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10,000 BC - Oldest known battle that took place in the current Kenya.	Nataruk
52 BC - Battle between Caesar and Vercingetorix that ended with a Gallic victory.	Gergovia
31 BC - Naval decisive confrontation between Octavian, Mark Antony and Cleopatra.	Actium
378 - Battle between Roman armies and Goth refugees on which Emperor Valens died.	Adrianople
999 - Baltic Sea battle of which Norway lose its sovereignty.	Svolder
1415 - Major English victory against French calvary because of the use of longbows.	Agincourt
1532 - Ambush that enabled the capture of Atahualpa, Inca leader.	Cajamarca
1571 - Naval engagement leading to the defeat of Ottoman forces by the Holy league.	Lepanto
1718 - Naval battle between Royal Navy and Blackbeard in which the pirate died.	Ocracoke
1720 - Chinese expedition force stopped by a Dzungar Khanate battalion before entering Lhasa.	Salween River

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1741 - Battle for the control of India between Dutch forcies and the Kingdom of Travancore.	Colachel
1807 - Meeting between French and Russian armies in Prussia where Russian withdrawed.	Eylau
1876 - First US Army victory against Sioux that took place in the Dakota Territory.	Slim Buttes
1896 - 38 minutes skirmish that began with the death of the Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini.	Zanzibar
1898 - Fight between Spain and United States resulting in the destruction of the Spanish navy.	Santiago de Cuba
1941 - Battle of the Greek Campaign in which German panzers played a key role for the victory.	Vevi
1942 - Major battle of Desert Compaign leaded by Rommel and Auchinleck.	El Alamein
1951 - Battle that took place in the Gulf of Tonkin in the First Indochina War.	Day River
2000 - Engagement of the Second Chechen War for the control of the Argun River gorge.	Height 776
2004 - Operation to root out extremists from an iraquien city.	Fallujah

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