General Knowledge Tutorial on GK List of Wars(WorldWide)
the following table describes major wars of the world −
| date | war | fought between |
|---|---|---|
| 1600 bce | battle of mingtiao | tang of shang defeated jie of xia. shang dynasty began in china |
| 1500 bce | battle of the ten kings | king sudas defeated the ten kings in the punjab region (india) |
| 1184 bce | battle of troy | troy descended after the ten-year trojan war |
| 1046 bce | battle of muye | zhou dynasty defeated the shang dynasty |
| 925 bce | battle of bitter lakes | shoshenq i of egypt defeated a bedouin incursion |
| 707 bce | battle of ruge | the zheng general zhu dan defeated the king huan of zhou (china) |
| 693 bce | battle of diyala river | the king sennacherib of assyria defeated the elamites of southern iran |
| 616 bce | battle of arrapha | the king nabopolassar (of babylonians) defeated the assyrians |
| 546 bce | battle of thymbra | cyrus the great of persia defeated croesus of lydia |
| 545 bce | battle of the 300 champions | the spartans defeated the argives |
| 539-38 bce | battle of opis | cyrus the great defeated nabonidus |
| 490 bce | battle of marathon | miltiades (of athens) defeated darius i of persia and artaphernes |
| 432 bce | battle of potidaea | athens defeated sparta |
| 429 bce | battle of spartolos | chalcidians (with their allies) defeated athens |
| 411 bce | battle of eretria | spartans defeated the athenian fleet |
| 334 bce | battle of the granicus | alexander the great defeated the persian army |
| 331 bce | battle of gaugamela | alexander the great defeated darius iii in mesopotamia and conquered persia |
| 326 bce | battle of the hydaspes | alexander the great defeated the indian king porus |
| 281 bce | battle of corupedium | seleucus defeated and killed lysimachus |
| 101 bce | battle of vercellae | marius (the roman) defeated the cimbri |
| 67 bce | battle of jushi | han troops defeated the xiongnu |
| 66 bce | battle of the lycus | pompey the great defeated mithridates vi |
| 58 bce | battle of the arar | caesar defeated the migrating helvetii |
| 47 bce | battle of the nile | caesar defeated ptolemy xiii (the egyptian king) |
| 36 bce | battle of zhizhi | han forces defeated xiongnu |
| common era (ce) | ||
| 84 ce | battle of mons graupius | agricola (the roman) defeated the caledonians |
| 208 ce | battle of red cliffs | war of three kingdoms (of china) |
| 312 ce | battle of milvian bridge | constantine defeated maxentius and took control of italy |
| 547 ce | battle of marta | tripolitanian moors defeated john troglita |
| 630 ce | conquest of mecca | muhammad conquered mecca without any bloodshed |
| 838 ce | battle of anzen | abbasids (modern turkey) defeated theophilus |
| 972 ce | battle of cedynia | mieszko i (of poland) defeated hodon (of germany) |
| 1054 ce | battle of dunsinane | malcolm defeated macbeth |
| 1057 ce | battle of lumphanan | malcolm defeated macbeth. in this battle macbeth was killed |
| 1179 ce | battle of jacob's ford | saladin defeats the kingdom of jerusalem |
| 1215 ce | battle of zhongdu | genghis khan in cooperation with the mongols defeated the jin dynasty and seized zhongdu (present day beijing) |
| 1361 ce | battle of wisby | denmark defeated sweden |
| 1362-63 ce | battle of blue waters | pagan lithuanians defeated the islamic tatar forces |
| 1370 ce | battle of pontvallain | france defeated england |
| 1402 ce | battle of angora / battle of ankara | timur defeated ottoman sultan bayezid i in anatolia (turkey) |
| 1448 ce | battle of kosovo | turkish and orthodox forces defeated roman catholic |
| 1533 ce | battle of cuzco | spanish defeated the inca empire |
| 1597 ce | battle of chilchonryang | japanese navy defeaterd korean navy |
| 1597 ce | battle of myeongnyang | korean navy defeated japanese navy |
| 1607 ce | battle of gibraltar | dutch defeated spanish (fleet) |
| 1656 ce | first battle of warsaw | poland seized its capital from sweden |
| 1656 ce | second battle of warsaw | sweden defeated poland |
| 1676 ce | battle of lund | sweden defeat the denmark |
| 1694 ce | battle of torroella | the french navy defeated spain |
| 1710 ce | battle of prut | ottoman turks defeated russia |
| 1729 ce | battle of damghan | nader shah defeated the afghans |
| 1779 ce | battle of baton rouge | spanish captured the city baton rouge |
| 1796 ce | battle of lodi | general napoleon bonaparte (french army) defeated austria |
| 1797 ce | battle of rivoli | napoleon bonaparte defeated austria |
| 1798 ce | battle of the pyramids | napoleon defeated mameluks (in egypt) |
| 1798 ce | battle of ballinamuck | british forces defeated ireland and france |
| 1799 | battle of abukir | napoleon and joachim murat defeated turks |
| 1805 ce | battle of austerlitz | napoléon bonaparte defeated russian |
| 1813 ce | battle of leipzig | the coalition armies of russia, prussia, austria, and sweden defeated by napoleon i (the emperor of the french) |
| 1815 ce | battle of waterloo | wellington, prussians, dutch, and german (collectively) forces defeated napoleon |
| 1904 ce | battle of yalu river | japan defeated russia |
| 1914 to 1918 ce | world war i | allied powers (france, uk, russia, serbia, belgium, italy, japan, usa, etc.) defeated central powers (germany, austria-hungary, ottoman empire, bulgaria, etc.) |
| 1917 ce | battle of jerusalem | british forces defeated ottoman empire and seized jerusalem |
| 1939 to 1945 ce | world war ii | allies powers (france, uk, russia, china, poland, canada, australia, usa, etc.) defeated axix powers (germany, italy, japan, hungary, romania, bulgaria, etc.) |
| 1947 ce | indo-pakistani war | the war ended with division of territory (jammu & kashmir) |
| 1965 ce | second indo-pakistan war | the war resulted in a stalemate |
| 1990 ce | gulf war | us and allied forces defeated iraq |
| 1995 ce | first battle of grozny | russian army captured grozny |
| 1999 ce | kargil war | pakistani infiltrators returned to status quo ante bellum |
| 2001 ce | battle of kabul | us forces attacked kabul and seized it from the taliban |
| 2001 ce | battle of kandahar | us and allied forces seized the last remaining city from the taliban |
| 2001 ce | battle of tora bora | us and allied forces besieged alqaida, but osama bin laden was escaped |
| 2003 ce | battle of baghdad (gulf war ii) | us forces captured the iraqi capital from saddam hussein's forces |
| jan 2011 ce | first battle of benghazi | libyan rebel forces freed the city from colonel gaddafi's rule |
| march 2011 ce | battle of bin jawad | gaddafi forces recaptured the city |
| august 2011 ce | battle of tripoli | tripoli is seized by rebel forces and gaddafi government collapsed |