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Early 17th century (1601-50)

Year	Battle	Description
1601	Battle of Bantam	Dutch outnumbered expedition fleet defeats the Portuguese armada.
1601	Siege of Nagykanizsa	Ottoman Turks of Nagykanizsa (Kaije) fort defeat an invading Habsburg monarchy.
1603	Battle of Sluis (1603)	Spanish fleet defeated by the Dutch fleet, Spanish admiral Federico Spinola was killed.
1603	Battle of Brașov	Fought between Wallachia troops led by Radu Șerban and Habsburg troops against Transylvania troops led by Moses Székely on the other side.
1605	Battle of Dobrynichi	Pretender to the Russian Throne defeated.
1605	Battle of Kircholm	Polish hussars defeated by numerically superior Swedes.
1606	Battle of Cape Rachado	Dutch East India Company are defeated by a Portuguese fleet.
1606	Battle of Gol	Susenyos I defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
1606	Siege of Groenlo (1606)	Forces led by Ambrogio Spinola take the city, which remained in Spanish hands until 1627.
1607	Battle of Gibraltar (1607)	Dutch fleet destroys anchored Spanish fleet.
1608	Battle of Ebenat	Susenyos I surprises an Oromo army, killing 12,000 Oromo at a cost of only 400.
1610	Siege of Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra	Sixteen month siege of Trinity Monastery results in failure.
1610	Battle of Kluszyn	Polish army is defeated by a combined force of Russians and Swedes.
1611	Siege of Smolensk (1609–11)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth captures city after a two-year siege.
1612	Battle of Kringen	Norwegian peasant militia ambush Scottish mercenaries who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish Army.
1614	Battle of Imafuku	Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks and captures the village of Imafuku by defeating Toyotomi clan forces.
1615	Battle of Kashii	Tokugawa forces defeat Toyotomi forces during the conflict over Osaka.
1615	Battle of Tennōji	Final defeat of Toyotomi Hideyori.
1617	Second Battle of Playa Honda	Spanish victory in the Philippines during the Eighty Years' War.
1618	Siege of Pilsen	Protestants defeat Catholics in the Thirty Years' War.
1619	Battle of Sablat	Called Battle of Zablati in Czech, during the Thirty Years' War.
1619	Battle of Sarhū	Manchu forces defeat Ming forces.
1619	Battle of Wisternitz	Bohemians defeat the Austrians during the Thirty Years' War.
1620	Battle of White Mountain	Battle which decided the fate of Prague in Thirty Years' War.
1620	Battle of Cecora (1620)	Ottomans defeat a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces.
1621	Battle of Khotyn (1621)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army stops the Great Turkish Invasion.
1622	Battle of Mingolsheim	Protestant under Ernst von Mansfeld defeat Catholics under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly in Thirty Years' War.
1622	Battle of Wimpfen	Catholics defeat Protestant forces during the Thirty Years' War.
1622	Battle of Höchst	Catholics defeat Protestant forces during the Thirty Years' War.
1622	Battle of Fleurus (1622)	Protestant victory during the Thirty Years' War.
1623	Battle of Stadtlohn	The Count of Tilly leads Catholic forces over the Protestants.
1623	Capture of Bahia	Dutch victory in the Dutch–Portuguese War.
1624	Battle of Playa Honda	The Netherlands defeats Spain.
1624	Siege of Breda (1624)	Dutch fortress falls into Spanish hands.
1625	Recapture of Bahia	Decisive Spanish-Portuguese victory.
1625	Action of 1 February 1625	Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War.
1625	Battle of Elmina (1625)	Failed Dutch attempt to take a Portuguese fortress.
1626	Battle of Wallhof	Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden defeats a Polish during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29).
1626	Battle of Lutter am Berenberge	Danish defeated during the Thirty Years' War.
1627	Battle of Dirschau	Indecisive battle during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29).
1627	Siege of Groenlo (1627)	Dutch army led by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange liberates the Spanish held city.
1627	Battle of Oliwa	Battle in the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29). Largest and last naval battle of the Polish Royal Navy.
1628	Battle in the Bay of Matanzas	Dutch fleet led by Admiral Piet Pieterszoon Hein was able to defeat and capture the Spanish treasure fleet.
1629	Battle of Górzno	Swedish victory during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29).
1629	Battle of Trzciana	Polish victory during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–29).
1629	Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch	Dutch army takes a city loyal to the Spanish king.
1630	Siege of Recife (1630)	Dutch captured Recife, in Colonial Brazil. This began a war over Brazil, which would see the Dutch establish a colony called New Holland.
1631	Sack of Magdeburg	Imperial soldiers capture and pillage town.
1631	Battle of Albrolhos	Spanish admiral Oquendo is defeated by the Dutch after a six-hour battle.
1631	Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)	Saxons and Swedes defeat Catholics under Tilly.
1631	Battle of the Slaak	Crushing Dutch victory over the Spanish fleet.
1632	Battle of Rain	Count of Tilly killed in battle with the Swedes.
1632	Capture of Maastricht	Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange eventually capture the city from Spanish forces.
1632	Battle of Lützen (1632)	Protestant Swedish forces defeat Catholics but King Gustavus Adolphus is killed.
1633	Battle of Liaoluo Bay	The Dutch East India Company were decisively defeated by the Ming dynasty.
1633	Battle of Oldendorf	The Swedish Empire defeats the Holy Roman Empire near Hessisch Oldendorf.
1634	Battle of Nördlingen	The Holy Roman Empire destroys the Swedish army.
1636	Battle of Wittstock	Sweden defeats an army of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire.
1637	Battle off Lizard Point	Spanish fleet defeats an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy off of Lizard Point, Cornwall.
1637	Battle of Elmina (1637)	The Dutch capture Fort Elmina from the Portuguese.
1637	Battle of Mombaldone	Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy defeats a Spanish army.
1637	Siege of Breda (1637)	Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange retook the city.
1638	Battle of Kallo	William of Nassau-Hilchenbach tried to surround the city of Antwerp.
1639	Battle of the Downs	Spanish navy defeated by the Dutch in the English Channel.
1639	Action of 30 September 1639	Naval battle in the Dutch–Portuguese War. Dutch ships captured and destroyed 3 Portuguese galleons.
1641	Battle of Malacca (1641)	Dutch efforts effectively destroyed the last bastion of Portuguese power.
1641	Capture of Luanda	The Dutch captured Luanda from the Portuguese.
1642	Battle of Honnecourt	Spanish victory against a French army.
1642	Battle of Edgehill	First battle of English Civil War, which resulted in a draw.
1642	Second Battle of Breitenfeld	Swedish victory over the Holy Roman Empire.
1642	Battle of Brentford (1642)	Cavaliers defeats roundheads, but eventually have to retreat.
1642	Battle of Lostwithiel	Cavalier victory during the English Civil War.
1643	Battle of Rocroi	French under Duc d'Enghien destroys the Spanish military supremacy in Europe.
1643	Battle of Adwalton Moor	Cavaliers defeat Roundhead near York.
1643	Battle of Burton Bridge (1643)	Royalists capture Burton from the Roundhead.
1643	Battle of Lansdowne	Royalists and Roundheads battle near Bath, resulting in a tie.
1643	Battle of Roundway Down	Royalists crush Roundheads in West Country.
1643	First Battle of Newbury	Roundheads save London from Royalists.
1643	Battle of Tuttlingen	Imperial-Spanish victory against French forces.
1644	Battle of Ochmatów (1644)	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats Crimean Tatars.
1644	Battle of Cropredy Bridge	Royalists defeat Roundheads.
1644	Battle of Marston Moor	Oliver Cromwell defeats Charles I of England, securing the North for Puritans.
1644	Battle of Freiburg	Indecisive battle between French forces and an Austrian-Bavarian army.
1644	Battle of Tippermuir	Cavaliers defeat Covenanters.
1644	Battle of Lostwithiel	Cavaliers surround Roundheads west of Plymouth.
1644	Battle of Aberdeen (1644)	Cavalier victory during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
1644	Second Battle of Newbury	Roundheads block Charles' return to London.
1644	Battle of Jüterbog	Sweden defeats the Holy Roman Empire.
1644	Battle of Lagoscuro	Allied Castro, Lazio, Republic of Venice, Modena, and Tuscany defeat a papal army.
1645	Battle of Inverlochy (1645)	Cavaliers defeat Covenanters.
1645	Battle of Jankau	Decisive Swedish victory during the Thirty Years' War.
1645	Siege of Hulst (1645)	The heavily fortified town was conquered by Dutch troops commanded by Frederick Henry after only 28 days.
1645	Battle of Auldearn	Cavalier victory during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
1645	Battle of Naseby	Cromwell's Ironsides defeat Charles' Cavaliers.
1645	Battle of Alford	Covenanters defeated by cavaliers under Montrose.
1645	Second Battle of Nordlingen	French victory during the Thirty Years' War.
1645	Battle of Tabocas	Battle between the Dutch and the Portuguese armies.
1645	Battle of Kilsyth	James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose decisively defeats the Covenanters.
1645	Battle of Philiphaugh	Covenanters under General David Leslie surprise Montrose in camp, resulting in victory.
1646	Battle of Benburb	Irish Ulster army under Owen Roe O'Neill defeats the Scots.
1646	Battle of La Naval de Manila	Two quickly fitted out Spanish-Filipino crewed Manila galleons repel a Dutch invasion fleet in five separate battles.
1647	Battle of Dungan's Hill	Irish Leinster army destroyed by Parliamentarians.
1647	Battle of Knocknanuss	Irish Munster army destroyed in Cork by Inchiquin.
1647	Battle of Puerto de Cavite	Spanish defenders defeat Dutch invasion in the Philippines during the Eighty Years' War.
1647	Battle of Kombi	Decisive Dutch victory over the Portuguese Empire
1648	Battle of Maidstone	Parliamentarian victory in the Second English Civil War.
1648	Battle of St. Fagans	Parliamentarian victory during the Second English Civil War.
1648	Siege of Pembroke	Parliamentarian victory during the Second English Civil War
1648	First Battle of Guararapes	Dutch and Portuguese forces in Pernambuco, in a dispute for the dominion of that part of Brazil.
1648	Battle of Zusmarshausen	French and Swedish forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire.
1648	Battle of Prague	Swedes loot part of Prague, but fail to take the city.
1648	Battle of Preston	Cromwell defeats William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton.
1648	Battle of Lens	Decisive French victory against Spanish forces during the Thirty Years' War.
1649	Second Battle of Guararapes	Portuguese forces defeat the Netherlands and conquer Pernambuco.
1649	Battle of Rathmines	Irish and royalist forces is destroyed, paving the way for the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649	Destruction of Huronia	Force of 1200 armed Iroquois destroy Huron villages.
1650	Battle of Dunbar	Decisive English Parliamentarian victory in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.