List Of Battles 601-1400

Seventh Century

• 603 Battle of Degsastan - Northumbrian king Aethelfrith defeats Scots under Aedan of Dalriada
• 616 Battle of Chester - Aethelfrith defeats the army of Powys
• 627 Battle of Nineveh - Romans beat Sassanid Persians
• 631 Battle of Wogastisburg - King Samo defeats Austrasian forces, led by Dagobert I, Merovingian king of the Franks
• 632 Battle of Akraba
• 633 Battle of Hatfield Chase - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Edwin of Northumbria
• 634 Battle of Heavenfield - Oswald of Bernicia defeats and kills the Welsh king Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd
• 636 Battle of Yarmuk - Islamic forces conquer Syria from Byzantines
• 637 Battle of Kadisiya - Arabs decisively defeat a Persian army led by general Rustam
• 642 Battle of Nehaward - Arabs gain final victory over Persians, Sassanid dynasty ended
• 642 Battle of Maserfeld August 5 - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia
• 655 Battle of Winwaed - Northumbrian King Oswiu defeats and kills pagan Mercian king Penda
• 656 Battle of Jamal or Battle of Camel
• 677 Battle of Syllaeum - Arab fleet destroyed by the Byzantine Empire, menace to Europe ended
• 680 Battle of Kerbela October 10 - Husain killed, becomes Shiite martyr
• 685 Battle of Nechtansmere - Picts, and Scots defeat Northumbrians in Scotland
• 689 Battle of Coronate - The army of Cunincpert, king of the Lombards, defeat the followers of the usurper Alahis on the Adda River.
• 692 Battle of Sevastapol - Arabs defeat Justinian II
• 698 Battle of Carthage - Moslem Conquest of North Africa

Eighth Century

• 709 Battle of Kabul - Moslem Conquest of the East
• 718 Battle of Covadonga - Spanish Christians defeat Moors for the first time (date uncertain 718 - 725)
• 721 Battle of Toulouse June 9 - Moors lose to Odo of Aquitaine
• 732 Battle of Tours October 11 - Moors lose to Charles Martel near Poitiers
• 750 Battle of Brvalla? The Danish army is defeated by the Swedish.
• 757 Battle of Suiyang
• 778 Battle of Roncesvalles - Charlemagne's rear guard Roland devastated by Basques

Ninth Century

• 811 Battle of Pliska - Forces of Nicephorus I of the Byzantine Empire walk into trap of Bulgarian khan Krum
• 813 Battle of Versinikia - Bulgars again defeat the Byzantines
• 838 Battle of Anzen - Theophilus surrenders to the Arabs
• 863 Battle of Lalakaon - Byzantines defeat the Arabs
• 878 Battle of Bathys Ryax - Basil I defeats the Paulician heretics
• 878 Vikings defeat forces of St Cuthbert in West Sussex
• 891 Battle of Leuven - Arnulf of Carinthia defeats Normans

Tenth Century

• 917 Battle of Anchialus August 20 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria invades Thrace and drive Byzantines out
• 923 Battle of Soissons June 15 - Rollo of Normandy killed by Charles III, but Charles is defeated and imprisoned by Rudolf duke of Burgundy who succeeded Robert
• 937 Battle of Brunanburh - Athelstan of England defeats a combined Norse-Celtic force
• 955 Battle of Lechfeld August 10 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ends invasion of West
• 971 Battle of Dorostolon - John Tzimisces defeats the Rus'
• 972 Battle of Cedynia - Mieszko I of Poland defeated Hodon of Germany
• 991 Battle of Maldon August 10 or 11 - Olaf Tryggvason's Vikings defeat English of Ealdorman Brihtnoth of Essex

Eleventh Century

• 1000 Battle of Swold semi-legendary battle between Norway and the other Scandinavians
• 1014 Battle of Clontarf Irish King Brian Boru ends Norse rule of Ireland
• 1014 Battle of Kleidion Byzantine Emperor Basil II conquers the Bulgarians
• 1016 Battle of Neaje Future Norwegian king Saint Olav Haraldsson laid foundation for his reign in this victory.
• 1018 Battle of Vlaardingen Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Henry I, Holy Roman Emperor at Vlaardingen
• 1030 Battle of Stiklestad Norwegian King Saint Olaf Haraldsson killed in the battle but it ensured Christianization of Norway
• 1053 Battle of Civitate Robert Guiscard's Normans destroy the army of Pope Leo IX.
• 1054 Battle of Dunsinane Malcolm defeats Macbeth
• 1057 Battle of Lumphanan
• 1063 Battle of Graus Castille and Aragion defeats Zaragoza
• 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge September 25, Harold Godwinson of England defeated his brother Tostig Godwinson and Harald III of Norway
• 1066 Battle of Hastings October 14, William the Conqueror defeats Harold Godwinson
• 1071 Battle of Manzikert Byzantines lose Asia Minor, Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes leads Christians against Seljuk Turks
• 1071 Byzantines lose Bari, their last possession in Italy, to the Norman Robert Guiscard
• 1078 Battle of Kalavryai Alexius Comnenus defeats Nicephorus Bryennius
• 1081 Battle of Dyrrhachium Robert Guiscard defeats the Byzantines
• 1093 Battle of the Stugna River The Kypchaks defeat Chernigov and Kiev
• 1097 Siege of Nicaea April, Byzantines and Crusaders defeat Muslims at Nicaea
• 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum July 1, first Christian victory of the First Crusade
• 1098 Siege of Antioch June 3, Crusaders capture Antioch after a lengthy siege
• 1099 Siege of Jerusalem July 15, Crusaders capture Jerusalem after a lengthy siege and bloody street-fighting
• 1099 Battle of Ascalon August 12 Crusaders defeat the Egyptians at Ascalon

Twelfth Century

• 1101 Battle of Ramla Crusaders defeat the Egyptians
• 1104 Battle of Harran Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by the Seljuk Turks
• 1105 Battle of Artah Crusaders defeat Aleppo
• 1106 Battle of Tinchebray (28 September) Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert of Normandy in northwestern France
• 1108 Battle of Ucles May
• 1109 Battle of Naklo Boleslaus III of Poland defeats Pomeranians
• 1109 Battle of Hundsfeld Boleslaus III of Poland defeats German king Henry V
• 1115 Battle of Sarmin Crusaders defeat Turks
• 1119 Battle of Ager Sanguinis (the Field of Blood) (June 27) Ilghazi defeats Crusaders
• 1125 Battle of Azaz (June 11) Crusaders defeat Seljuks
• 1126 Battle of Marj es-Suffar Crusaders defeat Seljuks
• 1138 Battle of the Standard near Northallerton
• 1149 Battle of Inab Raymond of Antioch killed in battle against Nur ad-Din
• 1153 Battle of Ascalon Jerusalem captures Ascalon from Egypt
• 1157 Battle of Grathe Heath
• 1164 Battle of Harim Antioch defeats Nur ad-Din
• 1167 Battle of Sirmium Byzantine Empire defeats Hungary
• 1167 Battle of al-Babein Crusader invasion of Egypt is defeated
• 1176 Battle of Legnano May 29 Lombard League defeats and wounds HRE Frederick Barbarossa
• 1176 Battle of Myriokephalon Seljuk Turks defeat army of Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of the Byzantine Empire in Phrygia
• 1177 Battle of Montgisard November 25 Saladin is defeated by the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• 1179 Battle of Jacob's Ford Saladin defeats the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura in Japan - Last battle of Genpei War
• 1187 Battle of Cresson May 1 Saladin defeats Crusaders
• 1187 Battle of Hattin July 4 Saladin ddestroys Crusader army
• 1189 Battle of Acre Crusaders defeat Saladin outside Acre
• 1191 Battle of Arsuf September 7 Richard Lionheart's forces repel Saladin's attack
• 1192 Battle of Jaffa August 5 Richard I defeats Saladin

Thirteenth Century

• 1204 the Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople
• 1205 Battle of Adrianople - Fourth Crusade
• 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa July 16 Moors expelled from most of Iberia by a joint army of the Christian kingdoms of Castile, León, Portugal, Navarre and Aragon.
• 1213 Battle of Damme - English under William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, sink most of fleet of France's King Philip II in the harbor of Damme.
• 1213 Battle of Muret - French crusaders under Simon de Montfort defeat forces of Aragon and Catalonia, killing King Peter II of Aragon. End of Aragonese intervention in Languedoc.
• 1214 Battle of Bouvines France conquers Flanders
• 1214 Battle of Tournai France defeats Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King John of England
• 1214 Battle of Beijing - Gengis Khan and the Mongols capture Beijing
• 1217 Battle of South Foreland - Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover
• 1218 Siege of Damietta during Fifth Crusade
• 1221 Fifth Crusade is defeated at Al-Mansurah
• 1223 Battle of Kalka River Subutai leads Mongols as they show force in Ukraine
• 1240 Battle of the Neva June 15 Alexander Nevsky stops the Swedish invasion of Russia
• 1241 Battle of Liegnitz Mongols of the Golden Horde defeat feudal nobility including Knights Templar in Silesia and then retire to Asia
• 1242 Battle on the Ice April 5 Alexander Nevsky defeats Teutonic Knights
• 1244 Battle of La Forbie October 17 Crusaders defeated by Khwarezmians
• 1246 Battle of Haugsnes April 19 The largest and bloodiest battle in Icelandic history where the forces of Thordur Kakali defeat Gissur Thorvaldsson
• 1250 Battle of Fariskur April 6 Egyptians defeat Seventh Crusade forces of Louis IX of France
• 1254 Battle of Adrianople - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
• 1259 Battle of Pelagonia Byzantines defeat Principality of Achaea
• 1260 Battle of Kressenbrunn - Premysl Ottokar II defeats Bela IV
• 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut September 3 - Mongol Wars - Muslim army defeats Mongols north of Palestine
• 1263 Battle of Largs
• 1265 Battle of Evesham August 4 - (Second Barons' War) English defeat rebel English.
• 1266 Battle of Benevento February 26
• 1268 Battle of Xiangyang First war ever involving the usage of firearms
• 1268 Battle of Tagliacozzo August 23
• 1274 Battle of Hakata Bay - Mongol Wars
• 1278 Battle of Drnkrut and Jedenspeigen (also known as Battle on the Marchfeld) Rudolf of Habsburg defeats Ottakar II Przemysl.
• 1279 Battle of Yamen
• 1281 August 15 Typhoon wipes out the invading fleet of Kublai Khan in Japan ? Divine Wind.
• 1288 Battle of Worringen - Germany
• 1296 Battle of Dunbar first battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence
• 1296 Battle of Curzota Genoa defeats Venetian fleet including Marco Polo
• 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge - Scots under William Wallace defeat English of John de Warenne
• 1298 Battle of Falkirk (1298) July 22 in Stirlingshire, English Archers defeat Scots led by William Wallace, longbow's first great victory

Fourteenth Century

• 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs July 11 in Flanders, Flemish burghers led by Count Guy de Dampierre defeat French knights
• 1304 Battle of Mons-en-Pvle Lowland rebels defeated the French under King Philip IV. The French claimed victory as they remained in possession of the battlefield. A bloody draw.
• 1306 Battle of Methven Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat newly-crowned Bruce and his small Scottish army
• 1307 Battle of Loudon Hill Scots under Robert Bruce defeated the English.
• 1311 Battle of Halmyros March 15 Catalan Company goes on to capture Athens and Thebes
• 1314 Battle of Bannockburn Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II, takes Stirling Castle and frees Scotland
• 1315 Battle of Morgarten November 15 Swiss defeat Leopold II of Austria
• 1316 Battle of Athenry English defeated the Irish under Felim O'Connor, King of Connacht.
• 1318 Battle of Dysert O'Dea Irish defeated the English.
• 1318 Battle of Faughart English defeated a Scots-Irish army.
• 1322 Battle of Boroghbridge English defeated a rebel English army fighting for the Scots.
• 1322 Battle of Mhldorf September 28 German Louis IV defeats Frederick I of Austria
• 1328 Battle of Cassel French under Philip VI defeated Lowland rebels.
• 1330 Battle of Posada November 9 Basarab I defeats Charles I of Hungary
• 1332 Battle of Dupplin Muir English supporting Edward de Baliol, Scottish pretender, defeated the Scots.
• 1332 Battle of Plowce September 27 Poland's Ladislas IV Lokietek defeats Teutonic Knights
• 1333 Battle of Halidon Hill July 19 Edward III of England avenges Bannockburn
• 1337 Battle of Cadsand English defeated pro-French garrison of Cadsand in Flanders.
• 1340 Battle of Sluys June 24 Edward III beats Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of English Channel
• 1340 Battle of the Rio Salado October 30 Alfonso XI of Castile and Alfonso IV of Portugal defeat the Marinid under Sultan Abul-Hassan and the Granadine under King Yusuf I.
• 1342 Battle of Morlaix Besieged by the English, a French relief army broke the siege of Morlaix. When the English retreated into a wood the French withdrew.
• 1345 Battle of Auberoche English relief army lifted a siege by the French.
• 1346 Battle of St-Pol-de-Leon English defeated the French.
• 1346 Battle of Blanchetaque English under Edward III defeated the French.
• 1346 Battle of Crecy August 26 English longbowmen defeat French cavalry at Abbeville
• 1346 Battle of Neville's Cross English defeated the Scots under King David Bruce.
• 1347 Battle of La Roche Derien English relief army lifted a French siege.
• 1349 Battle of Lunalonge Anglo-Gascons defeated the French but the Anglo-Gascons had to withdraw during the night.
• 1351 Combat of the Thirty Thirty French knights from Chateau Josselin under Beaumanoir call out and defeat thirty English knights under Pembroke and Brambaugh by cheating.
• 1351 Battle of Saintes English relief army lifted a French siege.
• 1351 Battle of Ardres French defeated the English.
• 1352 Battle of Mauron Anglo-Bretons defeated the French.
• 1354 Battle of Sapienza Genoans destroy Venetian fleet
• 1356 Battle of Poitiers Edward the Black Prince captures King John II of France, France plunges into chaos
• 1358 Battle of Meaux Gascons defeated the French.
• 1362 Battle of Helsingborg - Danish-German War
• 1362 Battle of Brignais Free Companies defeat the French.
• 1364 Battle of Cocherel French defeat Gascon-Navarrese-Normans.
• 1364 Battle of Auray September 29 End of Breton War of Succession English defeat Franco-Bretons.
• 1365 Battle of Adrianople Capture by Ottoman Turks
• 1367 Battle of Najera (Navarette) English under the Black Prince and Don Pedro the Cruel defeated the Franco-Castilians.
• 1369 Battle of Montiel Franco-Castilians under King Henry II of Castile defeated Portuguese-Marinids-Granadines-Jews under Don Pedro the Cruel.
• 1372 Battle of La Rochelle Navy battle. Castilians defeated English.
• 1373 Battle of Chiset (Chizai) French defeated an English relief army trying to lift the siege of Chiset.
• 1380 Battle of the Snipes' Field Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow halts the Mongols
• 1382 Battle of Roosebeke French under King Charles VI of France defeated Flemish rebels.
• 1384 Battle of Atoleiros April 6 Nuno Alvares Pereira (Portuguese general) defeats Castile
• 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota August 14 Portugal gains independence from Castile, John I establishes Avis dynasty
• 1386 Battle of Sempach July 9 Swiss defeat Leopold III of Austria
• 1389 Battle of Kosovo Polje Ottoman army gathered by Murad I and Serbian army under Knez Lazar beat each other into the ground. There is no clear outcome.
• 1394 Battle of Rovine October 10 Mircea cel Batrin the voievod of Wallachia defeated Beyazid I sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• 1396 Battle of Nicopolis September 25 French-Hungarian "crusade" defeated by Ottoman Empire
• 1399 Battle of the Vorskla River Vytautas the Great of Lithuania is defeated by generals of Tamerlane

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