List of Chinese battles

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The following is a list of Chinese wars and battles, organized by date. The list is not exhaustive.

Contents 1 Ancient China 2 Imperial China 2.1 Chu-Han War (206-202 BC) 2.2 Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) 2.3 Three Kingdoms (220-280 AD) 2.4 Jin Dynasty (265-420) 2.5 Sui Dynasty (581-618) 2.6 Tang Dynasty (618-917) 2.7 Song Dynasty (960-1279) 2.8 Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) 2.9 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) 2.10 Opium War (1839-1842) 2.11 Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) 2.12 Sino-French War (1884-1885) 2.13 First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) 3 Modern China 3.1 First Stage of the Chinese Civil War (1927-1949): 3.2 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 3.3 Second Stage of the Chinese Civil War (1927-1949), post-World War II era: 3.3.1 1945 3.3.2 1946 3.3.3 1947 3.3.4 1948 3.3.5 1949 3.3.6 1950 3.3.7 1952 3.3.8 1953 3.3.9 1955 3.4 Korean War (1950-1953) 3.5 Sino-Indian War (1962) 3.6 Sino-Soviet border conflict (1969) 3.7 Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

[edit] Ancient China

• 26th Century BC - Battle of Banquan
• 26th Century BC - Battle of Zhuolu - The Yellow Emperor defeats Chi You and establishes the Han Chinese nationality.
• 1532 BC - Battle of Mingtiao
• 1057 BC – Battle of Muyu
• 1046 BC - Battle of Muye
• 632 BC - Battle of Chengpu - Duke Wen of Jin defeats the Chu commander Ziyu, in the biggest battle of the Spring and Autumn period.
• 595 BC - Battle of Bi
• 588 BC - Battle of An
• 575 BC - Battle of Yanling
• 506 BC - Battle of Boju
• 478 BC - Battle of Lize
• 353 BC - Battle of Guiling
• 342 BC - Battle of Maling
• 341 BC – Battle of Guailing
• 269 BC - Battle of Yanyu
• 260 BC - Battle of Changping

[edit] Imperial China

[edit] Chu-Han War (206-202 BC)

• 207 BC - Battle of Julu
• 205 BC - Battle of Jingxing
• 203 BC - Battle of Wei River
• 202 BC - Battle of Gaixia

[edit] Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

• 133 BC - Battle of Mayi
• 119 BC - Battle of Mobei
• 108 BC - Battle of Loulan
• 99 BC - Battle of Tien Shan
• 67 BC - Battle of Jushi
• 36 BC - Battle of Kang-Chu
• 36 BC - Battle of Zhizhi
• 24 - Battle of Kunyang
• 36 - Battle of Ch'eng-Tu
• 73 - Battle of Yiwulu
• 89 - Battle of Ikh Bayan

[edit] Three Kingdoms (220-280 AD)

• 184 - Yellow Turban Rebellion - Han forces suppress the Yellow Turbans
• 190 - Campaign against Dong Zhuo
• 191 - Battle of Xiangyang
• 191 - Battle of Xuzhou
• 192 - Battle of Jieqiao - Yuan Shao's infantry repulses a cavalry charge by rival warlord Gongsun Zan.
• 197 - Battle of Wancheng
• 198 - Battle of Xiapi
• 199 - Battle of Yijing
• 200 - Battle of Guandu - Cao Cao defeats Yuan Shao's numerically superior army and secures domination of the North China plain.
• 202 - Battle of Bowang
• 208 - Battle of Changban - Cao Cao's cavalry catches Liu Bei's forces and disperses his army.
• 208 - Battle of Red Cliffs - Cao Cao is defeated by the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, foreshadowing the triparte of the Three Kingdoms.
• 211 - Battle of Tong Pass - Cao Cao takes Guanzhong, defeating allied forces led by Ma Chao
• 217 - Battle of Hefei - Wei defends off Wu's attack
• 219 - Battle of Mount Dingjun - Liu Bei takes Mt. Dingjun from Wei forces of Cao Cao
• 219 - Battle of Fancheng
• 222 - Battle of Yiling - Liu Bei's invasion of Wu is repulsed by Sun Quan's commander Lu Xun.
• 225 - Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign
• 228 - Battle of Jieting
• 228 - Battle of Shiting
• 229 - Siege of Chencang
• 234 - Battle of Wuzhang Plains
• 256 - Battle of Duangu
• 263 - Wei conquest of Shu
• 280 - Jin conquest of Wu

(comprehensive list here)

[edit] Jin Dynasty (265-420)

• 383 - Battle of Fei River - Fu Jiān, King of Former Qin is defeated by the Chinese commander Xie An. The Nomads' Former Qin regime collapses shortly thereafter.

• 528 - Battle of Yeh
• 537 - Battle of Shayuan

[edit] Sui Dynasty (581-618)

• 598-614 - Goguryeo-Sui Wars
• 617 - Battle of Hui-i
• 621 - Battle of Hulao

[edit] Tang Dynasty (618-917)

• 663 - Battle of Baekgang
• 670 - Battle of Mount Ta-fei
• 685 - Battle of Kao Yu
• 699 - Battle of Tianmenling
• 745-749 - Siege of Shibao
• 751 - Battle of Talas
• 781 - Battle of Henshui
• 945 - Battle of Ting-Hsien

[edit] Song Dynasty (960-1279)

• 1048 - Battle of Pei-Chou
• 1161 - Battle of Caishi
• 1207 - Battle of Hsiang-Yang
• 1211 - Battle of Huan-Erh-Tsui
• 1215 - Battle of Beijing
• 1273 - Battle of Xiangyang
• 1279 - Battle of Yamen

[edit] Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)

• 1288 - Battle of Bach Dang
• 1360 - Battle of Yingtian
• 1363 - Battle of Lake Poyang

[edit] Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

• 1449 - Battle of Tumu Fortress
• 1592-1598 - Seven-Year War
• 1593 - Siege of Pyeongyang
• 1619 - Battle of Sarhu
• 1626 - Battle of Ningyuan
• 1642 - Battle of Zhuxianzhen

[edit] Opium War (1839-1842)

• 1841 - Battle of Canton

[edit] Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864)

• 1862 - Battle of Cixi
• 1864 - Third Battle of Nanking

[edit] Sino-French War (1884-1885)

• 1884 - Battle of Foochow
• 1885 - Battle of Zhennan Pass

[edit] First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)

• 1894 - Battle of Pungdo
• 1894 - Battle of Seonghwan
• 1894 - Battle of Pyongyang
• 1894 - Battle of Yalu River (1894)
• 1894 - Battle of Jiuliangcheng
• 1894 - Battle of Lushunkou
• 1895 - Battle of Weihaiwei
• 1895 - Battle of Yingkou

[edit] Modern China

• Warlord Era
• First Zhili-Fengtian War — 1922
• Second Zhili-Fengtian War — 1924
• Northern Expedition (1926-1927)
• Central Plains War — 1930

[edit] First Stage of the Chinese Civil War (1927-1949):

• 1927-1937 - Ten Year's Civil War
  • 1927 - Nanchang Uprising
  • 1927 - Autumn Harvest Uprising
  • 1927 - Guangzhou Uprising
  • 1930 - 1931 First Encirclement Campaign
  • 1931 - Second Encirclement Campaign
  • 1931 - Third Encirclement Campaign
  • 1932 - Fourth Encirclement Campaign
  • 1933 - 1934 Fifth Encirclement Campaign
  • 1934-1936 Long March
    • 1935 - Battles at the Luding Bridge

[edit] Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

1931 - Mukden Incident 1932 - January 28 Incident 1933 - Defense of the Great Wall 1937 - Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1937 - Battle of Beiping-Tianjin 1937 - Battle of Shanghai 1937 - Battle of Pingxingguan 1937 - Battle of Taiyuan 1937 - Battle of Nanjing 1937 - Battle of Xuzhou

1938 - Battle of Taierzhuang 1938 - Battle of Wuhan 1939 - Battle of Nanchang 1939 - Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang 1939 - Battle of Changsha 1939 - Battle of South Guangxi 1939 - Battle of Kunlun Pass 1940 - Hundred Regiments Offensive 1941 - Battle of Shanggao

1941 - Battle of South Shanxi 1941 - Battle of Changsha 1942 - Battle of Changsha 1943 - Battle of West Hubei 1943 - Battle of Changde 1943 - Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi 1944 - Battle of Changsha 1944 - Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou 1945 - Battle of West Hunan

[edit] Second Stage of the Chinese Civil War (1927-1949), post-World War II era:

Conflicts in the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era are listed chronologically by the starting dates.

[edit] 1945

• August 24, 1945 - August 24, 1945 — Battle of Wuhe
• August 26, 1945 - September 22, 1945 — Huaiyin-Huai'an Campaign
• August 29, 1945 - September 1, 1945 — Xinghua Campaign
• September 10, 1945 - October 12, 1945 — Shangdang Campaign
• September 18, 1945 - September 18, 1945 — Battle of Xiangshuikou
• October 18, 1945 - October 18, 1945 — Battle of Houmajia
• October 22, 1945 - November 2, 1945 — Handan Campaign
• December 21, 1945 - December 30, 1945 — Battle of Tangtou-Guocun

[edit] 1946

• March 15, 1946 - March 17, 1946 — Battle of Siping
• April 10, 1946 - April 15, 1946 — Jinjiatun Campaign
• April 17, 1946 - May 19, 1946 — Campaign to Defend Siping
• June 22, 1946 - August 31, 1946 — Campaign of the North China Plain Pocket
• June 12, 1946 - September 1, 1946 — Campaign along the Southern Section of Datong-Puzhou Railway
• August 21, 1946 - September 22, 1946 — Battle of Huaiyin-Huai'an
• September 22, 1946 - September 24, 1946 — Linfen-Fushan Campaign
• November 22, 1946 - January 1, 1947 — Lüliang Campaign
• December 17, 1946 - April 1, 1947 — Linjiang Campaign

[edit] 1947

• January 21, 1947 - January 28, 1947 — Campaign to the South of Baoding
• May 13, 1947 - July 1, 1947 — Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
• May 28, 1947 - May 31, 1947 — Heshui Campaign
• June 11, 1947 - March 13, 1948 — Siping Campaign
• June 26, 1947 - July 6, 1947 — Campaign to the North of Baoding
• July 17, 1947 - July 29, 1947 — Nanma-Linqu Campaign
• September 14, 1947 - November 5, 1947 — Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
• October 29, 1947 - November 25, 1947 — Campaign at the Eastern Foothills of Funiu Mountain
• December 15, 1947 - March 15, 1948 — Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
• December 7, 1947 - December 9, 1947 — Battle of Phoenix Peak
• December 20, 1947 - June 1948 — Jing Shan-Zhongxiang Campaign

[edit] 1948

• March 7, 1948 - May 18, 1948 — Linfen Campaign
• March 11, 1948 - March 21, 1948 — Zhoucun-Zhangdian Campaign
• May 12, 1948 - June 25, 1948 — Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Campaign
• May 23, 1948 - October 19, 1948 — Siege of Changchun
• May 29, 1948 - July 18, 1948 — Yanzhou Campaign
• September 12, 1948 - November 12, 1949 — Liaoshen Campaign
• October 7, 1948 - November 15, 1948 — Battle of Jinzhou
• October 10, 1948 - October 15, 1948 — Battle of Tashan
• November 6, 1948 - January 10, 1949 — Huaihai Campaign
• November 29, 1948 - January 31, 1949 — Pingjin Campaign

[edit] 1949

• August 9, 1949 - August 27, 1949 — Lanzhou Campaign
• October 25, 1949 - October 27, 1949 — Battle of Kuningtou
• November 1, 1949 - November 28, 1949 — Campaign to the North of Nanchuan County
• November 3, 1949 - November 5, 1949 — Battle of Denbu Island

[edit] 1950

• March 3, 1950 - March 3, 1950 — Battle of Nan'ao Island
• March 29, 1950 - May 7, 1950 — Battle of Yiwu
• May 11, 1950 - May 11, 1950 — Battle of Dongshan Island
• May 12, 1950 - June 2, 1950 — Shanghai Campaign
• May 25, 1950 - August 7, 1950 — Wanshan Archipelago Campaign
• August 9, 1950 - August 9, 1950 — Battle of Nanpéng Island

[edit] 1952

• April 11, 1952 - April 15, 1952 — Battle of Nanri Island
• September 20, 1952 - October 20, 1952 — Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago

[edit] 1953

• July 16, 1953 - July 18, 1953 — Dongshan Island Campaign

[edit] 1955

• January 18, 1955 - January 20, 1955 — Battle of Yijiangshan Islands

[edit] Korean War (1950-1953)

• 1950 - Battle of Chosin Reservoir
• 1951 - Battle of the Imjin River
• 1951 - Battle of Sunchon
• 1953 - Battle of Pork Chop Hill

[edit] Sino-Indian War (1962)

[edit] Sino-Soviet border conflict (1969)

• 1969 - Zhenbao Island

[edit] Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)

• 1974 - Battle of Hoang Sa
• 1986 - Battle of Laoshan peak