Important Battles


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Important Battles

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




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