List of battles 601-1400

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

Table of contents

1 Seventh Century
2 Eighth Century
3 Ninth Century
4 Tenth Century
5 Eleventh Century
6 Twelfth Century
7 Thirteenth Century
8 Fourteenth Century

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, 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