Great battles (difficult)

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10,000 BC - Oldest known battle that took place in the current Kenya.

52 BC - Battle between Caesar and Vercingetorix that ended with a Gallic victory.

31 BC - Naval decisive confrontation between Octavian, Mark Antony and Cleopatra.

378 - Battle between Roman armies and Goth refugees on which Emperor Valens died.

999 - Baltic Sea battle of which Norway lose its sovereignty.

1415 - Major English victory against French calvary because of the use of longbows.

1532 - Ambush that enabled the capture of Atahualpa, Inca leader.

1571 - Naval engagement leading to the defeat of Ottoman forces by the Holy league.

1718 - Naval battle between Royal Navy and Blackbeard in which the pirate died.

1720 - Chinese expedition force stopped by a Dzungar Khanate battalion before entering Lhasa.

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1741 - Battle for the control of India between Dutch forcies and the Kingdom of Travancore.

1807 - Meeting between French and Russian armies in Prussia where Russian withdrawed.

1876 - First US Army victory against Sioux that took place in the Dakota Territory.

1896 - 38 minutes skirmish that began with the death of the Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini.

1898 - Fight between Spain and United States resulting in the destruction of the Spanish navy.

1941 - Battle of the Greek Campaign in which German panzers played a key role for the victory.

1942 - Major battle of Desert Compaign leaded by Rommel and Auchinleck.

1951 - Battle that took place in the Gulf of Tonkin in the First Indochina War.

2000 - Engagement of the Second Chechen War for the control of the Argun River gorge.

2004 - Operation to root out extremists from an iraquien city.