Events Tagged: "decisive"

9 events with tag "decisive"

605 BC ID: 2767
Battle of Carchemish - Nebuchadnezzar defeats Egypt, Babylon becomes dominant power (Babylonian Chronicle confirms)
ID: 2767
Carchemish
333 BC ID: 290
Battle of Issus - Alexander defeats Darius III, captures Persian royal family, treats them with respect
ID: 290
Issus
331 BC ID: 293
Battle of Gaugamela - Alexander defeats Darius's million-man army, becomes Lord of Asia
ID: 293
Gaugamela
48 BC ID: 2700
August 48 BC
Battle of Pharsalus - Caesar crushes Pompey despite being outnumbered, Pompey flees to Egypt
ID: 2700
Pharsalus
31 BC ID: 2714
September 2, 31 BC
Battle of Actium - Agrippa defeats Antony and Cleopatra's fleet, they flee to Egypt, Octavian master of Roman world
ID: 2714
Actium
717 ID: 2863
Battle of Vincy - Charles Martel decisively defeats Neustrians, becomes undisputed mayor of palace
ID: 2863
Vincy
878 ID: 2555
May 878
Battle of Edington - Alfred decisively defeats Guthrum's Vikings, saves Wessex and Christianity in England
ID: 2555
Edington
1600 ID: 5505
October 21, 1600
Battle of Sekigahara - Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats rivals, becomes de facto ruler of Japan
ID: 5505
Japan
1866 ID: 5587
July 3, 1866
Battle of Koniggratz (Sadowa) - Moltke's converging armies crush Austrians using superior tactics, needle guns, and artillery concentration
ID: 5587
Koniggratz