71 events with tag "victory"
1020 BC
ID: 5796
David defeats Goliath of Gath - young shepherd kills Philistine champion with sling and stone
ID: 5796
1000 BC
ID: 5797
David subdues Philistines - breaks their military dominance, makes them tributaries but doesn't expel them
ID: 5797
479 BC
ID: 233
Battle of Plataea - combined Greek forces finally defeat Persian army, end of Persian invasion
ID: 233
410 BC
ID: 257
Battle of Cyzicus - Athenian fleet wins major victory, democracy restored
ID: 257
334 BC
ID: 288
Battle of Granicus - Alexander personally leads cavalry charge, nearly dies, defeats Persian satraps
ID: 288
295 BC
ID: 2656
Battle of Sentinum - Rome defeats coalition of Samnites, Gauls, Etruscans, and Umbrians, dominance of Italy assured
ID: 2656
275 BC
ID: 2659
Battle of Beneventum - Romans defeat Pyrrhus using anti-elephant tactics, Greek intervention ends, Rome controls southern Italy
ID: 2659
260 BC
ID: 2661
Battle of Mylae - Romans use corvus (boarding bridge) to turn sea battle into land battle, first naval victory
ID: 2661
241 BC
ID: 2662
First Punic War ends - Carthage pays huge indemnity, Sicily becomes first Roman province
ID: 2662
202 BC
ID: 2668
Battle of Zama - Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal in Africa, Second Punic War ends, Rome dominant in Mediterranean
ID: 2668
166 BC
ID: 2973
Battle of Beth Horon - Judah defeats and kills Apollonius, takes his sword, uses guerrilla tactics against larger force
ID: 2973
165 BC
ID: 2974
Battle of Emmaus - Judah's 3,000 defeat 40,000 through brilliant night tactics, enemy flees leaving rich camp
ID: 2974
164 BC
ID: 2975
Battle of Beth Zur - Judah defeats Lysias's army with war elephants, path to Jerusalem opens
ID: 2975
102 BC
ID: 2679
Battle of Aquae Sextiae - Marius annihilates Teutones, 100,000 killed, Rome saved from Germanic invasion
ID: 2679
102 BC
ID: 5932
Syrian prophetess Martha guides Marius - mysterious woman predicts victory over Cimbri, Marius keeps her with army, sacrifices before battle
ID: 5932
82 BC
ID: 2683
Battle of Colline Gate - Sulla defeats Samnites and Marians at Rome's gates, becomes dictator, proscription lists begin
ID: 2683
57 BC
ID: 2693
Caesar conquers Belgae - toughest fighters in Gaul subdued, most of Gaul under Roman control
ID: 2693
53 BC
ID: 4664
Battle of Carrhae - Parthian cavalry destroys Crassus's legions using horse archers
ID: 4664
52 BC
ID: 5393
Battle of Gergovia - Vercingetorix defeats Caesar, only major Gallic victory, 700 Romans killed including 46 centurions
ID: 5393
48 BC
ID: 2700
August 48 BC
Battle of Pharsalus - Caesar crushes Pompey despite being outnumbered, Pompey flees to Egypt
ID: 2700
47 BC
ID: 2703
Battle of Zela - Caesar defeats Pharnaces in five days, 'Veni, vidi, vici' - I came, I saw, I conquered
ID: 2703
36 BC
ID: 2713
Battle of Naulochus - Agrippa defeats Sextus Pompey, Lepidus tries coup, stripped of power, triumvirate becomes duumvirate
ID: 2713
66
ID: 3008
November 66
Battle of Beth Horon - Jewish rebels destroy XIIth Legion, capture eagle standard and siege equipment
ID: 3008
84
ID: 2527
Battle of Mons Graupius - Agricola defeats Caledonians in pitched battle, 'they make a desert and call it peace'
ID: 2527
217
ID: 4671
Battle of Nisibis - Parthians defeat Macrinus, Rome pays huge indemnity
ID: 4671
260
ID: 4675
Battle of Edessa - Shapur I captures Emperor Valerian alive, unprecedented humiliation for Rome
ID: 4675
363
ID: 4679
Death of Julian in Persia - last pagan emperor killed retreating, Rome never threatens heartland again
ID: 4679
486
ID: 2816
Battle of Soissons - Clovis defeats Syagrius, last Roman ruler in Gaul, 'Kingdom of Soissons' falls, Clovis controls northern Gaul
ID: 2816
500
ID: 2539
Battle of Mount Badon - Arthur (or Ambrosius) defeats Saxons, halts their advance for a generation
ID: 2539
507
ID: 2825
Battle of Vouillé - Clovis personally kills Alaric II in combat, Visigoths driven into Spain, Aquitaine becomes Frankish
ID: 2825
575
ID: 2842
Assassination of Sigebert I - killed by Fredegund's assassins while victoriously besieging Chilperic, Brunhilda captured
ID: 2842
634
ID: 2545
Battle of Heavenfield - Oswald defeats Cadwallon, becomes king of Northumbria, promotes Celtic Christianity
ID: 2545
687
ID: 2859
Battle of Tertry - Pepin of Herstal defeats Neustrian mayor, becomes mayor of all Francia, Merovingians become 'do-nothing kings'
ID: 2859
717
ID: 2863
Battle of Vincy - Charles Martel decisively defeats Neustrians, becomes undisputed mayor of palace
ID: 2863
871
ID: 2552
January 8, 871
Battle of Ashdown - Alfred defeats Danish Great Army, first major Saxon victory over Vikings
ID: 2552
878
ID: 2555
May 878
Battle of Edington - Alfred decisively defeats Guthrum's Vikings, saves Wessex and Christianity in England
ID: 2555
881
ID: 2944
Battle of Saucourt - Louis III defeats Vikings, celebrated in Old High German poem, but Vikings return
ID: 2944
914
ID: 3956
John X becomes hundred-twenty-second pope - defeats Saracens at Garigliano, murdered by Marozia
ID: 3956
937
ID: 2561
Battle of Brunanburh - Athelstan crushes coalition of Scots, Vikings, and Strathclyde, greatest Anglo-Saxon victory
ID: 2561
1014
ID: 4773
Battle of Kleidion - Basil II blinds 15,000 Bulgarian prisoners, leaves one eye per hundred to guide home
ID: 4773
1014
ID: 3719
April 23, 1014
Battle of Clontarf - Brian Boru defeats Viking-Leinster alliance, ends Viking power in Ireland but dies in victory
ID: 3719
1047
ID: 3737
Battle of Val-ès-Dunes - William with French King Henry I defeats Norman rebels, secures his duchy
ID: 3737
1054
ID: 3739
Battle of Mortemer - William defeats French invasion, King Henry I's brother captured
ID: 3739
1057
ID: 3740
Battle of Varaville - William crushes French army at tidal crossing, ensures Norman independence
ID: 3740
1066
ID: 2582
September 25, 1066
Battle of Stamford Bridge - Harold defeats and kills Hardrada and Tostig, only 24 of 300 Viking ships return
ID: 2582
1106
ID: 2599
September 28, 1106
Battle of Tinchebray - Henry defeats and captures brother Robert, Normandy and England reunited
ID: 2599
1157
ID: 3752
Valdemar I the Great becomes sole king - ends civil war period, begins Danish golden age
ID: 3752
1204
ID: 5204
Philip Augustus takes Normandy - captures Rouen, ends 300 years of Norman control, John Lackland flees
ID: 5204
1214
ID: 5205
July 27, 1214
Battle of Bouvines - Philip Augustus defeats coalition of England, Flanders, and Empire, establishes France as major power
ID: 5205
1217
ID: 2395
Battle of Lincoln - William Marshal defeats rebel barons and French, young Henry III's throne secured
ID: 2395
1264
ID: 2402
May 14, 1264
Battle of Lewes - Simon de Montfort defeats and captures Henry III and Prince Edward, becomes de facto ruler of England
ID: 2402
1322
ID: 2426
March 16, 1322
Battle of Boroughbridge - Edward II defeats Thomas of Lancaster, executions follow, Despenser rule supreme
ID: 2426
1333
ID: 2433
July 19, 1333
Battle of Halidon Hill - Edward III defeats Scots, new military tactics with longbowmen prove devastating
ID: 2433
1340
ID: 2435
June 24, 1340
Battle of Sluys - Edward III destroys French fleet, English control Channel for generation
ID: 2435
1346
ID: 2437
August 26, 1346
Battle of Crécy - English longbows slaughter French knights, 16-year-old Black Prince wins his spurs
ID: 2437
1356
ID: 2442
September 19, 1356
Battle of Poitiers - Black Prince captures French King John II, height of English military success
ID: 2442
1380
ID: 5113
War of Chioggia ends - Venice barely survives Genoese invasion of lagoon, emerges victorious, Genoa never recovers
ID: 5113
1387
ID: 4796
Battle of Castagnaro - Hawkwood's greatest victory for Padua against Verona, tactical masterpiece
ID: 4796
1403
ID: 2467
July 21, 1403
Battle of Shrewsbury - Henry IV defeats Percy rebellion, Harry Hotspur killed, Prince Hal (future Henry V) wounded
ID: 2467
1408
ID: 2469
Battle of Bramham Moor - Earl of Northumberland killed, Percy rebellions finally ended
ID: 2469
1415
ID: 2475
October 25, 1415
Battle of Agincourt - Henry V's 6,000 defeats 25,000 French, longbows destroy flower of French nobility on St. Crispin's Day
ID: 2475
1456
ID: 5555
John Hunyadi defeats Ottomans at Siege of Belgrade, stopping Ottoman advance for 70 years
ID: 5555
1456
ID: 79
July 22, 1456
Siege of Belgrade - Hunyadi defeats Ottomans, bells ring at noon in perpetuity
ID: 79
1461
ID: 2496
February 2, 1461
Battle of Mortimer's Cross - Edward of York sees parhelion (three suns), adopts sun in splendor badge
ID: 2496
1461
ID: 2497
March 29, 1461
Battle of Towton - bloodiest battle on English soil, 28,000 dead in snowstorm, Edward IV wins throne
ID: 2497
1552
ID: 5559
Siege of Eger - 2,000 defenders including women defeat 40,000 Ottomans, becoming national legend
ID: 5559
1571
ID: 3499
October 7, 1571
Battle of Lepanto - St. Pius V calls for Rosary Crusade - Has vision of victory during battle - Our Lady of Victory feast established - 30,000 Christian galley slaves freed
ID: 3499
1696
ID: 5986
Peter the Great captures Azov from Ottomans - Russia's first naval victory, gains access to Black Sea
ID: 5986
1709
ID: 3766
Denmark defeats Swedish invasion - failed attempt by Charles XII to knock Denmark out of war
ID: 3766
1709
ID: 5990
July 8, 1709
Battle of Poltava - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden, Russia becomes European great power
ID: 5990
1866
ID: 5588
Seven Weeks' War ends - Prussia's military reforms proven decisive, Moltke's planning and modern army crush traditional Austrian forces
ID: 5588