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515The West Saxon advance halted by the Britons at the Battle of Badon (possibly led by a leader named Arthur)
(FE Haliday,1959)c. 500 Ambrosius Aurelianus defeats Saxons at Badon Hill
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577The West Saxon advance resumed at the Battle of Deorham
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577Battle of Deorham Down near Bristol results in the separation of the West Welsh (the Cornish) from the Welsh by the advancing of the Saxons
Bath, Cirencester and Gloucester mentioned in an account of the battle but not Bristol
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627The Persians crushed by the Byzantines under Heraclius at the Battle of Nineveh
634Oswald became king of Northumbria after the Battle of Heavenfield and brought Celtic Christianity
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722Saxons defeated at the battle of Hehil, probably near Jacobstowe
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825Egbert defeated the Mercians at the Battle of Ellandun (modern Nether Wroughton) and Wessex became the dominant Saxon kingdom in England. He also conquered Kent, Sussex and Essex.
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825Egbert, king of Wessex, repels the Vikings in North Cornwall and returns to route the Mercians at the battle of Ellendune (modern Wroughton, Swindon) assuring the predominance of Wessex
The Cornish defeated by Ecgberht at Gafulford (modern Galford on the River Lew in West Devon) He also conquered Kent, Sussex and Essex Check out Nether Wroughton
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871.Jan.08Alfred the Great defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ashdown in Berkshire but with a high cost in lives on both sides
One of eight battles in which Aflred was angaged during the year
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877Battle of Swanage Bay; Alfred the Great wins first English naval victory against the Danes
A Danish fleet left Wareham to relieve their comrades besieged at Exeter by King Alfreds forces. Storms drove 120 of the vessels ashore off Perveril Point before the English galleys could intercept them - the earliest known shipwrecks off the Dorset Coast
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878.MayAlfred the Great rallied Somerset and Wiltshire and defeated the Danes at the Battle of Ednington nr Chippenham, Wilts. Guthrum the Danish leader was baptized as a Christian by the Peace of Wedmore
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937Athelstans crowning victory at the Battle of Brunanburgh gave the kings of Wessex mastery over England
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991Byrhtnoth of Essex and the Essex fyrd defeated by the Vikings at the Battle of Maldon heralding the renewal of Viking raids on England
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993Ealdorman britnoth slain at the Battle of Maldon (ASC)
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1001Danes raid into Hampshire and win battle against the English at Alton before proceeding to Devon (ASC)
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1014Death of the Irish king Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf
Although he died in the battle, the Norsemen who had a controlling influence in Ireland since 795 were defeated in the battle
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1016.Oct.18Danes under Canute decisively defeat the Saxons under Edmund II (Ironside) at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon) in Essex
Edmund retreated to Gloucestershire
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1066.Oct.14THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND: The Battle of Hastings or Senlac - Harold II slain and the English defeated by William, Duke of Normandy
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1066.Oct.14Harold II slain and the English defeated at the Battle of Hastings or Senlac by William, Duke of Normandy
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circa 1077Making of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings
The 70-metre-long tapestry was made in Kent or France
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1093Malcolm III of Scotland attacked the north of England but was slain at the Battle of Alnwick.
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1099.Aug.19Crusaders beat the Saracens in Battle of Ascalon
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1120Henry I defeats Louis VI (the Fat) of France at the Battle of Br�mule and terms for peace are agreed
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1138.Aug.22Battle of the Standard: David of Scotland defeated by King Stephen
The Scots defeated by a force raised by Thurstan, Archbishop of York
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1141.Feb.02Abandoned by his earls, King Stephen defeated and captured by Ranulf and Robert\'s forces at the battle of Lincoln
Ranulf and Robert\'s forces slaughter the towsfolk of Lincoln
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1212Spaniards won a decisive vistory over the Moors at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
1264Victory at the Battle of Lewes leaves Simon de Monforts party in control of Britain
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1265Simon de Montfort was defeated and killed at the Battle of Evesham
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1314The English deafeated by the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn thus ensuring Scotlands freedom (England did not concede the defeat until the Treaty of Northampton in 1329)
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1329The Treaty of Northampton conceded Scotlands independace won by the Scottish victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
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1333Edward III defeats David II of Scotland at the Battle of Halidon Hill
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1346.Aug.26The Battle of Crecy; led by King Edward III and his son the Black Prince, English longbows defeat the French
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1356.Sep.19English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers
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1387Battle of Radcot Bridge: Supporters of Richard II defeated by Henry Bolingbroke
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1388English fight the Scots at the Battle of Otterburn
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1402Battle of Angora: Tamerlane defeats the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I who is captured. Mehmed I succeeds Bayezid as Sultan
1402.Sep.14Battle of Homildon Hill: the northern English nobles led by Sir Henry Hotspur Percy defeat a Scottish raiding army under the Earl of Douglas
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1403.Jul.21The forces of Henry IV, led by his 16-year-old son Henry, defeated and killed Sir Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) at Shrewsbury thus ending his rebellion
The prince is nearly killed by an arrow lodged in his face.
The Battle forms the climax of Shakespeare\'s play, Henry IV part 1
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1408.Feb.20Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland invades England and is killed at the Battle of Branham Moor
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1415.Oct.25Battle of Agincourt successfully concludes Henry V\\\'s French campaign of 1415
A larger campaign is mounted in 1417
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1421.Mar.21Death of Thomas, Duke of Clarence, 2nd son of King Henry IV of England and brother of Henry V, at the Battle of Bague
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1421.Mar.21Battle of Baug�: small French force surprises and defeats an English force under Henry V\\\'s brother, Thomas, Duke of Clarence in Normandy
or March 22nd
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1448.MayPrince Peter of Portugal killed on the field of battle bringing the Civil war in that country to an end
1450.Apr.15Battle of Formigny: French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen
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1450.Jun.18Battle of Seven Oaks: Jack Cade\'s rebels are driven from London by loyal troops bringing about the collapse of the rebellion
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1455.May.22Battle of St Albans, the first battle of the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster (supporting Henry VI) and York
Richard of York regained his position as protector and was promised the succession by Henry VI
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1459.Sep.23Battle of Blore Heath; Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lacastrian force
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1460.Dec.30Battle of Wakefield (Yorkshire); between royalist forces and supporters of the Duke of York
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1471.Apr.14Henry VI defeated at the Battle of Barnet and incarcerated in the Tower. The Earl of Warwick slain
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1471.MayLancastrians badly defeated at the Battle of Tewkesbury; Jasper Tudor and the young Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) sought refuge in the duchy of Brittany
Margaret of Anjou imprisoned and her son slain
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1485Henry VII becomes monarch by battle establishing the House of Tudor and ending the Wars of the Roses
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1485.Aug.22Battle of Bosworth Field: Lancastrian Henry, Earl of Richmond, (later Henry VII) defeats and kills Richard III (last of the Plamtagenet Kings) and the Yorkists
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, flees the battlefield but is captured later
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1487.Jun.16Battle of Stoke: Lambert Simnel claiming to be the son of George, Duke of Clarence, gathers support in Ireland, which had favored the Yorkists and lands in the West Country. Henry VII crushes the rebels
Considered by some to be the last battle of the Wars of the Roses
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1489.Dec.04Battle of Baza: The Spanish captures Baza from the Moors
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1513.Aug.22The Scots invade England
They are defeated and their monarch, James IV, killed at the Battle of Flodden
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1513.Sep.09English forces under the Earl of Surrey defeat James IV of Scotland at the Battle of Flodden Fields
The battle results in over ten thousand dead, James IV of Scotland among them
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1521Battle of Tenochtitlan
1525Defeat and capture of Francis I of France (who attempted to regain Milan) by the imperialists at the Battle of Pavia
France loses Italy
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1526Babar begins the Muslim conquest of India with the Battle of Panipat
Babar founds the Mogul empire
1526.Aug.28Turkish victory at the Battle of Mohacs ends Hungarian independence
1532Battle of Cajamarca
1558Battle of St Quentin
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1571.Oct.07Battle of Lepanto: Spectacular defeat of Turkish Ottoman sea-power (the Ottomans had threatening east Christendom for a century) by Don John of Austria
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1578Death of King Sebastian of Portugal at the Battle of Alcazar-Quivir
1580.Aug.25Spain defeats Portugal at the Battle of Alcantara
1588.Jul.29Battle of Gravelines: many ships of the Spanish Armada lost or damaged in the eight-hour battle
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1600.Oct.20Battle of Sekigahara establishes Tokugawa clan as rulers of Japan (shoguns) until 1865
1642.Oct.23Battle of Edgehill: Oliver Cromwell faught in the battle
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1642.Nov.13Battle of Turnham Green, west of London. Royalist army under the King, Parliamentarians under Robert Devereux
Outnumbered by the 24,000 Pariamentarians, no battle was fought as the Royalists went south to Kingston and on to Reading in Berkshire
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1643Battles of Bradock Down, Stratton, Lansdown (Sir Bevil Grenville killed) and Roundway Down. Royalists take Bristol
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1643.Oct.11Battle of Winceby secures Leicestershire for Parliament
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1644.Jun.03The Battle of Poytington
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1644.Jul.02Battle of Marston Moor, near York: the Royalists are routed by Cromwell
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1645.Jun.13Parliament wins the Battle of Naseby and, effectively, the Civil War
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16462nd Battle of Lostwithiel; Royalists defeat Essex
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1648.Aug.19Battle of Preston (Aug 17-19): Oliver Cromwell defeats the Scotts invaders loyal to Charles I
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1651.Jun.28Start of the Battle of Beresteczko between the Poles and the Ukrainians (-June 30th)
1651.Jun.30Poles win the Battle of Beresteczko (June 28th-) against the Ukranians
The largest battle of the 17th century
1651.Sep.03Future Charles II of England defeated at the Battle of Worcester (the last major battle of the civil war) and flees to France
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1652.May.19Battle of Godwin Sands or Battle of Dover - start of the First Anglo-Dutch War (-1654)
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1685.Jun.11Rebel Duke of Monmouth lands at Lyme Regis in Dorset with 82 supporters to wrest the Crown from James II
Monmouths rebellion in the West Country was crushed by James II at the Battle of Sedgemoor and followed by the notorious Bloody Assizes presided over by Judge Jeffereys
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1690.Jul.01Exiled James Stuart (James II of England -Dec.1688) defeated at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland, ending his claim to the Irish crown
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1743British defeated by the French at the Battle of Dettingen - George II, the last British king to command an army in the field
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1746The Jacobites destroyed by Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden
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1776.Aug.27Battle of Long Island; Washington loses the battle and New York has to be evacuated
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1780Battle of Cape St Vincent
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1780.Aug.16British decisively defeat Continental forces in the Battle of Camden South Carolina
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1805.Oct.21Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson (killed in the battle) establish British supremacy for a century
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1815British victory at the Battle of Waterloo ends the Napoleonic Wars
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1817Trial by Wager of Battle strangely revived in a murder case
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1819Trial by Wager of Battle abolished
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1853.Nov.30Battle of Sinope: Russian naval fleet attacks and destroys the Turkish fleet (Crimean War)
1854.Oct.25Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War
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1862.Aug.29Italian royal forces defeat the rebels at the Battle of Aspromonte
1864.Aug.18Petersburg Campaign: Battle of Weldon Railroad (day 1 of 3 days)
1914.Aug.26The USSR defeated by the Germans in Battle of Tannenberg
1914.Sep.06Germans prevented from occupying Paris at the Battle of the Marne
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1956.Oct.23Peaceful protest turns into running battles between tens of thousands of protesters and police in Hungary as protesters demand an end to Soviet rule and the return to power of former prime minister, Imre Nagy
1993.Aug.0236-month old toddler Jessica returned to her biological parents Dan and Cara Schmidt of Iowa
Jessica was at the center of a custody battle between her biological parents and Jan and Roberta DeBoer of Michigan
2000.Mar.02Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet flies home after 16 months of legal battles over his extradition on charges of torture

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