Comuneros.
	Battle of Miñano Mayor	19 April – The royalist army defeats the Comuneros.
	Battle of Villalar	23 April – The royalist army defeats the Comuneros.
	Battle of Mactan	27 April – Mactan chieftain Lapulapu overwhelms and decisively defeats Magellan's expedition and allied natives, killing Ferdinand Magellan.
	Battle of Pampeluna	20 May – French take city from Spanish, Ignatius of Loyola wounded.
	Siege of Tenochtitlan	26 May – 13 August – Fall of the Aztec Empire.
	Siege of Logroño	4 or 6–10 June – France fails to capture Logroño from Spain.
	Battle of Noáin	30 June – Spanish defeat the Franco-Navarrese army.
	Siege of Belgrade	July to August – Suleiman I of the Ottoman Turks captures Belgrade.
	Battle of Tunmen	August to September – Ming Chinese Navy defeated Portuguese Navy.
	Battle of Vaprio d'Adda	13–14 November – The Holy Roman Empire defeats France.
	Siege of Tournai	November – The Holy Roman Empire captures Tournai from France.
	Siege of Mézières	The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Mézières from France.
1522	Siege of Genoa	20–30 March – Spain captures Genoa for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor from France.
	Siege of Pavia	March - 23 April – France and Venice lifts the siege of Pavia after the advance of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Papal States.
	Battle of Bicocca	27 April – Spanish victory during Habsburg-Valois Wars.
	Siege of Knin	May - Ottomans defeat Croatia and annex the city of Knin.
	Battle of San Marcial	30 June - Spain defeats France and Navarre.
	Siege of Rhodes	26 June - 22 December - The Ottoman Empire expels the Knights of Rhodes.
	Battle of Xicaowan	Ming Chinese Navy defeated Portuguese Navy.
1524	Siege of Edo	January – Edo Castle falls from Uesugi control to Hōjō control.
	Siege of Fuenterrabía	1523 - 27 February 1524 – Spain recaptures Hondarribia from France.
	Siege of Zwolle	5–29 April – Charles II, Duke of Guelders fails to conquer Zwolle of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht.
	Battle of the Sesia	30 April – Spanish and Holy Roman Empire forces beat French.
	Sack of Lahore	Babur burns Lahore for two days.
	Battle of Acajutla	8 June – Spanish led by Pedro de Alvarado defeat the army of the Pipils of Cuzcatlan. Pedro de Alvarado wounded.
	Siege of Marseille	August - September – The Holy Roman Empire fails to take Marseille from France.
	Battle of Tacuzcalco	Spanish again defeat Pipils.
1525	Battle of Punta Quemada	January – Pizarro defeats the Quitians, but is wounded seven times.
	Battle of Pavia	24 February – Spain and Holy Roman Empire defeat France; Francis I of France is captured.
	Battle of Frankenhausen	14–15 May - End of the German Peasants' War.
	Battle of Meiningen	3 June - German nobles defeat the Bildhäuser Haufen farmers.
	Battle of Pfeddersheim	23/24 June - Louis V, Elector Palatine defeats the rebel farmers of the Palatinate.
	Siege of Zaculeu	October - Spanish capture Mayan city of Zaculeu.
1526	First battle of Panipat	21 April – The Mughal king Babur defeats Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi.
	Battle of Camollia	25 July – Siena defeats Florence.
	Battle of Mohács	29 August – Suleiman I of Ottoman Turks defeats the kingdom of Hungary; King Louis II killed.
	Battle of Governolo	25 November – The Holy Roman Empire defeats Venice and France.
	Siege of Kamakura	December - Uesugi clan defeats Hōjō clan, inflicting a major psychological blow.
1527	Battle of Khanwa	Babur 16 March - consolidates Mughal rule in northern India by defeating a united rajput coalition led by Rana Sanga of Mewar.
	Battle of Szőlős	1 May - Serbia defeats Hungary.
	Sack of Rome	6 May – Unpaid Spanish and Imperial troops attack the city in protest during War of the League of Cognac.
	Battle of Sződfalva	25 July – Hungary defeats Serbia.
	Siege of Pavia	1–5 October – France captures Pavia from the Holy Roman Empire.
	Battle of Sunda Kelepa	Demak Sultanate takes port and defeats the Portuguese and Sunda.
1528	Battle of Chanderi	20 January – Babur defeats and conquers the Malwa.
	Battle of Szina	20 March - Habsburgs secure Hungary from claimant to the Hungarian throne John Zápolya.
	Siege of Melfi	22 - 23 March - France captures Melfi from the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
	Battle of Capo d'Orso	28-29 April - French navy defeats Spanish navy trying to break blockade.
	Siege of Catanzaro	March - 8 August - France fails to capture Catanzaro from the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
	Siege of Naples	April–August - Spanish beat back French siege of Italian city during the War of the League of Cognac.
	Battle of Cinactan	Spanish put down native rebellion.
1529	Battle of Shimbra Kure	7 March or 9 – Imam Ahmad Gragn withstands the assault of the numerically superior army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia.
	Battle of Chimborazo	Spring – Among the first confrontations in the Inca Civil War, with Atahualpa defeating his brother Huáscar.
	Battle of Ghaghra	6 May – Babur annexes Bihar for the Mughal Empire and defeats the combined forces of the Eastern Afghan Confederates and the Sultanate of Bengal.
	Siege of Monopoli	15 March - 28 May – The Holy Roman Empire fails to take Monopoli from Venice
	Capture of Peñón of Algiers	29 May – The Ottoman Empire captures Peñón of Algiers from Spain.
	Battle of Landriano	21 June – Spanish and Holy Roman Empire troops defeat French during War of the League of Cognac.
	Siege of Vienna	27 September - 15 October - Ottomans reach limit of empire, can't capture Vienna and settle in Buda.
	Battle of Formentera	28 October - The Ottoman Empire defeated Spain.
	Siege of Florence	24 October – 10 August 1530 – Spanish and Holy Roman Empire troops capture Florence during War of the League of Cognac.
1530	Battle of Gavinana	3 August – Florence crushed by the Holy Roman Empire during War of the League of Cognac.
	Siege of Buda	31 October - 20 December – The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Buda from the Ottoman Empire.
	Battle of Chillopampa	1529, 1530 or 1531 – Huáscarans defeat the Atahualpans. Atahualpa is taken prisoner.
	Battle of Mullihambato	1529, 1530 or 1531 – Atahualpans defeat the Huáscarans.
1531	Battle of Antukyah	February or March – The Ethiopian army panics and flees before Imam Ahmad Gragn's seven cannons and matchlockmen.
	Battle of Puná	April – Pizarro's forces defeat much larger forces of natives on the island of Puná.
	Battle of Obertyn	22 August – Polish army defeats the Moldavians.
	Battle of Kappel	11 October – Victory of Swiss Catholics over the followers of Zwingli.
	Battle of Amba Sel	28 October – Imam Ahmad Gragn again defeats Emperor Lebna Dengel, and crosses the Walaqa River unchecked into Bet Amhara.
1532	Battle of Huanucopampa	1531 or early 1532 - Inconclusive battle between the Atahualpans and the Huáscarans.
	Battle of Quipaipan	April – Decisive battle of the Inca Civil War with Atahualpa defeating his brother and Huáscar.
	Siege of Güns	5–30 August – The Ottoman Empire fails to take Kőszeg from the Holy Roman Empire.
	Battle of Cajamarca	16 November – Pizarro captures king Atahuallpa during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
1533	Battle of Jemgum	14 October – The army of Guelders defeats the army of East Frisia. Lord Balthasar Oomkens von Esens of Harlingerland becomes a vasal of Guelders.
1533	Battle of Cuzco	Shortly before 15 November – Capital of the Inca Empire taken by the Spanish.
1534	Siege of Coron	Spring 1533 - 1 April 1534 - The Ottoman Empire captures Koroni from the Holy Roman Empire.
	Battle of Maraycalla	May - Spain defeats the northern Inca Empire.
	Siege of Mediaș	27 August - 29 September - The combined forces of John Zápolya and the Holy Roman Empire capture Mediaș from Alvise Gritti, who was killed during the siege.
	Battle at Bae de Bic	Iroquois defeat Miꞌkmaq.
	Battle at Bouabouscache River	Mi'kmaq with aid from the Maliseet win a skirmish against the Iroquois, then kill many wounded and retreating on the battlefield the next day.
	Battle at Riviere Trois Pistoles	Mi'kmaq and Maliseet ambush the remaining Iroquois that were searching for their hunting party they'd previously killed. Most Iroquois killed, the rest that were captured were killed later after being taken back to camp.
1535	Conquest of Tunis	1 June - The Spanish fleet of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, conquers Tunis from the Ottomans.
1535	Sack of Mahón	1–4 September - The Ottoman Empire captures Mahón from Spain.
1536	Battle of Un no Kuchi	Takeda family forces defeat Hiraga Genshin.
	Siege of Cuzco	6 May 1536 – March 1537 – Siege of the city of Cuzco by the army of Inca Emperor Manco Inca Yupanqui, Manco Inca is defeated.
	Battle of Sacsayhuamán	16 May 1536 – Spain defeats Manco Inca.
	Battle of Reynogüelén (1536)	Spanish defeat Mapuche tribes.
	Battle of Heiligerlee	5 August - The Habsburg army under Georg Schenck van Toutenburg defeats the army of Guelders under Meindert van Ham. Groningen and Drenthe are annexed to the Habsburg imperial domain.
	Siege of Lima	10–26 August - Manco Inca fails to capture Lima from Spain.
1537	Battle of Ollantaytambo	January – The forces of the Inca emperor Manco Inca defeat the Spanish troops of Hernando Pizarro.
	Siege of Klis	31 August 1536 - 12 March 1537 – The Ottoman Empire captures Klis Fortress.
	Battle of Abancay	12 July - Diego de Almagro defeats and captures Alonso de Alvarado.
	Siege of Corfu	August - September - Venetians defeat Ottoman attempt to take island.
	Battle of Gorjani	9 October - The Ottoman Empire defeats the Holy Roman Empire.
1538	Battle of Las Salinas	Pizarro brothers defeat Diego de Almagro.
	Battle of Preveza	Ottoman fleet defeats Spanish-Venetian fleet.
	Siege of Diu (1538)	Portuguese defeat Ottomans and Gujarat Sultanate who attempted to siege city.
	Battle of Tocarema	19-20 August - With assistance from the Muisca, the Spanish defeat and partly subjugate the Panche.
	Battle of Naungyo	November/December – Toungoo Kingdom led by their General and future King Bayinnaung decisively defeats a numerically larger force of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in Myanmar.
1539	Battle of Chausa	26 June - Defeat for Afghan Mughal loyalists by Sur Empire.
1539	Siege of Castelnuovo	18 July - 6 August – The Ottoman Empire captures Herceg Novi from the Holy Roman Empire.
1540	Battle of Girolata	15 June – Spain and Genoa defeat the Ottoman navy.
	Battle of Alborán	1 October – Spain defeats the Ottoman navy.
	Battle of Mabila	18 October – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortress town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
	Battle of Bilgram	Defeat for Afghan Mughal loyalists
1541	Battle of Sahart	24 April – Ethiopian Emperor Gelawdewos defeats an attack by Garad Emar, a lieutenant of Imam Ahmad Gragn. However, the Emperor is forced south into Shewa and away from the advancing troops of Portuguese commander Christovão da Gama.
	Siege of Buda	4 May - 21 August – The Holy Roman Empire fails to take Buda from the Ottoman Empire.
	Siege of Martaban	November 1540 – May 1541 – Toungoo under King Tabinshwehti conquers the last remnant of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom after taking the city of Martaban.
1542	Battle of Baçente	2 February – Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia.
	Battle of Sezawa	9 March – Takeda Shingen defeats four enemy forces to begin his conquest Shinano Province.
	Battle of Jarte	4 April-16 The Portuguese under Christovão da Gama encounter the army of Imam Ahmad Gragn in two successive victories.
	Battle of Northern Prome	April – Toungoo led by Tabinshwehti and Bayinnaung defeats armies of Prome, Ava, and the Confederation of Shan States outside the city of Prome.
	Battle of Padaung Pass	April – Toungoo led by Bayinnaung trap and defeat the Arakan Kingdom of Mrauk U. Tabinshwehti is so pleased with this victory he appoints Bayinnaung his heir apparent. Prome eventually surrenders after this battle.
	Battle of the Hill of the Jews	August – During the rainy season, Christovão da Gama captures a strategic position and many badly needed horses.
	Battle of Benadir	Naval battle between Portuguese and Ajuran Sultanate.
	Battle of Haddon Rig	24 August – Scottish victory over the English.
	Battle of Wofla	28 August – Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp. The Portuguese are scattered, Christovão da Gama captured and executed.
	Battle of Chupas	16 September - Spanish in Peru defeat rogue army of Diego de Almagro II and execute him.
	Battle of Solway Moss	25 November – English victory over Scotland.
	Battle of Azukizaka	Oda Nobuhide defeats Imagawa Yoshimoto.
	Siege of Uehara	Takeda Shingen captures Uehara Castle from Suwa Yorishige.
	Siege of Kuwabara	One day after Uehara, Shingen defeats Yorishige again. Yorishige then commits suicide.
	Siege of Fukuyo	Takeda Shingen captures Fukuyo fortress. Battle of Ankokuji follows, Takato Yoritsugu defeated.
	Battle of Alltan-Beath	Scottish clan battle.
	Siege of Perpignan	French siege raised by Spanish army.
	Siege of Pest	the Holy Roman Empire fails to take Pest from the Ottoman Empire.
1543	Battle of Wayna Daga	11 February – Ethiopian/Portuguese troops decisively defeat their Muslim opponent; Imam Ahmad Gragn killed.
	Siege of Nagakubo	Shingen defeats Oi Sadataka
	Battle of Muros Bay	25 July – Spanish fleet defeats French fleet.
	Siege of Esztergom	25 July – 10 August - The Ottoman Empire captures Esztergom from the Holy Roman Empire.
	Siege of Nice	5–22 August – Ottomans and French sack Nice.
	Battle of Prome	7 December – Confederation unsuccessfully attempts to retake Prome from Toungoo.
	Siege of Landrecies	The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Landrecies from France.
1544	Battle of Ceresole	11 April – French forces defeat Holy Roman Empire in Italy.
	Battle of Serravalle	2–4 June – Spanish and Holy Roman Empire defeat Italian mercenaries.
	Battle of the Shirts	July - Scottish clan battle.
	Siege of Saint-Dizier	10 July – 17 August – The Holy Roman Empire captures Saint-Dizier from France.
	First Siege of Boulogne	19 July – 18 September – English forces capture Boulogne.
	Second Siege of Boulogne	October – French forces unsuccessfully besiege the town.
	Battle of Sammel	Victory for the Sur Empire against the Kingdom of Marwar.
	Battle of Salin	Tabinshwehti and Bayinnaung take Confederation of Shan States city in three days deep into their territory.
	Siege of Kojinyama	Takeda Shingen continues his conquest of Ima Valley, Shinano Province.
1545	Battle of Ancrum Moor	27 February – Scottish victory over the English during the War of the Rough Wooing.
	Siege of Takatō	Takeda Shingen defeats Takatō Yoritsugu, taking his castle.
	Siege of Ryūgasaki	The Takeda family defeats Tozawa Yorichika.
	Battle of the Solent	18–19 July – Indecisive naval battle between France and England, English flagship Mary Rose sinks.
	Battle of Bonchurch	July – French invade Isle of Wight and are repulsed.
	Battle of Kawagoe	Hōjō forces defeat the Uesugi, foiling a siege.
1546	Battle of Iñaquito	18 January – The army of Gonzalo Pizarro defeats the army of the hated viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela, who was killed.
1546	Battle of Quilacura	11 February – Spain defeats the Mapuche.
1547	Battle of Mrauk U	23 January – Taongoo led by Tabinshwehti fail to take capital of the Kingdom of Mrauk U.
	Battle of Mühlberg	24 April – Emperor Charles V captures elector of Saxony and lays siege to Wittenberg in the Schmalkaldic War.
	Battle of Drakenburg	23 May – The German Protestant Schmalkaldic League defeats the German imperial and German Roman Catholic forces.
	Battle of Pinkie	10 September – Earl of Hertford guardian of Edward VI crushes Scottish resistance.
	Battle of Huarina	20 October – The army of Gonzalo Pizarro defeats the army of viceroy Diego Centeno, newly appointed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
1548	Battle of Uedahara	14 February – Takeda Shingen defeats Murakami Yoshikiyo.
	Battle of Shirojiritoge	Takeda Shingen surprises and defeats Ogasawara Nagatoki in a dawn attack.
	Battle of Jaquijahuana	Loyalists sent by the Crown of Spain to depose Gonzalo Pizarro as governor of Peru defeat and capture him.
1549	Siege of Fukashi	Takeda Shingen captures several of Nagatoki's castles, forcing him to flee to Kyoto.
	Battle of Ayutthaya	Tabinshwehti withdraws from attack on the Siamese capital.
	Battle of Kamphaeng Phet	Tabinshwehti takes advantage of Siam's eagerness to crush Toungoo's retreat to trap and defeat the Siamese. Prince Ramesuan and Maha Thammaracha captured.
	Battle of Dussindale	Final battle putting an end of Kett's Rebellion, took place outside Norwich 27 August 1549.
1550	Battle of Andalien	6 February – The Mapuche are defeated by the Spanish.
	Battle of Penco	12 March – The Mapuche are defeated by the Spanish.
	Capture of Mahdia	28 June - September – Spain captures Mahdia.
	Battle of Sauðafell	2 October – Jón Arason, the last Catholic Bishop of Iceland, is defeated and captured.

Late 16th century (1551–1600)

Year	Battle	Description
1551	Siege of Tripoli	15 August – The garrison of the Knights of Malta in the fortress of Tripoli surrender to Ottoman besiegers after a bombardment lasting six days.
	Sieges of Toishi	Takeda Shingen takes the castle of Toishi after besieging it multiple times starting in 1550
	Siege of Mirandola	July 1551 to March 1552 – Pope Julius III besieges town then withdraws
1552	Siege of Temesvár	24 June - 27 July - Ottoman Empire captures town
	Capture of Muscat	August – Muscat captured from Portuguese by Ottoman fleet
	Battle of Ponza	10–11 August – Franco-Ottoman fleet defeats Genoese fleet
	Battle of Plášťovce	5 August – The Ottoman Empire defeats the Holy Roman Empire.
	Siege of Kazan	2 September- 13 October – Ivan the Terrible defeats the Kazan Khanate
	Siege of Eger	9 September - 17 October - Hungarian victory over Ottoman Turks
	Siege of Metz	October 1552 to January 1553 – Unsuccessful siege by Holy Roman Empire
1553	First Battle of Kawanakajima	June – indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin
	Siege of Katsurao	Takeda Shingen captures fortress
	Battle of Sievershausen	9 July – Maurice, Elector of Saxony and Duke Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg defeat Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
	Siege of Kulmbach and Plassenburg	22 November 1553 - 22 June 1554 – A German imperial army captures Kulmbach on 26 November and massacres the population. The castle Plassenburg surrenders with Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
	Battle of Tucapel	25 December – Mapuche defeat Spanish conquistadors
	Siege of Hof	A German imperial army captures Hof from Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
1554	Battle of Marihueñu	23 February – Mapuche defeat Spanish conquistador Francisco de Villagra.
	Battle of Schwarzach	13 June – A German imperial army defeats Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
	Battle of Marciano	2 August – Florence finally defeats Siena
	Battle of the Gulf of Oman	10–25 August – Portuguese destroy Ottoman fleet
	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 Oshikibata	Mōri clan defeat Sue Harukata
1555	Battle of Kivinebb	11 March – Swedish victory over Russians
	Battle at Machhiwara	15 May - Mughal Empire defeats Suri Empire
	Battle of Sirhind	22 June – Mughal Empire has decisive victory over the Suri Empire
	Capture of Bougie	16–28 September - Ottomans capture Béjaïa from Spain
	Battle of Miyajima	16 October – Mōri clan defeat Ōuchi clan on sacred island of Miyajima
	Second Battle of Kawanakajima	August - November - Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin
	Battle of Garbharry	Battle fought between Clan MacKay and Clan Sutherland
1556	Battle of Nagara-gawa	April – Saitō Yoshitatsu defeats father Saitō Dōsan
	Battle of Peteroa	June to July – Spanish victory over Manuche
	Siege of Oran	August - Ottoman troops besiege the Spanish garrison in Oran
	Battle of Tughlaqabad	7 October – Hemu defeats Mughal forces and occupies Delhi
	Second battle of Panipat	5 November – Akbar the Great defeats Hemu
	Battle of Garisi	Georgia defeats Safavid Empire, King Luarsab I of Kartli falls in battle
1557	Third Battle of Kawanakajima	Takeda Shingen repelled by Uesugi Kenshin
	Campaign of Tlemcen	Ottoman vassal the Regency of Algiers defeats the Moroccan Saadi dynasty.
	Battle of St. Quentin	10 August – Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeats Anne de Montmorency during the Habsburg-Valois War
	Battle of Lagunillas	8 November – Spanish defeat Mapuche during Arauco War
	Battle of Millarapue	30 November - Spanish defeat Mapuche.
	Siege of Kotte	November 1557 to November 1558 – Sitawaka besiege Portuguese. Portuguese break out.
1558	Siege of Calais	7 January – France capture the city from the English
	Battle of Wadi al-Laban	March–April – Between Moroccos and Ottomans. Ottomans retreat
	Siege of Narva	April to May – Russians besiege Narva during Livonian War
	Siege of Thionville	27 April to 23 June – France conquers Thionville from Spain.
	Battle of Gravelines	13 July Spain defeats France
	Mostaganem Expedition	August to September – Spanish forces fail to capture Mostaganem from the Ottomans.
	Ottoman invasion of the Balearic Islands	Ottomans capture Balearic Islands during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars
	Battle of Rio de Janeiro	Portuguese destroy French settlement of Henriville
	Battle of Quiapo	13 December – Spanish defeat Mapuche
1559	Battle of Spancel Hill	Sir Donnell O'Brien defeats Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and his ally Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde in County Clare
	Battle of Mulleriyawa	Kingdom of Sitawaka defeats Portuguese.
	Siege of Bahrain	Portuguese successfully defend island from Ottoman siege.
1560	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
	Battle of Okehazama	Oda Nobunaga's small forces ambush and slay warlord Imagawa Yoshimoto
	Battle of Ērģeme	Russian Tsardom defeats Livonian Confederacy so decisively that the Livonian Order was disbanded
	Invasion of Jaffna	Portuguese invade Kingdom of Jaffna
1561	Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima	10 September Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts
	Siege of Moji	Mōri clan break siege by Ōtomo Sōrin and Portuguese traders
	Siege of Odawara	Hōjō clan resist siege by Uesugi Kenshin
1562	Battle of Nevel	19 August – Tactical Polish victory over Russia during Livonian War
	Battle of Corrichie	28 October – Mary, Queen of Scots Civil Wars
	Battle of Dreux	19 December Catholics versus Huguenots in France. Both leaders captured.
	Battle of Mulleriyawa	Sitawaka forces defeat Portuguese near Colombo during Sinhalese–Portuguese War
1563	Battle of Lincoya Fortress	16 January - Mapuche capture Lincoya Fortress from Spain.
	Siege of Orléans	5–19 February - Catholics besiege Protestants during War of Religion
	Battle of Bornholm	30 May – Naval battle between Denmark and Sweden during Northern Seven Years' War
	Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir	April - June - Spanish victory during Ottoman-Habsburg wars
	Capture of Älvsborg	4 September - Danes capture Älvsborg during Northern Seven Years' War
	Battle of Mared	9 November – Danes beat Swedes during Northern Seven Years' War
	Battle of Öland	11 September – Naval battle between Denmark and Sweden during Northern Seven Years' War
	Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama	Combined Takeda clan-Hōjō clan army regain Musashi-Matsuyama castle
1564	Battle of Azukizaka	15 January - Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the Ikkō-ikki
	Battle of Ula	26 January – Lithuanians defeat Russians during Livonian War
	Siege of Concepción	1 February to 1 April – Mapuche besiege Spanish
	Siege of Ayutthaya	February – Toungoo dynasty under Bayinnaung decisively defeats Siam and their Portuguese mercenaries. Ayutthaya Kingdom becomes vassal state of Toungoo.
	Battle of Angol	25 March – Spain defeats the Mapuche.
	First battle of Öland	30 to 31 May – Danish fleet beat Swedish fleet during Northern Seven Years' War
	Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima	Indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin
	Battle of Kōnodai	Hōjō clan forces defeat the forces of Satomi Yoshihiro
1565	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
	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 Fukuda Bay	18 October – Two Portuguese trade vessels repel attack by forces of Matsura Takanobu.
	Battle of Axtorna	20 October – Danes beat the Swedes during Northern Seven Years' War
1566	Battle of Szigetvár	6 August to 8 September – 2,300 Hungarian defenders are annihilated by an army of 90,000 soldiers of the Ottoman Empire
	Battle of Brobacka	9 August – Swedish army ambushes and defeats Danish army
	Battle of Wattrelos	27 December – Spain defeats rebel Calvinists.
	Battle of Lannoy	29 December – Spain defeats rebel Calvinists.
	Siege of Minowa	Takeda Shingen captures Minowa castle from Uesugi clan
1567	Battle of Rio de Janeiro	20 January – Portuguese finally defeat French colony
	Battle of Oosterweel	13 March – Traditionally seen as the beginning[1] of the Eighty Years' War. Spain defeats Dutch rebels
	Siege of Valenciennes	14 December 1566 - 23 March 1567 – Spain captures Valenciennes from Calvinist rebels.
	Battle of Farsetmore	8 May - Part of the Clan war between the O'Neills and the O'Donnells
	Battle of Carberry Hill	15 June – Mary, Queen of Scots forces defeated by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
	Siege of Inabayama Castle	13 to 27 September – Oda Nobunaga defeats the Saito clan and takes control of Inabayama Castle and Mino province.
	Siege of Chittorgarh	October – Mughal forces successfully besiege Rajputs in Chittor Fort
	Battle of Saint-Denis	10 November – 16,000 Royalists defeat 5,000 Huguenots near Paris
	Battle of Digomi	Georgian king Simon I of Kartli repulses Persian attack near Tbilisi
	Battle of Maracapana	Spanish defeat coalition of tribes led by Guaicaipuro.
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
	Battle of Langside	13 May – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray defeats the forces of his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, forcing her to flee to England
	Battle of Heiligerlee	23 May – Dutch army ambushes Spanish army
	Battle on the Ems	23 May – A fleet of the Geuzen defeats Spain.
	Siege of Groningen	June - 15 July – Dutch army fails to take Groningen from Spain.
	Battle of Jemmingen	21 July – Spanish army under the Duke of Alva defeats the Dutch army
	Battle of San Juan de Ulúa	23 September – Spanish fleet defeats English privateers
	Battle of Jodoigne	20 October - 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 and is defeated.
1569	Battle of Catirai	Mapuche defeat Spanish
	Siege of Odawara	Takeda Shingen's forces burn the Hōjō clan controlled town
	Battle of Mimasetoge	Takeda Shingen escapes a trap set for him by the Hōjō clan
	Siege of Ranthambore	Mughal forces capture Ranthambore Fort
	Battle of Jarnac	13 March – French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots
	Battle of La Roche-l'Abeille	25 June – French Huguenots defeat French Catholic forces
	Battle of Orthez	24 August – Huguenots defeat Royalist forces
	Battle of Moncontour	3 October – French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots decisively
	Siege of Kanbara	Takeda Katsuyori successfully besieges and captures Kanbara castle
1570	Battle of Bun Garbhain	Clan Cameron decisively defeat the Clan Mackintosh
	Siege of Chōkō-ji	Unsuccessful attempt to retake a castle captured by Oda Nobunaga
	Siege of Kanegasaki	Forces of Oda Nobunaga capture Kanegasaki fortress
	Siege of Hanazawa	Takeda clan captures Hanazawa castle from Imagawa clan
	Battle of Purén	The Mapuche defeat Spain.
	Battle of Manila (1570)	24 May – Martin de Goiti decisively defeats the Rajahnate of Maynila and annexes the Philippines for the Spanish Empire
	Battle of Anegawa	30 July – Nobunaga joins forces with Tokugawa Ieyasu to defeat the Asakura and Azai
	Siege of Famagusta	17 September 1570 – 5 August 1571 – Ottoman Turks besiege and capture Famagusta
1571	Siege of Mount Hiei	Nobunaga defeats the Tendai Warrior Monks and razes their temple complex
	Siege of Fukazawa	Takeda Shingen captures Fukazawa from Hōjō clan
	Battle of Tonegawa	Unresolved conflict between Uesugi forces and Takeda forces
	Battle of Bangkusay Channel	3 June – Spanish settler fleet defeats local Kapampangan fleet
	Battle of Tillieangus	10 October – Clan Gordon overcomes Clan Forbes
	Battle of Craibstone	20 November – Clan Gordon overcomes Clan Forbes again
	Battle of Lepanto	7 October – Spain and Venice's fleets defeat the Ottoman fleet
	First Siege of Nagashima	Unsuccessful attempt by Nobunaga to take the fortress
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
	Battle of Kizaki	June – Forces of Shimazu Takahisa defeated the larger army of Itō Yoshisuke in Japan.
	Siege of Mons	June to September – Successful Spanish siege of Dutch held town.
	Battle of Saint-Ghislain	June to September – Spanish army defeats a Dutch army.
	Siege of Kampen	9–11 August – Dutch rebels under Willem IV van den Bergh capture Kampen from Spain.
	Relief of Goes	20 October – Spanish raise the Dutch siege of Goes
	Siege of Middelburg	November 1572 to February 1574 – Dutch rebel army successfully besieged Middelburg, held by Spanish forces under Cristóbal de Mondragón.
	Siege of La Rochelle	November 1572 to July 1573 – Catholic troops besiege Protestant Huguenots. Negotiated settlement.
	Siege of Sancerre	November 1572 to August 1573 – Catholic forces besieged Protestant Huguenots. Siege abandoned.
	Siege of Haarlem	11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 – Spanish successfully besiege Protestant garrison at Haarlem
1573	Battle of Mikatagahara	Tokugawa Ieyasu is forced to retreat from Takeda Shingen
	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 dani	Nobunaga effectively destroys the Asakura
	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.
	Battle of Borsele	22 April – A Spanish fleet under Sancho d'Avila is forced to retreat by a Dutch fleet under Admiral Worst
	Battle of Haarlemmermeer	26 May – The Dutch failed in an attempt to break the siege of Haarlem
	Siege of Alkmaar	August to October – Dutch garrison fight off Spanish force under Don Fadrique
	Capture of Geertruidenberg	28 August – English, French Huguenot and Fleming forces capture Geertruidenberg from Franco-Spanish Catholic garrison
	Battle on the Zuiderzee	11 October – Dutch fleet destroyed a larger and better-equipped Spanish fleet on the Zuiderzee
	Siege of Leiden	October 1573 to October 1574 – Spanish under Francisco de Valdez unsuccessfully besiege Leiden.
	Battle of Delft	October – Anglo-Dutch force under Thomas Morgan repels Spanish force under Francisco de Valdez
1574	Battle of Reimerswaal	29 January – Sancho d'Avila's attempt to resupply his troops ends up in the destruction of his fleet by Anglo-Dutch forces.
	Capture of Valkenburg	February – English troops surrender Valkenburg Castle in Holland to Spanish forces.
	Battle of Mookerheyde	14 April – Spanish army decisively beats the Dutch Army.
	Battle of Lillo	30 May – Lodewijk van Boisot with 64 Dutch ships destroys the Spanish fleet near Antwerp
	Conquest of Tunis	13 September – Ottoman Empire finally defeats Spanish Empire for control of North Africa
	Battle of Zoetermeer	17 September – The Dutch defeat Spain.
	Siege of Zaltbommel	July - 14 October – Spain fails to capture Zaltbommel from the Dutch.
	Battle of Manila (1574)	29 November - Spanish under Juan de Salcedo and Don Galo decisively defeat Chinese pirates
	Battle of Takatenjin	Takeda Katsuyori, son of Takeda Shingen, captures Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortress of Takatenjin
	Second Siege of Nagashima	Nobunaga's second attempt is foiled by a counter-attack
	Siege of Itami	Nobunaga defeats Araki Murashige who had rebelled
1575	Battle of Tukaroi	3 March – Mughals defeat Sultanate of Bengal
	Siege of Buren	28 June – Spain captures Buren from the Dutch.
	Battle of Nagashino	28 June – Nobunaga repels the forces of Takeda Katsuyori
	Siege of Oudewater	19 July - 7 August – Spain captures Oudewater from the Dutch.
	Siege of Schoonhoven	11–24 August – Spain captures Schoonhoven from the Dutch.
	Siege of Bommenede	11–24 August – Spain captures Bommenede from the Dutch.
	Third Siege of Nagashima	Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress
1576	Siege of Krimpen aan de Lek	30 January - 21 February – The Dutch capture Krimpen aan de Lek from Spain.
	Siege of Mitsuji	May – Honganji forces defeat Nobunaga's army, killing Harada Naomasa
	Siege of Muiden	9 May – The Dutch fail to capture Muiden from Spain.
	Battle of Haldighati	18 June - Mughals defeat Mewar.
	Battle of Rajmahal	12 July - Mughals led by Akbar decisively defeat the Bengal Sultanate, capture and later execute their last sultan Daud Khan Karrani.
	Siege of Zierikzee	October 1575 - 29 July 1576 - Spain captures Zierikzee from the Dutch.
	First Battle of Kizugawaguchi	August – Unsuccessful naval blockade by Nobunaga
	Siege of Woerden	8 September 1575 - 10 September 1576 - Spain fails to capture Woerden from the Dutch.
	Battle of Vissenaken	14 September - Spain defeats a rebel army of the Netherlands.
	Siege of Spanjaardenkasteel	15 September - 11 November - The Netherlands capture Spanjaardenkasteel from Spain.
1577	Siege of Vredenburg Castle	21 December 1576 - 11 February 1577 – The Union of Brussels captures Vredenburg Castle from Spain.
	Battle of Lubieszów	17 April – Polish army defeats Danzig Rebellion army
	Siege of Breda	4 August - 4 October – The Dutch capture Breda from Spain.
	Battle of Tedorigawa	3 November - Nobunaga launches an unsuccessful attack on the forces of Uesugi Kenshin
1578	Battle of Gembloux	31 January – Don John of Austria crushes Protestant army
	Siege of Zichem	20–24 February - Spain captures Zichem from the Union of Brussels.
	Siege of Nivelles	8–12 March - Spain captures Nivelles from the Union of Brussels.
	Siege of Limbourg	10–15 June - Spain captures Limbourg from the Union of Brussels.
	Siege of Kampen	25 June - 20 July - The Union of Brussels captures Kampen from Spain.
	Battle of Rijmenam	31 July - The Spanish forces were dealt a strategic defeat by the Dutch
	Battle of Alcazarquivir	4 August – Moors defeat Portuguese army, kill King Sebastian of Portugal
	Battle of Çıldır	9 August - Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persia and conquer the Caucasus
	Siege of Binche	22 September - 7 October - The Union of Brussels captures Binche from Spain.
	Siege of Deventer	3 August - 19 November - The Union of Brussels captures Deventer from Spain.
	Second Battle of Kizugawaguchi	Nobunaga defeats the naval forces of the Mori clan
	Siege of Kozuki	Hideyoshi is defeated by the Mori clan
1579	Siege of Kerpen	7–15 January - Spain captures Kerpen from the Dutch.
	Battle of Borgerhout	7–15 January - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht.
	Siege of Maastricht	12 March - 1 July - 20,000 Spanish troops under Farnese captures the city defended by 2,000 Dutch soldiers and civilians
	Battle of Baasrode	14 August - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. William of Orange is nearly captured.
	Siege of Itami	Hideyoshi captures Itami castle from Araki Murashige
1580	Battle of Hardenbergerheide	17 June - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht.
	Siege of Groningen	3 March - 18 June - The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Groningen from Spain.
	Battle of Alcântara	25 August - Spanish candidate to the Portuguese throne defeats national candidate
	Siege of Ishiyama Honganji	August – Kōsa surrenders to Nobunaga after a ten-year siege
	Capture of Porto	24 October – Mainland Portugal is secured by the Spanish
	Siege of Smerwick	7–10 November - English forces defeat freelance Papal States army that captured the Irish village and massacre most of the soldiers afterwards.
	Siege of Miki	Hideyoshi captures Miki castle from Nagaharu
1581	Siege of Steenwijk	18 October 1580 - 23 February 1581 - Spain fails to capture Steenwijk from the Union of Utrecht.
	Siege of Takatenjin	1580 - 22 March 1581 - Oda Nobunaga captures Takeda controlled castle
	Siege of Tottori	May - Hideyoshi captures Tottori Castle. The castle's lord commits suicide
	Battle of Salga	25 July – The Azores successfully resist a personal union with Spain
	Siege of Breda	26–27 July - Spanish troops took the Dutch city by surprise
	Battle of Goor	23 July - 1 August - The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Goor from Spain.
	Siege of Cambrai	September 1580 - 17 August 1581 - Spain fails to capture Cambrai from the Union of Utrecht and France.
	Battle of Noordhorn	30 September - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht and England.
	Siege of Niezijl	3–24 October - Spain fails to capture Niezijl from the Union of Utrecht.
	Siege of Tournai	10 October - 30 November - Spain captures Tournai from the Union of Utrecht.
	Battle of Jilkua	Taraf annexed by Twipra Kingdom assisted by the Baro-Bhuiyan confederation.
1582	Battle of Temmokuzan	11 March - Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga destroy the forces of Takeda Katsuyori, who commits suicide
	Battle of Honnō-ji	21 June – Nobunaga is defeated by Akechi Mitsuhide, who forces him to commit suicide
	Siege of Takamatsu	April - June - Hideyoshi captures Takamatsu Castle. The lord of this castle also commits suicide
	Battle of Yamazaki	2 July - Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide, the murderer of his master Oda Nobunaga
	Siege of Oudenaarde	19 April - 5 July - Spain captures Oudenaarde from the Union of Utrecht.
	Battle of Ponta Delgada	26 July – Spain wins a naval battle in the War of the Portuguese Succession
	Siege of Lochem	22 July - 15 September – Spain fails to capture Lochem from the Union of Utrecht.
	Siege of Keppel Castle	26–30 September – The Union of Utrecht captures Keppel Castle from Spain.
	Battle of Chuvash Cape	4 November - Russians decisively defeat and conquer the Khanate of Sibir in Siberia.
	Battle of Uchide-hama	Hideyoshi again defeats Nobunaga's murderer, Akechi Mitsuhide
1583	Battle of Sao Vicente	3 February – Skirmish where three English ships defeated three Spanish galleons.
	Siege of Eindhoven	7 February - 23 April – Spain captures Eindhoven from the Union of Utrecht.
	Battle of Torches	9–11 May – Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persians at the end of three days of battle
	Battle of Shizugatake	May – Hideyoshi relieves one of his allies who was under siege
	Battle of Steenbergen	17 June – Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht.
	Conquest of the Azores	2 August – Spain integrates the Habsburg dynasty as the rulers of Portugal
	Battle of Hüls	19 November – German Calvinists defeat German Catholics in the Cologne War.
1584	Battle of Terborg	31 March - Spain defeats the Electorate of Cologne, ally of the Union of Utrecht.
	Siege of Zutphen	May - July - The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Zutphen from Spain.
	Siege of Ghent	October 1583 - 17 September 1584 - Spain captures Ghent from the Union of Utrecht.
	Battle of Slunj	26 October – Croatian army defeats forces of the invading Ottoman Empire.
	Battle of Komaki and Nagakute	Hideyoshi is defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu
1585	Siege of Brussels	August 1584 - 10 March 1585 - Spain captures Brussels from the Union of Utrecht.
	Battle on the Kouwesteinsedijk	May - The Union of Utrecht fails to relieve Antwerp, and end the siege by the Spanish army.
	Battle of Amerongen	23 June - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht.
	Siege of Antwerp	July 1584 - 17 August 1585 - Spain captures Antwerp from the Union of Utrecht.
	Invasion of Shikoku	June - August - Hideyoshi conquers the island
	Siege of IJsseloord	6–15 October – Dutch and English defeat Spain.
1586	Battle of Santo Domingo (1586)	1 January – English under Francis Drake defeat and raid Spanish colony.
	Battle of Boksum	17 January – Spain defeats The Netherlands.
	Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586)	9–11 February – Francis Drake defeats Spanish and plunders city.
	Raid on St. Augustine	27–29 May – Francis Drake devastates Spanish colony.
	Siege of Grave	Early April - 7 June – Spain captures Grave after a treaty with the English and Dutch troops.
	Siege of Venlo	28 June – Spain captures Venlo from The Netherlands.
	Battle of Pantelleria	13 July - The English navy defeats Spain and Malta.
	Battle of Zutphen	22 September – Spanish defeat Dutch rebels
	Siege of Zutphen	September - October – The Netherlands and England fail to capture Zutphen from Spain.
1587	Siege of Sluis	12 June - 4 August – Spain captures Sluis from The Netherlands.
	Battle of Coutras	20 October – Huguenot forces defeat the French Royal Army
	Battle of Vimory	26 October – French Royalist forces defeat foreign Huguenot forces
1588	Battle of Byczyna	24 January – A Polish faction defeats a Habsburg faction
	Siege of Medemblik	27 February - 29 April – The Netherlands capture Medemblik from rebel commander Diederik Sonoy and English soldiers.
	Battle of Gravelines	29 July – Spanish Armada beaten decisively in battle against the English and Dutch fleet
	Siege of Bonn	March - 24 September – Spain captures Bonn, capital of the Electorate of Cologne, for the Catholic archbishop Ernest of Bavaria from German Calvinists, supporting Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, the former archbishop, who had converted to Calvinism.
	Siege of Bergen op Zoom	23 September - 13 November – Spain fails to capture Bergen op Zoom from The Netherlands.
1589	Battle of Arques	15-29 September - King Henry IV of France and England defeat the French Catholic League
	Battle of Zoutkamp	5–9 October - The Netherlands capture Zoutkamp from Spain.
	Siege of Heusden	Summer - October - Spain fails to capture Heusden from The Netherlands.
1590	Siege of Rheinberg	13 August 1586 - 3 February 1590 - Spain captures Rheinberg, a rebel protestant stronghold in the Electorate of Cologne defended by Dutch and English troops.
	Capture of Breda	4 March - The Netherlands and England capture Breda from Spain.
	Battle of Tondibi	13 March - Saadi dynasty of Morocco decisively defeats the Songhai Empire, leading to its collapse.
	Battle of Ivry	14 March – Henri IV of Navarre defeats Catholic League in War of the Three Henries
	Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar	24 April – English secure passage of company ships after defeating Spain
	Siege of Paris	7 May - 30 August – King Henry IV of France, England and French Huguenots fail to capture Paris from the French Catholic League, aided by Spain. Paris was a staunch supporter of the Catholic cause.
	Siege of Odawara	4 May August – the Go-Hōjō clan surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Japan was unified (1590)
	Siege of Shimoda	May to August – Hideyoshi's forces successfully besiege Hōjō clan
1591	Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar	24 April – The English navy defeats Spain.
	Siege of Zutphen	19–30 May – The Netherlands and England capture Zutphen from Spain.
	Siege of Deventer	1–10 June – The Netherlands and England capture Deventer from Spain.
	Battle of the Berlengas	15 July – The Spanish navy defeats England.
	Siege of Knodsenburg	21–25 July – The Netherlands and England capture Knodsenburg from Spain.
	Battle of Bhuchar Mori	July – Mughal Empire defeated combined Kathiawar forces led by Nawanagar State
	Battle of the Gulf of Almería	Late August – The Spanish navy defeats The Netherlands and England.
	Battle of Flores (1591)	30 August-1 September – Spain defeats England.
	Siege of Hulst	20–24 September – The Netherlands capture Hulst from Spain.
	Siege of Nijmegen	17–21 October – The Netherlands and England capture Nijmegen from Spain.
1592	Siege of Rouen	11 November 1591 - 20 April 1592 – King Henry IV of France, England and The Netherlands fail to capture Rouen from the French Catholic League. Spain helped defend the city.
	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
	Battle of Craon	21-24 May – Spain and the French Catholic League defeat French royalists and England.
	Siege of Busan	24–25 May (13–14 April Lunar Calendar) Japanese defeat Koreans
	Siege of Steenwijk	30 May - 5 July - The Netherlands and England capture Steenwijk from Spain.
	Battle of Flores (1592)	20 May - 13 August – The English navy defeats Spain.
	Battle of Hansan Island	14 August – Korean Navy defeats Japanese Navy
	Siege of Coevorden	26 July - 2 September – The Netherlands and England capture Coevorden from Spain.
	Battle of Busan	1 November – Korean Navy could not recapture Busan from Japan
	Siege of Jinju	8–13 November - Siege of Jinju Fortress. Commander Kim Si-min repulses the Japanese commander Hosokawa Tadaoki, due to the arrival of a Korean relief force led by Gwak Jae-u
	Battle of the Bay of Biscay	November - The Spanish navy defeats England.
1593	Battle of Byeokjegwan	27 January – battle between Japan and China in Seoul. The Japanese army led by Ukita Hideie and Kobayakawa Takakage defeated the Ming Chinese army under Li Rusong
	Siege of Pyongyang	6–8 February - Ming Chinese general Li Rusong defeats Konishi Yukinaga. Japan is expelled from Pyongyang
	Battle of Haengju	14 March - The Korean army under commander Gwon Yul defenders were successful in repelling the Japanese forces
	Battle of Blaye	18 April - The Spanish navy defeats England and French royalists.
	Battle of Sisak	22 June - Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat forces of the Ottoman Empire
	Siege of Geertruidenberg	27 March - 24 June - The Netherlands and England capture Geertruidenberg from Spain.
	Siege of Jinju	20–27 July - Japanese defeat Koreans
	Battle of Dryfe Sands	6 December - A clash between Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone
	Battle of Nong Sa Rai	Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom under Naresuan defeats final attempt to keep Siam subjugated by Nanda Bayin. Naresuan regains independence for the Ayutthaya Kingdom from Toungoo.
1594	Siege of Coevorden	October 1593 - 7 May 1594 – Spain fails to capture Coevorden from The Netherlands.
	Siege of Groningen	19 May - 22 July – The Netherlands and England capture Groningen from Spain.
	Campaign of Danture	5 July-9 October – Kingdom of Kandy stops Portuguese incursion into Sri Lanka.
	Battle of Glenlivet	3 October – Religious clan battle
	Siege of Fort Crozon	13 October - 19 November – England and France capture a Spanish fort, used as an outpost for naval attacks on England.
1595	Siege of Groenlo	14–24 July - The Netherlands and England fail to capture Groenlo from Spain.
	Battle of Călugăreni	23 August - Wallachia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
	Battle of the Lippe	3 September - Spain defeats The Netherlands and England.
	Battle of Giurgiu	27-30 October - Transylvania, Wallachia, Moldavia and the Holy Roman Empire defeat the Ottoman Empire.
	Battle of Guadelupe Island	8 November - The Spanish navy defeats England.
	Battle of San Juan	8 November - The Spanish navy defeats England.
1596	Battle of Pinos	11 March - Spain defeats English fleet
	Siege of Calais	8–24 April - Spain captures Calais from France.
	Capture of Cadiz	30 June - 15 July - Dutch United Provinces seize the Spanish city of Cádiz
	Battle of Brest, Croatia	19 September - Croatian army defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire forcing the latter to lift the siege of Petrinja
	Battle of Keresztes	24–26 October - Ottoman Empire defeats Austria-Hungary and Germany
1597	Battle of Turnhout	24 January – Dutch troops defeat Spanish cavalry
	Siege of Amiens	13 May-25 September – France and England defeat Spain.
	Siege of Rheinberg	9–19 August – The Netherlands and England capture Rheinberg from Spain.
	Battle of Chilcheollyang	28 August – Japanese Navy decisively defeat Korean Navy
	Siege of Namwon	23–26 September – Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force
	Siege of Groenlo	11–28 September – The Netherlands and England capture Groenlo from Spain.
	Siege of Bredevoort	1–10 October – The Netherlands and England capture Bredevoort from Spain.
	Battle of Myeongnyang	26 October – Korean Navy defeats Japanese navy
1598	Siege of Ulsan	29 January - 19 February - Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force
	Battle of San Juan	15–30 June - England defeats Spain in Puerto Rico and takes their castle, they retreat 65 days later but burn San Juan to the ground.
	Battle of the Yellow Ford	14 August - Irish under Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, destroy English force
	Battle of Stångebro	25 September – Sigismund loses the Swedish crown to his uncle, Duke Charles
	Siege of Rheinberg	2–14 October – Spain captures Rheinberg from The Netherlands.
	Battle of Sacheon	6–11 November – Japanese army defeats Korean army
	Battle of Noryang Point	16 December – Ming Chinese and Korean Navy decisively defeat the Japanese army
	Battle of Curalaba	23 December – The Mapuche defeat Spain.
1599	Battle of Jenné	26 April - Saadi dynasty of Morocco decisively defeats the Mali Empire, leading to its collapse.
	Siege of Schenckenschans	28 April - May - Spain fails to capture Schenkenschanz from The Netherlands.
	Siege of Zaltbommel	15 May - 22 July - Spain fails to capture Zaltbommel from The Netherlands.
	Battle of Curlew Pass	15 August – Irish forces defeat the English
	Siege of Rees	10–12 September – A Protestant German army and a Dutch army fail to capture Rees from Spain.
	Battle of Șelimbăr	18 October – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the army of Andrew Báthory
	Battle of Nakhiduri	An invading Ottoman army defeats and captures the King Simon I of Kartli
1600	Battle of Castro	May – Spain defeats The Netherlands and reconquers Chiloé Island.
	Battle of Nieuwpoort	2 July – Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Maurits) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria. Dutch victory.
	Battle of Mirăslău	18 September – The Holy Roman Empire and Hungarian nobility defeat Wallachia.
	Battle of Sekigahara	21 October – Japanese General Ieyasu defeats three regents of the son of Hideyoshi in the most important battle in Japanese history – he later establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate

External links

Poll – The Most Important Battles in History

List of battles: before 301 – 301–1300 – 1301–1600 – 1601–1800 – 1801–1900 – 1901–2000 – 2001–current

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