List of battles 1301–1600
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Early 14th century (1301–1350)
Late 14th century (1351–1400)
Early 15th century (1401–50)
| Year | War | Battle | Template:Tooltip | Date(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400 | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 11 Jan | Gerhard von Schwarzburg, bishop of Würzburg, defeats rebel farmers and citizens of the cities. | |
| Timurid conquests and invasions | Battle of Aleppo | Template:Flagicon | Oct—Nov | Timur decisively defeats the Mamluk Sultanate, destroying their forces attempting to defend Syria. | |
| Siege of Damascus | Dec 1400—March 1401 | Timur defeats Mamluk Sultanate and annexes Damascus. | |||
| 1401 | Glyndŵr rebellion | Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen | Template:Flagicon | Mid-June | Welsh rebels under Owain Glyndŵr defeat an army of English and Flemish soldiers near Aberystwyth. |
| Battle of Tuthill | 2 Nov | Inconclusive battle between English and Welsh near Caernarfon. | |||
| 1402 | Third Florentine–Milanese War | Battle of Casalecchio | Template:Flagicon | 26 Jan | Alberico da Barbiano for Milan defeats Bolognese–Florentine army under Muzio Attendolo. |
| Glyndŵr rebellion | Battle of Bryn Glas | Template:Flagicon | 22 June | English army routed in mid-Wales; Owain Glyndŵr's revolt spreads. | |
| Anglo-Scottish Wars | Battle of Nesbit Moor | Template:Flagicon | Clash between English and Scottish prior to the decisive Battle of Homildon Hill. | ||
| Timurid conquests and invasions | Battle of Ankara | Template:Flagicon | 28 July | Timur defeats and captures Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I in Anatolia. Also called the Battle of Angora. | |
| Arkel War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 29 June—18 Sep | Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and of Holland defeats John V, Lord of Arkel. | |
| Anglo-Scottish Wars | Battle of Homildon Hill | Template:Flagicon | 14 Sep | A strong Scottish raiding force is heavily defeated by English longbowmen. | |
| Timurid conquests and invasions | Siege of Smyrna | Template:Flagicon | Dec | Timur defeats the Knights of Rhodes and razes Smyrna. | |
| 1403 | Glyndŵr Rising | Battle of Shrewsbury | Template:Flagicon | 21 July | Henry IV defeats rebel army led by Henry "Hotspur" Percy, who is slain in the fighting. |
| Timurid conquests and invasions | Siege of Birtvisi | Template:Flagicon | Timur besieges fortress of the Georgian Kingdom. | ||
| Battle of Ziela | Template:Flagicon | Ethiopia under Dawit I defeats and kills Sultan Sa'ad ad-Din II, bringing a final conquest to the Ifat Sultanate. | |||
| 1405 | Glyndŵr Rising | Battle of Pwll Melyn | Template:Flagicon | May | Owain Glyndŵr's rebels defeated near Usk. |
| 1406 | Norman wars in Ireland | Cluain Immorrais | Template:Flagicon | The King of Uí Falighe defeats the Galls of Meath. | |
| Reconquista | Battle of Collejares | Template:Flagicon | King Henry III of Castile defeats sultan Muhammad VII of Granada. | ||
| Scottish clan wars | Battle of Tuiteam Tarbhach | Template:Flagicon | Scottish clan battle fought between the Clan MacLeod of Lewis against the Clan MacKay. | ||
| 1407 | Ming–Hồ War | Battle of Lạng Sơn | Template:Flagicon | 19 Jan | Ming Chinese forces defeated Đại Ngu forces. |
| Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 24 Nov 1407—23 Sep 1408 | Rebels from Liège fail to take Maastricht from supporters of bishop John of Bavaria of Liège. | ||
| Ming–Hồ War | Battle of Sông Phú Lương | Template:Flagicon | Chinese Ming dynasty decisively defeated the Vietnamese Hồ dynasty, led to the Ming conquest of Đại Ngu. | ||
| Ming treasure voyages | Battle of Palembang | Template:Flagicon | Ming dynasty defeats pirates in Sumatra and captures their leader Chen Zuyi. | ||
| 1408 | Appenzell Wars | Battle of Bregenz | Template:Flagicon | 13 Jan | The Swabian knights of Saint Jörgenschild under Duke Ulrich of Teck defeats the Bund ob dem See, a coalition of farmers and cities, including Appenzell, St. Gallen and Switzerland, under Hauptmann (commander) Kupferschmid of Appenzell. |
| Percy Rebellion | Battle of Bramham Moor | Template:Flagicon | 19 Feb | The Percy Rebellion is finally crushed by King Henry IV of England. | |
| Wars of Liège | Battle of Othée | Template:Flagicon | 23 Sep | 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 | Aragonese conquest of Sardinia | Battle of Sanluri | Template:Flagicon | 30 June | Aragon defeats the giudicato di Arborea, last independent kingdom of Sardinia. |
| Wars of the Yongle Emperor | Battle of Kherlen | Template:Flagicon | 23 Sep | The Mongols under Öljei Temür Khan defeat Ming China. | |
| 1410 | Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War | Battle of Grunwald | Template:Flagicon | 15 July | Polish and Lithuanian army under Władysław II Jagiełło break the spine of the Teutonic Knights under Ulrich von Jungingen. Also called the Battle of Tannenberg. |
| Battle of Koronowo | 10 Oct | Polish-Lithuania army defeat Teutonic Knights. | |||
| 1411 | Battle of Roccasecca | Template:Flagicon | 19 May | Louis II of Anjou defeats Ladislaus of Naples for the control of the Kingdom of Naples. | |
| Clan Donald and Stewart royal family wars | Battle of Harlaw | Template:Flagicon | 24 July | Highlanders versus Lowland Scots ends in draw. | |
| Byzantine–Ottoman wars and Ottoman Interregnum | Siege of Constantinople | Template:Flagicon | Short and unsuccessful siege of Constantinople by Musa Çelebi. | ||
| 1412 | Count of Urgell's revolt | Battle of Morvedre | Template:Flagicon | Ferdinand of Antequera defeats James II, Count of Urgell in a civil war in Aragon. | |
| Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 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. | |
| Template:Ill | 11 June—12 July | After a month of siege, king Charles VI of France decides for a truce with the Armagnacs. | |||
| Template:Ill | 10-15 July | Burgundians capture Dreux from the Armagnacs in a French civil war. | |||
| Campaigns of Qara Yusuf | Battle of Chalagan | Template:Flagicon | Dec | Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgian army under Constantine I of Georgia and Shirvanshah Ibrahim, their ally. | |
| Sack of Aswan | Template:Flagicon | Hawwara tribe destroyed the walls of Aswan and left the city in ruins, without inhabitants. | |||
| 1413 | Ottoman Interregnum | Battle of Çamurlu | Template:Flagicon | 5 July | Mehmed I defeats and executes Musa Çelebi, reuniting the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1415 | Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts | Conquest of Ceuta | Template:Flagicon | 21 Aug | Ceuta is captured by the Portuguese. |
| Hundred Years' War | Battle of Agincourt | Template:Flagicon | 25 Oct | An outnumbered English force under Henry V defeats the French through the use of massed longbowmen behind sharpened stakes. | |
| 1416 | Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 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. |
| Ottoman–Venetian Wars | Battle of Gallipoli | Template:Flagicon | 29 May | A Venetian fleet under Pietro Loredan destroys the Ottoman fleet. | |
| 1417 | Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 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. |
| Great Frisian War | Battle of Okswerderzijl | Template:Flagicon | 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. | |
| Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 23 or 24 Nov—1 Dec | A Hook army defeats a Cod army in the city of Gorinchem. | |
| 1418 | Template:Ill | 28 June—10 Aug | 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. | ||
| Hundred Years' War | Siege of Rouen | Template:Flagicon | 29 July 1418—19 Jan 1419 | Henry V of England gains a foothold in Normandy. | |
| Great Frisian War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | Allies under Focko Ukena defeat the Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda. | ||
| 1419 | Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts | Siege of Ceuta | Template:Flagicon | 13-17 Aug | The Moors attempt to retake Ceuta but are easily repelled by the Portuguese. |
| Hussite Wars | Battle of Vysehrad | Template:Flagicon | 16 Aug 1419—Nov 1420 | Series of engagements between the Hussite forces and the Holy Roman Emperor's crusaders. | |
| Great Frisian War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 19 or 20 Aug | Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda defeat the allies. | |
| Hussite Wars | Battle of Živohoště | Template:Flagicon | 4 Nov | The Hussites defeat Bohemian Catholics commanded by Petr of Sternberg and Jan Ptáček of Pirkštejn | |
| Hundred Years' War | Battle of la Rochelle | Template:Flagicon | 30 Dec | A Castilian fleet defeats an English-Hanseatic coalition fleet. | |
| Lam Sơn uprising | Siege of Dong Quan | Template:Flagicon | 1419—1428 | Ming city besieged every year of Lam Son uprising, eventually fell to Le Loi. | |
| 1420 | Hussite Wars | Battle of Sudomer | Template:Flagicon | 25 March | Hussites led by Jan Žižka defeat Catholics. |
| Great Frisian War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 12 May | The Allies under Focko Ukena defeat the Schieringers. | |
| Hussite Wars | Battle of Vitkov Hill | Template:Flagicon | 12 June—14 July | Hussite victory over the Crusaders of the Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Hundred Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 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. | |
| Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 18 June—17 Aug | An army under John III, Duke of Bavaria captures Leiden from supporters of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut. | |
| Great Frisian War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 11 July | An army of Schieringers under Sicko Sjaerda and Cods under Hendrik van Renesse defeats the allies (Vetkopers and Bronckhorsts) under Focko Ukena. | |
| Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | End Aug—11 Nov | Supporters of John III, Duke of Bavaria defeat supporters of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut. | |
| 1421 | Hundred Years' War | Battle of Baugé | Template:Flagicon | 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. |
| Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 30 Aug | The Burgundians under duke Philip the Good defeat the Armagnacs under Jaqcues d'Harcourt, Jean Poton de Xaintrailles and La Hire. | |
| Hundred Years' War | Siege of Meaux | Template:Flagicon | 6 Oct 1421—10 May 1422 | English led by Henry V fight the French. | |
| Hussite Wars | Battle of Kutna Hora | Template:Flagicon | 21 Dec | Hussites escape Royalist forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. | |
| 1422 | Battle of Nebovidy | 6 Jan | Jan Žižka leads the Hussites to victory over an Imperial army. | ||
| Battle of Německý Brod | 10 Jan | Hussites sack town. | |||
| Byzantine–Ottoman wars | Siege of Constantinople | Template:Flagicon | 10 June—Sep | Large-scale but unsuccessful siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans. | |
| Transalpine campaigns | Battle of Arbedo | Template:Flagicon | 30 June | Milanese led by Francesco Bussone fight the Swiss. | |
| Byzantine–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Venetian wars | Siege of Thessalonica | Template:Flagicon | June 1422—29 March 1430 | The city of Thessalonica, ruled by the Republic of Venice, is captured by the Ottoman Empire after a nearly 8 year siege. | |
| Bavarian War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 19 Sep | Ernest, Duke of Bavaria-Munich and William III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich defeat Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt | |
| 1423 | Hussite Wars | Battle of Hořic | Template:Flagicon | 27 April | Taborites defeat Utraquists, ending the Hussite Civil War. |
| Battle of L'Aquila | Template:Flagicon | 7 May 1423—5 June 1424 | Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon. | ||
| Hundred Years' War | Battle of Cravant | Template:Flagicon | 31 July | English victory. | |
| Battle of La Brossinière | 26 Sep | French victory over English. | |||
| 1424 | Wars in Lombardy | Battle of Zagonara | Template:Flagicon | 28 July | The Florentines defeated by Filippo Maria Visconti's Milanese army under Count of Carmagnola. |
| Hundred Years' War | Battle of Verneuil | Template:Flagicon | 17 Aug | The English under the Duke of Bedford defeat a major Franco-Scottish army, clearing the way for further English conquests in Northern France. | |
| 1425 | Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 10 March—8 Oct | 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. |
| Template:Ill | 21 Oct | A Hook army under Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut defeats a Cod army under Jacob van Gaasbeek. | |||
| 1426 | Battle of Brouwershaven | 13 Jan | Burgundian troops defeat combined Zeelander and English forces. | ||
| Hundred Years' War | Battle of St. James | Template:Flagicon | 6 March | An English force defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont. | |
| Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 4 April—8 May | The army of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut fails to take Haarlem from duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. | |
| Template:Ill | 30 April | The army of Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut defeats a Burgundian army. | |||
| Hussite Wars | Battle of Usti nad Labem | Template:Flagicon | 16 June | Hussites defeat Imperial forces in the modern-day Czech Republic. | |
| Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus | Battle of Khirokitia | Template:Flagicon | 7 July | Mamelukes defeat intoxicated Cypriots. | |
| Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 22 Aug | An army under duke Philip the Good of Burgundy defeats a Hook army. | |
| Pre-East Frisian Liberation Wars | Battle of Detern | Template:Flagicon | 27 Sep | 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. | |
| Lam Sơn uprising | Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động | Template:Flagicon | 5-7 Nov | Le Loi decisively defeats Ming dynasty. | |
| Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | Nov 1426—11 April 1427 | The army of duke Philip the Good of Burgundy captures Zevenbergen. | |
| 1427 | Dano-Hanseatic War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon | 11-15 July | The navy of the Kalmar Union and Pomerania-Wolgast-Barth defeats the Hanseatic League. |
| Hundred Years' War | Siege of Montargis | Template:Flagicon | 15 July—5 Sep | French under Jean de Dunois defeat English. | |
| Hussite Wars | Battle of Tachov | Template:Flagicon | 3-4 Aug | Hussites defeat coalition forces. | |
| Lam Sơn uprising | Battle of Chi Lăng | Template:Flagicon | 18 Sep | Vietnam decisively defeats Ming Chinese. China agrees to Vietnam's independence soon after. | |
| Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | Sep | A Burgundian fleet defeats a Hook fleet. | |
| Wars in Lombardy | Battle of Maclodio | Template:Flagicon | 4 Oct | ||
| East Frisian Liberation Wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 28 Oct | Chieftain Focko Ukena of Moormerland and Lengenerland defeats chieftain Ocko II tom Brok of Brokmerland and Auricherland. | |
| Hook and Cod wars | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 1-8 Nov | Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy fails to take Amersfoort from the local citizens, fighting for bishop Rudolf van Diepholt of Utrecht. | |
| Byzantine-Latin Wars | Battle of the Echinades | Template:Flagicon | Byzantines defeat Carlo I Tocco and recapture the Latin possessions in the Peloponnese. | ||
| Vijayanagara–Gajapati wars | Battle of Kondavidu | Template:Flagicon | Vijayanagara under Deva Raya II fights Eastern Gangas. | ||
| 1428 | Hook and Cod wars | Siege of Gouda | Template:Flagicon | May—July | Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut capitulates to duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. |
| Hundred Years' War | Siege of Orléans | Template:Flagicon | 12 Oct 1428—8 May 1429 | English forces commanded by the Earl of Suffolk besiege French city and are driven off by Joan of Arc. | |
| 1429 | 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 | 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 Compiègne | 23 May—early Nov | French victory but Joan of Arc is captured by Burgundians. | ||
| 1431 | Wars in Lombardy | Battle of Soncino | Template:Flagicon | 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. | |||
| Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War and Hundred Years' War | Battle of Bulgnéville | Template:Flagicon | 2 July | Antoine, Count of Vaudémont, Burgundy and England defeat René of Anjou and the Armagnac party of France. | |
| Hussite Wars | Battle of Domažlice | Template:Flagicon | 14 Aug | Hussite army led by Prokop the Bald slaughters Crusaders. | |
| Scottish clan wars | Battle of Inverlochy | Template:Flagicon | Sep | Royal English forces routed by Scottish Highlanders. | |
| Siege of Angkor | Template:Flagicon | Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom ends Khmer Empire and sacks their capital. | |||
| 1432 | Wars in Lombardy | Battle of San Romano | Template:Flagicon | 1 June | Florence fought Siena. |
| Battle of Delebio | 18-19 Nov | Duchy of Milan and Valtellina fight the Republic of Venice. | |||
| 1434 | Hussite Wars | Battle of Lipany | Template:Flagicon | 30 May | Catholic Crusaders destroy Taborite army. |
| 1435 | Hundred Years' War | Battle of Gerbevoy | Template:Flagicon | 9 May | French troops, under the command of La Hire, defeat English. |
| Aragonese conquest of Naples | Battle of Ponza | Template:Flagicon | 5 Aug | A Genoese fleet sent by Filippo Maria Visconti defeats the Aragonese of Alfonso V of Naples. | |
| Lithuanian Civil War | Battle of Wiłkomierz | Template:Flagicon | 1 Sep | The forces of Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis of Lithuania with the help of Polish troops defeated Švitrigaila and his Livonian allies. | |
| Anglo-Scottish Border Wars | Battle of Piperdean | Template:Flagicon | 10 Sep | Scottish victory over the English on the Scottish Borders. | |
| 1437 | Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts | Battle of Tangier | Template:Flagicon | 13 Sep - 19 Oct | Vizier Abu Zakariya Yahya al-Wattasi of Morocco defeats Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal. |
| First Russo-Kazan war | Battle of Belyov | Template:Flagicon | 8 Dec | Tatars defeat Moscow. | |
| 1439 | Post-Hussite Wars | Battle of Grotniki | Template:Flagicon | 4 or 6 May | Polish army defeats Hussite Protestants. |
| Eric of Pomerania's War against Sweden | Siege of Älvsborg | Template:Flagicon | Summer | Norwegian army is forced to retreat after a 10 week long siege by a Swedish relief force | |
| 1440 | Wars in Lombardy | Battle of Anghiari | Template:Flagicon | 29 June | Niccolò Piccinino, overlord of Bologna, defeats Milanese Filippo Maria Visconti and is then opposed by Cosimo de Medici. |
| Serbian–Ottoman Wars | Siege of Novo Brdo | Template:Flagicon | Oct 1440—27 June 1441 | Ottoman forces captured Novo Brdo, an important fortified mining town of Serbia. | |
| 1442 | Hungarian–Ottoman Wars | Battle of the Ialomița | Template:Flagicon | 2 September | The Battle of the Ialomița was fought between the army of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in 1442, John Hunyadi defeated the army of Provincial Governor of Rumelia, Beylerbey Şehabeddin at the Ialomița River. |
| 1443 | Old Zürich War | Battle of Freienbach | Template:Flagicon | 22 May | Switzerland under Ital Reding the Elder, Landammann of Schwyz defeats a German Habsburg Imperial army, Zürich and Rapperswil under Habsburg commander Albrecht von Landenberg. |
| Battle of Hirzel | 24 May | Switzerland defeats Zürich and a German Habsburg Imperial army. | |||
| Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl | 22 July | Switzerland defeats Zürich and a German Habsburg Imperial army under Rudolf Stüssi, mayor of Zürich. | |||
| Crusade of Varna | Battle of Niš | Template:Flagicon | Early Nov | John Hunyadi defeated three Ottoman armies before retreating. | |
| Battle of Zlatica | Template:Flagicon | 12 Dec | Crusader advance stopped by the Ottoman army. | ||
| 1444 | Battle of Kunovica | Template:Flagicon | 2 or 5 Jan | Hungary, Poland, and Serbia defeated Ottoman forces. | |
| Albanian–Ottoman Wars | Battle of Torvioll | Template:Flagicon | 29 June | Albanians under Skanderbeg defeat Ottomans. | |
| Siege of Rhodes | Template:Flagicon | 10 Aug—18 Sep | Knights Hospitaller defeats Mamluk Sultanate. | ||
| Old Zürich War | Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs | Template:Flagicon | 26 Aug | French defeat Swiss. | |
| War of the Guelderian Succession | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 3 Nov | The army of Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg defeats the army of Arnold, Duke of Guelders. | |
| Crusade of Varna | Battle of Varna | Template:Flagicon | 10 Nov | Ottoman Sultan Murad II defeats Hungarians, Poles, and Wallachians, King Władysław III of Poland killed. | |
| 1445 | Castilian Civil War of 1437–1445 | First Battle of Olmedo | Template:Flagicon | 19 May | King John II of Castile defeats Aragon, king John II of Navarre and Castilian rebels. |
| Old Zürich War | Battle of Wolfhalden | Template:Flagicon | 11 June | The Swiss of Appenzell defeat king Frederick III of Germany. | |
| Albanian–Ottoman Wars | Battle of Mokra | Template:Flagicon | 10 Oct | Albanians under Skanderbeg defeat Ottomans. | |
| Old Zürich War | Battle of Männedorf | Template:Flagicon | 29 Oct | The navy of Zürich under William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg defeats the Swiss of Schwyz. | |
| Battle of Gomit | Template:Flagicon | 25 Dec | Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal. | ||
| 1446 | Old Zürich War | Battle of Ragaz | Template:Flagicon | 6 March | Switzerland under Landammann Jost Tschüdi the Elder of Glarus and Landammann Ital Reding the Younger of Schwyz defeat a German Imperial army under commander knight Hans von Rechberg. |
| Albanian–Ottoman Wars | Battle of Otonetë | Template:Flagicon | 22 Sep | Skanderbeg defeats Ottomans. | |
| 1447 | Timurid Civil Wars | Battle of Damghan | Template:Flagicon | Abdal-Latif Mirza captures Damghan. | |
| 1448 | Albanian–Ottoman Wars | Siege of Svetigrad | Template:Flagicon | 14 May—31 July | Ottomans under Murad II capture Albanian fortress. |
| Wars in Lombardy and Milanese War of Succession | Battle of Caravaggio | Template:Flagicon | 15 Sep | Ambrosian Republic (Milan's short-lived republic) fights the Republic of Venice. | |
| Hungarian–Ottoman Wars and Ottoman–Wallachian wars | Battle of Kosovo | Template:Flagicon | 17-20 Oct | Roman Catholic coalition defeated by Ottoman Turkish forces. | |
| Anglo-Scottish Wars | Battle of Sark | Template:Flagicon | 23 Oct | Also known as Battle of Lochmabenstone – Anglo-Scottish conflicts. | |
| Reconquista | Battle of Hellín | Template:Flagicon | Dec | Sultan Muhammad IX of Granada defeats Castile under Alfonso Téllez-Girón, 1st Count of Ureña. | |
| 1449 | Battle of Alfarrobeira | Template:Flagicon | 20 May | Afonso V of Portugal defeats rebels of Pedro, Duke of Coimbra. | |
| Battle of Tumu Fortress | Template:Flagicon | 1 Sep | Conflict between the Mongols and the Chinese Ming dynasty. Mongol victory. | ||
| War of the Cities | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg defeats the imperial free city of Schwäbisch Gmünd. | ||
| 1450 | Hundred Years' War | Battle of Formigny | Template:Flagicon | 15 April | Decisive French victory over English. |
| Albanian–Ottoman Wars | Siege of Krujë | Template:Flagicon | 14 May—23 Nov | Skanderbeg defends Albanian town from an army of around 100,000 men led by Murad I. | |
| Battle of the Five Forts | Template:Flagicon | Māori Ngāti Hotu tribe decisively defeated by the Whanganui Māori tribe. |
Late 15th century (1451–1500)
Early 16th century (1501–50)
Late 16th century (1551–1600)
| Year | War | Battle | Template:Tooltip | Date(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1551 | Italian War of 1551–1559 | Siege of Mirandola | Template:Flagicon | July 1551—March 1552 | Pope Julius III besieges town then withdraws. |
| Ottoman-Habsburg wars and Italian War of 1551–1559 | Siege of Tripoli | Template:Flagicon | 15 Aug | The garrison of the Knights of Malta in the fortress of Tripoli surrender to Ottoman besiegers after a bombardment lasting six days. | |
| Campaigns of the Takeda | Sieges of Toishi | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Shingen takes the castle of Toishi after besieging it multiple times starting in 1550. | ||
| 1552 | Ottoman–Habsburg War | Siege of Temesvár | Template:Flagicon | 24 June—27 July | Ottoman Empire captures town |
| Battle of Palást | Template:Flagicon | 5 Aug | The Ottoman Empire defeats the Holy Roman Empire. | ||
| Italian War of 1551–1559 | Battle of Ponza | Template:Flagicon | 10–11 Aug | Franco-Ottoman fleet defeats Genoese fleet. | |
| Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts | Capture of Muscat | Template:Flagicon | Aug | Muscat captured from Portuguese by Ottoman fleet. | |
| Russo-Kazan Wars | Siege of Kazan | Template:Flagicon | 2 Sep—13 Oct | Ivan the Terrible defeats the Kazan Khanate. | |
| Ottoman–Habsburg War | Siege of Eger | Template:Flagicon | 9 Sep—17 Oct | Hungarian victory over Ottoman Turks. | |
| Italian War of 1551–1559 | Siege of Metz | Template:Flagicon | Oct 1552—Jan 1553 | Unsuccessful siege by Holy Roman Empire. | |
| 1553 | Campaigns of the Takeda and of Uesugi Kenshin | First Battle of Kawanakajima | Template:Flagicon | June | indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. |
| Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) | Battle of the Bay of Velez | Template:Flagicon | 5 Jul | A fleet of the Regency of Algiers defeats Portugal. | |
| Second Margrave War | Battle of Sievershausen | Template:Flagicon | 9 July | Maurice, Elector of Saxony and Duke Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg defeat Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. | |
| Template:Ill | 22 Nov 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. | |||
| Arauco War | Battle of Tucapel | Template:Flagicon | 25 Dec | Mapuche defeat Spanish conquistadors. | |
| Second Margrave War | Siege of Hof | Template:Flagicon | A German imperial army captures Hof from Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. | ||
| Campaigns of the Takeda | Siege of Katsurao | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Shingen captures fortress. | ||
| 1554 | Arauco War | Battle of Marihueñu | Template:Flagicon | 23 Feb | Mapuche defeat Spanish conquistador Francisco de Villagra. |
| Second Margrave War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 13 June | A German imperial army defeats Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. | |
| Italian War of 1551–1559 | Battle of Marciano | Template:Flagicon | 2 Aug | Florence finally defeats Siena. | |
| Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts | Battle of the Gulf of Oman | Template:Flagicon | 10-25 Aug | Portuguese destroy Ottoman fleet. | |
| Italian War of 1551–1559 | Battle of Renty | Template:Flagicon | 12 Aug | Francis, Duke of Guise repels an Imperial invasion of Picardy. | |
| Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco | Battle of Tadla | Template:Flagicon | Sep | Saadi dynasty defeat Wattasids. | |
| Campaigns of the Mōri clan | Battle of Oshikibata | Template:Flagicon | Mōri clan defeat Sue Harukata. | ||
| 1555 | Russo-Swedish War | Battle of Kivinebb | Template:Flagicon | 11 March | Swedish victory over Russians |
| Humayun Campaign | Battle at Machhiwara | Template:Flagicon | 15 May | Mughal Empire defeats Suri Empire | |
| Battle of Sirhind | 22 June | Mughal Empire has decisive victory over the Suri Empire | |||
| Campaigns of the Takeda and of Uesugi Kenshin | Second Battle of Kawanakajima | Template:Flagicon | Aug—Nov | Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin | |
| Spanish–Ottoman wars | Capture of Bougie | Template:Flagicon | 16-28 Sep | Ottomans capture Béjaïa from Spain | |
| Campaigns of the Mōri clan | Battle of Miyajima | Template:Flagicon | 16 Oct | Mōri clan defeat Ōuchi clan on sacred island of Miyajima | |
| Scottish clan wars | Battle of Garbharry | Template:Flagicon | Battle fought between Clan MacKay and Clan Sutherland | ||
| 1556 | Muromachi period | Battle of Nagara-gawa | Template:Flagicon | April | Saitō Yoshitatsu defeats father Saitō Dōsan |
| Arauco War | Battle of Peteroa | Template:Flagicon | June—July | Spanish victory over Manuche | |
| Spanish–Ottoman wars | Siege of Oran | Template:Flagicon | Aug | Ottoman troops besiege the Spanish garrison in Oran | |
| Humayun Campaign | Battle of Tughlaqabad | Template:Flagicon | 7 Oct | Hemu defeats Mughal forces and occupies Delhi | |
| Second battle of Panipat | 5 Nov | Akbar the Great defeats Hemu | |||
| Georgian-Safavid wars | Battle of Garisi | Template:Flagicon | Georgia defeats Safavid Empire, King Luarsab I of Kartli falls in battle | ||
| 1557 | Campaigns of the Takeda and of Uesugi Kenshin | Third Battle of Kawanakajima | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Shingen repelled by Uesugi Kenshin. | |
| Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco | Campaign of Tlemcen | Template:Flagicon | Ottoman vassal the Regency of Algiers defeats the Moroccan Saadi dynasty. | ||
| Italian War of 1551–1559 | Battle of St. Quentin | Template:Flagicon | 10 Aug | Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeats Anne de Montmorency. | |
| Arauco War | Battle of Lagunillas | Template:Flagicon | 8 Nov | Spanish defeat Mapuche. | |
| Battle of Millarapue | 30 Nov | ||||
| Sinhalese–Portuguese War | Siege of Kotte | Template:Flagicon | Nov 1557—Nov 1558 | Sitawaka besiege Portuguese. Portuguese break out. | |
| 1558 | Italian War of 1551–1559 | Siege of Calais | Template:Flagicon | 7 Jan | France capture the city from the English. |
| Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco | Battle of Wadi al-Laban | Template:Flagicon | March—April | Between Moroccos and Ottomans. Ottomans retreat. | |
| Italian War of 1551–1559 | Siege of Thionville | Template:Flagicon | 27 April—23 June | France conquers Thionville from Spain. | |
| Livonian War | Siege of Narva | Template:Flagicon | April—May | Russians besiege Narva. | |
| Italian War of 1551–1559 | Battle of Gravelines | Template:Flagicon | 13 July | Spain defeats France. | |
| Ottoman invasion of the Balearic Islands | Template:Flagicon | July | Ottomans capture Balearic Islands during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars. | ||
| Spanish–Ottoman wars | Mostaganem Expedition | Template:Flagicon | Aug—Sep | Spanish forces fail to capture Mostaganem from the Ottomans. | |
| Arauco War | Battle of Quiapo | Template:Flagicon | 13 Dec | Spanish defeat Mapuche. | |
| Battle of Rio de Janeiro | Template:Flagicon | Portuguese destroy French settlement of Henriville. | |||
| 1559 | Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts | Siege of Bahrain | Template:Flagicon | July—Nov | Portuguese successfully defend island from Ottoman siege. |
| Battle of Spancel Hill | Template:Flagicon | Sir Donnell O'Brien defeats Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and his ally Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde in County Clare. | |||
| Sinhalese–Portuguese War | Battle of Mulleriyawa | Template:Flagicon | Kingdom of Sitawaka defeats Portuguese. | ||
| 1560 | The Reformation | Battle of Glasgow | Template:Flagicon | 18 March | Lords of the Congregation defeat French. |
| Spanish–Ottoman wars | Battle of Djerba | Template:Flagicon | 9–14 May | Ottoman fleet defeats Holy League. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga and of Tokugawa Ieyasu | Battle of Okehazama | Template:Flagicon | 12 June | Oda Nobunaga's small forces ambush and slay warlord Imagawa Yoshimoto. | |
| Siege of Marune | Forces of Imagawa Yoshimoto defeat forces of Oda Nobunaga. Led to the Battle of Okehazama. | ||||
| Campaigns of Azai Nagamasa | Battle of Norada | In Japan, the Azai clan gains its independence from the Rokkaku. | |||
| Livonian War | Battle of Ērģeme | Template:Flagicon | Russian Tsardom defeats Livonian Confederacy so decisively that the Livonian Order was disbanded. | ||
| Portuguese colonial campaigns | Invasion of Jaffna | Template:Flagicon | Portuguese invade Kingdom of Jaffna. | ||
| 1561 | Campaigns of the Takeda and of Uesugi Kenshin | Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima | Template:Flagicon | 18 Oct | Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts. |
| Campaigns of the Mōri clan | Siege of Moji | Mōri clan break siege by Ōtomo Sōrin and Portuguese traders. | |||
| Campaigns of the Hōjō clan and of Uesugi Kenshin | Siege of Odawara | Hōjō clan resist siege by Uesugi Kenshin. | |||
| 1562 | Livonian War | Battle of Nevel | Template:Flagicon | 19 Aug | Tactical Polish victory over Russia. |
| First French War of Religion | Battle of Vergt | Template:Flagicon | 9 Oct | French Royalists and Spain defeat French Huguenots. | |
| Mary, Queen of Scots Civil Wars | Battle of Corrichie | Template:Flagicon | 28 Oct | Victory for Queen Mary's forces. | |
| First French War of Religion | Battle of Dreux | Template:Flagicon | 19 Dec | Catholics versus Huguenots in France. Both leaders captured. | |
| Sinhalese–Portuguese War | Battle of Mulleriyawa | Template:Flagicon | Sitawaka forces defeat Portuguese near Colombo. | ||
| 1563 | Battle of Lincoya Fortress | Template:Flagicon | 16 Jan | Mapuche capture Lincoya Fortress from Spain. | |
| First French War of Religion | Siege of Orléans | Template:Flagicon | 5-19 Feb | Catholics besiege Protestants. | |
| Ottoman–Habsburg wars | Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir | Template:Flagicon | April—June | Spanish victory. | |
| Northern Seven Years' War | Battle of Bornholm | Template:Flagicon | 30 May | Naval battle between Denmark and Sweden. | |
| Capture of Älvsborg | Template:Flagicon | 4 Sep | Danes capture Älvsborg. | ||
| Battle of Öland | 11 Sep | Naval battle between Denmark and Sweden. | |||
| Battle of Mared | 9 Nov | Danes beat Swedes. | |||
| Campaigns of the Takeda and of the Hōjō clan | Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama | Template:Flagicon | Combined Takeda clan-Hōjō clan army regain Musashi-Matsuyama castle | ||
| 1564 | Campaigns of Tokugawa Ieyasu | Battle of Azukizaka | 15 Jan | Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the Ikkō-ikki. | |
| Livonian War | Battle of Ula | Template:Flagicon | 26 Jan | Lithuanians defeat Russians. | |
| Arauco War | Siege of Concepción | Template:Flagicon | 1 Feb—1 April | Mapuche besiege Spanish. | |
| Burmese–Siamese War | Siege of Ayutthaya | Template:Flagicon | Feb | Toungoo dynasty under Bayinnaung decisively defeats Siam and their Portuguese mercenaries. Ayutthaya Kingdom becomes vassal state of Toungoo. | |
| Northern Seven Years' War | First battle of Öland | Template:Flagicon | 30-31 May | Danish fleet beat Swedish fleet. | |
| Arauco War | Battle of Angol | Template:Flagicon | 25 March | Spain defeats the Mapuche. | |
| Battle of Vescovato | Template:Flagicon | 5 July | Corsican rebels under Sampiero Corso defeat Genoa. | ||
| Campaigns of the Takeda and of Uesugi Kenshin | Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima | Template:Flagicon | Sep—Nov | Indecisive battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. | |
| Campaigns of the Hōjō clan | Battle of Kōnodai | Hōjō clan forces defeat the forces of Satomi Yoshihiro. | |||
| 1565 | Deccani–Vijayanagar wars | Battle of Talikota | Template:Flagicon | 26 Jan | Deccan sultanates defeat Vijayanagara Empire. |
| Private war between Fitzgeralds and Butlers | Battle of Affane | Template:Flagicon | Feb | Butlers beat the Geraldines. | |
| Irish Clan Wars | Battle of Glentaisie | Template:Flagicon | 2 May | O'Neills defeat Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg. | |
| Spanish–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Habsburg wars | Siege of Malta | Template:Flagicon | 18 May—8 Sep | Knights of Malta defeat Turkish forces. | |
| Northern Seven Years' War | Battle of Rügen | Template:Flagicon | 21 May | Swedish Fleet beats Danish fleet. | |
| Portuguese colonial campaigns | Battle of Fukuda Bay | Template:Flagicon | 18 Oct | Two Portuguese trade vessels repel attack by forces of Matsura Takanobu. | |
| Northern Seven Years' War | Battle of Axtorna | Template:Flagicon | 20 Oct | Danes beat the Swedes. | |
| 1566 | Habsburg–Ottoman war of 1565–1568 | Battle of Szigetvár | Template:Flagicon | 6 Aug—8 Sep | 2,300 Hungarian defenders are annihilated by an army of 90,000 soldiers of the Ottoman Empire. |
| Northern Seven Years' War | Battle of Brobacka | Template:Flagicon | 9 Aug | Swedish army ambushes and defeats Danish army. | |
| Eighty Years’ War | Siege of Valenciennes | Template:Flagicon | 14 Dec 1566—23 March 1567 | Spain captures Valenciennes from Calvinist rebels. | |
| Battle of Wattrelos | 27 Dec | Spain defeats rebel Calvinists. | |||
| Battle of Lannoy | 29 Dec | ||||
| Campaigns of the Takeda | Siege of Minowa | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Shingen captures Minowa castle from Uesugi clan. | ||
| 1567 | Portuguese colonial campaigns | Battle of Rio de Janeiro | Template:Flagicon | 20 Jan | Portuguese finally defeat French colony. |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle of Oosterweel | Template:Flagicon | 13 March | Traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War. Spain defeats Dutch rebels. | |
| Irish Clan Wars | Battle of Farsetmore | Template:Flagicon | 8 May | Part of the Clan war between the O'Neills and the O'Donnells. | |
| Marian civil war | Battle of Carberry Hill | Template:Flagicon | 15 June | Mary, Queen of Scots forces defeated by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton and James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | Siege of Inabayama Castle | Template:Flagicon | 13-27 Sep | Oda Nobunaga defeats the Saito clan and takes control of Inabayama Castle and Mino province. | |
| Mughal-Rajput War | Siege of Chittorgarh | Template:Flagicon | Oct | Mughal forces successfully besiege Rajputs in Chittor Fort. | |
| Second French War of Religion | Battle of Saint-Denis | Template:Flagicon | 10 Nov | 16,000 Royalists defeat 5,000 Huguenots near Paris. | |
| Georgian–Safavid wars | Battle of Digomi | Template:Flagicon | Georgian king Simon I of Kartli repulses Persian attack near Tbilisi. | ||
| Spanish colonization of the Americas | Battle of Maracapana | Template:Flagicon | Spanish defeat coalition of tribes led by Guaicaipuro. | ||
| 1568 | Second French War of Religion | Siege of Chartres | Template:Flagicon | 28 Feb—15 March | Huguenots besiege Royalists. |
| Eighty Years War | Battle of Dahlen | Template:Flagicon | 25 April | Dutch attempt to conquer Roermond. | |
| Marian civil war | Battle of Langside | Template:Flagicon | 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. | |
| Eighty Years War | Battle of Heiligerlee | Template:Flagicon | 23 May | Dutch army ambushes Spanish army. | |
| Template:Ill | A fleet of the Geuzen defeats Spain. | ||||
| Template:Ill | June—15 July | Dutch army fails to take Groningen from Spain. | |||
| Battle of Jemmingen | Template:Flagicon | 21 July | Spanish army under the Duke of Alva defeats the Dutch army. | ||
| Second Anglo-Spanish trade war | Battle of San Juan de Ulúa | Template:Flagicon | 23 Sep | Spanish fleet defeats English privateers. | |
| Dutch Revolt | Battle of Jodoigne | Template:Flagicon | 20 Oct | Spain defeats Dutch army. | |
| Campaigns of the Hōjō clan and of the Takeda | Siege of Hachigata | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Shingen is unable to take a Hōjō fortress. | ||
| Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts | Siege of Malacca | Template:Flagicon | Sultan of Aceh attacks Portuguese-held Malacca and is defeated. | ||
| 1569 | Arauco War | Battle of Catirai | Template:Flagicon | 7 Jan | Mapuche defeat Spanish. |
| Mughal-Rajput War | Siege of Ranthambore | Template:Flagicon | 8 Feb—21 March | Mughal forces capture Ranthambore Fort. | |
| Second French War of Religion | Battle of Jarnac | Template:Flagicon | 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 Aug | Huguenots defeat Royalist forces. | |||
| Battle of Moncontour | 3 Oct | French Catholic forces defeat French Huguenots decisively. | |||
| Campaigns of the Hōjō clan and of Uesugi Kenshin | Siege of Odawara | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Shingen's forces burn the Hōjō clan controlled town. | ||
| Campaigns of the Hōjō clan and of the Takeda | Battle of Mimasetoge | Takeda Shingen escapes a trap set for him by the Hōjō clan. | |||
| Siege of Kanbara | Takeda Katsuyori successfully besieges and captures Kanbara castle. | ||||
| 1570 | Spanish colonization of the Philippines | Battle of Manila | Template:Flagicon | 24 May | Martin de Goiti decisively defeats the Rajahnate of Maynila and annexes the Philippines for the Spanish Empire. |
| Campaigns of Azai Nagamasa, of Tokugawa Ieyasu, of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and of Oda Nobunaga | Battle of Anegawa | Template:Flagicon | 30 July | Nobunaga joins forces with Tokugawa Ieyasu to defeat the Asakura and Azai. | |
| Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War | Siege of Famagusta | Template:Flagicon | 17 Sep 1570—5 Aug 1571 | Ottoman Turks besiege and capture Famagusta. | |
| Clan Cameron-Clan Mackintosh feud | Battle of Bun Garbhain | Template:Flagicon | Clan Cameron decisively defeat the Clan Mackintosh. | ||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | Siege of Chōkō-ji | Template:Flagicon | Unsuccessful attempt to retake a castle captured by Oda Nobunaga. | ||
| Campaigns of Azai Nagamasa, of Tokugawa Ieyasu and of Oda Nobunaga | Siege of Kanegasaki | Forces of Oda Nobunaga capture Kanegasaki fortress. | |||
| Campaigns of the Takeda | Siege of Hanazawa | Takeda clan captures Hanazawa castle from Imagawa clan. | |||
| 1571 | Arauco War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 28 Jan | The Mapuche defeat Spain. |
| Russo-Crimean Wars and Russo-Turkish wars | Fire of Moscow | Template:Flagicon | 24 May | Crimean Tatars burn Moscow. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | First siege of Nagashima | Template:Flagicon | May | Unsuccessful attempt by Nobunaga to take the fortress. | |
| Spanish colonization of the Philippines | Battle of Bangkusay Channel | Template:Flagicon | 3 June | Spanish settler fleet defeats local Kapampangan fleet. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga and of Azai Nagamasa | Siege of Mount Hiei | Template:Flagicon | 30 Sep | Nobunaga defeats the Tendai Warrior Monks and razes their temple complex. | |
| Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War | Battle of Lepanto | Template:Flagicon | 7 Oct | Spain and Venice's fleets defeat the Ottoman fleet. | |
| Clan Gordon – Clan Forbes feud and Marian civil war | Battle of Tillieangus | Template:Flagicon | 10 Oct | Clan Gordon overcomes Clan Forbes. | |
| Battle of Craibstone | 20 Nov | Clan Gordon overcomes Clan Forbes again. | |||
| Campaigns of the Hōjō clan and of the Takeda | Siege of Fukazawa | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Shingen captures Fukazawa from Hōjō clan. | ||
| Campaigns of Uesugi Kenshin | Battle of Tonegawa | Unresolved conflict between Uesugi forces and Takeda forces. | |||
| 1572 | Eighty Years' War | Capture of Brielle | Template:Flagicon | 1 April | Marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War. |
| Campaigns of the Shimazu clan | Battle of Kizaki | Template:Flagicon | June | Forces of Shimazu Takahisa defeated the larger army of Itō Yoshisuke in Japan. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Mons | Template:Flagicon | June—Sep | Successful Spanish siege of Dutch held town. | |
| Template:Ill | Spanish army defeats a Dutch army. | ||||
| Russo-Crimean Wars and Russo-Turkish wars | Battle of Molodi | Template:Flagicon | 29 July—2 Aug | The Crimean Tatars and Ottoman Janissaries are routed by Russians near Moscow. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 9-11 Aug | Dutch rebels under Willem IV van den Bergh capture Kampen from Spain. | |
| Relief of Goes | 20 Oct | Spanish raise the Dutch siege of Goes. | |||
| Fourth French War of Religion | Siege of La Rochelle | Template:Flagicon | Nov 1572—July 1573 | Catholic troops besiege Protestant Huguenots. Negotiated settlement. | |
| Siege of Sancerre | Nov 1572—Aug 1573 | Catholic forces besieged Protestant Huguenots. Siege abandoned. | |||
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Middelburg | Template:Flagicon | Nov 1572—Feb 1574 | Dutch rebel army successfully besieged Middelburg, held by Spanish forces under Cristóbal de Mondragón. | |
| Siege of Haarlem | 11 Dec 1572—13 July 1573 | Spanish successfully besiege Protestant garrison at Haarlem. | |||
| Campaigns of the Takeda and of Tokugawa Ieyasu | Siege of Futamata | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Shingen captures one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortresses. | ||
| 1573 | Campaigns of the Takeda | Siege of Iwamura | Early 1573 | Takeda Shingen's forces led by Akiyama Nobutomo capture Iwamura castle | |
| Campaigns of Tokugawa Ieyasu and of Oda Nobunaga | Battle of Mikatagahara | 25 Jan | Tokugawa Ieyasu is forced to retreat from Takeda Shingen. | ||
| Livonian War | Battle of Lode | Template:Flagicon | Jan | Swedes defeat Russians. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle of Flushing | Template:Flagicon | 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. | |||
| Campaigns of the Takeda | Siege of Noda | Template:Flagicon | May | Takeda Shingen is killed. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Capture of Geertruidenberg | Template:Flagicon | 28 Aug | English, French Huguenot and Fleming forces capture Geertruidenberg from Franco-Spanish Catholic garrison. | |
| Siege of Alkmaar | Aug—Oct | Dutch garrison fight off Spanish force under Don Fadrique. | |||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga and of Azai Nagamasa | Siege of Ichijo ga dani | Template:Flagicon | Sep | Nobunaga effectively destroys the Asakura. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle on the Zuiderzee | Template:Flagicon | 11 Oct | Dutch fleet destroyed a larger and better-equipped Spanish fleet on the Zuiderzee. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga, of Azai Nagamasa and of Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Siege of Odani | Template:Flagicon | Oct | Nobunaga defeats Azai Nagamasa, effectively destroying the Azai family. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle of Delft | Template:Flagicon | Oct | Anglo-Dutch force under Thomas Morgan repels Spanish force under Francisco de Valdez. | |
| Siege of Leiden | Oct 1573—3 Oct 1574 | Spanish under Francisco de Valdez unsuccessfully besiege Leiden. | |||
| 1574 | Battle of Reimerswaal | 29 Jan | Sancho d'Avila's attempt to resupply his troops ends up in the destruction of his fleet by Anglo-Dutch forces. | ||
| Capture of Valkenburg | Feb | 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 | Template:Flagicon | 30 May | Lodewijk van Boisot with 64 Dutch ships destroys the Spanish fleet near Antwerp. | ||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | Second siege of Nagashima | Template:Flagicon | July | Nobunaga's second attempt is foiled by a counter-attack. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Zaltbommel | Template:Flagicon | July—14 Oct | Spain fails to capture Zaltbommel from the Dutch. | |
| Spanish–Ottoman wars | Conquest of Tunis | Template:Flagicon | 13 Sep | Ottoman Empire finally defeats Spanish Empire for control of North Africa. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 17 Sep | The Dutch defeat Spain. | |
| Spanish colonization of the Philippines | Battle of Manila | Template:Flagicon | 29 Nov | Spanish under Juan de Salcedo and Don Galo decisively defeat Chinese pirates. | |
| Campaigns of Tokugawa Ieyasu | Battle of Takatenjin | Template:Flagicon | Takeda Katsuyori, son of Takeda Shingen, captures Tokugawa Ieyasu's fortress of Takatenjin. | ||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | Siege of Itami | Nobunaga defeats Araki Murashige who had rebelled. | |||
| 1575 | Mughal invasion of Bengal | Battle of Tukaroi | Template:Flagicon | 3 March | Mughals defeat Sultanate of Bengal. |
| Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 28 June | Spain captures Buren from the Dutch. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga, of Tokugawa Ieyasu and of the Takeda | Battle of Nagashino | Template:Flagicon | Nobunaga repels the forces of Takeda Katsuyori. | ||
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Oudewater | Template:Flagicon | 19 July—7 Aug | Spain captures Oudewater from the Dutch. | |
| Siege of Schoonhoven | 11-24 Aug | Spain captures Schoonhoven from the Dutch. | |||
| Template:Ill | Spain captures Bommenede from the Dutch. | ||||
| Template:Ill | 8 Sep 1575—10 Sep 1576 | Spain fails to capture Woerden from the Dutch. | |||
| Fourth French War of Religion | Battle of Dormans | Template:Flagicon | 10 Oct | French Royalists defeat French Malcontents. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Zierikzee | Template:Flagicon | Oct 1575—29 July 1576 | Spain captures Zierikzee from the Dutch. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | Third siege of Nagashima | Template:Flagicon | Nobunaga finally captures Nagashima fortress. | ||
| 1576 | Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 30 Jan—21 Feb | The Dutch capture Krimpen aan de Lek from Spain. |
| Template:Ill | 9 May | The Dutch fail to capture Muiden from Spain. | |||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | Siege of Mitsuji | Template:Flagicon | May | Honganji forces defeat Nobunaga's army, killing Harada Naomasa. | |
| Mughal–Rajput wars | Battle of Haldighati | Template:Flagicon | 18 June | Mughals defeat Mewar. | |
| Mughal invasion of Bengal | Battle of Rajmahal | 12 July | Mughals led by Akbar decisively defeat the Bengal Sultanate, capture and later execute their last sultan Daud Khan Karrani. | ||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga and of the Mōri clan | First Battle of Kizugawaguchi | Template:Flagicon | Aug | Unsuccessful naval blockade by Nobunaga. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 14 Sep | Spain defeats a rebel army of the Netherlands. | |
| Template:Ill | 15 Sep—11 Nov | The Netherlands capture Spanjaardenkasteel from Spain. | |||
| Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 21 Dec 1576—11 Feb 1577 | The Union of Brussels captures Vredenburg Castle from Spain. | ||
| 1577 | War of the Gdańsk Rebellion | Battle of Lubieszów | Template:Flagicon | 17 April | Polish army defeats Danzig Rebellion army |
| Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 4 Aug—4 Oct | The Dutch capture Breda from Spain. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga, of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and of Uesugi Kenshin | Battle of Tedorigawa | Template:Flagicon | 3 Nov | Nobunaga launches an unsuccessful attack on the forces of Uesugi Kenshin | |
| Siege of Penukonda | Template:Flagicon | Sultanate of Bijapur unsuccessfully attempts to take Vijayanagara capital of Penukonda. | |||
| 1578 | Eighty Years' War | Battle of Gembloux | Template:Flagicon | 31 Jan | Don John of Austria crushes Protestant army. |
| Template:Ill | 20-24 Feb | Spain captures Zichem from the Union of Brussels. | |||
| Template:Ill | 8-12 March | Spain captures Nivelles from the Union of Brussels. | |||
| Template:Ill | 10-15 June | Spain captures Limbourg from the Union of Brussels. | |||
| Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 25 June-20 July | The Union of Brussels captures Kampen from Spain. | ||
| Battle of Rijmenam | Template:Flagicon | 31 July | The Spanish forces were dealt a strategic defeat by the Dutch. | ||
| Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts | Battle of Alcazarquivir | Template:Flagicon | 4 Aug | Moors defeat Portuguese army, kill King Sebastian of Portugal. | |
| Ottoman–Safavid War | Battle of Çıldır | Template:Flagicon | 9 Aug | Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persia and conquer the Caucasus. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Deventer | Template:Flagicon | 3 Aug—19 Nov | The Union of Brussels captures Deventer from Spain. | |
| Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 22 Sep—7 Oct | The Union of Brussels captures Binche from Spain. | ||
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Siege of Miki | Template:Flagicon | 1578—1580 | Hideyoshi captures Miki castle from Nagaharu | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga and of the Mōri clan | Second Battle of Kizugawaguchi | Nobunaga defeats the naval forces of the Mōri clan. | |||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and of the Mōri clan | Siege of Kozuki | Hideyoshi is defeated by the Mōri clan. | |||
| 1579 | Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 7-15 Jan | Spain captures Kerpen from the Dutch. |
| Battle of Borgerhout | Template:Flagicon | Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. | |||
| Siege of Maastricht | Template:Flagicon | 12 March—1 July | 20,000 Spanish troops under Farnese captures the city defended by 2,000 Dutch soldiers and civilians. | ||
| Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 14 Aug | Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. William of Orange is nearly captured. | ||
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Siege of Itami | Template:Flagicon | Hideyoshi captures Itami castle from Araki Murashige. | ||
| 1580 | Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 3 March—18 June | The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Groningen from Spain. |
| Template:Ill | 17 June | Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. | |||
| War of the Portuguese Succession | Battle of Alcântara | Template:Flagicon | 25 Aug | Spanish candidate to the Portuguese throne defeats national candidate | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | Siege of Ishiyama Honganji | Template:Flagicon | Aug | Kōsa surrenders to Nobunaga after a ten-year siege | |
| Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | Sep 1580—17 Aug 1581 | Spain fails to capture Cambrai from the Union of Utrecht and France. | |
| Siege of Steenwijk | Template:Flagicon | 18 Oct 1580—23 Feb 1581 | Spain fails to capture Steenwijk from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
| War of the Portuguese Succession | Capture of Porto | Template:Flagicon | 24 Oct | Mainland Portugal is secured by the Spanish | |
| Second Desmond Rebellion | Siege of Smerwick | Template:Flagicon | 7-10 Nov | English forces defeat freelance Papal States army that captured the Irish village and massacre most of the soldiers afterwards. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga and of the Takeda | Siege of Takatenjin | Template:Flagicon | 1580—22 March 1581 | Oda Nobunaga captures Takeda controlled castle | |
| 1581 | Campaigns of Oda | Siege of Tottori | May | Hideyoshi captures Tottori Castle. The castle's lord commits suicide. | |
| War of the Portuguese Succession | Battle of Salga | Template:Flagicon | 25 July | The Azores successfully resist a personal union with Spain. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Breda | Template:Flagicon | 26-27 July | Spanish troops took the Dutch city by surprise. | |
| Template:Ill | 23 July—1 Aug | The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Goor from Spain. | |||
| Battle of Noordhorn | 30 Sep | Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht and England. | |||
| Siege of Niezijl | 3-24 Oct | Spain fails to capture Niezijl from the Union of Utrecht. | |||
| Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 10 Oct—30 Nov | Spain captures Tournai from the Union of Utrecht. | ||
| Battle of Jilkua | Template:Flagicon | Taraf annexed by Twipra Kingdom assisted by the Baro-Bhuiyan confederation. | |||
| 1582 | Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga, of Tokugawa Ieyasu and of the Takeda | Battle of Temmokuzan | Template:Flagicon | 11 March | Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga destroy the forces of Takeda Katsuyori, who commits suicide. |
| Ghent War | Siege of Oudenaarde | Template:Flagicon | 19 April—5 July | Spain captures Oudenaarde from the Union of Utrecht. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga, of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and of the Mōri clan | Siege of Takamatsu | Template:Flagicon | April—June | Hideyoshi captures Takamatsu Castle. The lord of this castle also commits suicide. | |
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga | Battle of Honnō-ji | 21 June | Nobunaga is defeated by Akechi Mitsuhide, who forces him to commit suicide. | ||
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Battle of Yamazaki | 2 July | Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide, the murderer of his master Oda Nobunaga. | ||
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Lochem | Template:Flagicon | 22 July—15 Sep | Spain fails to capture Lochem from the Union of Utrecht. | |
| War of the Portuguese Succession | Battle of Ponta Delgada | Template:Flagicon | 26 July | Spain wins a naval battle in the War of the Portuguese Succession. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Keppel Castle | Template:Flagicon | 26-30 Sep | The Union of Utrecht captures Keppel Castle from Spain. | |
| Russian conquest of Siberia | Battle of Chuvash Cape | Template:Flagicon | 4 Nov | Russians decisively defeat and conquer the Khanate of Sibir in Siberia. | |
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Battle of Uchide-hama | Template:Flagicon | Hideyoshi again defeats Nobunaga's murderer, Akechi Mitsuhide. | ||
| 1583 | Pre-Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of São Vicente | Template:Flagicon | 3 Feb | Skirmish where three English ships defeated three Spanish galleons. |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Eindhoven | Template:Flagicon | 7 Feb—23 April | Spain captures Eindhoven from the Union of Utrecht. | |
| Ottoman–Safavid War | Battle of Torches | Template:Flagicon | 9-11 May | Ottoman Turks defeat Safavid Persians at the end of three days of battle. | |
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Battle of Shizugatake | Template:Flagicon | May | Hideyoshi relieves one of his allies who was under siege. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle of Steenbergen | Template:Flagicon | 17 June | Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. | |
| War of the Portuguese Succession | Conquest of the Azores | Template:Flagicon | 2 Aug | Spain integrates the Habsburg dynasty as the rulers of Portugal. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Ghent | Template:Flagicon | Oct 1583—17 Sep 1584 | Spain captures Ghent from the Union of Utrecht. | |
| Cologne War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 19 Nov | German Calvinists defeat German Catholics. | |
| 1584 | Eighty Years' War and Cologne War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 31 March | Spain defeats the Electorate of Cologne, ally of the Union of Utrecht. |
| Template:Ill | May—July | The Union of Utrecht fails to capture Zutphen from Spain. | |||
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Antwerp | Template:Flagicon | July 1584—17 Aug 1585 | Spain captures Antwerp from the Union of Utrecht. | |
| Template:Ill | Aug 1584—10 March 1585 | Spain captures Brussels from the Union of Utrecht. | |||
| Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War | Battle of Slunj | Template:Flagicon | 26 Oct | Croatian army defeats forces of the invading Ottoman Empire. | |
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and of Tokugawa Ieyasu | Battle of Komaki and Nagakute | Template:Flagicon | Hideyoshi is defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu | ||
| 1585 | Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | May | The Union of Utrecht fails to relieve Antwerp, and end the siege by the Spanish army. |
| Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 23 June | Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. | ||
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, of the Chōsokabe clan and of the Mōri clan | Invasion of Shikoku | Template:Flagicon | June—Aug | Hideyoshi conquers the island | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of IJsseloord | Template:Flagicon | 6-15 Oct | Dutch and English defeat Spain. | |
| 1586 | Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Santo Domingo | Template:Flagicon | 1 Jan | English under Francis Drake defeat and raid Spanish colony. |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle of Boksum | Template:Flagicon | 17 Jan | Spain defeats The Netherlands. | |
| Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Cartagena de Indias | Template:Flagicon | 9-11 Feb | Francis Drake defeats Spanish and plunders city. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Grave | Template:Flagicon | Early April—7 June | Spain captures Grave after a treaty with the English and Dutch troops. | |
| Anglo-Spanish War | Raid on St. Augustine | Template:Flagicon | 27-29 May | Francis Drake devastates Spanish colony. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Venlo | Template:Flagicon | 28 June | Spain captures Venlo from The Netherlands. | |
| Battle of Leitao Coast | Template:Flagicon | June | Arab Niquilus defeat Portugal | ||
| Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Pantelleria | Template:Flagicon | 13 July | The English navy defeats Spain and Malta. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Cologne War | Siege of Rheinberg | Template:Flagicon | 13 Aug 1586—3 Feb 1590 | Spain captures Rheinberg, a rebel protestant stronghold in the Electorate of Cologne defended by Dutch and English troops. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle of Zutphen | Template:Flagicon | 22 Sep | Spanish defeat Dutch rebels. | |
| Template:Ill | Sep—Oct | The Netherlands and England fail to capture Zutphen from Spain. | |||
| 1587 | Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Sluis | Template:Flagicon | 12 June—4 Aug | Spain captures Sluis from The Netherlands. |
| War of the Three Henrys | Battle of Coutras | Template:Flagicon | 20 Oct | Huguenot forces defeat the French Royal Army. | |
| Battle of Vimory | 26 Oct | French Royalist forces defeat foreign Huguenot forces. | |||
| 1588 | War of the Polish Succession | Battle of Byczyna | Template:Flagicon | 24 Jan | A Polish faction defeats a Habsburg faction. |
| Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 27 Feb—29 April | The Netherlands capture Medemblik from rebel commander Diederik Sonoy and English soldiers. | |
| Cologne War | Siege of Bonn | Template:Flagicon | March—24 Sep | 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. | |
| Battle of Gravelines | Template:Flagicon | 29 July | Spanish Armada beaten decisively in battle against the English and Dutch fleet. | ||
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Bergen op Zoom | Template:Flagicon | 23 Sep—13 Nov | Spain fails to capture Bergen op Zoom from The Netherlands. | |
| 1589 | Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Summer—Oct | Spain fails to capture Heusden from The Netherlands. | |
| Succession of Henry IV of France and Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Arques | Template:Flagicon | 15-29 Sep | King Henry IV of France and England defeat the French Catholic League. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 5-9 Oct | The Netherlands capture Zoutkamp from Spain. | |
| 1590 | Capture of Breda | 4 March | The Netherlands and England capture Breda from Spain. | ||
| Battle of Tondibi | Template:Flagicon | 13 March | Saadi dynasty of Morocco decisively defeats the Songhai Empire, leading to its collapse. | ||
| Succession of Henry IV of France and Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Ivry | Template:Flagicon | 14 March | Henri IV of Navarre defeats Catholic League. | |
| Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar | Template:Flagicon | 24 April | English secure passage of company ships after defeating Spain. | |
| Succession of Henry IV of France | Siege of Paris | Template:Flagicon | 7 May—30 Aug | 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. | |
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, of Tokugawa Ieyasu, of the Mōri clan, of the Chōsokabe clan, of the Shimazu clan and of the Hōjō clan | Siege of Odawara | Template:Flagicon | May—4 Aug | the Go-Hōjō clan surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Japan was unified (1590). | |
| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, of the Mōri clan, of the Chōsokabe clan and of the Hōjō clan | Siege of Shimoda | May—Aug | Hideyoshi's forces successfully besiege Hōjō clan. | ||
| 1591 | Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar | Template:Flagicon | 24 April | The English navy defeats Spain. |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Zutphen | Template:Flagicon | 19-30 May | The Netherlands and England capture Zutphen from Spain. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Deventer | 1-10 June | The Netherlands and England capture Deventer from Spain. | ||
| Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of the Berlengas | Template:Flagicon | 15 July | The Spanish navy defeats England. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Knodsenburg | Template:Flagicon | 21-25 July | The Netherlands and England capture Knodsenburg from Spain. | |
| Mughal conquest of Gujarat | Battle of Bhuchar Mori | Template:Flagicon | July | Mughal Empire defeated combined Kathiawar forces led by Nawanagar State | |
| Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Flores | Template:Flagicon | 30 Aug—1 Sep | Spain defeats England. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of the Gulf of Almería | Template:Flagicon | Late Aug | The Spanish navy defeats The Netherlands and England. | |
| War of the Three Henrys | Template:Ill | Template:Flagicon | 17 Sep | France defeats Savoy | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Hulst | Template:Flagicon | 20-24 Sep | The Netherlands capture Hulst from Spain. | |
| Siege of Nijmegen | 17-21 Oct | The Netherlands and England capture Nijmegen from Spain. | |||
| Succession of Henry IV of France and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Rouen | Template:Flagicon | 11 Nov 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. | |
| 1592 | Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Flores | Template:Flagicon | 20 May—13 Aug | The English navy defeats Spain. |
| Succession of Henry IV of France and Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Craon | Template:Flagicon | 21-24 May | Spain and the French Catholic League defeat French royalists and England. | |
| Imjin War | Siege of Busan | Template:Flagicon | 24-25 May | Japanese defeat Koreans. Occurred 13-14 April on the Lunar Calendar. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Steenwijk | Template:Flagicon | 30 May—5 July | The Netherlands and England capture Steenwijk from Spain. | |
| Imjin War | Battle of Sangju | Template:Flagicon | 3 June | Konishi Yukinaga defeats the Koreans under Yi Il. Occurred 25 April on the Lunar calendar. | |
| Battle of Ch'ungju | 7 June | Japanese forces decisively defeat the Koreans. Occurred 28 April on the Lunar calendar. | |||
| Battle of Okpo | 16 June | The Korean Navy defeats a Japanese convoy. Occurred 7 May on the Lunar calendar. | |||
| Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War | Battle of Brest, Croatia | Template:Flagicon | 19 July | Brest captured by the Ottomans. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Coevorden | Template:Flagicon | 26 July—2 Sep | The Netherlands and England capture Coevorden from Spain. | |
| Imjin War | Battle of Hansan Island | Template:Flagicon | 14 Aug | Korean Navy defeats Japanese Navy. | |
| Battle of Busan | 1 Nov | Korean Navy could not recapture Busan from Japan. | |||
| Siege of Jinju | 8-13 Nov | 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. | |||
| Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of the Bay of Biscay | Template:Flagicon | Nov | The Spanish navy defeats England. | |
| 1593 | Imjin War | Battle of Byeokjegwan | Template:Flagicon | 27 Jan | 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 | Template:Flagicon | 6-8 Feb | Ming Chinese general Li Rusong defeats Konishi Yukinaga. Japan is expelled from Pyongyang. | ||
| Battle of Haengju | Template:Flagicon | 14 March | The Korean army under commander Gwon Yul defenders were successful in repelling the Japanese forces. | ||
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Geertruidenberg | Template:Flagicon | 27 March—24 June | The Netherlands and England capture Geertruidenberg from Spain. | |
| Anglo-Spanish War and Succession of Henry IV of France | Battle of Blaye | Template:Flagicon | 18 April | The Spanish navy defeats England and French royalists. | |
| Long Turkish War and Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War | Battle of Sisak | Template:Flagicon | 22 June | Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat forces of the Ottoman Empire. | |
| Imjin War | Siege of Jinju | Template:Flagicon | 20-27 July | Japanese defeat Koreans. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Coevorden | Template:Flagicon | Oct 1593—7 May 1594 | Spain fails to capture Coevorden from The Netherlands. | |
| Johnstone-Maxwell feud | Battle of Dryfe Sands | Template:Flagicon | 6 Dec | A clash between Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone. | |
| Burmese–Siamese War | Battle of Nong Sa Rai | Template:Flagicon | 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 | Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Groningen | Template:Flagicon | 19 May—22 July | The Netherlands and England capture Groningen from Spain. |
| Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts | Campaign of Danture | Template:Flagicon | 5 July—9 Oct | Kingdom of Kandy stops Portuguese incursion into Sri Lanka. | |
| Scottish clan feuds | Battle of Glenlivet | Template:Flagicon | 3 Oct | Religious clan battle. | |
| Anglo-Spanish War and Succession of Henry IV of France | Siege of Fort Crozon | Template:Flagicon | 13 Oct—19 Nov | England and France capture a Spanish fort, used as an outpost for naval attacks on England. | |
| 1595 | Franco-Spanish War | Battle of Fontaine-Française | 5 June | King Henry IV of France defeats Spain and the French Catholic League. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Groenlo | Template:Flagicon | 14-24 July | The Netherlands and England fail to capture Groenlo from Spain. | |
| Long Turkish War | Battle of Călugăreni | Template:Flagicon | 23 Aug | Wallachia defeats the Ottoman Empire. | |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle of the Lippe | Template:Flagicon | 3 Sep | Spain defeats The Netherlands and England. | |
| Long Turkish War | Battle of Giurgiu | Template:Flagicon | 27-30 Oct | Transylvania, Wallachia, Moldavia and the Holy Roman Empire defeat the Ottoman Empire. | |
| Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Guadelupe Island | Template:Flagicon | 8 Nov | The Spanish navy defeats England. | |
| Battle of San Juan | Template:Flagicon | ||||
| 1596 | Battle of Pinos | Template:Flagicon | 11 March | ||
| Franco-Spanish War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Calais | Template:Flagicon | 8-24 April | Spain captures Calais from France. | |
| Anglo-Spanish War | Capture of Cadiz | Template:Flagicon | 30 June—15 July | Anglo-Dutch forces seize the Spanish city of Cádiz. | |
| Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War | Battle of Brest, Croatia | Template:Flagicon | 19 Sep | Croatian army defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire forcing the latter to lift the siege of Petrinja. | |
| Long Turkish War | Battle of Keresztes | Template:Flagicon | 24-26 Oct | Ottoman Empire defeats Austria-Hungary and Germany. | |
| 1597 | Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of Turnhout | Template:Flagicon | 24 Jan | Dutch troops defeat Spanish cavalry |
| Franco-Spanish War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Amiens | Template:Flagicon | 13 May—25 Sep | France and England defeat Spain. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Rheinberg | Template:Flagicon | 9-19 Aug | The Netherlands and England capture Rheinberg from Spain. | |
| Imjin War | Battle of Chilcheollyang | Template:Flagicon | 28 Aug | Japanese Navy decisively defeat Korean Navy | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Groenlo | Template:Flagicon | 11–28 Sep | The Netherlands and England capture Groenlo from Spain. | |
| Imjin War | Siege of Namwon | Template:Flagicon | 23-26 Sep | Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force | |
| Eighty Years' War | Siege of Bredevoort | Template:Flagicon | 1-10 Oct | The Netherlands and England capture Bredevoort from Spain. | |
| Imjin War | Battle of Myeongnyang | Template:Flagicon | 26 Oct | Korean Navy defeats Japanese navy | |
| 1598 | Siege of Ulsan | 29 Jan—19 Feb | Japanese defeat Korean and Chinese alliance force. | ||
| Anglo-Spanish War | Battle of San Juan | Template:Flagicon | 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. | |
| Nine Years' War | Battle of the Yellow Ford | Template:Flagicon | 14 Aug | Irish under Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, destroy English force. | |
| War against Sigismund | Battle of Stångebro | Template:Flagicon | 25 Sep | Sigismund loses the Swedish crown to his uncle, Duke Charles. | |
| Siege of Rheinberg | Template:Flagicon | 2-14 Oct | Spain captures Rheinberg from the Netherlands. | ||
| Imjin War | Battle of Sacheon | Template:Flagicon | 6-11 Nov | Japanese army defeats Korean army. | |
| Battle of Noryang Point | 16 Dec | Ming Chinese and Korean Navy decisively defeat the Japanese army. | |||
| Arauco War | Battle of Curalaba | Template:Flagicon | 23 Dec | The Mapuche defeat Spain. | |
| 1599 | Battle of Jenné | Template:Flagicon | 26 April | Saadi dynasty of Morocco decisively defeats the Mali Empire, leading to its collapse. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Schenckenschans | Template:Flagicon | 28 April—May | Spain fails to capture Schenkenschanz from The Netherlands. | |
| Siege of Zaltbommel | Template:Flagicon | 15 May—22 July | Spain fails to capture Zaltbommel from The Netherlands. | ||
| Nine Years' War | Battle of Curlew Pass | Template:Flagicon | 15 Aug | Irish forces defeat the English. | |
| Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War | Siege of Rees | Template:Flagicon | 10-12 Sep | A Protestant German army and a Dutch army fail to capture Rees from Spain. | |
| Long Turkish War | Battle of Șelimbăr | Template:Flagicon | 18 Oct | Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the army of Andrew Báthory. | |
| Georgian–Ottoman Wars | Battle of Nakhiduri | Template:Flagicon | An invading Ottoman army defeats and captures the King Simon I of Kartli. | ||
| 1600 | War of the Straits | Battle of Castro | Template:Flagicon | May | Spain defeats The Netherlands and reconquers Chiloé Island. |
| Eighty Years' War | Battle of Nieuwpoort | Template:Flagicon | 2 July | Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Maurits) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria. Dutch victory. | |
| Long Turkish War | Battle of Mirăslău | Template:Flagicon | 18 Sep | The Holy Roman Empire and Hungarian nobility defeat Wallachia. | |
| Sekigahara Campaign | Battle of Sekigahara | Template:Flagicon | 21 Oct | 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. |
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