List of battles 1601–1800

Early 17th century (1601–1650)

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1601

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  • Capture of Portobello (1601) 17 January – English expedition assaulted and took Portobello from the Spanish, acquired some booty and then sacked the place.[1]
  • Battle of Wenden (1601) 7 January – The battle is significant as the first encounter between Swedish reiters and Polish hussars.
  • Battle of Kokenhausen 23 June – Was the battle opening the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611)
  • Siege of Rheinberg 12 June – 2 August – Was the siege of the towns of Rheinberg and Meurs, Rheinberg eventually capitulated on 28 July after a Spanish relief force failed to relieve the city. The town of Meurs surrendered 2 August
  • Siege of Ostend 5 July – 20 September 1604 was a three-year siege of the city of Ostend during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War.
  • Battle of Guruslău 3 August – Between the Wallachia, Habsburg Monarchy, & Cossacks against Principality of Transylvania & Moldavia. Wallachian-Austrian victory, Transylvania is taken out from the Ottoman suzerainty
  • Siege of Nagykanizsa Ottoman Turks 9 September – 18 November – of Nagykanizsa (Kanije) fort defeat an invading army of Habsburg monarchy.
  • Battle of Carinish – Scottish clan battle between Clan MacLeod of Dunvegan and the Clan MacDonald of Sleat, that ended with a MacDonald victory.
  • Battle at Etzanoa – Near modern Arkansas City, Kansas between Escanxaque and New Spain
  • Battle of Coire Na Creiche Scottish clan battle Between Clan MacLeod of Dunvegan and the Clan MacDonald of Sleat, that ended with a MacDonald victory. It was the last clan battle in Skye.
  • Siege of Donegal – Between Ireland & Gaelic Allies and Tyrone's rebels. Having suffered several repulses rebels abandoned the siege and moved his army southwards to Munster to take part in the Battle of Kinsale.
  • Siege of Wolmar 18 October – 18 December – The Swedish artillery managed to hold back the Poles, but on 8 December Polish siege cannons arrived and an intense bombardment of Wolmar continued for ten days when Swedes asked for conditions of surrender.
  • Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch 1–27 November – Unsuccessful Dutch attempt to capture the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
  • Naval Battle of Castlehaven 6 December – Between a Spanish naval convoy of six ships and an English fleet consisting of four warships. Five out of six Spanish ships were either sunk, captured, or run aground in the battle, while the English fleet lost no ships.
  • Naval Battle of Bantam 27 December – In Bantam Bay, Indonesia. Between a fleet of 5 Dutch ships and a Portuguese fleet of 8 galleons and several fustas. The Portuguese were forced to retreat.
  • Siege of Kinsale 2 October 1601 – 3 January 1602 – Ultimate battle in England's conquest of Gaelic Ireland.

1602

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  • Battle of Morar – Scottish clan battle between the Clan MacDonell of Glengarry against the Clan Mackenzie who were supported by the Clan Ross. Near Loch Morar, in the Scottish Highlands.
  • Battle of Kinsale 3 January – At the climax of the Nine Years' War a campaign by Hugh O'Neill, Hugh Roe O'Donnell and other Irish lords against English rule.
  • Siege of Fellin 25 March – 17 May – Polish and Lithuanian forces led by Grand Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski besieged the Swedish-held town of Fellin (present-day Viljandi in Estonia).
  • Siege of Weissenstein 31 May – 30 September – Polish-Lithuanian army of 2,000 troops besiege Weissenstein (now known as Paide in Estonia). The Swedes capitulated on 30 September.
  • Burning of Dungannon June – Marked the beginning of the final stage of Tyrone's Rebellion
  • Naval Battle of Sesimbra Bay 3 June – Between an English naval expeditionary force of 5 Galleons and a Spanish fleet of 11 galleys a large Carrack and help from a fort and shore batteries.
  • Battle of Reval 30 June – The Polish forces had been sent against Swedish forces gathering outside Tallinn. The Swedish lines broke as a result.
  • Siege of Dunboy 5–18 June – Dunboy was a stronghold of Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare, After the loss at Kinsale. O'Sullivan resolved to continue the fight and rallied his forces at Dunboy. The English crown sent an army of between 4000 and 5000
  • Siege of Grave 18 July – 20 September - The Netherlands and England capture Grave from Spain.
  • Naval Battle of the Narrow Seas 3–4 October – An English and Dutch fleet of 9 Galleons, Carracks & Galiots intercepted and attacked 6 Spanish galleys in the Dover Straits and was fought off the coast of England and finally off the Spanish Netherlands.
  • L'Escalade 11–12 December – Notable and failed attempt by Catholic Savoy to conquer Protestant Geneva. After the defeat the Duke of Savoy accepted a lasting peace, sealed by the Treaty of St. Julien of 12 July 1603

1603

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  • Battle of Glen Fruin 7 February – Scottish clan battle between the Clan Gregor and its allies on one side, and the Clan Colquhoun and its allies on the other.
  • Naval Battle of Puerto Caballos 17 February – Military campaign to capture the Spanish town and port of Puerto Caballos (present day Puerto Cortés) by an English fleet that were able to achieve victory.
  • Battle of Rakvere 5 March – The siege of Dorpat commenced. On 5 March 1603 at Rakvere with 1,000 men Jan Chodkiewicz defeated the Swedish relief force of 2,000
  • Raid on Santiago de Cuba 12 May – Minor military campaign that took place towards the end of the Anglo–Spanish War in May 1603. Santiago de Cuba was attacked and sacked by English privateers led by Christopher Cleeve
  • Naval Battle of Sluis 26 May – Spanish fleet of 8 Galleys defeated by the Dutch fleet of 3 men of war, 2 galleys and several smaller vessels. The Spanish commander Federico Spinola died.
  • Battle of Brașov 17 July – Fought between the troops of Wallachia led by Radu Șerban and the Habsburg Empire on one side and the Transylvanian troops led by Mózes Székely on the other side
  • Capture of Tabriz 1–21 October – The capture of Tabriz from the Ottoman Turks by the Safavid army of Shah Abbas I. After twenty days fighting during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)
  • Siege of Buda 20 September - 20 November - The Holy Roman Empire fails to capture Buda from the Ottoman Empire.

1604

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  • Battle of Urmia – Between the Safavid and Ottoman empires and resulted in a decisive Safavid victory.
  • Battle of LješkopoljeAli-beg Mimibegović led an army from Podgorica and clashed with 400 Montenegrins in Lješanska nahija. The battle lasted through the night, at dawn Montenegrins launched a sudden charge surprising the enemy. Ali-beg was wounded and retreated.
  • Siege of Sluis 19 May – 19 August – A States and English army crossed the Scheldt estuary and advanced on land taking Cadzand, Aardenburg and IJzendijke in the Spanish Netherlands. This led to the siege of the Spanish held inland port of Sluis.
  • Naval Battle of the Gulf of Cadiz 7 August – The battle took place when a flotilla of two galleons engaged two English privateers who were plundering shipping lanes and villages around the Gulf of Cádiz.
  • Battle of Weissenstein 25 September – Between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The battle ended with the total defeat of the Swedish army.
  • Battle of Novhorod-Siverskyi 31 December – First major battle of False Dmitry I against Boris Godunov.

1605

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1606

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  • Battle of Udycz 28 – January between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces and the horde of Crimean Tatars. Polish forces defeated Crimean Tatars, near Udych River.
  • Siege of Kandahar November 1605 - January 1606 – When Emperor Akbar died on 27 October 1605, the Safavid governor of Herat, moved to recapture Kandahar on behalf of the Safavids while the Mughals were distracted.
  • Battle of Gol 10 March – Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
  • Naval Battle of Cape Rachado 16 - 18 August – Dutch East India Company and Portuguese fleets. Portuguese victory.
  • Siege of Groenlo 3 August - 9 November – Forces led by Ambrosio Spinola take the city, which remained in Spanish hands until 1627.
  • Siege of Rheinberg 22 August - 1 October – Spain captures Rheinberg from The Netherlands.
  • Siege of Malacca – Portuguese garrison managed to hold out and stop any Dutch direct attacks on the city until additional reinforcements could arrive, which made the Dutch retreat from the siege.

1607

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  • Battle of Gibraltar 25 April – Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet.
  • Battle of Guzów 6 July – Between the forces of the Zebrzydowski Rebellion against the Polish Royalists supporting King Sigismund III Vasa under the command of Polish Grand Crown Hetman
  • Battle of Kozelsk 8 October – The first victory of False Dmitry II against the government of Tsar Vasili IV Shiusk
  • Raid on Bone Raid by the Tuscan Order of St. Stephen against the Ottoman town of Bone (Annaba, Algeria)

1608

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1609

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  • Siege of Pärnu 28 February – 2 March – The Polish–Lithuanian miners blew up three of the main gates of the city and Lithuanian troops fought their way to the city's centre and captures the city from Sweden.
  • Battle of Salis 23-24 March - Polish ambush on and defeat Swedes heading towards Riga.
  • Battle of Kamenka 15 May
  • Battle of Tashiskari 16 June - Kartlian rebels led by Giorgi Saakadze win against Ottoman forces.
  • Battle of Torzhok 17 June - Russia and Sweden defeat Poland-Lithuania.
  • Battle of Tver 21-23 July - Russia and Sweden defeat Poland-Lithuania.
  • Iroquois War (1609) 30 July – Two Frenchmen and 60 natives Huron's encountered a group of 200 Iroquois. Near Ticonderoga and Crown Point, New York. The Hurons and the French routed the enemy, killing fifty and taking twelve prisoners, whom they tortured until death
  • Battle of Kaljazin 18 August
  • Battle of Daugavgrīva (1609) 6 October – Swedes managed to avoid battle for four days, finally Lithuanian's abandoned camp, leaving a small force and hid in the nearby woods. Swedes couldn't resist and attacked the weakly defended Lithuanian camp and were surprised by Lithuanian counterattack from the woods.
  • Siege of Smolensk 23 September 1609 - 13 June 1611 - Polish victory capturing Smolensk.
  • Battle of Troitsko 28 October
  • Battle of Purén 31 December - Spain defeats the Mapuche.

1610

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1611

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  • Siege of Kalmar 3 May – 3 August – Occurred during the Kalmar War and constituted the major part of an intensive conflict between Denmark-Norway and Sweden.
  • Storming of Kristianopel 26 June – The Swedes managed to siege the fortified city and went in by bombing the fortress port, which was badly defended.
  • Siege of Smolensk – Ended in June, Poland captures city after two-year siege.
  • Conquest of Novgorod 15 July

1612

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  • Battle of Vittsjö 11 February
  • Battle of Kringen 26 August – Norwegian peasant militia ambush Scottish mercenary soldiers on their way to enlist in the Swedish army.
  • Battle of Moscow (1612) 1 & 3 September – A series of two battles, which took place in Moscow, during the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18). The battles ended in tactical Russian victory.
  • Naval Battle at Surat 29 August – Portuguese fleet was defeated by the English, off the coast of Surat, India.
  • Naval Battle of Swally 9–10 December – Took place off the coast of Suvali a village near the Surat city (now in Gujarat, India) and was a victory for four English East India Company galleons over four Portuguese galleons and 26 barks
  • Battle of Cornul lui Sas - Moldavian victory

1613

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  • Battle of Port Royal October – Captain Samuel Argall leads a force from Virginia to attack Acadia destroying Port Royal and other French outposts in eastern Canada.
  • Siege of Tikhvin 4 June – 25 September – Local Streltsy and noblemen rose up against the Swedish garrison and destroyed it. The Swedes undertook a punitive expedition to Tikhvin and burned the town, but could not take the Assumption Monastery.
  • Siege of Smolensk (1613–1617) – Russian troops led a protracted and unsuccessful siege of the city. During the siege, no attempt was made to assault. In the beginning of 1617 the siege was lifted.
  • Naval Battle of Cape Corvo August – A naval engagement of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars. fought as part of the struggle for the control of the Mediterranean, near the island of Samos. Spanish squadron from Sicily, engaged an Ottoman fleet.

1614

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  • Raid on Żejtun 6–12 July – The last major attack made by the Ottoman Empire against the island of Malta, which was then ruled by the Order of St. John.
  • Battle of Bronnitsy 16 July - Sweden defeats Russia
  • Siege of Aachen Late August 1614 – Spanish Army of Flanders, marched from Maastricht to Aachen, present Germany, to support Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, during the War of the Jülich Succession. Spanish victory.
  • Battle of Imafuku November – Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks and captures the village of Imafuku by defeating Toyotomi clan forces.
  • Siege of Osaka 8 November – 22 January 1615 – A series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction.
  • Battle of Guaxenduba 19 November - Portugal defeats France in Brazil.
  • Battle of Imafuku Late November – The village of Imafuku stood on the northeast approach to Osaka, and so Tokugawa Ieyasu sent 1500 men to secure the site for a fort. They faced 600 men loyal to the Toyotomi "Western Army," and were victorious.
  • Battle of Shigino 26 November – Undecided battle. Five thousand Tokugawa troops, led by Uesugi Kagekatsu, engaged 2000 troops loyal to the Toyotomi at a place called Shigino, across the Yamato River (now called the Neyagawa) from the site of the Battle of Imafuku

1615

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  • Siege of Braunschweig, 1615 – Duke Friedrich Ulrich of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel laid siege to the city of Braunschweig (the second siege after 1605–1606). Hanseatic & Dutch relief forces broke the siege.
  • Cossack raid on Istanbul (1615) – A campaign of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, The attack successfully penetrated the capital of the Ottoman Empire, entered its harbor, and burned ships before returning to their base.
  • Battle of Asti 11 May – Spain defeats Savoy Monferrat.
  • Battle of Kashii 26 May – Tokugawa forces defeat Toyotomi forces during the conflict over Osaka.
  • Battle of Yao 2 June – The battle occurred in 1615 during the Siege of Osaka, in which Tokugawa Ieyasu planned to destroy the Toyotomi clan. It was fought between the Tōdō clan and the Chōsokabe clan. Tõdõ clan won the battle
  • Battle of Dōmyōji 2 June – The Eastern Army of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Osaka Army of Toyotomi Hideyori clashed in battle at Dōmyōji. This battle was one of Japan's major historical battles between samurai forces.
  • Battle of Tennōji 3 June – Final defeat of Toyotomi Hideyori, son of Hideyoshi
  • Naval Battle of Zaule – Venetians With a galley and several smaller ships occupied the Zaule salt pan and began to destroy it.
  • Siege of Pskov (1615) 9 August – 27 October – Approaching Pskov, the Swedes tried to take it immediately from Russia, but were repelled by the Pskov garrison with heavy losses. After two and a half months, the Swedes withdrew from Pskov to Narva
  • Battle of Oneida 16 October – Champlain Battle where Samuel Dechamplain aided by 10 Frenchmen and 300 Hurons attacked the stockaded Oneida Indian village.
  • Battle of Formoso River 27 November - 2 December - The Portuguese navy defeats Aceh.
  • Naval Action off La Goulette December – A victory for a Spanish privateer squadron under Francisco de Ribera over a Tunisian fleet.
  • Battle of Tsitsamuri - Kingdom of Kakheti battles the Safavid domination. Kakheti victory.

1616

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  • Naval Battle of Cape Celidonia 14 July – A small Spanish fleet of 5 Galleons and a patache, cruising off Cyprus was attacked by an Ottoman fleet of 55 Galleys. The Spanish ships managed to repel the Ottomans, inflicting heavy losses.
  • Battle of Toppur – One of the largest battles in the history of South Asia. It causes complete destruction of already declining Vijaya Nagara Empire.
  • Siege of Vercelli – Spanish forces capture the Savoyard fortress

1617

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1618

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1619

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  • Battle of Sablat 10 June – The Habsburg army under Bucquoy defeats the Protestant Bohemian army under Mansfeld, thereby lifting the siege of České Budějovice.
  • Battle of Sarhū 14–18 April – The Manchus defeat the Ming.
  • Battle of Wisternitz 5 August – Bohemia defeats a Habsburg army.
  • Siege of Batavia castle in 1619 30 May – JP Coen decided that Jakatra (later Batavia) would be a better base for the VOC on Java than Bantam and set out to capture the city. The sultan or Mataram, under whose influence Jakatra fell, was opposed to this and resisted strongly.
  • Battle of Humenné - Only battle of Thirty Years' War that Poland participated in, defeating a Transylvanian army that supported the Bohemian revolt

1620

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1621

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  • Blockade of La Rochelle 1621–1622 – The repression of the Huguenot rebellion by the French king Louis XIII.
  • Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (1621) 30 May – 24 June – Siege accomplished by French king Louis XIII, against the Protestant stronghold of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
  • Siege of Clairac 23 July – 4 August – During the Huguenot uprisings, after taking the city of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Louis XIII made the decision to go south to subdue Guyenne, and to besiege Clairac which was a bastion of Protestantism.
  • Battle of Gibraltar (1621) 10 August – During the Eighty Years' War. A Dutch VOC fleet, escorted by Haultain's squadron was intercepted and defeated by nine ships of Spain's Atlantic fleet Armada del Mar Océano, while crossing the Strait of Gibraltar.
  • Battle of Khotyn 2 September – 9 October – Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army stops great Turkish invasion.
  • Siege of Jülich (1621–22) 5 September 1621 – 3 February 1622 – After five months of siege, the Spanish army took the Dutch-occupied fortress of Jülich, compelling its garrison to surrender.
  • Siege of Montauban August – November – A siege accomplished by the young French king Louis XIII, against the Protestant stronghold of Montauban. Despite a strength of about 25,000 men, Louis XIII was unable to capture the city of Montauban

1622

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  • Indian massacre of 1622 1 April – Powhatan braves came unarmed into our houses with deer, turkeys, fish, fruits, and other provisions to sell and the warriors grabbed any tools or weapons they saw and killed all the English settlers they found.
  • Battle of Wiesloch 25 April – The Protestant army of the Electoral Palatinate under Count Mansfield defeat the Catholic League army under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly in Thirty Years' War.
  • Siege of Royan May – Siege accomplished by the French king Louis XIII against the Protestant stronghold of Royan
  • Battle of Wimpfen 6 May – Forces of the Catholic League under Count Tilly and of Spain under Gonzalo Córdoba defeat Protestant forces of Baden and the Palatinate under George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
  • Siege of Nègrepelisse 10–11 June – Siege accomplished by the French king Louis XIII against the Protestant stronghold of Nègrepelisse in France
  • Battle of Höchst 20 June – The joint Spanish-League army under Cordoba and Tilly attempted to stop the junction of Christian of Brunswick and Mansfeld. They were able to intercept Christian before he could cross the River Main at Höchst.
  • Battle of Macau 22–24 June – A conflict of the Dutch–Portuguese War fought in the Portuguese settlement of Macau, in southeastern China.
  • Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (1622) 18 July – 2 October – The Spanish laid siege to the Dutch city of Bergen op Zoom. The population was divided between Protestants, who favored resistance and Catholics, who favored a Spanish conquest. The Spanish had to lift the siege on their failed blockade of a Protestant relief force in the Battle of Fleurus.
  • Siege of Heidelberg (1622) 23 July – 19 September – Between the Imperial-Spanish army against the Anglo-Protestant forces during the Palatinate campaign.
  • Siege of Montpellier August – October – A siege of the Huguenot city of Montpellier by the Catholic forces of Louis XIII of France, It was part of the Huguenot rebellions.
  • Battle of Fleurus 29 August – Spanish tactical victory against the Protestant army of Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick but the breakthrough of their opponents towards Bergen-op-Zoom forces Spain to lift the siege of the Dutch city.
  • Naval battle of Saint-Martin-de-Ré 27 October – Between the Huguenot fleet of La Rochelle under Jean Guiton, and a Royal fleet under Charles de Guise.
  • Battle of Mbumbi 18 December – A military engagement between forces of Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Kongo.
  • Capture of Hurmuz – Persian capture Hurmuz with the aid of the English East Indian Company's ships

1623

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1624

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1625

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  • Recapture of Bahia – Decisive Spanish–Portuguese victory
  • Battle of Blavet 17 January – Between the Huguenot forces and a French fleet in Blavet harbour (Port de Blavet, modern Port-Louis), Brittany, triggering the Second Huguenot rebellion against the Crown of France.
  • Action of 1 February 1625 Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War
  • Battle of Aghaiani early spring - After inviting the Kakhetian nobleman for gifts, the commander of the invading Iranian army, Qarachaqay Khan started slaughtering, which prompted the remainder to start battling their way out of the camp.
  • Battle of Martqopi 25 March - The Georgians under Giorgi Saakadze annihilate the invading Sefavid force, which allows for the liberation of Tbilisi and the unification of the Kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti
  • Relief of Genoa 28 March - 24 April A spanish-genoese army relief the city from a franco-savoyard siete army.
  • Battle of Marabda 1 July – A battle between troops of Iran and the kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) near the village of Marabda (lower Kartli, 20 km from Tbilisi). The Georgians are defeated, but inflict heavy casualties in the ensuing Guerilla war
  • Battle of Elmina (1625) 25 October – Failed Dutch attempt to take a Portuguese fortress
  • Battle of San Juan (1625) 24 September – 2 November – A Dutch expedition attacked the island of Puerto Rico, but despite besieging San Juan for two months, was unable to capture it from Spain.
  • Recovery of Ré island 12–15 September – Accomplished by the army of Louis XIII, against the troops of the Protestant admiral Soubise and the Huguenot forces of La Rochelle, who had been occupying the Island of Ré since February 1625 as part of the Huguenot rebellions.
  • Naval Cádiz expedition (1625) 1–7 November – Naval expedition against Spain by English and Dutch forces.
  • Battle of Martqopi - Kartlian forces battle against the Safavid armies.

1626

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  • Battle of Wallhof 7 January – Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden defeats a Polish force during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29).
  • Battle of Bauska
  • Battle of Ningyuan 2–10 February – A battle between the Ming dynasty and the Jurchen Later Jin (later known as the Qing dynasty)
  • Battle of Dessau Bridge 25 April – Catholic forces of the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein defeat Protestant Danish-German troops under Mansfeld on the Elbe River outside Dessau, Germany
  • Battle at Lenz (1626) 5 July – Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
  • Siege of Steenwijk(1626)
  • Siege of Oldenzaal (1626) 23 July – 1 August – Took place in the Spanish held town of Oldenzaal in the Twente region. After an eight-day siege the city surrendered to Dutch-English forces.
  • Battle of Mitau (1626)
  • Battle of Gniew 22 September – 1 October – Between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The battle ended with a victory for Sweden.
  • Battle of Selburg 30 September – Between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Polish forces managed to recapture Selburg from the Swedes earlier in 1626 in response the Swedish capture the town.
  • Battle of Lutter am Berenberge – The Danish army under King Christian IV is defeated by the German Catholic League under Tilly
  • Battle of Wenden (1626) 3 December – A battle fought during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629), between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on 3 December 1626 at Wenden (Cēsis, Kiesia) in present-day Latvia.
  • Battle of Bazaleti - Combat between two rival Kakhetian factions; Teimuraz I of Kakheti and Giorgi Saakadze. Saakadze is defeated and flees to the Ottoman Empire.

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  • Battle of Czarne 12–17 April – The battle ended with a Swedish surrender mainly due to low morale of the German mercenaries in Swedish service.
  • Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré 12 July – 27 October – Was an attempt by English forces to capture the French fortress-city of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, on the isle of Ré (near La Rochelle)
  • Battle of Dirschau 7–8 August – Indecisive battle during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29)
  • Siege of Groenlo – A Dutch army led by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange liberates the city from Spanish rule.
  • Battle of Oliwa 28 November – Battle in the Polish–Swedish War. It was the biggest and the last naval battle of the Polish royal navy.
  • Siege of La Rochelle September 1627 – October 1628 – Between the French royal forces and the Huguenots of La Rochelle. The siege marked the apex of the tensions between the Catholics and the Protestants in France, and ended with a complete 'victory' for King Louis XIII and the Catholics.

1628

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  • Tartar raid into Ukraine – A tartar raid into Ukraine as far as Belaya Terkov provoked Cossack reprisals
  • Battle of Treiden (1628) 1 February – During the Polish–Swedish War between Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedish Empire. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces defeated the Swedish forces
  • Siege of Stralsund (1628) May – 4 August – A siege laid on Stralsund by the Imperial Army during the Thirty Years' War, Stralsund was aided by Denmark and Sweden, with considerable Scottish participation. The battle marked the de facto entrance of Sweden into the war.
  • Battle of Danzig 16 June
  • Weichselmünde 1628 6 July – Finnish troops in king Gustavus's field army in Prussia launched a special operation attack on the Polish and Danzig fleets that had been hiding from the blockaging Swedish navy in the Weichselmünde harbour.
  • Action of 17 July 1628 17 July – The largest incident of the North American phase of the Beaver Wars. The English force succeeded in capturing a supply convoy bound for New France, severely impairing that colony's ability to resist attack.
  • Siege of Batavia 22 August – 3 December – First siege of Batavia. A military campaign led by Sultan Agung of Mataram to capture the Dutch port-settlement of Batavia in Java.
  • Battle of Wolgast 2 September – Danish forces had made landfall on Usedom, and expelled the imperial occupation forces. An Imperial army left the besieged Stralsund to confront the Danes. Ultimately, the Danish forces were defeated.
  • Battle of Osterode 14 October
  • Battle in the Bay of Matanzas – Dutch fleet led by Admiral Piet Hein was able to defeat and capture the Spanish treasure fleet.

1629

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1630

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  • Battle of Piculhue 24 January - Indecisive battle between Spain and the Mapuche.
  • Siege of Recife (1630) 14 February - 3 March – The Dutch captured Recife, in Portuguese Brazil. This began a war over Brazil, which would see the Dutch establish a colony called New Holland.
  • Battle of Villabuona 29 May - The Holy Roman Empire defeats Venice and France.
  • Battle of Veillane 10 July – Between a French army and a Spanish army. The result was a French victory.
  • Battle of Randeniwela 25 August – Battle fought in the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. Between Senarat against the Portuguese. Sinhalese victory.

1631

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  • Battle of La Albarrada 13 January - Spain defeats the Mapuche.
  • Battle of Frankfurt an der Oder 13 April – Between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire for the strategically important, fortified Oder crossing Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany
  • Sack of Baltimore 20 June – The only recorded instance of a slaving raid by corsairs in Ireland
  • Battle of Magdeburg (ended 20 May) – The Imperial-League army under Tilly capture and pillage the town.
  • Battle of Werben 1 August – Between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. The Swedes forced them to retreat.
  • Battle of Albrolhos 10 August – Spanish Admiral Oquendo defeated the Dutch after a six-hour naval battle.
  • Battle of the Slaak 12–13 September – Crushing Dutch victory over the Spanish fleet
  • Battle of Breitenfeld 17 September – Saxons and Swedes defeat the Imperial-League army under Tilly.

1632

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  • Battle of Rain 5 April – Count of Tilly killed in battle with the Swedes.
  • Capture of Maastricht 9 June – 22 August – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange eventually captured the city from Spanish forces.
  • Siege of Nuremberg – Battle campaign that took place in 1632 about the Imperial City of Nuremberg during the Thirty Years' War.
  • Battle of Wiesloch (1632) 16 August – During the Thirty Years' War near the German city of Wiesloch, south of Heidelberg. A Swedish army fought an army of the Holy Roman Empire. The battle resulted in a Swedish victory.
  • Battle of the Alte Veste 3–4 September – During the Siege of Nuremberg, Sweden is defeated by the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein, leading to the Imperial advance into Saxony.
  • Battle of Castelnaudary 1 September – Between the rebel forces of Henri II de Montmorency (loyal to Gaston, Duke of Orléans) and the royalist forces of Marshal Henri de Schomberg (loyal to King Louis XIII).
  • Siege of Smolensk (1632–33) 28 October 1632 – 4 October 1633 – The Muscovite army besieged the Polish–Lithuanian city of Smolensk during the Smolensk War
  • Battle of Lützen 16 November – Protestant Swedish forces defeat the Imperial army under Wallenstein in Saxony but King Gustavus Adolphus is killed.

1633

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1634

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  • Battle of Amritsar 5 June – Between Guru Hargobind Ji and the forces of the Mughal army. Shah Jahan worried over the growing influence of the Sikhs and angered by the loss of a valued hawk seeks to teach a lesson to Guru Hargobind
  • Battle of Nördlingen 6–7 September – The Imperial armies and Spain number 33,000 troops, the Protestant forces with 25,000. At the end of the day, 12,000 Protestants are dead, another 4,000 captured, including Swedish army leader Gustaf Horn.
  • Siege of Maastricht 30 June – 8 September - Spain fails to capture Maastricht from the Netherlands.
  • Battle of Strasbourg Bridge 28 September - Forces of the Holy Roman Empire under Charles of Lorraine and Johann von Werth defeat Sweden.

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  • Siege of Gray 23 - 28 February - France captures Gray from Spain.
  • Battle of Scey-sur-Saône 2 March - Inconclusive battle between France and an army of the County of Burgundy fighting for the king of Spain.
  • Battle of Chariez 3 March - Strategic victory of France against an army of the County of Burgundy.
  • Battle of Ronas Voe 14 March – English defeat Dutch East India Company.
  • Siege of Arbois 27 - 31 March - France fails to capture Arbois from a local army of the County of Burgundy.
  • Battle of Orgelet 31 March - 1 April - Strategic victory of an army of the County of Burgundy against France.
  • Siege of Besançon 26 April - 22 May - France captures Besançon from Spain.
  • Siege of Dole 26 May - 6 June - France captures Dole from Spain.
  • Battle of Sinsheim 16 June - France defeats the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Siege of Salins 4 - 21 June - France captures Salins-les-Bains from Spain.
  • Siege of Faucogney 3 - 4 July - France captures Faucogney-et-la-Mer from Spain.
  • Battle of Fort Royal 20 July - The Netherlands fail to capture Fort Royal, present day Fort Saint Louis on Martinique, from France.
  • Battle of Seneffe 11 August – The French attack a Dutch-Imperial-Spanish force in what would be one of the bloodiest battles of the century.
  • Battle of Entzheim 4 October - Inconclusive battle between France and the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Siege of Grave 25 July - 27 October - The Dutch recapture Grave from France after a difficult siege.
  • Battle of Mulhouse 29 December - France defeats the Holy Roman Empire.

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  • Battle of Arbúcies 14 January - Catalonia defeats Pro-Bourbon Spain and France.
  • Battle of Balsareny 14 January - Catalonia defeats Pro-Bourbon-Spain and France.
  • Battle of La Gleva 3 February - Pro-Bourbon-Spain and France defeat Catalonia.
  • Naval battle of Barcelona 24 February - Catalonia defeats Great Britain.
  • Battle of Napue 19 February-2 March - Russian victory over Sweden.
  • Battle of Storkyro 2 March – Swedish army defeated by Russia during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Manresa 7 May - Catalonia defeats Pro-Bourbon Spain and France.
  • Battle of Gangut 7 August – Swedish fleet defeated by much larger Russian fleet during the Great Northern War.
  • Battle of Talamanca 13 and 14 August - Catalonia defeats Pro-Bourbon Spain and France.
  • Siege of Barcelona 25 July 1713 - 11 September 1714 - Pro-Bourbon Spain and France capture Barcelona from Pro-Habsburg Spain and Catalonia.

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  • Childers Incident 2 January - Entrance of Britain into the French Revolution. French cannons fire and damage a British warship.
  • Battle of Morne Pelé January - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of La Tannerie 18 January - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • First Battle of Aldenhoven 1 March - Austrian victory over France
  • Siege of Maastricht 2 March - Victory of a coalition of the Netherlands, French royalists, Austria and Prussia over France.
  • Battle of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil 12 March - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Jallais 13 March - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • First Battle of Cholet 15 March - French royalist victory over the French republican government forces.
  • Battle of Coron 16 March - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Neerwinden 18 March – Austrians defeat French army.
  • Battle of Pont-Charrault 19 March - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne (29 March 1793) - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Siege of Condé 8 April-12 July - Coalition victory. Austria and French royalists capture Condé-sur-l'Escaut from France.
  • Battle of Chemillé 11 April - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Siege of Port-au-Prince 12–14 April - French Republican victory over French royalists.
  • Battle of Aubiers 13 April - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Second Siege of Mainz 14 April-23 July - Prussian attempt to dissolve Republic of Mainz. Prussia, Austria, Saxony, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Darmstadt, the Palatinate and Saxe-Weimar capture Mainz from France.
  • Battle of Vezins 19 April - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Céret 20 April - Spain defeats France
  • Battle of Beaupréau 22 April - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Thouars 5 May - French Royalist victory over French republican government forces.
  • Battle of Raismes 8–9 May - Coalition victory. Austria, Great Britain and Prussia defeat France.
  • Battle of La Châtaigneraie 13 May - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Palluau 15 May - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Mas Deu 17–19 May - Spanish victory over France
  • Battle of Famars 23 May - Coalition victory. Austria, Hanover and Great Britain defeat France
  • Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte 17 and 25 May - French royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Siege of Valenciennes 25 May-27 July - Coalition victory. Great Britain, Austria and Hanover capture Valenciennes from France.
  • Battle of Veurne 31 May - France defeats Austria
  • Battle of Doué 7 June - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • First Battle of Saorgio 8–12 June - Austro-Sardinian victory over France
  • Battle of Montreuil-Bellay 8-9 June - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • First Battle of Arlon 9 June - French victory over Austria
  • Battle of Machecoul 10 June - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Saumur 11 June - French Royalist victory over the French Republican government forces
  • Action of 18 June 1793 - British victory over France
  • Battle of Cap-Français 20–22 June - Commissioner/Haitian victory. French Republicans defeat French Royalists.
  • Battle of Nantes 29 June - French Republican government forces defeat French Royalists
  • First Battle of Châtillon 5 July - French Royalist victory over French Republicans.
  • Battle of Brécourt 13-14 July - French government forces of The Mountain defeat rebel Girondins.
  • Battle of Martigné-Briand 15 July - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Perpignan 17 July - French victory over Spain
  • Battle of Vihiers 18 July - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Luçon 30 July - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Action of 31 July 1793 - Inconclusive naval battle between Great Britain and France
  • Siege of Pondicherry 1–23 August - British victory. Great Britain captures Pondicherry from France
  • Battle of Caesar's Camp 7–8 August - Coalition victory. Austria, Great Britain and Hanover defeat France
  • Siege of Lyon 8 August-9 October - French Republicans capture Lyon from French Royalists.
  • Battle of Luçon 14 August - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Lincelles 17 August - Coalition victory. Great Britain and the Netherlands defeat France
  • Siege of Landau 20 August-23 December - French victory. Prussia fails to capture Landau from France
  • Siege of Dunkirk 24 August-8 September - French victory. Great Britain, Austria, Hanover and Hesse-Kassel fail to capture Dunkirk from France.
  • Siege of Le Quesnoy 28 August-13 September - Coalition victory. Austria and French Royalists capture Le Quesnoy from France.
  • Siege of Toulon 29 August – 19 December – Napoleon's first battle – the French Republicans defeat a combined Allied force in a crucial siege. The allies consisted out of French Royalists, French Federalists, Great Britain, Spain, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia.
  • Battle of Chantonnay 5 September - French Royalist victory over French Republicans
  • Battle of Hondschoote (1793) 6–8 September – French army, under General Houchard, defeats British, Hanoverians and Hessians under General Walmoden.
  • Battle of Port-Saint-Père 10 September - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec 12 September - Austria defeats France
  • Battle of Menin 12–13 September - French victory over the Netherlands and Austria
  • Battle of Méribel 13 September – Combined Savoy, Piedmont and Valdot forces fought the French occupying Savoy.
  • Battle of Pirmasens 14 September - Prussian victory over France
  • Battle of Vrines 14 September - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Epierre 15 September - France defeats Sardinia
  • First Battle of Courtrai 15 September - Coalition victory. Austria defeats France
  • Battle of Montaigu (16 September 1793) - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Peyrestortes 17 September - French victory over Spain
  • Battle of Coron 18 September - French Royalist victory over French Republican government forces
  • Battle of Tiffauges 19 September - French Royalist victory over French Republicans
  • Battle of Pont-Barré 20 September - French Royalist victory over French Republicans
  • Battle of Marmelade Summer - Spain and Haitians defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Montaigu 21 September - Ambush by French Royalists against French Republicans
  • Battle of Saint-Fulgent 22 September - French Royalist victory over French Republicans
  • Battle of Pallet 22 September - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Truillas 22 September - Spanish victory over France
  • Siege of Maubeuge 30 September-16 October - French victory over Austria and the Netherlands
  • Raid on Genoa 5 October - British victory over France
  • Battle of Moulin-aux-Chèvres Forest 9 October - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Second Battle of Châtillon 11 October - Inconclusive battle between French Royalists and French Republican government forces
  • First Battle of Noirmoutier 12 October - French Royalist victory over French Republicans
  • First Battle of Wissembourg 13 October - Austria, Hesse-Kassel and French Royalists defeat France
  • Battle of Boulou 14-15 October - Spain and Portugal defeat France
  • Siege of Fort-Louis 14 October-14 November - Coalition victory. Austria, Hesse-Darmstadt and Bavaria capture Fort-Louis from France
  • Battle of La Tremblaye 15 October - French Republican victory over French Royalists
  • Battle of Wattignies 15–16 October – French army, under Generals Jourdan and Carnot, defeats Austrians under General Saxe-Coburg.
  • Second Battle of Cholet 17 October - French Republican victory over French Royalists
  • Battle of Gilette 19 October - French army, under General Dugommier, defeats Austrians, Piedmontese and Sardinian army.
  • Action of 20 October 1793 - British victory over France
  • Action of 22 October 1793 - Inconclusive naval battle between Great Britain and France
  • Battle of Laval 22 October - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Action of 24 October 1793 - French victory over Great Britain
  • Battle of Croix-Bataille 24-25 October - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Entrames 27 October - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Veurne 31 October - France defeats Austria
  • Battle of Ernée 2 November - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Fougères 3 November - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Granville 14 November - French Republican government defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Biesingen 17 November - Prussia defeats France
  • Battle of Pontorson 18 November - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Haguenau 18 November-22 December - French victory over Austria, French Royalists, Hesse-Kassel and Bavaria
  • Battle of Dol 20–22 November - French Royalist victory over French Republicans
  • Battle of Port-Saint-Père 21-26 November - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • First Battle of Kaiserslautern 28–30 November – Prussian army under Brunswick defeats French Army under Hoche.
  • Battle of Berstheim 2 December - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Siege of Angers 3–4 December - Republican victory. French Republicans capture Angers from French Royalists.
  • Battle of La Flèche 8-11 December - French Republicans defeat French Royalists
  • Battle of Pontlieue 10 December - French Royalists defeat French Republicans
  • Battle of Le Mans 12–13 December - French Republican victory over French Royalists
  • Battle of Froeschwiller 18–22 December - French victory over Austria
  • Battle of Collioure 20–23 December - Spanish push out French
  • Battle of Woerth 22 December – French army, under General Hoche, defeats Austrians under General Hotze.
  • Battle of Savenay 23 December - Final battle of the War in the Vendée. French Republican government forces defeat French Royalists.
  • Battle of Geisberg 26 December – French army, under General Hoche, defeats Austrians under Wurmser and Prussians under Brunswick.
  • Second Battle of Wissembourg 26–29 December - French victory over Austria, Prussia, Bavaria and Hesse-Kassel

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