Battles in & about Europe

Africa	Morocco	Tangier	1437	Tangier
Africa	Tunisia	Tunis	Bc46	Thapsus	Pompeiian defeat
Africa	Tunisia	Utica	Bc255	Bagradas	Romans invade Africa but are defeated
Balkans	Bulgaria	Edirne	1230	Klokotnitsa
Balkans	Macedonia	Salonica	1014	Strymon
Balkans	Romania	Dobruja	0251	Abrittus	Emperor Decius defeated and killed by Goths
Balkans	Serbia		0268	Naissus	Goths defeated by Gallienus
Balkans	Serbia	Vincovc	0316	Cibalae	Constantine defeats Licinius
Central Europe		Lucerne		Sempach
Central Europe	Belgium	Bruges	1382	Roosebeke
Central Europe	Bohemia	Prague	1434	Lipan
Central Europe	Eastphalia	Detmold	0782	Suntel
Central Europe	Rhineland	Cologne	0506	Tolbiac	Alamans defeated by Merovingians
Central Europe	Rhineland Palatinate	Worms	0436	Worms	Huns defeat Burgundians
Central Europe	Saxony	Dresden	0933	Riade
Central Europe	Switzerland	Berne	1476	Murten
Central Europe	Switzerland	Berne	1476	Grandson
Central Europe	Switzerland	Berne	1475	Morat
Central Europe	Switzerland	Glarus		Nafles
Central Europe	Switzerland	Rhaetia	0260		Romans defeat invading Juthungi tribe
Central Europe	Switzerland	Zug		Morgarten
central Europe	Thuringia		0531	Scheidungen	Carolingians and Saxon allies defeat the locals.
East Midlands	Cambs	Peterborough	1643	Crowland
East Midlands	Lincs	Grantham	1643	Ancaster
East Midlands	Lincs	Grantham	1643	Belton
East Midlands	Lincs	Grantham	1643	Grantham
East Midlands of England	Leics	Leicester	1645	Leicester
East Midlands of England	Notts	Newark	1644	Beacon Hill
Eastern Europe	Courland	Memel	1260	Durban
Eastern Europe	Hungary	Pecs		Mohacs
Eastern Europe	Poland		1435	Wilkomierz
Eurasia	Donbas	Tula		Kulikovo Pole
France		Carcassonne	0793	Narbonne
France		Marseilles	Bc102	Aquae Sextiae	Marius defeats the Teutons
France	Anjou	Angers	1429	Baugé	Joan Of Arc
France	Armagnac		1346	Aiguillon	On the Garonne River
France	Blois	Dreux	1424	Verneuil	Henry v
France	Burgundy		0068	Vesontio	Nero defeats Vindex at the start of a Roman civil war
France	Burgundy	Besancon	1474	Hericourt
France	Burgundy	Macon	Bc58	Mont Beuvray (Bibracte)	Allied to the local Aedui tribe, Caesar defeats migrating Helvetii
France	Champagne	Chalons	0274	Durocatalauni	Aurelian defeats Tetricus, the last Gallic Emperor
France	Champagne	Chalons	0451	Catalaunian Plains	Romans and allies defeat Attila the Hun, whose troops are mostly reduced to fighting on foot.
France	Gascony	Bordeaux	1453	Castillon
France	Limousin	Limoges	1345	Auberoche
France	Lorraine	Nancy	1477	Nancy
France	Lot	Lyon	0197	Lugdunum	Severus defeats Albinus, who commits suicide
France	Maine	Tours	1370	Pontvallain
France	Normandy	St Lo	1450	Formigny	Henry v
France	Orleanais	Orleans	1429	Patay	Joan Of Arc
France	Picardy	Amiens	1475	Picquigny
France	Poitou	Poitiers	0507	Vouillé	Visigoths defeated
France	Poitou	Poitiers	0732	Poitiers
France	Poitou	Poitiers	1356	Maupertuis
France	Provence		Bc105	Orange	Cimbri and Teutons defeat Romans
French waters		La Rochelle	1372	Sea battle off La Rochelle
French waters	Off Flanders	Sluis	1340	Sluys	Sea battle off Flemish coast
Greece	Boeotia	Thebes	Bc86	Chaeronea	Sulla defeats the Hellenic Mithridates of Pontus
Greece	Boeotia	Thebes	Bc86	Orchomenus	Sulla defeats the Hellenic Mithridates of Pontus
Iberia	Andalusia	Baeza	1212	Las Navas de Tolosa
Iberia	Andalusia	Ciudad Real	1212	Alarcos
Iberia	Andalusia	Ciudad Real	1147	Calatrava
Iberia	Castile	Cuenca	1108	Uclés
Iberia	Portugal	Leiria	1137	Tomar
Ireland	Connaught	Clare	1650	Scarrifhollis
Ireland	Galway	Galway;	1316	Athenry
Ireland	Leinster	Carrick	1649	Carrick
Ireland	Leinster	Carrick	1649	Ross
Ireland	Leinster	Carrick	1261	Callan
Ireland	Leinster	Carrick	1462	Piltown
Ireland	Leinster	Drogheda	1641	Julianstown
Ireland	Leinster	Dublin	1647	Dangan Hill
Ireland	Leinster	Dublin	1649	Baggot- Rath	Ormond repulsed from Dublin just prior to Cromwell’s arrival in Ireland.
Ireland	Leinster	Kilkenny	1643	New Ross
Ireland	Leinster	Kilkenny	1650	Kilkenny
Ireland	Leinster	Wexford	1649	Wexford
Ireland	Mayo		1798	Castlebar	Shortlived victory of a french expedition
Ireland	Munster	Cork	1647	Knockanoss
Ireland	Munster	Limerick	1651	Limerick
Ireland	Munster	Limerick	1650	Clonmel
Italian waters	Sicilian waters		Bc36	Naulochus	Octavian defeats Sextus Pompey
Italian waters	Sicilian waters	Messina	Bc260	Mylae	Punic naval defeat
Italian waters	Sicilian waters	Palermo	Bc249	Drepana	Roman naval defeat
Italy		Beneventum	Bc275	Benevento	Romans defeat Pyrrhus
Italy		Capua	1266	Benevento
Italy		Naples	Bc340	Neapolis	Latins defeated by Romans
Italy		Naples		Caudine Forks	Samnite victory
Italy		Rome	Bc390	River Allia	Celts win and sack Rome
Italy		Rome	0312	Milvian Bridge	Constantine defeats Maxentius
Italy		Rome	1268	Tagliacozzo
Italy	Apulia			Heraclea	Pyrrhus defeats Romans
Italy	Apulia		Bc71		Spartacans defeated and crucified
Italy	Apulia	Ausculum	Bc279	Ausculum	Pyrrhus wins but is unable to take Rome
Italy	Lombardy	Milan	Bc101	Vercellae	Marius defeats the Cimbri
Italy	Lombardy	Milan	1176	Legnano
Italy	Lombardy	Milano	0259	Mediolanum	Allemani tribe defeated
Italy	Lombardy	Verona	0312	Verona	Constantine defeats Maxentius
Italy	Piedmont	Turin	0312	Taurinorum	Constantine defeats Maxentius
Italy	Po valley	Cremona	0069	Cremona I	Otho defeated by Vitellius during the “year of 4 Emperors”
Italy	Po valley	Cremona	0069	Cremona II	Vespasian’s Danube legions defeat Vitellius
Italy	Romagna	Ravenna	Bc207	Metaurus R	Punic defeat
Italy	Romagna	Ravenna	0552	Busta Gallorum
Italy	Sicily		Bc256	Ecnomus	Punic HQ captured after the battle
Italy	Sicily	Palermo	Bc241	Lilybaeum	Romans defeat Carthage
Italy	Sicily	Palermo	Bc251	Panormus	Roman Victory Over Carthage
Mideast		Damascus		Manj-al-Suffar	Mongol defeat
Mideast	Iran		0216	Arbela	Romans surprise Parthians
Mideast	Iran	Khermanshah	0642	Nahavand
Mideast	Iraq		0266	Ctesiphon	Odenathus of Palmyra defeats Persians before their capital
Mideast	Israel	Jerusalem	1260	Ain Jalut	Mongols [vs. mamelukes?]
Mideast	Israel	Tel Aviv	0066	Beth Horon	Romans defeated by Jewish rebels
Mideast	Syria		1280	Homs	Mongol defeat
Mideast	Syria	Antioch	0194	Issus	Severus defeats Niger decisively, then marches against Niger’s Parthian allies
Mideast	Syria	Edessa	0260	Edessa	Valerian captured by Persians
Mideast	Turkey	Ankara	Bc47	Zela	Caesar defeats Pontus
Mideast	Turkey	Bithynia	0193	Cyzicus	during the “year of 6 Emperors”, Severus and the Danube legions defeat Niger
Mideast	Turkey	Bithynia	0193	Nicaea	Severus defeats Niger
Mideast	Turkey	Bithynia	0324	Üsküdar	Final defeat of Licinius by Constantine
Mideast	Turkey	Cappadocia	0270	Tyana	Romans defeat Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
Mideast	Turkey	Ephesus	Bc190	Magnesia
Northern England	Cheshire	Crewe	1644	Nantwich
Northern England	Cheshire	Crewe	1643	Barthomley
Northern England	Cheshire	Northwich	1659	Winnington Bridge
Northern England	Cheshire	Northwich	1659	Hartford Green
Northern England	Cumbria	Lancaster	1644	Furness
Northern England	Durham	Sunderland	1644	Boldon
Northern England	Durham	Sunderland		Hilton
Northern England	Lancashire	Blackburn	1643	Blackburn
Northern England	Lancashire	Blackburn	1643	Lango Green
Northern England	Lancashire	Bolton	1643	Bolton
Northern England	Lancashire	Lancaster	1643	Lancaster
Northern England	Lancashire	Leigh	1643	Leigh
Northern England	Lancashire	Leigh	1643	Lowton
Northern England	Lancashire	Padiham	1643	Read Hall
Northern England	Lancashire	Preston	1643	Ribchester
Northern England	Lancashire	Preston	1643	Houghton
Northern England	Lancashire	Preston	1648	Clitheroe	Cromwell advancing across Pennines on Preston
Northern England	Lancashire	Warrington	1643	Warrington	3 skirmishes here!
Northern England	Lancashire	Wigan	1643	Wigan
Northern England	Lancs	Wigan	1644	Ormskirk
Northern England	Lancs	Wigan	1648	Wigan	Scots invade to restore the King
Northern England	Lancs	Wigan	1651	Wigan Lane	While the King recruited in Wales, Derby’s Royalists were mauled in his rear.
Northern England	Northumberland	Corbridge	1644	Corbridge
Northern England	Yorks	York	1645	Pontefract
Northern England	Yorkshire	Bradford	1642	Bradford
Northern England	Yorkshire	Bradford	1642	Adwalton Moor
Northern England	Yorkshire	Bridlington	1644	Kilham
Northern England	Yorkshire	Halifax	1644	Kirklees
Northern England	Yorkshire	Leeds	1642	Leeds
Northern England	Yorkshire	Leeds	1642	Seacroft
Northern England	Yorkshire	Leeds	1642	Howley
Northern England	Yorkshire	Leeds	1644	Hunslet
Northern England	Yorkshire	Northallerton	1644	Northallerton
Northern England	Yorkshire	Selby	1642	Sherburn
Northern England	Yorkshire	Selby	1642	Monk Fryston
Northern England	Yorkshire	Selby	1644	Selby
Northern England	Yorkshire	Wakefield	1642	Wakefield
Northern England	Yorkshire	Wakefield	1642	Stanley
Northern England	Yorkshire	York	1642	Nunmonkton
Northern England	Yorkshire	York	1642	Wetherby
Northern England	Yorkshire	York	1642	Tadcaster
Northern England	Yorkshire	York	1644	Wetherby
Scotland		Renfrew	1164	Renfrew
Scotland	Caithness	Kyle	1746	Kyle of Tongue	A two-ship sea battle in a north coast inlet led to Jacobites being forced ashore and captured.
Scotland	Grampian	Inverness	1746	Culloden Moor	Follow link to an excellent site on the ‘45
Scotland	Great Glen	Roy Bridge	1688	Roy Hill (Drochaid Ruaidh) at the foot of Glen Roy	between the MacDonnells of Keppoch and the MacIntoshes, the last battle in Scotland to be fought with bows and arrows.
Scotland	Highlands	Blair atholl	1645	Dalnaspidal	Monck’s suppression of the Glencairn rising
Scotland	Highlands	Inverness	1690	Cromdale	Jacobite defeat
Scotland	Lothian	Edinburgh	1650	Musselburgh
Scotland	Lothian	Stirling	1650	Torwood
Scotland	Lothian	Stirling	1650	Redhall
Scotland	Northern Highlands		1306	Innerhadden	Bruce, fleeing west, defeated the MacDougalls of Lorn – Balliol adherents - and others on the road NW of Schiehallion. The name Dalchosnie (the field of victory) still appears on the map.
Scotland	Northern Highlands	Strathearn	1306	Methven	Robert Bruce, defeated in June
Scottish waters	Moidart	Kyle		Loch Nam Uamh	Jacobites vs. Royal navy
South England	Kent	Maidstone	1554	Cooling castle	Wyatt’s rebellion
South England	Kent	Maidstone	1554	Wrothing	Wyatt’s rebellion
South England	Kent	Maidstone	1554	Cobham	Wyatt’s rebellion
South of England		London	1642	Brentford & Turnham Green	Fought on successive days; at Brentford, Royalists in Syon House tried to block Parliamentary traffic down the river.
South of England	Kent	Maidstone	1648	Maidstone
South of England	Wilts	Swindon	1642	Marlborough
Southern England		London	Bc54		Cassivelaunus defeated by Caesar somewhere north of the Thames
Spain		Burgos	1367	Najera	Black prince
Spain		Valladolid	0939	Simancas
Spain	Alava	Vitoria	0801	Arganzon
Spain	Andalusia	Malaga	Bc45	Munda	Caesar defeats Pompey’s sons
Spain	Leon		0878	Polvoraria
Wales	Dyfed	Carmarthen	1645	Colby Moor
Wales	Gwent	Cardiff	1648	St Fagans	Second Civil War
Wales	Gwent	Usk	1404	Grosmont
Wales	Gwent	Usk	1404	Campstone
Wales	Gwent	Usk	1404	Craig – y – dorth	Owain Glndwr
Wales	Gwent	Usk	1405	Pwll melyn	Owain Glndwr
Wales	Powys	Aberystwyth	1401	Hyddgen	Owain Glndwr
West Midlands	Cheshire	Crewe	1643	Middlewich
West Midlands	Cheshire	Crewe	1643	Tarporley
West Midlands	Cheshire	Crewe	1643	Nantwich
West Midlands	Glos	Gloucester	1643	Highnam
West Midlands	Glos	Tewkesbury	1643	Tewkesbury
West Midlands	Glos.	Tewkesbury	1643	Ripple
West Midlands	Hereford	Hereford		Hereford	3 skirmishes here!
West Midlands	Hereford	Hereford	1644	Siege of Hereford	…by 12,000 neutral “Clubmen”, who resented the impositions of the Royalist garrison there.
West Midlands	Oxon	Faringdon	1645	Bampton in the Bush
West Midlands	Oxon	Oxford	1645	Bletchingdon House
West Midlands	Oxon	Oxford	1645	Abingdon
West Midlands	Salop	Shrewsbury	1643	Wem
West Midlands	Salop	Wrexham	1643	Lee Bridge
West Midlands	Warwicks.	Birmingham	1643	Birmingham
West Midlands of England	Hereford	Hereford	0051	Wroxeter	Caractacus defeated
West of England	Avon	Bristol	1685	Keynsham	Monmouth’s rebellion
West of England	Devon	Barnstaple	1646	Torrington
West of England	Devon	Dartmouth	1643	Modbury
West of England	Devon	Exeter	1549	Sampford courtenay	Western rebellion
West of England	Devon	Exeter	1549	Clyst st mary	Western rebellion
West of England	Devon	Exeter	1549	Fenny bridges	Western rebellion
West of England	Devon	Exeter	1549	Honiton	Western rebellion
West Of England	Devon	Exeter	1646	Bovey Tracey
West of England	Devon	Exeter	1655	South Molton
West of England	Devon	Okehampton	1549	Okehampton	Western rebellion
West of England	Devon	Okehampton	1643	Sourton Down
West of England	Dorset	Shaftesbury	1645	Hambledon Hill	Cromwell drives the Dorset Clubmen effortlessly off the hill
West of England	Dorset	Sherborne	1643	Babylon Hill
West of England	Dorset	Sherborne	1643	Sherborne
West of England	Glos	Gloucester	1643	Ripple Field
West of England	Somerset	Taunton	1645	Ilminster
West of England	Somerset	Wells	1642	Marshall’s Elm	Royalists intercepted and dispersed a larger column of Roundheads
West of England	Somerset	Wells	1643	Chewton Mendip
West of England	Wilts	Swindon	1645	Trowbridge
West of England	Wilts.	Swindon	1643	Cirencester