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Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt (Azincourt), 25 October 1415: Henry V's English army defeated a larger French force under d'Albret and Boucicaut in the Hundred Years' War, enabling the Treaty of Troyes.
Battle of Agordat
The Battle of Agordat is the name of two battles fought near Agordat in western Eritrea: a colonial battle of 1893 and a World War II battle of January 1941.
Battle of Agra (1754)
The Battle of Agra (جنگ آگرہ) was fighting of 1753 and 1754 in which Jat ruler Suraj Mal of Bharatpur fought Mughal and Maratha forces.
Battle of Agrigentum
The Battle of Agrigentum, also called the Battle of Acragas or Siege of Agrigentum, was the Roman siege of the Carthaginian stronghold of Akragas in Sicily in 262 BC.
Battle of Agua Prieta
The Battle of Agua Prieta (Segunda Batalla de Agua Prieta) was a 1915 Mexican Revolution battle at Agua Prieta, Sonora, where Plutarco Elías Calles repulsed Pancho Villa's night assault.
Battle of Aguelhok
The Battle of Aguelhok was the capture of a Malian army camp in northern Mali by armed groups on 24 January 2012, followed by the execution of dozens of captured soldiers.
Battle of Ain Jalut
Battle of Ain Jalut (Ma'rakat ʿAyn Jālūt), 3 September 1260 in the Jezreel Valley, Galilee: Mamluk Sultan Qutuz and Baibars defeated the Ilkhanate Mongol force under Kitbuqa, the first major Mongol defeat, halting Mongol expansion westward.
Battle of Aitape
The Battle of Aitape was the 1944 fighting at Aitape, New Guinea: the American landing of 22 April 1944, and the Japanese 18th Army's repulsed Driniumor River counterattack from July to August.
Battle of Aizkraukle
The Battle of Aizkraukle, also called the Battle of Ascheraden, was a 1279 victory of Grand Duke Traidenis's Lithuanians over the Livonian Order in Latvia.
Battle of Aizu
The Battle of Aizu (会津戦争, Aizu War) was an 1868 Boshin War campaign in which the Meiji government's army besieged and defeated the Aizu domain in northern Japan.
Battle of Ajdabiya
The Battle of Ajdabiya was a March and April 2011 battle of the Libyan Civil War fought for the strategic crossroads town of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya.
Battle of Ajdir
The Battle of Ajdir (Axdir) was the seizure of the Rif Republic's capital, Ajdir, by Spanish forces during the Rif War, first burned in September 1925 and captured in May 1926.
Battle of Ajnadayn
The Battle of Ajnadayn (معركة أجنادين) was fought in July 634 in southern Palestine between the Rashidun caliphate and a Byzantine army under Theodore, brother of Heraclius; the Muslims won.
Battle of Akhsi
The Battle of Akhsi, also called the Battle of Archiyan or Akhsikath, was won by Uzbek forces of Muhammad Shaybani Khan near Akhsi in June 1503.
Battle of al-Bab
Battle of al-Bab (Nov 2016–Feb 2017): Turkish forces and Syrian rebels captured the IS-held city of al-Bab, Aleppo province, in the final phase of Operation Euphrates Shield, amid US-Turkish tensions, Russian air support, and heavy civilian casualties.
Battle of al-Babein
The Battle of al-Babein (معركة البابين) was fought on 18 March 1167 near Giza, Egypt, between King Amalric I of Jerusalem and a Zengid army under Shirkuh, ending in a tactical draw.
Battle of al-Harra
The Battle of al-Harra (وقعة الحرة) was a 683 battle in which a Syrian army defeated the people of Medina, who had renounced allegiance to Caliph Yazid.
Battle of al-Hasakah (2015)
Battle of al-Hasakah (2015): ISIL's 25 June 2015 offensive on government-held southern Hasakah city, Syria, repelled by Syrian forces and Kurdish YPG; about 120,000 displaced; city declared liberated from ISIS on 2 August 2015.
Battle of al-Hasakah (2016)
The Battle of al-Hasakah was an August 2016 clash in which Kurdish-led YPG and Asayish forces fought Syrian government troops, ending with regime forces withdrawing from Hasakah city.
Battle of al-Qadisiyya
The Battle of al-Qadisiyya (معركة القادسية) was a decisive battle of the mid-630s in which Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas defeated a larger Sasanian Persian army under Rustam.
Battle of al-Raydaniyya
The Battle of al-Raydaniyya (معركة الريدانية) was fought in 1517 near Cairo between Selim I's Ottomans and the last Mamluk sultan, Tuman Bay, ending Mamluk rule in Egypt.
Battle of Alaboi
The Battle of Alaboi (আলবৈৰ যুদ্ধ) was fought on 5 August 1669 near Dadara in Kamrup, Assam, where Mughal cavalry under Ram Singh killed about 10,000 Ahom soldiers before the Ahoms won at Saraighat in 1671.
Battle of Alalia
The Battle of Alalia, or Battle of the Sardinian Sea, was a naval battle around 540 BC between Phocaean Greeks and an Etruscan and Carthaginian fleet off Corsica.
Battle of Alam el Halfa
The Battle of Alam el Halfa was fought in Egypt from 30 August to early September 1942, when Montgomery's British Eighth Army stopped Rommel's last offensive in North Africa.
Battle of Alamana
The Battle of Alamana (Μάχη της Αλαμάνας) was fought on 23 April 1821 near Thermopylae, where a larger Ottoman army defeated Greek revolutionaries and captured their commander Athanasios Diakos.
Battle of Alamance
Battle of Alamance, May 16, 1771, final battle of the Regulator Movement in colonial North Carolina: about 2,000 Regulators defeated by Governor William Tryon's roughly 1,000-man militia with eight cannons near Great Alamance Creek.
Battle of Alapan
The Battle of Alapan (Labanan sa Alapan) was a victory of Filipino revolutionary forces over Spanish marines at Alapan, Imus, Cavite, on May 28, 1898, during Aguinaldo's renewed revolution.
Battle of Alarcos
The Battle of Alarcos (معركة الأرك), fought on 19 July 1195 near Ciudad Real, saw the Almohad caliph al-Mansur decisively defeat Alfonso VIII of Castile.
Battle of Albulena
The Battle of Albulena, also called the Battle of Ujëbardha, was a 1457 victory of Skanderbeg's Albanians over a much larger Ottoman army in Albania.
Battle of Alcacer Quibir
The Battle of Alcacer Quibir (معركة الملوك الثلاثة) was a 1578 battle in Morocco where King Sebastian of Portugal and two rival sultans all died.