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uses line of battle tactics against a
is the first decisive encounter of
Spanish fleet, at the Battle of Downs
England and the Netherlands
dragoons—horsemen who fight
fight for naval supremacy in
ironclad “turtle ships” in the
In Persia, Shah Abbas I Korean admiral Yi Sunsin uses European armies introduce The Battle of White Mountain Dutch Admiral Maarten Tromp Manchu warriors seize 1652–74 c.1670
modernizes Safavid forces
Beijing, founding the
is introduced into
1587 using European experts 1592 defeat of a Japanese fleet 1600 dismounted with carbines 1620 the Thirty Years War, in Europe 1639 1644 Qing dynasty in China the Anglo-Dutch Wars The plug bayonet
European warfare

1588
1631
1643
c.1660
1615
1673
c.1600
1645
An attempted Spanish invasion Nassau improves the drill of The Siege of Osaka King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden employs At the Battle of Rocroi, France, the The New Model Army is Vauban emerges as France’s Vauban successfully conducts 1680
Dutch leader Maurice of
of England fails, with the
the Siege of Maastricht
leading fortress designer
French end the dominance of Spanish
Castle ends the period
cavalry charges and field artillery in
formed by the Parliament
victory at Breitenfeld, Germany
side in the English Civil War
defeat of the Armada
for King Louis XIV
and conductor of sieges
infantry tercios in European warfare
of civil wars in Japan
pike and musket infantry
THE SPANISH ARMADA—1588 THE BATTLE OF WHITE MOUNTAIN—1620 THE BATTLE OF BREITENFELD—1631