List of battles 601-1400
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List of battles - List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD - List of battles 601-1400 - List of battles 1401-1800 - List of battles 1801-1900 - List of battles 1901-forward
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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 Cadwallon
- 636 Battle of Yarmuk - Islamic forces conquer Syria from Byzantines
- 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 Byzantium, 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)
- 732 Battle of Tours October 11 - Moors lose to Charles Martel near Poitiers
- 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 Byzantium walk into trap of Bulgarian khan Krum
- 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
- 955 Battle of Lechfeld August 10 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ends invasion of West
- 972 Battle of Cedynia
- 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
- 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
- 1097 Battle 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
Twelfth Century
- 1104 Battle of Harran Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by the Seljuk Turks
- 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
- 1119 Battle of Ager Sanguinis (the Field of Blood) (June 27) Ilghazi defeats Crusaders
- 1125 Battle of Azaz (June 11) Crusaders defeat Seljuks
- 1138 Battle of the Standard near Northallerton
- 1149 Battle of Inab Raymond of Antioch killed in battle against Nur ad-Din
- 1157 Battle of Grathe Heath
- 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
- 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura in Japan - Last battle of Taira-Minamoto War
- 1187 Battle of Hattin July 4 Saladin defeats Crusaders.
- 1191 Battle of Arsuf September 7 Richard Lionheart's forces repel Saladin's attack.
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, [[Kingdom of Le�n|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.
- 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
- 1223 Battle of Kalka River Subutai leads Mongols as they show force in Russia
- 1241 Battle of Liegnitz Mongols of the Golden Horde defeat feudal nobility including Knights Templar in Silesia and then retire to Asia
- 1245 Battle of Evesham August 4 - (Baron's War)
- 1242 Battle of Lake Peipus April 5 Alexander Nevsky defeats Teutonic Knights
- 1250 Battle of Fariskur April 6 Egyptians defeat 7th Crusade forces of Louis IX of France
- 1254 Battle of Adrianople - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- 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
- 1266 Battle of Benevento
- 1268 Battle of Xiangyang First war ever involving the usage of firearms
- 1274 Battle of Hakata Bay - Mongol Wars -
- 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 Warrenne
- 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
- 1306 Battle of Methven Forces of Earl of Pembroke defeat newly-crowned Bruce and his small Scottish army
- 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 of Austria
- 1322 Battle of Muhldorf September 28 German Louis IV defeats Frederick of Austria
- 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
- 1340 Battle of Rio Salado October 30 Alphonso XI of Castile defeats Moslems
- 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
- 1346 Battle of Crecy August 26 English longbowmen defeat French cavalry at Abbeville
- 1351 Battle of the Thirty Thirty French Knights from Chateau Josselin under Beaumanoir call out and defeat thirty English Knights under Pembroke and Brambaugh
- 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
- 1362 Battle of Helsingborg - Danish-German War
- 1365 Battle of Adrianople Capture by Ottoman Turks
- 1380 Battle of Kulikovo Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow halts the Mongols
- 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 defeats Serbs, ends Serb empire under Prince Lazar
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List of battles 601-1400" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_601-1400 January 3, 2004
