This is a List of battles from 301 A.D. to 1300 A.D.
Year | Battle | | Description |
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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 Arles | | The 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 Aylesford | | Britons 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. | |
Year | Battle | | Description |
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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 Strasbourg | | The Franks under Clovis I defeats the Alemanni. |
507 | Battle of Vouillé | | The Franks under Clovis I defeat the Visigoths under Alaric II decisively, gaining Gallia Aquitania. Clovis kills Alaric in single combat. |
510 | | | 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 Sondani | | Alliance of Indian rulers defeat the Alchon Huns, who retreat out of India |
530 | Battle of Dara | | Byzantine 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 Callinicum | | A 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 Gallica | | A Byzantine naval squadron defeats the Ostrogoth fleet decisively. |
552 | Battle of Taginae | | Byzantines under Narses defeat Ostrogoths under Totila, who dies in battle. |
Battle of Asfeld | | Longobards under King Audoin defeat the Gepids under Thurisind, who is killed. |
553 | | | Byzantines 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 Onoguris | | Sasanians 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 Arfderydd | | Welsh battle between Christian and non-Christian forces; Gwenddoleu dies. |
575 | Sack of al-Hirah | | The Ghassanids under al-Harith ibn Jabalah sack the Lakhmid capital, al-Hirah. |
577 | Battle of Deorham | | West Saxons defeats the Briton Celts in Wiltshire, England. |
586 | Battle of Solachon | | Byzantine 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 Linyuguan | | Korean Goguryeo Kingdom repulses the Chinese Sui dynasty. |
599 | Battles of Viminacium | | Byzantines defeat the Avars. |
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Year | Battle | | Description |
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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 Antioch | | An attack by Byzantine forces on the recently captured Antioch ends in a decisive Sasanian victory. |
614 | Siege of Jerusalem | | After 21 days, Jerusalem falls to the Sasanian forces and their Jewish allies. |
615 | Siege of Thessalonica | | Sclaveni under the chieftain Chatzon attempt to capture the city. |
616 | | | 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 Alexandria | | The advancing Sasanian armies easily capture Alexandria in their campaign to conquer Roman Egypt. |
621 | Battle of Hulao | | The Tang under Li Shimin crush the forces of Dou Jiande. Luoyang surrenders soon after, securing the Tang dynasty's victory in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui dynasty. |
624 | | | 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 Sarus | | April – Heraclius fights the Sasanian army of General Shahrbaraz, ending in a draw that doesn't stop the Persian advance towards Constantinople. |
626 | Siege of Constantinople (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. |
639 | | | Tang 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 Jupil | | The 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 Kucha | | The 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 River | | Tang Chinese army led by Su Dingfang decisively defeats the Western Turkic khagan Ashina Helu, led to the Tang conquest of the Western Turks. |
658 | Battle of Siffin | | Forces 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. |
687 | Battle of Tertry | | Merovingian 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. | |
Year | Battle | | Description |
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701 | Battle of Dayr al-Jamajim | | Umayyad forces under al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf defeat the Iraqi rebellion of Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath. |
703 | Battle of Tabarka | | Umayyads defeat and kill Queen Dihya in battle, annexing the Berber Kingdom of the Aurès. |
707 | Siege of Tyana | | Umayyads besiege the Byzantine town of Tyana over the winter and capture it after a relief army is defeated in spring. |
708 | Battle of Anchialus | | Bulgarians under Tervel defeat a Byzantine army under Justinian II. |
709 | Battle of Kabul | | Part 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 Soissons | | The 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 Toulouse | | 9 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 Nobles | | Berber forces defeat the Umayyads near Tangier, killing their leader and 10,000 Arabs. |
741 | Battle of Bagdoura | | October – 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 Yongqiu | | Tang 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 Suiyang | | Pyrrhic 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. |
775 | Battle of Bagrevand | | The Abbasid Caliphate defeats a major Armenian rebellion and kills its leaders. Muslim control over Transcaucasia is solidified, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and flee to the Byzantine Empire. |
778 | | | 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. | |
Year | Battle | | Description |
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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. |
866 | Battle of Brissarthe | | Bretons and Vikings under Salomon, Duke of Brittany and Hastein defeat Franks. Robert the Strong and Ranulf I of Aquitaine die in the battle. |
867 | | | 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 Buttington | | An 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. | |
Year | Battle | | Description |
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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 Corbridge | | Stalemate 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. |
921 | Battle of Sevan | | Kingdom of Armenia defeats the Iranian Sajid dynasty. |
Battle of Pegae | | Bulgarians 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 |
926 | Battle of the Bosnian Highlands | | Simeon I of Bulgaria sent an army under Alogobotur against the Byzantine ally Croatia, but this army was defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia. Fearing a Bulgarian retribution, Tomislav accepted to abandon his union with Byzantium and make peace on the basis of the status quo, negotiated by the papal legate Madalbert. |
929 | Siege of Gana | | A German army commanded by king Henry the Fowler captures the Glomatian fort of Gana. |
Battle of Firenzuola | | Rudolph 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 Lenzen | | Duchy 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. |
940 | Battle of Iskhabad | | Samanid Empire defeats Ziyarid dynasty and Firuzanids. |
942 | | | Hamdanid dynasty defeats Baridis for control over Baghdad. |
Battle of Fraxinet | | Hungarian raiding army defeat the Muslim frontier state of Fraxinet and they continued on their way to Hispania. Their victory laid the foundation of a successful Italian–Byzantine campaign against the Muslims in the Mediterranean. |
943 | Battle of Wels | | Bavarians and Carantanians defeat Principality of Hungary. |
946 | Battle of Baghdad | | Buyid dynasty defeats Hamdanid dynasty. |
949 | | | Rashtrakuta dynasty decisively defeats Chola Empire |
953 | Battle 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 Raban | | The 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 Drina | | Serbian victory, Hungarian leader named Kisa was defeated by Časlav, the Prince of Serbia |
Battle of Syrmia | | Hungarian victory, a Hungarian army defeated Časlav, the Prince of Serbia by avenge of the widow of Kisa |
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. |
981 | | | Former 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. |
997 | Battle of Spercheios | | Byzantines defeat Bulgarian attack. |
998 | Battle of Apamea | | 19 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. |
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Year | Battle | | Description |
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1001 | | | Ghaznavids decisively defeat the Hindu Shahi and capture their ruler Jayapala who commits suicide in shame. |
1002 | Battle of Calatañazor | | Battle 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. |
1004 | Battle of Skopje | | Byzantines 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. |
1015 | Battle of Dadosesani Land | | The 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'). |
1018 | Battle 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. |
1035 | Battle of Tafalla | | García Sánchez III of Pamplona defeats his brother Ramiro I of Aragon. |
1037 | Battle of Tamarón | | 4 September - Ferdinand, Count of Castile defeats and kills his brother-in-law Vermudo III King of León. |
Battle of Bar-le-Duc | | 15 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 Montemaggiore | | 4 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. |
1044 | Battle of Ménfő | | Germans 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. |
1048 | Battle of Kapetron | | Byzantines defeat Seljuk Turkish army, however the Turkish central flank captured Liparit IV of Kldekari and received a large ransom for him after escaping back to Seljuk territory. |
1051 | Battle of Vértes | | It was a conflict that broke out, when the Emperor Henry III tried to invade Hungary and was defeated by King Andrew I of Hungary and Duke Béla of Hungary. |
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. |
1056 | Battle of Tabfarilla | | Berber 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. |
1065 | Battle of Paterna | | Kingdom 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 / Cserhalom | | Hungarians 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. |
1080 | Battle of Flarchheim | | 27 Januari – Inconclusive battle between Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Rudolf of Swabia. |
Battle on the Elster | | 14 October – German anti-king Rudolf of Swabia defeats German king Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor militarily, however Henry defeats Rudolf politically. |
Battle of Volta Mantovana | | 15 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. |
1083 | Battle of Larissa | | Byzantines decisively repel Norman siege of the County of Apulia and Calabria. |
1083-84 | Sack of Rome | | Henry 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. |
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Year | Battle | | Description |
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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. |
| flagicon | | Almoravids 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. |
1134 | Battle of Fraga | | Almoravids defeat Aragon. |
Battle of Fotevik | | Eric II of Denmark defeats the forces of Niels, King of Denmark and his son Magnus I of Sweden, the latter of whom is killed in battle. |
1136 | | | 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 Clitheroe | | Scots 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. |
1143 | Battle of Wilton | | Robert, 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. |
1150 | Battle of Flochberg | | Henry Berengar of the House of Hohenstaufen defeats the House of Welf. |
Battle of Aintab | | Kingdom 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. |
1163 | Battle of al-Buqaia | | Crusaders 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. |
1173 | Battle of Fornham | | English royalists defeat rebels and capture Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester. |
1173 or 1174 | Siege of Derbent | | Shirvanese 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. |
1196 | Battle of Serres | | Bulgarian victory over Byzantines. |
1198 | | | Richard I defeats Philip II of France. |
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Year | Battle | | Description |
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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. |
1202 | Battle of Mirebeau | | Mercenary army led by John of England defeat a rebel army led by the House of Lusignan and Arthur of Brittany as well as a French army. |
| | 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 |
1204 | Siege of Château Gaillard | | French forces under Philip II of France defeat the English and Normans during a lengthy siege. English relief force is decisively defeated. Phillip gains control of Normandy from the Kingdom of England. |
| | 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 Constantinople | | Crusaders 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. |
1206 | Battle of Rusion | | Bulgarians win major victory over the Latin Empire. |
Battle of Rodosto | | Bulgarians defeat Latin Empire. |
1207 | Battle of Messinopolis | | Bulgarians 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 Steppes | | Brabantine 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 Staufen–Welf 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 Lincoln | | 20 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. |
1225 | Battle of Garni | | Khwarezmid Empire under Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu, his realm conquered by the Mongols, defeats Kingdom of Georgia. |
1226 | Siege of Avignon | | King 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. |
1228 | Battle of Bolnisi | | Khwarazmian Empire again defeats Kingdom of Georgia. |
1229 | | | March/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 Portopí | | 12 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 River | | 15 June – King Béla IV of Hungary defeated Duke Frederick II of Austria. Duke Frederick is killed, ending Austrian claims to the western counties of Hungary. |
| | 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 Constantinople | | Re-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. |
1264 | Battle of Northampton | | April 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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