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366 matches to Wager of Battle
Neva, Battle. 1240. Swedish invasion of W Russia defeated.
Neville’s Cross, Battle. 1346. English defeat Scottish invaders, capture King David II.
New Orleans, Battle. 1815 Andrew Jackson, unaware, devastates British 2 weeks after War of 1812 ends.
Nicopolis, Battle. 1396. Turks crushed Crusaders. Ended European opposition to Ottoman expansion into Balkans.
Nordlingen, Battle. 1634. Sweden defeated, ending influence in S Germany. Heilbronn alliance dissolved.
Norman Conquest. 1066. Brought Norman laws, customs, feudal system to England. Hastings.
Northampton, Battle. 1460. War of the Roses. York victory earns right to succeed Henry VI.
Okinawa, Battle. 1945. US defeat Japanese garrison.
Omdurman, Battle. 1898. British defeat Mahdi, dominate Sudan.
Ordeal, Trial by. -1219. English common form of trial. eg: fire, battle, dunking.
Oriskany, Battle. 1777. British ambush Americans.
Orléans, Charles, duc d’. 1394-1465. Fought with Armagnacs vs Burgundians. Captured at Agincourt 1415. Ransomed 1440. Last courtly poet of France.
Oudenaarde, Battle. 1708. Churchill, Prince Eugène defeat French.
Palo Alto, Battle. 1846 US victory. First major battle of Mexican War.
Panipat, Battles. 1526 Moguls defeat Afghans, establish dynasty. 1556 Moguls defeat Hindus. 1761 Afghans defeat Marathas.
Passchendaele, Battle. 1917 Limit of British/Canadian advance WWI, Ypres. 300,000 casualties. 1918 Germans first use of mustard gas.
Patay, Battle. 1429. French rout British. Charles VII crowned. Orléans. Joan of Arc.
Paullus, Aemilius. 229-160BC. Roman victor at Pydna, 168BC. Ended Macedonian War.
Pausanius. Spartan. Drove Persians from Greece at Plataea, 479BC. Starved to death for plotting helot uprising.
Pavia, Battle. 1525. Holy Roman Empire defeats France. Madrid Treaty.
Pavia, Battle. 476. Odoacer defeats Romans, ending Western Roman Empire.
Peipus, Battle of Lake. 1242. Russians repel Livonian Knights’ attack on Novgorod.
Peloponnesian League. 6C-366BC. Led by Sparta. Leuctra Battle.
Perseus. c212-166BC. Last Macedonian king 179-168BC. Defeated at Pydna by Rome.