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Aboukir, Battle of |
July 14-25,
1799 |
Egyptian Campaign
part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Actium, Battle of |
September 2,
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Adrianople, Battle of |
August 9, 378 |
Fifth
Roman-Gothic War |
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Aegospotami, Battle of |
405 BC |
Peloponnesian
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Agincourt, Battle of |
October 25,
1415 |
Hundred Years' War |
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Agua Prieta, Battle of |
April 13, 1911 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Alamo, Battle of the
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February 23 - March 6, 1836 |
Texas Revolution |
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Alarcos, Battle of |
July 18, 1195 |
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Albuera, Battle of |
May 16, 1811 |
Peninsular War |
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Battle of Aldenhoven
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March 1, 1793 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Battle of Aldenhoven
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October 2, 1794 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Alesia, Siege of
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52 BC |
Gallic Wars |
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Algiers, Battle of |
1956-1957 |
Algerian War of Independence |
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Alma, Battle of the
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September 20, 1854 |
Crimean
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Almanza, Battle of
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1707 |
War of the Spanish Succession |
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Alnwick, First Battle of
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1093 |
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Alnwick, Second Battle of
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July 12, 1174 |
Anglo-Norman Rebellion |
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Altenkirchen, Battle of |
June 4, 1796 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Amiens, Battle of |
August 8-12, 1918 |
World
War I |
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Andernach, Battle of
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Angora, Battle of
also called
Battle of
Ankara |
July 20, 1402 |
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Angostura, Battle of
also called
Battle of Buena Vista |
February 22-23, 1847 |
Mexican War |
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Ankara, Battle of
also called
Battle of Angora |
July 20, 1402 |
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Annan Moor, Battle of |
October 21, 1645 |
English Civil Wars |
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Antietam, Battle of
also
called
Battle of Sharpsburg |
September 17, 1862 |
American Civil War |
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Battle of Ap Bac |
January 2, 1963 |
Vietnam War |
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Arausio, Battle of |
October 6, 105 BC |
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Arcole, Battle of |
November 17, 1796 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Ardennes, Battle of the
also called
Battle of the
Bulge |
Dec 16, 1944 - Jan 16, 1945 |
World War II |
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Argentoratum, Battle
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Arnay-le-Duc, Battle of |
June 26, 1570 |
Wars of Religion |
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Arques, Battle of |
September 21, 1589 |
Wars of Religion |
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Arsuf, Battle of |
September 7, 1191 |
Third Crusade |
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Artemisium, Battle of |
August 480 BC |
Greco-Persian Wars |
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Asculum, Battle of |
279 BC |
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Aspern-Essling, Battle of |
May 21 - 22, 1809 |
Austrian War
part of the
Napoleonic Wars |
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Athens,
Raid on |
September 21, 480 BC |
Greco-Persian Wars |
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Auerstädt, Battle of
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Battle of Jena-Auerstädt |
October 14, 1806 |
Napoleonic Wars |
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Aughrim, Battle of |
July 22, 1691 |
Jacobite War |
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Austerlitz, Battle of
also called
Battle of The Three Emperors |
December 2, 1805 |
War of the Third Coalition
Napoleonic Wars |
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Aviles, Battle of |
September 25, 1913 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Ayacucho, Battle of |
December 9, 1824 |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Aylesford, Battle of |
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Baecula, Battle of
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Battle of Bailen |
208 BC |
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Balaklava, Battle of |
October 25, 1854 |
Crimean
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Balikpapan, Battle of |
January 23 - 25, 1942 |
World
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Bannockburn, Battle of |
June 23-24, 1314 |
War of Scottish Independence |
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Barnet, Battle of |
April 14, 1471 |
Wars of the Roses |
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Bassano, Battle of |
September 8, 1796 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Bauche, First Battle of |
February 4 - 5, 1911 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Bauche, Second Battle of |
April 9, 1911 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Beachy Head, Battle of |
1690 |
War of the Grand Alliance |
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Bemis Heights, Battle of
also called
Second Battle of
Saratoga
Second Battle of Freeman's Farm |
October 7, 1777 |
American Revolution |
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Beneventum, Battle of |
275 BC |
Pyrrhic War |
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Bennington, Battle of |
August 16, 1777 |
American Revolution |
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Berlin, Battle of |
April 16 - May 2, 1945 |
World War II |
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Bibracte, Battle of |
58 BC |
Gallic Wars |
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Blenheim, Battle of |
August 13, 1704 |
War of the Spanish Succession |
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Blood River, Battle of |
December 16, 1838 |
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Bloody
Run, Battle of |
July 31, 1763 |
Pontiac
War also called
Pontiac's Rebellion |
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Borodino, Battle of |
September 7, 1812 |
Russian Campaign
Napoleonic Wars |
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Boston, Siege of |
April 20, 1775 - March 17, 1776 |
American Revolution |
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Bothwell
Bridge, Battle of |
June 22, 1679 |
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Boudica's Last Battle |
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Roman Conquest of Britain |
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Bouvines, Battle of |
July 27, 1214 |
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Boyacá, Battle of |
August 7, 1819 |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Boyne, Battle of the |
July 11, 1690 |
Jacobite War |
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Brandywine,
Battle of the |
September 11, 1777 |
American Revolution |
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Breed's Hill, Battle of also called
Battle of Bunker Hill
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June 17, 1775 |
American Revolution |
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Breitenfeld, Battle of |
September 17, 1631 |
Thirty Years' War |
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Britain, Battle of |
July 10 - October 31, 1940 |
World
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Brunanburgh, Battle of |
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Buçaco, Battle of |
September 27, 1810 |
Peninsular War |
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Buena Vista, Battle of
also called
Battle of
Angostura |
February 22-23, 1847
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Mexican War |
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Bulge, Battle of the
also called
Battle of the Ardennes |
Dec 16, 1944 - Jan 16, 1945 |
World War II |
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Bull Run, First Battle of
also called
First Manassas |
July 21, 1861 |
American Civil War |
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Bull Run, Second Battle of
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Second Manassas |
August 29-30, 1862 |
American Civil War |
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Bunker Hill, Battle of
also called
Battle of Breed's Hill |
June 17, 1775 |
American Revolution |
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Bushy Run, Battle of |
August 5-6, 1763 |
Pontiac
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Pontiac's Rebellion |
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Cadet Uprising, Petrograd |
November 11, 1917
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Old Style) |
Russian Civil War |
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Calenzana, Battle of |
June 14, 1732 |
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Calpulalpan, Battle of |
December 22, 1860 |
Mexican Civil War
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Cambrai, Battle of |
November 20 - December 7, 1917 |
World
War I |
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Camden, Battle of |
August 16, 1780 |
American Revolution |
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Camel, Battle of |
December 656 |
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Camerone,
Battle of |
April 30, 1863 |
French-Mexican War |
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Camperdown, Battle of |
October 11, 1797 |
War of the First
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Cannae, Battle of |
August 2, 216 BC |
Second Punic War |
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Carabobo, Battle of |
June 24, 1821 |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Carrhae, Battle of |
53 BC |
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Carrizal, Battle of
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June 21, 1916 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Casas
Grandes, Battle of
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March 6, 1911 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Cassano,
Battle of
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April 27, 1799 |
War of the Second Coalition
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Castiglione, Battle of |
August 5, 1796 |
War of the First
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French Revolutionary Wars |
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Castillon, Battle of
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July 17, 1453 |
Hundred Years' War |
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Catalaunian
Plains, Battle of the
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Caudine Forks, Battle of |
321 BC |
Great
Samnite War |
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Celaya,
First Battle of |
April 4 - 10, 1915 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Celaya,
Second Battle of |
April 13 - 15, 1915 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Cerro Gordo, Battle of |
April 18, 1847 |
Mexican War |
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Çesme, Battle of
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July 6 - 7, 1770 |
Russo-Turkish War of 1768 |
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Chacabuco, Battle of
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February 12, 1817 |
Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Chaeronea, Battle of |
338 BC |
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Chaeronea, Battle of
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86 BC |
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Chancellorsville, Battle of
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May 1 - 5, 1863 |
American Civil War |
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Châteauguay, Battle of
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October 26, 1813 |
War of
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Chattanooga, Battle of
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November 23 - 25, 1863 |
American Civil War |
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Chickamauga Creek, Battle of
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September 19-20, 1863 |
American Civil War |
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Yong-Ni (Chipyong-Ni), Battle of
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February 13-15, 1951 |
Korean War |
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Chippewa, Battle of
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July 5, 1814 |
War of
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Chocim, Siege of |
July 2 - September 19,
1788 |
Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791 |
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Cholet, Battle of |
October 17, 1793 |
Wars of the Vendée
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French Revolutionary Wars |
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Civita Castellana, Battle of |
December 4, 1798 |
War of the Second
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Colline Gate,
Battle of |
82 BC |
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Columbus,
Raid on |
March 8 - 9, 1916 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Copenhagen, Battle of
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April 2, 1801 |
War of the Second
Coalition part of the
French Revolutionary Wars |
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Coral Sea,
Battle of the |
May 6-8, 1942 |
World War II |
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Corinth, Battle of |
October 3 - 4, 1862 |
American Civil War |
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Coronea, Battle of |
446 BC |
Boeotian Revolt |
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Cortenuova, Battle of |
1237 |
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Corunna, Battle of
also called
Battle of La Coruña |
January 16, 1809 |
Peninsular War |
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Corupedium, Battle of
also called
Battle of Corupedion |
281 BC |
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Coutras, Battle of |
October 20, 1587 |
Wars of Religion |
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Cowpens, Battle of |
January 17, 1781 |
American Revolution |
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Crécy, Battle of |
1346 |
Hundred Years' War |
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Crysler's
Farm, Battle of |
November 11, 1813 |
War of
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Cuautla,
Siege of |
April 23, 1913 |
Mexican Revolution |
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Culloden, Battle of |
April 16, 1746 |
Jacobite Rebellion |
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Cunaxa, Battle of |
401 BC |
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Custer's Last Stand
also called
Battle of the Little Bighorn |
June 25, 1876 |
Indian Wars |
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Custoza, First Battle of |
July 24, 1848 |
First Italian War of Independence |
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Custoza, Second Battle of |
June 24, 1866 |
Italian Wars of Independence |
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Cynoscephalae, Battle of |
197 BC |
Second Macedonian War |
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