Some notable battles involving war elephants include:

• 331 BC, Battle of Gaugamela
• 326 BC, Battle of the Hydaspes River
• 319 BC, Battle of Cretopolis
• 318 BC, Siege of Megalopolis
• 317 BC, Battle of Paraitakene
• 316 BC, Battle of Gabiene
• 312 BC, Battle of Gaza
• 305-303 BC, Mauryan-Seleucid War
• 301 BC, Battle of Ipsus
• 280 BC, Battle of Heraclea
• 279 BC, Battle of Asculum
• 275 BC, Battle of Beneventum
• 274 BC, Battle of the Aous
• 272 BC, Siege of Sparta
• 275 BC Elephant Battle of Antiochus I with the Gauls
• 272 BC, Battle of Argos
• 265-264 BC, Kalinga War
• 262 BC, Siege of Agrigentum
• 255 BC, Battle of Tunis
• 251 BC, Battle of Panormus
• 238 BC, Battle of Utica
• 238 BC, Battle of "The Saw"
• 239 BC, Battle of the Bagradas River
• 219-218 BC, Siege of Saguntum
• 218 BC, Crossing of the Alps and the Battle of Trebia
• 217 BC, Battle of Raphia
• 207 BC, Battle of the Metaurus
• 202 BC, Battle of Zama
• 200 BC, Battle of Panium
• 197 BC, Battle of Cynoscephalae
• 190 BC, Battle of Magnesia
• 167-160 BC, Revolt of the Maccabees
• 164 BC, Battle of Beth-zur
• 153 BC, Roman siege of Numantia (Spain)
• 149-146 BC, Siege of Carthage
• 108 BC, Battle of the Muthul
• 46 BC, Battle of Thapsus
• 363, Battle of Samarra, other skirmishes between Shapur and Julian in his invasion of Persia
• 451, Battle of Vartanantz
• 634, Battle of the Bridge
• 636, Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
• 738, Caliphate campaigns in India
• 1040, Battle of Dandanaqan
• 1214, capture of Cremona by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1220, Siege of Samarkand
• 1277 After the battle of Ngasaunggyan, Kublai Khan captured his first war-elephants.
• 1398, Capture of Delhi
• 1402, Battle of Ankara, Timur's forces defeated Ottomans and Ottoman Civil War began
• 1511, Capture of Malacca (1511)
• 1526, First Battle of Panipat
• 1556, Second Battle of Panipat
• 1659, Battle of Khajwa
• 1739, Battle of Karnal
• 1761, Third Battle of Panipat
• 1825, Battle of Danubyu