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

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)