Famous Wars

Famous Wars in World History

Battle of Marathon  490 B.C. – This battle was fought between the Greeks and Persians . A small Greek Army defeated much larger Persian force. 

Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC-Also called the Battle of Arbela,the ancient Persian empire, which once subjugated all the nations of the earth, was defeated when Alexander had won his victory at Arbela.

Battle of Gaugamela

Battle of Syracuse 413 B.C.-Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse.

Battle of the Metaurus, 207 BC-That battle was the determining crisis of the contest, not merely between Rome and Carthage, but between the two great families of the world..

Hundred year Wars 1338-1453 – It was fought between France

and England  .The war was brought to an end by the sacrifice of Joan of Arc.

 War between Henry VII
and Richard 1455-85 A.D. – It was a civil war fought in 1455-85 between Henry
VII and Richard (The Duke of York) both claiming the British throne on Henry
VI’s death. Richard was defeated in this war.

Defeat of Spanish
Armada 1588 A.D.– The British fleet defeated Spanish Armada. The British
supremacy over the seas was established. Also, it led to renaissance in England life
and literature.

Civil War in England, 1642-49 A.D. – It was fought between
the Parliament and Charles I of England.

War of Spanish
Succession, 1702 A.D. – It was fought between England
and France
in 1702. The latter were defeated.

Battle of Blenheim, 1704 A.D. – England and Austria defeated the French and
Bavarians.