Statistics for 100 Important Battles in History

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Time	Description	Answer	% Correct
1815 AD	Napoleon's final battle	Battle of Waterloo	81%
1941 AD	The Japanese air force attacks the United States naval base located here, leading to the United States' joining the Allies	Attack on {Pearl} {Harbor}	79%
1944 AD	The Allies launch the largest seaborne invasion in history on this French region	Invasion of {Normandy}	77%
1939 AD	German and Soviet forces invade this country, marking the beginning of the Second World War	Invasion of {Poland}	75%
1863 AD	Biggest battle of the American Civil War; ends any Confederate attempts to invade the North	Battle of Gettysburg	74%
1658 AD	French and English forces defeat the Spanish on these seaside "downs", leading to the end of the Franco-Spanish Wars	Battle of the Dunes	73%
1940 AD	Allied forces are evacuated from this French port as German forces close in	Battle of Dunkirk	72%
1453 AD	Ottoman forces lay siege and capture this city, ending the Eastern Roman Empire	Fall of {Constantinople}	72%
717 -718 AD	This city is unsuccessfully laid siege to by the Umayyad Caliphate for the second time	Second Arab Siege of {Constantinople}	72%
1942 AD	American forces decisively defeat and repel a Japanese invasion on these strategic atolls, marking a turning point for the Allies in the Pacific theatre	Battle of Midway	70%
1948 - 1949 AD	This newly formed state repels the invasion of a coalition of Arab states, leading to its survival into the present-day	{Israel's} War of Independence	70%
1941 AD	German forces are repelled by the Soviets at the gates of this city, forcing them to settle for the winter	Battle of Moscow	69%
1099 AD	The First Crusade lays siege and captures this holy city	Siege of {Jerusalem}	68%
1940 AD	The German Luftwaffe is repelled by the British RAF during this campaign, forcing Hitler to abandon his plans of a British invasion	Battle of Britain	66%
1805 AD	The British navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson defeat the French and Spanish fleets, destroying Napoleon's plans to invade England	Battle of Trafalgar	66%
1066 AD	William, Duke of Normandy defeats the Anglo-Saxons and establishes Norman rule over England	Battle of Hastings	65%
1968 AD	North Vietnamese forces launch a campaign of surprise attacks on South Vietnamese and United States military and civilian centers; named after the Vietnamese Lunar New Year during which the attacks occurred	{Tet} Offensive	64%
1945 AD	Allied forces capture this Japanese island in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theatre	Battle of Okinawa	63%
1920 AD	Polish forces, on the verge of defeat, repel and defeat the Red Army in the outskirts of this city	Battle of Warsaw	62%
1942 AD	This important British stronghold in the Pacific is captured by Japanese forces	Fall of {Singapore}	62%
490 BC	The Athenians repel the first Persian invasion of Greece	Battle of Marathon	56%
1991 AD	A United States led coalition of thirty-five countries launch this operation in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait	Operation {Desert} {Storm}	56%
1916 AD	A German attack on this city is repelled by the French at the cost of heavy casualties	Battle of Verdun	54%
1529 AD	The Ottomans under Suleiman I lay siege on this city, but are ultimately repelled	Siege of {Vienna}	52%
1864 AD	General Sherman captures this important Confederate city and begins the March to the Sea	Battle of Atlanta	51%
1491 AD	This city is captured by the united forces of Aragon and Castile, ending Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula	Fall of {Granada}	51%
1759 AD	British forces in the Seven Years' War defeat the French and capture this city, ending French dominance in Canada	Battle of Quebec	50%
1847 AD	American forces capture this city, ending the Mexican-American War	Battle for Mexico City	48%
1588 AD	The English fleet defeat this "invincible" force off the Southern English Coast	Spanish Armada	47%
1781 AD	Last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, leading to Britain's surrender	Battle of Yorktown	46%
1521 AD	This city is captured by Spanish Conquistadors under Hernan Cortes, ending the Aztec Empire	Fall of {Tenochtitlan}	46%
1898 AD	The American fleet destroys the Spanish fleet in this important harbor, ending Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines	Battle of Manila Bay	45%
1428 - 1429 AD	An English siege on this city is lifted by French forces under Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years' War	Siege of {Orleans}	44%
1914 AD	German forces are halted at this river, saving Paris from capture	First Battle of the Marne	43%
1918 AD	The last major German offensive is repelled, marking the beginning of German defeat in World War One	Second Battle of the Marne	43%
1950 AD	United Nations forces successfully land and capture this coastal South Korean city, leading to the capture of Seoul	Battle of Inchon	41%
732 AD	The Frankish army under Charles Martel permanently halt Umayyad expansion into Western Europe	Battle of Tours	41%
1862 AD	First Confederate invasion on the North is repelled; remains the bloodiest day in American history	Battle of Antietam	39%
1813 AD	Napoleon's is defeated by the forces of the Sixth Coalition at this German city, leading to his abdication and exile	Battle of Leipzig	37%
1777 AD	Often considered the turning point of the American Revolutionary War	Battle of Saratoga	37%
1776 AD	American forces cross the Delaware and defeat German mercenaries stationed in this New Jersey city	Battle of Trenton	37%
9 AD	An alliance of German tribes ambush and destroy three Roman legions in this German forest	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest	34%
415 - 413 BC	An Athenian invasion on this Spartan-allied Sicilian city is repelled during the Peloponnesian War	Battle of Syracuse	33%
480 BC	A coalition of Greek city-states destroy the Persian fleet during the second Persian invasion of Greece	Battle of Salamis	31%
1812 AD	Napoleon defeats Russian forces which allows him to advance on Moscow	Battle of Borodino	30%
1870 AD	French forces are defeated and the last emperor of the French is captured by the Prussians in the biggest battle of the Franco-Prussian War	Battle of Sedan	28%
1798 AD	The British fleet under Admiral Horatio Nelson defeat Napoleon's fleet and repel his invasion of Egypt	Battle of Aboukir Bay	27%
1571 AD	A coalition of Catholic states inflict a heavy defeat on the Ottoman fleet during this naval engagement	Battle of Lepanto	27%
1346 AD	English forces under King Edward III inflict a decisive defeat against France during the Hundred Years' War	Battle of Crecy	26%
31 BC	Octavian defeats his rivals Mark Antony and Cleopatra off the coast of this Greek town, and goes on to become "Augustus Caesar"	Battle of Actium	25%
1953 - 1954 AD	Vietnamese Communist Revolutionaries decisively defeat French colonial forces, bringing French colonial rule in Vietnam to an end	Battle of Dien Bien Phu	25%
331 BC	Alexander the Great destroys the Persian army, completing his conquest of the Persian empire	Battle of Gaugamela	25%
202 BC	Rome defeats Carthage, ending the Second Punic War and establishing Roman dominance in the Mediterranean	Battle of Zama	24%
1905 AD	The Japanese navy destroys the Russian fleet at this strategic strait, securing Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War	Battle of Tsushima	23%
1916 AD	Russian forces launch a devastating offensive against the Central Powers, but is cut short due to supply issues	{Brusilov} Offensive	23%
378 AD	Eastern Roman Empire Valens is defeated and killed by Gothic rebels; often considered to be the beginning of events which led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire	Battle of Adrianople	22%
52 BC	Roman forces under Julius Caesar defeats a confederation of Gallic tribes, ending Gallic independence in France and Belgium	Battle of Alesia	22%
1187 AD	Saladin inflicts a devastating defeat on the Crusader forces, leading to the destruction of all the Crusader kingdoms	Battle of Hattin	21%
1709 AD	Russia decisively defeats Sweden near this Ukrainian city in the largest battle of the Great Northern War, establishing Russian hegemony in Northern Europe	Battle of Poltava	21%
1806 AD	Napoleon defeats the Prussian forces and subjugates Prussia into the French Empire	Battle of Jena-Auerstedt	20%
1811 AD	American forces under William Henry Harrison defeat a confederation of Native American Tribes and end Native American resistance in the Midwest (and give Harrison this nickname)	Battle of Tippecanoe	20%
1746 AD	British forces defeat Jacobite rebels in the last battle fought on British soil, ending the clan system and beginning the suppression of highland culture	Battle of Culloden	18%
1071 AD	The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantines, paving the way for future Turkic migration into Anatolia	Battle of Manzikert	18%
1905 AD	Russian forces are defeated and driven out of Southern Manchuria by the Japanese near this Chinese city	Battle of Mukden	17%
1317 -1326 AD	This city in modern-day Turkey is captured from the Byzantines and made the first capital of the Ottomans	Siege of {Bursa}	16%
1645 AD	Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell defeat the Royalist forces, greatly weakening Royalist power throughout the rest of the First English Civil War	Battle of Naseby	15%
451 AD	Roman and Visigoth forces unite and halt Hunnic advance into Gaul	Battle of the Catalaunian Plains	15%
312 AD	Emperor Constantine defeats his rival Maxentius, reuniting the Roman Empire and leading to Constantine's conversion to Christianity	Battle of the Milvian Bridge	15%
1757 AD	British East India Company forces defeat the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, seizing control of Bengal	Battle of Plassey	14%
1704 AD	France is overwhelmingly defeated by a coalition of Holy Roman, British, and Dutch forces during the War of the Spanish Succession	Battle of Blenheim	13%
1836 AD	Texan forces defeat Mexican forces in the final battle of the Texas Revolution, securing Texan independence	Battle of San Jacinto	13%
1479 BC	The first reliably recorded battle in history; fought between Egypt and a coalition of Canaanite vassal states	Battle of Megiddo	12%
1260 AD	Egyptian Mamluks permanently halt Mongol advance into Arabia and Egypt	Battle of Ain Jalut	11%
48 BC	Julius Caesar defeats his rival Pompey, consolidating total power over the Roman Empire	Battle of Pharsalus	11%
1792 AD	French forces halt Prussian troops attempting to march on Paris, protecting the continuation of the French revolution	Battle of Valmy	11%
1631 AD	Sweden's greatest victory during the Thirty Years' War	Battle of Breitenfeld	10%
371 BC	Thebes defeats Sparta in this decisive battle, ending Spartan hegemony in Greece	Battle of Leuctra	10%
1600 AD	Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats his rival Ishida Mitsunari, reuniting Japan and ushering in the Edo Period	Battle of Sekigahara	10%
773 - 774 AD	Charlemagne lays siege and captures this Lombard capital; goes on to declare himself "King of Italy"	Siege of {Pavia}	10%
1532 AD	Spanish Forces under Francisco Pizarro ambush an Incan force in the plaza of this Incan city and capture the Inca ruler Atahualpa	Battle of Cajamarca	9%
338 BC	Philip II defeats an alliance of Greek city-states and brings Greece under Macedonian hegemony	Battle of Chaeronea	8%
955 AD	German king Otto I destroys the Hungarian army, ending all Magyar invasions into the Latin Empire	Battle of Lechfeld	8%
1526 AD	Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi, ending the Delhi Sultanate and establishing the Mughal Empire	First Battle of Panipat	8%
1214 AD	France defeats a coalition of English and Holy Roman forces; indirectly leading to the signing of the Magna Carta	Battle of Bouvines	7%
624 AD	Muslim forces led by Muhammad defeat a larger force of Quraysh Meccans; one of the most important events in the spread of Islam	Battle of Badr	6%
310 BC	Antigonus is defeated by a coalition of Cassander, Lysimachus, Seleucus and Ptolemy in the Fourth War of the Diadochi, ending any possibility of the reunification of Alexander's empire	Battle of Ipsus	6%
168 BC	Rome defeats Macedon forces and goes on to conquer Macedonia	Battle of Pydna	6%
1797 AD	Napoleon defeats Austrian forces and consolidates Northern Italy under French control	Battle of Rivoli	6%
1824 AD	The Independentists defeat royalist forces and secure Peruvian independence; often considered the end of the Spanish American Wars of Independence	Battle of Ayacucho	5%
207 BC	Rome defeats Carthaginian forces, paving the way for Roman dominance in Italy	Battle of Metaurus River	5%
546 BC	The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great decisively defeats the Lydian Kingdom and conquers the rest of Anatolia	Battle of Thymbra	4%
66 AD	Jewish rebels inflict a humiliating defeat against the Romans, leading to a short-lived period of Judean self-governorship	Battle of Beth Horon	3%
1274 and 1281 AD	The two Mongol invasions of Japan are both repelled at this Japanese bay	Battle of Hakata Bay	3%
1268 - 1273 AD	The Mongol Yuan defeat the Southern Song and capture this city, going on to conquer the rest of China	Battle of Hsiang-yang	3%
203 BC	Liu Bang defeats the Chu Warlord Xiang Yu, reuniting China and founding the Han Dynasty	Battle of Kai-hsia	3%
1644 AD	Manchu forces defeat the rebel leader Li Zicheng and go on to capture Beijing, establishing the Qing Dynasty	Battle of Shanhaikuan	3%
1882 AD	British forces defeat Egyptian rebels and go on to capture Cairo during the Anglo-Egyptian War	Battle of Tel El-Kebir	3%
533 AD	The Byzantines under Belisarius defeat the Vandals, ending the Vandal kingdom in North Africa	Battle of Tricamarum	3%
1948 - 1949 AD	Communist forces launch this devastating campaign against the Nationalists, ending Nationalist dominance in Northern China	{Huaihai} Campaign	3%
1192 AD	Ghurid forces defeat a confederation of Hindu states, opening the doors of Northern India to Muslim rule	Second Battle of Taraori	3%