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Battle of Suriname 5 May – Battle between the Netherlands and Great Britain for the control of the Suriname colony.
Battle of Echmiadzin (1804) June – Russian forces forced to withdraw by Iranian forces during Russo-Persian War.
Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor October 1803 – September 1804 – Indecisive battle between United States and Barbary Pirates.
Second Battle of Sitka 1–7 October – In reprisal for the 1802 attack, Russian forces defeat the Tlingit in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives.
Battle of Austerlitz 2 December – French army, under Napoléon Bonaparte, win a great victory against Russian army and any Austrians troops. End of war of third coalition.
Massacre of Lauria 7–8 August – French troops under Massena besiege and destroy Lauria, southern Italy
Battles of Jena and Auerstedt – 14 October – French army, under Davout and Napoleon, defeat two Prussian army in separate battles. The city of Berlin was taken by the French troops.
Battle of Queenston Heights 13 October – U.S. forces under Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed
Battle of Vyazma 3 November – Russians defeat French indecisively
Battle of Smoliani 13–14 November – Russian victory over French forces of Victor and Oudinot
Battle of Krasnoi 15–18 November – Partial Russian victory. Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Michel Ney
Battle of Berezina 26–29 November – French successfully cross river with huge losses, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia
Battle of Dresden 26–27 August – Napoleon's last major victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg
Battle of Kulm 29–30 August – Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by allied Coalition forces
Battle of San Marcial 31 August – Spanish Army of Galicia, led by Manuel Freire, turns back Marshal Nicolas Soult's last major offensive of Peninsular War
Battle of Leipzig 16–19 October – (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon suffers his greatest defeat ever in the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars
Battle of the Chateauguay 25 October – several hundred Canadian militia turn back Wade Hampton's advance on Montreal; the American army withdraws from Canada
Battle of Hanau 30–31 October – Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat
Battle of La Rothière 1 February – French under Napoleon manage to hold back an overwhelming force of Prussians until nightfall, where then they withdraw from the field.
Battle of Montmartre 30 March – Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba
Second Battle of Lacolle Mills 30 March – U.S. forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Jacob Brown, with assistance of Winfield Scott
Battle of Toulouse 10 April – Wellington defeats Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication
Battle of Lundy's Lane 25 July – Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle. US forces withdraw from Canada due to heavy losses giving argument for British victory.
Battle of Bladensburg 24 August – British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington in retribution for the burning of York (Toronto). American government barely escapes the city as Congress and the Whitehouse are torched.
Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburgh 11 September – U.S. squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie. Same day, U.S. land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Alexander Macomb
Battle of Grahamstown 22 April – Xhosa chief Makana attacks the British settlement of Grahamstown in Eastern Cape, South Africa with 6000 men and is repulsed with heavy losses.
Battle of Boyacá 7 August – Known in Colombia as Battle of Boyacá Bridge. (Batalla del puente de Boyacá) Simón Bolívar and his brigadier generals Francisco de Paula Santander and Jose Antonio Anzoátegui defeat and capture royalist Colonel Jose Maria Barreiro in the battle sealing the independence of Nueva Granada, now Colombia.
Battle of Trocadero – French army, under Duke of Angoulême, defeat Spanish army and takes Trocadero. Occupation of Spain by French troops (1823 at 1828)
Battle of Monte Santiago – A naval division of the Brazilian Imperial Navy is attacked by Argentine vessels. The battle ended with the destruction of the attacking forces.
Battle of Tampico 11 September – Mexican army defeats a Spanish incursion near the city of Tampico
1830 Siege of Yogyakarta – Part of the Java War Fought between Indonesian rebels, and the Dutch colonial army. The Dutch won after 5 years of fighting.[citation needed]
Grass Fight 26 November – Texans, thinking a Mexican pack train is carrying silver, capture it but only end up with grass.
Siege of Bexar 12 October – 11 December Texans successfully besiege and defeat Mexicans.
Dade Battle 25 December – 108 American troops were ambushed by about 180 Seminole Indians. Colonel Dade, who was on horseback, was the first to be killed. Only three American purportedly survived the attack. Two of these survivors died shortly after.
Battle of Dabarki March – Dejazmach Kassa assaults an Egyptian fortified camp deep inside of Sudan and suffers massive losses. One of the few defeats experienced by the future Emperor.[citation needed]
Battle of Ayshal 29 June – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Ras Ali II; considered the end of the Zemene Mesafint ("Era of Princes") in Ethiopia.
Bombardment of Odessa 22 April - Anglo-French warships attack the Russian port of Odesa.
Siege of Silistria 11 May-23 June - Russians launch an attack at an Ottoman fort in Bulgaria, but are repelled.
Battle of Nigoiti 20-27 May - Russian forces defeat Ottomans, the morale boost and achieved superiority allowing the strategic victory later at Choloki.
Battle of Malakoff 8 September – French army, under general Pelissier and general Mac-Mahon, takes Malakoff and defeat Russian army. Fall of the city of Sebastopol and end of crimean war.
Battle of Jhelum 7 July – Battle sparked by an attempt to disarm the 14th Bengal Native Infantry who mutinied and were then destroyed by a larger force during the Indian Mutiny.[citation needed]
Battle of Grahovac 28 April – 1 May – Montenegro defeated Ottoman army in Grahovo. This battle brought first official Turkish recognition of borders of Montenegro.
Battle of Magenta 4 June – French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat Austrian army under general Giulay. Liberation of Milano.
Battle of Solferino 24 June – French army and Piedmontese army, under Louis-Napoléon, defeat an Austrian army under archiduc François-Joseph. Started the birth of the Red Cross. End of second war of Italian independence.
Battle of 1st Bull Run, or 1st Manassas 21 July – Union under McDowell lose to Confederates under J.E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Jackson anointed Stonewall
Battle of Athens 5 August – Union victory in small skirmish in Northeast Missouri
Grierson's Raid 17 April – Deep Union cavalry raid toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serves as a diversion of Confederate forces during Grant's VIcksburg campaign.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House 8–21 May – Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer"
Battle of Fort Stevens 11–12 July – Failed confederate attempt to capture Washington, D.C., President Lincoln, observing the battle, comes under Confederate fire.
Wilson's Raid 22 March – 20 April – Union cavalry operate through Alabama and Georgia in the final stages of the Civil War, opposed by Nathan Bedford Forest.
Battle of High Bridge 6–7 April – Union forces thwart Lee's attempts to burn bridges and to resupply, Grant proposes that Lee surrender, but he refuses.
Battle of Cumberland Church 7 April – Union forces attack Confederate rearguard, but darkness cuts the attack short.
Battle of Spanish Fort 27 March – 8 April – Union forces capture fort just east of Mobile.
Battle of Jataí or Yataí 17 August – The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) attacks a Paraguayan column of troops in the Paraguayan War
Battle of Tuyutí or Tuyuty 24 May – The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) is attacked by Paraguayan Army in the swamp fields of Tuyuty (Paraguay). Almost 60,000 took part in the fight. 16,000 casualties (8,000 allied; 12,000 Paraguayans). Paraguayan War
Battle of Itororó 6 December – First battle of a series fought the month of December between the Brazilian Army and the Paraguayan one. Around 13,000 Brazilians attack a fortified position on a river bridge, defended by 5,000 Paraguayans. Paraguayan War
Battle of Lomas Valentinas 21–27 December – Fought in two days between The Triple Alliance Army (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) against Paraguayan forces (19,500 allies on the first day; 25,000 on the second/ 6,500 Paraguayans). The end of the Paraguayan Army by death or captured. Paraguayan War
Battle of Adwa fought between Emperor Tekle Giyorgis II and Kassa Mercha. Kassa Mercha decisively defeats an army of some 60,000 under Tekle Giyorgis with 12,000 of his own troops, securing his path to become Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia.
Battle of the Rosebud 17 June – Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe warriors under Crazy Horse, check U.S. forces under George Crook, forcing him to retreat into Wyoming, preventing him from uniting with Custer.
Battle of Vučji Do 18 July – The Montenegrin-Herzegovinian forces heavily defeated the Ottomans, and managed to capture two of their commanders.
Battle of Šumatovac in August – The outnumbered Serbian army, led by colonel Kosta Protić, won a tactical victory in this defensive battle against the Ottoman forces in Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–1877)
Dull Knife Fight 25 November – U.S. and Pawnee forces surprise and destroy the village of the last free Cheyennes, forcing them to seek shelter with Crazy Horse's people..
1877
Battle of Slim Buttes 8 January – 2000 U.S. Cavalry and infantry forces destroy a small village under Oglala chief American horse, then repulse a relief attack of 500-600 Lakota under Crazy Horse.
Battle of Khartoum – After a 10-month siege, on 26 January the Mahdi capture the city from the British, slaughtering the garrison and its commander, Chinese Gordon, as well as 4,000 inhabitants.
Siege of Mek'ele 6–21 January – The forces of Menelik II besiege the Italians at Mek'ele, until the defenders receive permission allowing them to leave the town.
Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican 9–11 November – The first major victory of the Philippine Revolutionary soldiers over Spanish colonial forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo, Lieutenant General Edilberto Evangelista, General Candido Tirona and Gregoria Montoya y Patricio, in the vicinity of Cavite el Viejo town, now Kawit, Cavite.
Battle of Saragarhi 12 September – Between twenty-one Sikhs of the 4th Battalion (then 36th Sikhs) of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defending an army post, and 10,000 Afghan.
1898 –
Battle of Manila Bay 1 May – Dewey says "You may fire when you are ready Gridley"
Battle of Mabitac 17 September – Filipino soldiers under General Juan Cailles outmaneuver the 37th and 15th U.S. Volunteer Infantry during the Philippine–American War.