1809Battle of Abensberg[?] April 19-20 - Napoleon defeats the Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles
1809Battle of Landeshut[?] April 21 - Marshal Masséna is unable to destroy the Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller
1809Battle of Eckmühl[?] April 22 - Napoleon again defeats Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria
1809Battle of Regensburg[?] April 23 - Archduke Charles makes good his retreat in a successful rearguard action
1809Battle of Oporto[?] May 12 - Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult and drives the French from the city.
1809Battle of Aspern-Essling[?] May 21-22 – Napoleon’s first attempt to cross the Danube near Vienna results in a serious check by the Austrians under Archduke Charles
1809Battle of Talavera de la Reina[?] July 28 - Wellesley defeats the forces of General Victor and King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain, and is made Viscount Wellington
1809Battle of Ocana Nov. 19 - Spanish forces under Areizago are crushed by the French forces of King Joseph and Marshal Soult
1812Battle of Queenston Heights Oct. 13 - American forces under Rensselaer are defeated in their attempt to capture the town by the British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed
1812Battle of Krasnoi[?] - November 16-17 - Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block his retreat. Noted for the heroism of Marshal Michel Ney
1812Battle of the Beresina[?] November 26-28 - The French successfully cross the river, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending the retreat from Russia
1813Battle off Boston Harbor[?] June 1 - HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake, Lawrence says: "Don't give up the ship"
1813Battle of Stony Creek[?] June 6 - A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat and American force three times its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
1813Battle of Vittoria[?] June 21 - Wellington defeats the French under Joseph, who are forced to withdraw towards France
1813Battle of Sorauren[?] July 26-Aug. 1 - Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across the Pyrenees
1813Battle of Lake Erie Sep. 10 - Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours"
1813Battle of the Thames October 5 - American troops under Harrison defeat the British and Indians under General Henry Proctor. Tecumseh is killed.
1813Battle of Leipzig Oct. 16-19 - (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon's army is decisively defeated by the allies in Germany
1813Battle of Chateauguay[?] Oct. 25 - American forces under General Wade Hampton fights an indecisive battle with the British, and withdraws from Canada
1813Battle of Hanau[?] October 30-31. An Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede is unable to cut off the French retreat
1814Battle of Montmartre[?] Mar. 30 - The Allied forces enter Paris and force the surrender of Marmont and Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after, and goes to Elba
1814Battle of La Colle Mill[?] Mar. 30 - American forces under Wilkinson are again defeated by the British in an attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson is relieved of command and replaced by Jacob Brown, with the assistance of Winfield Scott.
1814Battle of Toulouse Apr. 10 - Wellington defeats Soult, who is forced to abandon the city. Fighting on the southern front comes ot an end shortly thereafter, when news of Napoleon's abdication is learned.
1814 June 28 - USS Wasp destroys the HMS Reindeer in a battle in the English Channel.
1814Battle of Chippewa[?] July 5 - American forces invading Canada under Brown and Scott defeat the British under Phineas Riall.
1814Battle of Lundy's Lane July 25 - Brown's Americans take on the British under Sir Gordon Drummond in a very violent indecisive battle
1814Battle of Bladensburg[?] Aug. 24 - British forces rout the Americans in Maryland, in a battle witnessed by President Madison. The British move on to burn Washington
1814Battle of Lake Champlain[?] and Battle of Plattsburg Sep. 11 - The American squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats the British under George Downie. On the same day, the American land forces under Prevost fight an indecisive battle with the Americans under Alexander Macomb.
1814Battle of Ft. McHenry[?] Sep. 12 - The fort, protecting Baltimore harbor, holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write the "Star Spangled Banner"
1815 Feb. 20 - USS Constitution captures the HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
1815 Mar. 23 - USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in the last major engagement of the War of 1812.
1815Battle of Tolentino[?] May 2 - Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in the Hundred Days and is defeated by the Austrians, and forced to flee his kingdom.
1815Battle of Waterloo June 18 - Napoleon attacks Wellington's army all day, but is disastrously defeated upon Blücher's arrival with reinforcements.
1815Battle of Wavre[?] June 18 - Marshal Grouchy, who had been assigned to prevent Blücher from joining Wellington, fights a mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard
1822Battle of Chios[?] June 18-19 - The Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats the Turkish fleet of Kara Ali
1822Battle of Karpenizi[?] August 21 - Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat a Turkish force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Turkish troops besieging Missolonghi[?]
1825Battle of Danubyu[?] April 2 - British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat the Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed.
1825Battle of Prome[?] Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 - Campbell again defeats the Burmese, this time led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed.
1827Battle of Navarino October 20 - The joint British, French, and Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, respectively, destroy the Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off the coast of Greece
1828Battle of Akhalzic[?] August 27 - Russian troops under Paskievich defeat the Turks in the Caucasus.
1828Battle of Praia Bay[?] August 28 - The Miguelite fleet in Portugal is defeated by the loyalists of Queen Maria in the Azores.
1829Battle of Kulevicha[?] June 11 - Russian troops under Diebitsch-Zabalkansky defeat the Ottomans under Reshid Pasha in the Balkans
1831Battle of Grochow[?] February 20 - Polish troops under Prince Radziwill defeat the Russians under Diebitsch.
1831Battle of Ostrolenka[?] May 26 - Russians under Diebitsch fight an indecisive battle against the Poles of Jan Skrzneki
1831Battle of Warsaw Sept 6-8 - The Russians under Paskievich defeat the Poles under Dembinski and stamp out the revolt
1832Battle of Konya[?] December 21 - Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat the main Turkish army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia
1833Battle of Cape St. Vincent July 5 - The British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats the fleet of the Portuguese usurper Don Miguel
1834Battle of Santarén[?] May 16 - Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat the forces of the usurper Don Miguel
1842Battle of Kabul (1842)[?] Jan. 6 - Afghan forces force the British to withdraw from the city, which they had occupied for the past two and a half years.
1843Battle of Smala[?] May 10 - French forces under the Duc d'Aumale defeat the Algerians under Abd el Kader.
1843Battle of Miani[?] Feb. 17 - British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat the forces of the Baluchis in Sind
1845Battle of Mudki[?] Dec. 18 - Sikh forces invading British India are defeated by a force under Sir Hugh Gough
1845Battle of Ferozeshah[?] Dec 21-22 - British forces under Gough and Hardinge, the Governor-General, defeat the Sikhs under Lal Singh in a hard fought battle
1846Battle of Aliwal[?] Jan. 28 - Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh are defeated by the British under Sir Harry Smith
1846Battle of Sobraon[?] Feb. 10 - British forces under Gough decisively defeat the Sikhs, and Punjab becomes a British protectorate.
1846Battle of Palo Alto May 8 - U.S. General Zachary Taylor defeats the Mexicans under Mariano Arista
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