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Early Modern

1500 – 1800
Wars379
Est. Casualties40.1M
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1Battle of Novara1500Milan\u2014
2Malacca–Majapahit conflict1500Riau\u2014
3First Battle of Cannanore1501 – 1502Kannur\u2014
4Siege of Smolensk1502Smolensk\u2014
5Somali–Portuguese conflicts1505 – 1543Ethiopia\u2014
6Capture of Malacca1511Malacca\u2014
7Siege of Smolensk1514Smolensk\u2014
8Cholula Massacre1519Cholula\u2014
9Bajaur massacre1519Bajaur District\u2014
10Fall of Tenochtitlan1521Tenochtitlan\u2014
11Siege of Knin1522Knin\u2014
12Italian campaign of 1524–15251524 – 1525Northern Italy\u2014
13Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts1527 – 1658Sri Lanka\u2014
14First Turkish Siege of Vienna1529Vienna\u2014
15Siege of Buda1529Buda\u2014
16Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts1530 – 1605Maluku Islands\u2014
17Siege of Buda1530Buda\u2014
18Siege of Marburg1532Maribor\u2014
19Siege of Coron (1533–1534)1534Koroni\u2014
20Mughal–Portuguese conflicts1535 – 1693Gujarat\u2014
21Siege of Steinvikholm1537Steinvikholm Castle\u2014
22Siege of Hamar1537Hamarhus\u2014
23Siege of Castelnuovo1539Herceg Novi\u2014
24Siege of Koriyama1540 – 1541Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle\u2014
25Sieges of Boulogne1544Boulogne-sur-Mer\u2014
26Battle of the Solent1545The Solent\u2014
27Siege of Haddington1548 – 1549Haddington\u2014
28Russo-Caucasian conflict1550North Caucasus\u2014
29Capture of Mahdia1550Mahdia\u2014
30Siege of Tripoli1551Tripoli\u2014
31Siege of Mirandola1551 – 1552Mirandola\u2014
32Siege of Metz1552 – 1553Metz\u2014
33French Wars of Religion1562 – 1598France2.0M
34Siege of Mazagan1562El Jadida\u2014
35Siege of Inverness1562Inverness\u2014
36Siege of Valenciennes1566 – 1567Valenciennes\u2014
37Siege of Chittorgarh1567 – 1568Chittorgarh Fort\u2014
38Siege of Inabayama Castle1567Gifu Castle\u2014
39Siege of Ranthambore1568Ranthambore Fort\u2014
40Siege of Mount Hiei1571Mount Hiei\u2014
41Siege of Iwamura Castle1572 – 1575Iwamura Castle\u2014
42Relief of Goes1572Goes\u2014
43Siege of Haarlem1572 – 1573Haarlem\u2014
44Siege of Alkmaar1573Alkmaar\u2014
45Siege of Danzig in 15771577Gdańsk\u2014
46Siege of Shigisan1577Shigisan Castle\u2014
47Siege of Gvozdansko1577 – 1578Gvozdansko Castle\u2014
48Siege of Deventer in 15781578Deventer\u2014
49Siege of Smerwick1580Ard na Caithne\u2014
50Siege of Pskov1581 – 1582Pskov\u2014
51Capture of Breda1581Breda\u2014
52Siege of Godesberg1583Bad Godesberg\u2014
53Capture of Santiago1585Cidade Velha\u2014
54Battle of Cartagena de Indias1586Cartagena\u2014
55Brittany Campaign1590 – 1598Brittany\u2014
56Battle of Château-Laudran1591\u2014\u2014
57Siege of Knodsenburg1591Knodsenbourg\u2014
58Siege of Coevorden1593 – 1594Coevorden\u2014
59Luxemburg campaigns1593 – 1595Prince-Bishopric of Liège\u2014
60Siege of Groningen1594Groningen\u2014
61Siege of Enniskillen1594 – 1595Enniskillen\u2014
62Campaign of Danture1594Danture\u2014
63Action of Faial1594Faial Island\u2014
64Battle of Sacheon1598\u2014\u2014
65Battle of San Juan1598Castillo San Felipe del Morro\u2014
66Siege of Zaltbommel1599Zaltbommel\u2014
67Siege of San Andreas1600Fort Sint-Andries\u2014
68Siege of Fushimi1600Fushimi Castle\u2014
69Siege of Ostend1601 – 1604Ostend\u2014
70Siege of Kinsale1601 – 1602Kinsale\u2014
71Siege of Rheinberg1601Rheinberg\u2014
72Siege of Grave1602Grave\u2014
73Siege of Weissenstein1602Paide\u2014
74Siege of Fellin1602Viljandi\u2014
75Battle of the Narrow Seas1602Strait of Dover\u2014
76Siege of Sluis1604Sluis\u2014
77Schevkal campaign1604 – 1605\u2014\u2014
78Siege of Pärnu1609Pärnu\u2014
79Nossa Senhora da Graça incident1610Nagasaki Bay\u2014
80Siege of Osaka1614 – 1615Osaka Castle\u2014
81Abbas I's Kakhetian and Kartlian campaigns1614 – 1617Kakheti\u2014
82Battle of Cape Celidonia1616Cape Gelidonya\u2014
83Qing Dynasty Conquest of Ming1618 – 1683China25.0M
84Thirty Years' War1618 – 1648Central Europe (Holy Roman Empire)8.0M
85Siege of Bad Kreuznach1620Bad Kreuznach\u2014
86Battle off Jask1620 – 1621Jask\u2014
87Siege of Montauban1621Montauban\u2014
88Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély1621Saint-Jean-d'Angély\u2014
89Nègrepelisse massacre1622Nègrepelisse\u2014
90Siege of Heidelberg1622Heidelberg\u2014
91Siege of Baghdad1625 – 1626Baghdad\u2014
92Loss of the Lion1625Surat\u2014
93Relief of Genoa1625Genoa\u2014
94Battle of Gniew1626Gniew\u2014
95Siege of Stralsund1628Stralsund\u2014
96Sack of Magdeburg1631Magdeburg\u2014
97Siege of Smolensk1632 – 1633Smolensk\u2014
98Battle of Liaoluo Bay1633\u2014\u2014
99Siege of Leuven1635Leuven\u2014
100Siege of Schenkenschans1635 – 1636Schenkenschanz\u2014
101Second siege of Corbie1636Corbie\u2014
102Capture of Roermond1637Roermond\u2014
103Siege of Shimabara Castle1637 – 1638Shimabara Castle\u2014
104Battle of Elmina1637Elmina\u2014
105Siege of Fuenterrabía1638Hondarribia\u2014
106Siege of Tomioka Castle1638Tomioka Castle\u2014
107Siege of Saint-Omer1638Saint-Omer\u2014
108Battle of the Brig of Dee1639Bridge of Dee\u2014
109Battle of Cambrils1640Cambrils\u2014
110Siege of Malacca1640 – 1641Malacca\u2014
111Siege of Hulst1640Hulst\u2014
112Siege of Dorsten1641Dorsten\u2014
113Battle of Songjin1641 – 1642Songshan\u2014
114Battle of Tarragona1641Tarragona\u2014
115Siege of Plymouth1642 – 1646Plymouth\u2014
116Siege of Reading1642 – 1643Reading\u2014
117Siege of Wardour Castle1643Old Wardour Castle\u2014
118Siege of Basing House1643 – 1645Basing House\u2014
119Siege of Gloucester1643Gloucester\u2014
120Battle of Lostwithiel1644Lostwithiel\u2014
121Siege of York1644York\u2014
122Siege of Philippsburg (1644)1644\u2014\u2014
123Siege of Lyme Regis1644Lyme Regis\u2014
124Willem Leyel's Siege of Dansborg1644Fort Dansborg\u2014
125Siege of Newcastle1644Newcastle upon Tyne\u2014
126Siege of Lleida1644Lleida\u2014
127Sieges of Taunton1644 – 1645Taunton\u2014
128Attack on Saint Martin1644Fort Amsterdam\u2014
129Siege of Brno (1645)1645Brno\u2014
130Battle of Annan Moor1645Annan\u2014
131Great Siege of Scarborough Castle1645Scarborough Castle\u2014
132Siege of Chester1645 – 1646Chester\u2014
133Battle of Prague1648Prague\u2014
134Siege of Colchester1648Colchester\u2014
135Recapture of Angola1648Benguela\u2014
136Siege of Zbarazh1649Zbarazh\u2014
137Siege of Dublin1649Dublin\u2014
138Siege of Inverness1649Inverness\u2014
139Siege of Charlemont1650Armagh\u2014
140Siege of Dundee1651Dundee\u2014
141Siege of Limerick1651Limerick\u2014
142Battle of Portland1653Isle of Portland\u2014
143Battle of Arras1654Arras\u2014
144Deluge (Poland)1655 – 1660Poland-Lithuania2.0M
145Battle of Vilnius1655Vilnius\u2014
146Battle of Ozerna1655Ozerna\u2014
147Siege of Jasna Góra1655Jasna Góra Monastery\u2014
148Battle of Warsaw1656Warsaw\u2014
149Siege of Alessandria (1657)1657Alessandria\u2014
150Siege of Dunkirk1658Dunkirk\u2014
151Siege of Badajoz1658Badajoz\u2014
152March Across the Belts1658Danish straits\u2014
153Siege of Stettin1659Szczecin\u2014
154Siege of Lyakhavichy1660Liachavičy\u2014
155Battle of Slobodyshche1660Slobodysche\u2014
156Siege of Novi Zrin1664Novi Zrin\u2014
157Dutch-Zamorin Conflicts1666 – 1758India\u2014
158Four Days' Battle1666North Foreland\u2014
159Siege of Lille1667Lille\u2014
160Raid on the Medway1667River Medway\u2014
161Siege of Groningen1672Groningen\u2014
162Siege of Maastricht1673Maastricht\u2014
163Siege of Bonn in 16731673Bonn\u2014
164Battle of Bornholm1676\u2014\u2014
165Siege of Cambrai1677Cambrai\u2014
166Kediri Campaign1678East Java\u2014
167Kunicki's expedition on the Right-bank and Moldavia1683 – 1684\u2014\u2014
168Siege of Santa Maura1684Lefkada\u2014
169Siege of Bijapur1685 – 1686Bijapur Fort\u2014
170Siege of Pécs1686Pécs\u2014
171Siege of Bangkok1688Bangkok\u2014
172Siege of Derry1689Derry\u2014
173Siege of Bonn1689Bonn\u2014
174Siege of Belgrade1690Belgrade\u2014
175Siege of Mons1691Mons\u2014
176Siege of Cuneo1691Cuneo\u2014
177Siege of Namur1692Namur\u2014
178Capitulation of Diksmuide1695Diksmuide\u2014
179Azov campaigns1695 – 1696Principality of Moldavia\u2014
180Battle of the Oinousses Islands1695Oinousses\u2014
181Raid on Chignecto1696Isthmus of Chignecto\u2014
182Siege of Pemaquid1696Pemaquid Archeological Site\u2014
183Siege of Fort Nashwaak1696Nashwaak Village\u2014
184Avalon Peninsula Campaign1696 – 1697\u2014\u2014
185Siege of Ath1697Ath\u2014
186Siege of Barcelona1697Barcelona\u2014
187Battle of Satara1699 – 1700Satara\u2014
188War of the Spanish Succession1701 – 1714Europe, Americas700K
189Battle of Tryszki1701\u2014\u2014
190Siege of St. Augustine1702St. Augustine\u2014
191Siege of Landau1702Landau in der Pfalz\u2014
192Siege of Nöteborg1702Shlisselburg\u2014
193Newfoundland Expedition1702Newfoundland\u2014
194Siege of Guadeloupe1703Guadeloupe\u2014
195Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar1704 – 1705Gibraltar\u2014
196Siege of Landau1704Landau in der Pfalz\u2014
197Siege of St. John's1705St. John's\u2014
198Siege of Badajoz1705Badajoz\u2014
199Siege of Port Royal1707Port-Royal\u2014
200Siege of Pensacola1707Pensacola\u2014
201Siege of Xàtiva1707Xàtiva\u2014
202Siege of Toulon1707Toulon\u2014
203Sack of Baturyn1708Baturyn\u2014
204Siege of Brussels1708Brussels\u2014
205Siege of Mons (1709)1709\u2014\u2014
206Siege of Tournai1709Tournai\u2014
207Siege of Port Royal1710Port-Royal\u2014
208Siege of Vyborg1710Vyborg\u2014
209Battle of Bloody Creek1711Bloody Creek\u2014
210Sieges of Stralsund1711 – 1715Stralsund\u2014
211Battle of Helsinki1713Helsinki\u2014
212Siege of Nauplia1715\u2014\u2014
213Ottoman reconquest of the Morea1715Peloponnese\u2014
214Siege of Temeşvar1716Timișoara\u2014
215Battle of Imbros1717Imbros\u2014
216Siege of Fredriksten1718Fredriksten209
217Attack on Marstrand1719Marstrand\u2014
218Campaigns of Nader Shah1720 – 1747Arabian Peninsula\u2014
219Herat Campaign1729Khorasan Province\u2014
220Landhandel1732Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden\u2014
221Nader's Mesopotamian Campaign1732 – 1733Mesopotamia\u2014
222Apache Campaign1732Spanish Texas\u2014
223Battle of Kirkuk (1733)1733Kirkuk\u2014
224Nader's Central Asian Campaign1737 – 1740Central Asia\u2014
225Battle of Cartagena de Indias1741Cartagena\u2014
226Siege of Annapolis Royal1744Fort Anne\u2014
227Battle of Kars1745Kars\u2014
228Siege of Tournai1745Tournai\u2014
229Siege of Ostend1745Ostend\u2014
230Siege of Carlisle1745Carlisle\u2014
231Northeast Coast Campaign1745Berwick\u2014
232Battle of Madras1746Chennai\u2014
233Duc d'Anville Expedition1746\u2014\u2014
234Raid on Lorient1746Lorient\u2014
235Siege of Fort William1746Fort William\u2014
236Northeast Coast Campaign1746Berwick\u2014
237Battle of Grand Pré1747Grand-Pré\u2014
238Siege of Bergen op Zoom1747Bergen op Zoom\u2014
239Northeast Coast Campaign1747Berwick\u2014
240Siege of Maastricht1748Maastricht\u2014
241Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani1748 – 1767North India\u2014
242Durrani Campaign to Khorasan1754 – 1755Khorasan Province\u2014
243Sixty Years' War1754 – 1814\u2014\u2014
244Braddock Expedition1755Maryland\u2014
245Seven Years' War1756 – 1763Global (Europe, Americas, India, Philippines)1.4M
246Siege of Tunis (1756)1756Tunis\u2014
247Batte of Delhi1757Red Fort\u2014
248Siege of Prague1757Prague\u2014
249Battle of Fort Frontenac1758Kingston\u2014
250Invasion of Martinique1759Martinique\u2014
251Siege of Pondicherry1760 – 1761Pondicherry\u2014
252Siege of Quebec1760\u2014\u2014
253Siege of Fort Loudoun1760Little Tennessee River\u2014
254Siege of Cassel1761Kassel\u2014
255Capture of Belle Île1761Belle Île\u2014
256Battle of Cape Finisterre1761Cape Finisterre\u2014
257Siege of Almeida1762Almeida\u2014
258First Cevallos expedition1762 – 1763Colonia del Sacramento\u2014
259Conquest of 1759-17601763\u2014\u2014
260Siege of Akkerman1770Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi\u2014
261Syrian campaigns of Ali Bey1770 – 1773\u2014\u2014
262Battle of Kazan1774Kazan\u2014
263Boston campaign1774 – 1776Massachusetts\u2014
264Battle of Machias1775Machias\u2014
265Siege of Savage's Old Fields1775Ninety Six\u2014
266Siege of Fort St. Jean1775Fort Saint-Jean\u2014
267Siege of Boston1775 – 1776Boston\u2014
268Fortification of Dorchester Heights1776Dorchester Heights\u2014
269Battle of Fort Cumberland1776\u2014\u2014
270Battle of Iron Works Hill1776Mount Holly\u2014
271Washington's crossing of the Delaware River1776Washington Crossing\u2014
272Battles of Saratoga1777Stillwater\u2014
273Battle of White Marsh1777Whitemarsh Township\u2014
274Second Battle of Machias1777Machias\u2014
275Siege of Fort Stanwix1777Fort Stanwix\u2014
276Siege of Fort Mifflin1777Fort Mifflin\u2014
277Saratoga campaign1777upstate New York\u2014
278Philadelphia campaign1777 – 1778New Jersey\u2014
279Forage War1777New Jersey\u2014
280Mount Hope Bay raids1778Mount Hope Bay\u2014
281Capture of St. Lucia1778Saint Lucia\u2014
282Siege of Boonesborough1778Boonesborough\u2014
283Capture of Grenada1779Grenada\u2014
284Capture of Saint Vincent1779Saint Vincent\u2014
285Battle of Wadgaon1779\u2014\u2014
286Siege of Savannah1779Savannah\u2014
287Siege of Fort Vincennes1779Vincennes\u2014
288Sullivan Expedition1779Pennsylvania\u2014
289Battle of Bull's Ferry1780Bulls Ferry\u2014
290Battle of Fort Charlotte1780Mobile\u2014
291Siege of Charleston1780Charleston\u2014
292Siege of Vellore1780 – 1782Vellore\u2014
293Siege of Yorktown1781Yorktown397
294Siege of Negapatam1781Nagapattinam\u2014
295Siege of Ninety-Six1781Ninety Six\u2014
296Dutch West Indies campaign1781 – 1782Netherlands Antilles\u2014
297Siege of Fort Henry1782Wheeling\u2014
298Crawford expedition1782Ohio Country\u2014
299Battle of the Saintes1782Dominica\u2014
300Siege of Mangalore1783 – 1784Mangaluru\u2014
301Siege of Khotin1788Khotyn Fortress\u2014
302Siege of Ochakov1788Ochakiv\u2014
303Siege of Belgrade1789Belgrade\u2014
304Battle of Svensksund1790Gulf of Finland\u2014
305Siege of Dunlap's Station1791Dunlap\u2014
306Siege of Coimbatore1791Coimbatore\u2014
307French Revolutionary Wars1792 – 1802Europe, Egypt, Caribbean1.0M
308Siege of Mainz1792Mainz\u2014
309Flanders Campaign1792 – 1795Belgium\u2014
310Battle of Cap-Français1793Cap-Haïtien\u2014
311Battle of Haguenau1793Haguenau\u2014
312Second Battle of Wissembourg1793Wissembourg\u2014
313Battle of Froeschwiller1793Frœschwiller\u2014
314Battle of Villelongue1793Villelongue-dels-Monts\u2014
315Siege of Bellegarde1793Le Perthus\u2014
316Siege of Maubeuge1793Maubeuge\u2014
317Insurrection of 31 May — 2 June1793\u2014\u2014
318Siege of Condé1793Condé-sur-l'Escaut\u2014
319Siege of Fort-Louis1793Fort-Louis\u2014
320Siege of Landau1793Landau in der Pfalz\u2014
321Siege of Le Quesnoy1793Le Quesnoy\u2014
322Siege of Toulon1793Toulon\u2014
323Siege of Pondicherry1793Pondicherry\u2014
324Mediterranean campaign of 1793–17961793 – 1796Mediterranean Sea\u2014
325Virée de Galerne1793Maine-et-Loire\u2014
326Battle of Noirmoutier1794Isle of Noirmoutier\u2014
327Battle of Boulou1794Le Boulou\u2014
328Battle of Boxtel1794Boxtel\u2014
329Battle of Mouscron1794Mouscron\u2014
330Battle at Courtrai1794Kortrijk\u2014
331Battle of Erquelinnes1794Erquelinnes\u2014
332Battle of Lambusart1794Fleurus\u2014
333Battle of Grandreng1794Grand-Reng\u2014
334Battle of Gosselies1794Gosselies\u2014
335Siege of Calvi1794Calvi\u2014
336Siege of Maastricht1794Maastricht\u2014
337Siege of Landrecies1794Landrecies\u2014
338Siege of Ypres1794Ypres\u2014
339Siege of Collioure1794Collioure\u2014
340Siege of Bastia1794Bastia\u2014
341Siege of Nijmegen1794Nijmegen\u2014
342Siege of Luxembourg1794 – 1795Luxembourg\u2014
343Martin's cruise of 17941794\u2014\u2014
344Sunda Strait campaign of January 17941794Sunda Strait\u2014
345Battle of Muizenberg1795Dutch Cape Colony\u2014
346Battle of Höchst1795Höchst\u2014
347Siege of Mannheim1795Mannheim\u2014
348Rhine Campaign of 17951795 – 1796\u2014\u2014
349Battle of Genoa1795Gulf of Genoa\u2014
350Action of 10 April 17951795Western Approaches\u2014
351Cornwallis's Retreat1795\u2014\u2014
352Battle of Lonato1796Lonato del Garda\u2014
353Battle of the Bridge of Arcole1796Arcole\u2014
354Battle of Kehl1796Kehl\u2014
355Siege of Hüningen1796 – 1797Huningue\u2014
356Siege of Kehl1796 – 1797Kehl\u2014
357Siege of Mantua1796Mantua\u2014
358Action of 19 December 17961796Cartagena\u2014
359Montenotte Campaign1796Liguria\u2014
360Action of 8 September 17961796\u2014\u2014
361Expédition d'Irlande1796Bantry Bay\u2014
362Battle of Fishguard1797Fishguard\u2014
363Battle of Diersheim1797Diersheim\u2014
364Battle of Tarvis1797Tarvisio\u2014
365Battle of Jean-Rabel1797Jean-Rabel\u2014
366Action of 13 January 17971797\u2014\u2014
367Battle of Rathangan1798Rathangan\u2014
368Siege of Malta1798 – 1800Valletta\u2014
369French invasion of Egypt and Syria1798 – 1801Ottoman Syria\u2014
370Action of 30 May 17981798English Channel\u2014
371Action of 30 June 17981798Bay of Biscay\u2014
372Battle of Muottental1799\u2014\u2014
373Battle of Oberwald1799Oberwald\u2014
374Siege of Mantua1799Mantua\u2014
375Siege of Jaffa1799Jaffa\u2014
376Siege of Acre1799Acre\u2014
377Suvorov's Italian campaign1799Northern Italy\u2014
378Swiss Campaign of Suvorov1799Alps\u2014
379Action of 16 October 17991799Vigo\u2014
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