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Wars and Battles


Wars, Battles, Warefare, Soldiers, Weapons etc.



11 subcategories
Battles against Turks

BATTLES AGAINST TURKS

Battles by century

BATTLES BY CENTURY

Conquest of England - Bayeux Tapestry

CONQUEST OF ENGLAND - BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Crusades

CRUSADES

Emperor Karl V

EMPEROR KARL V

Mythological Battles

MYTHOLOGICAL BATTLES

Napoleonic Battles

NAPOLEONIC BATTLES

Naval Battles

NAVAL BATTLES

Prince Eugene of Savoy

PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY

Sieges

SIEGES

War of Austrian Succession

WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

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The assault on the pirate stronghold in North Africa (Mahdia, Tunesia). From Jean Froissart's Chronicles (Volume IV, part 1). S. Netherlands (Bruges), 1470-1475. Shelfmark: Harley 4379 Page Folio Number: f.83v
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The assault on the pirate stronghold in North Africa (Mahdia, Tunesia). From Jea...

Crusaders at Damietta during the Fifth Crusade (1217–21). Damietta, in Egypt, was captured during the Fifth Crusade, but the crusaders did not hold it for long. They eventually abandoned the town in exchange for a truce. Vincent de Beauvais,"Le Miroir Historial". France; 15th century.
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Crusaders at Damietta during the Fifth Crusade (1217–21). Damietta, in Egypt, w...

The Siege of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. From Guillaume Adam, Directorium ad passagium faciendum (traduction Jean Miélot). France, Lille; 15th century. The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire which occurred after a siege by the Ottoman Empire, under the command of Sultan Mehmed II. The siege lasted from Friday, 6 April 1453 until Tuesday, 29 May 1453 (according to the Julian Calendar), when the city was conquered by the Ottomans. Constantinople was defended by the army of Emperor Constantine XI. The event marked the end of the political independence of the millennium-old Byzantine Empire, which was by then already fragmented into several Greek monarchies.
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The Siege of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. From Guillaume Adam, Director...

Dominican nuns in choir; decorated borders. From the Psalter of Henry VI. France (Paris); 1400-1410, and circa 1420. Shelfmark: Cotton Domitian A. XVII Page Folio Number: f.177v
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Dominican nuns in choir; decorated borders. From the Psalter of Henry VI. Fran...

Battle at Öland 1676, Skånska kriget, (Scania war), the war between Denmark and Sweden. The ship burning is the Swedish royal ship Svärdet (The Sword). Canvas; 17th century.
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Battle at Öland 1676, Skånska kriget, (Scania war), the war between Denmark and...

Battle of Öland between Swedish and Danish fleets for the dominion of the Baltic Sea. Canvas; 16th century.
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Battle of Öland between Swedish and Danish fleets for the dominion of the Baltic...

Danish frigate Freia under Captain Krabbe attacking English ships. Canvas; 1800.
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Danish frigate Freia under Captain Krabbe attacking English ships. Canvas; 1800.

Battle of Cape St. Vincent - Admiral Nelson boarding the San Josef and receiving the Spanish Admiral's sword. The naval Battle of Cape St. Vincent took place on February 14, 1797, near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, between a British fleet and a Spanish fleet and was an important battle during the Wars of the French Revolution.
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Battle of Cape St. Vincent - Admiral Nelson boarding the San Josef and receivin...

Battle of Port Mahon, Minorca. In May of 1756 a French task force under the Duc de Richelieu attacked the harbour of Port Mahon on Minorca, then a pillar of British naval power in the Mediterranean. The key to the harbour's defence was Fort San Filipe, built by Emperor Charles V of Spain two centuries earlier. The Fort, whose siege is portrayed in this anonymous French engraving (1764), was an early example of a "star bastion".
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Battle of Port Mahon, Minorca. In May of 1756 a French task force under the Duc...

The naval Battle of Navarino was fought on October20, 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821-29). It is notable for being the final large-scale fleet action in history between sailing ships.
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The naval Battle of Navarino was fought on October20, 1827, during the Greek War...

The Battle of Tsushima, commonly known as the "Sea of Japan Naval Battle" in Japan, was the last and most decisive sea battle of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. It was fought on May 27-28, 1905 in the Tsushima Strait. In this battle the Japanese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroyed two-thirds of the Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski.
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The Battle of Tsushima, commonly known as the "Sea of Japan Naval Battle" in Jap...

Capitulation of Port Arthur - Russian garrison surrenders to Japanese troops. The Siege of Port Arthur (August 1, 1904- January 2, 1905), the Russian deep-water port and naval base at the tip of the Liaotung Peninsula in Manchuria was one of the longest and most vicious battles during the Russo-Japanese War.
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Capitulation of Port Arthur - Russian garrison surrenders to Japanese troops. Th...