List of battles 301–1300 explained

This is a List of battles from 301 A.D. to 1300 A.D.

4th century

YearBattleDescription
312Siege of SegusioThe series of wars between Constantine and Maxentius starts.
Battle of TurinConstantine defeats forces loyal to Maxentius.
Battle of BresciaMaxentius sends Ruricus to lead an attack against Constantine, only to fail.
Constantine defeats Maxentius once more in an attack, Ruricus dying whilst leading it.
Battle of the Milvian Bridge Constantine takes control of Italy, executing Maxentius and his family after.
313 In the eastern part of the Empire, the forces of Licinius defeat Maximinus Daia.
314 Constantine defeats Licinius.
316 Constantine again defeats Licinius, who cedes Illyricum to Constantine.
324 Constantine defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
Flavius Julius Crispus, son of Constantine defeats the naval forces of Licinius.
Constantine decisively defeats Licinius, establishing his sole control over the Empire.
c. 330 Kingdom of Axum under King Ezana sack the capital of the Kingdom of Kush, leading to Kush's collapse.
337 Persians unsuccessfully siege Roman city.
344 Emperor Constantius II fights an indecisive battle against the Persian King Shapur II.
346-347 Siege of Nisibis Persian King Shapur II again sieges the city and is repelled.
350 King Shapur II sieges Nisibis for the third time, flooding the city but ultimately being unsuccessful and retreats.
351 Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
Later Zhao and Former Yan defeats Ran Wei. However, the last ruler of Later Zhao, Shi Zhi, is soon assassinated.
353 Final defeat of Magnentius by Constantius II.
356 The city of Autun, Burgundy, is besieged by Alamanni forces. Julian the Apostate of Rome relieves the city, ending the siege.
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 Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland.
359 Sasanians capture Amida from the Romans.
360 Siege of Singara Sasanians take Singara
363 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 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 The army of the Roman Emperor Valens defeats the usurper Procopius.
367 Romans under Emperor Valentinian I defeat yet another Alemanni incursion.
373 The Huns defeat the Alans near the Don, beginning the great period of the Germanic migrations.
377 Roman troops fight an inconclusive battle against the Goths.
Goths, Alans and Huns defeat Romans.
378 The Western Emperor Gratianus is victorious over the Alamanni, yet again.
The Thervings under Fritigern defeat and kill the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens.
380 The Goths under Fritigern fight and defeat a Roman army under Emperor Theodosius I.
383 Fu Jiān is defeated by the Jin commander Xie An. The kingdom of the Former Qin collapses shortly thereafter.
388 Emperor Theodosius I defeats the usurper Magnus Maximus.
394 The Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills the last Pagan-tolerant usurper Eugenius and his Frankish general Arbogast.
395 Battle of Canhe Slope Part of the Later Yan campaign into Northern Wei territory; crushing defeat for the Later Yan forces.

5th century

YearBattleDescription
402 Romans under Flavius Stilicho win a small victory against the Visigoths under Alaric.
403 Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric, forcing them out of Italy.
405 Stilcho defends city from the Goths, but Florence is nearly destroyed.
406 Stilicho defeats Visigoths and Vandals under Radagaisus.
Battle of Mainz An army of Vandals, Suevi, and Alans defeats the Frankish federation.
409 Visigoths under Alaric I defeat Romans.
Eastern Jin decisively defeats Southern Yan.
Jin dynasty conquer Southern Yan
410 The Visigoths under Alaric sack Rome.
413 Visigoths under Ataulf are defeated by Romans under Bonifacius while trying to siege Roman city. They make peace with Rome soon after.
419 Suebi under Hermeric allied with Romans in Hispania defeat coalition between the Vandals and Alans.
425 Siege of ArlesThe Roman general Aëtius defeats the Visigoths under Theodoric I.
428 Vandals defeat Suebi.
431 Vandals under Genseric establish a foothold in Africa, strategically defeating Rome. Saint Augustine dies during the siege.
Romans defeat Franks.
432 The Roman general Aëtius is defeated by his rival Count Boniface, who is killed.
436 Aëtius again defeats the Visigoths under Theodoric I.
439 Romans lose Carthage to the Vandals.
Visigoths led by Theodoric I defeat Romans under General Litorius, who is killed.
447 Hunnic victory, led by Attila, over Roman forces in what is today Bulgaria.
448 Romans under Aëtius defeated the Franks under Chlodio.
450 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 Forces of Yazdegerd II annihilate the Christian Armenian rebels led by Saint Vartan.
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 Aquileia is razed to the ground by the forces of Attila the Hun.
454 A Germanic alliance under the leadership of the Ostrogoths and the Gepids breaks Hunnic power in Europe.
455 Battle of AylesfordBritons and Anglo-Saxons battle in Kent, victory is unclear.
Sack of Rome The Vandals sack Rome during their campaign against Emperor Petronius Maximus, looting the city for 14 days.
456 Roman General Majorian defeats an Alemanni invasion of Italy.
Romans repel Vandal attempt to annex Corsica.
Theodoric II, king of the Visigoths defeats the Suevi, sacks their capital, and conquers Spain.
457 Romans under Majorian defeat the Vandals.
Romans under Majorian defeats the Alemanni.
458 The Roman Emperor Majorian defeats the Visigoths.
The Roman Emperor Majorian, with the support of Aegidius and Nepotianus, defeats the Visigoths at Arlate.
461 A Vandal fleet surprises and destroys the Roman fleet.
463 Kingdom of Soissons and Alans led by Aegidius defeat Visigoths under Theodoric II.
464 Romans under General Ricimer defeat Alan invasion of Italy and kill their king.
466 The Saxons under Hengest battle the Britons, victory is undecided.
468 Ostrogoths defeat a coalition of Gepids, Heruli, Rugii, Sarmatians, Sciri, Suebi and the Roman Empire.
Vandals decisively defeat large joint effort by Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire to retake Carthage.
469 Visigoths defeat Bretons.
472 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 The Germanic foederati led by Odoacer decisively defeat the Western Roman Empire and depose Emperor Romulus Augustulus. Western Roman Empire dissolved.
484 Hephthalite Empire decisively defeats the Sasanian Empire and kills King Peroz I.
485 Saxons under Aelle defeat British defenders.
486 Clovis I defeats Syagrius and gains the Domain of Soissons.
489 28 August – Odoacer fights the Ostrogoths under Theodoric the Great, ending in the Italian troops' defeat.
Battle of Verona 30 September – Odoacer fights the Ostrogoths near Verona, and is defeated a second time.
490 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 Byzantine army under John the Scythian defeats Isaurians under Longinus of Cardala.
496 Franks under Clovis I defeat the Alamanni, killing their king.
497 Alchon Huns sack the central Indian city of Kosambi.
500 or Battle of Mynydd Baddon. British forces defeat the Saxons decisively, ending their advance into British lands. Later connected to King Arthur.

6th century

YearBattleDescription
502 August – Sasanians under Kavadh I take ungarrisoned Byzantine city.
Siege of Martyropolis Sasanians take Byzantine city.
502-503 October 502-January 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 Battle of StrasbourgThe Franks under Clovis I defeats the Alemanni.
507 Battle of VouilléThe Franks under Clovis I defeat the Visigoths under Alaric II decisively, gaining Gallia Aquitania. Clovis kills Alaric in single combat.
510 Alchon Huns defeat the Guptas and temporarily conquer the province of Malwa.
524 25 June – Burgundians and Ostrogoths under Theodoric the Great defeat the Merovingian Franks.
525 The army of king Theudebert I of Austrasia and a king in Frisia defeat an army of Danes.
Kingdom of Aksum under Kaleb of Axum annexes the Himyarite Kingdom of Dhu Nuwas.
528 Summer – Sasanians defeat Byzantines under Belisarius, but take heavy losses.
Battle of SondaniAlliance of Indian rulers defeat the Alchon Huns, who retreat out of India
530 Battle of DaraByzantine commander Belisarius, in alliance with Heruli and the Huns, defeats Sasanian Persians in Turkey as part of the Iberian War.
Byzantines under Sittas and Dorotheus defeat attacking Persians under Mermeroes.
c 530 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 Battle of CallinicumA Sasanian army defeats a Byzantine force in Syria, but with heavy losses on both sides.
Sasanians withdraw from attack on Byzantine city, last battle of the Iberian War.
Frankish King Theuderic I defeats Thuringian King Hermanafrid and conquers Thuringia
532 Frankish kings Childebert I and Chlothar I defeat the Burgundians and conquer their territory.
533 13 September – Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer near Carthage.
15 December – Belisarius again defeats the Vandals near Carthage, ending Vandal rule in North Africa.
534-535 Spring – Byzantine general Solomon defeats the Moorish rebels and secures control of Byzacena.
536 October–November – Byzantines under Belisarius take city from the Ostrogoths.
537 King Arthur killed, perhaps mythical, by Mordred.
Germanus defeats rebel African army.
Western Wei dynasty defeats the Eastern Wei dynasty
538 Unsuccessful siege of Rome by the Ostrogoths, Byzantine defenders under Belisarius remain victorious.
540 Byzantine general Solomon defeats the Moorish rebels of the Aurès Mountains region and secures control of Numidia and Mauretania Sitifensis.
541 Sasasians under Khosrow I capture Byzantine fortress.
Ostrogoths under Totila defend city against larger Byzantine army.
542 Ostrogoths under Totila defeat Byzantine army.
Ostrogoths defeat Byzantine army.
543 A Byzantine invasion of Sasanian Armenia is defeated by a small force under Nabedes.
544 Sasanians under Khosrow I abandon siege of Byzantine city of Edessa, which pays them 5 centenaria of gold.
Byzantine General Solomon killed in battle by a coalition of Berber tribes.
545 Stotzas mortally wounded by Byzantine general John.
late 546/early547 Byzantine general John Troglita defeats the Moorish rebels under Antalas.
547 Late summer – John Troglita is defeated by a coalition of Tripolitanian Moors.
548 Summer – John Troglita defeats the last Moorish coalition and suppresses the Moorish revolt.
550-551 Byzantines recapture city and dismantle its walls.
551 Battle of Sena GallicaA Byzantine naval squadron defeats the Ostrogoth fleet decisively.
552 Battle of TaginaeByzantines under Narses defeat Ostrogoths under Totila, who dies in battle.
Battle of AsfeldLongobards under King Audoin defeat the Gepids under Thurisind, who is killed.
553Byzantines under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths under Teia, ending Ostrogoth resistance.
Sasanians defeat Byzantines in the Lazic War.
554 October – Byzantines under Narses defeat the Franks and Alamanni decisively.
Yawm Halima ("Day of Halima")The Ghassanids under al-Harith ibn Jabalah defeat the Lakhmids under al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, who is killed.
Siege of OnogurisSasanians decisively defeat Byzantines and force them to retreat from the area and abandon Archaeopolis, which they subsequently raze.
555–556 Byzantines defeat Sasanian siege of town.
559 Byzantines under Belisarius defeat the Kutrigurs 20 km west of Constantinople.
560 Sasanians under King Khosrow I allied with the Göktürks decisively defeat the Hephthalite Empire, which dissolved into smaller kingdoms in the aftermath.
Uí Néill defeat King Diarmait mac Cerbaill.
570 The Ghassanids under al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith defeat the Lakhmids under Qabus ibn al-Mundhir.
Sasanians defeat the Kingdom of Aksum and kill King Masruq ibn Abraha.
Sasanians take Yemen from Aksum.
573 Battle of ArfderyddWelsh battle between Christian and non-Christian forces; Gwenddoleu dies.
575 Sack of al-HirahThe Ghassanids under al-Harith ibn Jabalah sack the Lakhmid capital, al-Hirah.
577 Battle of DeorhamWest Saxons defeats the Briton Celts in Wiltshire, England.
586 Battle of SolachonByzantine forces under Philippicus defeat a Sasanian army in Mesopotamia.
587 July – Buddhist Soga clan defeats Shinto Mononobe clan. Mononobe clan leader Mononobe no Moriya killed in battle.
588 Byzantine forces defeat a Sasanian army at Martyropolis.
590 Kingdom of Rheged defeats Bernicia
591 August – Combined Byzantine-Persian armies led by Byzantine generals John Mystacon and Narses and Persian king Khosrau II defeat the Persian rebel Bahram Chobin.
598 Battle of LinyuguanKorean Goguryeo Kingdom repulses the Chinese Sui dynasty.
599 Battles of ViminaciumByzantines defeat the Avars.

7th century

YearBattleDescription
603 The Chinese Sui dynasty defeats and conquers the Vietnamese Early Lý dynasty.
Northumbrian king Æthelfrith defeats Scots under Áedán mac Gabráin
609 Battle fought between Arabs in southern Iraq and a Sasanian Persian army.
612 Korean Goguryeo defeats the Chinese Sui dynasty.
Goguryeo cavalry forces, although outnumbered, overwhelm the Chinese troops in combat and eventually emerge victorious.
613 Battle of AntiochAn attack by Byzantine forces on the recently captured Antioch ends in a decisive Sasanian victory.
614 Siege of JerusalemAfter 21 days, Jerusalem falls to the Sasanian forces and their Jewish allies.
615 Siege of ThessalonicaSclaveni under the chieftain Chatzon attempt to capture the city.
616 Æthelfrith defeats the armies of Welsh kingdoms Powys and Rhôs.
617 8 September – Li Yuan defeats the Sui dynasty and enters Chang'an.
618 6 October – Wang Shichong scores a decisive victory over Li Mi, breaking the blockade of Luoyang and taking over the latter's followers.
29 November – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao.
Chalukya Empire defeats the Pallava Kingdom.
619 Siege of AlexandriaThe advancing Sasanian armies easily capture Alexandria in their campaign to conquer Roman Egypt.
621 Battle of HulaoThe 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 17 March – Muslim forces under Muhammad defeat a larger, pagan, Meccan force, killing their leaders.
625 23 March – Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats a Muslim force, before eventually converting to Islam himself and joining the Muslim forces.
Battle of SarusApril – 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 (626)The Avars, in alliance with the Sasanians, besiege Constantinople unsuccessfully.
627 An army from the city of Mecca fails to capture Muslim-held Medina, defended by Muhammad using an early form of trench warfare.
Tong Yabgu of Western Turks capture the fortress during Perso-Turkic War.
12 December – Byzantines under Emperor Heraclius defeat Sasanian Persians.
628 March/April – Forces under Muhammad defeat the Jewish tribes living in the Hejaz region of the Arab peninsula
629 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.
Irish clan battle where the Dál nAraidi defeated the Dál Riata and killed their king.
630 Muhammad conquers Mecca without any bloodshed.
Muhammad defeats the Hawazin Bedouin tribe.
December – Muslims defeat coalition of Arab tribes.
Banu Thaqif fend off siege from Muhammad, surrender a few months later regardless.
Muhammad successfully campaigns against the Byzantines at Tabuk in his last campaign.
Tang Chinese army, led by Li Jing, decisively defeats the Eastern Turks, fall of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.
631 King Samo defeats Austrasian forces, led by Dagobert I, Merovingian king of the Franks.
632 June – Rashidun forces under Usama ibn Zayd successfully operate against the Byzantines .
Rashidun forces defeat a numerically superior rebel army under Musaylimah, killing him.
July – Rashidun forces defeat the rebels of Tulayha.
September – Rashiduns defeat the pagan Arab tribes.
October – Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats rebelling tribes.
633 Generals of Caliph Abu Bakr decisively defeat rebel pagan tribes.
April – Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a Persian army in his first battle against the Persian Empire.
April – Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the Persian Empire.
May – Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the larger forces of the Persian Empire using a double envelopment maneuver.
May – Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a larger army from the Persian Empire.
May – Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats Persians.
Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats Persians.
Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats Persia and its Christian Arab allies.
August – Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats rebelling Arab Christians.
November – Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats Persians and Arab Christians.
November – Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats Persians and Christian Arabs.
November – Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the Persian forces, conquering most of Mesopotamia (Iraq) from the Persian Empire.
Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Edwin of Northumbria.
634 January – Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the combined forces of the Persian Empire and Roman Empire, completing his conquest of Mesopotamia.
February – Rashiduns defeat Byzantines around Gaza.
Rashiduns defeat Sasanian Empire.
Rashiduns defeat Sasanians.
Rashiduns defeat Sasanians.
Rashiduns defeat Ghassanids.
Rashiduns decisively defeat Ghassanids.
Rashiduns defeat Byzantines.
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.
July – 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.
July – Arabs defeat Byzantines.
August – Arabs defeat Byzantines.
Aug-Sept – Thomas surrenders after four-week siege with no relief in sight and Muslim forces inside the city.
September – 12,000 Byzantines are defeated in an attempt to break the siege of Damascus in a battle 20 miles north of the city.
September – Refugees from the surrender at Damascus are intercepted just short of Antioch and butchered by Muslim forces.
October – Persians decisively defeat Muslim Arabs.
Oswald of Bernicia defeats and kills the Welsh king Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd.
November – Rashiduns defeat Sasanian advance.
635 Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the forces of the Roman Empire under Theodore the Sacellarius.
635-636 December 635-March 636 – Rashiduns under Khalid ibn al-Walid take the city of Emesa from the Byzantines.
636 August – Muslim Arab forces under Khalid ibn al-Walid crush the Byzantine forces led by Theodore Trithyrius and conquer the Levant from the Roman Empire.
Laodicea annexed by Arabs.
November – Muslim Arabs defeat a Sasanian army led by general Rostam Farrokhzad.
Rashiduns defeat Sasanian garrison.
Rashiduns take city from Sasanians in pursuit of Ctesiphon.
636-637 November 636-April 637 – Arabs take city from Byzantines.
637 Muslim Arabs conquered the Sasanian capital of Ctesiphon.
April – Rashiduns annex all territory west of the Zagros Mountains from the Persians.
June – Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the garrison of Qinnasrin under Meenas at Hazir in Syria, wiping out the Byzantine force.
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.
August–October – Khalid ibn al-Walid takes city from Byzantines.
October – 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 Rashidun Caliphate takes city of Germanica from the Byzantines.
Tang Chinese defeat the Tibetans.
639Tang Chinese defeat and conquer the western Turkic Tiele.
640 Rashidun Caliphate decisively defeats the Byzantines in Egypt.
Rashidun Caliphate takes major Byzantine fortress in Egypt.
Tang Chinese defeat and conquer the Karakhoja.
641 Rashidun Caliphate takes Byzantine capital of province of Egypt.
641-642 Muslim Arabs defeat Sasanians.
642 Nubian Kingdom of Makuria defeats the Rashidun Caliphate.
Muslim Arabs take city from Sasanians.
Muslim Arabs gain a major victory over the Persian Empire, Sasanian dynasty under near collapse and loses centralization.
Arabs defeat Persians.
5 August – Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia.
Pallavas defeat the Chalukyas.
Pallavas defeat the Chalukyas and conquer Vatapi.
643 Arabs defeat Persians.
Arabs defeat Persians.
643-644 Rashidun Caliphate defeats Sasanian Empire.
644 Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Rai Kingdom on the western bank of the Indus River.
Tang Chinese defeat the Western Turkic Khaganate.
645 The Chinese Tang dynasty defeats Goguryeo.
Battle of Mount JupilThe ChineseTang dynasty army annihilated the Korea Goguryeo field army.
Korean Goguryeo forces defeat the Chinese Tang dynasty.
646 Arabs repel Byzantine attempt to retake Egypt.
647 Rashidun Caliphate defeats and kills Gregory the Patrician, the rebelling Byzantine Exarch of Africa.
648 Mayan city-state of Dos Pilas attacked and defeated by Yuknoom Che'en II of Calakmul, Balaj Chan K'awiil captured.
Battle of KuchaThe ChineseTang dynasty defeat the Western Turkic Khaganate.
652 Khazar Turks defeat the Rashidun Caliphate's forces.
651 Rashiduns, with the help of a defecting noble family, defeat the Sasanians.
Rashiduns sack new Sasanian capital, kill over 40,000 defenders, and finish the annexation of the province of Pars.
Muslim Arabs gain a final victory over the Persian Empire, ending the Persian Sasanian dynasty.
652 Rashiduns defeat the Zoroastrian remnant House of Karen.
Rashiduns defeat the House of Karen.
Rashiduns defeated by Makuria, Baqt signed between Makuria and the Caliphate.
654 Rashiduns defeat the Byzantine navy.
Rashiduns defeat the House of Karen and Hephthalites, subjecting the former.
655 Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats and kills pagan Mercian king Penda.
656 Battle of the Camel Rashidun forces under Ali ibn Abi Talib defeat a rebel army at Basra, Iraq.
657 Battle of Irtysh RiverTang Chinese army led by Su Dingfang decisively defeats the Western Turkic khagan Ashina Helu, led to the Tang conquest of the Western Turks.
658 Battle of SiffinForces of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib battle rebel forces of Muawiyah I, Governor of Syria, indecisively.
660 A superior Silla army defeats Baekje decisively, killing General Gyebaek.
663 Tang Chinese and Silla forces decisively defeat Yamato Japanese and Baekje forces.
668 Silla and the Chinese Tang dynasty defeat and conquer Goguryeo.
670 Tang Chinese army annihilated the Tibetans, and take over control of the Tarim Basin.
671 Northumbrians defeat Picts.
674 The Byzantines defeat the Arabs after 4 years of siege through the use of Greek fire.
675 Silla fights Tang dynasty.
678 676-678 – Byzantines defeat Sclaveni siege of Thessalonica after two years.
679 Mercia defeats Northumbria.
680 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.
Neustrians defeat Austrasians in Frankish civil war.
10 October – The Umayyad forces defeat Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, and his partisans.
682/683 Defeat of the Umayyads under Uqba ibn Nafi by the Berbers and Byzantines.
683 Unsuccessful siege of Mecca by Umayyad forces, which allows Ibn al-Zubayr to set himself up as anti-Caliph there.
684 Umayyads supported by the Banu Kalb defeat a hostile tribal coalition around the Qays and secure control of Syria.
685 The "Penitents" of Kufa are annihilated by the Umayyads.
Picts defeat Northumbrians in Scotland, killing their leader.
686 Forces of Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr defeat pro-Alid forces.
Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr defeats pro-Alid forces of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi and temporarily gains control of all of Iraq.
687Battle of TertryMerovingian Franks defeat Neustria and Burgundy.
688 Umayyads defeat the Berber Kingdom of Altava and kill their king Kusaila in battle.
689 The army of Cunipert, king of the Lombards, defeat the followers of the usurper Alahis on the Adda River.
691 Umayyads defeat Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr and recover control of Iraq.
692 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.
Umayyads defeat Byzantine forces after the defection of 20,000 Slav soldiers.
695 Franks under Pepin of Herstal defeat Frisians.
698 After a surprise attack of Byzantine forces on Carthage, Umayyad forces take back the city with very heavy losses.
Berber Queen Dihya defeats Umayyads under Hasan ibn al-Nu'man.
The Balhae and the Tang dynasty of China collide in seeking supremacy of Manchuria.

8th century

YearBattleDescription
701 Battle of Dayr al-JamajimUmayyad forces under al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf defeat the Iraqi rebellion of Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath.
703 Battle of TabarkaUmayyads defeat and kill Queen Dihya in battle, annexing the Berber Kingdom of the Aurès.
707 Siege of TyanaUmayyads besiege the Byzantine town of Tyana over the winter and capture it after a relief army is defeated in spring.
708 Battle of AnchialusBulgarians under Tervel defeat a Byzantine army under Justinian II.
709 Battle of KabulPart of the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan.
711 The invading Umayyad armies defeat the Visigoths in Iberia, killing King Roderic.
The Türgesh are defeated by the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.
Umayyads under Muhammad ibn al-Qasim conquer Sindh encompassing modern-day Pakistan from Dahir of Aror.
715 In the first significant battle of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718, Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald.
716 Part of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718. Charles Martel suffers his only defeat.
Part of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718. Charles Martel defeats his Neustrian and Frisian rivals.
717 Part of the Frankish Civil War. Charles Martel and the Austrasians defeat the Frankish king, Chilperic II, and his mayor of the palace, Ragenfrid.
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.
Battle of Aksu (717)Tang Chinese forces defeat an alliance of the forces of Umayyad Muslims, Tibetans, and Turgesh Turks.
718 Battle of SoissonsThe last significant battle of the Frankish civil war, with Charles Martel victorious.
Asturian forces defeat the Umayyad invaders for the first time (date uncertain 718–725).
721 Battle of Toulouse9 June – Umayyad forces besiege Toulouse, subsequently lose to Odo of Aquitaine's relief troops.
722 Britons defeat Anglo-Saxons of Wessex "among the Cornish".
723 Umayyad forces successfully conquer Balanjar from the Khazars, looting and killing its population in the process.
724 Umayyad army is routed by the Turgesh; beginning of the collapse of the Umayyad position in Transoxiana.
727 Umayyad forces unsuccessfully besiege Nicaea for 40 days.
729 Umayyad forces break through Turgesh encirclement and reach Bukhara.
Umayyad Arabs defend the fortress of Kamarja for 58 days against overwhelming Turgesh numbers before being allowed to retire.
Battle of Ravenna (729)Byzantine forces are defeated by Italians following an argument about icon veneration.
730 Khazars defeat the Umayyads.
December- Umayyad Caliphate defeats the Khazars.
732 Umayyad Arabs defeat the Khazars.
10 October – Umayyad forces, led by Abd er-Rahman, lose to Charles Martel near Poitiers.
734 Charles Martel defeats the Frisians, killing King Poppo and ending the Frisian Kingdom.
737 Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal and capture their baggage train.
Umayyad governor of Khorasan Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri defeats the Turgesh khagan in battle, halting the Turgesh invasion south of the Oxus River.
Franks under Charles Martel destroy Umayyad garrison.
Franks besiege Umayyad city, results inconclusive.
Franks defeat Umayyad forces attempting to relieve siege of Narbonne.
740 Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian wins an important victory over the Umayyads in modern Turkey.
Battle of the NoblesBerber forces defeat the Umayyads near Tangier, killing their leader and 10,000 Arabs.
741 Battle of BagdouraOctober – Berbers push the Umayyad Caliphate out of Morocco.
Franks under Carloman and Pepin the Short defeat the rebellion of their brother Grifo.
743 Franks under Carloman and Pepin the Short defeat a rebellion of Baiuvarii, Alemanni and Slavic allies.
746 The Cibyrrhaeots defeat the Egyptian fleet of the Umayyad Caliphate.
Kufa and Mosul taken by Marwan II.
750 The Danish army is defeated by the Swedish.
Decisive victory for the Abbasids resulting in the Umayyads' fall and rise of a new Caliphate.
Umayyad holdout led by Governor Yazid ibn Umar al-Fazari taken by the Abbasids.
751 Abbasid forces defeat Tang forces on the banks of the Talas River.
756 Battle of YongqiuTang forces deal a decisive blow to the Yan during the An Shi Rebellion.
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.
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.
Emperor Constantine V of Byzantium defeats a Bulgar army under the new Khan Vinekh.
757 Battle of SuiyangPyrrhic victory for the Yan against Tang forces.
759 Bulgar Khan Vinekh defeats a Byzantine army in a mountain pass.
763 The Abbasids under Isa ibn Musa crush an Alid rebel army under Ibrahim ibn Abdallah.
The Bulgar Khan Telets is defeated by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V.
766 Unsuccessful attack on the Byzantine border fortress of Kamacha by the Abbasids.
770 Swedes allied with Western Geats defeat Danes allied with Eastern Geats.
772 Rustamid state established in Morocco.
773-774 September 773-June 774 – Franks under Charlemagne decisively defeat the Lombards and annex northern Italy.
774 October – Byzantine Empire under Constantine V defeat the Bulgars under Telerig.
Superior Byzantine forces led by Constantine V crush a Bulgar army led by Khan Telerig.
775Battle of BagrevandThe 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 Basques defeat an invading Frankish army. Roland, Paladin of Charlemagne, dies.
779 Mercia defeats Wessex.
782 Saxons kill a detachment of Frankish forces.
783 Franks under Charlemagne defeat the Saxons under Widukind.
786 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 Abbasid forces defeat Byzantine forces.
789 Japanese army defeated by the Isawa Emishi under their general Aterui. Much of the imperial army drowned in the Koromo River.
791 Charlemagne defeats the Avars and as a result subdues Pannonia into vassalage.
Córdoba defeats Asturias.
792 The Bulgar Khan Kardam defeats a Byzantine army under Emperor Constantine VI.
794 Asturias defeats Córdoba.
795 Franks under Charlemagne defeat the Obotrite Slavs under Witzlaus, who was killed by his own men while crossing the Elbe.
798 The Obotrites under prince Thrasco and the Frankish Empire under Eburisus defeat the Nordalbingian Saxons.
799 Croatia decisively defeats an invading Frankish force led by Eric of Friuli, who dies in the conflict.

9th century

YearBattleDescription
801 Carolingians under Louis the Pious conquer Barcelona from the Emirate of Córdoba.
801-802 Tang Chinese forces decisively defeat Tibetan forces in the South-West front.
804 Abbasids under Ibrahim ibn Jibril surprise and defeat the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I.
808-809 The Umayyads repel the Carolingian army under Louis the Pious.
809 Bulgar Khan Krum seizes the fortified Byzantine town of Serdica, nowadays Sofia.
811 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.
811 Abbasid Civil War ends with Al-Ma'mun defeating his half-brother Al-Amin, who dies in this battle.
812 Siege of Develtos Bulgar Khan Krum besieges ancient city of Develtos, Thrace. Decisive victory for Krum – the population of Develtos are deported to Bulgarian territories.
813
The Bulgars of Krum defeat the Byzantines of Emperor Michael I Rangabe.
814 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 Emirate of Cordoba decisively defeats invading forces of Asturias and the Basques, killing all commanders against Cordoba.
819 Tang Chinese forces decisively defeat Tibetan forces in the North-West front.
822 The Bulgars of Khan Omurtag attack the Byzantine rebel Thomas the Slav as a favour to Byzantine Emperor Michael II, but are defeated.
825 Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia, ending Mercian supremacy.
829 The Cretan Saracens defeat the Byzantines off Thasos.
838 Theophilus is defeated by the Abbasids in modern Turkey.
Egbert of Wessex defeats a Cornish and Viking army, ending Cornish independence.
Abbasids take and raze Byzantine city.
841 Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat emperor Lothair I in the Carolingian civil war.
843 Franks under count Renaud of Nantes defeat the Bretons under Nominoe and prefect Lambert II of the Breton March.
Bretons of the Duchy of Brittany defeat Renaud of Nantes.
844 Abbasids defeat the Byzantines.
845 Charles the Bald of West Frankish Kingdom is defeated by the Bretons of Nominoe.
Vikings plunder and occupy Paris, leaving for 7,000 pounds of silver and gold.
847 Vikings plunder and occupy Bordeaux.
849 An Italian alliance fleet defeats Saracen pirates.
851 Bretons under Duke Erispoe defeat king Charles the Bald of West Francia.
856/7 Danish Vikings capture and plunder Paris, capital of West Francia again.
860 Rus' Khaganate raids the suburbs outside Constantinople.
861 Danish Vikings capture and plunder Paris.
863 Byzantines under Michael III defeat the Emirate of Melitene forces decisively.
Nanzhao captures Songping (modern Hanoi) from the Tang
865 Cordoba defeats Asturias and Castile.
866Battle of BrissartheBretons and Vikings under Salomon, Duke of Brittany and Hastein defeat Franks. Robert the Strong and Ranulf I of Aquitaine die in the battle.
867 Great Heathen Army defeats and occupies Northumbria, executes King Aella of Northumbria, and establishes the Danelaw.
869 Zanj rebels defeat militia trying to quell their rebellion.
870 Aghlabids under Sawāda Ibn Muḥammad capture the Byzantine city of Melite.
Anglo-Saxons under Æthelwulf defeat the Danelaw Vikings.
871 Ethelred of Wessex and Alfred the Great are defeated by a Danish army, suffering heavy losses.
871 Zanj defeat Abbasid forces and sack city of Basra during the Zanj rebellion.
872 Harald Hårfagre takes over great parts of Norway; the country of Norway is regarded to be founded after the battle.
(possibly also in 878) – The Byzantine Empire defeats the Paulician heretics, killing their leader Chrysocheir.
Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas defeats a fleet of Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios.
(possibly as late as 879) – Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas defeats a fleet of Cretan Saracens and kills their commander, the renegade Photios.
876 Abbasids defeat Saffarid dynasty near the Tigris River.
King Louis the Younger of East Francia defeats the invading army of emperor Charles the Bald.
878 West Saxons under Alfred the Great defeat the Danelaw Vikings.
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.
879 Pallavas and Cholas defeat Pandya kingdom in Southern India. Cholas become most prominent regional power soon after this.
880 A Frankish army defeats a rebel army of self-proclaimed king Boso of Provence.
Vikings of the Great Heathen Army defeat the Franks under Louis the Younger.
Franks under Louis the Younger march on and defeat Vikings.
Byzantine admiral Nasar defeats an Aghlabid fleet in a night attack off western Greece.
Byzantine admiral Nasar defeats an Aghlabid fleet off southern Italy.
The Byzantines under Leo Apostyppes capture Taranto from the Muslims.
The Frankish army under Charles the Fat, Louis III and Carloman II fail to take the capital of king Boso of Provence.
881 Anarawd ap Rhodri defeats the Mercians under Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians. Known in Welsh as Dial Rhodri: the Avenging of Rhodri.
The Aghlabids under al-Hasan ibn al-Abbas defeat the Byzantines under Barsakios near Taormina.
Franks under Louis III of France and Carloman II decisively defeat Danish Vikings.
881/2 The Byzantines under Mosilikes defeat the Aghlabids under Abu Thawr.
882 Danish Vikings under Godfrid and Sigfrid defeat the Franks under Archbishop Wala of Metz, Archbishop Bertulf of Trier and count Adalhard of Metz.
Franks defeat Viking camp, whose leader Godfrid made to become Frankish vassal and convert to Christianity.
Spanish defeat Cordoba.
883 Abbasids defeat Tulunid army trying to gain control of the city.
884 Frisia under Archbishop Rimbert of Bremen-Hamburg makes an army of Danish Vikings retreat from East Frisia.
885 Tulunids defeat Abbasid attempt at recovering Syria and Egypt.
885-886 Franks defend Paris decisively from Viking siege, Vikings granted passage of the Seine and given 700 pounds of silver.
891 Arnulf of the Franks defeats a Viking army, ending their invasion.
893 Battle of ButtingtonAn army of Mercians, West Saxons, and Welsh led by Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians defeats a Viking army.
896 Bulgarians defeat Magyars, who abandon the area and migrate westwards.
During the summer the Bulgars led by Prince Simeon I defeat a Byzantine army decisively.
The Bulgars under their princes Boris-Michael and his son Symeon finally break a Magyar siege.
897 Forces loyal to Yang Xingmi defeat forces of fellow warlord Zhu Wen.
899 Hungarians decisively defeat the Kingdom of Italy.

10th century

YearBattleDescription
902 The former Aghlabid emir, Ibrahim II, captures the fortress of Taormina from the Byzantine Empire.
903 29 November – The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib deals a crushing defeat on the Qarmatians under the Sahib al-Shama.
904 Saracens under Leo of Tripoli sack the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city.
907 Hungarians completely defeat East Francia and expand their military control to River Enns.
908 Hungarians decisively defeat Franco-German army from Franconia, Saxony, and Thuringia.
909 Warlord Liu Shouguang defeats his brother Liu Shouwen
910 Between Edward the Elder and the Yorkshire Danes. The Danish were defeated.
12 June – Hungarians decisively defeat Louis the Child's united Frankish Imperial Army, devastating East Francia.
22 June – Hungarians deliver another devastating defeat to East Francia and the German kingdoms near the River Rednitz.
911 Vikings under Rollo defeated by the Franks, who afterwards bargain to give Rollo the Duchy of Normandy in exchange for vassalage and religious conversion.
913 Duchies of Bavaria and Swabia defeat Hungarian raiding party.
915 Christian League defeats the Saracen bands in southern Lazio.
916 Rashtrakutas sack Kannauj, the capital of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty.
917 Anglo-Saxons defeat the Danelaw Vikings.
20 August – A large-scale Byzantine invasion against Bulgaria is decisively defeated by Tzar Simeon I of Bulgaria.
Vikings defeat Leinster and kill their king.
22 August – Strategic Viking victory against the Irish of Ui Niell.
Bulgarians defeat Byzantine Empire in village in proximity to Constantinople.
León defeats Córdoba.
918 Battle of CorbridgeStalemate between Norse and Kingdom of Scotland.
919 Vikings of Dublin decisively defeat the Irish kingdoms trying to drive them off the continent, killing six Irish kings.
State of Wuyue decisively defeats Wu (Ten Kingdoms). First documented use of a type of flamethrower.
Hungarians defeat new German King Henry the Fowler.
The army of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia defeats the army of Rudolph II, King of Upper Burgundy.
920 Cordoba defeats Leon and Navarre.
921Battle of SevanKingdom of Armenia defeats the Iranian Sajid dynasty.
Battle of PegaeBulgarians decisively defeat Byzantines near Constantinople.
923 15 June – Rollo of Normandy killed by Charles III, but Charles is defeated and imprisoned by Rudolf Duke of Burgundy who succeeded Robert.
925 Croatia defeats Hungary
926Battle 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.
929Siege of GanaA German army commanded by king Henry the Fowler captures the Glomatian fort of Gana.
Battle of FirenzuolaRudolph II of Burgundy and Adalbert I of Ivrea defeat Berengar I of Italy, who is dethroned and Rudolph is given the title King of Italy.
Battle of LenzenDuchy of Saxony defeats the Slavic Veleti and Obotrites.
933 Henry the Fowler, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars.
934 Battle of W.l.n.d.r Hungarians and Pechenegs defeat Byzantines and Bulgarians.
936 Goryeo led by Wang Geon conquers Later Baekje.
937 Athelstan of England defeats a combined Norse-Celtic force.
938 Ngô Quyền defeats Southern Han.
939 Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of Córdoba is defeated by a combined Hispanic-Christian force.
Bretons drive Vikings out of Brittany and found the Duchy of Brittany right after.
The royal German army defeats the rebel dukes Eberhard of Franconia and Gilbert of Lorraine.
940Battle of IskhabadSamanid Empire defeats Ziyarid dynasty and Firuzanids.
942 Hamdanid dynasty defeats Baridis for control over Baghdad.
Battle of FraxinetHungarian 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.
943Battle of WelsBavarians and Carantanians defeat Principality of Hungary.
946Battle of Baghdad Buyid dynasty defeats Hamdanid dynasty.
949 Rashtrakuta dynasty decisively defeats Chola Empire
953Battle of Marash The Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla, scores a major victory over the Byzantines under Bardas Phokas the Elder.
955 10 August – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending their invasion of the West.
16 October – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Obotrites, Veleti, and allied Slavs.
956 September/October – A Byzantine fleet under Basil Hexamilites deals a crushing defeat on the fleet of Tarsus.
955-957 Siege of Shouzhou Later Zhou decisively defeats Southern Tang
958 Battle of RabanThe Byzantines under John Tzimiskes defeat the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
960 Battle of Andrassos The Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
Battle of DrinaSerbian victory, Hungarian leader named Kisa was defeated by Časlav, the Prince of Serbia
Battle of SyrmiaHungarian victory, a Hungarian army defeated Časlav, the Prince of Serbia by avenge of the widow of Kisa
961 The Byzantines reconquer Crete from the Cretan Saracens.
962 Indulf of Scotland is killed in battle with Danish pirates.
The Kalbids capture the fortress of Taormina from the Byzantine Empire on behalf of the Fatimid Caliphate.
965 Battle of the Straits The Fatimid fleet deals a crushing defeat on the Byzantine fleet under Niketas Abalantes.
968 Battle of Silistra Sviatoslav I of Kiev defeats Bulgaria.
Siege of Kiev Pecheneg siege of Kievan Rus' successfully lifted by the general Pretich.
969 Capture of Preslav Sviatoslav I of Kiev captures Preslav, the Bulgarian capital.
Sviatoslav I of Kiev sacks and razes the capital of the Khazars, conquering the Khazar state for Kievan Rus'
970 Bardas Skleros defeats a Russo-Bulgarian-Magyar-Pecheneg army.
971 Byzantine emperor John Tzimiskes defeats the Rus'.
Byzantines defeat a Fatimid army near Alexandretta, forcing them to lift their siege of Antioch.
972 Mieszko I of Poland defeated Hodon of Germany.
978 or 979 The rebel Byzantine general Bardas Skleros defeated the loyalist commander Bardas Phokas the Younger.
980 Irish of the Kingdom of Meath defeat the Norse.
981Former Le defeated the Song dynasty.
Cordoba defeats Leon, Castile, and Navarre.
982 13 July or 14 – Emperor Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated by a Kalbid army .
986 17 August – Bulgarians under Samuil of Bulgaria decisively defeat Byzantines under Basil II.
988 Cholas defeat members of the Kandalur Salai in Southern India.
991 10 August – Olaf Tryggvason's Vikings defeat English of Ealdorman Brihtnoth of Essex.
994 15 September – Fatimid victory over the Byzantines under Michael Bourtzes.
997Battle of SpercheiosByzantines defeat Bulgarian attack.
998 Battle of Apamea19 July – Fatimids defeat Byzantine army under Damian Dalassenos.
Bulgarian emperor Samuil unsuccessfully besieged the fortified city of Zadar during the military campaign against Croatia.
Mahmud of Ghazni defeats and captures his younger brother Ismail of Ghazni and becomes ruler of the Ghaznavids.
999 Brian Boru and Máel Sechnaill defeat the Leinstermen and Vikings of Dublin.
1000 Forces of the Republic of Venice occupied the island of Lastovo in southern Croatia.
Semi-legendary battle. Norway is defeated by an alliance of the other Scandinavians.

11th century

YearBattleDescription
1001 Ghaznavids decisively defeat the Hindu Shahi and capture their ruler Jayapala who commits suicide in shame.
1002Battle of CalatañazorBattle where the Christian kings of Spain defeated Saracens under Almanzor, who is said to have died of wounds received in this battle.
1003 Thorvald Eiriksson has first Viking contact with the Skrælings. Viking victory but withdrawal, with Eiriksson losing his life.
1004Battle of SkopjeByzantines under Basil II defeat Bulgarians under Samuel of Bulgaria.
1007 Chola Empire defeats Western Chalukyas.
1008 Ghaznavids again decisively defeat the Hindu Shahi.
Finns defeat and almost kill Norse King Olaf II of Norway.
1010 2 June – Rebels defeat forces of the Caliphate of Córdoba.
Vikings defeat natives in Vinland, then return to Greenland.
1014 23 April – Irish King Brian Boru ends Norse rule of Ireland, but is killed in battle.
Byzantine Emperor Basil II conquers the Bulgarians, ending Bulgarian independence for 171 years.
1015Battle of Dadosesani LandThe battle fought on 1 September 1015 during the German–Polish War.
1016 Future Norwegian king Saint Olav Haraldsson laid foundation for his reign in this victory.
18 October – Danes led by Canute the Great defeat an English army led by King Edmund II ('Ironside').
1018Battle of Cannae (1018)Byzantine forces defeat a Lombard revolt
Máel Coluim II, King of Scots, defeats the Northumbrians.
Poland defeats Kievan Rus.
Count Dirk III of West Frisia defeats an army sent by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor at Vlaardingen.
Koreans defeat the Khitan.
1019 The major battle during the Third Goryeo-Khitan War, decisive victory for the Goryeo.
1021 11 September – Byzantine forces under Basil II defeats Georgian forces under George I.
1022 Byzantine Emperor Basil II defeats Giorgi I of Georgia, forcing him to accept a treaty.
1024 Byzantine forces annihilate a Rus' raid.
Mstislav of Chernigov defeats Yaroslav the Wise, stalemate over sole rulership of Kiev.
1025 Rajendra Chola of the Chola Empire defeats and sacks the capital of Srivijaya.
Rajendra Chola defeats Srivijaya.
1030 Norwegian King Saint Olaf Haraldsson is killed in battle, but Christianization of Norway is ensured.
Mirdasids defeat a large Byzantine army led by Emperor Romanos III in person.
1032 Stalemate between Ghaznavid Empire and Kara-Khanid Khanate. Ghaznavid commander Altun Tash mortally wounded.
1035Battle of TafallaGarcía Sánchez III of Pamplona defeats his brother Ramiro I of Aragon.
1037Battle of Tamarón4 September - Ferdinand, Count of Castile defeats and kills his brother-in-law Vermudo III King of León.
Battle of Bar-le-Duc15 November - 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 23 May – Seljuk Turks defeat the Ghaznavid Empire and begin occupying Khorasan.
22/23 August – Duke Bretislav I of Bohemia defeats king Henry III of Germany.
1041 Normans and Lombards defeat Byzantines.
Battle of Montemaggiore4 May – Lombards and Normans defeat Byzantines in Italy, whose remaining forces retreated to Bari.
1042 Byzantine Empire intervenes in a civil war in Georgia in favor of the rebels. Royal army of Georgia crushed.
1042 7 October – Duklja victory over Byzantines, resulting by future of Duklja without Byzantine imperial authority. 7 October is commemorated as the day of Military of Montenegro.
1044Battle of MénfőGermans and Hungarian supporters of the deposed King Peter Orseolo defeat Hungarians under King Samuel Aba who was captured and killed.
1047 William, Duke of Normandy and King Henry I of France against the forces of several rebel Norman barons.
1048Battle of KapetronByzantines 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.
1051Battle of VértesIt 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.
1053 Robert Guiscard's Normans destroy the army of Pope Leo IX.
1053–54 Failed Byzantine attempt to retake Medina, Malta.
1054 Malcolm defeats MacBeth.
Chola Empire defeats Western Chalukyas in battle but their king Rajadhiraja Chola is slain in battle.
1056Battle of TabfarillaBerber Godala tribe defeats Berber Lamtuna tribe allied with Takrur state in present-day Mauritania.
1057 MacBeth is killed in battle against Malcolm's forces.
1060 During a Hungarian civil war. 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 Chola defeat Western Chalukyas.
Forces of Minamoto no Yoshiie defeat forces of Abe no Sadato
1063 Normans under Roger I of Sicily defeated a Muslim alliance of Sicilian and Zirid dynasty troops.
Castile and Zaragoza defeat Aragon, killing Ramiro I.
1065Battle of PaternaKingdom of León defeats Taifa of Valencia.
1066 20 September – Norwegian Vikings led by Harald III of Norway defeat the northern earls Edwin and Morcar.
25 September – Harold Godwinson of England defeats his brother Tostig Godwinson and Harald III of Norway, both are killed.
14 October – Normans under William the Conqueror defeat the Anglo-Saxon army under Harold Godwinson, who is killed.
1067 Principalities of Kiev, Chernigov, and Pereiaslavl defeat Principality of Polotsk.
1068 Sancho II of Castile with the aid of El Cid defeats his brother Alfonso VI of León.
Chola Empire defeat Western Chalukyas and recover Vengi.
Cumans defeat Kievan Rus'.
Normans under Roger I of Sicily defeat larger Muslim Berber and Arab army in their conquest of Sicily.
Battle of Kerlés / CserhalomHungarians defeat a raiding Pecheneg army in Transylvania
1068–71 Byzantines lose Bari, their last possession in Italy, to the Norman Robert Guiscard.
1069 Normans defeat Saxons led by the sons of the late Harold Godwinson trying to retake England.
1071 22 February – Robert the Frisian defeats and kills Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, claiming the title of Count of Flanders.
Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is defeated and captured by the Seljuk Turks.
dated from 1073 to 1077 Kingdom of Georgia decisively defeats Seljuk Empire.
1074 Pretender Géza I of Hungary defeats king Solomon of Hungary in battle and becomes the new king of Hungary.
1075 King Henry IV of Germany defeated rebel Saxons decisively.
Đại Việt raze Song city.
1076 Count Dirk V of West Frisia defeats the army of bishop Conrad of Utrecht, thereby reconquering his county.
1077 Đại Việt beats back army of the Song dynasty, forcing them to retreat.
1078 Imperial forces under Alexios Komnenos defeat the rebels under Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder.
The Italo-Normans capture the fortress of Taormina from the Emirate of Sicily.
Battle of Mellrichstadt King Henry IV of Germany is defeated by anti-king Rudolf of Swabia.
1079 Battle of Cabra El Cid defeats the combined forces of the Emir of Granada and his Castilian allies.
1080Battle of Flarchheim27 Januari – Inconclusive battle between Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Rudolf of Swabia.
Battle on the Elster14 October – German anti-king Rudolf of Swabia defeats German king Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor militarily, however Henry defeats Rudolf politically.
Battle of Volta Mantovana15 October – Pro-imperial bishops defeat an army of pro-papal forces.
1081 Robert Guiscard of Apulia and Calabria defeats the Byzantines under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
1083Battle of LarissaByzantines decisively repel Norman siege of the County of Apulia and Calabria.
1083-84Sack of RomeHenry IV, Holy Roman Emperor besieges Rome against Pope Gregory VII, the Normans successfully rescue the Pope but then they sack the city.
1084 2 July – An Imperial army is defeated by a pro-papal army.
14 August – Zaragoza under El Cid and Yusuf al-Mu'tamin defeat Sancho Ramírez, king of Aragon and Navarre
1086 23 October – Almoravids defeat Castile and Aragon forces decisively.
11 August – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated by rebel forces of anti-king Herman of Luxembourg and Welf of Bavaria.
1087 Pechenegs defeat Byzantines.
August – 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 29 April – Byzantines under Alexios I Komnenos defeat the Pechenegs.
1093 Malcolm III of Scotland is killed by English Knights under Robert de Mowbray.
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.
The Kipchaks defeat Chernihiv and Kiev.
1096 21 October – Seljuk Turks, led by Kilij Arslan I, defeat the People's Crusade.
1097 14 May – 19 June, Byzantines and Crusaders defeat forces of the Sultanate of Rum at Nicaea.
1 July – Crusaders defeat the Seljuk forces in Anatolia.
Hungarian forces under King Coloman defeat the Croats, killing their king Petar Snačić.
El Cid and Peter I of Aragon lead the Kingdom of Aragon and Kingdom of Valencia to victory against the Almoravid Dynasty
Almoravid dynasty defeats Castile and León. Diego Rodríguez, the son of El Cid killed.
1098 3 June – Crusaders capture Antioch after more than eight months of siege.
November–December – Crusaders capture Ma'arra.
1099 15 July – Crusaders capture Jerusalem from the Fatimids after a month of siege and bloody street-fighting.
12 August – Crusaders defeat the Fatimids at Ascalon, but the city is not taken.

12th century

YearBattleDescription
1101 Jerusalem forces under Baldwin I defeat a superior Fatimid army.
August – Seljuk Turks defeat Crusaders.
September – Seljuks defeat Crusaders.
1102 A Fatimid army defeats 500 Crusader knights.
1104 Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by the Seljuk Turks.
King David IV of the Kingdom of Georgia decisively defeats the Seljuk Empire.
1105 Crusaders of Antioch defeat the Seljuk Turks of Aleppo.
Crusaders under Baldwin I defeat the Fatimids.
1106 28 September – Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, in northwestern France.
1107 Seljuks under Sultan Muhammad I Tapar siege and capture the Nizari fortress and massacre most of the remaining defenders.
1108 29 May – Almoravids' victory over Castile and León; Sancho, son and heir of Alfonso VI of León and Castile, is slain.
1109 Boleslaus III of Poland defeats the Pomeranians.
Boleslaus III of Poland defeats King Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire.
14 August – Boleslaus III successfully holds the town of Głogów against Henry V and Svatopluk of Bohemia.
1111 Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Mawdud ibn Altuntash fight, resulting in a tactical draw, and withdrawal of the Crusaders.
1113 Baldwin I of Jerusalem is defeated by Mawdud ibn Altuntash of Mosul.
1115 Crusaders from Antioch led by Roger of Salerno defeat the Seljuk Turks.
Saxons under Lothair I of Supplinburg defeat the Holy Roman army.
1116 Byzantines defeat Seljuk Turks.
1117 Seljuks defeat Ghaznavids.
1119 28 June – Turks under Ilghazi defeat Antioch troops, killing Roger of Salerno.
20 August – England defeats France in Normandy, repelling a French invasion.
1120 14 February - Georgian forces under David IV attack and defeat Seljuk Turks camped at Botora.
1121 12 August – Georgian forces under David IV defeat a muslim coalition under Ilghazi.
Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland defeats prince Wartislaw I and Swietopelk of Pomerania.
1121–1122 Georgians under David IV retake capital and gain independence from the Seljuk Turks.
1122 Byzantines under John II Komnenos defeat Pechenegs.
1125 11 June – Crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeat Seljuks, Mosul, and Aleppo forces.
1125–1127 September 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 26 January – Crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeat the Burids of Damascus.
18 February – 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.
1128 January or February - Viet defeat Khmer.
21 June - William Clito defeats Thierry of Alsace in a war for the control of the County of Flanders.
24 June - Afonso Henriques defeats his mother Teresa of León and takes control over the County of Portugal.
Byzantines decisively defeat Hungary.
1130 Jin troops trapped for 48 days but eventually defeat Song dynasty.
flagiconAlmoravids defeat Almohads.
1132 Roger II of Sicily is defeated in his first major engagement by Ranulf II, Count of Alife.
Song dynasty victory over Jin-supported rebels, first historical use of the fire lance, an early ancestor of firearms.
1134Battle of FragaAlmoravids defeat Aragon.
Battle of FotevikEric 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 Welsh under Owain Gwynedd defeat the South Wales Normans.
1137 Roger II of Sicily is defeated in a major engagement by Ranulf, Duke of Apulia, again.
1138 Battle of ClitheroeScots defeat English.
22 August – English forces under William of Aumale defeat an army of David I of Scotland.
1139 25 July – Afonso Henriques defeats the Almoravids and declares Portugal an independent kingdom with himself as monarch.
1140 Siege of Weinsberg Conrad III of Germany besieges the Welf city of Weinsberg unsuccessfully.
Song dynasty decisively defeats Jin dynasty.
1141 Kara Khitai decisively defeat the Seljuk Empire and their vassal the Kara-Khanids.
1142 Rebel nobles defeat duke Vladislaus II of Bohemia.
1143Battle of WiltonRobert, 1st Earl of Gloucester defeats the forces of Stephen of Blois.
1144 28 November – 24 December – Zengi captures Edessa from the Crusaders.
1145 The army of Bolesław the Curly and Mieszko defeats the army of high duke Władysław II of Poland, in a Polish civil war.
1147 15 March – Portugal captures the city of Santarém from the Almoravids.
24-26 June – During the Wendish Crusade, Lübeck was besieged by the Polabian Slavs.
September – Byzantines defeat German crusaders and force them to cross to Asia Minor.
25 October – Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III.
25 October – Crusaders under Afonso I of Portugal capture Lisbon from the Almoravids.
24 December – Frankish Crusaders defeat Seljuk Turks.
December – Crusaders once again defeat Seljuks.
1148 French and German Crusaders, in alliance with Jerusalem, fail to conquer Damascus from the Saracens, ending the Second Crusade.
Ghurid dynasty defeats Ghaznavids.
July–December – Coalition led by Barcelona and Genoa conquer Tortosa from the Almoravids.
1149 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.
1150Battle of FlochbergHenry Berengar of the House of Hohenstaufen defeats the House of Welf.
Battle of AintabKingdom of Jerusalem under Baldwin III of Jerusalem has tactical victory, but strategic defeat against the Zengid dynasty.
1151 Kingdom of Leinster defeats Kingdom of Thomond.
Ghurid dynasty again defeats Ghaznavids and destroys the city.
1153 Jerusalem captures Ascalon from the Fatimid Egyptians.
1154 Milan fails to defeat Pavia.
1155 The army of king Frederick I of Germany defeats the city of Tortona.
1156 The Norman Kingdom of Sicily defeats the Byzantine Empire forces at the siege of Brindisi.
1157 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.
Battle of Grathe Heath Valdemar I of Denmark defeats and kills Sweyn III.
Abbasids repel a Seljuk attempt to conquer Baghdad.
Zengids ambush and defeat Crusaders.
1158 Milan surrenders to Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.
1159 An army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Milan.
1159-1160 The army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor captures Crema.
1160 Milan defeats an army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor.
1161 16 November-Song victory over Jin.
Georgian kingdom decisively repels invasion by the Seljuk dynasty.
26-27 November-Song dynasty defeats Jurchen Jin dynasty.
1161-1162 The army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor captures and destroys Milan.
1163Battle of al-BuqaiaCrusaders defeat Zengids.
1164 16 July – A Christian army from Germany and Denmark, under Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony, defeats the Obotrites under prince Pribislav.
12 August – A Crusader alliance is defeated by the Zengids.
1167 Byzantine Empire defeats Hungary.
Crusaders under Amalric I battle the Zengids of Syria, ending in a tactical draw.
29 May – Imperialists under Christian of Mainz and Rainald of Dassel defeat large Roman army.
1169 Wexford and parts of southeast Leinster come under Norman control.
1171 Irish siege of city repelled by England.
1173Battle of FornhamEnglish royalists defeat rebels and capture Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester.
1173 or 1174Siege of DerbentShirvanese and Georgian allies under George III capture the city of Derbent from Rus', Alan and Kipchak raiders.
1174 William I of Scotland is defeated and captured by a small English force.
Irish alliance led by High King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair defeats English under Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.
1174-1175 The army of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor fails to capture Alessandria.
1175 Ayyubids under Saladin defeat the Turkish Zengid dynasty and gain control of Damascus, Baalbek, and Homs.
1176 29 May – Lombard League defeats and wounds the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
Seljuk Turks defeat army of Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of the Byzantine Empire in Phrygia.
1177 25 November – Ayyubids under Saladin are defeated by the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar.
Chams loot Khmer capital in a naval battle and kill their king Tribhuvanaditya.
Byzantines decisively defeat Seljuk army.
1179 10 June – Ayyubids under Saladin defeat the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem nearly captured.
Saladin defeats the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
A young Richard the Lionheart takes a rebel castle in Aquitaine which was previously considered impregnable.
1180 Taira clan defeats Minamoto clan, killing Prince Mochihito.
The Taira clan destroys the city during the Genpei War.
14 September – Taira victory near Mount Fuji.
9 November – Taira forces flee after a fake surprise attack by the Minamoto and Takeda clans.
1181 25 April – Minamoto sneak attack thwarted, Taira are victorious.
Minamoto clan forced to withdraw, but Taira clan unable to pursue.
1182 July–August – Inconclusive battle between Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and an Ayyubid army of Saladin from Egypt.
1183 Inconclusive battle between Guy of Lusignan and the Ayyubid army of Saladin from Egypt.
Taira clan captures the fortress, but Minamoto defenders escape.
2 June – Decisive Minamoto victory, turning the tides.
Minamoto victory. Several single combats prior to main battle.
November–December – 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.
17 November – Taira naval victory over the Minamoto.
Minamoto forces capture the fortress.
The Taira clan's five-wave assault defeats Minamoto forces.
1184 Minamoto no Yoshinaka's faction captures Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
19 February – Minamoto no Yoshinaka defeated by the rest of the Minamoto, forced away from the capital at Kyoto.
21 February – Minamoto no Yoshinaka killed.
18 March – Minamoto victory, Taira no Tadanori killed.
Minamoto victory over the Taira.
Abu Yaqub Yusuf besieges Santarém but fails to capture the Portuguese city.
1185 Byzantine city sacked by the Kingdom of Sicily.
Alexios Branas decisively defeats Norman invasion army.
Taira forces confounded and defeated.
Decisive victory for the Minamoto. Last battle of Genpei War.
1187 1 May – Al-Afdal (Saladin's eldest son) defeats the small crusader army at Nazareth.
Summer – Karelians burn Swedish city.
4 July – Saladin destroys the Crusader army and takes several commanders prisoner.
20 September – 2 October – Saladin captures Jerusalem after 2 weeks of siege.
Inconclusive battle between Temujin and Jamukha.
Jamukha decisively defeats Temujin.
1187–1188 12 November – 1 January – Crusaders led by Conrad of Montferrat successfully defend city from Saladin.
1188 Cholas defeat Vira Pandya, claimant to the Pandya throne.
1189 Crusaders defeat Saladin's Ayyubid army outside Acre.
1190 7 May – Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia defeats a Seljuk Turk army.
18 May – Frederick Barbarossa's forces defeat Seljuk Turks.
1191 Richard the Lionhearted founds the crusader Kingdom of Cyprus after taking the island from Byzantine governor Isaac Komnenos.
7 September – Richard Lionheart's forces repel Saladin's attack.
Chahamana King Prithviraj Chauhan repels Ghurid invasion of Muhammad Ghori.
1192 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.
5 August – Richard I's Crusader army defeats Saladin.
1193 or 1194 Muhammad Ghori defeats and kills Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty.
1194 1 August - 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).
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth defeats his brother and assumes control of Gwynedd.
Kingdom of Poland defeats the alliance of Kievan Rus' and the Yotvingians.
Bulgarians defeat Byzantines.
1195 18 July – Almohad victory over Alfonso VIII of Castile.
Kingdom of Georgia decisively defeats the Atabegs of Azerbaijan.
1196Battle of SerresBulgarian victory over Byzantines.
1198 Richard I defeats Philip II of France.

13th century

YearBattleDescription
1201 Temujin and his coalition of Mongol tribes decisively defeat Jamukha, the Naimans, Tatars, Merkits, Taichuud, Jadarans, and smaller tribes not allied with his coalition.
1202Battle of MirebeauMercenary 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.
The crusaders besieged the fortified city of Zadar in Croatia according to an agreement with the Republic of Venice andcaptured and sacked it, despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding such an action and threatening excommunication.
Georgians under David Soslan decisively defeat Seljuk Turks.
Temujin and Toghrul Khan make forces of Buyruq khan, Jamukha and the Oirats retreat but both armies are scattered.
1203 Forces led by Jamukha and Toghrul Khan defeat Temujin. Temujin's son Ogodei Khan is wounded.
Crusaders capture the Byzantine throne and install Alexios IV Angelos
1204Siege of Château GaillardFrench 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.
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.
The Franks capture Constantinople.
Sack of ConstantinopleCrusaders and Venetians capture Constantinople.
1205 The Bulgarian army defeats the Latin Empire and captures Baldwin I of Constantinople.
Latins defeat Nicaea.
Lesser Poland defeats Galicia-Volhynia.
Franks defeat local Greek resistance to Frankish rule and solidify Crusader control over the Peloponnese.
1206Battle of RusionBulgarians win major victory over the Latin Empire.
Battle of RodostoBulgarians defeat Latin Empire.
1207Battle of MessinopolisBulgarians defeat Latin Empire. Boniface of Montferrat killed.
March – Turks capture Byzantine city.
1208 Swedish armed peasants defeat Danish army.
1210 Early June - 22 July - Crusaders under Simon de Montfort capture Minerve from the Cathars under Guilhem de Minerve.
Livonian Order defeats Estonians during the Livonian crusade.
August or September - Estonian forces defeat the Livonian Order, during the Livonian crusade.
1 August - 23 September - Crusaders under Simon de Montfort capture Termes from the Seigneurie of Termes.
1211 April – Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix defeats an army of Crusaders.
March - 3 May – Crusaders under Simon de Montfort capture Lavaur from the Siegneurie of Lavaur.
17 June – Nicaea defeats Sultanate of Rum.
Spring - Livonians defeat Estonians.
Summer - Livonian Order defeats Oeselians and other Estonians.
15 October – the Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Lascaris.
August - October - Genghis Khan decisively defeats the Jin dynasty.
Canton of Valais defeats city of Bern.
1212 16 July – Almohads expelled from most of Iberia by a joint army of the Christian kingdoms of Castile, León, Portugal, Navarre, and Aragon.
1213 30 May-31 – English under William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme.
12 September – 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 SteppesBrabantine defeat against Bishopric of Liège and County of Loon.
Siege of Ganja (1213)After the Eldiguzid ruler of Ganja stopped paying tribute to George IV of Georgia, he attacked and captured the city.
1214 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 StaufenWelf rivalry in favor of Frederick II.
Seljuks capture Sinope from Byzantines.
1215 Genghis Khan and the Mongols defeat the Jin dynasty and capture Zhongdu (now Beijing).
Livonians defeat Estonians.
Livonians defeat Oeselians and other Estonians.
1216 22 April - Konstantin of Rostov defeats his younger brothers, Yuri and Yaroslav.
3 June - 24 August - Crusaders under Simon de Montfort fail to capture Beaucaire. Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse was entrenched in Beaucaire with an army.
1217 February - Estonian and Russian victory over the Livonian Order, during the Livonian crusade.
Battle of Lincoln20 May - English forces under William, Earl of Pembroke defeat the French during the First Barons' War.
24 August - Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover.
21 September - The Livonian Order and its allies defeat Estonians, during the Livonian crusade.
With little resistance from the city's population, Mongols conquer the Kara-Khitai. Kuchlug captured and executed soon after.
1218 29 May 1218 - early November 1219 - The Crusaders successfully besiege and capture the city from the Ayyubids.
22 September 1217 - 25 July 1218 - Crusaders under Simon de Montfort fail to Capture Toulouse.
Mongols under Genghis Khan defeat Kuchlug's army and take capital of the Kara Khitai.
1219 15 June - Danish forces under Valdemar II defeat the Estonians, during the Livonian crusade.
October 1218 - June 1219 - King Louis VIII of France captures Marmande from the County of Toulouse during the Albigensian Crusade.
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.
17 June - 1 August - King Louis VIII of France fails to capture Toulouse.
December 1219 - February 1220 - Mongol forces besiege and take the border town of Otrar in the Khwarazmian Empire.
1220 Invading Swedish forces are defeated by Estonians, during the Livonian Crusade.
Mongols take lightly fortified Khwarezmian city and raze most of it to the ground.
Mongols take capital of the Khwarezmian Empire.
1221 May – Kamakura shogunate defeats loyalists of Emperor Go-Toba, who is exiled.
Mongols take city from the Khwarezmian Empire.
Khwarezmian Empire defeats the Mongols.
Mongols defeat Khwarezmian Empire.
26–28 August – The Ayybid army of sultan al-Kamil defeats the crusader army under Papal legate Pelagio Galvani.
24 November – Mongols defeat and annex the Khwarezmian Empire.
Estonians retreat from siege on Danish stronghold.
1222 Great Seljuq Empire attempt to conquer Trebizond, are defeated by Emperor Andronikos I Gidos.
Mongols under Subotai decisively defeat the Kingdom of Georgia and march north. George IV of Georgia mortally wounded.
1223 31 May – The Mongols under Jebe and Subutai defeat an alliance of Kiev, Galicia-Volhynia, Chernigov, and the Cumans decisively.
Volga Bulgaria wins tactical victory over the Mongols.
Estonians defeat Livonians.
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.
15 August – Livonians defeat Estonians and mercenaries from Novgorod and Pskov.
1225Battle of GarniKhwarezmid Empire under Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, his realm conquered by the Mongols, defeats Kingdom of Georgia.
1226Siege of AvignonKing Louis VIII of France besieges the town of Avignon during the Albigensian Crusade. After a three-month siege, it surrenders on terms.
Siege of Tbilisi (1226) After defeating Georgians in battle, Jalal al-Din Mangburni successfully besieges the capital city of Tbilisi. Queen Rusudan of Georgia fled to Kutaisi.
1227 January – Livonians decisively defeat Oeselians.
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.
28 July – Otto II of Lippe, Bishop of Utrecht, is defeated by the Drenths near Ane (modern Netherlands).
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.
1228Battle of BolnisiKhwarazmian Empire again defeats Kingdom of Georgia.
1229March/May - 15 June – Sultan al-Kamil of Egypt conquers Damascus from emir an-Nasir Dawud.
August – Modena, Cremona and Parma defeat Bologna, Milan and Piacenza.
Battle of Portopí12 September – Catalan forces led by King James I defeat the Almohads at Serra de Na Burguesa (present Palma de Mallorca).
1230 9 March – Victory for the Second Bulgarian Empire over the Despotate of Epirus.
Week-long inconclusive battle between the Irish and Normans.
10–12 August – Seljuk Turks defeat forces of Jalal ad-Din of Khwarazm.
1231 Castile defeats Moorish forces of Ibn Hud.
1231–1232 Goryeo defeats Mongol attack.
1232 Goryeo decisively defeats Mongol attack.
1232 9 February – Mongols led by Subutai defeat last field army of Jin dynasty, leaving them prone to their upcoming conquest.
1232–1233 Mongols capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty.
December 1233–February 1234 Mongols under Ögedei Khan allied with the Song dynasty eliminate the Jin dynasty.
1234 A crusader army (Stedinger Crusade) defeats the rebel peasants of Stedingen.
1235 Sundiata Keita decisively defeats Sumanguru Kante, conquering Sosso and forming the Mali Empire.
Niceans and Bulgarians fail to take Constantinople from the Latins.
1236 22 September – Samogitians and Semigalians defeat Livonian Brothers of the Sword, whose remnants are incorporated into the Teutonic Knights.
Mongols conquer Volga Bulgaria.
1237 Emperor Frederick II defeats the Lombard League.
15 August – Aragonese forces defeat the Almohad army at El Puig.
December – Mongols defeat Principality of Ryazan.
16-21 December – Mongols burn Ryazan to the ground. First Russian city sieged by Batu Khan.
1237–1238 December 1237–January 1238 – Mongol victory.
1238 15-20 January – Mongols take city of Moscow and execute Prince Vladimir.
3-8 February – Mongols take city of Vladimir.
4 March – Mongols led by Batu Khan defeat Vladimir-Suzdal forces, Prince Yuri II killed.
Mongols defeat Principality of Chernigov and raze Kozelsk.
Long unsuccessful siege during the war between Emperor Frederick II and the Guelphs in Northern Italy.
1239 Long successful siege during the war between Frederick II and the Guelphs in Northern Italy.
13 November – The Crusaders under Theobald I of Navarre are defeated by an Ayyubid army at Gaza.
18 October – The Mongols sack the city of Chernigov.
1240 15 June – Alexander Nevsky of the Novgorod Republic stops the Swedish invasion of Russia.
28 November–6 December – The Mongols under Batu Khan besiege and sack the city of Kiev.
1240-1241 August 1240 - 14 April 1241 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor captures Faenza.
1241 13 February – The Mongols under Baidar Khan capture and devastate the city of Sandomierz.
13 February – The Mongols under Baidar Khan defeat the Polish forces at Tursko Wielkie.
13 February – The Mongols under Kadan defeat the Polish forces at Tarczek.
18 March – The Mongols under Baidar Khan defeat the Polish forces at Chmielnik.
March – The Mongols under Subutai capture and devastate the city of Kraków, massacring most of the inhabitants.
20 March – The Polish forces under Mieszko II the Fat defeat the Mongols at Racibórz.
April – The Mongols defeat the Polish forces from Silesia and Lesser Poland provinces at Opole.
9 April – Mongols of the Golden Horde defeat feudal nobility including Knights Templar in Silesia, killing King Henry II the Pious.
11 April – The Mongol forces under Batu Khan and Subutai defeat the Hungarian army under King Béla IV at Mohi.
3 May – The fleet of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, commanded by Enzo of Sardinia defeats the Genoese fleet.
May–June - Venetian fleets capture Constantinople.
1242 January – Mongols destroy most of Hungarian city.

5 April – Alexander Nevsky defeats the alliance of Teutonic Knights, the Livonian Order, Denmark, and Dorpat.
Louis IX of France defeats Henry III of England.
Legendary battle where Croatia defeated invading Mongols.
1243 Frederick II of Sicily unsuccessfully besieges Viterbo.
1243–1244 French royal forces besiege and capture the Cathar-held Château de Montségur, after a nine-month siege.
1243 26 June – The Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks, making Anatolia and Trebizond vassal states of the Mongol Empire.
1244 Jerusalem is razed by the Khwarazmiyya allied with the Ayyubids.
17 October – Crusaders defeated by Ayyubids.
1245–1246 1245–28 February 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 19 April – The largest and bloodiest battle in Icelandic history where the forces of Thordur Kakali defeat Gissur Thorvaldsson.
Battle of the Leitha River15 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.
5 August – An army of anti-king Henry Raspe defeats the Imperialst army of king Conrad IV of Germany.
1247–1248 1245–28 November 1248 – Castilian forces under Ferdinand III besiege the city of Seville. Due to a famine, the Almohad garrison capitulates after a 16-month siege.
1247 Norman forces are defeated by the Irish.
Norman forces under Maurice FitzGerald are ambushed and defeated by the Gaelic army.
1248 18 February – Frederick II of Sicily is defeated by the Lombard League.
Late April or early May - October – Count William II of Holland captures Aachen and is crowned as king of Germany.
1249 26 May – King Enzio of Sardinia is captured by Bolognese in a clash between Guelphs and Ghibellines.
6 June – Crusaders gain strategic victory over the Ayyubids in the Seventh Crusade.
Gaels of Connacht siege town but are repelled by the Normans.
1250 The Seventh Crusade is defeated at Al-Mansurah.
6 April – Ayyubid Egyptians defeat Seventh Crusade forces of Louis IX of France, taking him prisoner.
Papal and Guelph army is crushed by an Imperial and Italian army.
1253 4 July – A coalition army for king William of Germany, count of Holland defeats an army of Guy, Count of Flanders.
1254 Nicaean forces under Theodore II Lascaris defeat the Bulgarians.
1255 23 February – Astigiani defeats Thomas II of Savoy.
June – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd defeats his brother Owain ap Gruffudd and assumes control of Gwynedd.
Ewedo defeats Ogiamien III for the kingship of the Benin Empire.
1256 12 June – Mongol forces under Baiju Noyan are defeated by the Nizaris.
The Nizari garrison surrenders after a five or six-months siege to the Mongols.[1]
November – 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.
December – Hulagu Khan sieges capital of the Nizari Ismaili state in the mountains of southern Iran, the garrison capitulates.
1257 Decisive victory for the Welsh against the English.
Norman forces are driven out of Lower Connacht by Gofraid O'Donnell, Irish ruler of Tyrconnell.
Samogitians defeat Livonian Order.
1258 Mongols defeat Vietnam's Trần dynasty.
29 January – 10 February – Hulagu Khan of the Mongols defeats the Abbasid, executing the Caliph Al-Musta'sim and his family.
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.
25 June – Fleet of the Republic of Venice defeats fleet of the Republic of Genoa off Acre. Genoese abandon Acre.
1259 The Samogitian army invades Courland and defeats the Livonian Order.
September – The Empire of Nicaea defeats Achaea, Epirus, and Sicily.
27 September – Ezzelino III da Romano is defeated by the crusade army of the Guelphs.
Song dynasty keeps fortress from Mongol invasion and kills Möngke Khan.
1260 18-24 January – Mongols under Hulagu Khan allied with Crusaders and Armenians defeat Ayyubids in Syria.
2 February – Mongols raze the Polish city Sandomierz to the ground.
13 July – Teutonic Knights and its branch Livonian Order are defeated by Samogitians, what triggers the Great Prussian Insurrection.
July – Bohemian and Austrian forces under Premysl Ottokar II defeat Béla IV of Hungary.
3 September – Egyptian Mamluk army defeats Mongols and Georgians north of Palestine.
4 September – Sienese defeat Florentines (Guelphs and Ghibellines).
Unsuccessful attack on the Constantinopolitan suburb of Galata by forces of the Empire of Nicaea.
1261 Finghin Mac Carthy of the Kingdom of Desmond defeats Normans.
Reconquest of ConstantinopleRe-establishment of the Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty.
1262 The bourgeois of Strasbourg defeat the army of the bishop.
Nogai Khan of Golden Horde defeats Hulagu. First open conflict in the Mongol Empire.
1263 Scots versus Norwegians, no definitive victory for either.
The forces of the Principality of Achaea defeat a far larger Byzantine army.
A Venetian fleet of 38 ships defeats a joint Byzantine-Genoese fleet of 48 ships off the Peloponnese.
1264Battle of NorthamptonApril 1264 – (Second Barons' War) English forces retake Northampton Castle and capture Simon de Montfort's son.
14 May – (Second Barons' War) English rebels under Simon de Montfort defeat Henry III of England.
14 August – A Genoese fleet tricks and captures a Venetian trade convoy near Saseno Island off the coast of Albania.
The forces of the Principality of Achaea defeat a Byzantine army, taking their commanders prisoner.
1265 Early March – (Hungarian Civil War) The forces of younger king Stephen defeat the royal army of king Béla IV, which results the permanent division of Hungary
The Mamluks of Cairo take Arsuf from the Knights Hospitaller.
4 August – (Second Barons' War) English forces under Prince Edward defeat the rebels under Simon de Montfort, who is killed.
1266 26 February – Charles of Anjou defeats Manfred of Sicily and conquers his kingdom (Guelphs and Ghibellines).
15 May – (Second Barons' War) English forces under Henry of Cornwall, nephew of King Henry III, defeat the rebels at Chesterfield.
13 June – 23 July – Egyptian Mamluk forces under Baibars capture the castle of Safed (defended by the Knights Templar) after a 6-week siege.
21 Juni – 13 December – (Second Barons' War) English forces under Henry III capture Kenilworth Castle after a 6-month siege.
23 June – (War of Saint Sabas) Venetian fleet captures Genoese fleet.
24 August – Mamluks of Cairo under Baibars defeat Cilician Armenia in retaliation for their support of Mongols in past invasion.
1267 The armies of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and Guelders capture Maastricht.
1268 Russian victory over the Livonian Order.
May – Mamluks under Baibars eliminate and annex the Crusader Principality of Antioch.
Decisive Yuan Mongol victory over the Song dynasty. First war ever involving the usage of firearms.
23 August – Charles of Anjou defeats Conradin (Guelphs and Ghibellines).
1269 16 June – Guelph victory over Siena.
1270 16 February – Lithuanian victory over the Livonian Order.
Normans heavily defeated by the Irish.
1271 3 March-8 April – The Mamluks under Sultan Baibars take the fortress from the Knights Hospitaller.
April–May – The Mongols put down Sambyeolcho rebellion in Goryeo.
The Crusader state of Tripoli survives assault by Sultan Baibars.
1273 The Mongols defeat the Song Dynasty and push further into China.
1274 20 November – The Mongols invade Kamakura Japan but are defeated and forced to retreat.
1275 The Byzantine army besieges Neopatras but is defeated by a far smaller force from the Duchy of Athens and Thessaly.
The Byzantine fleet defeats a coalition of Lombard and Venetian lords of Euboea and Crete.
8 September – A Castilian army led by Nuño González de Lara is defeated by Marinid forces near the town of Écija.
8 October – Scottish forces under John de Vesci defeat the Manx and establish Scottish rule on the Isle of Man.
21 October – A Castilian army led by Archbishop Sancho of Aragon is defeated by the Moors at Martos.
12 December – Charles I of Anjou's Neapolitan army is defeated by the Piedmontese league led by Asti.
1276 Mamluk Sultunate under Baibars decisively defeats the Kingdom of Makuria under David of Makuria. Makuria soon after becomes a Mamluk vassal.
1277 A Visconti army under Ottone Visconti defeats the Della Torre family troops.
The Mongols repel the invasion of Yunnan by the Pagan Empire under Narathihapate.
The Mamluks under Baibars defeat the Mongols and their Georgian and Rum vassals.
A Byzantine army is defeated by Greek forces led by John I Doukas in Thessaly.
1278 26 August – 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 5 March – The Lithuanians defeat units of the Livonian Order.
19 March – The Yuan Dynasty defeats the Song Dynasty, young emperor Bing drowned.
17 July – The Bulgarians led by Tsar Ivaylo ambush and defeat a Byzantine army in the Kotel Pass in the Balkan Mountains.
1280–1281 Defeat of besieging Angevin army after its commander is captured by a Byzantine relief force.
1281 15 August – A typhoon wipes out the invading fleet of Kublai Khan in Japan.
29 October – The Mamluks defeat Mongols of the Ilkhanate.
1282 1 May – French forces under Jean d'Eppe are ambushed and defeated by Guelphe and Ghibelline troops in Forlì.
17 June – English forces are ambushed and defeated by Welsh troops at Llandeilo. English expansion into south Wales is halted.
6 November – English forces are ambushed and defeated by Welsh troops, while crossing over a floating bridge to Anglesey.
Autumn – Hungarian forces led by King Ladislaus IV repel and defeat a Cuman invading army.
11 December – English forces under King Edward I defeat a Welsh army near Cilmeri. Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd is killed.
An unsuccessful siege by David I of Imereti.
1283 13-14 February – The Mongols defeat Champa and march on their capital of Vijaya.
8 July – An Aragonese fleet under Admiral Roger of Lauria attacks and defeats Angevin ships in the harbour of Malta.
1284 5 June – An Aragonese-Sicilian fleet led by Roger of Lauria defeats the Neapolitan ships in the Gulf of Naples.
5-6 August – A Genoese fleet led by Oberto D'Oria defeats Pisan ships near the islet of Meloria in the Ligurian Sea.
September – King Peter III of Aragon defeats an army of Navarre, commanded by Eustache de Beaumarchais.
1285 May – King Philip III of France captures Salses from Majorca.
22-25 May – King Philip III of France captures Elne from Majorca.
24 June – Joint forces of Champa and Đại Việt defeat the Mongols and kill their local general Sogetu.
27-28 July – An Aragonese fleet defeats a French fleet.
4 September – An Aragonese-Sicilian fleet led by Roger of Lauria defeats French and Genoese ships near the Formigues Islands.
September – Aragon defeats a French army.
26 June - 5 September – King Philip III of France captures Salses from Aragon.
1 October – Aragonese forces led by King Peter III ambush and defeat a French expeditionary army in the Pyrenees.
30 December – Aragon captures Alaró Castle and annexes Mallorca
Oba Oguola of Benin decisively defeats the forces of Udo.
1287 26 March – The Semigallians defeat the Livonian Order.
23 June – An Aragonese-Sicilian fleet led by Roger of Lauria defeats the larger Angevin fleet at Naples.
December – The Mongols end the Pagan Empire.
1288 5 June – Battle for the Duchy of Limburg. Dutch forces defeat the coalition army of Cologne, Luxembourg, and Nassau.
Đại Việt defeats the invasion of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
1289 Florence and their allies defeat the city-state Arezzo.
Copenhagen withstands a siege of the Norwegian fleet under King Eric II (supported by Danish outlaws).
Skanör withstand the attack, Norwegian Chieftain Thord Krytter falls in battle.
Crusader state of Tripoli falls to the Mameluks.
1291 Mameluks capture the last Crusader city.
1295 5 March – one of Edward I's armies defeats Welsh rebels, hastening the end of Madog ap Llywelyn's revolt.
1296 30 March – English forces under Robert Clifford attack and sack the town of Berwick.
27 April – English forces defeat the Scots and occupy much of Scotland. First battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence.
1297 20 August – French under Robert II of Artois defeat the Flemish at Bulskamp, near Veurne (Furnes).
23 June - 1 September – France captures Lille from Flanders.
11 September – Scots under William Wallace defeat the English forces under John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey.
1298 6 February – Delhi Sultanate repels Mongol invasion.
1 June – The Livonian Order is decisively defeated by the residents of Riga allied with Lithuania under command of Vytenis.
2 July – Albert I of Habsburg defeated Adolf of Germany. After battle, Albert was elected King of the Romans.
22 July – In Stirlingshire, English forces under King Edward I defeat the rebellious Scots led by William Wallace.
9 September – The Genoese fleet under Admiral Lamba Doria defeats the Venetian fleet (including capturing Marco Polo).
Delhi Sultanate again defeats invading Mongols.
1299 Delhi Sultanate expels another invasion by the Chagatai Khanate.
Scottish forces besiege constable John Sampson unsuccessfully.
4 July – An Aragonese-Angevin fleet led by Roger of Lauria defeats the Sicilian fleet near Sicily.
1 December – Sicilian forces under King Frederick II defeat the Neapolitans under Philip I of Taranto.
22-23 December – The Mongols defeat Mamluk forces.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Willey . Peter . Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria . 25 November 2005 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-1-85043-464-1 . 163 .