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
- Gunpowder Incident – April 20, 1775*
- Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – May 10, 1775*
- Battle of Chelsea Creek – May 27 – May 28, 1775
- Battle of Machias – June 11 – June 12, 1775
- Battle of Bunker Hill – June 17, 1775 (also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill)
- Battle of Gloucester, MA – August 8, 1775
- Shelling of Stonington – August 30, 1775
- Siege of Fort St. Jean – September 17 – November 3, 1775 (also called St. John's)
- 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 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 (also known as 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 Cumberland – November 10 – November 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 – April 27, 1777 (also known as the Danbury Raid)
- Battle of Thomas Creek – May 17, 1777
- Battle of Short Hills – June 26, 1777 (also known as the Battle of Metuchen Meetinghouse)
- 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 (also known as the First Battle of Saratoga)
- Battle of Paoli – September 21, 1777
- Battle of Germantown – October 4, 1777
- Battle of Red Bank – October 5 – November 25, 1777
- Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery – October 6, 1777
- Battle of Bemis Heights – October 7, 1777 (also known as the Second Battle of Saratoga)
- Battle of Fort Mercer – October 22, 1777
- Bombardment of Fort Mifflin – November 10 – November 15, 1777
- Battle of Gloucester, NJ – November 25, 1777
- Battle of White Marsh – December 5 – December 8, 1777
- Battle of Matson's Ford – December 11, 1777
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European waters, 1778–1782
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1778–1783
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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
- First Battle of Ushant – July 27, 1778
- Siege of Pondicherry – August 21 – October 19, 1778
- Battle of Rhode Island – August 29, 1778 (also known as Battle of Newport or Quaker Hill)
- Siege of Boonesborough - September 7 - September 18, 1778
- Baylor Massacre – September 27, 1778
- Little Egg Harbor massacre – October, 1778
- Battle of Chestnut Neck – October 6, 1778
- Carleton's Raid – October 24 – November 14, 1778
- Cherry Valley Massacre – November 11, 1778
- Capture of Savannah – December 29, 1778
1779
- Battle of Beaufort – February 3, 1779 (also known as the Battle of Port Royal Island)
- Battle of Kettle Creek – February 14, 1779
- Battle of Vincennes – February 23 – February 25, 1779
- Battle of Briar Creek – March 3, 1779
- Battle of Stono Ferry – 20 June 1779
- Battle of Stony Point – July 16, 1779
- Penobscot Expedition – July 24 – August 29, 1779
- Battle of Paulus Hook – August 19, 1779
- Battle of Newtown – August 29, 1779
- Siege of Savannah – September 16 – October 18, 1779
- Battle of Flamborough Head – September 23, 1779
- Battle of San Fernando de Omoa – October 16 – November 29, 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 25 – August, 1780
- Battle of St. Louis - May 25, 1780
- Battle of Waxhaws – May 29, 1780
- Battle of Connecticut Farms – June 7, 1780
- Battle of Mobley's Meeting House – June 10?, 1781
- Battle of Ramsour's Mill – June 20, 1780
- Battle of Springfield, NJ – June 23, 1780
- Huck's Defeat – July 12, 1780
- Battle of Colson's Mill – July 21, 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 Black Mingo – August 28, 1780
- Battle of Wahab's Plantation – September 20, 1780
- Battle of Charlotte – September 26, 1780
- Battle of Kings Mountain – October 7, 1780
- Royalton Raid – October 16, 1780
- Battle of Klock's Field – October 19, 1780
- La Balme's Defeat - November 5, 1780
- Battle of Fishdam Ford – November 9, 1780
- Battle of Blackstock's Farm – 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
- Siege of Fort Watson – April 15 – 23, 1781
- Battle of Porto Praya – April 15, 1781
- Battle of Blanford – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Petersburg)
- Battle of Hobkirk's Hill – April 25, 1781 (also known as the Second Battle of Camden)
- 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 Green Spring – July 6, 1781
- Lochry's Defeat - August 24, 1781
- Battle of the Chesapeake - September 5, 1781
- Battle of Groton Heights – September 6, 1781 (also known as the Battle of Fort Griswold)
- Battle of Eutaw Springs – September 8, 1781
- Battle of Lindley's Mill – September 13, 1781
- Long Run Massacre - September 13, 1781
- Siege of Yorktown – September 28 – October 17, 1781
- Siege of Negapatam – October 21 – November 11, 1781
- Battle of Johnstown – October 25, 1781
- Second Battle of Ushant – December 12, 1781
1782
- Capture of Trincomalee – January 11, 1782
- Battle of Sadras – February 17, 1782
- Gnadenhutten massacre - March 8, 1782
- Battle of Roatán – March 16, 1782
- Battle of Little Mountain - March 22, 1782
- Battle of Providien – April 12, 1782
- Crawford expedition - May 25, - June 12, 1782
- Battle of Negapatam – July 6, 1782
- Battle of Piqua - August 8, 1782
- Siege of Bryan Station - August 15 - August 17, 1782
- Battle of Blue Licks - August 19, 1782
- Battle of the Combahee River – August 26, 1782
- Battle of Trincomalee – August 25 – September 3, 1782
- Battle of Chillicothe - November 10, 1782
1783
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