This is a list of amphibious assault operations that have taken place during history. It is structured chronologically by war, then by theatre during wars such as World War II that covered large areas of the world simultaneously, and chronologically within those theatres. It also covers operations that were planned but cancelled for various reasons.
- Trojan War
- Siege of Troy – around 1200 B.C.
- First Persian invasion of Greece
- Battle of Marathon – 490 BCE
- Seventh Crusade
- Siege of Damietta – 5 June 1249
- Mongol invasions of Japan – 1274, 1281
- Battle of Bun'ei
- Battle of Kōan
- War of the Portuguese Succession – 1580–1583
- Spanish amphibious assault on Terceira Island (1583, aftermath of the Battle of Ponta Delgada)
- Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
- Siege of Coruña
- Battle of Lisbon
- Japanese invasions of Korea - 1592–1598
- Queen Anne's War
- Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)
- Battle of Bahía de Santoña
- War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Port Royal - 1710
- War of the Quadruple Alliance
- Capture of Vigo - 1719
- War of Jenkins' Ear
- Battle of Cartagena de Indias - March 1740
- King George's War
- Siege of Louisbourg - 1745
- French and Indian War
- Siege of Louisbourg - 1758
- Battle of Beauport
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham - 1759