List of American Revolutionary War battles

This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties.

Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war

• Boston campaign (1774–76)
• Invasion of Canada (1775–76)
• New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–77)
• Saratoga campaign (1777)
• Philadelphia campaign (1777–78)
• Yorktown campaign (1781)
• Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga (1778–81)
• Gulf Coast campaign (1779–82)
• Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775–83)
• Western theater of the American Revolutionary War (1777–82)
• Caribbean theater of the American Revolutionary War (1778–83)
• Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War

Battles (in chronological order)

1774

• Powder Alarm – September 1*

1775

• Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19
• Siege of Boston – April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776
• Gunpowder Incident – April 20*
• Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10*
• Battle of Chelsea Creek – May 27–28
• Battle of Machias – June 11–12
• Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17 (also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill)
• Battle of Gloucester, MA – August 8
• Shelling of Stonington – August 30
• Siege of Fort St. Jean – September 17 – November 3(also called St. John's)
• Burning of Falmouth – October 18*
• Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14
• Siege of Savage's Old Fields – November 19–21 (also called the Siege of Ninety-Six)
• Battle of Great Bridge – December 9, 1775
• Snow Campaign - December 23
• Battle of Quebec – December 31

1776

• Burning of Norfolk – January 1
• Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27
• Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2–3
• Battle of Nassau – March 3–4
• Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4*
• Battle of Saint-Pierre – March 25
• Battle of Block Island – April 6
• Battle of The Cedars – May 18–27
• Battle of Trois-Rivières – June 8
• Battle of Sullivan's Island – June 28
• Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet – June 29
• Battle of Lindley's Fort – July 15
• Battle of Long Island – August 27 (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn)
• Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15
• Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16
• Battle of Valcour Island – October 11 (naval battle)
• Battle of White Plains – October 28
• Battle of Fort Cumberland – November 10–29
• Battle of Fort Washington – November 16
• Ambush of Geary – December 14
• Battle of Iron Works Hill – December 22–23 (also known as the Battle of Mount Holly)
• Battle of Trenton – December 26

1777

• Second Battle of Trenton – January 2
• Battle of Princeton – January 3
• Battle of Millstone – January 20
• Forage War – Winter
• Battle of Punk Hill - March 8
• Battle of Bound Brook – April 13
• Battle of Ridgefield – April 27 (also known as the Danbury Raid)
• Battle of Thomas Creek – May 17
• Meigs Raid – May 24 (also known as the Battle of Sag Harbor)
• Battle of Short Hills – June 26 (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse)
• Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – July 5 – 6
• Battle of Hubbardton – July 7
• Battle of Fort Ann – July 8
• Siege of Fort Stanwix – August 2 – 23
• Battle of Oriskany – August 6
• Second Battle of Machias – August 13 – 14
• Battle of Bennington – August 16
• Battle of Staten Island – August 22
• Battle of Setauket – August 22
• First Siege of Fort Henry – September
• Battle of Cooch's Bridge – September 3
• Battle of Brandywine – September 11
• Battle of the Clouds – September 16
• Battle of Saratoga I – September 19 (also known as the Battle of Freeman's Farm & The Turning Point of the War)
• Battle of Paoli – September 21
• Siege of Fort Mifflin – September 26 – November 15
• Battle of Germantown – October 4
• Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery – October 6
• Battle of Saratoga II – October 7 (also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights)
• Battle of Red Bank – October 22 (also known as the Battle of Fort Mercer)
• Battle of Gloucester, NJ – November 25
• Battle of White Marsh – December 5–8
• Battle of Matson's Ford – December 11

1778

• Battle off Barbados – March 7
• Battle of Quinton's Bridge – March 18
• North Channel Naval Duel – April 24
• Battle of Crooked Billet – May 1
• Battle of Barren Hill – May 20
• Mount Hope Bay raids – May 25 and 30
• Battle of Cobleskill – May 30
• Battle of Monmouth – June 28
• Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30
• Wyoming Massacre – July 3
• First Battle of Ushant – July 27
• Siege of Pondicherry – August 21 – October 19
• Battle of Rhode Island – August 29 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill)
• Grey's raid – September 5–17
• Invasion of Dominica – September 7
• Siege of Boonesborough – September 7–18
• Attack on German Flatts – September 17
• Baylor Massacre – September 27
• Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga – October 2–16
• Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6
• Little Egg Harbor massacre – October 16
• Carleton's Raid – October 24 – November 14
• Cherry Valley Massacre – November 11
• Battle of St. Lucia – December 15 (naval battle)
• Capture of St. Lucia – December 18–28
• Capture of Savannah – December 29

1779

• Battle of Beaufort – February 3 (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island)
• Battle of Kettle Creek – February 14
• Battle of Vincennes – February 23–25
• Battle of Brier Creek – March 3
• Battle of Chillicothe – May
• Chesapeake raid – May 10–24
• Armada of 1779 – June – September
• Sullivan Expedition – June – October
• Capture of Saint Vincent – June 16–18
• Battle of Stono Ferry – June 20
• Great Siege of Gibraltar – June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783
• Capture of Grenada – July 2
• Tryon's raid – July 5–14
• Battle of Grenada – July 6
• Battle of Stony Point – July 16
• Battle of Minisink – July 22
• Penobscot Expedition – July 24 – August 29
• Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19
• Battle of Newtown – August 29
• Capture of Fort Bute – September 7
• Battle of Lake Pontchartrain – September 10
• Boyd and Parker ambush – September 13
• Action of 14 September 1779 – September 14
• Capture of Cayo Cocina – September 15
• Siege of Savannah – September 16 – October 18
• Battle of Baton Rouge – September 20–21
• Battle of Flamborough Head – September 23
• Battle of San Fernando de Omoa – October 16 – November 29
• Action of 11 November 1779 – November 11
• First Battle of Martinique – December 18

1780

• Action of 8 January 1780 – January 8
• Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16
• Battle of Young's House – February 3
• San Juan Expedition – March – November
• Battle of Fort Charlotte – March 2–14
• Siege of Charleston – March 29 – May 12
• Battle of Monck's Corner – April 14
• Second Battle of Martinique – April 17
• Battle of Lenud's Ferry – May 6
• Bird's invasion of Kentucky – May 25 – August
• Battle of St. Louis – May 25
• Battle of Waxhaws – May 29
• Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 7
• Battle of Mobley's Meeting House – June 10?
• Battle of Ramsour's Mill – June 20
• Battle of Springfield, NJ – June 23
• Huck's Defeat – July 12
• Battle of Bull's Ferry – July 20–21
• Battle of Colson's Mill – July 21
• Battle of Rocky Mount – August 1
• Battle of Hanging Rock – August 6
• Battle of Pekowee – August 8 (also known as the Battle of Piqua)
• Action of 9 August 1780 – August 9
• Battle of Camden – August 16
• Battle of Fishing Creek – August 18
• Battle of Musgrove Mill – August 18
• Battle of Black Mingo – August 28
• Battle of Wahab's Plantation – September 20
• Battle of Charlotte – September 26
• Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7
• Royalton Raid – October 16
• Battle of Klock's Field – October 19
• La Balme's Defeat – November 5
• Battle of Fishdam Ford – November 9
• Battle of Blackstock's Farm – November 20
• Battle of Fort St. George – November 23

1781

• Battle of Jersey – January 6
• Battle of Mobile – January 7
• Battle of Cowpens – January 17
• Battle of Cowan's Ford – February 1
• Capture of Sint Eustatius – February 3
• Battle of Haw River – February 25
• Battle of Wetzell's Mill – March 6
• Battle of Pensacola – March 9 – May 8
• Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15
• Battle of Cape Henry – March 16
• Siege of Fort Watson – April 15 – 23
• Battle of Porto Praya – April 15
• Battle of Blanford – April 25 (also known as the Battle of Petersburg)
• Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – April 25 (also known as the Second Battle of Camden)
• Battle of Fort Royal – April 29
• Action of 1 May 1781 – May 1
• Battle of Fort Motte – May 8–12
• Siege of Augusta – May 22 – June 6
• Siege of Ninety-Six – May 22 – June 19
• Invasion of Tobago – May 24 – June 2
• Action of 30 May 1781 – May 30
• Battle of Spencer's Ordinary – June 26
• Francisco's Fight – July
• Battle of Green Spring – July 6
• Naval battle of Louisbourg – July 21
• Battle of Dogger Bank – August 5
• Invasion of Minorca – August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782
• Lochry's Defeat – August 24
• Capture of USS Trumbull – August 29
• Battle of the Chesapeake – September 5
• Battle of Groton Heights – September 6 (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold)
• Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8
• Battle of Lindley's Mill – September 13
• Long Run Massacre – September 13
• Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 19
• Battle of Fort Slongo – October 3
• Siege of Negapatam – October 21 – November 11
• Battle of Johnstown – October 25
• Second Battle of Ushant – December 12

1782

• Siege of Brimstone Hill – January 11 – February 13
• Capture of Trincomalee – January 11
• Capture of Demerara and Essequibo – January 22 – February 5
• Battle of Saint Kitts – January 25–26
• Battle of Sadras – February 17
• Capture of Montserrat – February 22
• Gnadenhütten massacre – March 8
• Battle of Roatán – March 16
• Action of 16 March 1782 – March 16
• Battle of Little Mountain – March 22
• Battle of Delaware Bay – April 8
• Battle of the Saintes – April 9–12
• Battle of Providien – April 12
• Battle of the Black River – April 13 – August 23
• Battle of the Mona Passage – April 19
• Action of 20–21 April 1782 – April 20–21
• Capture of the Bahamas – May
• Crawford expedition – May 25 – June 12
• Naval battle off Halifax – May 28–29
• Raid on Lunenburg – July 1
• Battle of Negapatam – July 6
• Hudson Bay Expedition – August 8
• Siege of Bryan Station – August 15–17
• Battle of Blue Licks – August 19
• Battle of the Combahee River – August 26
• Battle of Trincomalee – August 25 – September 3
• Siege of Fort Henry – September 11–13
• Action of 18 October 1782 – October 18
• Battle of Cape Spartel – October 20
• Action of 6 December 1782 – December 6
• Action of 12 December 1782 – December 12

1783

• Action of 22 January 1783 – January 22
• Capture of the Turks and Caicos Islands – February 12
• Capture of the Bahamas – April 14–18
• Battle of Arkansas Post - April 17
• Battle of Cuddalore – June 20 (naval battle)
• Siege of Cuddalore – June 7–25 (land siege)