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Battle of the Plains of Abraham The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, fought September 13, 1759, was a decisive battle of the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War (a theatre known in the United States as the French and Indian War). It was fought on a plateau just outside and to the west of the walls of Quebec City, capital of New France, on the land of Abraham Martin dit L'Écossais.
Battle of the Planets Battle of the Planets (1978) was the first Westernized adaptation of the 1972 Japanese animated television series known as Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman. Of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets adaptation.
Battle of the Pyramids The Battle of the Pyramids was a battle fought on July 21, 1798 between the French army in Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte and local Mamluk forces. It was the battle where Bonaparte put into use one of his significant contributions to tactics, the massive divisional square.
Battle of the Reichswald Battle of the Reichswald was the action by the Canadian First Army to clear the west bank of the Rhine River, prior to the crossings of World War II. It formed phase one of the Allied campaign in the Rhineland.
Battle of the Rice Boats The Battle of the Rice Boats was a battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place in the Savannah River on the border between the Province of Georgia and the Province of South Carolina. The battle, which pitted colonial militia against the British Navy, took place on March 2 – March 3, 1776.
Battle of the River Berre At the Battle of the River Berre in 737 Frankish forces under the command of Charles Martel intercepted a sizeable Arab force sent from Al-Andalus to relieve the siege of Narbonne. The battle, which took place at the mouth of the River Berre (now in the DĂ©partement of Aude), was a significant victory for Martel in the campaigns of 736-737.
Battle of the River Plate The Battle of the River Plate (December 13 1939) was a naval battle in World War II. The German pocket battleship (heavy cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee had been commerce raiding since the start of the war in September.
Battle of the Rosebud The Battle of the Rosebud (also known the Battle of the Rosebud Creek) occurred June 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Native Americans during the Black Hills War. The Cheyenne called it the Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother because of an incident during the fight involving Buffalo Calf Road Woman.
Battle of the Sabis The Battle of the Sabis, also known as the Battle of the SambreThough it may well not have been fought at the location of the modern Sambre River - the River Selle, west of modern Saulzoir, is another option. or the Battle against the Nervians (or Nervii), was fought in 57 BC in the area known today as Flanders, between the legions of the Roman Republic and an association of Belgic tribes in Gaul, principally the Nervii (a Belgian-French tribe).
Battle of the Saintes The Battle of the Saintes took place over 4 days, 9 April - 12 April 1782, during the American Revolutionary War, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse.
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Santa Cruz or in Japanese sources as the Battle of the South Pacific (南太平洋海戦), was the fourth carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the fourth major engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the lengthy Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands campaign. In similar fashion to the battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Eastern Solomons, the ships of the two adversaries were rarely in direct visual range of each other.
Battle of the Sesia The Battle of the Sesia (April 30, 1524) was a battle in the Italian War of 1521 that saw the Habsburg forces under Charles de Lannoy inflict a decisive defeat on the French under Admiral Bonnivet and the comte de St. Pol, forcing the latter to withdraw from Lombardy.
Battle of the Sexes (radio contest) The Battle of the Sexes is a game where male and female contestants challenge each other on trivia questions. The principle of the game is to demonstrate the imbalance between male and female genders as they compete.
Battle of the Shirts In 1540, John of Moidart (Ian MĂąideatach), Chief-or Captain- of the MacDonalds of Clanranald, fell foul of the Royal Government during King James V's visit to the Hebrides, and was imprisoned, with other Chiefs of the Isles. A dispute arose over who would take over the Chiefship of Clan MacDonald of Clan Ranald, and the Clan Fraser and Clan Fraser of Lovat backed Ranald Gallda (the Stranger), son of the fifth Chief by a Fraser wife.
Battle of the Scheldt The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations which took place in northern Belgium and south-western Netherlands during the Second World War. Allied offensive operations were launched with the goal of clearing both banks of the Scheldt estuary of German forces so that Allied shipping could transport supplies safely into the recently liberated port city of Antwerp.
Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe The Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe (English: Guadalupe Mountains), also the Tagus Campaign, was a continuation of the Nationalist race north toward Madrid in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War. In late August 1936 the three columns of General YagĂĽe's Army of Africa dashed across the Guadalupe Mountains in central Spain and plunged into the Tagus valley, capturing several towns and routing the Republicans in a succession of rapid advances.
Battle of the Sit River The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia on March 4, 1238 between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Rus' people under George II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus. After the Mongols sacked his capital of Vladimir, George fled across the Volga northward, to Yaroslavl, where he hastily mustered an army.
Battle of the Slaak The naval Battle of the Slaak, during the Eighty Years War, took place on the night of 12 September - 13 September 1631 and was a victory for Dutch ships over Spanish boats, which were trying to divide the territory of the Dutch United Provinces in two. A Spanish fleet of 90 vessels and 5,500 men under the direction of Don Francisco de Moncada, Marquis of Aytona and factually commanded by Count Jan van Nassau Siegen, the catholic cousin of the calvinist Dutch House of Orange, mostly consisting of small transports, departed from Antwerp.
Battle of the Solent The naval Battle of the Solent took place on 18 and 19 July, 1545 during the Italian Wars, fought between the fleets of Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England, in the Solent channel off the south coast of England between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The engagement was inconclusive and is most notable for the sinking of the English carrack Mary Rose.
Battle of the Sound The naval Battle of The Sound took place near the Sound or Oresund on 8 November 1658 (29 October OS) just south of København, which was under siege by Charles X of Sweden. It was a major battle of the Dutch-Swedish War, in which the Dutch supported Denmark against Sweden to protect the Baltic trade.
Battle of the Stugna River The Battle of the Stugna River (26 May 1093) was a battle between the princes of Kievan Rus (Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Vladimir Monomakh of Chernigov) and the nomadic Cumans tribe (a Turkic peoples). The Kievan forces were defeated.
Battle of the Styles The Battle of the Styles is a term used to refer to the conflict between supporters of the Gothic style and the Classical style in architecture. In Britain this led to public debates between Decimus Burton and Augustus Pugin.
Battle of the Systems The Battle of the Systems, a controversy over the most effective system of exercise and calisthenics, consisted of different systems of exercise mostly in a gymnastic or calisthenic-type format. It raged in the United States as states mandated physical education systems.
Battle of the Tarigo Convoy The Battle of the Tarigo Convoy (sometimes referred to as the "Action off Sfax") was fought on 16 April 1941 between four British and three Italian destroyers during the Mediterranean Campaign, in World War II. The battle was named after the Italian flagship, the Navigatori class destroyer, Luca Terigo; it took place near the Kerkennah Islands off the Tunisian coast.
Battle of the Tenaru The Battle of the Tenaru, also known as the Battle of the Ilu River, took place August 21, 1942 on the island of Guadalcanal, and was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between Imperial Japanese Army and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.
Battle of the Thousand Islands The Battle of the Thousand Islands was fought between 16 August and 24 August, 1760, in the upper St. Lawrence River, along the present day US–Canada border, by British and French forces during the closing phases of the French and Indian War.
Battle of the Three Navies The Battle of the Three Navies is a fictional battle between the navies of the United States and those of Great Britain and Japan in Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory (Timeline-191) series during the Great War (World War I). It is equivalent in importance to the Battle of Jutland in our timeline.
Battle of the Three Princes In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, The Battle of Three Princes is an important event out of the history of Terre d'Ange. During a war to keep the Skaldic forces from overrunning the eastern borders, the decisive battle was fought in Camlach.
Battle of the Tongue River The Battle of the Tongue River sometimes referred to as the Connor Battle was the major engagement of the Powder River Expedition which destroyed the Arapaho capability to raid the Bozeman Trail and overland mail routes for a time.
Battle of the Treasury Islands The Battle of the Treasury Islands was fought from October 25 to November 12 of 1943 between Allied (mainly New Zealand) and Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands. The Allied forces invaded two islands that had been occupied by the Japanese.
Battle of the Trench The Battle of Khandaq (AKA Battle of the Trench (Arabic غزوةالخندق), Battle of the Ditch, Battle of Ahzab (Arabic غزوةالاحزاب) was an attack by the city of Mecca on the city Medina in 627. The name "Battle of the Trench" comes from the fact that the Muslims dug a trench north of Medina to protect the city (Medina was naturally fortified on all other fronts).
Battle of the Utus The Battle of the Utus was fought in 447 between the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Huns led by Attila. The Romans successfully repelled Attila's forces, and Attila eventually shifted his attack to the Western Roman Empire.
Battle of the Vorskla River The Battle of the Vorskla River was one of the greatest and bloodiest in the medieval history of Eastern Europe. It was fought on August 12, 1399 between the Tatar hordes of Edigu and Temur Kutlugh and armies of Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania.
Battle of the Wabash The Battle of the Wabash, also known as St. Clair's Defeat and the Battle of Wabash River, was fought on November 4, 1791, in Ohio Country between the United States and an American Indian confederacy, as part of the Northwest Indian War (also known as "Little Turtle's War").
Battle of the Weser River The Battle of the Weser River, sometimes known as a first Battle of Minden, was fought in 16 between Roman legions commanded by Emperor Tiberius' heir and adopted son Germanicus, and an alliance of Germanic tribes commanded by Arminius.
Battle of the Willows The Battle of the Willows (377) took place at a place called ad Salices ("town by the willows"), or according to Roman records, a road way-station called Ad Salices ("By the Willows"); probably located within 15 kilometers of Marcianople, although its exact location is unknown. Forces from the Western Roman Empire under the command of Richomeres advanced westward, while forces of the Eastern Roman Empire under Trajanus and Profuturus advanced northward where they joined forces to attack the Goths who had recently rebelled and were laying waste to the norther Balkans (see Gothic War (377–382)).
Battle of the Windmill The Battle of the Windmill was a battle fought in November 1838 in the aftermath of the Upper Canada Rebellion. Loyalist forces of the Upper Canadian government defeated an invasion attempt by Patriot Hunter insurgents based in the United States.
Battle of the Windmill (Animal Farm) The Battle of the Windmill is a fictional battle in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. In real life, with events in Animal Farm mirroring those in the Soviet Union, this represents the Great Patriotic War (World War II), mostly the Battle of Stalingrad.
Battle of the Wines The Battle of the Wines (fr. La Bataille des Vins), sometimes called "The Battle of the Blends" was a notable poem written by Henry d'Andeli in 1224 and tells the story of a famous wine tasting organized by the French king Philip Augustus.
Battle of the Winwaed The Battle of the Winwaed was fought on November 15, 655 (or perhaps in 654, according to one interpretation of the chronology), between King Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Bernicia, ending in the Mercians' defeat and Penda's death.
Battle of the Year Battle of the Year, commonly referred to as BOTY, is an annual international breakdancing competition. Regional elimination events are held worldwide culminating in World Finals which are held at the Volkswagenhalle in Braunschweig, Germany.
Battle of the Yellow Ford The Battle of the Yellow Ford (Irish: Béal an Átha Buidhe) was fought in southern Armagh, Ulster, in Ireland, near the river Blackwater in August 1598, during the Nine Years War (Ireland). It was fought between the Gaelic native Irish army under Aodh Mór Ó Néill and Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill and an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
Battle of the Zab The Battle of the Zab took place on the banks of the Great Zab river in what is now Iraq on January 25, 750. It spelt the end of the Umayyad Caliphate and the rise of the Abbasids, a dynasty that would last (under various influences and with varying power) until the 13th century.
Battle of Taginae At the Battle of Taginae (also known as the Battle of Busta Gallorum) in June/July 552, the forces of the Byzantine Empire under Narses broke the power of the Ostrogoths in Italy, and paved the way for the complete Byzantine conquest of the peninsula.
Battle of Tagliacozzo The Battle of Tagliacozzo was fought on August 23, 1268 between the French forces of Charles of Anjou and the Italian/Spanish/Roman/Arab/Germans, led by Conradin. Conradin's forces won the first encounter, but Charles' reserve forces entered the fight and massacred Conradin's forces while they where plundering the enemy camp.
Battle of Tachov The Battle of Tachov was a battle fought on 4 August, 1427 near the present day Czech town of Tachov. It was part of the Hussite Wars, and it was the first battle in which war wagons were used by the crusaders.
Battle of Taillebourg There were three military confrontations called the Battle of Taillebourg, site of strategic importance on the route between Northern and Southern France, via the bridge built over the Charente River. The first one was that which saw the victory of Charlemagne, in 808, over the Saracens.
Battle of Taiyuan The Japanese offensive called 太原作戦 or the Battle of Taiyuan () was a major battle fought between China and Japan near Taiyuan (the capital of Shanxi province), which lies in the 2nd China Theater. This battle concluded in loss for the NRA and effectively ended large-scale regular resistance in the North China Plain area.
Battle of Takatenjin The Battle of Takatenjin (高天神の戦い) was fought in 1574 between the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the forces of Takeda Katsuyori. Katsuyori captured the Tokugawa fortress of Takatenjin, a feat which his father had unsuccessfully attempted.
Battle of Taku Forts The Battle of Taku Forts was a battle during the Boxer Rebellion between Chinese forces and Admiral Edward Seymour's Relief Expedition. Seymour successfully captured the forts and from there moved inland towards Peking.
Battle of Takusa The Battle of Takusa was fought on April 12, 1853, between the forces of Kassa Hailu, future Emperor of Ethiopia, and an alliance of several rival provinces. The forces of Hailu's enemies were led by Dejazmach Biru.
Battle of Talana Hill The Battle of Talana Hill was the first major clash of the Second Boer War. A hasty frontal attack by British infantry drove Boers from a hilltop position, but at the cost of heavy casualties, and without resolving a poor strategic position.
Battle of Talas The Battle of Talas in 751 was a conflict between the Arab Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang Dynasty for control of Central Asia. The Chinese army was defeated following the routing of their infantry by the Abbasid cavalry on the bank of the River Talas.
Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1809) The Battle of Talavera (July 27–28 1809) was a bloody yet inconclusive battle 70 miles Southwest of Madrid. Although the French army under Joseph Bonaparte withdrew from the field, the British under Wellesley soon withdrew from Spain, leaving their wounded to the Spanish under General Cuesta, who left them to the French.
Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936) The Battle of Talavera de la Reina was fought on September 3, 1936 in the Spanish Civil War. The Republicans, attempting to bar the road to Madrid at Talavera de la Reina, were defeated by the professional army of the Nationalists, with heavy casualties on both sides.
Battle of Tali-Ihantala The Battle of Tali-Ihantala (June 25 to July 9, 1944) was part of the Continuation War (1941-1944) between Finland and the Soviet Union that occurred during World War II. German units also took part in the battle on Finnish side.
Battle of Talikota The Battle of Talikota (or Tellikota) (January 26, 1565) was a watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates, resulted in a rout of Vijayanagara, and ended the last great Hindu kingdom in South India. Talikota is situated in northern Karnataka, about 80 km to the southeast of the city of Bijapur.
Battle of Tamai The Battle of Tamai(or Tamanieh) took place on March 13, 1884 between a British force under Sir Gerald Graham and a Mahdist Sudanese army led by Osman Digna. The British were victorious, at the cost of heavy losses.
Battle of Tamamés The Battle of Tamamés was a sharp reversal suffered by part of Marshal Ney's French army under General Marchand in the Peninsular War. The French, advancing out of Salamanca, were met and defeated in battle by a Spanish army on October 18, 1809.
Battle of Tampa The Battle of Tampa was a minor engagement of the American Civil War fought June 30–July 1, 1862, between the United States Navy and a Confederate artillery company charged with protecting the ports of Tampa, a small but notable trade hub for the Confederacy, now facing a full-scale Union naval blockade along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
Battle of Tampere The Battle of Tampere of the Finnish Civil War was fought in March and April of 1918 between Red and White forces. The White forces besieged and captured the main city of the Red Guards, Tampere, taking 10,000 Red prisoners.
Battle of Tanga The Battle of Tanga (sometimes nicknamed the "Battle of the Bees") was the blundered attempt by the British Indian Army to capture German East Africa (present-day Tanzania) during World War I. It was the first major event in the war in Africa.
Battle of Tannenberg (1914) The Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 was a decisive engagement between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of The Great War, fought by the Russian First and Second Armies and the German Eighth Army between August 17 and September 2, 1914. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army.
Battle of Tao River The Battle of Tao River (洮水之戰), more often known as the Battle at Jingjing Pass (井徑口之戰), was fought in 205 BC between the army of Han, commanded by Han Xin and a Zhao army. The Zhao were led by Princes Zhao Xie (趙歇) of Zhao and Chen Yu (陳餘), who is also known as the Lord of Cheng An (成安君) and serving as Zhao Xie's prime minister.
Battle of Tara Hill The Battle of Tara Hill was fought on 26 May 1798 between British forces and Irish rebels involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in a heavy defeat for the rebels and the end of the rebellion in County Meath.
Battle of Tarakan (1942) The Battle of Tarakan took place on January 11-12, 1942. Even though Tarakan was only a small marshy island at northeastern Borneo in the Netherlands East Indies, but the 700 oil wells, oil refinery and airfield on it, was one of the main objectives for the Empire of Japan in the Pacific War.
Battle of Tarakan (1945) The Battle of Tarakan occurred in May 1945 and was the first stage in the Australian-led Borneo campaign. While the battle ended with success for the Allied forces over the Japanese defenders, delays with bringing the island's airfield into service rendered this a largely pyrrhic victory.
Battle of Taranto The naval Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11 November — 12 November 1940 during World War II. The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft naval attack in history, flying a small number of aircraft from an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean and attacking the Italian fleet at Taranto.
Battle of Tarawa The Battle of Tarawa was a battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, largely fought from November 20-23, 1943. It was the second time the United States was on the offensive (the Battle of Guadalcanal had been the first), and the first offensive in the critical central Pacific region.
Battle of Tashihchiao The Battle of Tashihchiao (Jpn. 大石橋の戦い　Taisekihashi no Tatakai) was a small-scale land engagement fought on 24 July - 25 July 1904, during the Japanese advance toward Liaoyang in first stage of the Russo-Japanese War.
Battle of Tayacoba The Battle of Tayacoba was a disastrous American effort to land supplies and reinforcements to Cuban rebels fighting for their independence in the Spanish-American War. Repulsed at the port of Cienfuegos on June 29, 1898, the American force aboard the USS Florida went ashore near Tayacoba the following day.
Battle of Târgul Frumos The Battle of Târgul Frumos (May 2-7, 1944) was fought near Iaşi, Romania between the German Reich's Wehrmacht and its Romanian allies on one side and the Soviet Red Army. The battle started as the Soviets attempted to capture Iaşi in the final stage of their spring offensive, as part of their conquest of eastern Romania.
Battle of Tebbs Bend The Battle of Tebbs' Bend (or Tebbs Bend or Green River) was fought on July 4, 1863, near the Green River in Taylor County, Kentucky during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War. Despite being badly outnumbered, elements of the Union army thwarted repeated attacks by Confederate Brig.
Battle of Tegyra The Battle of Tegyra (375 BC) was an ancient Greek battle between Theban and Spartan hoplite forces. In the battle, a Theban army under Pelopidas was challenged by a substantially larger Spartan force while retreating from an abortive attack on Orchomenus, but successfully attacked and routed the Spartans.
Battle of Tel al-Kebir The Battle of Tel al-Kebir was the decisive battle of the Urabi Revolt. After discontented Egyptian officers under Ahmed Urabi rebelled in 1882, Great Britain reacted to protect its interests in the country, and in particular the Suez Canal.
Battle of Telamon The Battle of Telamon (or Talamone) was fought between the Gauls and the Roman Republic in 224 BC. The Romans, led by Consuls Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus, defeated the Gauls, thus extending their influence on northern Italy.
Battle of Telos IV The Battle of Telos IV, an important battle near the end of the Star Wars video game Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, was a ground and space engagement between the forces of the Galactic Republic, led by Admiral Carth Onasi and the Jedi Exile, and the Sith fleet of the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus that was the second-to-last battle of the 5-year Sith Civil War and occurred sometime in 3,951 BBY.
Battle of Temesvár The Battle of Temesvár (Romanian: Timişoara) was fought on August 9, 1849 between Austria and Hungarian insurgents. The Austrians were led by Julius Jacob von Haynau, while the Hungarians were led by Artúr Görgey.
Battle of Temmokuzan The 1582 battle of Temmokuzan, also known as the battle of Toriibata, is regarded as the last stand of the Takeda family. This was the final attempt by Takeda Katsuyori to resist the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, who had been campaigning against him for some time.
Battle of Tertry The Battle of Tertry was an important engagement in Merovingian Gaul between the forces of Austrasia on one side and those of Neustria and Burgundy on the other. It took place in 687 at Tertry, near PĂ©ronne in modern France.
Battle of Teugen-Hausen The Battle of Teugen-Hausen was fought on 19 April 1809, and resulted in a French victory under Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout over the Austrian Army of Archduke Charles of Austria. The Battle was the first engagement of a four day campaign which culminated in the French victory at the EckmĂĽhl.
Battle of Thapsus The Battle of Thapsus took place on February 6, 46 BC near Thapsus (modern Ras Dimas, Tunisia). The Conservative Republican Army, led by Marcus Porcius Cato, the younger and Quintus Caecillius Metellus Scipio clashed with the forces of Julius Caesar, who eventually won the battle.
Battle of The Chinese Farm The Battle of the Chinese Farm was fought in October 1973 after the Egyptian 3rd Army crossed the Suez canal. The Israeli Defense Force counterattacked to secure its bridgehead across the Suez Canal and tried to isolate the 3rd Army.
Battle of Thermopylae In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks delayed the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history.
Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC) The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 191 BC between a Roman army led by consul Manius Acilius Glabrio and a Seleucid force led by King Antiochus III the Great. The Romans were victorious, and as a result, Antiochus was forced to flee Greece.
Battle of Thiepval Ridge The Battle of Thiepval Ridge was the first large offensive mounted by the British Reserve Army of Lieutenant General Hubert Gough during the Battle of the Somme. Beginning on 26 September, the battle saw the capture of the German fortress of Thiepval which had been an objective on 1 July, 1916, the first day on the Somme, and had repeatedly defied British attempts to capture it.
Battle of Thoroughfare Gap The Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, also known as Chapman's Mill, took place on August 28, 1862, in Fauquier County and Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War.
Battle of Thymbra The Battle of Thymbra was the decisive battle in the war between Croesus of Lydia and Cyrus of Persia in the last weeks of 547 BC. Cyrus, having pursued Croesus into Lydia following the drawn Battle of Pteria, met the remains of Croesus' partly disbanded army in battle on the plain north of Sardis and utterly defeated it.
Battle of Tianmenling The Battle of Tianmenling (Traditional Chinese: 天門嶺之戰), also known as the Battle of Cheonmun-ryeong (Hangul: 천문령 전투) was a battle fought between Dae Jo-yeong, later founder of Balhae, and Li Kaigu (李楷固) of Tang Dynasty China.
Battle of Ticameron The Battle of Ticameron took place on December 15, 533 between the armies of the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, and his brother Tzazon, and the eastern Roman Empire (later referred to as the Byzantine Empire), under the command of General Belisarius. It followed Gelimer's defeat at the Battle of Ad Decimum, and eliminated the power of the Vandals for good, completing the "Reconquest" of North Africa under the Emperor Justinian I.
Battle of Ticinus The Battle of Ticinus was a battle of the Second Punic War fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal and the Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio in November 218 BC. It was the first battle to take place on Italian soil.
Battle of Ticonderoga (1777) The Battle of Ticonderoga on July 5 and July 6, 1777 was more a battle of maneuver than a direct conflict in the American Revolutionary War. The British Army, led by John Burgoyne, occupied the fort after forcing American General Arthur St.
Battle of Tienhaara The Battle of Tienhaara was a part of Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union. After the fall of Viipuri on June 20 to the Soviet Union they started an offensive to open the way to Helsinki the heart of Finland, but they could not break through the Finnish defence and so it ended in a Finnish victory.
Battle of Timor (1942-43) The Battle of Timor (1942–43) occurred on the island of Timor, in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It involved forces from the Empire of Japan, which invaded on February 20 1942, on one side and Allied personnel, predominantly from Australia and the Netherlands, on the other.
Battle of Tinchebray The Battle of Tinchebray (or Tinchebrai) was fought September 28, 1106, in the town of Tinchebray (in today's Orne département of France), Normandy, between an invading force led by Henry I of England, and his older brother Robert Curthose, the Duke of Normandy. Henry's knights won a decisive victory, capturing Robert and imprisoning him in England and then Wales until Robert's death in Cardiff Castle.
Battle of Tippecanoe The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought in 1811 between United States forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and forces of Tecumseh's growing American Indian confederation. The battle took place outside Prophetstown, near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, and was part of what is sometimes known as Tecumseh's War, which continued into the War of 1812.
Battle of Tirad Pass The Battle of Tirad Pass, sometimes referred to as the "Philippine Thermopylae" was a battle in the Philippine-American War fought on December 2, 1899 in northern Luzon in the Philippines, when a 60-man Filipino rearguard commanded by Brigadier General Gregorio del Pilar succumbed to 500 Americans of the 33rd Infantry regiment under Major P.C.
Battle of Toba-Fushimi The Battle of Toba-Fushimi (Japanese:鳥羽・伏見の戦い) occurred between pro-Imperial and Shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan. The battle started on January 27, 1868 (January 3rd according to the Lunar calendar), when the shogunate forces and the forces of Chōshū, Satsuma and Tosa clashed near Toba and Fushimi, and lasted for 4 days, ending with the defeat of the Shogun forces.
Battle of Tobruk (1911) Tobruk was a port with a high strategical importance. Once, a German explorer named Schwein Furth had stated that "A nation that possesses Tobruk will dominate the eastern Mediterranean Seas" in 1883.
Battle of Tolbiac The Battle of Tolbiac was fought between the Franks under Clovis I and the Alamanni, traditionally in 496. The site of "Tolbiac", or "Tulpiacum" is usually given as ZĂĽlpich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, about 60km east of the present German-Belgian frontier, which is not implausible.

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