List of battles 301–1300
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This is a list of battles from 301 A.D. to 1300 A.D.
4th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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301 | War of the Eight Princes | Battle of Yangdi–Huangqiao | ![]() |
April—June | Sima Jiong, Sima Ying and Sima Yong defeats Sima Lun. |
303 | Siege of Luoyang | September 303—March 304 | Sima Yong and Sima Ying defeats Sima Ai. | ||
304 | Battle of Dangyin | 9 September | Sima Ying defeats Sima Yue and captures Emperor Hui of Jin. | ||
Battle of Pingji | September | Wang Jun and Sima Teng defeats Sima Ying. | |||
306 | Sack of Chang'an | June | Sima Yue defeats Sima Yong and returns Emperor Hui of Jin to Luoyang. | ||
311 | Upheaval of the Five Barbarians | Battle of Ningping | May | Han-Zhao General Shi Le ambushes and annihilated the Jin army, Wang Yan executed. | |
Fall of Luoyang | 13—14 July | Han-Zhao capture the Jin Dynasty's capital and capture Emperor Huai of Jin. | |||
312 | Civil wars of the Tetrarchy | Siege of Segusio | ![]() |
Spring | The series of wars between Constantine and Maxentius starts. |
Battle of Turin | Constantine defeats forces loyal to Maxentius. | ||||
Battle of Brescia | Summer | Maxentius sends Ruricus to lead an attack against Constantine, only to fail. | |||
Battle of Verona | Constantine defeats Maxentius once more in an attack, Ruricus dying whilst leading it. | ||||
Battle of the Milvian Bridge | 28 Oct | Constantine takes control of Italy, executing Maxentius and his family after. | |||
313 | Battle of Tzirallum | ![]() |
30 April | In the eastern part of the Empire, the forces of Licinius defeat Maximinus Daia. | |
314 | Battle of Cibalae | ![]() |
Constantine defeats Licinius. | ||
316 | Upheaval of the Five Barbarians | Fall of Chang'an | ![]() |
Han forces receives the surrender of Emperor Min of Jin; end of the Western Jin. | |
Civil wars of the Tetrarchy | Battle of Mardia | ![]() |
Late 316 or early 317 | Constantine again defeats Licinius, who cedes Illyricum to Constantine. | |
324 | Battle of Adrianople | ![]() |
3 July | Constantine defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. | |
Battle of the Hellespont | July | Flavius Julius Crispus, son of Constantine defeats the naval forces of Licinius. | |||
Battle of Chrysopolis | 18 Sep | Constantine decisively defeats Licinius, establishing his sole control over the Empire. | |||
328 | Sixteen Kingdoms | Battle of Luoyang | ![]() |
Aug/Sep 328—21 Jan 329 | Later Zhao defeats the Former Zhao and captures their emperor, Liu Yao. |
c. 330 | Sack of Meroë | ![]() |
Kingdom of Axum under King Ezana sack the capital of the Kingdom of Kush, leading to Kush's collapse. | ||
336 | Sixteen Kingdoms | Battle of Pingguo | ![]() |
Feb | Murong Huang defeats and captures his brother, Murong Ren. |
337 | Siege of Nisibis | ![]() |
Persians unsuccessfully siege Roman city. | ||
338 | Sixteen Kingdoms | Battle of Jicheng | ![]() |
12-16 June | Former Yan repels a Later Zhao invasion. |
Perso-Roman wars of 337–361 | Siege of Nisibis | ![]() |
15 June—14 or 24 Aug | Shapur II besieges Nisibis for 60 days before returning to Persia. | |
344 | Battle of Singara | ![]() |
Emperor Constantius II fights an indecisive battle against the Persian King Shapur II. | ||
346 | Siege of Nisibis | ![]() |
346—347 | Persian King Shapur II again sieges the city and is repelled. | |
350 | Siege of Nisibis | King Shapur II sieges Nisibis for the third time, flooding the city but ultimately being unsuccessful and retreats. | |||
351 | Roman civil war of 350–353 | Battle of Mursa Major | ![]() |
28 Sep | Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius. |
Sixteen Kingdoms | Battle of Xiangguo | ![]() |
Nov/Dec 350—April/May 351 | Later Zhao and Former Yan defeats Ran Wei. However, the last ruler of Later Zhao, Shi Zhi, is soon assassinated. | |
352 | Battle of Liantai | 17 May | Former Yan defeats Ran Wei and captures Ran Min. | ||
353 | Roman civil war of 350–353 | Battle of Mons Seleucus | ![]() |
Aug | Final defeat of Magnentius by Constantius II. |
356 | Roman–Alamanni conflict and Roman–Germanic Wars | Siege of Autun | The city of Autun, Burgundy, is besieged by Alamanni forces. Julian the Apostate of Rome relieves the city, ending the siege. | ||
Battle of Durocortorum | Caesar Julian is defeated by the Alemanni. | ||||
Battle of Brumath | Roman troops under Julian destroy a Germanic war band in open battle. | ||||
Siege of Senonae | Germanic troops unsuccessfully besiege the city of Senonae, where Julian is staying for the winter. | ||||
357 | Battle of Strasbourg | Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland. | |||
359 | Perso-Roman wars of 337–361 | Battle of Amida | ![]() |
Sasanians capture Amida from the Romans. | |
360 | Siege of Singara | ![]() |
Sasanians take Singara. | ||
363 | Julian's Persian expedition | Battle of Ctesiphon | 29 May | Emperor Julian defeats Shapur II outside the walls of the Persian capital, but is unable to take the city, leading to an ultimate disaster on the retreat back to Roman territory. | |
Battle of Samarra | June | Julian fights the Sasanians and is subsequently killed in battle. Though indecisive, the battle leads to massive losses for the Roman Empire through a forced peace treaty. | |||
366 | Procopius' Rebellion | Battle of Thyatira | ![]() |
The army of the Roman Emperor Valens defeats the usurper Procopius. | |
367 | Roman–Alamanni conflict and Roman–Germanic Wars | Battle of Solicinium | ![]() |
Romans under Emperor Valentinian I defeat yet another Alemanni incursion. | |
369 | Huan Wen's Northern Expeditions | Battle of Fangtou | ![]() |
March/April—9 Nov | Former Yan and Former Qin defeats Eastern Jin forces led by Huan Wen. |
370 | Conquest of Former Yan by Former Qin | Battle of Luchuan | Nov | Former Qin forces led by Wang Meng defeat Former Yan. | |
373 | Battle of the Tanais River | ![]() |
The Huns defeat the Alans near the Don, beginning the great period of the Germanic migrations.[citation needed] | ||
377 | Gothic War and Roman–Germanic Wars | Battle of the Willows | ![]() |
Roman troops fight an inconclusive battle against the Goths. | |
Battle of Dibaltum | Goths, Alans and Huns defeat Romans. | ||||
378 | Battle of Adrianople | ![]() |
9 Aug | The Thervings under Fritigern defeat and kill the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens. | |
Roman–Germanic Wars | Battle of Argentovaria | ![]() |
The Western Emperor Gratianus is victorious over the Alamanni, yet again. | ||
380 | Gothic War and Roman–Germanic Wars | Battle of Thessalonica | ![]() |
The Goths under Fritigern fight and defeat a Roman army under Emperor Theodosius I. | |
383 | Sixteen Kingdoms | Battle of Feishui | ![]() |
30 Nov | Fu Jiān is defeated by the Jin commander Xie An. The kingdom of the Former Qin collapses shortly thereafter. |
388 | Roman civil war | Battle of the Save | ![]() |
Emperor Theodosius I defeats the usurper Magnus Maximus. Also known as the Battle of Poetovio. | |
394 | Battle of the Frigidus | ![]() |
5-6 Sep | The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the last Pagan-tolerant usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast. | |
395 | Sixteen Kingdoms | Battle of Canhe Slope | ![]() |
8 Dec | Part of the Later Yan campaign into Northern Wei territory; crushing defeat for the Later Yan forces. |
397 | Battle of Baisi | 23-24 March | Northern Wei defetas the Later Yan, driving them out of the Central Plains. |
5th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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402 | Gothic War and Roman–Germanic Wars | Battle of Pollentia | ![]() |
6 April | Romans under Flavius Stilicho win a small victory against the Visigoths under Alaric. |
403 | Battle of Verona | June | Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric, forcing them out of Italy. | ||
405 | War of Radagaisus | Siege of Florence | Stilcho defends city from the Goths, but Florence is nearly destroyed. | ||
406 | War of Radagaisus and Roman–Germanic Wars | Battle of Faesulae | Stilicho defeats Visigoths and Vandals under Radagaisus. | ||
Vandal–Frankish war | Battle of Mainz | ![]() |
An army of Vandals, Suevi, and Alans defeats the Frankish federation. | ||
409 | Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Ostia | ![]() |
Visigoths under Alaric I defeat Romans. | |
Liu Yu's Northern Expeditions | Battle of Linqu | ![]() |
Eastern Jin decisively defeats Southern Yan. | ||
Siege of Guanggu | Jin dynasty conquer Southern Yan | ||||
410 | Fall of the Roman Empire | Sack of Rome | ![]() |
24 Aug | The Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome. |
413 | Siege of Massilia | ![]() |
Visigoths under Ataulf are defeated by Romans under Bonifacius while trying to siege Roman city. They make peace with Rome soon after. | ||
419 | Battle of the Nervasos Mountains | ![]() |
Suebi under Hermeric allied with Romans in Hispania defeat coalition between the Vandals and Alans. | ||
422 | Battle of Tarraco | The Vandals defeat the Western Roman Empire. | |||
425 | Gothic revolt of Theodoric I | Siege of Arles | ![]() |
The Roman general Aëtius defeats the Visigoths under Theodoric I. | |
428 | Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Mérida | ![]() |
Vandals defeat Suebi. | |
430 | Siege of Hippo Regius | ![]() |
June 430—Aug 431 | Vandals under Genseric establish a foothold in Africa, strategically defeating Rome. Saint Augustine dies during the siege. | |
431 | Battle of Helena | ![]() |
Romans defeat Franks. | ||
432 | Battle of Rimini | ![]() |
The Roman general Aëtius is defeated by his rival Count Boniface, who is killed. | ||
436 | Gothic War | Battle of Narbonne | ![]() |
436—437 | Aëtius again defeats the Visigoths under Theodoric I. |
439 | Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Carthage | ![]() |
19 Oct | Romans lose Carthage to the Vandals. |
Battle of Toulouse | ![]() |
Visigoths led by Theodoric I defeat Romans under General Litorius, who is killed. | |||
447 | Battle of the Utus | ![]() |
Hunnic victory, led by Attila, over Roman forces in what is today Bulgaria. | ||
445 | Battle of Vicus Helena | ![]() |
c. 445—450 | Romans under Aëtius defeated the Franks under Chlodio. | |
450 | Legends of the Germanic heroic age | Battle of Finnsburg | ![]() |
Possibly mythical battle where Frisians allied with Jutes fight and are defeated by Danes in the Germanic heroic age. Frisian King Finn and Danish Prince Hnæf both supposedly died in combat. | |
451 | Battle of Avarayr | ![]() |
26 May | Forces of Yazdegerd II annihilate the Christian Armenian rebels led by Saint Vartan. | |
Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Châlons | ![]() |
20 June | An alliance under Visigothic king Theodoric I and Romans under Aëtius repulse the attack of Attila the Hun and his allies. Theodoric is killed in the battle. | |
452 | Sack of Aquileia | ![]() |
18 July | Aquileia is razed to the ground by the forces of Attila the Hun. | |
454 | Germanic-Hunnic Wars | Battle of Nedao | A Germanic alliance under the leadership of the Ostrogoths and the Gepids breaks Hunnic power in Europe. | ||
455 | Roman–Germanic Wars | Sack of Rome | ![]() |
2-6 June | The Vandals sack Rome during their campaign against Emperor Petronius Maximus, looting the city for 14 days. |
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Aylesford | ![]() |
Britons and Anglo-Saxons battle in Kent, victory is unclear. | ||
456 | Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Corsica | ![]() |
Romans repel Vandal attempt to annex Corsica. | |
Battle of Órbigo | ![]() |
Theodoric II, king of the Visigoths defeats the Suevi, sacks their capital, and conquers Spain. | |||
457 | Battle of Garigliano | ![]() |
Romans under Majorian defeat the Vandals. | ||
Battle of Campi Cannini | Romans under Majorian defeats the Alemanni. | ||||
458 | Gothic War and Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Arelate | ![]() |
Late 458 | The Roman Emperor Majorian, with the support of Aegidius and Nepotianus, defeats the Visigoths at Arlate. |
Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Toulouse | The Roman Emperor Majorian defeats the Visigoths. | |||
461 | Battle of Cartagena | ![]() |
A Vandal fleet surprises and destroys the Roman fleet. | ||
461 | Battle of Bergamo | ![]() |
Romans under General Ricimer defeat Roman followers of emperor Majorian. | ||
463 | Roman–Germanic Wars | Battle of Orleans | ![]() |
Kingdom of Soissons and Alans led by Aegidius defeat Visigoths under Theodoric II. | |
465 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Wippedesfleot | ![]() |
The Saxons under Hengest battle the Britons, victory is undecided. | |
468 | Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Bolia | ![]() |
Ostrogoths defeat a coalition of Gepids, Heruli, Rugii, Sarmatians, Sciri, Suebi and the Roman Empire. | |
Vandal War and Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Cape Bon | ![]() |
Vandals decisively defeat large joint effort by Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire to retake Carthage. | ||
469 | Fall of the Roman Empire | Battle of Déols | ![]() |
Visigoths defeat Bretons. | |
471 | Battle of Arles | Visigoths defeat the Western Roman Empire. | |||
472 | Siege of Rome | ![]() |
March—July | Ricimer, having fallen out with his choice for Roman Emperor, allies with the Burgundians and Germans under Odoacer, defeats and kills the Roman Emperor Anthemius. | |
476 | Battle of Ravenna | 2-4 Sep | The Germanic foederati led by Odoacer decisively defeat the Western Roman Empire and depose Emperor Romulus Augustulus. Western Roman Empire dissolved. | ||
484 | Hephthalite–Sasanian War of 484 | Battle of Herat | ![]() |
Hephthalite Empire decisively defeats the Sasanian Empire and kills King Peroz I. | |
485 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Mercredesburne | ![]() |
Saxons under Aelle defeat British defenders. | |
486 | Campaigns of Clovis I | Battle of Soissons | ![]() |
Clovis I defeats Syagrius and gains the Domain of Soissons. | |
489 | Conquest of Italy by Theodoric the Great | Battle of Isonzo | ![]() |
28 Aug | Odoacer fights the Ostrogoths under Theodoric the Great, ending in the Italian troops' defeat. |
Battle of Verona | 30 Sep | Odoacer fights the Ostrogoths near Verona, and is defeated a second time. | |||
490 | Siege of Ravenna | Late 490—5 March 493 | Odoacer holds out against Theodoric the Great until the Ostrogothic king is able to enforce a naval blockade on the city. Several days after a truce is negotiated to end the siege, Theodoric kills Odoacer with his own hands. | ||
492 | Isaurian War | Battle of Cotyaeum | ![]() |
Byzantine army under John the Scythian defeats Isaurians under Longinus of Cardala. | |
496 | Campaigns of Clovis I | Battle of Tolbiac | ![]() |
Franks under Clovis I defeat the Alamanni, killing their king. | |
497 | First Hunnic War | Sack of Kausambi | ![]() |
Alchon Huns sack the central Indian city of Kosambi. | |
498 | First Battle of Eran | Alchon Huns decisively defeat the Gupta Empire and annex Malwa. |
6th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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502 | Anastasian War | Siege of Theodosiopolis | ![]() |
Aug | Sasanians under Kavadh I take ungarrisoned Byzantine city. |
Siege of Martyropolis | Sasanians take Byzantine city. | ||||
502 | Siege of Amida | Oct 502—Jan 503 | Byzantine city holds out for three months without reinforcements against Persian siege led by Kavadh I before they eventually take the city until the Byzantines ransom it back in a treaty two years later. | ||
506 | Campaigns of Clovis I | Battle of Strasbourg | ![]() |
The Franks under Clovis I defeats the Alemanni. | |
Battle of Zhongli | ![]() |
506-507 | Northern Wei invaded Liang Dynasty, but the attack failed. | ||
507 | Franco–Gothic War | Battle of Vouillé | ![]() |
The Franks under Clovis I defeat the Visigoths under Alaric II decisively, gaining Gallia Aquitania. Clovis kills Alaric in single combat. | |
510 | First Hunnic War | Second Battle of Eran | ![]() |
Alchon Huns defeat the Guptas and temporarily conquer the province of Malwa. | |
512 | War of the Visigothic Succession | Battle of Barcelona | ![]() |
The Ostrogothic Kingdom under Ibbas defeats Visigothic rebels under Gesalec. | |
518 | Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain | Battle of Mons Badonicus | ![]() |
Or Battle of Mynydd Baddon. British forces defeat the Saxons decisively, ending their advance into British lands. Later connected to King Arthur. | |
520 | Second Hunnic War | Sack of Pataliputra | ![]() |
Alchon Huns under Mihirakula sack and devastate the capital of the Gupta Empire, leading to the permanent decline of both the Gupta Empire and Pataliputra as a city. | |
524 | Invasion of Burgundy | Battle of Vézeronce | ![]() |
25 June | Burgundians and Ostrogoths under Theodoric the Great defeat the Merovingian Franks. |
525 | Battle on the Rhine | ![]() |
The army of king Theudebert I of Austrasia and a king in Frisia defeat an army of Danes. | ||
Axumite-Himyarite wars | Siege of Sanaa | ![]() |
Kingdom of Aksum under Kaleb of Axum annexes the Himyarite Kingdom of Dhu Nuwas. | ||
528 | Iberian War | Battle of Thannuris | ![]() |
Summer | Sasanians defeat Byzantines under Belisarius, but take heavy losses. |
Second Hunnic War | Battle of Sondani | ![]() |
Alliance of Indian rulers defeat the Alchon Huns, who retreat out of India. | ||
530 | Iberian War | Battle of Dara | ![]() |
June | Byzantine commander Belisarius, in alliance with Heruli and the Huns, defeats Sasanian Persians in Turkey. |
Battle of Satala | Summer | Byzantines under Sittas and Dorotheus defeat attacking Persians under Mermeroes. | |||
c. 530 | Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern | ![]() |
Between Eadgils and his uncle King Onela of Sweden with the help of Beowulf. This event appears in several Norse sagas and in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. | ||
531 | Iberian War | Battle of Callinicum | ![]() |
19 April | A Sasanian army defeats a Byzantine force in Syria, but with heavy losses on both sides. |
Siege of Martyropolis | ![]() |
Autumn | Sasanians withdraw from attack on Byzantine city, last battle of the Iberian War. | ||
Battle of the Unstrut River | ![]() |
Frankish King Theuderic I defeats Thuringian King Hermanafrid and conquers Thuringia | |||
532 | Battle of Autun | ![]() |
Frankish kings Childebert I and Chlothar I defeat the Burgundians and conquer their territory. | ||
533 | Vandalic War | Battle of Ad Decimum | ![]() |
13 Sep | Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer near Carthage. |
Battle of Tricamarum | 15 Dec | Belisarius again defeats the Vandals near Carthage, ending Vandal rule in North Africa. | |||
534 | Byzantine–Moorish wars | Battle of Mammes | Byzantine general Solomon defeats the Moorish rebels and secures control of Byzacena. | ||
535 | Battle of Mount Bourgaon | Summer | |||
536 | Gothic War | Siege of Naples | ![]() |
Oct—Nov | Byzantines under Belisarius take city from the Ostrogoths. |
537 | Matter of Britain | Battle of Camlann | ![]() |
King Arthur killed, perhaps mythical, by Mordred. | |
Battle of Scalas Veteres | ![]() |
Spring | Germanus defeats rebel African army. | ||
Battle of Shayuan | ![]() |
Western Wei dynasty defeats the Eastern Wei dynasty | |||
538 | Gothic War | Siege of Rome | ![]() |
Unsuccessful siege of Rome by the Ostrogoths, Byzantine defenders under Belisarius remain victorious. | |
540 | Battle of Babosis | ![]() |
Byzantine general Solomon defeats the Moorish rebels of the Aurès Mountains region and secures control of Numidia and Mauretania Sitifensis. | ||
Battle of Zerboule | |||||
Siege of Banavasi | ![]() |
Chalukyas under Kirttivarman I defeat Kadamba dynasty and annex their capital of Banavasi. | |||
541 | Lazic War | Siege of Petra | ![]() |
Feb—June | Sasasians under Khosrow I capture Byzantine fortress. |
Gothic War | Siege of Verona | ![]() |
Winter | Ostrogoths under Totila defend city against larger Byzantine army. | |
542 | Battle of Faventia | Spring | Ostrogoths under Totila defeat Byzantine army. | ||
Battle of Mucellium | Ostrogoths defeat Byzantine army. | ||||
543 | Lazic War | Battle of Anglon | ![]() |
A Byzantine invasion of Sasanian Armenia is defeated by a small force under Nabedes. | |
544 | Siege of Edessa | ![]() |
March—April | Sasanians under Khosrow I abandon siege of Byzantine city of Edessa, which pays them 5 centenaria of gold. | |
Battle of Cillium | ![]() |
Byzantine General Solomon killed in battle by a coalition of Berber tribes. | |||
545 | Moorish wars | Battle of Thacia | Autumn | Stotzas mortally wounded by Byzantine general John. | |
546 | Battle of Sufetula | Late 546 or early 547 | Byzantine general John Troglita defeats the Moorish rebels under Antalas. | ||
547 | Battle of Marta | Late summer | John Troglita is defeated by a coalition of Tripolitanian Moors. | ||
548 | Battle of the Fields of Cato | Summer | John Troglita defeats the last Moorish coalition and suppresses the Moorish revolt. | ||
550 | Lazic War | Siege of Petra | ![]() |
Summer 550—Spring 551 | Byzantines recapture city and dismantle its walls. |
551 | Gothic War | Battle of Sena Gallica | ![]() |
Autumn | A Byzantine naval squadron defeats the Ostrogoth fleet decisively. |
552 | Battle of Taginae | July | Byzantines under Narses defeat Ostrogoths under Totila, who dies in battle. | ||
Battle of Asfeld | Longobards under King Audoin defeat the Gepids under Thurisind, who is killed. | ||||
553 | Gothic War | Battle of Mons Lactarius | ![]() |
Oct 552 or early 553 | Byzantines under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths under Teia, ending Ostrogoth resistance. |
Lazic War | Battle of Telephis-Ollaria | ![]() |
Sasanians defeat Byzantines. | ||
554 | Gothic War | Battle of the Volturnus | ![]() |
Oct | Byzantines under Narses defeat the Franks and Alamanni decisively. |
Yawm Halima ("Day of Halima") | ![]() |
June | The Ghassanids under al-Harith ibn Jabalah defeat the Lakhmids under al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, who is killed. | ||
Lazic War | Siege of Onoguris | ![]() |
554 or 555 | Sasanians decisively defeat Byzantines and force them to retreat from the area and abandon Archaeopolis, which they subsequently raze. | |
555 | Siege of Phasis | July 555—June 556 | Byzantines defeat Sasanian siege of town. | ||
559 | Byzantine-Kutrigurs war 558–559 | Battle of Melantias | ![]() |
March | Byzantines under Belisarius defeat the Kutrigurs 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Constantinople. |
560 | Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars | Battle of Gol-Zarriun | ![]() |
Sasanians under King Khosrow I allied with the Göktürks decisively defeat the Hephthalite Empire, which dissolved into smaller kingdoms in the aftermath. | |
Expansion of the Uí Néill dynasty | Battle of Cúl Dreimhne | ![]() |
Uí Néill defeat King Diarmait mac Cerbaill. | ||
570 | Battle of 'Ayn Ubagh | The Ghassanids under al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith defeat the Lakhmids under Qabus ibn al-Mundhir. | |||
Aksumite–Persian wars | Battle of Hadhramaut | ![]() |
Sasanians defeat the Kingdom of Aksum and kill King Masruq ibn Abraha. | ||
Siege of Sanaa | Sasanians take Yemen from Aksum. | ||||
573 | Battle of Arfderydd | ![]() |
Welsh battle between Christian and non-Christian forces; Gwenddoleu dies. | ||
575 | Sack of al-Hirah | ![]() |
The Ghassanids under al-Harith ibn Jabalah sack the Lakhmid capital, al-Hirah. | ||
577 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Deorham | ![]() |
West Saxons defeats the Briton Celts in Wiltshire, England. | |
586 | Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 | Battle of Solachon | ![]() |
Spring | Byzantine forces under Philippicus defeat a Sasanian army in Mesopotamia. |
Siege of Mardin | Byzantines aided by the Salihids siege Sasanian-owned city. | ||||
587 | Soga–Mononobe conflict | Battle of Shigisan | ![]() |
July | Buddhist Soga clan defeats Shinto Mononobe clan. Mononobe clan leader Mononobe no Moriya killed in battle. |
588 | Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591 | Battle of Martyropolis | ![]() |
Summer | Byzantine forces defeat a Sasanian army at Martyropolis. |
590 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Alclud Ford | ![]() |
Kingdom of Rheged defeats Bernicia | |
591 | Sasanian civil war of 589–591 and Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591 | Battle of Blarathon | ![]() |
Aug | Combined Byzantine-Persian armies led by Byzantine generals John Mystacon and Narses and Persian king Khosrau II defeat the Persian rebel Bahram Chobin. |
598 | Goguryeo-Sui Wars | Battle of Linyuguan | ![]() |
Korean Goguryeo Kingdom repulses the Chinese Sui dynasty. | |
599 | Avar–Byzantine Wars | Battles of Viminacium | ![]() |
Summer | Byzantines defeat the Avars. |
Conquest of the Revati Island | ![]() |
Chalukya King Mangalesha's navy conquers Revati Island. |
7th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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602 | Sui–Early Lý War | Battle of Co Loa | ![]() |
The Chinese Sui dynasty defeats and conquers the Vietnamese Early Lý dynasty. | |
603 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Degsastan | ![]() |
Northumbrian king Æthelfrith defeats Scots under Áedán mac Gabráin | |
604 | Battle of Dhi Qar | ![]() |
604—611 | Battle fought between Arabs in southern Iraq and a Sasanian Persian army. | |
612 | Goguryeo–Sui Wars | Siege of Yodong Fortress | ![]() |
Korean Goguryeo defeats the Chinese Sui dynasty. | |
Battle of Salsu | ![]() |
Goguryeo cavalry forces, although outnumbered, overwhelm the Chinese troops in combat and eventually emerge victorious. | |||
613 | Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591 | Battle of Antioch | ![]() |
An attack by Byzantine forces on the recently captured Antioch ends in a decisive Sasanian victory. | |
614 | Siege of Jerusalem | ![]() |
April—May | After 21 days, Jerusalem falls to the Sasanian forces and their Jewish allies. | |
615 | Siege of Thessalonica | ![]() |
Sclaveni under the chieftain Chatzon attempt to capture the city. | ||
616 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Chester | ![]() |
Æthelfrith defeats the armies of Welsh kingdoms Powys and Rhôs. | |
Battle of the River Idle | East Anglia defeats Northumbria under Aethelfrith, who is slain in battle. | ||||
617 | Transition from Sui to Tang | Battle of Huoyi | ![]() |
8 Sep | Li Yuan defeats the Sui dynasty and enters Chang'an. |
618 | Battle of Yanshi | 5-6 Oct | Wang Shichong scores a decisive victory over Li Mi, breaking the blockade of Luoyang and taking over the latter's followers. | ||
Battle of Qianshuiyuan | 29 Nov | The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao. | |||
Chalukya–Pallava Wars | Battle of Pullalur | ![]() |
618—619 | Chalukya Empire defeats the Pallava Kingdom. | |
Siege of Sumpa | ![]() |
Namri Songtsen the Emperor of Tibet annexes the Kingdom of Sumpa after taking their capital. | |||
619 | Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591 | Siege of Alexandria | ![]() |
The advancing Sasanian armies easily capture Alexandria in their campaign to conquer Roman Egypt. | |
Battle of Narmada | ![]() |
Feb | Chalukyas under Pulakeshin II defeat Vardhana dynasty under Harsha and conquer the Deccan up to the Narmada River. | ||
621 | Transition from Sui to Tang | Battle of Hulao | ![]() |
28 May | The Tang under Li Shimin crush the forces of Dou Jiande. Luoyang surrenders soon after, securing the Tang dynasty's victory in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui dynasty. |
624 | Muslim–Quraysh War | Battle of Badr | ![]() |
13 March | Muslim forces under Muhammad defeat a larger, pagan, Meccan force, killing their leaders. |
625 | Battle of Uhud | 23 March | Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats a Muslim force, before eventually converting to Islam himself and joining the Muslim forces. | ||
Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591 | Battle of Sarus | ![]() |
April | Heraclius fights the Sasanian army of General Shahrbaraz, ending in a draw that doesn't stop the Persian advance towards Constantinople. | |
626 | Siege of Constantinople | June—July | The Avars, in alliance with the Sasanians and Slavic tribes, besiege Constantinople unsuccessfully. | ||
627 | Perso-Turkic war of 627–629 | Siege of Derbent | ![]() |
Early 627 | Tong Yabgu of Western Turks capture the fortress. |
Muslim–Quraysh War | Battle of the Trench | ![]() |
31 March—c. 14 April | An army from the city of Mecca fails to capture Muslim-held Medina, defended by Muhammad using an early form of trench warfare. | |
Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591 | Battle of Nineveh | ![]() |
12 Dec | Byzantines under Emperor Heraclius defeat Sasanian Persians. | |
Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 and Perso-Turkic war of 627–629 | Siege of Tbilisi | ![]() |
627—628 | Joint attack of the Byzantine Empire allied with the Western Turkic Khaganate where they defeat the Sasanian Empire and their vassal the Kingdom of Iberia. | |
628 | Military campaigns of Muhammad | Battle of Khaybar | ![]() |
March/April | Forces under Muhammad defeat the Jewish tribes living in the Hejaz region of the Arab peninsula |
629 | Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of Mu'tah | ![]() |
Sep | Khalid ibn al-Walid leads a Muslim Arab army against a larger Roman army in his first battle against the Roman Empire, which results in a Byzantine victory. |
Muslim–Quraysh War | Conquest of Mecca | ![]() |
Dec 629—Jan 630 | Muhammad conquers Mecca without any bloodshed. | |
Irish clan battles | Battle of Fid Eoin | ![]() |
Irish clan battle where the Dál nAraidi defeated the Dál Riata and killed their king. | ||
630 | Military campaigns of Muhammad | Battle of Hunayn | ![]() |
Muhammad defeats the Hawazin Bedouin tribe. | |
Expedition of Tabuk | Oct | Muhammad successfully campaigns against the Byzantines at Tabuk in his last campaign. | |||
Battle of Autas | Dec | Muslims defeat coalition of Arab tribes. | |||
Siege of Ta'if | Banu Thaqif fend off siege from Muhammad, surrender a few months later regardless. | ||||
Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks | Battle of Yinshan | ![]() |
27 March | Tang Chinese army, led by Li Jing, decisively defeats the Eastern Turks, fall of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate. | |
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Cefn Digoll | ![]() |
Edwin of Northumbria defeated by King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia. Northumbria loses control of Gwynedd. | ||
631 | Battle of Wogastisburg | King Samo defeats Austrasian forces, led by Dagobert I, Merovingian king of the Franks. | |||
632 | Arab-Byzantine wars | Expedition of Usama bin Zayd | ![]() |
June | Rashidun forces under Usama ibn Zayd successfully operate against the Byzantines . |
Ridda Wars | Battle of Zhu Qissa | ![]() |
25-30 July | Rashidun forces defeat the rebels of Tulayha. | |
Battle of Buzakha | Sep | Rashiduns defeat the pagan Arab tribes. | |||
Battle of Zafar | Oct | Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats rebelling tribes. | |||
Battle of Yamama | Dec | Rashidun forces defeat a numerically superior rebel army under Musaylimah, killing him. | |||
Battle of Dibba | ![]() |
632—634 | Generals of Caliph Abu Bakr decisively defeat rebel pagan tribes. | ||
633 | Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of Chains | ![]() |
April | Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a Persian army in his first battle against the Persian Empire. |
Battle of River | ![]() |
Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the Persian Empire. | |||
Battle of Walaja | May | Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the larger forces of the Persian Empire using a double envelopment maneuver. | |||
Battle of Ullais | Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a larger army from the Persian Empire. | ||||
Battle of Hira | Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats Persians. | ||||
Battle of Al-Anbar | |||||
Battle of Dawmat al-Jandal | ![]() |
Aug | Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats rebelling Arab Christians. | ||
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Hatfield Chase | ![]() |
12 Oct | Penda of Mercia allied with the Kingdom of Gwynedd defeats and kills Edwin of Northumbria. | |
Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of Muzayyah | ![]() |
Nov | Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats Persians and Arab Christians. | |
Battle of Saniyy | |||||
Battle of Zumail | Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the Persian forces, conquering most of Mesopotamia (Iraq) from the Persian Empire. | ||||
Battle of Ayn al-Tamr | Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats Persia and its Christian Arab allies. | ||||
634 | Battle of Firaz | Jan | Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the combined forces of the Persian Empire and Roman Empire, completing his conquest of Mesopotamia. | ||
Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Dathin | ![]() |
4 Feb | Rashiduns defeat Byzantines around Gaza. | |
Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of Marj Rahit | ![]() |
24 April | Rashiduns decisively defeat Ghassanids. | |
Battle of Babylon | ![]() |
13 May | Rashiduns defeat Sasanians. | ||
Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of al-Qaryatayn | ![]() |
June | Rashiduns defeat Ghassanids. | |
Battle of Bosra | June—July | A small Muslim army under Khalid ibn al-Walid lay siege to the city of Bosra, decisively defeating a larger army of Romans and Christian Arabs. | |||
Battle of Ajnadayn | ![]() ![]() |
July/Aug | The first major pitched battle between the Muslim Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid against a larger Roman army under Heraclius leads to a decisive Muslim victory for Khalid. | ||
Battle of Yaqusa | ![]() |
Aug | Arabs defeat Byzantines. | ||
Battle of Marj al-Saffar (634) | Aug 634—23 Jan 635 | ||||
Siege of Damascus | 21 Aug—19 Sept | Thomas surrenders after four-week siege with no relief in sight and Muslim forces inside the city. | |||
Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab | Sep | 12,000 Byzantines are defeated in an attempt to break the siege of Damascus in a battle 20 miles north of the city. | |||
Battle of Maraj-al-Debaj | Refugees from the surrender at Damascus are intercepted just short of Antioch and butchered by Muslim forces. | ||||
Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of the Bridge | ![]() |
25 Oct | Persians decisively defeat Muslim Arabs. | |
Battle of Kaskar | Rashiduns defeat Sasanian Empire. | ||||
Battle of Namaraq | |||||
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Heavenfield | ![]() |
Oswald of Bernicia defeats and kills the Welsh king Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. | ||
635 | Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of Fahl | ![]() |
Jan | Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the forces of the Roman Empire under Theodore the Sacellarius. |
Battle of Buwaib | ![]() |
April | Rashiduns defeat Sasanian advance. | ||
Siege of Emesa | ![]() |
Dec 635—March 636 | Rashiduns under Khalid ibn al-Walid take the city of Emesa from the Byzantines. | ||
636 | Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of Yarmouk | 15-20 Aug | Muslim Arab forces under Khalid ibn al-Walid crush the Byzantine forces led by Theodore Trithyrius and conquer the Levant from the Roman Empire. | |
Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of al-Qadisiyyah | ![]() |
16-19 Nov | Muslim Arabs defeat a Sasanian army led by general Rostam Farrokhzad. | |
Arab–Byzantine wars | Siege of Jerusalem | ![]() |
Nov 636—April 637 | Arabs take city from Byzantines. | |
Siege of Latakia | ![]() |
Laodicea annexed by Arabs. | |||
Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of Burs | ![]() |
Rashiduns defeat Sasanian garrison. | ||
Battle of Babylon | Rashiduns take city from Sasanians in pursuit of Ctesiphon. | ||||
637 | Siege of Ctesiphon | Jan—March | Muslim Arabs conquered the Sasanian capital of Ctesiphon. | ||
Battle of Jalula | April | Rashiduns annex all territory west of the Zagros Mountains from the Persians. | |||
Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of Hazir | ![]() |
June | Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the garrison of Qinnasrin under Meenas at Hazir in Syria, wiping out the Byzantine force. | |
Battle of Moira | ![]() |
Summer | Domnall II, High King of Ireland defeats his foster son Congal Cáech King of Ulaid as well as Domnall Brecc king of Dál Riata in Northern Ireland. Cáech killed in the battle. | ||
Arab–Byzantine wars | Siege of Aleppo | ![]() |
Aug—Oct | Khalid ibn al-Walid takes city from Byzantines. | |
Battle of the Iron Bridge | ![]() |
Oct | Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a larger Roman army under Heraclius in his final battle against the Roman Empire, conquering northern Syria and southern Turkey. | ||
638 | Siege of Germanicia | Rashidun Caliphate takes city of Germanica from the Byzantines. | |||
Early Tang expansion | Battle of Songzhou | ![]() |
Tang Chinese defeat the Tibetans. | ||
639 | Battle of Lake Baikal | Tang Chinese defeat and conquer the western Turkic Tiele. | |||
640 | Muslim conquest of Egypt | Siege of Babylon Fortress | ![]() |
May—Dec | Rashidun Caliphate takes major Byzantine fortress in Egypt. |
Battle of Heliopolis | 6 July | Rashidun Caliphate decisively defeats the Byzantines in Egypt. | |||
Emperor Taizong's campaign against the Western Regions | Siege of Karakhoja | ![]() |
Tang Chinese defeat and conquer the Karakhoja. | ||
641 | Muslim conquest of Egypt | Siege of Alexandria | ![]() |
March—Sep | Rashidun Caliphate takes Byzantine capital of province of Egypt. |
Muslim conquest of Persia | Siege of Shushtar | ![]() |
641—642 | Muslim Arabs defeat Sasanians. | |
642 | Early Muslim conquests | First Battle of Dongola | ![]() |
Summer | Nubian Kingdom of Makuria defeats the Rashidun Caliphate. |
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Maserfield | ![]() |
5 Aug | Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. | |
Chalukya–Pallava Wars | Battle of Manimangala | ![]() |
Pallavas defeat the Chalukyas. | ||
Battle of Vatapi | Pallavas defeat the Chalukyas and conquer Vatapi. | ||||
Muslim conquest of Persia | Siege of Gundishapur | ![]() |
Muslim Arabs take city from Sasanians. | ||
Battle of Nahavand | Muslim Arabs gain a major victory over the Persian Empire, Sasanian dynasty under near collapse and loses centralization. | ||||
Battle of Spahan | Arabs defeat Persians. | ||||
643 | Battle of Bayrudh | ||||
Battle of Waj Rudh | |||||
Battle of Bishapur | 643—644 | Rashidun Caliphate defeats Sasanian Empire. | |||
644 | Muslim conquests in South Asia | Battle of Rasil | ![]() |
Early 644 | Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Rai Kingdom on the western bank of the Indus River. |
Emperor Taizong's campaign against the Western Regions | Battle of Karasahr | ![]() |
Tang Chinese defeat the Western Turkic Khaganate. | ||
645 | Goguryeo–Tang War | Siege of Yodong Fortress | April—Oct | The Chinese Tang dynasty defeats Goguryeo. | |
Battle of Mount Jupil | 23 June | The Chinese Tang dynasty army annihilated the Korea Goguryeo field army. | |||
Siege of Ansi Fortress | 23 June—18 Sep | Korean Goguryeo forces defeat the Chinese Tang dynasty. | |||
646 | Muslim conquest of Egypt | Battle of Nikiou | ![]() |
May | Arabs repel Byzantine attempt to retake Egypt. |
647 | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb | Battle of Sufetula | ![]() |
Rashidun Caliphate defeats and kills Gregory the Patrician, the rebelling Byzantine Exarch of Africa. | |
648 | Battle of Dos Pilas | ![]() |
Mayan city-state of Dos Pilas attacked and defeated by Yuknoom Che'en II of Calakmul, Balaj Chan K'awiil captured. | ||
Emperor Taizong's campaign against the Western Regions | Battle of Kucha | ![]() |
648—19 Jan 649 | The ChineseTang dynasty defeat the Western Turkic Khaganate. | |
650 | Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of Istakhr | ![]() |
650—651 | Rashiduns sack new Sasanian capital, kill over 40,000 defenders, and finish the annexation of the province of Pars. |
651 | Battle of Ray | Rashiduns, with the help of a defecting noble family, defeat the Sasanians. | |||
Battle of Oxus River | ![]() |
Muslim Arabs gain a final victory over the Persian Empire, ending the Persian Sasanian dynasty. | |||
652 | Battle of Nishapur | ![]() |
Rashiduns defeat the Zoroastrian remnant House of Karen. | ||
Siege of Herat | ![]() |
Rashiduns defeat the House of Karen. | |||
Early Muslim conquests | Second Battle of Dongola | ![]() |
Rashiduns defeated by Makuria, Baqt signed between Makuria and the Caliphate. | ||
First Arab–Khazar War | Battle of Balanjar | ![]() |
Khazar Turks defeat the Rashidun Caliphate's forces. | ||
654 | Muslim conquest of Persia | Battle of Badghis | ![]() |
Rashiduns defeat the House of Karen and Hephthalites, subjecting the former. | |
655 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of the Winwaed | ![]() |
15 Nov | Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats and kills pagan Mercian king Penda. |
Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of the Masts | ![]() |
Rashiduns defeat the Byzantine navy. | ||
656 | First Fitna | Battle of the Camel | ![]() |
8 Dec | Rashidun forces under Ali ibn Abi Talib defeat a rebel army at Basra, Iraq. |
657 | Tang campaigns against the Western Turks | Battle of Irtysh River | ![]() |
Tang Chinese army led by Su Dingfang decisively defeats the Western Turkic khagan Ashina Helu, led to the Tang conquest of the Western Turks. | |
First Fitna | Battle of Siffin | ![]() |
26-28 July | Forces of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib battle rebel forces of Muawiyah I, Governor of Syria, indecisively. | |
660 | Baekje–Tang War | Battle of Hwangsanbeol | ![]() |
9 July | A superior Silla army defeats Baekje decisively, killing General Gyebaek. |
663 | Goguryeo–Tang War | Battle of Baekgang | Tang Chinese and Silla forces decisively defeat Yamato Japanese and Baekje forces. | ||
667 | Battle of Geumsan | ![]() |
Tang dynasty decisively defeats Goguryeo. | ||
668 | Conquest of P'yongyang | ![]() |
22 Oct | Silla and the Chinese Tang dynasty defeat and conquer Goguryeo. | |
670 | Battle of Dafei River | ![]() |
Tang Chinese army annihilated the Tibetans, and take over control of the Tarim Basin. | ||
671 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Two Rivers | ![]() |
Northumbrians defeat Picts. | |
674 | Arab–Byzantine wars | First Arab siege of Constantinople | ![]() |
674—678 | The Byzantines defeat the Arabs after 4 years of siege through the use of Greek fire. |
Battle of Peruvallanallur | ![]() |
Parameswaravarman I of the Pallava dynasty decisively defeats the Chalukyas. | |||
675 | Silla-Tang War | Battle of Maeso | ![]() |
29 Sep | Silla fights Tang dynasty. |
678 | Arab–Byzantine wars | Siege of Thessalonica | ![]() |
676—678 | Byzantines defeat Sclaveni siege of Thessalonica after two years. |
679 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of the Trent | ![]() |
Mercia defeats Northumbria. | |
680 | Frankish civil war | Battle of Lucofao | ![]() |
Early 680 | Neustrians defeat Austrasians in Frankish civil war. |
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars | Battle of Ongal | ![]() |
Summer | Bulgar and probably Slavonic forces under Khan Asparukh defeat a Byzantine army led by Emperor Constantine IV near the mouth of the River Danube. As a result, a Bulgar kingdom is founded on former Byzantine territories in the Balkan peninsula. | |
Second Fitna | Battle of Karbala | ![]() |
10 Oct | The Umayyad forces defeat Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, and his partisans. | |
682 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Vescera | ![]() |
Defeat of the Umayyads under Uqba ibn Nafi by the Berbers and Byzantines. | |
683 | Second Fitna | Siege of Mecca | ![]() |
24 Sep—26 Nov | Unsuccessful siege of Mecca by Umayyad forces, which allows Ibn al-Zubayr to set himself up as anti-Caliph there. |
684 | Battle of Marj Rahit | ![]() |
18 Aug | Umayyads supported by the Banu Kalb defeat a hostile tribal coalition around the Qays and secure control of Syria. | |
685 | Battle of Ayn al-Warda | ![]() ![]() |
4 Jan | The "Penitents" of Kufa are annihilated by the Umayyads. | |
Pictish-Northumbrian conflicts | Battle of Dun Nechtain | ![]() |
20 May | Picts defeat Northumbrians in Scotland, killing their leader. | |
686 | Second Fitna | Battle of Madhar | ![]() |
Late 686—687 | Forces of Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr defeat pro-Alid forces. |
Battle of Harura | Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr defeats pro-Alid forces of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi and temporarily gains control of all of Iraq. | ||||
687 | Battle of Tertry | ![]() |
Merovingian Franks defeat Neustria and Burgundy. | ||
688 | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb | Battle of Mamma | ![]() |
Umayyads defeat the Berber Kingdom of Altava and kill their king Kusaila in battle. | |
689 | Battle of Coronate | ![]() |
The army of Cunipert, king of the Lombards, defeat the followers of the usurper Alahis on the Adda River. | ||
691 | Second Fitna | Battle of Maskin | ![]() |
Mid-Oct | Umayyads defeat Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr and recover control of Iraq. |
692 | Siege of Mecca | ![]() |
March—Oct/Nov | Umayyad forces under al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf capture Mecca, the stronghold of the anti-Caliph Ibn al-Zubayr, ending the Second Fitna with an Umayyad victory. | |
Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Sebastopolis | ![]() |
Umayyads defeat Byzantine forces after the defection of 20,000 Slav soldiers. | ||
695 | Frisian–Frankish wars | Battle of Dorestad | ![]() |
Franks under Pepin of Herstal defeat Frisians. | |
698 | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb | Battle of Carthage | ![]() |
After a surprise attack of Byzantine forces on Carthage, Umayyad forces take back the city with very heavy losses. | |
Battle of Meskiana | ![]() |
Berber Queen Dihya defeats Umayyads under Hasan ibn al-Nu'man. | |||
Battle of Tianmenling | ![]() |
The Balhae and the Tang dynasty of China collide in seeking supremacy of Manchuria. |
8th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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701 | Battle of Dayr al-Jamajim | ![]() |
April | Umayyad forces under al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf defeat the Iraqi rebellion of Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath. | |
703 | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb | Battle of Tabarka | ![]() |
Umayyads defeat and kill Queen Dihya in battle, annexing the Berber Kingdom of the Aurès. | |
707 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Siege of Tyana | ![]() |
707—708 | Umayyads besiege the Byzantine town of Tyana over the winter and capture it after a relief army is defeated in spring. |
708 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Anchialus | ![]() |
Bulgarians under Tervel defeat a Byzantine army under Justinian II. | |
709 | Muslim conquests of Afghanistan | Battle of Kabul | ![]() |
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711 | Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula | Battle of Guadalete | ![]() |
July | The invading Umayyad armies defeat the Visigoths in Iberia, killing King Roderic. |
Battle of Écija | Mid-Aug | The Umayyad Caliphate under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeats the Visigothic Kingdom | |||
Arab conquest of Sindh | Battle of Aror | ![]() |
Umayyads under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim conquer Sindh encompassing modern-day Pakistan from Dahir of Aror. | ||
Battle of Bolchu | ![]() |
The Türgesh are defeated by the Eastern Turkic Khaganate. | |||
713 | Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula | Battle of Orihuela | ![]() |
Late March | The Umayyad Caliphate commanded by Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa defeats the Visigothic Kingdom under Theodemir. |
715 | Frankish Civil War | Battle of Compiègne | ![]() |
26 Sep | In the first significant battle of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718, Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald. |
716 | Battle of Cologne | ![]() |
Charles Martel suffers his only defeat. | ||
Battle of Amblève | ![]() |
Charles Martel defeats his Neustrian and Frisian rivals. | |||
717 | Battle of Vincy | ![]() |
21 March | Charles Martel and the Austrasians defeat the Frankish king, Chilperic II, and his mayor of the palace, Ragenfrid. | |
Arab–Byzantine wars | Second Arab siege of Constantinople | ![]() |
15 July/Aug 717—15 Aug 718 | Umayyad forces lay siege to the Byzantine Capital once more. They are defeated after a year by Leo III with the help of a Bulgar army under Khan Tervel. | |
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana | Battle of Aksu | ![]() |
Tang Chinese forces defeat an alliance of the forces of Umayyad Muslims, Tibetans, and Turgesh Turks. | ||
718 | Frankish Civil War | Battle of Soissons | ![]() |
The last significant battle of the Frankish civil war, with Charles Martel victorious. | |
720 | Battle of Aqr | ![]() |
24 Aug | The Umayyad Caliphate under Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik defeats Yazid ibn al-Muhallab. | |
721 | Umayyad invasion of Gaul | Battle of Toulouse | ![]() |
9 June | Umayyad forces besiege Toulouse, subsequently lose to Odo of Aquitaine's relief troops. |
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Hehil | ![]() |
721—722 | Britons defeat Anglo-Saxons of Wessex "among the Cornish". | |
722 | Battle of Marj al-Hijara | Feb—March | Khazars decisively defeat army of the local Arab governor. | ||
Reconquista | Battle of Covadonga | ![]() |
Summer | Asturian forces defeat the Umayyad invaders for the first time (date uncertain 718–725). | |
723 | Arab–Khazar Wars | Battle of Balanjar | ![]() |
Umayyad forces successfully conquer Balanjar from the Khazars, looting and killing its population in the process. | |
724 | Muslim conquest of Transoxiana | Day of Thirst | ![]() |
Umayyad army is routed by the Turgesh; beginning of the collapse of the Umayyad position in Transoxiana. | |
727 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Siege of Nicaea | ![]() |
July—Aug | Umayyad forces unsuccessfully besiege Nicaea for 40 days. |
729 | Muslim conquest of Transoxiana | Battle of Baykand | ![]() |
Umayyad forces break through Turgesh encirclement and reach Bukhara. | |
Siege of Kamarja | Umayyad Arabs defend the fortress of Kamarja for 58 days against overwhelming Turgesh numbers before being allowed to retire. | ||||
Battle of Ravenna | ![]() |
Byzantine forces are defeated by Italians following an argument about icon veneration. | |||
730 | Second Arab–Khazar War | Battle of Marj Ardabil | ![]() |
9 Dec | Khazars defeat the Umayyads. |
Battle of Bajarwan | ![]() |
Dec | Umayyad Caliphate defeats the Khazars. | ||
731 | Muslim conquest of Transoxiana | Battle of the Defile | ![]() |
July | Khagan Suluk of the Türgesh defeats the Umayyad Caliphate under governor Junayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Murri of Khurasan. |
732 | Umayyad invasion of Gaul | Battle of the River Garonne | ![]() |
Before 10 Oct | Governor Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi of Al-Andalus of the Umayyad Caliphate defeats duke Odo the Great of Aquitaine. |
Battle of Tours | 10 Oct | Umayyad forces, led by Abd er-Rahman, lose to Charles Martel near Poitiers. | |||
Second Arab–Khazar War | Battle of Balanjar | ![]() |
Umayyad Arabs defeat the Khazars. | ||
734 | Frisian–Frankish wars | Battle of the Boarn | ![]() |
Charles Martel defeats the Frisians, killing King Poppo and ending the Frisian Kingdom. | |
737 | Muslim conquest of Transoxiana | Battle of the Baggage | ![]() |
30 Sep | Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal and capture their baggage train. |
Battle of Kharistan | Dec | Umayyad governor of Khorasan Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri defeats the Turgesh khagan in battle, halting the Turgesh invasion south of the Oxus River. | |||
Umayyad invasion of Gaul | Siege of Avignon | ![]() |
Franks under Charles Martel destroy Umayyad garrison. | ||
Siege of Narbonne | Franks besiege Umayyad city, results inconclusive. | ||||
Battle of the River Berre | Franks defeat Umayyad forces attempting to relieve siege of Narbonne. | ||||
740 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Akroinon | ![]() |
Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian wins an important victory over the Umayyads in modern Turkey. | |
Berber Revolt | Battle of the Nobles | ![]() |
Berber forces defeat the Umayyads near Tangier, killing their leader and 10,000 Arabs. | ||
741 | Battle of Bagdoura | Oct | Berbers push the Umayyad Caliphate out of Morocco. | ||
Siege of Laon | ![]() |
Franks under Carloman and Pepin the Short defeat the rebellion of their brother Grifo. | |||
743 | Battle of Epfach | ![]() |
Franks under Carloman and Pepin the Short defeat a rebellion of Baiuvarii, Alemanni and Slavic allies. | ||
746 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Keramaia | ![]() |
The Cibyrrhaeots defeat the Egyptian fleet of the Umayyad Caliphate. | |
Battle of Rupar Thutha | ![]() |
Kufa and Mosul taken by Marwan II. | |||
749 | Abbasid revolution | Siege of Wasit | Aug/Sep 749—June/July 750 | Umayyad holdout led by Governor Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari taken by the Abbasids. | |
Bashmurian revolts | Sack of Rosetta | ![]() |
Egyptian rebels sack Rosetta and kill its Arab inhabitants. | ||
750 | Abbasid revolution | Battle of Zab | ![]() |
25 Jan | Decisive victory for the Abbasids resulting in the Umayyads' fall and rise of a new Caliphate. |
Dano-Swedish wars | Battle of Bråvalla | ![]() |
The Danish army is defeated by the Swedish. | ||
751 | Muslim conquest of Transoxiana | Battle of Talas | ![]() ![]() |
May—Sep | Abbasid forces defeat Tang forces on the banks of the Talas River. |
756 | An Shi Rebellion | Battle of Yongqiu | ![]() |
Spring | Tang forces deal a decisive blow to the Yan. |
Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula | Battle of Musarah | ![]() |
March | Umayyad prince Abd al-Rahman I, on the run from his dynasty's overthrow by the Abbasids, defeats Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, the Governor of al-Andalus, and takes control of Iberia. | |
Battle of the Long Walls | ![]() |
The Bulgar Khan Kormisosh is defeated by the Byzantine forces of Emperor Constantine V. As a result, the Bulgars overthrow Kormissosh and a period of political instability begins in the Bulgar khanate. | |||
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars | Battle of Marcellae | ![]() |
Emperor Constantine V of Byzantium defeats a Bulgar army under the new Khan Vinekh. | ||
757 | An Lushan Rebellion | Battle of Suiyang | ![]() |
18 Feb—24 Nov | Pyrrhic victory for the Yan against Tang forces. |
759 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of the Rishki Pass | ![]() |
Bulgar Khan Vinekh defeats a Byzantine army in a mountain pass. | |
760 | Siege of Nandigrama | ![]() |
Pandya King Maravarman Rajasimha I defeats Pallava under Nandivarman II. | ||
Battle of Venbai | Pandya defeat Western Chalukyas and annex the southern territory of their kingdom. | ||||
762 | Alid revolt of 762–763 | Battle of Bakhamra | ![]() |
Sep 762—Feb 763 | The Abbasids under Isa ibn Musa crush an Alid rebel army under Ibrahim ibn Abdallah. |
763 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Anchialus | ![]() |
30 June | The Bulgar Khan Telets is defeated by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V. |
766 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Siege of Kamacha | ![]() |
Autumn | Unsuccessful attack on the Byzantine border fortress of Kamacha by the Abbasids. |
770 | Dano-Swedish wars | Battle of Brávellir | ![]() |
Swedes allied with Western Geats defeat Danes allied with Eastern Geats. | |
772 | Muslim conquest of the Maghreb | Battle of Janbi | ![]() |
Rustamid state established in Morocco. | |
773 | Siege of Pavia | ![]() |
Sep 773—June 774 | Franks under Charlemagne decisively defeat the Lombards and annex northern Italy. | |
774 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Litosoria | ![]() |
Oct | Byzantine Empire under Constantine V defeat the Bulgars under Telerig. |
Battle of Berzitia | ![]() |
Superior Byzantine forces led by Constantine V crush a Bulgar army led by Khan Telerig. | |||
Reconquista | Battle of Montecubeiro | ![]() |
King Silo of Asturias defeats Galician rebels. | ||
775 | Battle of Bagrevand | ![]() |
25 April | The Abbasid Caliphate defeats a major Armenian rebellion and kills its leaders. Muslim control over Transcaucasia is solidified, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and flee to the Byzantine Empire. | |
778 | Reconquista | Battle of Roncesvalles | ![]() ![]() |
15 Aug | Basques defeat an invading Frankish army. Roland, Paladin of Charlemagne, dies. |
779 | Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Bensington | ![]() |
Mercia defeats Wessex. | |
782 | Saxon Wars | Battle of Suntel | ![]() |
Saxons kill a detachment of Frankish forces. | |
783 | Battle on the Hase | Late summer | Franks under Charlemagne defeat the Saxons under Widukind. | ||
Siege of Fengtian | ![]() |
Oct | Emperor Dezong of Tang fends off coup that sieges the Tang capital by General Zhu Ci. | ||
786 | Alid Uprising | Battle of Fakhkh | ![]() |
11 June | A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids. Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty. |
788 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Kopidnadon | ![]() |
Sep | Abbasid forces defeat Byzantine forces. |
789 | Thirty-Eight Years' War | Battle of Sufuse | ![]() |
Japanese army defeated by the Isawa Emishi under their general Aterui. Much of the imperial army drowned in the Koromo River. | |
791 | Saxon Wars | Battle of Raab | ![]() |
Charlemagne defeats the Avars and as a result subdues Pannonia into vassalage. | |
Reconquista | Battle of the Burbia River | ![]() |
Córdoba defeats Asturias. | ||
Battle of Ganges-Yamuna Doab | ![]() |
Rashtrakuta King Dhruva Dharavarsha defeats Vatsaraja of the Gurjara Pratihara Empire and Dharmapala of the Pala Empire for control over Kannauj in the Doab by the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. | |||
792 | Byzantine–Bulgarian wars | Battle of Marcellae | ![]() |
The Bulgar Khan Kardam defeats a Byzantine army under Emperor Constantine VI. | |
793 | Reconquista | Battle of Orbieu River | ![]() |
28 March/Summer | The Umayyad state of Córdoba defeats the Frankish Empire. |
794 | Battle of Lutos | ![]() |
Asturias defeats Córdoba. | ||
795 | Saxon Wars | Battle of Lüne and the Elbe | ![]() |
Franks under Charlemagne defeat the Obotrite Slavs under Witzlaus, who was killed by his own men while crossing the Elbe. | |
798 | Battle of Bornhöved | The Obotrites under prince Thrasco and the Frankish Empire under Eburisus defeat the Nordalbingian Saxons. | |||
799 | Siege of Trsat | ![]() |
Autumn | Croatia decisively defeats an invading Frankish force led by Eric of Friuli, who dies in the conflict. |
9th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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800 | Reconquista | Siege of Barcelona | ![]() |
Oct 800—4 April 801 | Carolingians under Louis the Pious conquer Barcelona from the Emirate of Córdoba. |
801 | Battle of Weizhou | ![]() |
801—802 | Tang Chinese forces decisively defeat Tibetan forces in the South-West front. | |
803 | Siege of Gaochang | The Uyghur Khaganate annexed oasis city of Gaochang, which they renamed Qocho. | |||
804 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Krasos | ![]() |
Aug/Sep | Abbasids under Ibrahim ibn Jibril surprise and defeat the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I. |
808 | Reconquista | Siege of Tortosa | ![]() |
808—809 | The Umayyads repel the Carolingian army under Louis the Pious. |
809 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Siege of Serdica | ![]() |
Spring | Bulgar Khan Krum seizes the fortified Byzantine town of Serdica, nowadays Sofia. |
811 | Fourth Fitna | Battle of Rayy | ![]() |
1 May | Abbasid Civil War ends with Al-Ma'mun defeating his half-brother Al-Amin, who dies in this battle. |
Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Pliska | ![]() |
26 July | Nikephoros I of the Byzantine Empire captures and destroys the Bulgar capital, Pliska, only to be crushingly defeated and killed a few days later by the Bulgar khan Krum. | |
812 | Siege of Develtos | May—June | Bulgar Khan Krum besieges ancient city of Develtos, Thrace. Decisive victory for Krum – the population of Develtos are deported to Bulgarian territories. | ||
813 | Battle of Versinikia | ![]() ![]() |
22 June | The Bulgars of Krum defeat the Byzantines of Emperor Michael I Rangabe. | |
814 | Battle of Burdizon | A Bulgar force led by the new Khan Omurtag is defeated by a Byzantine army of Emperor Leo V. A peace treaty follows as a result. | |||
816 | Reconquista | Battle of Pancorbo | ![]() |
Emirate of Cordoba decisively defeats invading forces of Asturias and the Basques, killing all commanders against Cordoba. | |
Gurjara–Gauda War | Battle of Monghyr | ![]() |
Pratihara King Nagabhata II decisively defeats Pala Empire under Dharmapala, ending the Tripartite Struggle. | ||
819 | Battle of Yanzhou | ![]() |
Tang Chinese forces decisively defeat Tibetan forces in the North-West front. | ||
822 | Rebellion of Thomas the Slav | Battle of Kedouktos | ![]() |
Oct or Nov | The Bulgars of Khan Omurtag attack the Byzantine rebel Thomas the Slav as a favour to Byzantine Emperor Michael II, but are defeated. |
824 | Reconquista | Battle of Roncevaux Pass | ![]() |
King Íñigo Arista of Pamplona and leader Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi of the Banu Qasi defeat the Frankish Empire under count Aeblus and duke Aznar Sánchez of Gascony. | |
825 | Battle of Anceo | King Alfonso II of Asturias defeats the Umayyad state of Córdoba. | |||
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain | Battle of Ellandun | ![]() |
Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia, ending Mercian supremacy. | ||
829 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Thasos | ![]() |
829 | The Cretan Saracens defeat the Byzantines off Thasos. |
830 | Battle of Tellaru | ![]() |
Pallavas defeat the Pandyas. | ||
832 | Pictish-Northumbrian conflicts | Battle of Athelstaneford | ![]() |
Semi-legendary battle where the Picts defeated Northumbria. | |
838 | Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of Anzen | ![]() |
22 July | Theophilus is defeated by the Abbasids in modern Turkey. |
Viking invasions of England | Battle of Hingston Down | ![]() |
Egbert of Wessex defeats a Cornish and Viking army, ending Cornish independence. | ||
Arab–Byzantine wars | Sack of Amorium | ![]() |
Aug | Abbasids take and raze Byzantine city. | |
841 | Carolingian civil war | Battle of Fontenoy | ![]() |
25 June | Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat emperor Lothair I in the Carolingian civil war. |
842 | Battle of the Bridge of Cornellana | ![]() |
Ramiro I of Asturias defeats Nepotian of Asturias, during a civil war in Asturias. | ||
843 | Franco-Breton wars | Battle of Messac | ![]() |
24 May | Franks under count Renaud of Nantes defeat the Bretons under Nominoe and prefect Lambert II of the Breton March. |
Battle of Blain | Bretons of the Duchy of Brittany defeat Renaud of Nantes. | ||||
844 | Viking expansion | Battle of Tablada | ![]() |
25 Sep—11 or 17 Nov | Emirate of Cordoba decisively repels Viking raid on Seville. |
Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Mauropotamos | ![]() |
Abbasids defeat the Byzantines. | ||
Carolingian civil war | Battle of Toulouse | ![]() |
King Pepin II of Aquitaine defeats king Charles the Bald of West Francia. | ||
845 | Viking expansion | Siege of Paris | 28/29 March | Vikings plunder and occupy Paris, leaving for 7,000 pounds of silver and gold. | |
Franco-Breton wars | Battle of Ballon | 22 Nov | Charles the Bald of West Frankish Kingdom is defeated by the Bretons of Nominoe. | ||
847 | Viking incursions into Gascony | Siege of Bordeaux | 847—848 | Vikings plunder and occupy Bordeaux. | |
849 | Battle of Ostia | ![]() |
Summer | An Italian alliance fleet defeats Saracen pirates. | |
851 | Franco-Breton wars | Battle of Jengland | ![]() |
22 Aug | Bretons under Duke Erispoe defeat king Charles the Bald of West Francia. |
Reconquista | Battle of Albelda | ![]() |
The Umayyad state of Córdoba defeats West Francia. | ||
853 | Battle of Jándula | Rebels of Toledo defeat the Umayyad state of Córdoba. | |||
854 | Battle of Guadalacete | Emir Muhammad I of Córdoba defeats king Ordoño I of Asturias, king García Íñiguez of Pamplona, leader Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi of the Banu Qasi and Ibn Balyus. | |||
856 | Viking incursions into Gascony | Siege of Paris | ![]() |
856—857 | Danish Vikings capture and plunder Paris, capital of West Francia again. |
859/860 | Reconquista | Battle of Monte Laturce | ![]() |
King Ordoño I of Asturias and king García Íñiguez of Pamplona defeat leader Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi of the Banu Qasi. | |
860 | Rus'–Byzantine Wars | Siege of Constantinople | ![]() |
18 June—4 Aug | Rus' Khaganate raids the suburbs outside Constantinople. |
861 | Viking incursions into Gascony | Siege of Paris | ![]() |
Jan | Danish Vikings capture and plunder Paris. |
863 | Tang-Nanzhao war in Annan | Siege of Songping | ![]() |
14 Jan—1 March | Nanzhao captures Songping (modern Hanoi) from the Tang |
Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of Lalakaon | ![]() |
3 Sep | Byzantines under Michael III defeat the Emirate of Melitene forces decisively. | |
865 | Reconquista | Battle of the Morcuera | ![]() |
9 Aug | Cordoba defeats Asturias and Castile. |
866 | Frankish–Viking battles and Franco-Breton wars | Battle of Brissarthe | ![]() |
2 Jul | Bretons and Vikings under Salomon, Duke of Brittany and Hastein defeat Franks. Robert the Strong and Ranulf I of Aquitaine die in the battle. |
867 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of York | ![]() |
21 March | Great Heathen Army defeats and occupies Northumbria, executes King Aella of Northumbria, and establishes the Danelaw. |
869 | Zanj Rebellion | Battle of the Barges | ![]() |
24 Oct | Zanj rebels defeat militia trying to quell their rebellion. |
870 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Englefield | ![]() |
31 Dec | Anglo-Saxons under Æthelwulf defeat the Danelaw Vikings. |
Muslim conquest of Sicily | Siege of Melite | ![]() |
Aghlabids under Sawāda Ibn Muḥammad capture the Byzantine city of Melite. | ||
871 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Reading | ![]() |
4 Jan | Ethelred of Wessex and Alfred the Great are defeated by a Danish army, suffering heavy losses. |
Zanj Rebellion | Battle of Basra | ![]() |
7-10 Sep | Zanj defeat Abbasid forces and sack city of Basra. | |
872 | Unification of Norway | Battle of Hafrsfjord | ![]() |
Harald Fairhair takes over great parts of Norway; the country of Norway is regarded to be founded after the battle. | |
Byzantine–Paulician wars | Battle of Bathys Ryax | ![]() |
The Byzantine Empire defeats the Paulician heretics, killing their leader Chrysocheir. May also have occurred in 878. | ||
c. 872/3 | Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of Kardia | Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas defeats a fleet of Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios. | ||
c. 873 | Battle of the Gulf of Corinth | ![]() |
Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas defeats a fleet of Cretan Saracens and kills their commander, the renegade Photios. Possibly occurred as late as 879. | ||
876 | Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul | ![]() |
8 April | Abbasids defeat Saffarid dynasty near the Tigris River. | |
Franco-Breton wars | Battle of Andernach | ![]() |
8 Oct | King Louis the Younger of East Francia defeats the invading army of emperor Charles the Bald. | |
878 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Edington | ![]() |
May | West Saxons under Alfred the Great defeat the Danelaw Vikings. |
Battle of Cynwit | West Saxons, said to have been under the command of a certain ealdorman named Odda, defeat a Viking army, killing their leader, an unnamed man who may have been identical to Ubba. | ||||
Vikings defeat forces of St Cuthbert in West Sussex. | |||||
Reconquista | Battle of Polvoraria | ![]() |
King Alfonso III of Asturias defeats emir Muhammad I of Córdoba. | ||
879 | Battle of Thirupurambiyam | ![]() |
Pallavas and Cholas defeat Pandya kingdom in Southern India. Cholas become most prominent regional power soon after this. | ||
880 | Battle of Lüneburg Heath | ![]() |
2 Feb | Vikings of the Great Heathen Army defeat the Franks under Louis the Younger. | |
Frankish–Viking battles | Battle of Thimeon | ![]() |
Feb | Franks under Louis the Younger march on and defeat Vikings. | |
Siege of Vienne | ![]() |
880—882 | The Frankish army under Charles the Fat, Louis III and Carloman II fail to take the capital of king Boso of Provence. | ||
Battle of Attigny | A Frankish army defeats a rebel army of self-proclaimed king Boso of Provence. | ||||
Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of Cephalonia | ![]() |
Byzantine admiral Nasar defeats an Aghlabid fleet in a night attack off western Greece. | ||
Battle of Stelai | ![]() |
Byzantine admiral Nasar defeats an Aghlabid fleet off southern Italy. | |||
Battle of Taranto | The Byzantines under Leo Apostyppes capture Taranto from the Muslims. | ||||
881 | Muslim conquest of Sicily | Battle of Taormina | Spring | The Aghlabids under al-Hasan ibn al-Abbas defeat the Byzantines under Barsakios near Taormina. | |
Frankish–Viking battles | Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu | ![]() |
3 Aug | Franks under Louis III of France and Carloman II decisively defeat Danish Vikings. | |
Muslim conquest of Sicily | Battle of Caltavuturo | ![]() |
881 or 882 | The Byzantines under Mosilikes defeat the Aghlabids under Abu Thawr. | |
Battle of the Conwy | ![]() |
Anarawd ap Rhodri defeats the Mercians under Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians. Known in Welsh as Dial Rhodri: the Avenging of Rhodri. | |||
882 | Viking raids in the Rhineland | Battle of Remich | ![]() |
11 April | Danish Vikings under Godfrid and Sigfrid defeat the Franks under Archbishop Wala of Metz, Archbishop Bertulf of Trier and count Adalhard of Metz. |
Frankish–Viking battles and Dano-German Conflicts | Siege of Asselt | ![]() |
Franks defeat Viking camp, whose leader Godfrid made to become Frankish vassal and convert to Christianity. | ||
Reconquista | First Battle of Cellorigo | ![]() |
Spanish defeat Cordoba. | ||
883 | Abbasid decline | Battle of Mecca | ![]() |
13 June | Abbasids defeat Tulunid army trying to gain control of the city. |
884 | Battle of Norditi | ![]() |
Autumn | Frisia under Archbishop Rimbert of Bremen-Hamburg makes an army of Danish Vikings retreat from East Frisia. | |
885 | Abbasid–Tulunid wars | Battle of Tawahin | ![]() |
5/6 April | Tulunids defeat Abbasid attempt at recovering Syria and Egypt. |
Frankish–Viking battles | Siege of Paris | ![]() |
25 Nov 885—Oct 886 | Franks defend Paris decisively from Viking siege, Vikings granted passage of the Seine and given 700 pounds of silver. | |
891 | Battle of Leuven | ![]() |
Sep | Arnulf of the Franks defeats a Viking army, ending their invasion. | |
893 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Buttington | ![]() |
An army of Mercians, West Saxons, and Welsh led by Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians defeats a Viking army. | |
894 | Battle of Niravadyapura | ![]() |
Eastern Chalukyas defeat Rashtrakutas under Krishna II. | ||
Battle of Peruvanguru | |||||
896 | Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896 | Battle of Bulgarophygon | ![]() |
Summer | During the summer the Bulgars led by Prince Simeon I defeat a Byzantine army decisively. |
Battle of Southern Buh | ![]() |
Bulgarians defeat Magyars, who abandon the area and migrate westwards. | |||
Siege of Dorostolon | ![]() |
The Bulgars under their princes Boris-Michael and his son Symeon finally break a Magyar siege. | |||
897 | Battle of Qingkou | ![]() |
29 Nov | Forces loyal to Yang Xingmi defeat forces of fellow warlord Zhu Wen. | |
899 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of Brenta | ![]() |
24 Sep | Hungarians decisively defeat the Kingdom of Italy. |
10th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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902 | Muslim conquest of Sicily | Siege of Taormina | ![]() |
July—1 Aug | The former Aghlabid emir, Ibrahim II, captures the fortress of Taormina from the Byzantine Empire. |
903 | Battle of Hama | ![]() |
29 Nov | The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib deals a crushing defeat on the Qarmatians under the Sahib al-Shama. | |
904 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Sack of Thessalonica | ![]() |
Saracens under Leo of Tripoli sack the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city. | |
907 | Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin | Battle of Pozsony | ![]() ![]() |
4-6 July | Hungarians completely defeat East Francia and expand their military control to River Enns. |
908 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of Eisenach | ![]() |
3 Aug | Hungarians decisively defeat Franco-German army from Franconia, Saxony, and Thuringia. |
909 | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period | Battle of Jisu | ![]() |
Warlord Liu Shouguang defeats his brother Liu Shouwen | |
910 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of Lechfeld | ![]() |
12 June | Hungarians decisively defeat Louis the Child's united Frankish Imperial Army, devastating East Francia. |
Battle of Rednitz | 22 June | Hungarians deliver another devastating defeat to East Francia and the German kingdoms near the River Rednitz. | |||
Viking invasions of England | Battle of Tettenhall | ![]() |
5 Aug | Between Edward the Elder and the Yorkshire Danes. The Danish were defeated. | |
911 | Frankish–Viking battles | Siege of Chartres | ![]() |
20 July | Vikings under Rollo defeated by the Franks, who afterwards bargain to give Rollo the Duchy of Normandy in exchange for vassalage and religious conversion. |
Battle of Vallala | ![]() |
Cholas led by Parantaka I decisively defeat the Rashtrakutas. | |||
913 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of the Inn | ![]() |
Duchies of Bavaria and Swabia defeat Hungarian raiding party. | |
915 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Garigliano | ![]() |
June | Christian League defeats the Saracen bands in southern Lazio. |
Viking invasions of Ireland | Battle of Confey | ![]() |
915—917 | Vikings defeat Leinster and kill their king. | |
Battle of Vellore | ![]() |
Chola Empire under Parantaka I defeats the combined forces of the Pandya Kingdom and the Sri Lankan Anuradhapura Kingdom. | |||
916 | Sack of Kannauj | Rashtrakutas sack Kannauj, the capital of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty. | |||
917 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Derby | ![]() |
July | Anglo-Saxons defeat the Danelaw Vikings. |
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars and Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 | Battle of Acheloos | ![]() |
20 Aug | A large-scale Byzantine invasion against Bulgaria is decisively defeated by Tzar Simeon I of Bulgaria. | |
Viking invasions of Ireland | Battle of Mag Femen | ![]() |
22 Aug | Strategic Viking victory against the Irish of Ui Niell. | |
Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 | Battle of Katasyrtai | ![]() |
Autumn | Bulgarians defeat Byzantine Empire in village in proximity to Constantinople. | |
Reconquista | Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz | ![]() |
León defeats Córdoba. | ||
918 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Corbridge | ![]() |
Stalemate between Norse and Kingdom of Scotland. | |
919 | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period | Battle of Langshan Jiang | ![]() |
10 May | State of Wuyue decisively defeats Wu. First documented use of a type of flamethrower. |
Viking invasions of Ireland | Battle of Islandbridge | ![]() |
14 Sep | Vikings of Dublin decisively defeat the Irish kingdoms trying to drive them off the continent, killing six Irish kings. | |
Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of Püchen | ![]() |
Hungarians defeat new German King Henry the Fowler. | ||
Battle of Winterthur | ![]() |
The army of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia defeats the army of Rudolph II, King of Upper Burgundy. | |||
920 | Reconquista | Battle of Valdejunquera | ![]() |
26 July | Cordoba defeats Leon and Navarre. |
921 | Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 | Battle of Pegae | ![]() |
March | Bulgarians decisively defeat Byzantines near Constantinople. |
Arab-Byzantine wars | Battle of Sevan | ![]() |
Kingdom of Armenia defeats the Iranian Sajid dynasty. | ||
923 | Battle of Soissons | ![]() |
15 June | Rollo of Normandy killed by Charles III, but Charles is defeated and imprisoned by Rudolf, Duke of Burgundy who succeeded Robert. | |
Battle of Firenzuola | ![]() |
29 July | King Rudolph II of Burgundy and margrave Adalbert I of Ivrea defeat emperor Berengar I, who is dethroned and Rudolph is given the title King of Italy. | ||
Qarmatian—Abbasid wars | Sack of Basra | ![]() |
11-28 Aug | Qarmatians of Bahrayn sack the Abbasid city of Basra. | |
925 | Croatian–Hungarian Wars | Battle of Drava River | ![]() |
Croatia defeats Hungary | |
926 | Croatian–Bulgarian wars | Battle of the Bosnian Highlands | ![]() |
Simeon I of Bulgaria sent an army under Alogobotur against the Byzantine ally Croatia, but this army was defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia. Fearing a Bulgarian retribution, Tomislav accepted to abandon his union with Byzantium and make peace on the basis of the status quo, negotiated by the papal legate Madalbert. | |
927 | Sack of Gyeongju | ![]() |
Gyeongju, the capital of Silla is sacked by Kyon Hwon the King of Later Baekje. King Gyeongae of Silla commits suicide, and Baekje installs Gyeongsun of Silla intended as a puppet. | ||
929 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Siege of Gana | ![]() |
Early 929 | A German army commanded by king Henry the Fowler captures the Glomatian fort of Gana. |
Battle of Lenzen | 4 Sep | Duchy of Saxony defeats the Slavic Veleti and Obotrites. | |||
930 | Qarmatian—Abbasid wars | Sack of Mecca | ![]() |
11 Jan | Qarmatians sack Mecca and plunder the Kaaba. |
Battle of Gochang | ![]() |
Goryeo decisively defeats the forces of Later Baekje. | |||
933 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of Riade | ![]() |
15 March | Henry the Fowler, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars. |
934 | Battle of W.l.n.d.r | ![]() |
March or April | Hungarians and Pechenegs defeat Byzantines and Bulgarians. | |
Battle of Unju Castle | ![]() |
Sep | Forces of Goryeo led by Wang Geon allied with Silla decisively defeat Later Baekje again. | ||
936 | Battle of Illicheon | Goryeo led by Wang Geon conquers Later Baekje. | |||
937 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Brunanburh | ![]() |
Athelstan of England defeats a combined Norse-Celtic force. | |
938 | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms | Battle of Bạch Đằng | ![]() |
Autumn | Ngô Quyền defeats Southern Han. |
939 | Reconquista | Battle of Simancas | ![]() |
19 July | Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of Córdoba is defeated by a combined Hispanic-Christian force. |
Frankish–Viking battles and Franco-Breton wars | Battle of Trans-la-Forêt | ![]() |
1 Aug | Bretons drive Vikings out of Brittany and found the Duchy of Brittany right after. | |
Battle of Andernach | ![]() |
2 Oct | The royal German army defeats the rebel dukes Eberhard of Franconia and Gilbert of Lorraine. | ||
940 | Samanid–Ziyarid Wars | Battle of Iskhabad | ![]() |
25 Dec | Samanid Empire defeats Ziyarid dynasty and Firuzanids. |
941 | Rus'-Byzantine Wars | Siege of Constantinople | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire repelled Rus’ attack. | |
942 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of Fraxinet | ![]() |
20 May | Hungarian raiding army defeat the Muslim frontier state of Fraxinet and they continued on their way to Hispania. Their victory laid the foundation of a successful Italian–Byzantine campaign against the Muslims in the Mediterranean. |
Battle of al-Mada'in | ![]() |
16-19 Aug | Hamdanid dynasty defeats Baridis for control over Baghdad. | ||
Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of Baltarga | ![]() |
Combined Catalan forces defeat a group of Hungarian raiders. | ||
943 | Battle of Wels | ![]() |
10/12 Aug | Bavarians and Carantanians defeat Principality of Hungary. | |
Caspian expeditions of the Rus' | Siege of Bardha'a | ![]() |
Rus' under Igor of Kiev defeat the army of Marzuban ibn Muhammad then take the capital of Sallarid Caucasian Albania in modern-day Azerbaijan, killing many of the inhabitants and occupying it for a few months before leaving. | ||
946 | Buyid-Hamdanid Wars | Battle of Baghdad | ![]() |
April—Aug | Buyid dynasty defeats Hamdanid dynasty. |
Battle of Rouen | ![]() |
Hugh the Great, Count of Paris and Richard I of Normandy, Count of Rouen, defeat king Louis IV of France, Arnulf I, Count of Flanders and Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor. | |||
948 | Krishna's Southern Expedition | Battle of Takkolam | ![]() |
948—949 | Rashtrakuta dynasty decisively defeats Chola Empire, Rajaditya Chola killed in battle. |
953 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Marash | ![]() |
The Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla, scores a major victory over the Byzantines under Bardas Phokas the Elder. | |
955 | Hungarian invasions of Europe | Battle of Lechfeld | ![]() |
10-12 Aug | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending their invasion of the West. |
Battle on the Raxa | 16 Oct | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Obotrites, Veleti, and allied Slavs. | |||
Later Zhou conquest of Huainan | Siege of Shouzhou | ![]() |
955—957 | Later Zhou decisively defeats Southern Tang | |
956 | ![]() |
Sep/Oct | A Byzantine fleet under Basil Hexamilites deals a crushing defeat on the fleet of Tarsus. | ||
958 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Raban | ![]() |
Oct/Nov | The Byzantines under John Tzimiskes defeat the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. |
960 | Battle of Andrassos | ![]() |
8 Nov | The Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla. | |
Siege of Chandax | ![]() |
960—6 March 961 | The Byzantines reconquer Crete from the Cretan Saracens. | ||
Hungarian-Serbian War | Battle of Drina | ![]() ![]() |
Serbian victory, Hungarian leader named Kisa was defeated by Časlav, the Prince of Serbia | ||
Battle of Syrmia | ![]() ![]() |
Hungarian victory, a Hungarian army defeated Časlav, the Prince of Serbia by avenge of the widow of Kisa | |||
962 | Viking invasions of Scotland | Battle of Bauds | ![]() |
Indulf of Scotland is killed in battle with Danish pirates. | |
Muslim conquest of Sicily | Siege of Taormina | ![]() |
25 Nov—25 Dec | The Kalbids capture the fortress of Taormina from the Byzantine Empire on behalf of the Fatimid Caliphate. | |
965 | Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of the Straits | Early 965 | The Fatimid fleet deals a crushing defeat on the Byzantine fleet under Niketas Abalantes. | |
Muslim conquest of Sicily | Siege of Rometta | May | Fatimids defeat Byzantines and consolidate Sicily. | ||
Rus'–Byzantine Wars | Siege of Sarkel | ![]() |
Kievan Rus' under Sviatoslav I captures and razes Khazar fortress of Sarkel. | ||
968 | Battle of Silistra | ![]() |
Spring | Sviatoslav I of Kiev defeats Bulgaria. | |
Arab–Byzantine wars | Siege of Antioch | ![]() |
Nov 968—28 Oct 969 | Byzantines retake city of Antioch from the Hamdanids. | |
Siege of Kiev | ![]() |
Pecheneg siege of Kievan Rus' successfully lifted by the general Pretich. | |||
969 | Rus'–Byzantine Wars | Capture of Preslav | ![]() |
Sviatoslav I of Kiev captures Preslav, the Bulgarian capital. | |
Caspian expeditions of the Rus' | Sack of Atil | ![]() |
Sviatoslav I of Kiev sacks and razes the capital of the Khazars, conquering the Khazar state for Kievan Rus' | ||
970 | Rus'–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Arcadiopolis | ![]() |
March | Bardas Skleros defeats a Russo-Bulgarian-Magyar-Pecheneg army. |
971 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Alexandretta | Late spring | Byzantines defeat a Fatimid army near Alexandretta, forcing them to lift their siege of Antioch. | |
Rus'–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Dorostolon | ![]() |
Byzantine emperor John Tzimiskes defeats the Rus'. | ||
Viking expansion | Battle of the Cebreiro Mountains | ![]() |
Spanish defeat Vikings. | ||
972 | Polish–German Wars | Battle of Cedynia | ![]() |
24 June | Mieszko I of Poland defeated Hodon of Germany. |
Sack of Manyakheta | ![]() |
Paramara King Siyaka plunders the capital of the Rashtrakuta Empire, leading to their swift decline. | |||
973 | Battle of Tourtour | ![]() |
Count William I of Provence and margrave Arduin of Turin defeat the Saracens of Fraxinetum. | ||
977 | Battle of the Yarkon River | ![]() |
Fatimid general Jawhar decisively defeated by combined forces of Buyid general Alptakin, Qarmatians and Banu Tayy tribes. | ||
978 or 979 | Rebellion of Bardas Skleros | Battle of Pankaleia | ![]() |
The rebel Byzantine general Bardas Skleros defeated the loyalist commander Bardas Phokas the Younger. | |
980 | Viking invasions of Ireland | Battle of Tara | ![]() |
Irish of the Kingdom of Meath defeat the Norse. | |
981 | Song–Đại Cồ Việt war | Battle of Bạch Đằng | ![]() |
Jan—April | Former Le defeated the Song dynasty. |
Reconquista | Battle of Torrevicente | ![]() |
9 July | Almanzor defeats Ghalib ibn Abd al-Rahman, king Ramiro Garcés of Viguera and count García Fernández of Castile. | |
Civil war in Brittany | Battle of Conquereuil | ![]() |
Indecisive battle between Conan I of Rennes, supported by the Duchy of Normandy and Hoël I, Duke of Brittany, supported by the County of Anjou. | ||
Reconquista | Battle of Rueda | ![]() |
Cordoba defeats Leon, Castile, and Navarre. | ||
982 | Battle of Crotone | ![]() |
13 or 14 July | Emperor Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated by a Kalbid army . | |
982 | Viking incursions into Gascony | Battle of Taller | ![]() |
Duke William Sánchez of Gascony defeats Vikings. | |
985 | Reconquista | Battle of Rovirans | ![]() |
Chancellor Almanzor of the Umayyad state of Córdoba defeats count Borrell II of Barcelona. | |
986 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of the Gates of Trajan | ![]() |
17 Aug | Bulgarians under Samuil of Bulgaria decisively defeat Byzantines under Basil II. |
988 | Chola Expansions under Rajaraja | Battle of Kandalur Salai | ![]() |
Cholas defeat members of the Kandalur Salai in Southern India. | |
991 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Maldon | ![]() |
10 Aug | Olaf Tryggvason's Vikings defeat English of Ealdorman Brihtnoth of Essex. |
992 | Franco-Breton wars | Battle of Conquereuil | ![]() |
27 June | Fulk III, Count of Anjou, supported by Nantes and the County of Poitiers, defeats Duke Conan I of Brittany, supported by the Duchy of Normandy and the County of Blois. |
Battle of Rattapadi | ![]() |
Chola Empire led by Rajaraja I defeat the Western Chalukyas, capturing Chitradurga. | |||
994 | Arab–Byzantine wars | Battle of the Orontes | ![]() |
15 Sep | Fatimid victory over the Byzantines under Michael Bourtzes. |
996 | Siege of Tyre | ![]() |
996—May 998 | Fatimid Caliphate defeats the city's rebels and the Byzantine army supporting them. | |
997 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Spercheios | ![]() |
16 July | Byzantines defeat Bulgarian attack. |
Western Chalukya expansion | Battle of Puri | ![]() |
Western Chalukyas led by crown Prince Satyashraya defeat and annex the Shilaharas. | ||
998 | Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Apamea | ![]() |
19 July | Fatimids defeat Byzantine army under Damian Dalassenos. |
Croatian–Bulgarian wars | Siege of Zadar | ![]() |
Bulgarian emperor Samuil unsuccessfully besieged the fortified city of Zadar during the military campaign against Croatia. | ||
Campaigns of Mahmud of Ghazni | Battle of Ghazni | ![]() |
March | Mahmud of Ghazni defeats and captures his younger brother Ismail of Ghazni and becomes ruler of the Ghaznavids. | |
999 | Viking wars in Ireland | Battle of Glenn Mama | ![]() |
30 Dec | Brian Boru and Máel Sechnaill defeat the Leinstermen and Vikings of Dublin. |
1000 | Reconquista | Battle of Cervera | ![]() |
Chancellor Almanzor of the Umayyad state of Córdoba defeats count Sancho García of Castile and Álava and the Kingdom of León under count García Gómez. | |
Dano-Norwegian Conflicts | Battle of Swold | At sea | 9 Sep | Semi-legendary battle. Norway is defeated by an alliance of the other Scandinavians. | |
Croatian-Venetian wars | Battle of Lastovo | ![]() |
Forces of the Republic of Venice occupied the island of Lastovo in southern Croatia. |
11th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1001 | Ghaznavid campaigns in India | Battle of Peshawar | ![]() |
27 Nov | Ghaznavids decisively defeat the Hindu Shahi and capture their ruler Jayapala, who commits suicide in shame. |
1002 | Reconquista | Battle of Calatañazor | ![]() |
July | Battle where the Christian kings of Spain defeated Saracens under Almanzor, who is said to have died of wounds received in this battle. |
1003 | Battle of Torà | Count Ramon Borrell of Barcelona, count Ermengol I of Urgell, Bernard I, Count of Besalú and Wifred II, Count of Cerdanya defeat chancellor Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar of the Umayyad state of Córdoba. | |||
Norse colonization of North America | Battle of Vinland | ![]() |
Thorvald Eiriksson has first Viking contact with the Skrælings. Viking victory but withdrawal, with Eiriksson losing his life. | ||
1004 | Byzantine–Bulgarian wars | Battle of Skopje | ![]() |
Byzantines under Basil II defeat Bulgarians under Samuel of Bulgaria. | |
1007 | Chalukya-Chola wars | Battle of Donur | ![]() |
Chola Empire defeats Western Chalukyas. | |
Battle of Chach | ![]() |
Spring | Ghaznavids again decisively defeat the Hindu Shahi. | ||
1008 | Battle at Herdaler | ![]() |
Finns defeat and almost kill Norse King Olaf II of Norway. | ||
Chalukya-Chola Wars | Battle of Rattapadi | ![]() |
Western Chalukyas regain Chitradurga from the Cholas. | ||
Battle of Tavareyaghatta | Western Chalukya Empire decisively defeats the Chola Empire, driving them out of their domains. | ||||
Battle of Chebrolu | Western Chalukyas defeat Cholas, driving them out of Vengi. | ||||
1010 | Fitna of al-Andalus | Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr | ![]() |
2 June | Rebels defeat forces of the Caliphate of Córdoba. |
Battle of Kwakju | ![]() |
Dec | Liao Dynasty defeats Goryeo. | ||
Norse colonization of North America | Battle of Vinland | ![]() |
Vikings defeat natives in Vinland, then return to Greenland. | ||
1011 | First Battle of Tongju | ![]() |
Jan | Goryeo led by Kang Cho repels first attack by Liao Dynasty. | |
Second Battle of Tongju | 7 Jan | Liao Dynasty led by Emperor Shengzong of Liao decisively defeat Goryeo and execute Kang Cho. | |||
1014 | Viking invasions of Ireland | Battle of Clontarf | ![]() |
23 April | Irish King Brian Boru ends Norse rule of Ireland, but is killed in battle. |
Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Kleidion | ![]() |
29 July | Byzantine Emperor Basil II conquers the Bulgarians, ending Bulgarian independence for 171 years. | |
1015 | German–Polish War | Battle of Dadosesani Land | ![]() |
1 Sep | Polish victory. |
1016 | Battle of Nesjar | ![]() |
15 March | Future Norwegian king Saint Olav Haraldsson laid foundation for his reign in this victory. | |
Battle of Pontlevoy | ![]() |
6 July | Fulk III, Count of Anjou and Herbert I, Count of Maine defeat Odo II, Count of Blois. | ||
Cnut's invasion of England | Battle of Assandun | ![]() |
18 Oct | Danes led by Canute the Great defeat an English army led by King Edmund II ('Ironside'). | |
1017 | Siege of Anuradhapura | ![]() |
Chola Empire led by Rajendra Chola I razes and sacks Anuradhapura, ending the Anuradhapura Kingdom and annexing Sri Lanka to the Chola. | ||
1018 | Norman conquest of southern Italy | Battle of Cannae | ![]() |
Byzantine forces defeat a Lombard revolt | |
Battle of Carham | ![]() |
Máel Coluim II, King of Scots, defeats the Northumbrians. | |||
Kievan succession crisis of 1015–1019 | Battle of the River Bug | ![]() ![]() |
22-23 July | Poland defeats Kievan Rus. | |
Battle of Vlaardingen | ![]() |
29 July | Count Dirk III of West Frisia defeats an army sent by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor at Vlaardingen. | ||
Third Goryeo–Khitan War | Battle of Heunghwajin | ![]() |
10—1019 | Koreans defeat the Khitan. | |
1019 | Battle of Kuju | ![]() |
10 March | The major battle during the Third Goryeo-Khitan War, decisive victory for the Goryeo. | |
Chalukya–Chola wars | Battle of Maski | ![]() |
1019—1020 | Rajendra Chola I defeats Jayasimha II of the Western Chalukyas. | |
1021 | Byzantine–Georgian wars | Battle of Shirimni | ![]() |
11 Sep | Byzantine forces under Basil II defeats Georgian forces under George I. |
Siege of Gwalior | ![]() |
Between Ghaznavid Empire and Kachchhapaghata dynasty. | |||
1022 | Byzantine–Georgian wars | Battle of Svindax | ![]() |
Spring | Byzantine Emperor Basil II defeats Giorgi I of Georgia, forcing him to accept a treaty. |
1024 | Rus'-Byzantine wars | Battle of Lemnos | ![]() |
Byzantine forces annihilate a Rus' raid. | |
Post-Kievan succession crisis of 1015–1019 | Battle of Listven | ![]() |
Mstislav of Chernigov defeats Yaroslav the Wise, stalemate over sole rulership of Kiev. | ||
1025 | South-East Asia campaign of Rajendra I | Raid of Palembang | ![]() |
Rajendra Chola of the Chola Empire defeats and sacks the capital of Srivijaya. | |
Battle of Kedah | ![]() |
Rajendra Chola defeats Srivijaya. | |||
1028 | Chola-Chalukya wars | Battle of the Godavari River | ![]() |
Western Chalukyas decisively defeat an Indian Coalition of the Cholas, Paramaras, and Kalachuris. | |
1030 | Battle of Stiklestad | ![]() |
29 July | Norwegian King Saint Olaf Haraldsson is killed in battle, but Christianization of Norway is ensured. | |
Arab–Byzantine Wars | Battle of Azaz | ![]() |
8-10 Aug | Mirdasids defeat a large Byzantine army led by Emperor Romanos III in person. | |
1032 | Battle of Dabusiyya | ![]() |
April | Stalemate between Ghaznavid Empire and Kara-Khanid Khanate. Ghaznavid commander Altun Tash mortally wounded. | |
1035 | Reconquista | Battle of Tafalla | ![]() |
García Sánchez III of Pamplona defeats his brother Ramiro I of Aragon. | |
1037 | Battle of Tamarón | 4 Sep | Ferdinand, Count of Castile defeats and kills his brother-in-law Vermudo III King of León. | ||
Battle of Bar-le-Duc | ![]() |
15 Nov | A Holy Roman Imperial army under Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine defeats Odo II, Count of Blois, contender to the Kingdom of Arles. Odo II is killed. | ||
1040 | Seljuk-Ghaznavid Wars | Battle of Dandanaqan | ![]() |
23 May | Seljuk Turks defeat the Ghaznavid Empire and begin occupying Khorasan. |
Battle at Brůdek | ![]() |
22/23 Aug | Duke Bretislav I of Bohemia defeats king Henry III of Germany. | ||
Siege of Zaranj | ![]() |
Ghaznavids defeat Seljuks. | |||
1041 | Norman conquest of southern Italy | Battle of Olivento | ![]() |
17 March | Normans and Lombards defeat Byzantines. |
Battle of Montemaggiore | 4 May | Lombards and Normans defeat Byzantines in Italy, whose remaining forces retreated to Bari. | |||
1042 | Byzantine–Serbian wars | Battle of Bar | ![]() |
7 Oct | Duklja victory over Byzantines, resulting by future of Duklja without Byzantine imperial authority. 7 October is commemorated as the day of Military of Montenegro. |
Georgian civil war | Battle of Sasireti | ![]() |
Byzantine Empire intervenes in a civil war in Georgia in favor of the rebels. Royal army of Georgia crushed. | ||
1044 | German-Hungarian War | Battle of Ménfő | ![]() |
5 June | Germans and Hungarian supporters of the deposed King Peter Orseolo defeat Hungarians under King Samuel Aba who was captured and killed. |
Battle of Nouy | ![]() |
22 Aug | Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou defeats Theobald III, Count of Blois and count Stephen II of Troyes. | ||
1046 | Byzantine–Seljuq wars and Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Ganja | ![]() |
Seljuks defeat Byzantines in their first military encounter. | |
Chalukya-Chola wars | Battle of Dannada | ![]() |
Cholas under Emperor Rajadhiraja I defeat the Western Chalukyas on the Krishna River and burn down their fort. | ||
1047 | Battle of Val-ès-Dunes | ![]() |
Early summer | William, Duke of Normandy and King Henry I of France against the forces of several rebel Norman barons. | |
1048 | Byzantine–Seljuq wars and Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Kapetron | ![]() |
18 Sep | Byzantines defeat Seljuk Turkish army; however, the Turkish central flank captured Liparit IV of Kldekari and received a large ransom for him after escaping back to Seljuk territory. |
1051 | Battle of Hupyan | ![]() |
Ghaznavids under Toghrul of Ghazna defeat Seljuks under Alp Arslan. | ||
Battle of Vértes | ![]() |
It was a conflict that broke out, when the Emperor Henry III tried to invade Hungary and was defeated by King Andrew I of Hungary and Duke Béla of Hungary. | |||
1052 | Chalukya-Chola wars | Battle of Koppam | ![]() |
28 May | Chola Empire defeats Western Chalukyas in battle but their king Rajadhiraja Chola is slain in battle. |
1053 | Battle of Civitate | ![]() |
18 June | Robert Guiscard's Normans destroy the army of Pope Leo IX. | |
Arab–Byzantine wars | Siege of Medina | ![]() |
1053 or 1054 | Failed Byzantine attempt to retake Medina, Malta. | |
1054 | Battle of Dunsinane | ![]() |
27 July | Malcolm defeats MacBeth. | |
Battle of Atapuerca | ![]() |
1 Sep | King Ferdinand I of Leon and Castile decisively defeats and kills King García Sánchez III of Pamplona. Leon reannexes all of Navarre's territories south of the Ebro river. | ||
Byzantine–Seljuq wars | Siege of Manzikert | ![]() |
Byzantines successfully defend from Seljuk Turks. | ||
Battle of Mortemer | ![]() |
The Duchy of Normandy under Robert, Count of Eu defeats France under Odo of France. | |||
1055 | Capture of Aoudaghost | ![]() |
Almoravids capture West African town of Aoudaghost. | ||
1056 | Battles of the Almoravids | Battle of Tabfarilla | 21 March—19 April | Berber Godala tribe defeats Berber Lamtuna tribe allied with Takrur state in present-day Mauritania. | |
1057 | Battle of Lumphanan | ![]() |
15 Aug | MacBeth is killed in battle against Malcolm's forces. | |
Battle of Varaville | ![]() |
Aug | Normans under William, Duke of Normandy defeats French King Henry I of France and Count Geoffrey Martel of Anjou. | ||
Battle of Sinjar | ![]() |
al-Basasiri leading the forces of the Buyids and Fatimids defeat the Seljuks. | |||
1060 | Hungarian civil war | Battle of the Theben Pass | ![]() |
Autumn | Béla I of Hungary with a Hungarian and Polish army defeats king Andrew I of Hungary with a Hungarian and German army. Andrew dies of his battle wounds and Béla becomes king. |
1062 | Chalukya-Chola Wars | Battle of Kudal-Sangamam | ![]() |
Chola defeat Western Chalukyas. | |
Zenkunen War | Siege of Kuriyagawa | ![]() |
Forces of Minamoto no Yoshiie defeat forces of Abe no Sadato | ||
1063 | Norman conquest of southern Italy | Battle of Cerami | ![]() |
June | Normans under Roger I of Sicily defeated a Muslim alliance of Sicilian and Zirid dynasty troops. |
Reconquista | Battle of Graus | ![]() |
Castile and Zaragoza defeat Aragon, killing Ramiro I. | ||
Battle of La Castelle | ![]() |
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony defeats rebel Gascon forces under Bernard II Tumapaler. | |||
1064 | Byzantine–Seljuk wars | Siege of Ani | ![]() |
July—Aug | Seljuks under Alp Arslan capture city from the Byzantines. |
Georgian–Seljuk wars | Siege of Akhalkalaki | ![]() |
Seljuks under Alp Arslan decisively defeat Georgians under Bagrat IV of Georgia. | ||
1065 | Reconquista | Battle of Paterna | ![]() |
Kingdom of León defeats Taifa of Valencia. | |
1066 | Viking invasions of England | Battle of Fulford | ![]() |
20 Sep | Norwegian Vikings led by Harald III of Norway defeat the northern earls Edwin and Morcar. |
Battle of Stamford Bridge | 25 Sep | Harold Godwinson of England defeats his brother Tostig Godwinson and Harald III of Norway, both are killed. | |||
Norman Conquest | Battle of Hastings | 14 Oct | Normans under William the Conqueror defeat the Anglo-Saxon army under Harold Godwinson, who is killed. | ||
1067 | Battle on the Nemiga River | ![]() |
3 March | Principalities of Kiev, Chernigov, and Pereiaslavl defeat Principality of Polotsk. | |
1068 | Reconquista | Battle of Llantada | ![]() |
19 July | Sancho II of Castile with the aid of El Cid defeats his brother Alfonso VI of León. |
Byzantine–Norman wars and Norman conquest of southern Italy | Siege of Bari | ![]() |
5 Aug 1068—15 April 1071 | Byzantines lose Bari, their last possession in Italy, to the Norman Robert Guiscard. | |
Chalukya–Chola wars | Battle of Vijayawada | ![]() |
Chola Empire defeat Western Chalukyas and recover Vengi. | ||
Battle of the Alta River | ![]() |
Cumans defeat Kievan Rus'. | |||
Norman conquest of southern Italy | Battle of Misilmeri | ![]() |
Normans under Roger I of Sicily defeat larger Muslim Berber and Arab army in their conquest of Sicily. | ||
Battle of Kerlés / Cserhalom | ![]() |
Hungarians defeat a raiding Pecheneg army in Transylvania | |||
1069 | Norman Conquest | Battle of Northam | ![]() |
Normans defeat Saxons led by the sons of the late Harold Godwinson trying to retake England. | |
1071 | Battle of Pedroso | ![]() |
18 Februari | King García II of Galicia defeats rebel count Nuno Mendes of Portugal | |
Battle of Cassel | ![]() |
22 Feb | Robert the Frisian defeats and kills Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, claiming the title of Count of Flanders. | ||
Byzantine–Seljuk wars | Battle of Manzikert | ![]() |
26 Aug | Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is defeated and captured by the Seljuk Turks. | |
1072 | Battle of Golpejera | ![]() |
11 January | King Sancho II of Castile defeats king Alfonso VI of León. | |
1074 | Battle of Mogyoród | ![]() |
14 March | Pretender Géza I of Hungary defeats king Solomon of Hungary in battle and becomes the new king of Hungary. | |
1075 | Saxon revolt of 1073–1075 | Battle of Langensalza | ![]() |
9 June | King Henry IV of Germany defeated rebel Saxons decisively. |
Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Partskhisi | ![]() |
Aug/Sep[1] | Kingdom of Georgia decisively defeats Seljuk Empire. | |
Song–Đại Việt war | Siege of Yongzhou | ![]() |
Đại Việt raze Song city. | ||
1076 | Battle of IJsselmeer | ![]() |
Count Dirk V of West Frisia defeats the army of bishop Conrad of Utrecht, thereby reconquering his county. | ||
1077 | Song–Đại Việt war | Battle of Nhu Nguyet River | ![]() |
Đại Việt beats back army of the Song dynasty, forcing them to retreat. | |
1078 | Saxon revolt of 1077–1088 | Battle of Mellrichstadt | ![]() |
7 Aug | King Henry IV of Germany is defeated by anti-king Rudolf of Swabia. |
Battle of Kalavrye | ![]() |
Imperial forces under Alexios Komnenos defeat the rebels under Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder. | |||
Norman conquest of southern Italy | Siege of Taormina | ![]() |
The Italo-Normans capture the fortress of Taormina from the Emirate of Sicily. | ||
1079 | Reconquista | Battle of Cabra | ![]() |
El Cid defeats the combined forces of the Emir of Granada and his Castilian allies. | |
1080 | Saxon revolt of 1077–1088 | Battle of Flarchheim | ![]() |
27 Jan | Inconclusive battle between Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Rudolf of Swabia. |
Battle on the Elster | 14 Oct | German anti-king Rudolf of Swabia defeats German king Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor militarily, however Henry defeats Rudolf politically. | |||
Investiture Controversy | Battle of Volta Mantovana | ![]() |
15 Oct | Pro-imperial bishops defeat an army of pro-papal forces. | |
1081 | First Norman invasion of the Balkans | Battle of Dyrrhachium | ![]() |
18 Oct | Robert Guiscard of Apulia and Calabria defeats the Byzantines under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. |
1082 | Reconquista | Battle of Almenar | ![]() |
Spring or summer | The Muslim Taifa of Zaragoza under the Christian mercenary commander El Cid defeats the Muslim ruler Mundhir al-Hajib of the Taifa of Lérida and the Christian count Berenguer Ramon II of Barcelona. |
1083 | First Norman invasion of the Balkans | Battle of Larissa | ![]() |
July | Byzantines decisively repel Norman siege of the County of Apulia and Calabria. |
1084 | Investiture Controversy | Sack of Rome | ![]() |
May | Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor besieges Rome against Pope Gregory VII, the Normans successfully rescue the Pope but then they sack the city. |
Battle of Sorbara | 2 July | An Imperial army is defeated by a pro-papal army. | |||
Reconquista | Battle of Morella | ![]() |
14 Aug | Zaragoza under El Cid and Yusuf al-Mu'tamin defeat Sancho Ramírez, king of Aragon and Navarre | |
1085 | Siege of Toledo | Alfonso VI of Castile captures and annexes Toledo, defeating the Taifa of Toledo. | |||
1086 | Saxon revolt of 1077–1088 | Battle of Pleichfeld | ![]() |
11 Aug | Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated by rebel forces of anti-king Herman of Luxembourg and Welf of Bavaria. |
Reconquista | Battle of Sagrajas | ![]() |
23 Oct | Almoravids defeat Castile and Aragon forces decisively. | |
1087 | Byzantine–Pecheneg wars | Battle of Dristra | ![]() |
Aug | Pechenegs defeat Byzantines. |
Crusades | Siege of Mahdia | ![]() |
The Republics of Genoa and Pisa, with the support of Amalfi and the Pope, besiege and temporarily occupy the Zirid coastal town of Mahdia. | ||
1091 | Komnenian restoration | Battle of Levounion | ![]() |
29 April | Byzantines under Alexios I Komnenos defeat the Pechenegs. |
1093 | Battle of the Stugna River | ![]() |
26 May | The Kipchaks defeat Chernihiv and Kiev. | |
Battle of Alnwick | ![]() |
13 Nov | Malcolm III of Scotland is killed by English Knights under Robert de Mowbray. | ||
Christianisation of the Germanic peoples | Battle of Schmilau | ![]() |
A Christian coalition of Christian Obotrites under Henry, the Duchy of Saxony under Duke Magnus and Denmark defeat Obotrite followers of the Slavic Obotrite religion. | ||
1094 | Reconquista | Battle of Cuarte | ![]() |
21 October | El Cid defeats the Almoravid dynasty. |
Siege of Huesca | ![]() |
Sancho Ramírez killed by arrows while trying to take city. | |||
1095 | Battle of Rey | ![]() |
Berkyaruq defeats and kills Tutush I, the rebelling Emir of Damascus and previous Sultan's brother. | ||
1096 | People's Crusade | Battle of Civetot | ![]() |
21 Oct | Seljuk Turks, led by Kilij Arslan I, defeat the People's Crusade. |
Reconquista | Battle of Alcoraz | ![]() |
King Peter I of Aragon successfully conquers Huesca for the Christians, from king Al-Musta'in II of Zaragoza. | ||
1097 | Battle of Bairén | Jan | El Cid and Peter I of Aragon lead the Kingdom of Aragon and Kingdom of Valencia to victory against the Almoravid dynasty | ||
War of the Croatian Succession | Battle of Gvozd Mountain | ![]() |
April/May | Hungarian forces under King Coloman defeat the Croats, killing their king Petar Snačić. | |
First Crusade and Byzantine–Seljuk wars | Siege of Nicaea | ![]() |
14 May—19 June | Byzantines and Crusaders defeat forces of the Sultanate of Rum at Nicaea. | |
First Crusade | Battle of Dorylaeum | 1 July | Crusaders defeat the Seljuk forces in Anatolia. | ||
Siege of Antioch | 20 Oct 1097—28 June 1098 | Crusaders capture Antioch after more than eight months of siege. | |||
Reconquista | Battle of Consuegra | ![]() |
Almoravid dynasty defeats Castile and León. Diego Rodríguez, the son of El Cid killed. | ||
Siege of Kalinga | ![]() |
Chola defeat Eastern Gangas, making Kalinga into their tributary. | |||
1098 | First Crusade | Battle of the Lake of Antioch | ![]() |
9 Feb | Crusader army of 700 knights defeat numerically superior Seljuq relief force. |
Siege of Ma'arra | ![]() |
Nov—Dec | Crusaders capture Ma'arra. | ||
1099 | Siege of Jerusalem | ![]() |
7 June—15 July | Crusaders capture Jerusalem from the Fatimids after a month of siege and bloody street-fighting. | |
Battle of Ascalon | 12 Aug | Crusaders defeat the Fatimids at Ascalon, but the city is not taken. |
12th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1101 | Crusades | Battle of Heraclea | ![]() |
Summer | Seljuks defeat Crusaders. |
Battle of Mersivan | Aug | Seljuk Turks defeat Crusaders. | |||
Battle of Ramla | ![]() |
7 Sep | Jerusalem forces under Baldwin I defeat a superior Fatimid army. | ||
1102 | Battle of Ramla | 17 May | A Fatimid army defeats 500 Crusader knights. | ||
1104 | Battle of Harran | ![]() |
7 May | Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by the Seljuk Turks. | |
Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Ertsukhi | ![]() |
King David IV of the Kingdom of Georgia decisively defeats the Seljuk Empire. | ||
1105 | Crusades | Battle of Artah | ![]() |
20 April | Crusaders of Antioch defeat the Seljuk Turks of Aleppo. |
Battle of Ramla | ![]() |
27 Aug | Crusaders under Baldwin I defeat the Fatimids. | ||
1106 | Henry I's invasion of Normandy | Battle of Tinchebray | ![]() |
28 Sep | Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, in northwestern France. |
1107 | Nizari–Seljuk conflicts | Siege of Shahdiz | ![]() |
Seljuks under Sultan Muhammad I Tapar siege and capture the Nizari fortress and massacre most of the remaining defenders. | |
Battle of Khabur River | ![]() |
Muhammad I Tapar defeats and kills his brother Kilij Arslan I. | |||
1108 | Reconquista | Battle of Uclés | ![]() |
29 May | Almoravids' victory over Castile and León; Sancho, son and heir of Alfonso VI of León and Castile, is slain. |
1109 | Battle of Naklo | ![]() |
10 Aug | Boleslaus III of Poland defeats the Pomeranians. | |
Battle of Hundsfeld | 24 Aug | Boleslaus III of Poland defeats King Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire. | |||
Battle of Głogów | Boleslaus III successfully holds the town of Głogów against Henry V and Svatopluk of Bohemia. | ||||
Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Trialeti | ![]() |
Georgians defeat the Seljuks. | ||
1110 | Reconquista | Battle of Valtierra | ![]() |
11 January | Emperor Alfonso the Battler of Spain defeats emir Al-Musta'in II of Zaragoza. |
Battle of Candespina | 26 October | King Alfonso the Battler of Aragon and Navarre and Henry, Count of Portugal defeat queen Urraca of León and Castile. | |||
Siege of Kalinga | ![]() |
Chola Empire again defeats Eastern Ganga dynasty, annexing Kalinga. | |||
1111 | Crusades | Battle of Shaizar | ![]() |
13-29 Sep | Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Mawdud ibn Altuntash fight, resulting in a tactical draw, and withdrawal of the Crusaders. |
Siege of Tyre | ![]() |
21 Nov 1111—10 April 1112 | Baldwin I of Jerusalem leads a Crusader siege of Fatimid city of Tyre, but eventually withdraws. | ||
1113 | Battle of Al-Sannabra | ![]() |
28 June | Baldwin I of Jerusalem is defeated by Mawdud ibn Altuntash of Mosul. | |
1114 | Reconquista | Battle of Martorell | ![]() |
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, count Ermengol IV of Urgell and Bernard, Count of Cerdanya defeat governor Muhammad ibn al-Hajj and general Muhammad ibn Aisha of the Almoravid dynasty. | |
1115 | Battle of Welfesholz | ![]() |
11 Feb | Saxons under Lothair I of Supplinburg defeat the Holy Roman army. | |
Crusades | Battle of Sarmin | ![]() |
14 Sep | Crusaders from Antioch led by Roger of Salerno defeat the Seljuk Turks. | |
1116 | Byzantine–Seljuk wars | Battle of Philomelion | ![]() |
Autumn | Byzantines defeat Seljuk Turks. |
Battle of Talakad | ![]() |
Hoysalas decisively defeat Cholas. | |||
1117 | Battle of Ghazni | ![]() |
Seljuks defeat Ghaznavids. | ||
1118 | Battle of Kannegala | ![]() |
Vishnuvardhana of the Hoysalas defeats the Western Chalukyas. | ||
1119 | Crusades | Battle of Ager Sanguinis | ![]() |
28 June | Turks under Ilghazi defeat Antioch troops, killing Roger of Salerno. |
Battle of Brémule | ![]() |
20 Aug | England defeats France in Normandy, repelling a French invasion. | ||
Battle of Saveh | ![]() |
Ahmad Sanjar defeats Mahmud II. | |||
1120 | Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Botora | ![]() |
14 Feb | Georgian forces under David IV attack and defeat Seljuk Turks camped at Botora. |
Reconquista | Battle of Cutanda | ![]() |
June | King Alfonso the Battler of Aragon and William IX, Duke of Aquitaine defeat the Almoravid dynasty under Ibrahim ibn Yusuf. | |
1121 | Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Didgori | ![]() |
12 Aug | Georgian forces under David IV defeat a Muslim coalition under Ilghazi. |
Battle of Niekładź | ![]() |
Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland defeats prince Wartislaw I and Swietopelk of Pomerania. | |||
1122 | Georgian–Seljuk wars | Siege of Tbilisi | ![]() |
Feb | Georgians under David IV retake capital and gain independence from the Seljuk Turks. |
Byzantine–Pecheneg Wars | Battle of Beroia | ![]() |
Byzantines under John II Komnenos defeat Pechenegs. | ||
1123 | Crusades | Battle of Yibneh | ![]() |
29 May | Kingdom of Jerusalem led by Eustace Grenier defeats Fatimid Caliphate led by al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi. |
1124 | Henry I's campaigns in Normandy | Battle of Bourgthéroulde | ![]() |
26 March | A Royal English-Norman army under Odo Borleng defeats rebel Norman forces under Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester. |
Crusades | Siege of Aleppo | ![]() |
6 Oct 1124—25 Jan 1125 | Crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem withdraw attempted siege on Aleppo. | |
1125 | Battle of Azaz | 11 June | Crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeat Seljuks, Mosul, and Aleppo forces. | ||
Jin–Song wars | Jingkang Incident | ![]() |
Sep 1125—March 1127 | Jin dynasty besiege and annex Bianjing, capital of the Song dynasty, capture Emperor Qinzong and many members of the Song royal family. | |
1126 | Crusades | Battle of Marj al-Saffar | ![]() |
26 Jan | Crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeat the Burids of Damascus. |
War of Bohemian Succession | Battle of Chlumec | ![]() |
18 Feb | A Bohemian army of duke Soběslav I defeats a German army of king Lothair III. Lothair III tried to install Otto II the Black on the Bohemian throne, who was killed in battle. | |
Reconquista | Battle of Arnisol | ![]() |
10 Mar | King Alfonso the Battler of Aragon and Navarre defeats the Almoravid dynasty under Ibn Abu Bakr. | |
Battle of Corbins | Abdulla ibn Iyad of the Almoravid dynasty defeats Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona and Bernard Raymond, count of Pallars Jussà. | ||||
1128 | Đại Việt–Khmer War | Battle of Ba Dau | ![]() |
Jan—Feb | Viet defeat Khmer. |
Battle of Axpoele | ![]() |
21 June | William Clito defeats Thierry of Alsace in a war for the control of the County of Flanders. | ||
Battle of São Mamede | ![]() |
24 June | Afonso Henriques defeats his mother Teresa of León and takes control over the County of Portugal. | ||
Byzantine–Hungarian War | Battle of Haram | ![]() |
Byzantines decisively defeat Hungary. | ||
1130 | Battles of the Almoravids | Battle of al-Buhayra | ![]() |
May | Almoravids defeat Almohads. |
Siege of Bayonne | ![]() |
Oct 1130—Oct 1131 | King Alfonso the Battler of Aragon lifts his siege on Duchy of Aquitaine's city of Bayonne. | ||
Jin–Song Wars | Battle of Huangtiandang | ![]() |
Jin troops trapped for 48 days but eventually defeat Song dynasty. | ||
1132 | Norman conquest of southern Italy | Battle of Nocera | ![]() |
24 July | Roger II of Sicily is defeated in his first major engagement by Ranulf II, Count of Alife. |
Jin–Song Wars | Siege of De'an | ![]() |
Song dynasty victory over Jin-supported rebels, first historical use of the fire lance, an early ancestor of firearms. | ||
Siege of Tasghimut | ![]() |
Almohads take major fortress from the Almoravids. | |||
1134 | Reconquista | Battle of Fraga | ![]() |
17 July | Almoravids defeat Aragon. |
Danish Civil War | Battle of Fotevik | ![]() |
4 June | Eric II of Denmark defeats the forces of Niels, King of Denmark and his son Magnus I of Sweden, the latter of whom is killed in battle. | |
1136 | Norman invasion of Wales | Battle of Crug Mawr | ![]() |
10 Oct | Welsh under Owain Gwynedd defeat the South Wales Normans. |
1137 | Norman conquest of southern Italy | Battle of Rignano | ![]() |
30 Oct | Roger II of Sicily is defeated in a major engagement by Ranulf, Duke of Apulia, again. |
1138 | The Anarchy | Battle of Clitheroe | ![]() |
10 June | Scots defeat English. |
Reconquista | Siege of Coria | ![]() |
July | Almoravids defeat Alfonso VII of León. | |
The Anarchy | Battle of the Standard | ![]() |
22 Aug | English forces under William of Aumale defeat an army of David I of Scotland. | |
1139 | Reconquista | Siege of Oreja | ![]() |
April—Oct | Alfonso VII conquers Almoravid castle. |
Portuguese Reconquista | Battle of Ourique | ![]() |
25 July | Afonso Henriques defeats the Almoravids and declares Portugal an independent kingdom with himself as monarch. | |
1140 | Welf-Hohenstaufen feud | Siege of Weinsberg | ![]() |
21 Dec | Conrad III of Germany besieges the Welf city of Weinsberg unsuccessfully. |
Jin–Song wars | Battle of Yancheng | ![]() |
Song dynasty decisively defeats Jin dynasty. | ||
1141 | Battle of Valdevez | ![]() |
Summer 1140 or 1141 | Portugal defeats Leon. | |
Battle of Qatwan | ![]() |
9 Sep | Kara Khitai decisively defeat the Seljuk Empire and their vassal the Kara-Khanids. | ||
1142 | Battle of Vysoká | ![]() |
22 April | Rebel nobles defeat duke Vladislaus II of Bohemia. | |
Reconquista | Siege of Coria | ![]() |
May—June | Leon takes city from Almoravids. | |
1143 | The Anarchy | Battle of Wilton | ![]() |
1 July | Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester defeats the forces of Stephen of Blois. |
1144 | Second Crusade | Siege of Edessa | ![]() |
28 Nov—24 Dec | Zengi captures Edessa from the Crusaders. |
Battle of Visseiche bridge | ![]() |
Rebel Breton forces under baron Robert II of Vitré defeats Conan III, Duke of Brittany. | |||
1145 | Polish civil war | Battle on the Pilica | ![]() |
The army of Bolesław the Curly and Mieszko defeats the army of high duke Władysław II of Poland, in a Polish civil war. | |
1146 | Reconquista | Battle of Albacete | ![]() |
The Kingdom of León and Castile defeats Zafadola. | |
1147 | Portuguese Reconquista | Battle of Santarém | ![]() |
15 March | Portugal captures the city of Santarém from the Almoravids. |
Northern Crusades | Siege of Lübeck | ![]() |
24-26 June | During the Wendish Crusade, Lübeck was besieged by the Polabian Slavs. | |
Portuguese Reconquista and Second Crusade | Siege of Lisbon | ![]() |
1 July—25 Oct | Crusaders under Afonso I of Portugal capture Lisbon from the Almoravids. | |
Second Crusade | Battle of Constantinople | ![]() |
Sep | Byzantines defeat German crusaders and force them to cross to Asia Minor. | |
Battle of Dorylaeum | 25 Oct | Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III. | |||
Battle of Ephesus | 24 Dec | Frankish Crusaders defeat Seljuk Turks. | |||
Battle of the Meander | Dec | Crusaders once again defeat Seljuks. | |||
1148 | Battle of Mount Cadmus | 6 Jan | Sultan Mesud I of Rum slaughters the army of king Louis VII of France. | ||
Reconquista and Second Crusade | Siege of Tortosa | ![]() |
1 July—30 Dec | Coalition led by Barcelona and Genoa conquer Tortosa from the Almoravids. | |
Second Crusade | Siege of Damascus | ![]() |
24-28 July | French and German Crusaders, in alliance with Jerusalem, fail to conquer Damascus from the Saracens, ending the Second Crusade. | |
Battle of Ghazni | ![]() |
Ghurid dynasty defeats Ghaznavids. | |||
1149 | Crusades | Battle of Inab | ![]() |
29 June | Raymond of Antioch and the leadership of the Order of Assassins killed in battle against Nur ad-Din Zangi and Unur of Damascus. |
1150 | Welf-Hohenstaufen feud | Battle of Flochberg | ![]() |
8 Feb | Henry Berengar of the House of Hohenstaufen defeats the House of Welf. |
Crusades | Battle of Aintab | ![]() |
Aug | Kingdom of Jerusalem under Baldwin III of Jerusalem has tactical victory, but strategic defeat against the Zengid dynasty. | |
1151 | Battle of Móin Mhór | ![]() |
Kingdom of Leinster defeats Kingdom of Thomond. | ||
Battle of Ghazni | ![]() |
Ghurid dynasty again defeats Ghaznavids and destroys the city. | |||
1152 | Battle of Nab | 24 June | Seljuks defeat Ghurid dynasty. | ||
1153 | Crusader–Fatimid wars | Battle of Ascalon | ![]() |
25 Jan—22 Aug | Jerusalem captures Ascalon from the Fatimid Egyptians. |
1154 | Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Vernavola | ![]() |
Aug | Milan fails to defeat Pavia. |
1155 | Siege of Tortona | 13 Feb—18 April | The army of king Frederick I of Germany defeats the city of Tortona. | ||
Siege of Marrakesh | ![]() |
Almohads suppress rebellion in their capital. | |||
1156 | Byzantine–Norman Wars | Battle of Brindisi | ![]() |
28 May | The Norman Kingdom of Sicily defeats the Byzantine Empire forces at the siege of Brindisi. |
1157 | Abbasid-Seljuq Wars | Siege of Baghdad | ![]() |
12 Jan—3 July | Abbasids repel a Seljuk attempt to conquer Baghdad. |
Crusades | Battle of Lake Huleh | ![]() |
June | Zengids ambush and defeat Crusaders. | |
Danish Civil War | Battle of Grathe Heath | ![]() |
23 Oct | Valdemar I of Denmark defeats and kills Sweyn III. | |
Battle of Coed Eulo | ![]() |
Henry II's invasion of Wales suffers a severe check near Basingwerk by Owain Gwynedd, though the situation is recovered, and a peace agreement later signed that cedes much of modern-day Flintshire to England. | |||
1158 | Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Siege of Milan | ![]() |
6 Aug—7 Sep | Milan surrenders to Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. |
1159 | Siege of Crema | 2 July 1159—25 Jan 1160 | The army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor captures Crema. | ||
Battle of Siziano | 15 July | An army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Milan. | |||
1160 | Battle of Lobregal | ![]() |
Mar | Fernando Rodríguez de Castro defeats Nuño Pérez de Lara for the control of the regency of the minor king Alfonso VIII of Castile. | |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Carcano | ![]() |
9 Aug | Milan defeats an army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. | |
1161 | Civil war era in Norway | Battle of Oslo | ![]() |
3 Feb | King Haakon II of Norway defeats and kills Inge Haraldsson. |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Siege of Milan | ![]() |
30 May 1161—28 Feb 1162 | The army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor captures and destroys Milan. | |
Georgian–Seljuk wars | Siege of Ani | ![]() |
Aug | Georgian kingdom decisively repels invasion by the Seljuk dynasty. | |
Jin–Song Wars | Battle of Tangdao | ![]() |
16 Nov | Song victory over Jin. | |
Battle of Caishi | 26-27 Nov | Song dynasty defeats Jurchen Jin dynasty. | |||
Portuguese Reconquista | Battle of Alcácer do Sal | ![]() |
The Almohad Caliphate under Abu Mohammed Abdallah Ben Hafs defeats king Afonso I of Portugal. | ||
1163 | Crusades | Battle of al-Buqaia | ![]() |
Crusaders defeat Zengids. | |
1164 | Battle of Verchen | ![]() |
16 July | A Christian army from Germany and Denmark, under Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony, defeats the Obotrites under prince Pribislav. | |
Crusades | Battle of Harim | ![]() |
12 Aug | A Crusader alliance is defeated by the Zengids. | |
1165 | Battle of Fahs al-Jullab | ![]() |
15 Oct | Almohads defeat Taifa of Murcia. | |
Portuguese Reconquista | Battle of Palmela | ![]() |
King Afonso I of Portugal defeats the Almohad Caliphate. | ||
1167 | Crusades | Battle of al-Babein | ![]() |
18 March | Crusaders under Amalric I battle the Zengids of Syria, ending in a tactical draw. |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Monte Porzio | ![]() |
29 May | Imperialists under Christian of Mainz and Rainald of Dassel defeat large Roman army. | |
Komnenian restoration | Battle of Sirmium | ![]() |
8 July | Byzantine Empire defeats Hungary. | |
1169 | Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland | Siege of Wexford | ![]() |
May | Wexford and parts of southeast Leinster come under Norman control. |
Rise of Saladin in Egypt | Battle of the Blacks | ![]() |
21-23 Aug | Saladin's army defeats the pro-Fatimid forces in the Egyptian army to take control of Egypt. | |
1170 | Danish Crusades | Battle of Julin Bridge | ![]() |
King Valdemar I of Denmark defeats Bogusław I, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin and Casimir I, Duke of Pomerania-Demmin and makes an end to the Pomeranian raids on Danish territory. | |
1171 | Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland | Siege of Dublin | ![]() |
Aug—Sep | Irish siege of city repelled by England. |
1173 | Revolt against Henry II | Battle of Fornham | ![]() |
17 Oct | English royalists defeat rebels and capture Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester. |
1173 or 1174 | Caspian expeditions of the Rus' | Siege of Derbent | ![]() |
Shirvanese and Georgian allies under George III capture the city of Derbent from Rus', Alan and Kipchak raiders. | |
1174 | Revolt against Henry II | Battle of Alnwick | ![]() |
13 July | William I of Scotland is defeated and captured by a small English force. |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Siege of Alessandria | ![]() |
24 Oct 1174—12 April 1175 | The army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor fails to capture Alessandria. | |
Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland | Battle of Thurles | ![]() |
Oct | Irish alliance led by High King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair defeats English under Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. | |
1175 | Ayyubid-Zengid war | Battle of the Horns of Hama | ![]() |
13 April | Ayyubids under Saladin defeat the Turkish Zengid dynasty and gain control of Damascus, Baalbek, and Homs. |
1176 | Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Legnano | ![]() |
29 May | Lombard League defeats and wounds the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. |
Byzantine–Seljuq Wars | Battle of Myriokephalon | ![]() |
17 Sep | Seljuk Turks defeat army of Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of the Byzantine Empire in Phrygia. | |
Ghurid campaigns in India | Siege of Uch | ![]() |
Ghurid King Muhammad Ghori takes Uch from either the Bhati Rajputs or the Qarmatians. | ||
1177 | Khmer–Cham wars | Battle of Tonlé Sap | ![]() |
13 June | Chams loot Khmer capital in a naval battle and kill their king Tribhuvanaditya. |
Crusades | Battle of Montgisard | ![]() |
25 Nov | Ayyubids under Saladin are defeated by the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar. | |
Byzantine–Seljuq wars | Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir | ![]() |
Byzantines decisively defeat Seljuk army. | ||
1178 | Ghurid campaigns in India | Battle of Kasahrada | ![]() |
Coalition of Rajput Kings led by Mularaja II defeat Ghurid invasion and wound Muhammad Ghori. | |
1179 | Siege of Taillebourg | ![]() |
May | A young Richard the Lionheart takes a rebel castle in Aquitaine which was previously considered impregnable. | |
Crusades | Battle of Marj Ayyun | ![]() |
10 June | Ayyubids under Saladin defeat the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem nearly captured. | |
Battle of Jacob's Ford | ![]() |
23-30 Aug | Saladin defeats the Kingdom of Jerusalem. | ||
1180 | Genpei War | First Battle of Uji | ![]() |
20 June | Taira clan defeats Minamoto clan, killing Prince Mochihito. |
Battle of Ishibashiyama | 14 Sep | Taira victory near Mount Fuji. | |||
Battle of Fujigawa | 9 Nov | Taira forces flee after a fake surprise attack by the Minamoto and Takeda clans. | |||
1181 | Siege of Nara | 15 Jan | The Taira clan destroys the city. | ||
Battle of Yahagigawa | Spring | Minamoto clan forced to withdraw, but Taira clan unable to pursue. | |||
Battle of Sunomatagawa | 6 June | Minamoto sneak attack thwarted, Taira are victorious. | |||
1182 | Crusades | Battle of Belvoir Castle | ![]() |
July—Aug | Inconclusive battle between Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and an Ayyubid army of Saladin from Egypt. |
1183 | Genpei War | Siege of Hiuchi | ![]() |
April—May | Taira clan captures the fortress, but Minamoto defenders escape. |
Battle of Kurikara | 2 June | Decisive Minamoto victory, turning the tides. | |||
Battle of Shinohara | Summer | Minamoto victory. Several single combats prior to main battle. | |||
Crusades | Battle of Al-Fule | ![]() |
30 Sep—6 Oct | Inconclusive battle between Guy of Lusignan and the Ayyubid army of Saladin from Egypt. | |
Siege of Kerak | ![]() |
Early Nov—4 Dec | Saladin lays siege to Raynald of Châtillon's stronghold during marriage of Humphrey IV of Toron and Isabella of Jerusalem. King Baldwin IV's arrival forces Saladin to withdraw. | ||
Genpei War | Battle of Mizushima | ![]() |
17 Nov | Taira naval victory over the Minamoto. | |
Siege of Fukuryūji | Minamoto forces capture the fortress. | ||||
Battle of Muroyama | The Taira clan's five-wave assault defeats Minamoto forces. | ||||
1184 | Second Battle of Uji | 19 Feb | Minamoto no Yoshinaka defeated by the rest of the Minamoto, forced away from the capital at Kyoto. | ||
Battle of Awazu | 21 Feb | Minamoto no Yoshinaka killed. | |||
Battle of Ichi-no-Tani | 20 March | Minamoto victory, Taira no Tadanori killed. | |||
Battle of Kojima | Minamoto victory over the Taira. | ||||
Siege of Hōjūjidono | Minamoto no Yoshinaka's faction captures Emperor Go-Shirakawa. | ||||
Portuguese Reconquista and Almohad wars | Siege of Santarém | ![]() |
Abu Yaqub Yusuf besieges Santarém but fails to capture the Portuguese city. | ||
1185 | Genpei War | Battle of Yashima | ![]() |
22 March | Taira forces confounded and defeated. |
Battle of Dan-no-ura | 25 April | Decisive victory for the Minamoto. Last battle of Genpei War. | |||
Third Norman invasion of the Balkans | Sack of Thessalonica | ![]() |
9-24 Aug | Byzantine city sacked by the Kingdom of Sicily. | |
Battle of Demetritzes | 7 Nov | Alexios Branas decisively defeats Norman invasion army. | |||
1186 | Ghurid campaigns in India | Siege of Lahore | ![]() |
Muhammad Ghori defeats the Ghaznavids, conquering their last territory and acquiring much of the Punjab. | |
1187 | Crusades | Battle of Cresson | ![]() |
1 May | Al-Afdal (Saladin's eldest son) defeats the small crusader army at Nazareth. |
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars | Pillage of Sigtuna | ![]() |
Summer | Karelians burn Swedish city. | |
Crusades | Battle of Hattin | ![]() |
4 July | Saladin destroys the Crusader army and takes several commanders prisoner. | |
Siege of Jerusalem | 20 Sep—2 Oct | Saladin captures Jerusalem after 2 weeks of siege. | |||
Siege of Tyre | ![]() |
12 Nov 1187—1 Jan 1188 | Crusaders led by Conrad of Montferrat successfully defend city from Saladin. | ||
Rise of Genghis Khan | Battle of the Thirteen Wings | ![]() |
Inconclusive battle between Temujin and Jamukha. | ||
Battle of Dalan Balzhut | Jamukha decisively defeats Temujin. | ||||
1188 | Battle of Nettur | ![]() |
Cholas defeat Vira Pandya, claimant to the Pandya throne. | ||
1189 | Third Crusade | Battle of Acre | ![]() |
28 Aug 1189—12 July 1191 | Crusaders defeat Saladin's Ayyubid army outside Acre. |
1190 | Battle of Philomelion | ![]() |
7 May | Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia defeats a Seljuk Turk army. | |
Battle of Iconium | 18 May | Frederick Barbarossa's forces defeat Seljuk Turks. | |||
Almohad wars | Siege of Tomar | ![]() |
13-19 July | Portuguese Knights Templar defend their base from a siege by the Almohads. | |
Battle of Merv | ![]() |
Muhammad Ghori defeats Sultan Shah of Khwarezm. | |||
1191 | Ghurid campaigns in India | First Battle of Tarain | ![]() |
14 Jan | Chahamana King Prithviraj Chauhan repels Ghurid invasion of Muhammad Ghori. |
Third Crusade | Battle of Arsuf | ![]() |
7 Sep | Richard Lionheart's forces repel Saladin's attack. | |
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Richard the Lionhearted founds the crusader Kingdom of Cyprus after taking the island from Byzantine governor Isaac Komnenos. | ||||
1192 | Battle of Jaffa | ![]() |
5 Aug | Richard I's Crusader army defeats Saladin. | |
Ghurid campaigns in India | Second Battle of Tarain | ![]() |
Muhammad Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan, who is dismounted and escapes on a horse but is later caught, captured, and executed. Ghurids annex Delhi and much of northwest India. | ||
Feudal fragmentation of Poland | Battle of Drohiczyn | ![]() |
Kingdom of Poland defeats the alliance of Kievan Rus' and the Yotvingians. | ||
1194 | War of the Namen-Luxembourg Succession | Battle of Noville | ![]() |
1 Aug | Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, Flanders and Namur defeats a Holy Roman Imperial army under Henry III, Duke of Limburg. Baldwin is able to keep his possessions, that are half in France and half in Germany (Holy Roman Empire). |
Battle of Aberconwy | ![]() |
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth defeats his brother and assumes control of Gwynedd. | |||
Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Arcadiopolis | ![]() |
Bulgarians defeat Byzantines. | ||
Ghurid campaigns in India | Battle of Chandawar | ![]() |
Muhammad Ghori defeats and kills Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty. | ||
1195 | Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Shamkor | ![]() |
1 June | Kingdom of Georgia decisively defeats the Atabegs of Azerbaijan. |
Reconquista and Almohad wars | Battle of Alarcos | ![]() |
18 July | Almohad victory over Alfonso VIII of Castile. | |
1196 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Serres | ![]() |
Bulgarian victory over Byzantines. | |
Ghurid campaigns in India | Siege of Gwailor | ![]() |
Ghurids under Muhammad of Ghor defeats and conquers Kachchhapaghata dynasty. | ||
1197 | Battle of Kasahrada | 4 Feb | Ghurid Empire defeats Rajput Confederation led by Chaulukya King Bhima II, leading to the Ghurid annexation of Anhilwara. | ||
1198 | Battle of Gisors | ![]() |
27 Sep | Richard I defeats Philip II of France. |
13th century
[edit]Year | War | Battle | Loc. | Date(s) | Description |
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1201 | Danish Crusades | Battle of Stellau | ![]() |
King Valdemar II of Denmark defeats count Adolf III of Holstein and Schauenburg, and captures Holstein from Germany. | |
Rise of Genghis Khan | Battle of the Thirteen Sides | ![]() |
Temujin and his coalition of Mongol tribes decisively defeat Jamukha, the Naimans, Tatars, Merkits, Taichuud, Jadarans, and smaller tribes not allied with his coalition. | ||
Ghurid conquests | Battle of Nishapur | ![]() |
Ghurids annex Greater Khorasan from the Khwarazmian Empire | ||
1202 | Anglo-French War | Battle of Mirebeau | ![]() |
1 Aug | Mercenary army led by John of England defeat a rebel army led by the House of Lusignan and Arthur of Brittany as well as a French army. |
Fourth Crusade | Siege of Zadar | ![]() |
10-24 Nov | The crusaders besieged the fortified city of Zadar in Croatia according to an agreement with the Republic of Venice and
captured and sacked it, despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding such an action and threatening excommunication. | |
Georgian–Seljuk wars | Battle of Basian | ![]() |
Georgians under David Soslan decisively defeat Seljuk Turks. | ||
Rise of Genghis Khan | Battle of Köyiten | ![]() |
Temujin and Toghrul Khan make forces of Buyruq khan, Jamukha and the Oirats retreat but both armies are scattered. | ||
1203 | Fourth Crusade | Siege of Constantinople | ![]() |
11 July—1 Aug | Crusaders capture the Byzantine throne and install Alexios IV Angelos |
Anglo-French War | Siege of Château Gaillard | ![]() |
Aug 1203—6 March 1204 | French forces under Philip II of France defeat the English and Normans during a lengthy siege. English relief force is decisively defeated. Phillip gains control of Normandy from the Kingdom of England. | |
Rise of Genghis Khan | Battle of Khalakhaljid Sands | ![]() |
Forces led by Jamukha and Toghrul Khan defeat Temujin. Temujin's son Ogodei Khan is wounded. | ||
Ghurid campaigns in India | Siege of Kalinjar | ![]() |
Ghurids annex Kalinjar from Chandelas. | ||
1204 | Fourth Crusade | Sack of Constantinople | ![]() |
12-15 April | Crusaders and Venetians capture Constantinople. |
Khwarazmian-Ghurid wars | Battle of Andkhud | ![]() |
Khwarazmian Empire and Qara Khitai defeat Ghurid Empire, annexing back Khurasan. | ||
Genghis Khan's campaigns | Battle of Chakirmaut | ![]() |
Temujin decisively defeats the larger forces of the Naimans under Tayang Khan and his son Kuchlug, joined by Jamukha's forces. Tayang dies in battle, Jamukha is captured by Temujin and executed. As a result of this battle, Mongolia is unified under Temujin. | ||
1205 | Nicaean–Latin wars | Battle of Adramyttion | ![]() |
19 March | Latins defeat Nicaea. |
Bulgarian–Latin wars | Battle of Adrianople | 14 April | The Bulgarian army defeats the Latin Empire and captures Baldwin I of Constantinople. | ||
Feudal fragmentation of Poland | Battle of Zawichost | ![]() |
19 June or 14 Oct | Lesser Poland defeats Galicia-Volhynia. | |
Fourth Crusade | Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras | ![]() |
Summer | Franks defeat local Greek resistance to Frankish rule and solidify Crusader control over the Peloponnese. | |
Sack of Madurai | ![]() |
Cholas under Kulothunga III sack Pandya capital of Madurai. | |||
1206 | Bulgarian–Latin wars | Battle of Rusion | ![]() |
31 Jan | Bulgarians win major victory over the Latin Empire. |
Battle of Rodosto | Feb | Bulgarians defeat Latin Empire. | |||
Ghurid campaigns in India | Battle of Jhelum | ![]() |
Feb—March | Ghurids defeat rebellion by Hindu Khokhars. | |
1207 | Byzantine–Seljuk wars | Siege of Antalya | ![]() |
March | Turks capture Byzantine city. |
Bulgarian–Latin wars | Battle of Messinopolis | ![]() |
4 Sep | Bulgarians defeat Latin Empire. Boniface of Montferrat killed. | |
1208 | Dano-Swedish wars | Battle of Lena | ![]() |
31 Jan | Swedish armed peasants defeat Danish army. |
Age of the Sturlungs | Battle of Víðines | ![]() |
The forces of Bishop Guðmundur Arason defeat forces under the Icelandic Gothi one of which Kolbeinn Tumason was killed in the conflict. | ||
1210 | Albigensian Crusade | Siege of Minerve | ![]() |
Early June—22 July | Crusaders under Simon de Montfort capture Minerve from the Cathars under Guilhem de Minerve. |
Siege of Termes | 1 Aug—23 Nov | Crusaders under Simon de Montfort capture Termes from the Seigneurie of Termes. | |||
Livonian Crusade | Battle of Ümera | ![]() |
Aug or Sep | Estonian forces defeat the Livonian Order. | |
Battle of Cēsis | Livonian Order defeats Estonians. | ||||
1211 | Albigensian Crusade | Siege of Lavaur | ![]() |
March—3 May | Crusaders under Simon de Montfort capture Lavaur from the Siegneurie of Lavaur. |
Battle of Montgey | April | Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix defeats an army of Crusaders. | |||
Livonian Crusade | Battle of Viljandi | ![]() |
Spring | Livonians defeat Estonians. | |
Byzantine–Seljuk wars | Battle of Antioch on the Meander | ![]() |
17 June | Nicaea defeats Sultanate of Rum. | |
Livonian Crusade | Battle of Turaida | ![]() |
Summer | Livonian Order defeats Oeselians and other Estonians. | |
Mongol–Jin War | Battle of Yehuling | ![]() |
Aug—Oct | Genghis Khan decisively defeats the Jin dynasty. | |
Nicaean–Latin wars | Battle of the Rhyndacus | ![]() |
15 Oct | the Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Lascaris. | |
First Battle of Ulrichen | ![]() |
Canton of Valais defeats city of Bern. | |||
1212 | Reconquista and Almohad wars | Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa | ![]() |
16 July | Almohads expelled from most of Iberia by a joint army of the Christian kingdoms of Castile, León, Portugal, Navarre, and Aragon. |
1213 | Anglo-French War | Battle of Damme | ![]() |
30-31 May | English under William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme. |
Albigensian Crusade | Battle of Muret | ![]() |
12 Sep | French crusaders under Simon de Montfort defeat forces of Aragon and Catalonia, killing King Peter II of Aragon. End of Aragonese intervention in Languedoc. | |
Battle of Steppes | ![]() |
13 Oct | Brabantine defeat against Bishopric of Liège and County of Loon. | ||
Georgian–Seljuk wars | Siege of Ganja | ![]() |
After the Eldiguzid ruler of Ganja stopped paying tribute to George IV of Georgia, he attacked and captured the city. | ||
1214 | Anglo-French War | Battle of Bouvines | ![]() |
27 July | France under King Philip Augustus defeats England (under John Lackland) and Otto IV of Germany, conquering Flanders and Angevin territories in France, and bringing about the final decision in the German Staufen–Welf rivalry in favor of Frederick II. |
Byzantine–Seljuq wars | Siege of Sinope | ![]() |
1 Nov | Seljuks capture Sinope from Byzantines. | |
1215 | Livonian Crusade | Battle of Lehola | ![]() |
Spring | Livonians defeat Estonians. |
Battle of Riga | ![]() |
Late April or early May | Livonians defeat Oeselians and other Estonians. | ||
Mongol–Jin War | Battle of Zhongdu | ![]() |
Genghis Khan and the Mongols defeat the Jin dynasty and capture Zhongdu (now Beijing). | ||
Siege of Firozkoh | ![]() |
Sultanate of Firozkoh defeated and annexed by Muhammad II of Khwarazm. | |||
1216 | Ghurid campaigns in India | Third Battle of Tarain | ![]() |
31 Jan | Mamluk Delhi Sultanate led by their King Iltutmish defeat Ghurid remnants led by Taj al-Din Yildiz. |
Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession | Battle of Lipitsa | ![]() |
22 April | Konstantin of Rostov defeats his younger brothers, Yuri and Yaroslav. | |
Albigensian Crusade | Siege of Beaucaire | ![]() |
3 June—24 Aug | Crusaders under Simon de Montfort fail to capture Beaucaire. Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse was entrenched in Beaucaire with an army. | |
1217 | Livonian Crusade | Battle of Otepää | ![]() |
Feb | Estonian and Russian victory over the Livonian Order. |
First Barons' War | Battle of Lincoln | ![]() |
20 May | English forces under William, Earl of Pembroke defeat the French. | |
Battle of Sandwich | 24 Aug | Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover. | |||
Northern Crusades | Battle of St. Matthew's Day | ![]() |
21 Sep | The Livonian Order and its allies defeat Estonians. | |
Albigensian Crusade | Siege of Toulouse | ![]() |
22 Sep 1217—25 July 1218 | Crusaders under Simon de Montfort fail to Capture Toulouse. | |
Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai | Siege of Kashgar | ![]() |
With little resistance from the city's population, Mongols conquer the Kara-Khitai. Kuchlug captured and executed soon after. | ||
1218 | Fifth Crusade | Siege of Damietta | ![]() |
29 May 1218—early Nov 1219 | The Crusaders successfully besiege and capture the city from the Ayyubids. |
Albigensian Crusade | Siege of Marmande | ![]() |
Oct 1218—June 1219 | King Louis VIII of France captures Marmande from the County of Toulouse. | |
Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai | Siege of Balasagun | ![]() |
Mongols under Genghis Khan defeat Kuchlug's army and take capital of the Kara Khitai. | ||
1219 | Northern Crusades | Battle of Lindanise | ![]() |
15 June | Danish forces under Valdemar II defeat the Estonians. |
Albigensian Crusade | Battle of Baziège | ![]() |
Spring | Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse and Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix defeat Crusaders under Foucault de Bercy, Alain de Roucy, Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster and Sicard VI de Lautrec. | |
Siege of Toulouse | 17 June—1 Aug | King Louis VIII of France fails to capture Toulouse. | |||
Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire | Siege of Otrar | ![]() |
Dec 1219—Feb 1220 | Mongol forces besiege and take the border town of Otrar in the Khwarazmian Empire. | |
Mongol invasions of Korea | Siege of Kangdong | ![]() |
Mongols allied with Goryeo take Kangdong, the last Khitan stronghold. | ||
1220 | Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire | Siege of Bukhara | ![]() |
Feb | Mongols take lightly fortified Khwarezmian city and raze most of it to the ground. |
Siege of Samarkand | March | Mongols take capital of the Khwarezmian Empire. | |||
Livonian Crusade | Battle of Lihula | ![]() |
8 Aug | Invading Swedish forces are defeated by Estonians. | |
1221 | Jōkyū War | Battle of Uji | ![]() |
May | Kamakura shogunate defeats loyalists of Emperor Go-Toba, who is exiled. |
Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire | Siege of Bamyan | ![]() |
July | Mongols defeat Khwarezmian Empire. | |
Crusades | Battle of Mansurah | ![]() |
26-28 Aug | The Ayybid army of sultan al-Kamil defeats the crusader army under papal legate Pelagio Galvani. | |
Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire | Battle of Parwan | ![]() |
Sep | Khwarezmian Empire defeats the Mongols. | |
Battle of Indus | ![]() |
24 Nov | Mongols defeat and annex the Khwarezmian Empire. | ||
Siege of Gurganj | ![]() |
Mongols take city from the Khwarezmian Empire. | |||
Livonian Crusade | Siege of Tallinn | ![]() |
Estonians retreat from siege on Danish stronghold. | ||
1222 | Mongol invasions of Georgia | Battle of Khunan | ![]() |
Sep | Mongols under Subotai decisively defeat the Kingdom of Georgia and march north. George IV of Georgia mortally wounded. |
Byzantine–Seljuk wars | Siege of Trebizond | ![]() |
1222—1223 | Great Seljuq Empire attempt to conquer Trebizond, are defeated by Emperor Andronikos I Gidos. | |
1223 | Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | Battle of Kalka River | ![]() |
31 May | The Mongols under Jebe and Subutai defeat an alliance of Kiev, Galicia-Volhynia, Chernigov, and the Cumans decisively. |
Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria | Battle of Samara Bend | ![]() |
Autumn | Volga Bulgaria wins tactical victory over the Mongols. | |
Livonian Crusade | Battle of Viljandi | ![]() |
29 Jan | Estonians defeat Livonians. | |
Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia | Siege of Firozkoh | ![]() |
Mongols under Tolui take Firozkoh and raze the city. | ||
1224 | Nicaean-Latin Wars | Battle of Poimanenon | ![]() |
Early 1224 | The Nicaean emperor John III Vatatzes defeats a joint army of the Latin Empire and of rebels under the brothers Isaac and Alexios Laskaris. |
Livonian Crusade | Siege of Tartu | ![]() |
15 Aug | Livonians defeat Estonians and mercenaries from Novgorod and Pskov. | |
1225 | Battle of Mölln | ![]() |
Jan | A coalition of German princes, Gerhard II (archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg), count Adolf IV of Holstein, Henry I, Count of Schwerin and Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg defeat Denmark under Albrecht II of Holstein, and Otto. | |
Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia | Battle of Garni | ![]() |
Aug | Khwarezmid Empire under Jalal al-Din Mangburni, his realm conquered by the Mongols, defeats Kingdom of Georgia. | |
1226 | Siege of Tbilisi | ![]() |
9 March | After defeating Georgians in battle, Jalal al-Din Mangburni successfully besieges the capital city of Tbilisi. Queen Rusudan of Georgia fled to Kutaisi. | |
Albigensian Crusades | Siege of Avignon | ![]() |
10 June—9 Sep | King Louis VIII of France besieges the town of Avignon. After a three-month siege, it surrenders on terms. | |
1227 | Livonian Crusade | Battle of Muhu | ![]() |
Jan | Livonians decisively defeat Oeselians. |
Dano–German War | Battle of Bornhöved | ![]() |
22 July | Holstein and Hanseatic forces defeat the Danish king Valdemar II who has to relinquish the Northern German territories he had occupied with the exception of Rügen. | |
Battle of Ane | ![]() |
28 July | Otto II of Lippe, Bishop of Utrecht, is defeated by the Drenths near Ane (modern Netherlands). | ||
Mongol conquest of Western Xia | Siege of Yinchuan | ![]() |
Mongols eliminate the Western Xia and execute Emperor Mozhu. Genghis Khan dies during the siege under debated circumstances, but this is kept secret from the army until the siege's end. | ||
1228 | Jalal al-Din's invasions of Georgia | Battle of Bolnisi | ![]() |
Khwarazmian Empire again defeats Kingdom of Georgia. | |
1229 | Ayyubid succession war | Siege of Damascus | ![]() |
March—15 June | Sultan al-Kamil of Egypt conquers Damascus from emir an-Nasir Dawud. |
Lombard League civil war | Battle of San Cesario | ![]() |
Aug | Modena, Cremona and Parma defeat Bologna, Milan and Piacenza. | |
Reconquista | Battle of Portopí | ![]() |
12 Sep | Catalan forces led by King James I defeat the Almohads at Serra de Na Burguesa (present Palma de Mallorca). | |
1230 | Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Klokotnitsa | ![]() |
9 March | Victory for the Second Bulgarian Empire over the Despotate of Epirus. |
Battles involving Jalal ad-Din | Battle of Yassıçemen | ![]() |
10-12 Aug | Seljuk Turks defeat forces of Jalal ad-Din of Khwarazm. | |
Norman wars in Ireland | Siege of Dun Beal Gallimhe | ![]() |
Week-long inconclusive battle between the Irish and Normans. | ||
Reconquista | Battle of Alange | ![]() |
Leon defeats Almohads under Ibn Hud. | ||
1231 | Battle of Jerez | April | Castile defeats Moorish forces of Ibn Hud. | ||
Mongol invasions of Korea | Siege of Kuju | ![]() |
Sep 1231—Jan 1232 | Goryeo defeats Mongol attack. | |
1232 | Mongol–Jin War | Battle of Sanfengshan | ![]() |
9 Feb | Mongols led by Subutai defeat last field army of Jin dynasty, leaving them prone to their upcoming conquest. |
Siege of Kaifeng | 8 April 1232—29 May 1233 | Mongols capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty. | |||
Mongol invasions of Korea | Battle of Cheoin | ![]() |
16 Dec | Goryeo decisively defeats Mongol attack. | |
1233 | Mongol–Jin War and Jin–Song Wars | Siege of Caizhou | ![]() |
Dec 1233—9 Feb 1234 | Mongols under Ögedei Khan allied with the Song dynasty eliminate the Jin dynasty. |
1234 | Crusades | Battle of Altenesch | ![]() |
27 May | A crusader army (Stedinger Crusade) defeats the rebel peasants of Stedingen. |
1235 | Battle of Kirina | ![]() |
Sundiata Keita decisively defeats Sumanguru Kante, conquering Sosso and forming the Mali Empire. | ||
Nicaean–Latin wars and Bulgarian–Latin wars | Siege of Constantinople | ![]() |
Niceans and Bulgarians fail to take Constantinople from the Latins. | ||
1236 | Livonian Crusade | Battle of Saule | ![]() |
22 Sep | Samogitians and Semigalians defeat Livonian Brothers of the Sword, whose remnants are incorporated into the Teutonic Knights. |
Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria | Siege of Bilär | ![]() |
Autumn | Mongols conquer Volga Bulgaria. | |
Battle of Mahendramangalam | ![]() |
Hoysalas defeat Pandyas in South India. | |||
1237 | Reconquista | Battle of the Puig | ![]() |
15 Aug | Aragonese forces defeat the Almohad army at El Puig. |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Cortenuova | ![]() |
27 Nov | Emperor Frederick II defeats the Lombard League. | |
Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | Siege of Ryazan | ![]() |
16-21 Dec | Mongols burn Ryazan to the ground. First Russian city sieged by Batu Khan. | |
Battle of Voronezh River | Dec | Mongols defeat Principality of Ryazan. | |||
Siege of Kolomna | Dec 1237—Jan 1238 | Mongol victory. | |||
1238 | Siege of Moscow | 15-20 Jan | Mongols take city of Moscow and execute Prince Vladimir. | ||
Siege of Vladimir | 3-8 Feb | Mongols take city of Vladimir. | |||
Battle of the Sit River | 4 March | Mongols led by Batu Khan defeat Vladimir-Suzdal forces, Prince Yuri II killed. | |||
Siege of Kozelsk | March—May | Mongols defeat Principality of Chernigov and raze Kozelsk. | |||
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Siege of Brescia | ![]() |
11 July—7 Oct | Long unsuccessful siege during the war between Emperor Frederick II and the Guelphs in Northern Italy. | |
1239 | Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | Sack of Chernigov | ![]() |
18 Oct | The Mongols sack the city of Chernigov. |
Barons' Crusade | Battle of Gaza | ![]() |
13 Nov | The Crusaders under Theobald I of Navarre are defeated by an Ayyubid army at Gaza. | |
1240 | Swedish–Novgorodian Wars | Battle of the Neva | ![]() |
15 July | Alexander Nevsky of the Novgorod Republic stops the Swedish invasion of Russia. |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Siege of Faenza | ![]() |
Aug 1240—14 April 1241 | Long successful siege during the war between Frederick II and the Guelphs in Northern Italy. | |
Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | Siege of Kiev | ![]() |
28 Nov—6 Dec | The Mongols under Batu Khan besiege and sack the city of Kiev. | |
1241 | First Mongol invasion of Poland | Sack of Sandomierz | ![]() |
13 Feb | The Mongols under Baidar Khan capture and devastate the city of Sandomierz. |
Battle of Tursko | The Mongols under Baidar Khan defeat the Polish forces at Tursko Wielkie. | ||||
Battle of Tarczek | The Mongols under Kadan defeat the Polish forces at Tarczek. | ||||
Battle of Chmielnik | 18 March | The Mongols under Baidar Khan defeat the Polish forces at Chmielnik. | |||
Battle of Racibórz | 20 March | The Polish forces under Mieszko II the Fat defeat the Mongols at Racibórz. | |||
Sack of Kraków | 22 or 28 March | The Mongols under Subutai capture and devastate the city of Kraków, massacring most of the inhabitants. | |||
Battle of Opole | Early April | The Mongols defeat the Polish forces from Silesia and Lesser Poland provinces at Opole. | |||
Battle of Liegnitz | 9 April | Mongols of the Golden Horde defeat feudal nobility including Knights Templar in Silesia, killing King Henry II the Pious. | |||
First Mongol invasion of Hungary | Battle of Mohi | ![]() |
11 April | The Mongol forces under Batu Khan and Subutai defeat the Hungarian army under King Béla IV at Mohi. | |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines and Genoese-Pisan Wars | Battle of Giglio | ![]() |
3 May | The fleet of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, commanded by Enzo of Sardinia defeats the Genoese fleet. | |
Nicaean-Latin Wars | Battle of Constantinople | ![]() |
May—June | Venetian fleets capture Constantinople. | |
1242 | First Mongol invasion of Hungary | Siege of Esztergom | ![]() |
Jan | Mongols destroy most of Hungarian city. |
Northern Crusades | Battle on Lake Peipus | ![]() ![]() |
5 April | Alexander Nevsky defeats the alliance of Teutonic Knights, the Livonian Order, Denmark, and Dorpat. | |
Saintonge War | Battle of Taillebourg | ![]() |
21-22 July | Louis IX of France defeats Henry III of England. | |
First Mongol invasion of Hungary | Battle of Grobnik Field | ![]() |
Legendary battle where Croatia defeated invading Mongols. | ||
1243 | Albigensian Crusade | Siege of Montségur | ![]() |
May 1243—16 March 1244 | French royal forces besiege and capture the Cathar-held Château de Montségur, after a nine-month siege. |
Mongol invasions of Anatolia | Battle of Kösedağ | ![]() |
26 June | The Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks, making Anatolia and Trebizond vassal states of the Mongol Empire. | |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Siege of Viterbo | ![]() |
Frederick II of Sicily unsuccessfully besieges Viterbo. | ||
1244 | Crusades | Siege of Jerusalem | ![]() |
15 July | Jerusalem is razed by the Khwarazmiyya allied with the Ayyubids. |
Battle of La Forbie | 17-18 Oct | Crusaders defeated by Ayyubids. | |||
1245 | Reconquista | Siege of Jaén | ![]() |
1245—28 Feb 1246 | Castilian forces under King Ferdinand III besiege Jaén during the winter. The city finally is handed over by Sultan Muhammad I of Granada. |
1246 | Age of the Sturlungs | Battle of Haugsnes | ![]() |
19 April | The largest and bloodiest battle in Icelandic history where the forces of Thordur Kakali defeat Gissur Thorvaldsson. |
Battle of the Leitha River | ![]() ![]() |
15 June | King Béla IV of Hungary defeated Duke Frederick II of Austria. Duke Frederick is killed, ending Austrian claims to the western counties of Hungary. | ||
Crusade against the Staufer | Battle of Frankfurt | ![]() |
5 Aug | An army of anti-king Henry Raspe defeats the Imperialst army of king Conrad IV of Germany. | |
1247 | Reconquista and Almohad wars | Siege of Seville | ![]() |
1247—28 Nov 1248 | Castilian forces under Ferdinand III besiege the city of Seville. Due to a famine, the Almohad garrison capitulates after a 16-month siege. |
Norman Invasion of Ireland | Sack of Dun Gallimhe | ![]() |
Norman forces are defeated by the Irish. | ||
Battle of Ballyshannon | Norman forces under Maurice FitzGerald are ambushed and defeated by the Gaelic army. | ||||
1248 | Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Parma | ![]() |
18 Feb | Frederick II of Sicily is defeated by the Lombard League. |
German civil war | Siege of Aachen | ![]() |
Late April or early May—Oct | Count William II of Holland captures Aachen and is crowned as king of Germany. | |
Battle of Oujda | ![]() |
Kingdom of Tlemcen beats back last-ditch invasion by Almohads and Marinids. | |||
1249 | Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Fossalta | ![]() |
26 May | King Enzio of Sardinia is captured by Bolognese in a clash between Guelphs and Ghibellines. |
Seventh Crusade | Siege of Damietta | ![]() |
6 June | Crusaders gain strategic victory over the Ayyubids in the Seventh Crusade. | |
Norman Invasion of Ireland | First Battle of Athenry | ![]() |
15 Aug | Gaels of Connacht siege town but are repelled by the Normans. | |
1250 | Seventh Crusade | Battle of Mansurah | ![]() |
8-11 Feb | The Seventh Crusade is defeated at Al-Mansurah. |
Battle of Fariskur | 6 April | Ayyubid Egyptians defeat Seventh Crusade forces of Louis IX of France, taking him prisoner. | |||
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Cingoli | ![]() |
Papal and Guelph army is crushed by an Imperial and Italian army. | ||
1253 | Battle of Westkapelle | ![]() |
4 July | A coalition army for king William of Germany, count of Holland defeats an army of Guy, Count of Flanders. | |
1254 | Battle of Wülferichskamp | ![]() |
9 Oct | Konrad von Hochstaden, Archbishop of Cologne, defeats Bishop Simon I of Paderborn. | |
Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Adrianople | ![]() |
Nicaean forces under Theodore II Lascaris defeat the Bulgarians. | ||
1255 | Astigiani Wars and Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Montebruno | ![]() |
25 Feb | Astigiani defeats Thomas II of Savoy. |
Struggle for Gwynedd | Battle of Bryn Derwin | ![]() |
June | Llywelyn ap Gruffudd defeats his brother Owain ap Gruffudd and assumes control of Gwynedd. | |
Battle between Obas of Benin and Ogiamien family | Battle of Ekiokpagha | ![]() |
Ewedo defeats Ogiamien III for the kingship of the Benin Empire. | ||
1256 | Mongol conquest of Persia | Battle of Mount Siyalan | ![]() |
12 June | Mongol forces under Baiju Noyan are defeated by the Nizaris. |
Siege of Firuzkuh | The Nizari garrison surrenders after a five or six-months siege to the Mongols.[2] | ||||
Siege of Maymun-Diz | 8-23 Nov | Mongol forces under Hulagu Khan successfully besiege the mountain castle of Maymun-Diz. Imam Rukn al-Din Khurshah capitulates with most of the remaining garrison. | |||
Siege of Alamut | Dec | Hulagu Khan sieges capital of the Nizari Ismaili state in the mountains of southern Iran, the garrison capitulates. | |||
1257 | Battle of Cadfan | ![]() |
Decisive victory for the Welsh against the English. | ||
Norman wars in Ireland | Battle of Creadran Cille | ![]() |
Norman forces are driven out of Lower Connacht by Gofraid O'Donnell, Irish ruler of Tyrconnell. | ||
Livonian Crusade | Battle of Memel | ![]() |
Samogitians defeat Livonian Order. | ||
1258 | First Mongol–Vietnamese War | Battle of Bình Lệ Nguyên | ![]() |
17 Jan | Mongols defeat Vietnam's Trần dynasty. |
Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia | Battle of Baghdad | ![]() |
29 Jan—10 Feb | Hulagu Khan of the Mongols defeats the Abbasid, executing the Caliph Al-Musta'sim and his family. | |
War of the Euboeote Succession | Battle of Karydi | ![]() |
May/June | William II of Villehardouin Prince of Achaea, defeats a coalition of princes led by the Duke of Athens, Guy I de la Roche and ends the War of the Euboeote Succession. | |
War of Saint Sabas | Battle of Acre | ![]() |
25 June | Fleet of the Republic of Venice defeats fleet of the Republic of Genoa off Acre. Genoese abandon Acre. | |
1259 | Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty | Siege of Diaoyu Castle | ![]() |
Feb—Aug | Song dynasty keeps fortress from Mongol invasion and kills Möngke Khan. |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Cassano | ![]() |
16 Sep | Ezzelino III da Romano is defeated by the crusade army of the Guelphs. | |
Nicaean–Latin wars and Epirote–Nicaean conflict | Battle of Pelagonia | ![]() |
Sep | The Empire of Nicaea defeats Achaea, Epirus, and Sicily. | |
Lithuanian Crusade | Battle of Skuodas | ![]() |
The Samogitian army invades Courland and defeats the Livonian Order. | ||
1260 | Mongol invasions of the Levant | Siege of Aleppo | ![]() |
18-24 Jan | Mongols under Hulagu Khan allied with Crusaders and Armenians defeat Ayyubids in Syria. |
Second Mongol invasion of Poland | Sack of Sandomierz | ![]() |
2 Feb | Mongols raze the Polish city Sandomierz to the ground. | |
Livonian Crusade | Battle of Durbe | ![]() |
13 July | Teutonic Knights and its branch Livonian Order are defeated by Samogitians, what triggers the Great Prussian Insurrection. | |
War of the Babenberg Succession | Battle of Kressenbrunn | ![]() |
July | Bohemian and Austrian forces under Premysl Ottokar II defeat Béla IV of Hungary. | |
Mongol invasions of the Levant | Battle of Ain Jalut | ![]() |
3 Sep | Egyptian Mamluk army defeats Mongols and Georgians north of Palestine. | |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Montaperti | ![]() |
4 Sep | Sienese defeat Florentines (Guelphs and Ghibellines). | |
Mongol invasions of the Levant | First Battle of Homs | ![]() |
10 Dec | Mamluks defeat Mongols. | |
Nicaean–Latin wars | Siege of Constantinople | ![]() |
Unsuccessful attack on the Constantinopolitan suburb of Galata by forces of the Empire of Nicaea. | ||
1261 | Struggle for Constantinople | Reconquest of Constantinople | 25 July | Re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty. | |
Norman wars in Ireland | Battle of Callann | ![]() |
Aug | Finghin Mac Carthy of the Kingdom of Desmond defeats Normans. | |
1262 | Battle of Hausbergen | ![]() |
8 March | The bourgeois of Strasbourg defeat the army of the bishop. | |
Berke–Hulegu war | Battle of Terek River | ![]() |
Nogai Khan of Golden Horde defeats Hulagu. First open conflict in the Mongol Empire. | ||
1263 | Scottish–Norwegian War | Battle of Largs | ![]() |
2 Oct | Scots versus Norwegians, no definitive victory for either. |
War of Saint Sabas | Battle of Settepozzi | ![]() |
First half of 1263 | A Venetian fleet of 38 ships defeats a joint Byzantine-Genoese fleet of 48 ships off the Peloponnese. | |
Byzantine-Latin Wars | Battle of Prinitza | The forces of the Principality of Achaea defeat a far larger Byzantine army. | |||
1264 | Second Barons' War | Battle of Northampton | ![]() |
5 April | (Second Barons' War) English forces retake Northampton Castle and capture Simon de Montfort's son. |
Battle of Lewes | 14 May | English rebels under Simon de Montfort defeat Henry III of England. | |||
War of Saint Sabas | Battle of Saseno | ![]() |
14 Aug | A Genoese fleet tricks and captures a Venetian trade convoy near Saseno Island off the coast of Albania. | |
Byzantine-Latin Wars | Battle of Makryplagi | ![]() |
The forces of the Principality of Achaea defeat a Byzantine army, taking their commanders prisoner. | ||
1265 | Hungarian Civil War | Battle of Isaszeg | ![]() |
Early March | The forces of younger king Stephen defeat the royal army of king Béla IV, which results the permanent division of Hungary |
Crusades | Fall of Arsuf | ![]() |
21/22 March—29 April | The Mamluks of Cairo take Arsuf from the Knights Hospitaller. | |
Second Barons' War | Battle of Evesham | ![]() |
4 Aug | English forces under Prince Edward defeat the rebels under Simon de Montfort, who is killed. | |
1266 | Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Benevento | ![]() |
26 Feb | Charles of Anjou defeats Manfred of Sicily and conquers his kingdom. |
Second Barons' War | Battle of Chesterfield | ![]() |
15 May | English forces under Henry of Cornwall, nephew of King Henry III, defeat the rebels at Chesterfield. | |
Crusades | Siege of Safed | ![]() |
13 June—23 July | Egyptian Mamluk forces under Baibars capture the castle of Safed (defended by the Knights Templar) after a 6-week siege. | |
Second Barons' War | Siege of Kenilworth | ![]() |
21 June—13 Dec | English forces under Henry III capture Kenilworth Castle after a 6-month siege. | |
War of Saint Sabas | Battle of Trapani | ![]() |
23 June | Venetian fleet captures Genoese fleet. | |
Würzburg civil war | Battle on Cyriakus Day | ![]() |
8 Aug | A civil war in the Bishopric of Würzburg. The Cathedral chapter of Würzburg, the Hohenlohe family, and several Franconian knights, supporting Poppo III von Trimberg as the new bishop, commanded by cathedral dean Berthold von Sternberg, defeat Herman I, Count of Henneberg and the Castell family, supporting Berthold I von Henneberg. | |
Wars of Cilician Armenia | Battle of Mari | ![]() |
24 Aug | Mamluks of Cairo under Baibars defeat Cilician Armenia in retaliation for their support of Mongols in past invasion. | |
1267 | Battle of Zülpich | ![]() |
18 Oct | William IV, Count of Jülich defeats Engelbert II von Falkenburg, Archbishop of Cologne. | |
Liège-Brabant wars | Siege of Maastricht | ![]() |
The armies of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and Guelders capture Maastricht. | ||
1268 | Northern Crusades | Battle of Rakvere | ![]() |
18 Feb | Russian victory over the Livonian Order. |
Crusades | Siege of Antioch | ![]() |
May | Mamluks under Baibars eliminate and annex the Crusader Principality of Antioch. | |
Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty | Battle of Xiangyang | ![]() |
16 Oct 1268—14 March 1273 | Decisive Yuan Mongol victory over the Song dynasty. First war ever involving the usage of firearms. | |
Crusade against the Hohenstaufen and Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Tagliacozzo | ![]() |
23 Aug | Charles of Anjou defeats Conradin. | |
1269 | Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa | 16 June | Guelph victory over Siena. | |
1270 | Livonian Crusade | Battle of Karuse | ![]() |
16 Feb | Lithuanian victory over the Livonian Order. |
Norman invasion of Ireland | Battle of Áth an gCeap | ![]() |
Normans heavily defeated by the Irish. | ||
1271 | Crusades | Fall of Krak des Chevaliers | ![]() |
3 March—8 April | The Mamluks under Sultan Baibars take the fortress from the Knights Hospitaller. |
Sambyeolcho Rebellion | Battle of Jindo Island | ![]() |
April—May | The Mongols put down Sambyeolcho rebellion in Goryeo. | |
Lord Edward's Crusade | Siege of Tripoli | ![]() |
The Crusader state of Tripoli survives assault by Sultan Baibars. | ||
1274 | Mongol invasions of Japan | Battle of Bun'ei | ![]() |
4-19 Nov | The Mongols invade Kamakura Japan but are defeated and forced to retreat. |
1275 | Reconquista | Battle of Écija | ![]() |
8 Sep | A Castilian army led by Nuño González de Lara is defeated by Marinid forces near the town of Écija. |
Manx revolt of 1275 | Battle of Ronaldsway | ![]() |
8 Oct | Scottish forces under John de Vesci defeat the Manx and establish Scottish rule on the Isle of Man. | |
Reconquista | Battle of Martos | ![]() |
21 Oct | A Castilian army led by Archbishop Sancho of Aragon is defeated by the Moors at Martos. | |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Roccavione | ![]() |
12 Dec | Charles I of Anjou's Neapolitan army is defeated by the Piedmontese league led by Asti. | |
Byzantine-Latin Wars | Battle of Neopatras | ![]() |
The Byzantine army besieges Neopatras but is defeated by a far smaller force from the Duchy of Athens and Thessaly. | ||
Battle of Demetrias | The Byzantine fleet defeats a coalition of Lombard and Venetian lords of Euboea and Crete. | ||||
1276 | Battle of Dongola | ![]() |
Mamluk Sultunate under Baibars decisively defeats the Kingdom of Makuria under David of Makuria. Makuria soon after becomes a Mamluk vassal. | ||
1277 | Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Desio | ![]() |
21 Jan | A Visconti army under Ottone Visconti defeats the Della Torre family troops. |
Mongol invasions of the Levant | Battle of Elbistan | ![]() |
15 April | The Mamluks under Baibars defeat the Mongols and their Georgian and Rum vassals. | |
Wars of Michael VIII Palaiologos | Battle of Pharsalus | ![]() |
Late 1277 | A Byzantine army is defeated by Greek forces led by John I Doukas in Thessaly. | |
First Mongol invasion of Burma | Battle of Ngasaunggyan | ![]() |
The Mongols repel the invasion of Yunnan by the Pagan Empire under Narathihapate. | ||
1278 | Battle of Frohse | ![]() |
10 Jan | Günther I of Schwalenberg, Archbishop of Magdeburg defeats Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. Otto is taken prisoner. | |
War of the Babenberg Succession | Battle of Marchfeld at Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen | ![]() |
26 Aug | Rudolf of Habsburg and Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeat Ottakar II Przemyśl. The battle marked the beginning of the ascendancy of the House of Habsburg in Austria and Central Europe. | |
1279 | Livonian Crusade | Battle of Aizkraukle | ![]() |
5 March | The Lithuanians defeat units of the Livonian Order. |
Song-Yuan Wars | Battle of Yamen | ![]() |
19 March | The Yuan dynasty defeats the Song dynasty, young emperor Bing drowned. | |
Uprising of Ivaylo and Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | Battle of Devina | ![]() |
17 July | The Bulgarians led by Tsar Ivaylo ambush and defeat a Byzantine army in the Kotel Pass in the Balkan Mountains. | |
1280 | Battle of al-Jassora | ![]() |
18 June | Mamluks defeat rebelling forces of Sunqur al-Ashqar. | |
Byzantine–Latin Wars | Siege of Berat | ![]() |
1280—1281 | Defeat of besieging Angevin army after its commander is captured by a Byzantine relief force. | |
1281 | Mongol invasions of Japan | Battle of Kōan | ![]() |
8 June—Aug 22 | A typhoon wipes out the invading fleet of Kublai Khan in Japan. |
Mongol invasions of the Levant | Battle of Homs | ![]() |
29 Oct | The Mamluks defeat Mongols of the Ilkhanate. | |
1282 | Byzantine–Georgian wars | Siege of Trebizond | ![]() |
April | An unsuccessful siege by David I of Imereti. |
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Forlì | ![]() |
1 May | French forces under Jean d'Eppe are ambushed and defeated by Guelphe and Ghibelline troops in Forlì. | |
Welsh Rebellion of 1282 | Battle of Llandeilo Fawr | ![]() |
17 June | English forces are ambushed and defeated by Welsh troops at Llandeilo. English expansion into south Wales is halted. | |
Feudal anarchy in Hungary | Battle of Lake Hód | ![]() |
Sep/Oct | Hungarian forces led by King Ladislaus IV repel and defeat a Cuman invading army. | |
Welsh Rebellion of 1282 | Battle of Moel-y-don | ![]() |
6 Nov | English forces are ambushed and defeated by Welsh troops, while crossing over a floating bridge to Anglesey. | |
Battle of Orewin Bridge | 11 Dec | English forces under King Edward I defeat a Welsh army near Cilmeri. Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd is killed. | |||
1283 | Cham–Mongol War | Battle of Thị Nại Bay | ![]() |
13-14 Feb | The Mongols defeat Champa and march on their capital of Vijaya. |
War of the Sicilian Vespers | Battle of Malta | ![]() |
8 July | An Aragonese fleet under Admiral Roger of Lauria attacks and defeats Angevin ships in the harbour of Malta. | |
1284 | Battle of the Gulf of Naples | ![]() |
5 June | An Aragonese-Sicilian fleet led by Roger of Lauria defeats the Neapolitan ships in the Gulf of Naples. | |
Genoese-Pisan Wars | Battle of Meloria | 5-6 Aug | A Genoese fleet led by Oberto D'Oria defeats Pisan ships near the islet of Meloria in the Ligurian Sea. | ||
Siege of Tudela | ![]() |
Sep | King Peter III of Aragon defeats an army of Navarre, commanded by Eustache de Beaumarchais. | ||
1285 | Mongol invasions of India | Battle of Beas River | ![]() |
9 March | Mamluk Dynasty defeats Mongols of the Chagatai Khanate. |
Aragonese Crusade | Siege of Elne | ![]() |
22-25 May | King Philip III of France captures Elne from Majorca. | |
Siege of Salses | May | King Philip III of France captures Salses from Majorca. | |||
Second Mongol–Vietnamese War | Battle of Chương Dương | ![]() |
24 June | Joint forces of Champa and Đại Việt defeat the Mongols and kill their local general Sogetu. | |
Aragonese Crusade | Siege of Girona | ![]() |
26 June—5 Sep | King Philip III of France captures Salses from Aragon. | |
War of the Sicilian Vespers | Battle of Sant Feliu de Guíxols | 27-28 July | An Aragonese fleet defeats a French fleet. | ||
Aragonese Crusade | Battle of Les Formigues | 4 Sep | An Aragonese-Sicilian fleet led by Roger of Lauria defeats French and Genoese ships near the Formigues Islands. | ||
Battle of the Col de Panissars | 30 Sep—1 Oct | Aragonese forces led by King Peter III ambush and defeat a French expeditionary army in the Pyrenees. | |||
War of the Sicilian Vespers | Battle of Besalú | Sep | Aragon defeats a French army. | ||
Aragonese Crusade | Battle of Alaró Castle | 30 Dec | Aragon captures Alaró Castle and annexes Mallorca | ||
Battle of Urhezen | ![]() |
Oba Oguola of Benin decisively defeats the forces of Udo. | |||
1287 | Livonian Crusade | Battle of Garoza | ![]() |
26 March | The Semigallians defeat the Livonian Order. |
War of the Sicilian Vespers | Battle of the Counts | ![]() |
23 June | An Aragonese-Sicilian fleet led by Roger of Lauria defeats the larger Angevin fleet at Naples. | |
First Mongol invasion of Burma | Battle of Pagan | ![]() |
Dec | The Mongols end the Pagan Empire. | |
1288 | Mongol invasions of Vietnam | Battle of Bạch Đẳng | ![]() |
9 April | Đại Việt defeats the invasion of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. |
War of the Limburg Succession | Battle of Worringen | ![]() |
5 June | Battle for the Duchy of Limburg. Dutch forces defeat the coalition army of Cologne, Luxembourg, and Nassau. | |
1289 | Crusades | Fall of Tripoli | ![]() |
March—April | Crusader state of Tripoli falls to the Mameluks. |
Battle of Schosshalde | ![]() |
27 April | Rudolf II, Duke of Austria defeats Ulrich I von Bubenberg, commander of the army of the city of Bern. | ||
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Battle of Campaldino | ![]() |
11 June | Florence and their allies defeat the city-state Arezzo. | |
War of the Outlaws | Siege of Copenhagen | ![]() |
7 July | Copenhagen withstands a siege of the Norwegian fleet under King Eric II (supported by Danish outlaws). | |
Battle of Skanör | ![]() |
9 July | Skanör withstand the attack, Norwegian Chieftain Thord Krytter falls in battle. | ||
1291 | Crusades | Siege of Acre | ![]() |
4 April—18 May | Mameluks capture the last Crusader city. |
1295 | Welsh revolt of 1294–95 | Battle of Maes Moydog | ![]() |
5 March | One of Edward I's armies defeats Welsh rebels, hastening the end of Madog ap Llywelyn's revolt. |
Reconquista | Battle of Iznalloz | ![]() |
Sultan Muhammad II of Granada defeats Castile under Ruy Pérez Ponce de León. | ||
1296 | First War of Scottish Independence | Sack of Berwick | ![]() |
30 March | English forces under Robert Clifford attack and sack the town of Berwick. |
Battle of Dunbar | ![]() |
27 April | English forces defeat the Scots and occupy much of Scotland. First battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence. | ||
1297 | Gascon War | Battle of Bonnegarde | ![]() |
2 Feb | France under Robert II, Count of Artois defeats England under Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln. |
Franco-Flemish War | Siege of Lille | 23 June—1 Sep | France captures Lille from Flanders. | ||
Battle of Furnes | ![]() |
20 Aug | French under Robert II of Artois defeat the Flemish at Bulskamp, near Veurne (Furnes). | ||
First War of Scottish Independence | Battle of Stirling Bridge | ![]() |
11 Sep | Scots under William Wallace defeat the English forces under John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey. | |
1298 | Mongol invasions of India | Battle of Jaran-Manjur | ![]() |
6 Feb | Delhi Sultanate repels Mongol invasion. |
Livonian Civil War | Battle of Turaida | ![]() |
1 June | The Livonian Order is decisively defeated by the residents of Riga allied with Lithuania under command of Vytenis. | |
Fight for rule over the Holy Roman Empire | Battle of Göllheim | ![]() |
2 July | Albert I of Habsburg defeated Adolf of Germany. After battle, Albert was elected King of the Romans. | |
First War of Scottish Independence | Battle of Falkirk | ![]() |
22 July | In Stirlingshire, English forces under King Edward I defeat the rebellious Scots led by William Wallace. | |
War of Curzola | Battle of Curzola | ![]() |
9 Sep | The Genoese fleet under Admiral Lamba Doria defeats the Venetian fleet (including capturing Marco Polo). | |
Mongol invasions of India | Battle of Sivistan | ![]() |
1298—1299 | Delhi Sultanate again defeats invading Mongols. | |
1299 | War of the Sicilian Vespers | Battle of Cape Orlando | ![]() |
4 July | An Aragonese-Angevin fleet led by Roger of Lauria defeats the Sicilian fleet near Sicily. |
Battle of Falconaria | 1 Dec | Sicilian forces under King Frederick II defeat the Neapolitans under Philip I of Taranto. | |||
Mongol invasions of the Levant | Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar | ![]() |
22-23 Dec | The Mongols defeat Mamluk forces. | |
Mongol invasions of India | Battle of Kili | ![]() |
Late 1299 | Delhi Sultanate expels another invasion by the Chagatai Khanate. | |
First War of Scottish Independence | First Siege of Stirling Castle | ![]() |
Scottish forces besiege constable John Sampson unsuccessfully. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Metreveli, Samushia, King of Kings Giorgi II, pg. 77-82.
- ^ Willey, Peter (25 November 2005). Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-85043-464-1.