43 events with tag "war"
1180 BC
ID: 3638
Destruction of Troy VIIa - archaeological layer possibly matching Homeric Troy, city burned
ID: 3638
431 BC
ID: 246
Peloponnesian War begins - Athens versus Sparta, democracy versus oligarchy, sea versus land power
ID: 246
425 BC
ID: 254
Aristophanes' Knights wins first prize - savage satire of demagogue Cleon during wartime
ID: 254
421 BC
ID: 249
Peace of Nicias - temporary halt to Peloponnesian War, both sides exhausted
ID: 249
343 BC
ID: 2653
First Samnite War begins - Rome starts 50-year struggle for control of Italy, learns mountain warfare
ID: 2653
322 BC
ID: 300
Wars of the Diadochi begin - Alexander's generals fight for empire, Hellenistic kingdoms emerge
ID: 300
264 BC
ID: 2660
First Punic War begins - Rome vs Carthage over Sicily, Romans forced to become naval power
ID: 2660
261 BC
ID: 3678
Kalinga War - 100,000 dead, 150,000 deported, Ashoka horrified by carnage, turns to Buddhism
ID: 3678
149 BC
ID: 2672
Third Punic War begins - Cato's 'Carthage must be destroyed' finally heeded, war of annihilation begins
ID: 2672
91 BC
ID: 2680
Social War begins - Italian allies revolt for citizenship, Rome forced to grant it to end devastating war
ID: 2680
24 BC
ID: 3692
Queen Amanirenas fights Rome - one-eyed warrior queen battles Augustus, negotiates favorable peace
ID: 3692
66
ID: 3007
August 66
First Jewish Revolt begins - Eleazar ben Simon stops daily sacrifice for emperor, declaration of war
ID: 3007
507
ID: 2824
Clovis declares war on Visigoths - claims divine mission to defeat Arian heretics, Byzantine Emperor supports with fleet
ID: 2824
602
ID: 4688
Khosrow II begins great war - uses Maurice's murder as pretext for massive invasion
ID: 4688
610
ID: 4764
Heraclius becomes emperor - finds empire near collapse from Persian invasions
ID: 4764
612
ID: 2849
War between Theudebert II and Theuderic II - Brunhilda turns grandsons against each other, Theudebert killed
ID: 2849
676
ID: 5520
Silla expels Tang forces from Korean peninsula after Silla-Tang War, securing independence
ID: 5520
772
ID: 2890
First Saxon War begins - Charlemagne invades Saxony, destroys Irminsul (sacred tree), begins 30-year struggle
ID: 2890
796
ID: 2906
Destruction of Avar Ring - Charlemagne's son Pepin destroys Avar capital, immense treasure taken, Avars cease to exist
ID: 2906
1109
ID: 5190
Louis VI begins pacifying Île-de-France - wars against robber barons like Hugh of Le Puiset, establishes royal authority
ID: 5190
1208
ID: 5058
Albigensian Crusade begins - after murder of papal legate, crusade launched against Cathars in southern France
ID: 5058
1277
ID: 2409
First Welsh War - Edward I invades Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd submits, English law imposed
ID: 2409
1298
ID: 5087
Marco Polo captured at Battle of Curzola - imprisoned in Genoa during Venice-Genoa war
ID: 5087
1298
ID: 5110
War of Curzola with Genoa - Venice defeated at sea, Marco Polo captured, long rivalry continues
ID: 5110
1337
ID: 62
Hundred Years' War begins between England and France
ID: 62
1337
ID: 2434
Hundred Years War begins - Edward III claims French throne through his mother Isabella
ID: 2434
1346
ID: 63
August 26, 1346
Battle of Crécy - English longbows decimate French chivalry
ID: 63
1369
ID: 2444
War resumes - France recovers under Charles V and Du Guesclin using Fabian tactics, avoiding battles
ID: 2444
1375
ID: 4793
War of Eight Saints begins - Florence vs Pope Gregory XI, Hawkwood fights for both sides
ID: 4793
1415
ID: 71
October 25, 1415
Battle of Agincourt - English defeat French against overwhelming odds
ID: 71
1420
ID: 73
Hussite Wars begin - first successful resistance to crusade, early firearms used
ID: 73
1625
ID: 2211
Grotius publishes De Jure Belli ac Pacis - systematic international law based on natural law and consent
ID: 2211
1700
ID: 5988
Great Northern War begins - Peter the Great challenges Swedish supremacy, initially defeated at Narva
ID: 5988
1703
ID: 5562
Francis II Rákóczi's War of Independence begins against Habsburg rule, lasts 8 years
ID: 5562
1756
ID: 5675
Potatoes save Prussia from famine - Frederick the Great orders cultivation, prevents starvation during Seven Years' War
ID: 5675
1768
ID: 5996
Russo-Turkish War begins - Catherine the Great seeks Black Sea access and protection of Orthodox Christians
ID: 5996
1832
ID: 5578
Carl von Clausewitz's 'On War' published posthumously - revolutionizes military theory with concepts of friction, fog of war, and war as politics
ID: 5578
1839
ID: 4723
First Opium War begins - Britain forces China to accept opium trade
ID: 4723
1899
ID: 5631
February 4, 1899
Philippine-American War begins as Filipino forces resist American colonization following independence declaration
ID: 5631
1901
ID: 5632
March 23, 1901
Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the First Philippine Republic, captured by American forces, effectively ending organized Filipino resistance
ID: 5632
1914
ID: 1228
July 1914
Lenin declares: 'To reject war in principle is un-Marxist... Who objectively stands to gain from the slogan Peace? In any case, not the revolutionary proletariat.'
ID: 1228
1999
ID: 3036
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia - German strategic interests in Balkans advanced
ID: 3036
2003
ID: 3083
Iraq War launched - German opposition provides political cover while German companies profit from reconstruction
ID: 3083