View Major Renaissance Battles
Some may consider the Wars of the Roses to belong to the Renaissance period.
* 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury July 21 Lancastrians defeat rebel army led by Henry Percy, “Hotspur”.
* 1450 Battle of Formigny The Count of Clermont and the Earl of Richmond use cannon to break up archers and defeat the English under Kyriell
* 1521 Battle of Tenochtitlán Fall of the Aztec Empire
* 1571 Battle of Lepanto October 7 Spain and Venice’s fleets defeat Ottoman fleet
* 1598 Battle of the Yellow Ford - Irish under Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, destroy English force