1775–1783 war between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, which won independence as the United States of America
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers 1775 — September 1783; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- 1775
Battle of Gloucester ↗
Source · Q32198 - 1775
Raid on Charlottetown (1775) ↗
Source · Q55631091 - 19 April 1775
Battle of Lexington ↗
Source · Q124321810 - 19 April 1775
Battle of Concord ↗
Source · Q124321820 - 19 April 1775
Battles of Lexington and Concord
On the map ↗ Source · Q778010 - 19 April 1775 — 17 March 1776
Siege of Boston
On the map ↗ Source · Q815128 - 10 May 1775
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga ↗
Source · Q1546173 - 14 May 1775
Battle off Fairhaven ↗
Source · Q17515528 - 28 May 1775
Battle of Chelsea Creek ↗
Source · Q4204344 - 11 June 1775 — 12 June 1775
Battle of Machias ↗
Source · Q4090317 - 17 June 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill
On the map ↗ Source · Q334029 - 17 September 1775 — 3 November 1775
Siege of Fort St. Jean ↗
Source · Q1779428 - 25 September 1775
Battle of Longue-Pointe ↗
Source · Q2425434 - November 1775 — December 1775
Snow Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q195151 - 15 November 1775
Battle of Kemp's Landing ↗
Source · Q4871413 - 19 November 1775 — 21 November 1775
Siege of Savage's Old Fields ↗
Source · Q45067 - 9 December 1775
Battle of Great Bridge ↗
Source · Q906018 - 22 December 1775
Battle of Great Cane Brake ↗
Source · Q23074154 - 31 December 1775
Battle of Quebec
On the map ↗ Source · Q1840117 - 1776
Raid on Canso (1776) ↗
Source · Q55631090 - 27 February 1776
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge ↗
Source · Q1518787 - 2 March 1776 — 3 March 1776
Battle of the Rice Boats ↗
Source · Q2113284 - 4 March 1776 — 5 March 1776
Fortification of Dorchester Heights ↗
Source · Q3078508 - 25 March 1776
Battle of Saint-Pierre ↗
Source · Q4392087 - 6 April 1776
Battle of Block Island ↗
Source · Q731564 - 8 June 1776
Battle of Trois-Rivières ↗
Source · Q1247957 - 28 June 1776
Battle of Sullivan's Island ↗
Source · Q4071933 - 29 June 1776
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet ↗
Source · Q3788426 - July 1776 — March 1777
New York and New Jersey Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q2630469 - 15 July 1776
Battle of Lindley's Fort ↗
Source · Q4871562 - 27 August 1776
Battle of Long Island
On the map ↗ Source · Q862751 - 15 September 1776
Landing at Kip's Bay ↗
Source · Q692137 - 16 September 1776
Battle of Harlem Heights ↗
Source · Q668595 - 11 October 1776
Battle of Valcour Island ↗
Source · Q934626 - 18 October 1776
Battle of Pell's Point ↗
Source · Q63313 - 22 October 1776
Battle of Mamaroneck ↗
Source · Q21187832 - 28 October 1776
Battle of White Plains ↗
Source · Q960723 - 16 November 1776
Battle of Fort Washington
On the map ↗ Source · Q706755 - 20 November 1776
Battle of Fort Lee ↗
Source · Q75827070 - 14 December 1776
Ambush of Geary ↗
Source · Q4742016 - 22 December 1776 — 23 December 1776
Battle of Iron Works Hill ↗
Source · Q4871284 - 26 December 1776
Battle of Trenton
On the map ↗ Source · Q653664 - 1777 — 1778
Philadelphia campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q1444930 - 2 January 1777
Battle of the Assunpink Creek ↗
Source · Q233417 - 3 January 1777
Battle of Princeton
On the map ↗ Source · Q1132579 - 4 January 1777 — 24 March 1777
Forage War
On the map ↗ Source · Q4584107 - 20 January 1777
Battle of Millstone ↗
Source · Q4871737 - 8 March 1777
Battle of Punk Hill ↗
Source · Q4872127 - 28 March 1777
Battle off Yarmouth ↗
Source · Q55605056 - 13 April 1777
Battle of Bound Brook ↗
Source · Q3271228 - 27 April 1777
Battle of Ridgefield ↗
Source · Q4872181 - 17 May 1777
Battle of Thomas Creek ↗
Source · Q4845442 - 24 May 1777
Meigs Raid ↗
Source · Q4140507 - 14 June 1777 — 17 October 1777
Saratoga campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q126876 - 26 June 1777
Battle of Short Hills ↗
Source · Q2889989 - 2 July 1777 — 6 July 1777
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga ↗
Source · Q1307876 - 7 July 1777
Battle of Hubbardton ↗
Source · Q922790 - 8 July 1777
Battle of Fort Anne ↗
Source · Q1238033 - 2 August 1777 — 22 August 1777
Siege of Fort Stanwix ↗
Source · Q7510027 - 6 August 1777
Battle of Oriskany ↗
Source · Q1375813 - 13 August 1777 — 14 August 1777
Second Battle of Machias ↗
Source · Q4871625 - 16 August 1777
Battle of Bennington ↗
Source · Q1754313 - 22 August 1777
Battle of Staten Island ↗
Source · Q2112104 - 22 August 1777
Battle of Setauket ↗
Source · Q4872357 - 1 September 1777
Siege of Fort Henry ↗
Source · Q7510009 - 3 September 1777
Battle of Cooch's Bridge ↗
Source · Q4870787 - 11 September 1777
Battle of Brandywine
On the map ↗ Source · Q301487 - 16 September 1777
Battle of the Clouds ↗
Source · Q4872890 - 19 September 1777
Battle of Freeman's Farm ↗
Source · Q113627344 - 19 September 1777 — 17 December 1777
Battles of Saratoga
On the map ↗ Source · Q846674 - 20 September 1777
Battle of Paoli ↗
Source · Q4871984 - 26 September 1777 — 16 November 1777
Siege of Fort Mifflin ↗
Source · Q7510017 - 4 October 1777
Battle of Germantown ↗
Source · Q523857 - 6 October 1777
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery ↗
Source · Q2237194 - 7 October 1777
Battle of Bemis Heights ↗
Source · Q68830117 - 22 October 1777
Battle of Red Bank ↗
Source · Q2889754 - 25 November 1777
Battle of Gloucester ↗
Source · Q609453 - 5 December 1777 — 8 December 1777
Battle of White Marsh ↗
Source · Q2890385 - 11 December 1777
Battle of Matson's Ford ↗
Source · Q4871696 - 7 March 1778
Battle off Barbados ↗
Source · Q4873060 - 18 March 1778
Battle of Quinton's Bridge ↗
Source · Q4872143 - 19 April 1778
Frederica naval action ↗
Source · Q5497190 - 1 May 1778
Battle of Crooked Billet ↗
Source · Q12001363 - 20 May 1778
Battle of Barren Hill ↗
Source · Q2888104 - 25 May 1778 — 30 May 1778
Mount Hope Bay raids ↗
Source · Q6921294 - 30 May 1778
Battle of Cobleskill ↗
Source · Q1862538 - June 1778 — September 1783
Anglo-French War of 1778–1783
On the map ↗ Source · Q3651696 - 28 June 1778
Battle of Monmouth
On the map ↗ Source · Q1638488 - 30 June 1778
Battle of Alligator Bridge ↗
Source · Q2323163 - July 1778
Big Runaway ↗
Source · Q2902339 - 3 July 1778
Battle of Wyoming ↗
Source · Q2190013 - 27 July 1778
Battle of Ushant ↗
Source · Q1343040 - 21 August 1778 — 19 October 1778
Siege of Pondicherry ↗
Source · Q3485995 - 29 August 1778
Battle of Rhode Island ↗
Source · Q2575889 - 7 September 1778 — 18 September 1778
Siege of Boonesborough ↗
Source · Q7509881 - 11 September 1778
Action of 11 September 1778 ↗
Source · Q124344830 - 27 September 1778
Baylor Massacre ↗
Source · Q4874605 - 30 September 1778
Battle of Edgar's Lane ↗
Source · Q19865266 - 6 October 1778
Battle of Chestnut Neck ↗
Source · Q4870723 - 15 October 1778
Affair at Little Egg Harbor ↗
Source · Q7712756 - 20 October 1778
Action of 20 October 1778 ↗
Source · Q28407458 - 11 November 1778
Cherry Valley massacre ↗
Source · Q5092505 - 15 December 1778
Battle of St. Lucia ↗
Source · Q2671443 - 18 December 1778 — 28 December 1778
Capture of St. Lucia ↗
Source · Q16256520 - 1779
Battle of Martinique ↗
Source · Q2984945 - 1779
Capture of Río Hondo ↗
Source · Q5037053 - 31 January 1779
Action of 31 January 1779 ↗
Source · Q135100297 - 3 February 1779
Battle of Beaufort ↗
Source · Q1949707 - 11 February 1779
Battle of Van Creek ↗
Source · Q29075488 - 14 February 1779
Battle of Kettle Creek ↗
Source · Q4583774 - 23 February 1779 — 25 February 1779
Siege of Fort Vincennes ↗
Source · Q7510029 - 3 March 1779
Battle of Brier Creek ↗
Source · Q4391287 - June 1779 — September 1783
Anglo-Spanish War
On the map ↗ Source · Q26809259 - 8 June 1779
Battle of Moca ↗
Source · Q138018817 - 16 June 1779 — 18 June 1779
Capture of Saint Vincent ↗
Source · Q5037055 - 18 June 1779 — 3 October 1779
Sullivan Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q1426614 - 20 June 1779
Battle of Stono Ferry ↗
Source · Q4872446 - 24 June 1779 — 7 February 1783
Great Siege of Gibraltar ↗
Source · Q815145 - 2 July 1779 — 4 July 1779
Capture of Grenada ↗
Source · Q3403859 - 6 July 1779
Battle of Grenada ↗
Source · Q1970159 - 7 July 1779
Burning of Fairfield ↗
Source · Q19868029 - 12 July 1779
Battle of Norwalk ↗
Source · Q4871916 - 16 July 1779
Battle of Stony Point ↗
Source · Q111648 - 19 July 1779 — 22 July 1779
Battle of Minisink ↗
Source · Q2296381 - 17 August 1779
Action of 17 August 1779 ↗
Source · Q27628110 - 19 August 1779
Battle of Paulus Hook ↗
Source · Q4871999 - 29 August 1779
Battle of Newtown ↗
Source · Q528183 - 7 September 1779
Capture of Fort Bute ↗
Source · Q3097919 - 10 September 1779
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain ↗
Source · Q4204624 - 15 September 1779
Capture of Cayo Cocina ↗
Source · Q5036996 - 16 September 1779 — 18 October 1779
Siege of Savannah ↗
Source · Q2744875 - 20 September 1779 — 21 September 1779
Battle of Baton Rouge ↗
Source · Q2888231 - 23 September 1779
Battle of Flamborough Head ↗
Source · Q2888502 - 16 October 1779 — 29 November 1779
Battle of San Fernando de Omoa ↗
Source · Q4090319 - 11 November 1779
Action of 11 November 1779 ↗
Source · Q4677234 - 21 December 1779 — 22 December 1779
Battle of Guadeloupe ↗
Source · Q19873117 - 8 January 1780
Action of 8 January 1780 ↗
Source · Q4090282 - 16 January 1780
Battle of Cape St. Vincent ↗
Source · Q178912 - 3 February 1780
Battle of Young's House ↗
Source · Q4872793 - 2 March 1780 — 14 March 1780
Battle of Fort Charlotte ↗
Source · Q2682171 - 29 March 1780 — 12 May 1780
Siege of Charleston ↗
Source · Q3235083 - 14 April 1780
Battle of Monck's Corner ↗
Source · Q4871769 - 17 April 1780
Battle of Martinique ↗
Source · Q2583204 - 6 May 1780
Battle of Lenud's Ferry ↗
Source · Q4871550 - 26 May 1780
Battle of St. Louis ↗
Source · Q2729621 - 29 May 1780
Battle of Waxhaws ↗
Source · Q1811438 - 7 June 1780
Battle of Connecticut Farms ↗
Source · Q4870783 - 8 June 1780
Battle of Mobley's Meeting House ↗
Source · Q4871749 - 20 June 1780
Battle of Ramsour's Mill ↗
Source · Q4872160 - 23 June 1780
Battle of Springfield ↗
Source · Q4872426 - 20 July 1780 — 21 July 1780
Battle of Bull's Ferry ↗
Source · Q4870589 - 21 July 1780
Battle of Colson's Mill ↗
Source · Q4870776 - 1 August 1780
Battle of Rocky Mount ↗
Source · Q4872195 - 6 August 1780
Battle of Hanging Rock ↗
Source · Q4871187 - 8 August 1780
Battle of Piqua ↗
Source · Q4872050 - 9 August 1780
Action of 9 August 1780 ↗
Source · Q2574010 - 16 August 1780
Battle of Camden
On the map ↗ Source · Q1539513 - 18 August 1780
Battle of Musgrove Mill ↗
Source · Q2237633 - 18 August 1780
Battle of Fishing Creek ↗
Source · Q4871020 - 14 September 1780
Battle of Black Mingo ↗
Source · Q4870491 - 21 September 1780
Battle of Wahab's Plantation ↗
Source · Q4872706 - 26 September 1780
Battle of Charlotte ↗
Source · Q4870718 - 30 September 1780
Action of 30 September 1780 ↗
Source · Q17389316 - 7 October 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain ↗
Source · Q2035455 - 14 October 1780
Battle of Shallow Ford ↗
Source · Q4872360 - 19 October 1780
Battle of Klock's Field ↗
Source · Q4871460 - 25 October 1780
Battle of Tearcoat Swamp ↗
Source · Q4872520 - 9 November 1780
Battle of Fishdam Ford ↗
Source · Q4871019 - 20 November 1780
Battle of Blackstock's Farm ↗
Source · Q4870493 - 23 November 1780
Battle of Fort St. George ↗
Source · Q4871057 - 6 January 1781
Battle of Jersey ↗
Source · Q2501743 - 7 January 1781
Battle of Mobile ↗
Source · Q3355796 - 17 January 1781
Battle of Cowpens
On the map ↗ Source · Q1326527 - February 1781
Capture of Sint Eustatius ↗
Source · Q4188867 - 1 February 1781
Battle of Cowan's Ford ↗
Source · Q4870799 - 2 February 1781
Battle of Torrence's Tavern ↗
Source · Q4872576 - 12 February 1781
Battle of Fort Saint Joseph (1781) ↗
Source · Q16565665 - 25 February 1781
Pyle's Massacre ↗
Source · Q7263080 - 6 March 1781
Battle of Wetzell's Mill ↗
Source · Q4872729 - 15 March 1781
Battle of Guilford Court House ↗
Source · Q425773 - 16 March 1781
Battle of Cape Henry ↗
Source · Q2890866 - April 1781
Brodhead's Coshocton Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q4972988 - 4 April 1781
Capture of HMS St. Fermin ↗
Source · Q84320699 - 15 April 1781 — 23 April 1781
Siege of Fort Watson ↗
Source · Q7510031 - 16 April 1781
Battle of Porto Praya ↗
Source · Q2732287 - 25 April 1781
Battle of Blandford ↗
Source · Q4870497 - 25 April 1781
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill ↗
Source · Q494318 - 30 April 1781
Battle of Fort Royal ↗
Source · Q1780931 - 8 May 1781 — 12 May 1781
Siege of Fort Motte ↗
Source · Q7510019 - 9 May 1781 — 10 May 1781
Siege of Pensacola ↗
Source · Q2060558 - 22 May 1781 — 6 June 1781
Siege of Augusta ↗
Source · Q7509832 - 22 May 1781 — 19 June 1781
Siege of Ninety-Six ↗
Source · Q7510275 - 26 June 1781
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary ↗
Source · Q4872420 - 6 July 1781
Battle of Green Spring ↗
Source · Q2888688 - 21 July 1781
Action of 21 July 1781 ↗
Source · Q1444121 - 29 July 1781
Battle of the House in the Horseshoe ↗
Source · Q4872933 - 19 August 1781 — 5 February 1782
Siege of Sant Felip ↗
Source · Q65212991 - 21 August 1781
Battle of Rockfish ↗
Source · Q139964063 - 24 August 1781
Lochry's Defeat ↗
Source · Q6665169 - 27 August 1781
Battle of Elizabethtown ↗
Source · Q116797337 - 2 September 1781
Action of 2 September 1781 ↗
Source · Q17509662 - 5 September 1781
Battle of the Chesapeake
On the map ↗ Source · Q1419459 - 6 September 1781
Battle of Groton Heights ↗
Source · Q4871143 - 6 September 1781
Capture of HMS Savage ↗
Source · Q5037020 - 8 September 1781
Battle of Eutaw Springs ↗
Source · Q2888486 - 13 September 1781
Battle of Lindley's Mill ↗
Source · Q4871561 - 28 September 1781 — 19 October 1781
Siege of Yorktown
On the map ↗ Source · Q459447 - 3 October 1781
Battle of Fort Slongo ↗
Source · Q4871053 - 25 October 1781
Battle of Johnstown ↗
Source · Q4871344 - 12 December 1781
Battle of Ushant ↗
Source · Q2578358 - 1782
Battle off Halifax ↗
Source · Q55605054 - 2 January 1782
Battle of Videau's Bridge ↗
Source · Q17515525 - 19 January 1782 — 13 February 1782
Siege of Brimstone Hill ↗
Source · Q11794849 - 22 January 1782
Capture of Demerara and Essequibo ↗
Source · Q5037004 - 25 January 1782 — 26 January 1782
Battle of Saint Kitts ↗
Source · Q1431266 - 17 February 1782
Battle of Sadras ↗
Source · Q2601126 - 22 February 1782
Capture of Montserrat ↗
Source · Q5037038 - 24 February 1782
Battle of Wambaw ↗
Source · Q19882090 - 16 March 1782
Action of 16 March 1782 ↗
Source · Q4040247 - 16 March 1782
Battle of Roatán ↗
Source · Q4872193 - 3 April 1782
Battle of Cuddalore ↗
Source · Q2888638 - 8 April 1782
Battle of Delaware Bay ↗
Source · Q421399 - 9 April 1782 — 12 April 1782
Battle of the Saintes ↗
Source · Q1850800 - 12 April 1782
Battle of Providien ↗
Source · Q2601189 - 13 April 1782 — 23 August 1782
Battle of the Black River ↗
Source · Q4872851 - 18 April 1782 — 8 May 1782
Capture of the Bahamas ↗
Source · Q4188861 - 19 April 1782
Battle of the Mona Passage ↗
Source · Q4090287 - 20 April 1782 — 21 April 1782
Third Battle of Ushant ↗
Source · Q4090280 - 29 May 1782
Naval battle off Halifax ↗
Source · Q6981993 - 6 July 1782
Battle of Negapatam ↗
Source · Q2601178 - 8 August 1782
Hudson Bay expedition ↗
Source · Q3062432 - 25 August 1782 — 3 September 1782
Battle of Trincomalee ↗
Source · Q2601158 - 27 August 1782
Battle of the Combahee River ↗
Source · Q4872894 - 6 September 1782
Action of 6 September 1782 ↗
Source · Q139073625 - 11 September 1782 — 13 September 1782
Siege of Fort Henry ↗
Source · Q7510008 - 15 September 1782
Action of 15 September 1782 ↗
Source · Q4677265 - 18 October 1782 — 19 October 1782
Action of 18 October 1782 ↗
Source · Q2984963 - 20 October 1782
Battle of Cape Spartel ↗
Source · Q1781080 - 14 November 1782
Battle of James Island ↗
Source · Q33105503 - 6 December 1782
Action of 6 December 1782 ↗
Source · Q4090281 - 12 December 1782
Action of 12 December 1782 ↗
Source · Q4677235 - 20 December 1782 — 21 December 1782
Battle of the Delaware Capes ↗
Source · Q16253782 - 22 January 1783
Action of 22 January 1783 ↗
Source · Q4677299 - 15 February 1783
Action of 15 February 1783 ↗
Source · Q16158049 - 17 February 1783
Action of 17 February 1783 ↗
Source · Q18204832 - 9 March 1783
Battle of Grand Turk ↗
Source · Q4871134 - 10 March 1783
combat off the coast of Florida ↗
Source · Q2311390 - 11 April 1783
Action of 11 April 1783 ↗
Source · Q134043319 - 14 April 1783 — 18 April 1783
Capture of the Bahamas ↗
Source · Q4188862 - 17 April 1783
Colbert raid ↗
Source · Q14680788 - 20 June 1783
Battle of Cuddalore ↗
Source · Q1649183
Provenance and limits
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