Also known as the Battle of Navarrete, it was fought on April 3, 1367, near Nájera, in the province of La Rioja, in Castile. It was an episode of the First Castilian Civil War in...
Peloponnesian War, 431 - 404 Bc
The Peloponnese War marks a change of course of the events in the history of Greece. The Spartan strategy was to erode the Athenian economy and thus weaken its alliances. Without...
Punic Wars, 264 Bc
The three wars fought between Rome and Carthage (from the Phoenician Kart hadasht, new city) from the 3rd century BC are called the Punic Wars (from the Latin poeni, Phoenicians)....
War In Colonial Brazil, 1554 To 1567
The Tamoios Confederation or Tamoios War (comes from the Tupi word tamyîa or tamuîa, which means "ancestors") took place between 1554 and 1567. In the 16th century, the...
Naval Battles In The Mediterranean In The 16th Century
As the main characteristics of this period in the Naval War, we highlight that since ancient times, war at sea had been fought as on land, with shock weapons, bows and arrows on...
Cold War, 1947 To 1991
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War marked...
Campaign Of The Grande Y Felicísima Armada, 1588
When a fleet of 128 Habsburgs left Coruña in late May 1588, under Alonzo Guzmán, Duke of Medina, with the aim of escorting and transporting an army from Flanders (present-day...
Battle Of Wittstock, 1636, In The Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648 is considered one of the most destructive wars in European history. It is estimated that between 4.5 and 8 million soldiers and civilians...
Battle Of Kuwait City, 1991
It took place between February 24 and 27, 1991, with its main phase at Kuwait International Airport. However, much of the fighting actually took place on the airport access...
