List of battles involving France in the Ancien Régime

This is a chronological list of the battles involving France in the Ancien Régime.

French Guards at the Battle of Fontenoy (1745), during the War of the Austrian Succession. Painting by Édouard Detaille

For earlier and later conflicts, see List of battles involving France. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, the War in the Vendée) unless a foreign country is involved; this list includes neither the peacekeeping operations (such as Operation Artemis, Opération Licorne) nor the humanitarian missions supported by the French Armed Forces.

The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the French allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  French military victory

  French military defeat

  Indecisive or unclear outcome

Louis XIII (1610–1643)

Further information: Louis XIII

Battle	Date	Current location	Contemporary location	Verbündete	Enemies	Result
Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)
Relief of Genoa	28 March – 24 April 1625	Italien	Republic of Genoa	Duchy of Savoy United Provinces	Spanish Empire Republic of Genoa	Defeat
Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré	12 July 1627 – 28 October 1628	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Huguenots Kingdom of England	Victory
Siege of La Rochelle	September 1627 – October 1628	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	Spanish Empire	La Rochelle Huguenot forces Kingdom of England	Victory
Battle of St. Kitts	17 June – 7 September 1629	St. Kitts und Nevis	Kingdom of England/ Kingdom of France	Kingdom of England	Spanish Empire	Defeat
Battle of Veillane	10 July 1630	Italien	Duchy of Savoy	None	Spanish Empire	Victory
Battle of Les Avins	20 May 1635	Belgien	Holy Roman Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Victory
Siege of Leuven	24 June – 4 July 1635	Belgien	Spanish Empire	United Provinces	Spanish Empire Holy Roman Empire	Defeat
Battle of Tornavento	22 June 1636	Italien	Duchy of Savoy	Duchy of Savoy	Spanish Empire	Victory
Crossing of the Somme	5 August 1636	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Spanish Empire Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Lorraine	Defeat
Battle of Rheinfelden	28 February – 2 March 1638	Deutschland	Holy Roman Empire	Weimar Army	Holy Roman Empire Electorate of Bavaria	Victory
Battle of Guetaria	22 August 1638	Spanien	Spanish Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Victory
Siege of Saint-Omer	May – July 1638	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Spanish Empire	Defeat
Siege of Fuenterrabía	June – September 1638	Spanien	Spanish Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Defeat
Battle of Breisach	18 August – 17 December 1638	Deutschland	Holy Roman Empire	Weimar Army	Holy Roman Empire Bavaria	Victory
Relief of Thionville	6–7 June 1639	Frankreich	Spanish Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Defeat
Siege of Salses	1639 – 1 January 1640	Frankreich	Spanish Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Defeat
Siege of Arras	16 June – 9 August 1640	Frankreich	Spanish Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Victory
Battle of Cádiz	21 July 1640	Bay of Cádiz	Idem	None	Spanish Empire	Victory
Siege of Turin	22 May – 20 September 1640	Italien	Duchy of Savoy	None	Spanish Empire	Victory
Battle of Montjuïc	26 January 1641	Spanien	Spanish Empire	Catalans	Spanish Empire	Victory
Battle of La Marfée	6 July 1641	Frankreich	Principality of Sedan	None	Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Pope Urban VIII Principality of Sedan	Defeat
first Battle of Tarragona	4–6 July 1641	Spanien	Spanish Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Victory
second Battle of Tarragona	20–25 August 1641	Spanien	Spanish Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Defeat
Battle of Kempen	17 January 1642	Deutschland	Holy Roman Empire	Hesse-Kassel	Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Battle of Montmeló	28 March 1642	Spanien	Spanish Empire	Catalans	Spanish Empire	Victory
Battle of Honnecourt	26 May 1642	Frankreich	Spanish Empire	None	Spanish Empire	Defeat
Battle of Barcelona	3 July 1642	Balearic Sea	Idem	None	Spanish Empire	Victory
Battle of Lerida	7 October 1642	Spanien	Spanish Empire	Catalans	Spanish Empire	Victory

Louis XIV (1643–1715)

Further information: Louis XIV

Battle	Date	Standort	Verbündete	Enemies	Result
Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)
Battle of Rocroi	19 May 1643	Frankreich	None	Spanien	Victory
Battle of Cartagena	3 September 1643	Spanien	None	Spanien	Victory
Battle of Tuttlingen	24 November 1643	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire Spanien Bavaria	Defeat
Battle of Freiburg	9 August 1644	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire Bavaria	Indecisive
Battle of Herbsthausen	2 May 1645	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire Bavaria	Defeat
Battle of Nördlingen	3 August 1645	Deutschland	Hesse-Kassel	Holy Roman Empire Bavaria	Victory
Battle of Orbitello	14 June 1646	Italien	None	Spanien	Defeat
Battle of Zusmarshausen	17 May 1648	Deutschland	Schweden	Holy Roman Empire Bavaria	Victory
Battle of Lens	20 August 1648	Frankreich	None	Spanien	Victory
Siege of Barcelona	10 October 1652	Spanien	Catalans	Spanien	Defeat
Battle of Bordeaux	20 October 1653	Frankreich	None	Spanien	Defeat
Battle of Arras	23–25 August 1654	Frankreich	None	Spanien	Victory
Siege of Landrecies	19 June – 13 July 1655	Frankreich	United Provinces	Spanien	Victory
Battle of Valenciennes	16 July 1656	Frankreich	None	Spanien	Defeat
Battle of the Dunes	4 June 1658	Frankreich	England United Provinces	Spanien	Victory
Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664) (1663–1664)
Battle of Saint Gotthard	1 August 1664	Ungarn	Holy Roman Empire	Ottoman Empire	Victory
War of Devolution (1667–1668)
Siege of Charleroi	10 September 1693 – 11 October 1693	Belgien	None	Spanien	Victory
Siege of Tournai	21–26 June 1667	Belgien	None	Spanien United Provinces	Victory
Siege of Lille	10–28 August 1667	Frankreich	None	Spanien	Victory
Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678)
Siege of Groenlo	1–10 June 1672	Niederlande	Cologne Münster	United Provinces	Victory
Battle of Solebay	7 June 1672	England	England	United Provinces	Defeat
Battle of Schooneveld	7 June 1673	Niederlande	England	United Provinces	Defeat
Siege of Maastricht	13–26 June 1673	Niederlande	None	United Provinces Spanien	Victory
Battle of Texel	21 August 1673	Niederlande	England	United Provinces	Defeat
Siege of Bonn	3–12 November 1673	Deutschland	Cologne	Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Spanien	Defeat
Battle of Sinsheim	16 June 1674	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Battle of Seneffe	11 August 1674	Belgien	None	Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Spanien	Victory
Battle of Entzheim	4 October 1674	Frankreich	None	Holy Roman Empire	Indecisive
Battle of Mulhouse	29 December 1674	Frankreich	None	Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Battle of Turckheim	5 January 1675	Frankreich	None	Holy Roman Empire Brandenburg-Prussia	Victory
Battle of Salzbach	27 July 1675	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Indecisive
Battle of Konzer Brücke	11 August 1675	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Defeat
Battle of Stromboli	8 January 1676	Italien	None	United Provinces	Victory
Battle of Augusta	22 April 1676	Italien	None	United Provinces Spanien	Victory
Siege of Philippsburg	1 May 1676 – 17 September 1676	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Defeat
Battle of Palermo	2 June 1676	Italien	None	United Provinces Spanien	Victory
Siege of Valenciennes	1676 – 17 March 1677	Frankreich	None	Spanien	Victory
Battle of Tobago	3 March 1677	Trinidad und Tobago	None	United Provinces	Victory
Siege of Cambrai	20 March – 19 April 1677	Frankreich	None	Spanien	Victory
French capture of Gorée	1677	Senegal	None	United Provinces	Victory
Battle of Cassel	11 April 1677	Frankreich	None	United Provinces	Victory
Battle of Saint-Denis	14–15 August 1678	Belgien	None	United Provinces Spanien	Victory
War of the Reunions (1681–1684)
Siege of Strasbourg	28–30 September 1681	Frankreich	None	Free imperial city of Strasbourg	Victory
Siege of Courtrai	1–6 November 1683	Belgien	None	Spanien	Victory
Capture of Dixmude	10 November 1683	Belgien	None	Spanien	Victory
Siege of Luxembourg	28 April – 3 June 1684	Luxemburg	None	Spanien	Victory
Bombardment of Genoa	18–28 May 1684	Italien	None	Republic of Genoa	Victory
Siamese revolution (1688)
Siege of Bangkok	June 1688 – 13 November 1688	Thailand	None	Kingdom of Siam	Defeat
War of the League of Augsburg (1688–1697)
Siege of Philippsburg	27 September – 29 October 1688	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Sack of Palatinate	1689	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Battle of Bantry Bay	11 May 1689	Irland	None	England	Victory
Siege of Mayence	1 June 1689	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Defeat
Battle of Walcourt	25 August 1689	Belgien	None	Dutch Republic England Scotland Holy Roman Empire Spanien	Defeat
Battle of Fleurus	1 July 1690	Belgien	None	Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Spanien	Victory
Battle of Beachy Head	10 July 1690	English Channel	None	Dutch Republic England	Victory
Battle of the Boyne	12 July 1690	Irland	Jacobite forces	Williamite forces	Defeat
Battle of Staffarda	18 August 1690	Italien	None	Duchy of Savoy, Spanien	Victory
Battle of Quebec	16–24 October 1690	Kanada	None	England	Victory
Siege of Cuneo	28 June 1691	Italien	None	Duchy of Savoy Holy Roman Empire	Defeat
Siege of Mons	15 March – 10 April 1691	Belgien	None	Dutch Republic Spanien Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Battle of La Prairie	11 August 1691	Kanada	None	England	Victory
Siege of Limerick	August – October 1691	Irland	Jacobite forces	Williamite forces	Defeat
Battle of Leuze	18 September 1691	Belgien	None	England Dutch Republic Scotland	Victory
Battle of Aughrim	12 July 1691	Irland	Jacobite forces	Williamite forces	Defeat
Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue	29 May 1692	English Channel	None	England Dutch Republic	Defeat
Action at Cherbourg	1–2 June 1692	English Channel	None	England Dutch Republic	Defeat
Siege of Namur	25 May – 30 June 1692	Belgien	None	Spanien Holy Roman Empire Dutch Republic	Victory
Battle of Steenkerque	3 August 1692	Belgien	None	England United Provinces Dänemark Scotland	Victory
Battle of Lagos	27 June 1693	Portugal	None	England Dutch Republic	Victory
Battle of Landen	29 July 1693	Belgien	None	England Scotland Dutch Republic	Victory
Battle of Marsaglia	4 October 1693	Italien	None	Savoy Spanien	Victory
Siege of Charleroi	10 September – 11 October 1693	Belgien	None	Spanien	Victory
Battle of Torroella	27 May 1694	Spanien	None	Spanien	Victory
Battle of Camaret	18 June 1694	Frankreich	None	England, Dutch Republic	Victory
Action of 29 June 1694	29 June 1694	Niederlande	None	Dutch Republic	Victory
Siege of Namur	2 July – 5 September 1695	Belgien	None	Holy Roman Empire England Scotland Dutch Republic	Defeat
Bombardment of Brussels	13–15 July 1695	Belgien	None	Holy Roman Empire	Indecisive
Battle of Dogger Bank	17 June 1696	North Sea	None	Dutch Republic	Victory
Raid on Cartagena	13 April 1697	Kolumbien	None	Spanien	Victory
Siege of Barcelona	15 June – 8 August 1697	Spanien	None	Spanien	Victory
Battle of Hudson's Bay	5 September 1697	Kanada	None	England	Victory
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714)
Battle of Carpi	9 July 1701	Italien	None	Holy Roman Empire	Defeat
Battle of Chiari	1 September 1701	Italien	Kingdom of Spain Duchy of Savoy	Holy Roman Empire	Defeat
Battle of Cremona	1 February 1702	Italien	None	Holy Roman Empire	Indecisive
Battle of Luzzara	15 August 1702	Italien	None	Holy Roman Empire	Indecisive
Battle of Friedlingen	14 October 1702	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Battle of Vigo Bay	23 October 1702	Spanien	Spanien	England Dutch Republic	Defeat
Siege of Kehl	20 February 1703 – 10 March 1703	Deutschland	None	Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Battle of Cap de la Roque	22 May 1703	Portugal	None	Dutch Republic	Victory
Battle of Ekeren	30 June 1703	Belgien	Spanien	Dutch Republic	Victory
Battle of Höchstädt	20 September 1703	Deutschland	Bavaria	Holy Roman Empire	Victory
Battle of Speyerbach	15 November 1703	Deutschland	None	Hesse-Kassel Electorate of the Palatinate	Victory
Raid on Deerfield	29 February 1704	Vereinigte Staaten	Native Americans	England	Victory
Battle of Schellenberg	2 July 1704	Deutschland	Bavaria	England Dutch Republic Habsburg Monarchy	Defeat
Battle of Blenheim	13 August 1704	Deutschland	Electorate of Bavaria	Habsburg Monarchy Brandenburg-Prussia Hesse-Kassel Hesse-Homburg England Scotland Dutch Republic	Defeat
Battle of Vélez-Málaga	24 August 1704	Spanien	Kingdom of Spain	Kingdom of England United Provinces	Indecisive
Siege of St. John's	1 February – 5 March 1705	Kanada	Mi'kmaq Abenakis	Kingdom of England	Defeat
Battle of Cabrita point	March 1705	Spanien	Kingdom of Spain	Kingdom of England United Provinces Portugal	Defeat
Battle of Elixheim	18 July 1705	Belgien	None	England Dutch Republic Habsburg Austria Scotland	Defeat
Battle of Cassano	16 August 1705	Italien	None	Habsburg Austria Prussia	Victory
Battle of Montjuïc	13–17 September 1705	Spanien	Kingdom of Spain	Habsburg Austria England Dutch Republic Pro-Habsburg Spain	Defeat
First Siege of Barcelona	14 September – 19 October 1705	Spanien	Pro-Bourbon Spain	England Österreich Portugal Dutch Republic Pro-Habsburg Spain	Defeat
Second Siege of Barcelona	3–27 April 1706	Spanien	Pro-Bourbon Spain	England Österreich Portugal Dutch Republic Pro-Habsburg Spain	Defeat
Battle of Calcinato	19 April 1706	Italien	Kingdom of Spain	Habsburg Austria	Victory
Battle of Ramillies	23 May 1706	Belgien	Electorate of Bavaria Spanien	Dutch Republic England Scotland	Defeat
Charles Town expedition	August 1706	Kanada	Spanien	England	Defeat
Battle of Turin	7 September 1706	Italien	Spanien	Habsburg Austria Duchy of Savoy Prussia	Defeat
Battle of Castiglione	8 September 1706	Italien	None	Hesse-Kassel	Victory
Battle of Almansa	25 April 1707	Spanien	Kingdom of Spain	Great Britain Portugal Dutch Republic	Victory
Battle of Beachy Head	2 May 1707	English Channel	None	England	Victory
First siege of Port Royal	17–28 June 1707	Kanada	Natives	England	Victory
Battle of Toulon	29 July – 21 August 1707	Frankreich	Kingdom of Spain	Österreich United Provinces Duchy of Savoy Great Britain	Victory
Second siege of Port Royal	20–31 August 1707	Kanada	Natives	Great Britain	Victory
Battle at The Lizard	21 October 1707	English Channel	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Oudenarde	11 July 1708	Belgien	None	Great Britain Dutch Republic Österreich Prussia	Defeat
Siege of Lille	28 July – 28 October 1708	Frankreich	None	United Provinces Great Britain Habsburg Austria	Defeat
Battle of Wijnendale	28 September 1708	Belgien	Kingdom of Spain	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of St. John's	1 January 1709	Kanada	Mi'kmaq Abenakis	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Malplaquet	11 September 1709	Frankreich	Electorate of Bavaria	Great Britain Habsburg Monarchy United Provinces Prussia	Defeat
Third siege of Port Royal	24 September – 1 October 1710	Kanada	Natives	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Syracuse	9 November 1710	Italien	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Brihuega	8 December 1710	Spanien	Kingdom of Spain	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Villaviciosa	10 December 1710	Spanien	Kingdom of Spain	Österreich United Provinces Portugal	Victory
Siege of Bouchain	5 August – 12 September 1711	Frankreich	None	Great Britain Dutch Republic Habsburg Austria	Defeat
Quebec Expedition	22 August 1711	Kanada	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Denain	24 July 1712	Frankreich	None	Dutch Republic Österreich	Victory
Siege of Barcelona	25 July 1713 – 11 September 1714	Spanien	Spain loyal to Philip V of Spain	Habsburg monarchy Spain loyal to Archduke Charles	Victory

Louis XV (1715–1774)

Further information: Louis XV

Battle	Date	Current location	Contemporary location	Verbündete	Enemies	Result
War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720)
Capture of Pensacola	1719	Vereinigte Staaten	Spanien	None	Spanien	Victory
War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738)
Siege of Kehl	13 October 1733	Deutschland	Habsburg Empire	None	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Siege of Pizzighettone	11 November – 9 December 1733	Italien	Habsburg Empire	Kingdom of Sardinia	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Siege of Philippsburg	2 June – 18 July 1734	Deutschland	Habsburg Empire	None	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Siege of Danzig	22 February – 9 July 1734	Polen	Poland-Lithuania	Poland-Lithuania Schweden	Russland Electorate of Saxony	Defeat
Battle of San Pietro	29 June 1734	Italien	Habsburg Empire	Kingdom of Sardinia	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Siege of Gaeta	6 August 1734	Italien	Habsburg Empire	Spanien	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Battle of Guastalla	19 September 1734	Italien	Habsburg Empire	Kingdom of Sardinia	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Battle of Clausen	20 October 1735	Deutschland	Habsburg Empire	None	Habsburg Empire	Defeat
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748)
Battle of Sahay	24 May 1742	Tschechische Republik	Habsburg Empire	None	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Siege of Prague	June – December 1742	Tschechische Republik	Habsburg Empire	None	Habsburg Empire	Indecisive
Battle of Dettingen	27 June 1743	Deutschland	Habsburg Empire	None	Great Britain, Hanover Habsburg Empire	Defeat
Battle of Toulon	22 February 1744	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	Spanien	Great Britain	Victory
Action of 8 May 1744	8 May 1744	Atlantic Ocean	Idem	None	Great Britain	Victory
Raid on Canso	23 May 1744	Kanada	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Villafranca	20 April 1744	Frankreich	Savoy	Spanien	Great Britain Savoy	Victory
First siege of Annapolis Royal	1 July – 6 October 1744	Kanada	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Casteldelfino	18 July 1744	Italien		None	Sardinia	Victory
Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo	30 September 1744	Italien		Spanien	Sardinia	Victory
Siege of Louisbourg	1 May – 16 June 1745	Kanada	Kingdom of France	Micmacs	Great Britain	Defeat
Siege of Port Toulouse	2–10 May 1745	Kanada	Kingdom of France	Micmacs	Great Britain	Defeat
Second siege of Annapolis Royal	2–23 May 1745	Kanada	Great Britain	Micmacs	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Fontenoy	11 May 1745	Belgien	Habsburg Empire	None	Great Britain Hanover Habsburg Empire Dutch Republic	Victory
Battle of Pfaffenhofen	15 April 1745	Deutschland		Bavaria	Habsburg Empire	Defeat
Action of 15 June 1745	15 June 1745	Northumberland Strait	Idem	Micmacs Maliseets Hurons	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Melle	9 July 1745	Belgien	Habsburg Empire	None	Great Britain Hanover Habsburg Empire Dutch Republic	Victory
Fall of Ghent	15 July 1745	Belgien	Habsburg Empire	None	Great Britain Hanover Habsburg Empire Dutch Republic	Victory
Northeast Coast Campaign	19 July – 5 September 1745	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Wabanaki Confederacy	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Bassignano	27 September 1745	Italien		Spanien	Habsburg Empire Sardinia	Victory
Raid on Saratoga	28 November 1745	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Victory
Siege of Brussels	January – February 1746	Belgien	Habsburg Empire	None	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Siege of Fort William	20 March – 3 April 1746	Vereinigtes Königreich	Great Britain	Jacobite clans	Hanoverian clans	Defeat
Battle of Culloden	16 April 1746	Vereinigtes Königreich	Great Britain	Jacobite clans	Great Britain	Defeat
Siege of Fort at Number 4	7–11 April 1746	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Piacenza	16 June 1746	Italien		Spanien	Habsburg Empire	Defeat
Battle of Port-la-Joye	11 July 1746	Kanada	Kingdom of France	Micmacs	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Rottofreddo	12 August 1746	Italien		None	Habsburg Empire	Victory
Siege of Fort Massachusetts	19–20 August 1746	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Native Americans	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Madras	7–9 September 1746	Indien		None	Great Britain	Victory
Raid on Lorient	20 September 1746	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Adyar	29 October 1746	Indien		None	Nawab of the Carnatic	Victory
Battle of Rocoux	11 October 1746	Belgien	Holy Roman Empire	None	Great Britain Hanover Habsburg Empire Dutch Republic	Victory
Battle of Grand Pré	10–11 February 1747	Kanada	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
First Battle of Cape Finisterre	14 May 1747	Spanien		None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Lauffeld	2 July 1747	Belgien	Dutch Republic	None	Great Britain Hanover Habsburg Empire Dutch Republic	Victory
Siege of Bergen op Zoom	July – September 1747	Niederlande	Dutch Republic	None	Great Britain Dutch Republic	Victory
Siege of Genoa	1747	Italien		Republic of Genoa Spanien	Habsburg Empire Kingdom of Sardinia	Victory
Battle of Assietta	19 July 1747	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Kingdom of Sardinia	Defeat
Second Battle of Cape Finisterre	25 October 1747	Spanien		None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud	25 October 1747	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Siege of Maastricht	April – May 1748	Niederlande	Dutch Republic	None	Dutch Republic	Victory
Siege of Pondicherry	August – October 1748	Indien	Kingdom of France	None	Dutch Republic	Victory
Seven Years' War (1756–1763)
European theater of the Seven Years' War
Siege of Fort St. Philip	April – 29 June 1756	Spanien	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Minorca	20 May 1756	Spanien	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Hastenbeck	26 July 1757	Deutschland		None	Hanover Great Britain Hesse-Kassel Brunswick	Victory
Raid on Rochefort	September 1757	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Rossbach	5 November 1757	Deutschland		Habsburg Empire	Prussia	Defeat
Battle of Cartagena	28 February 1758	Spanien		None	Great Britain	Defeat
Raid on St Malo	5–12 June 1758	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Indecisive
Battle of Rheinberg	12 June 1758	Deutschland		None	Hanover Prussia Hesse-Kassel Great Britain	Indecisive
Battle of Krefeld	23 June 1758	Deutschland		None	Hanover Prussia Hesse-Kassel Great Britain	Defeat
Raid on Cherbourg	7 August 1758 – 16 August 1758	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Saint Cast	11 September 1758	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Lutterberg	10 October 1758	Deutschland		None	Hanover Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Bergen	13 April 1759	Deutschland		None	Great Britain Hesse-Kassel Brunswick Hanover	Victory
Raid on Le Havre	3–5 July 1759	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Minden	1 August 1759	Deutschland		Saxony	Great Britain Hanover Hesse-Kassel Brunswick Schaumburg-Lippe	Defeat
Battle of Lagos	18–19 August 1759	Portugal		None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Quiberon Bay	20 November 1759	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Carrickfergus	21–26 February 1760	Vereinigtes Königreich	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Indecisive
Battle of Corbach	10 July 1760	Deutschland		None	Hanover Great Britain Brunswick Hesse-Kassel	Victory
Battle of Emsdorf	14 July 1760	Deutschland		None	Great Britain Hanover Hesse-Kassel	Defeat
Battle of Warburg	31 July 1760	Deutschland		None	Hanover Great Britain Brunswick Hesse-Kassel	Defeat
Battle of Kloster Kampen	15 October 1760	Deutschland		None	Great Britain Prussia Hanover Brunswick Hesse-Kassel	Victory
Battle of Langensalza	10 February 1761	Deutschland		None	Prussia Hanover	Defeat
First siege of Cassel	March 1761	Deutschland		None	Hanover	Victory
Battle of Grünberg	21 March 1761	Deutschland		None	Prussia Hanover	Victory
Capture of Belle Île	7 April – 8 June 1761	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Villinghausen	15–16 July 1761	Deutschland		None	Great Britain Hanover Prussia	Defeat
Battle of Ölper	13 October 1761	Deutschland		Saxony	Brunswick	Defeat
Battle of Wilhelmsthal	24 June 1762	Deutschland		None	Great Britain Prussia Hanover Brunswick Hesse-Kassel	Defeat
Battle of Lutterberg	23 July 1762	Deutschland		Saxony	Hanover Brunswick Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Nauheim	30 August 1762	Deutschland		None	Great Britain Hanover	Victory
Second Siege of Cassel	October – November 1762	Deutschland		None	Great Britain Hanover Brunswick Hesse-Kassel	Defeat
American theater of the Seven Years' War
Battle of Jumonville Glen	28 May 1754	Vereinigte Staaten	Ohio Country	None	Great Britain Ohio Iroquois	Defeat
Battle of Fort Necessity	3 July 1754	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Hurons Odawas Nipissings	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Fort Beauséjour	3–16 June 1755	Kanada	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Action of 8 June 1755	8 June 1755	Atlantic Ocean	Idem	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Braddock expedition	9 July 1755	Vereinigte Staaten	Ohio Country	Odawas Ojibwe Potawatomis	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of the Monongahela	9 July 1755	Vereinigte Staaten	Ohio Country	Native Americans	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Petitcodiac	3 September 1755	Kanada	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Lake George	8 September 1755	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Iroquois	Great Britain Indian tribes	Defeat
Battle of Fort Bull	27 March 1756	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Iroquois Hurons	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Fort Oswego	10–14 August 1756	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Native Americans	Great Britain	Victory
Battle on Snowshoes	21 January 1757	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Native Americans	Great Britain	Indecisive
Battle of Sabbath Day Point	23 July 1757	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Native Americans	Great Britain	Victory
Siege of Fort William Henry	3 August 1757	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Hurons	Great Britain	Victory
Louisbourg Expedition	September 1757	Kanada	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Cap-Français	21 October 1757	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Great Britain	Indecisive
Attack on German Flatts	12 November 1757	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	Native Americans	Great Britain	Victory
Battle on Snowshoes	23 March 1758	Vereinigte Staaten	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Bloody Creek	8 December 1757	Kanada	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Victory
Siege of Louisbourg	8 June – 26 July 1758	Kanada	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Carillon	8 July 1758	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of France	Native Americans	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Fort Frontenac	25–27 August 1758	Kanada	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Fort Duquesne	13 September 1758	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of France	Native Americans	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Fort Ligonier	12 October 1758	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of France	Native Americans	Great Britain	Defeat
Invasion of Martinique	16–19 January 1759	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
Invasion of Guadeloupe	22 January – 1 May 1759	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Fort Niagara	6–26 July 1759	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain Iroquois	Defeat
Battle of La Belle-Famille	24 July 1759	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of France	Native Americans	Great Britain Iroquois	Defeat
Battle of Ticonderoga	26–27 July 1759	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Beauport	31 July 1759	Kanada	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of the Plains of Abraham	13 September 1759	Kanada	Kingdom of France	Native Americans	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Sainte-Foy	28 April 1760	Kanada	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Restigouche	3–8 July 1760	Kanada	Kingdom of France	Mi'kmaqs	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of the Thousand Islands	16–24 August 1760	Kanada/Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Invasion of Dominica	June 1761	Dominica	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Capture of Martinique	5 January – 12 February 1762	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Signal Hill	15 September 1762	Kanada	Great Britain	None	Great Britain Iroquois	Defeat
Asian theater of the Seven Years' War
Battle of Chandannagar	23 March 1757	Indien	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Plassey	23 June 1757	Indien	Maratha Empire	Nawab of Bengal	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Cuddalore	29 October 1758	Bay of Bengal	Idem	None	Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Negapatam	3 August 1758	Bay of Bengal	Idem	None	Great Britain	Indecisive
Battle of Condore	9 December 1758	Indien	Maratha Empire	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Pondicherry	10 September 1758	Bay of Bengal	Idem	None	Great Britain	Victory
Siege of Masulipatam	6 March – 7 April 1759	Indien	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Siege of Madras	December 1758 and February 1759	Indien	Great Britain	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Wandiwash	22 January 1760	Indien	Maratha Empire	None	Great Britain	Defeat
Siege of Pondicherry	4 September 1760 – 15 January 1761	Indien	Kingdom of France	None	Great Britain	Defeat
French colonisation of Africa
Larache expedition	June 1765	Marokko	Marokko	None	Marokko	Defeat
Conquest of Corsica (1768–1769)
Battle of Borgo	8–9 October 1768	Frankreich		None	Corsican Republic	Defeat
Battle of Ponte Novu	8–9 May 1769	Frankreich		None	Corsican Republic	Victory

Louis XVI (1774–1792)

Further information: Louis XVI

Battle	Date	Current location	Contemporary location	Verbündete	Enemies	Result
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
First Battle of Ushant	27 July 1778	Bay of Biscay	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Siege of Pondicherry	21 August – 19 October 1778	Indien	Kingdom of France	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Invasion of Dominica	7 September 1778	Dominica	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of St. Lucia	15 December 1778	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Capture of St. Lucia	18–28 December 1778	St. Lucia	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Capture of Saint Vincent	16–18 June 1779	St. Vincent und die Grenadinen	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Great Siege of Gibraltar	24 June 1779 – 7 February 1783	Gibraltar	Kingdom of Great Britain	Spanien	Kingdom of Great Britain Hanover	Defeat
Capture of Grenada	2–4 July 1779	Grenada	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Grenada	6 July 1779	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Siege of Savannah	16 September – 18 October 1779	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of Great Britain	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Flamborough Head	23 September 1779	North Sea	Idem	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of Great Britain	Indecisive
First Battle of Martinique	18 December 1779	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Second Battle of Martinique	17 April 1780	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Indecisive
Action of 9 August 1780	9 August 1780	Atlantic Ocean	Idem	Spanien	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Action of 30 September 1780	30 September 1780	Atlantic Ocean	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Jersey	6 January 1781	Jersey	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Siege of Pensacola	9 March – 8 May 1781	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of Great Britain		Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Cape Henry	16 March 1781	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Indecisive
Battle of Porto Praya	16 April 1781	Kap Verde	Kingdom of Portugal	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Fort Royal	29–30 April 1781	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Invasion of Tobago	24 May – 2 June 1781	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Naval battle off Cape Breton	21 July 1781	Atlantic Ocean	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Invasion of Minorca	19 August 1781 – 5 February 1782	Spanien	Kingdom of Great Britain	Spanien	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Siege of Yorktown	28 September – 17 October 1781	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of Great Britain	Vereinigte Staaten	Kingdom of Great Britain Ansbach-Bayreuth Hesse-Kassel	Victory
Battle of the Chesapeake	5 September 1781	Chesapeake Bay	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Recapture of Sint Eustatius	26 November 1781	Sint Eustatius	Dutch East Indies	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Second Battle of Ushant	12 December 1781	Bay of Biscay	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Siege of Brimstone Hill	11 January – 13 February 1782	St. Kitts und Nevis	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Capture of Demerara and Essequibo	22 January 1782	Guyana	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of St. Kitts	25–26 January 1782	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Sadras	17 February 1782	Bay of Bengal	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Capture of Montserrat	22 February 1782	Montserrat	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
First Battle of Cuddalore	3 April 1782	Indien	Kingdom of France	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of the Saintes	9/12 April 1782	Frankreich	Kingdom of France	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Providien	12 April 1782	Bay of Bengal	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of the Mona Passage	19 April 1782	Caribbean Sea	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Third Battle of Ushant	20–21 April 1782	Bay of Biscay	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Defeat
Battle of Negapatam	6 July 1782	Bay of Bengal	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Indecisive
Hudson Bay Expedition	8 August 1782	Kanada	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Trincomalee	25 August – 3 September 1782	Sri Lanka	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Battle of Cape Spartel	20 October 1782	Strait of Gibraltar	Idem	Spanien	Kingdom of Great Britain	Indecisive
Capture of the Turks and Caicos Islands	12 February 1783	Turks- und Caicosinseln	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory
Second Battle of Cuddalore	7 June – 25 July 1783	Indien	Kingdom of Great Britain	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Indecisive
Third Battle of Cuddalore	20 June 1783	Bay of Bengal	Idem	None	Kingdom of Great Britain	Victory

See also

• Military history of France
• List of wars involving France
• French Armed Forces
• Deployments of the French military