United States begins. 7 JanuarySiege of Ciudad Rodrigo 16 MarchBattle of Badajoz (1812) 11 AprilBattle of Villagarcia 11 JuneBattle of Maguilla 22 JulyBattle of Salamanca 23 JulyBattle of Garcia Hernandez 11 AugustBattle of Majadahonda 19 SeptemberSiege of Burgos 23 OctoberBattle of Venta del Pozo 1813 21 JuneBattle of Vitoria 7 JulySiege of San Sebastián 25 JulyBattle of the Pyrenees 25 JulyBattle of Roncesvalles (1813) 25 JulyBattle of Maya 28 JulyBattle of Sorauren 7 OctoberBattle of the Bidassoa (1813) 19 NovemberBattle of Nivelle 9 DecemberBattle of the Nive 1814The Gurkha War begins. 15 FebruaryBattle of Garris 27 FebruaryBattle of Orthez 10 AprilBattle of Toulouse (1814) 14 AprilBattle of Bayonne 1815 8 JanuaryBattle of New Orleans 16 JuneBattle of Quatre Bras 18 June The Battle of Waterloo takes place, ending in defeat for the French. 1819 16 August The Peterloo Massacre takes place. 1839First Anglo-Afghan War begins ends 1842 23 JulyBattle of Ghazni SeptemberSiege of Kahun 1842 6 JanuaryBattle of Gandamak 15 JanuaryMassacre of Elphinstone's Army AugustBattle of Kabul (1842) 1854The Crimean War begins; ends in 1856. 19 SeptemberThe siege of Sevastopol begins. 20 SeptemberThe Battle of Alma takes place. 25 October The Battle of Balaklava takes place; Charge of the Light Brigade. 5 NovemberThe Battle of Inkerman takes place. 1855 8 September The siege of Sevastopol ends. 1857The Indian Mutiny begins. 30 MayIndian rebels begin the siege of Delhi, siege of Lucknow 5 JuneSiege of Cawnpore begins 8 JuneBattle of Badli-ki-Serai, siege of Delhi 30 JuneSiege of Lucknow begins, Battle of Chinhat 25 AugustBattle of Najafgarh 11 OctoberBattle of Agra 19 NovemberSecond Battle of Cawnpore 1858 Central India Campaign (1858) 1 MarchCapture of Lucknow 1859Due to fear of invasion by France, a volunteer movement begins, known as the Volunteer Rifle Corps. 1870The Army withdraws from Australia and New Zealand. 1871The Army adopts the Martini-Henry rifle, replacing the Snider. Abolition of the purchase of commission. 1878 Second Anglo-Afghan War begins, ends 1880 21 NovemberBattle of Ali Masjid 15 DecemberSiege of the Sherpur Cantonment 1879The Anglo-Zulu War takes place. 22 JanuaryBritish force defeated at Battle of Isandlwana. The defence of Rorke's Drift begins; eleven Victoria Crosses would be gained in the process. 1880 19 AprilBattle of Ahmed Khel 27 JulyBattle of Maiwand 1 SeptemberBattle of Kandahar 20 DecemberFirst Boer War begins ends 23 March 1888 20 DecemberAction at Bronkhorstspruit takes place 1881Mahdist War begins, ends 1889 28 JanuaryBattle of Laing's Nek 1 JulyGeneral