List of battles 1301–1600

Early 14th century (1301–1350)

Year	Battle	Loc.	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.
1303	Battle of Roslin		24 February – Scottish forces led by John Comyn III ambush and defeat an English army at Roslin.
	Siege of Chittorgarh		28 January – 26 August – The Delhi Sultanate defeats and conquers the Guhilas of Medapata.
	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.
	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.
	Battle of Lucka		31 May – Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen defeats king Albert I of Germany.
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.
	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.
	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		23 July - The Knights Hospitaller and the Genoese of the Lordship of Chios score victory over an Aydinid fleet.
	Battle of Wöhrden		7 September - The farmers of Dithmarschen defeat an army of knights from Holstein and Mecklenburg under Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg.
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.
	Battle of Lucocisterna		Aragon conquers Sardinia from the Republic of Pisa.
1325	Battle of Zappolino		Communal struggle between Bologna and Modena, Modena emerges victorious.
	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.
	Siege of Bristol		18–26 October – Queen Isabella of France besieges and captures Bristol after an eight-day siege.
1327	Battle of Temzezdekt		Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen defeats Hafsid dynasty.
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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Battle of Llucmajor		25 October – James IV of Majorca defeated and killed by troops of Aragon.
	Battle of Santolo		Newly Islamic Sultanate of Kano defeats animist Hausa Kingdom of Santolo.
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	Loc.	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.
	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.
	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 – 17 April – Teutonic Order defeats Grand Duchy of Lithuania, captures and razes the Kaunas 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		3 April - English under the Black Prince and Don Pedro of Castile defeat the Franco-Castilians.
	Battle of Dinklar		3 September - Gerhard vom Berge, Bishop of Hildesheim, defeats Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Dietrich von Portitz, Archbishop of Magdeburg and Albert von Rickmersdorf, Bishop of Halberstadt.
	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.
	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.
	Battle of Leveste		25 July - Otto I, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg defeats Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Magnus dies in the battle.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Battle of the Vorskla River		Vytautas the Great of Lithuania is defeated by generals of Tamerlane.

Early 15th century (1401–50)

Year	Battle	Loc.	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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 Živohoště		4 November 1419 - The Hussites defeat Bohemian Catholics commanded by Petr of Sternberg and Jan Ptáček of Pirkštejn
	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.
	Siege of Meaux		6 October 1421 - 10 May 1422 - English led by Henry V fight the French.
	Battle of Arbedo		30 June – Milanese led by Francesco Bussone fight the Swiss.
	Battle of Alling		19 September – Ernest, Duke of Bavaria-Munich and William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich defeat Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
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.
	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 Detern		27 September – East Frisian rebels under chieftain Focko Ukena of Moormerland and Lengenerland and Chieftain Sibet Lubben of Rüstringen and Östringen defeat Chieftain Ocko II tom Brok of Brokmerland.
	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.
	Battle of Øresund	/	11-15 July - The navy of the Kalmar Union and Pomerania-Wolgast-Barth defeats the Hanseatic League.
	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.
	Battle of the Wild Fields		28 October – Chieftain Focko Ukena of Moormerland and Lengenerland defeats chieftain Ocko II tom Brok of Brokmerland and Auricherland.
	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.
	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.
	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.
1439	Siege of Älvsborg		Norwegian army is forced to retreat after a 10 week long siege by a Swedish relief force
1440	Battle of Anghiari		29 June – Niccolò Piccinino, overlord of Bologna, defeats Milanese Filippo Maria Visconti and is then opposed by Cosimo de Medici.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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	Loc.	Description
1452	Battle of Nevele		25 May – A Burgundian army under John of Burgundy defeats a rebel army of Ghent.
	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 Varlar		18 July – The Archbishopric of Cologne, Bishopric of Utrecht, County of Bentheim-Steinfurt and the County of Lippe fighting for Walram von Moers defeat the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and allies fighting for Erich von Hoya in the Münster Diocesan Feud.
	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		2 October - 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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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 Anfao		12 April - Rebel General Muhammad Askia gains rulership of the Songhai Empire after defeating the forces of Sonni Baru, ending the Sonni dynasty.
	Battle of Krbava field		9 September – Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War Ottoman Turks defeat Croatians.
	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	Loc.	Description
1501	Siege of Samarkand (1501)		Babur loses Samarkand for the final time to the Uzbeks.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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	Loc.	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 - Anglo-Dutch forces 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