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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
Battles (in chronological order)
1774
1775
- Battles of Lexington and Concord – April 19, 1775
- Siege of Boston – April 19, 1775 - March 17, 1776
- Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10, 1775
- Battle of Crown Point – May 12, 1775
- Battle of St. Johns – May 14 - May 18, 1775
- Battle of Chelsea Creek – May 27 - May 28, 1775
- Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775
- Battle of Gloucester (1775) – August 8, 1775
- Battle of Stonington – August 30, 1775
- Siege of St. Johns (1775) (also called the Battle of Fort St. Jean) – August 24 - November 3, 1775
- Burning of Falmouth – October 18, 1775*
- Battle of Kemp's Landing – November 14, 1775
- Battle of Great Bridge – November 28 - December 9, 1775
- Battle of Fort Cumberland – December 13 - December 28, 1775
- Battle of Quebec – December 31, 1775
1776
- Burning of Norfolk – January 1, 1776
- Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge – February 27, 1776
- Battle of Nassau – March 2 – March 3, 1776
- Battle of the Rice Boats – March 2 – March 3, 1776
- Fortification of Dorchester Heights – March 4, 1776
- Battle of Saint-Pierre – March 25, 1776
- Battle of the Cedars – May 15 – May 16, 1776
- Battle of Trois-Rivières – June 8, 1776*
- Battle of Sullivan's Island – June 28, 1776
- Battle of Long Island – August 27, 1776 (or the Battle of Brooklyn)
- Landing at Kip's Bay – September 15, 1776
- Battle of Harlem Heights – September 16, 1776
- Battle of Valcour Island – October 11, 1776
- Battle of White Plains – October 28, 1776
- Battle of Fort Washington – November 16, 1776
- Battle of Fort Lee – November 19, 1776
- Battle of Trenton – December 26, 1776
1777
- Second Battle of Trenton – January 2, 1777
- Battle of Princeton – January 3, 1777
- Battle of Millstone – January 20, 1777
- Forage War – Winter 1777
- Battle of Bound Brook – April 13, 1777
- Battle of Ridgefield (also called the Danbury Raid) – April 27, 1777
- Battle of Short Hills (also called Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse) – June 26, 1777
- Second Battle of Ticonderoga – July 5-July 6, 1777
- Battle of Hubbardton – July 7, 1777
- Battle of Fort Ann – July 8, 1777
- Siege of Fort Stanwix – August 2 – August 23, 1777
- Battle of Oriskany – August 6, 1777
- Battle of Bennington – August 16, 1777
- Battle of Staten Island – August 22, 1777
- Battle of Cooch's Bridge – September 3, 1777
- Battle of Brandywine – September 11, 1777
- Battle of the Clouds – September 16, 1777
- Battle of Freeman's Farm – September 19, 1777 (or 1st Saratoga)
- Battle of Paoli – September 21, 1777
- Battle of Germantown – October 4, 1777
- Battle of Red Bank – October 5 to November 25, 1777
- Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery – October 6, 1777
- Battle of Bemis Heights – October 7, 1777 (or 2nd Saratoga)
- Battle of Fort Mercer – October 22, 1777
- Bombardment of Fort Mifflin – November 10 – November 15, 1777
- Battle of Gloucester (1775) – November 25, 1777
- Dec, 4
- Battle of White Marsh – December 5 to December 8, 1777
- Battle of Matson's Ford – December 11, 1777
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European waters, 1778–1782
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East Indies Campaign
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- Battle of Quinton's Bridge – March 18, 1778
- Battle of Crooked Billet – May 1, 1778
- Battle of Barren Hill – May 20, 1778
- Battle of Freetown – May 25, 1778
- Battle of Monmouth – June 28, 1778
- Battle of Alligator Bridge – June 30, 1778
- Wyoming Massacre – July 3, 1778
- Battle of Ushant (1778) – July 27, 1778
- Battle of Rhode Island – August 29, 1778 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill)
- Baylor Massacre – September 27, 1778
- Little Egg Harbor massacre – October, 1778
- Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6, 1778
- Carleton's Raid (1778) – October 24 - November 14, 1778
- Cherry Valley Massacre – November 11, 1778
- Capture of Savannah – December 29, 1778
1779
1780
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent – January 16, 1780
- Battle of Young's House – February 3, 1780
- Siege of Charleston – March 29 – May 12, 1780
- Battle of Monck's Corner – April 14, 1780
- Battle of Lenud's Ferry – May 6, 1780
- Bird's invasion of Kentucky – May–June, 1780
- Waxhaw Massacre – May 29, 1780
- Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 6, 1780
- Battle of Ramseur's Mill – June 20, 1780
- Battle of Springfield – June 7 & June 23, 1780
- Battle of Rocky Mount – August 1, 1780
- Battle of Hanging Rock – August 6, 1780
- Battle of Pekowee – August 8, 1780, also known as the Battle of Piqua
- Battle of Camden – August 16, 1780
- Battle of Fishing Creek – August 18, 1780
- Battle of Musgrove Mill - August 18, 1780
- Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780
- Royalton Raid – October 16, 1780
- Battle of Klock's Field – October 19, 1780
- Battle of Blackstock's Plantation – November 20, 1780
1781
- Battle of Jersey – January 6, 1781
- Battle of Cowpens – January 17, 1781
- Battle of Cowan's Ford – February 1, 1781
- Battle of Haw River – February 25, 1781
- Battle of Wetzell's Mill – March 6, 1781
- Battle of Guilford Court House – March 15, 1781
- Battle of Blanford (A.K.A. Battle of Petersburg) – April 25, 1781
- Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – April 25, 1781
- Battle of Fort Motte – May 8 – May 12, 1781
- Siege of Augusta – May 22 – June 6, 1781
- Siege of Ninety-Six – May 22 – June 19, 1781
- Battle of Spencer's Ordinary – June 26, 1781
- Francisco's Fight July, 1781
- Battle of Greenspring Farm – July 6, 1781
- Battle of Groton Heights (also called Fort Griswold) – September 6, 1781
- Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8, 1781
- Battle of Cane Creek (A.K.A. the Hillsboro Raid) – September 12, 1781
- Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 19, 1781
- Battle of Johnstown – October 25, 1781
- Battle of Ushant (1781) – December 12, 1781