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Major battles in history

Battles recorded in Wikidata that have articles in at least 10 language editions of Wikipedia, with date, the war each was part of, location, present-day country, coordinates, participants and deaths where recorded. One row per battle.

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KeyNameTypeDescription
nameBattlestringName of the battle.
wikidataWikidataentityWikidata item for the battle.
dateDatedateDate of the battle (or its start), at the precision Wikidata records. Negative = BCE.
yearYearyearYear of the battle (or its start). Negative = BCE.
end_dateEnd datedateEnd of the battle, for battles lasting more than a day, where recorded.
part_ofPart ofstringWar, campaign or conflict the battle was part of (P361).
part_of_entityPart of (Wikidata)entityWikidata item for the first-listed war or campaign.
locationLocationstringPlace where the battle was fought (P276).
countryCountrycountryPresent-day country of the location (P17), first listed.
country_nameCountry (name)stringName of the country item(s) recorded, including historical states.
latLatitudenumber—
lonLongitudenumber—
participantsParticipantsstringSides or forces that took part (P710), as listed in Wikidata (up to 8).
deathsDeathsintegerNumber of deaths (P1120), where Wikidata records it.
sitelinksWikipedia languagesintegerNumber of Wikimedia sites with an article on the battle (notability proxy).

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