Most Important/Decisive Battles in History

*Limited to one battle per war, with an unfortunate but inevitable western bias.

Time Periods

1500 BC - 600 BC

600 BC - 600

600 - 1450

1450 - 1750

1750 - 1900

1900 - Present

Europe

490 BC

216 BC

31 BC

9 AD

9 August 378

October 732

August 10, 955

14 October 1066

26 August 1346

15 July 1410

6 April 1453 - 29 May 1453

April 1491 - January 2, 1492

8 August 1588

16 November 1632

14 July 1683 - 12 September 1683

13 August 1704

8 July 1709

20 September 1792

18 June 1815

5 September 1914 - 12 September 1914

Asia

1457 BC

331 BC

15 August 636 - 20 August 636

August 26, 1071

June 7 1099 - July 15 1099

27 May 1905 - 28 May 1905

23 August 1942 - 2 February 1943

6 November 1948 - 10 January 1949

13 March 1954 - 7 May 1954

January 30, 1968 - March 28, 1968

Americas

May 26 1521 - August 13, 1521

November 16, 1532

13 September 1759

October 7, 1777

July 1, 1863 - July 3, 1863