military history timeline

Military history has been critical to world history in general. Many things, from technological advancements to the changing of geography, have come through military encounters. The following are a list of major military engagements throughout history.

Before 1600

• Pelopennesian War - 431-404 BC-A History
• Punic Wars - 264-146 BC-Middle Eastern Wars
• Norman Conquest - 1066-A war ostensibly to convert pagan England.
• The First Crusade - 1095-1099-The Normans attempt to retake the Holy Land
• The Second Crusade - 1147-1149-An Overview
• The Third Crusade - 1189-1192-Another attempt to retake Jerusalem
• The Fourth Crusade - 1202-1204-A First Person Account
• 100 Year's War - 1337-1453 -Fought Between France and England

17th Century

• English Civil War - 1641-1651-One of the Most Pivotal Wars in English History

18th Century

• Seven Years War - 1754-1763-A Detailed Overview
• The French & Indian War - 1754-1763-A War that introduced the concept of ambush to European conflict.
• American Revolution - 1775-1783-The war for American Independence
• French Revolution - 1789-1799-The war that removed the French Monarchy

19th Century

• Napoleonic Wars - 1803-1815 -A Timeline
• War of 1812 - 1812-1815-From the National Archives
• Mexican-American War - 1846-1848 -From PBS
• Crimean War - 1853-1856-England, Russian, and The Vatican engage in the second battle over 'the Eastern Question'.
• United States Civil War - 1861-1865-Also Known as the War of Northern Aggression
• Spanish-American War -1898 -A History
• Boer Wars - 1899-1902 -The Anglo-Boer War

20th Century

• Russian Revolution - 1905-1907-The First Russian Revolution
• WWI - 1914-1918-Introduced the Tank to Modern Warfare
• Bolshevik Revolution -1917-The Birth of the Soviet Union
• WWII - 1939-1945-Observations By Winston Churchill
• The Cold War - 1945-1991-The two great superpowers war following the end of World War II
• Korean War - 1950-1953-Facts from the National Park Service
• Vietnam - 1959-1975-From the CIA Factbook
• The Soviet-Afghani War -1979-1989-The War that ended Soviet Military Superiority
• Operation Desert Storm - 1990-1991-The first US Intervention into the Middle East
• War in Iraq 2001-present-America responds to Terrorist Attacks in Manhattan