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75Battle of Constantinople (1453 AD)
Constantine the Great established the city of Constantinople as his capital in 323. He occupied the former city of Byzantium, which for centuries controlled the straits separating Asia and Europe. It lies on...
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81Battle of Quebec (1775-1776)
When the American Revolution began in April 1775, the Continental Congress that directed the fledgling war effort realized the importance of Canada. From there, the British could send troops into the upper...
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76Battle of Louisbourg (1745 AD)
Throughout the seventeenth century and into the eighteenth, Britain and France both colonized in North America. Britain, arriving first, occupied territory stretching along the eastern coast of the continent,...
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75Battle of Syracuse (213-212) BC - Archimedes At War
Early in the third century b.c. the reigning power in the western Mediterranean was Carthage (near modern Tunis, Tunisia), originally a colony established by the Phoenicians. Carthage's navy dominated the sea...
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74Battle of Jerusalem (1099 AD)
Late in the eleventh century two major struggles arose, one dealing with the Catholic Church in Europe and one with the Byzantine Empire. In Europe, the pope was trying to stave off a challenge by the Holy...
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75Battle of Toulon
The French Revolution got off to a glorious start on 14 July 1789, but by late 1792 many in France were beginning to miss the monarchy. Rather than allow King Louis XVI to be restored to power, the...
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75Battle of Orleans (1428-1429 AD)
There were a number of momentum shifts during the course of the Hundred Years War. Edward III's victories at Sluys and Crecy gave England the early advantage, but during the middle part of the fourteenth...
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76Battle of Troy (1250 BC)
This siege is one of the most difficult to write about, for so much of the action lies deep in Greek mythology. Indeed, the entire war between the Greeks and Trojans is possibly nothing more than a literary...
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67Battle of Baghdad (1258 AD)
In the wake of Genghis Khan's death in 1227, the Mongols continued conquering, with their horsemen reaching eastern Europe and threatening the Middle East. In the 1230s, the Mongols pastured in the region of...
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64Battle of Veii (404-396 BC)
Near the close of the sixth century b.c., the Etruscan monarchy ended, but various city-states remained potent forces. One of the chief among them was Veii, on the western bank of the Tiber River just 12 miles...
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