| Name of the Battle | Year | Countries involved |
| Battle of Marathon | 490 BC | Athenians and Persians. King Darius of Persia defeated |
| Battle of Thermoplaye | 480 BC | Spartans led by Leonidas and Persians led by Xeroxes. Greeks defeated |
| Battle of Salamis | 480 BC | Athenian fleet and Persian fleet in Bay of Salamis; Persian fleet defeated |
| Battle of Plates | 479 BC | Greek and Persians forces; Persian forces defeated |
| Battle of Mycale | 479 BC | Greek and Persian fleets; Persian fleet defeated |
| Spartan War I | 459 BC | Sparta and Athens, lasted for 30 years |
| Spartan War II | 431 BC | Sparta and Athens; Spartans victorious |
| Battle of Arabia | 331 BC | Greek and Persian forces; Greeks victorious |
| Battle of Magnesia | 190 BC | Syrian and Roman forces; Syrian forces defeated (north-west Lydia) |
| Battle of Pharasalus | 48 AD | Caesar defeated Pompey |
| Pharasalus Battle of Hastings | 1066 | William, the Duke of Normandy defeated Harold the King of England. England came under the control of Normans |
| Hundred-Year War | 1338 - 1453 | Fought between France and England The cause of the war was the succession question to the throne of France which was claimed by Edward III of England. The war was resumed by Henry V and was brought to an end by the heroism of Joan of Arc— A country girl who overthrew the power of England . Joan of Arc was burnt alive at the stakes in 1431 |
| War of the Roses | 1455 - 1485 | Civil War in England; The cause of the war was a struggle for the throne of England between the two royal houses of Lancaster and York |
| Anglo-Spanish War | 1588 | Spanish and English fleets fought in the English Channel. The English fleet under Lord Howard defeated of the Spanish Armada |
| Battle of Gibraltar Way | 1607 | The Dutch defeated the Spanish and Portuguese |
| Thirty-Year War | 1618 - 1648 | Started as religious-cum-political war between the Lutherans and Catholics in Germany and developed into an international war |
| Civil War in England | 1642 - 1649 | Between Cavaliers (King Charles I of Parliament led by Oliva Cromwell King Charles executed |
| Battle of Blenheim | 1704 | England and Austria headed by Marlborough defeated |
| War of Austrian Succession | 1740 - 1748 | Queen of Austria, Maria Theresa (daughter of Charles VII ) was challenged by King Frederick II of Prussia, England supported the queen and Frederick II was helped by France. Ended with a Treaty which recognized the Queen’s right to the throne after the death of King Frederick. |
| Seven-Year War (Anglo-French War III) | 1756-1763 | Britain and France against Austria and Prussia; the british alliance won |