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Battle of Kandalur Salai
The Battle of Kandalur Salai (கண்டலூர் சாலை போர்) was an early campaign of Rajaraja I in which the Chola navy destroyed Chera ships, leading to the capture of Vizhinjam.
Battle of Kanegasaki
The Battle of Kanegasaki, or Kanegasaki withdrawal, was a 1570 retreat battle in which Oda Nobunaga escaped encirclement by the Azai and Asakura forces in Echizen.
Battle of Kannanur
The Battle of Kannanur (ಕನ್ನನೂರು ಯುದ್ಧ) was fought in 1342 near Trichinopoly between Hoysala king Veera Ballala III and the Madurai Sultanate, whose forces defeated and killed the king.
Battle of Kannauj
The Battle of Kannauj, also called the Battle of Bilgram, was a 1540 victory of Sher Shah Suri over Mughal emperor Humayun, ending Mughal rule for fifteen years.
Battle of Kano (1807)
The Battle of Kano (1807) was the decisive engagement of the Sokoto jihad, fought at Dan Yahaya near Kano, where Fulani forces crushed the army of Sarkin Kano Alwali.
Battle of Kansala
The Battle of Kansala was the 1867 siege and destruction of Kansala, capital of the Kaabu federation in what is now Guinea-Bissau, by the Imamate of Futa Jallon.
Battle of Kapetron
The Battle of Kapetron (Pasinler Muharebesi in Turkish) was fought in 1048 near modern Pasinler, northeastern Turkey, the first major field battle between Byzantine-Georgian forces and the Seljuk Turks.
Battle of Kápolna
The Battle of Kápolna (kápolnai csata), fought on 26–27 February 1849 in northern Hungary, pitted the main Hungarian army under Henryk Dembiński against the Austrians under Windisch-Grätz.
Battle of Kapyong
The Battle of Kapyong was a Korean War defensive battle fought in April 1951, where the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade stopped a Chinese offensive in the Kapyong Valley near Seoul.
Battle of Kār Ištar
The Battle of Kār Ištar was a victory of Adad-nirari I of Assyria over the Kassite king Nazi-Maruttaš of Babylonia around 1280 BC, followed by a new border agreement.
Battle of Karakilisa
The Battle of Karakilisa (Armenian: Ղարաքիլիսայի ճակատամարտ; Turkish: Karakilise Muharebesi), fought in late May 1918 at Karakilisa, today Vanadzor, Armenia, saw Armenian forces halt the Ottoman advance, enabling the First Republic of Armenia.
Battle of Karameh (معركة الكرامة)
The Battle of Karameh (معركة الكرامة) was a 1968 battle at Karameh in the Jordan Valley, where Israeli forces fought PLO fighters and the Jordanian Army; Fatah's prestige grew afterward.
Battle of Karanovasa
The Battle of Karanovasa was a surprise attack by Wallachian voivode Mircea the Elder on an Ottoman akıncı base, likely at Karnobat, in about 1393.
Battle of Karánsebes
The Battle of Karánsebes was a night panic in September 1788 in which the Habsburg army fired on itself near Karánsebes, early in the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791.
Battle of Karbala (معركة كربلاء)
Battle of Karbala (معركة كربلاء), 10 October 680 CE: Umayyad forces under Umar b. Sa'd killed al-Husayn ibn Ali and 72 companions on the plain of Karbala, Iraq, after Husayn refused allegiance to Caliph Yazid; the event became constitutive of Shi'ism and is commemorated at Ashoura and Arbaeen.
Battle of Karnal
Battle of Karnal, 24 February 1739: Nader Shah of Iran crushed Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah's much larger army in Haryana, took Delhi, looted the Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor, and ended effective Mughal central authority.
Battle of Karpenisi
The Battle of Karpenisi was an 1823 night battle of the Greek War of Independence near Karpenisi, central Greece, where Souliotes under Markos Botsaris defeated an Ottoman vanguard.
Battle of Karuse
The Battle of Karuse was a winter battle fought on 16 February 1270 on the ice of the frozen Muhu Strait in western Estonia, where Lithuanians defeated the Livonian Order.
Battle of Kassala (1940)
Battle of Kassala (1940): Italian capture of the Sudanese border town of Kassala on 4 July 1940 during the East African campaign, held until General Platt's forces reoccupied it on 18 January 1941.
Battle of Kasserine Pass
Battle of Kasserine Pass, February 1943 Tunisia Campaign battle, also called the Kasserine Pass defeat. Rommel's last African offensive routed US II Corps under Fredendall before Allied defenses halted him on 22 February; Patton replaced Fredendall.
Battle of Katar
The Battle of Katar (نبرد کتر) was fought near Balkh around 1008, when the Ghaznavid sultan Mahmud defeated the Karakhanid ruler Ilig Khan's invading army.
Battle of Katsina
The Battle of Katsina was the peaceful British takeover of Katsina Emirate in northern Nigeria in March 1903: Emir Abubakar submitted to Frederick Lugard, and no one was hurt.
Battle of Kawagoe
The Battle of Kawagoe (河越夜戦) was a 1546 Sengoku battle at Kawagoe Castle in Musashi Province, where Hōjō Ujiyasu's relief force routed the besieging Uesugi coalition.
Battle of Kawajiri
The Battle of Kawajiri was a 940 defensive alert at Kawajiri in Settsu Province, where the Heian court reinforced guards against the rebel Fujiwara no Sumitomo.
Battle of Kaymakchalan
The Battle of Kaymakchalan was a 1916 World War I battle on the Salonika Front, in which the reconstituted Serbian army captured Mount Nidže's highest peak from Bulgarian and German forces.
Battle of Kępa Oksywska
The Battle of Kępa Oksywska (Bitwa na Kępie Oksywskiej) was the final land battle of Poland's 1939 coastal defense, fought near Gdynia from 10 to 19 September.
Battle of Keren
The Battle of Keren was a 1941 battle of the East African campaign in World War II, in which British and Commonwealth forces captured Keren, Eritrea, from Italian defenders.
Battle of Ketu
The Battle of Ketu was the 1886 destruction of the Yoruba kingdom of Ketu, in western Yorubaland, by the army of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Battle of Khadki
The Battle of Khadki (खडकी की लड़ाई), also called Kirkee or Ganeshkhind, was fought near Poona on 5 November 1817, ending in a British victory over Peshwa Baji Rao II.
Battle of Khafji
The Battle of Khafji, fought January 29 to February 1, 1991, was the only organized Iraqi offensive of the Persian Gulf War, defeated mainly by coalition airpower.