| Year | Battle Name | Involved Countries | ||
| 1618 – 1648 | Thirty Year War | Started as religious-cum-political war between (Conto) the Lutherans and Catholics in Germany and developed into an international war | ||
| 1588 | Anglo-Spanish War | Spanish and English fleets fought in the English Channel; Defeat of the Spanish fleet | ||
| 1455 – 1485 | War of Roses | Civil War in England between the two rival royal houses of Lancaster and York; White and red rose were their respective symbols | ||
| 1338 – 1453 | Hundred Year War | France and England | ||
| 190 BC | Battle of Magnesia | Syrian and Roman forces; Syrian forces defeated (north-west Lydia) | ||
| 331 BC | Battle of Arabia | Greek and Persian forces; Greeks victorious | ||
| 431 – 421 BC | Spartan War II | Sparta and Athens; Spartans victorious | ||
| 459 BC | Spartan War I | Sparta and Athens, also called ‘Pelponesian War’; it lasted for 30 years | ||
| 479 BC | Battle of Mycale | Greek and Persian forces; Persian fleet defeated | ||
| 479 BC | Battle of Platae | Greek and Persian forces; Persian forces defeated | ||
| 480 BC | Battle of Salamis | Athenian and Persian fleet in the Bay of Salamis; Persian fleet defeated | ||
| 480 BC | Battle of Thermoplyae | Spartans led by Leonidas and Persians by Xerxes; Spartans were defeated. | ||
| 490 BC | Battle of Marathon | Athenians and Persians; King Darius of Persia defeated. | ||
| 608 BC | Battle of Megiddo | Necho of Egypt and Josiah of Judah; Egyptians victorious | ||
| 2003 | Gulf War II | US led coalition forces dethroned the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein | |
| 2001 | US-Afghanistan War | US led coalition forces attack Afghanistan to bring down the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in retaliation to the September 11 terrorist attack in the USA | |
| 1999 | Kargil War | India defeated Pakistani forces at Kargil | |
| 1991 | Gulf War | US led multinational forces attacked Iraq to oust Iraqi troops from Kuwait | |
| 1971 | Pakistan-Bangladesh War | Mukti Bahini forces aided by India against the Pakistani forces stationed in Bangladesh (former East Pakistan); Pakistani forces surrendered and Bangladesh came into being | |
| 1967 | Israel-Arab War | Six-day war, shortest war in history; Arab forces led by Egypt, Syria and Jordan were defeated | |
| 1954 | Korean War | South Korea invaded by North Korea; North Korea was forced back by UN forces | |
| 1942 | Desert War | Italian Army from Libya invaded Egypt in order to attack British forces | |
| 1939 – 45 | World War I | Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) against the Allies (Britain, USSR, US, France and several other countries); Axis powers were defeated | |
| 1916 | Battle of Jutland | During World War I–naval battle between Germany and England in which Germany was defeated | |
| 1914 – 1919 | World War I | Germany (with Austria, Hungary and Turkey) against Britain (with France, US, Russia, Japan, Canada, Austria and Belgium); Germany and its allies were defeated | |
| 1913 | Balkan War II | Invasion of Serbia and Greece by Bulgaria; Bulgaria defeated by combined forces of Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro, which stripped Turkey of most of its European territories | |
| 1912 | Balkan War I | Turkey and Balkan countries (Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece); Turkey defeated | |
| 1905 | Russo–Japan War | Russia and Japan in the Sea of Japan; Russia defeated; also called the ‘Battle of Port Arthur’ or ‘Battle of Yalu’ | |
| 1861 – 1865 | American Civil War | Northern Vs. Southern states of America for the abolition of slavery; Abraham Lincoln defeated the Southern states | |
| 1840 | First China War | China and Britain; Chinese forces yielded. It was a trade war and also known as the ‘Opium War’ | |
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo | British forces led by Duke of Wellington defeated French forces led by Napoleon Bonaparte; it was Napoleon’s last battle; Napoleon was abdicated and was exiled to the island of St Helena in South Atlantic where he died in 182l. | |
| 1813 | Battle of Leipzig | Germany and combined forces of Austria, Prussia and Russia defeated Napoleon (French forces) | |
| 1812 | Battle of Borodino | France and Russia; the French forces were commanded by Napoleon who was defeated | |
| 1805 | Battle of Austerlitz | Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia on one side and France on the other; French on the other; French forces victorious | |
| 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar | British fleet defeated fleets of France and Spain; British fleets commanded by Admiral Nelson, who was killed in the battle | |
| 1798 | Battle of Nile | British and French fleets; Britain victorious | |
| 1756 – 1763 | Seven Year War | Britain and France against Austria and Prussia; British alliance won | |
| 1607 | Battle of Gibraltar Bay | The Dutch defeated the Spaniards and the Portuguese | |
| 1642 – 1649 | Civil War of England | Between Cavaliers (King Charles supporters) and forces of the Parliament led by Oliver Cromwell; King Charles I executed | |