Home›Early Modern›All Early ModernBrowse ByAll Early ModernReference and ClassificationDevelopingBattles fought roughly 1500 to 1774 CE: the Siege of Vienna, the Fall of Tenochtitlan, the Battle of Lepanto and the Battle of Plassey. Belongs here: an engagement fought by a centralized gunpowder-era state before the age of mass national conscription. Does not belong here: an engagement fought by a nineteenth or twentieth century national army, which belongs to Modern.FactsAll Early ModernSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEraWell-attested1500 to 1774 1All Early ModernFilter Results8 entriesBattle TypeAllAmbush and massacre (1)Naval battle (galley fleet action) (1)Pitched field battle (2)Pitched field battle (early gunpowder engagement) (1)Pitched field battle decided chiefly by defection (1)Siege (prolonged urban siege and assault) (1)Siege of a fortified capital city (1)Battle EraAll1514 (1)1521 (1)1526 (1)1529 (1)1532 (1)1571 (1)1600 (1)1757 (1)LocationAllCajamarca, Peru (1)Chaldiran plain, northwestern Iran (1)Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea (1)Palashi (Plassey), Bengal, India (1)Panipat, North India (modern Haryana, India) (1)Sekigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan (1)Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City), Aztec Empire (1)Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Austria) (1)WarAllOttoman-Habsburg Wars (1)Ottoman-Persian War (1505-1517) (1)Seven Years' War (1)Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire (1)Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 8Battle of CajamarcaEarly ModernBattle of ChaldiranEarly ModernBattle of LepantoEarly ModernBattle of PlasseyEarly ModernBattle of SekigaharaEarly ModernFall of TenochtitlanEarly ModernFirst Battle of PanipatEarly ModernSiege of Vienna (1529)Early ModernSources1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)tier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentenceBoundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence, end-year clauseBoundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.