List of battles 601–1400

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List of battles: before 601 - 601-1400 - 1401-1800 - 1801-1900 - 1901-2000 - 2001-current

Contents 1 7th century 2 8th century 3 9th century 4 10th century 5 11th century 6 12th century 7 13th century 8 Early 14th century 9 Mid 14th century

[edit] 7th century

• 603 Battle of Degsastan - Northumbrian king Aethelfrith defeats Scots under Áedán mac Gabráin
• 612 -
  • Battle of Yodong fortress - Korean Goguryeo defeat the Chinese Sui Dynasty.
  • Battle of Salsu - Goguryeo cavalry forces, although outnumbered, overwhelmed the Chinese troops in combat and eventually emerged victorious.
• 613 Battle of Antioch (613)
• 614 Siege of Jerusalem (614)
• 616 Battle of Chester - Aethelfrith defeats the army of Powys
• 619 Siege of Alexandria (619)
• 622 Battle of Issus (622)
• 624 17 March - Battle of Badr - Muslim forces under Muhammad defeat a larger pagan Meccan force
• 625
  • 23 March - Battle of Uhud - Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats a Muslim force, before eventually converting to Islam himself and joining the Muslim forces
  • April - Battle of Sarus
• 626 Siege of Constantinople (626)
• 627 -
  • Battle of the Trench - A pagan army of the city Mecca fails to capture Muslim held Medina, defended by Muhammad using an early form of trench warfare
  • Seige of Derbent - Tong Yabgu of Western Turks capture the fortress during Perso-Turkic War.
  • 12 December - Battle of Nineveh - Byzantines defeat Sassanid Persians
• 629 Battle of Mu'tah - Khalid ibn al-Walid leads a small Muslim Arab army against a much larger Roman army in his first battle against the Roman Empire, which results in a stalemate and Khalid being honoured with the title "Sword of Allah"
• 630 Conquest of Mecca - Muhammad and Khalid ibn al-Walid conquer Mecca without any bloodshed
• 631 Battle of Wogastisburg - King Samo defeats Austrasian forces, led by Dagobert I, Merovingian king of the Franks
• 632 Battle of Akraba
• 633 -
  • April - Battle of Chains - Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a Persian army in his first battle against the Persian Empire
  • May - Battle of Walaja - Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the larger forces of the Persian Empire using a double envelopment maneuver
  • May - Battle of Ullais - Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a larger army from the Persian Empire
  • November - Battle of Zumail - Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the Persian forces, conquering most of Mesopotamia (Iraq) from the Persian Empire
  • Battle of Hatfield Chase - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Edwin of Northumbria
• 634 -
  • January - Battle of Firaz - Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the larger combined forces of the Persian Empire, Roman Empire, and Christian Arabs, completing his conquest of Mesopotamia
  • June-July - Battle of Bosra - 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 - Battle of Ajnadayn - 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
  • Aug-Sept - Conquest of Damascus- Thomas surrenders after four week siege with no relief in sight and Muslim forces inside the city.
  • Sept - Battle of Saniyyat-ul-Uqab - 12,000 Byzantines were defeated in an attempt to break the siege of Damascus in a battle 20 miles north of the city
  • Sept - Battle of Marj-ud-Deebaj - Refugees from the surrender at damascus are intercepted just short of Antioch and butchered by Muslim forces.
  • Battle of Heavenfield - Oswald of Bernicia defeats and kills the Welsh king Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd
• 635 Battle of Fahl - Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the larger forces of the Roman Empire under Heraclius, and conquers Palestine, Jordan and southern Syria from the Roman Empire
• 636 -
  • August - Battle of Yarmouk - Muslim Arab forces under Khalid ibn al-Walid crush a larger army of Romans, Greeks, Franks, Russians, Slavs, Armenians, Georgians and Christian Arabs under Heraclius and Constantine III, and conquer the Levant from the Roman Empire
  • Battle of al-Qādisiyyah - Muslim Arabs decisively defeat a larger Persian army led by general Rostam Farrokhzād, conquering the Persian capital of Ctesiphon
• 637 -
  • Battle of Iron Bridge - 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
  • Battle of Hazir - Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the garrison of Qinnasrin under Meenas at Hazim in Syria, wiping out the Byzantine force.
• 640 Battle of the Nobles
• 642 -
  • Battle of Nehaward - Muslim Arabs gain a final victory over the Persian Empire, ending the Persian Sassanid dynasty
  • Battle of Maserfeld - 5 August - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia
• 645 Siege of Ansi fortress - Korean Goguryeo forces decisively defeat the Chinese Tang Dynasty.
• 650 Battle of Balanjar (650s) - Khazar Turks defeat Ummayad Caliphate
• 655 Battle of Winwaed - Northumbrian King Oswiu defeats and kills pagan Mercian king Penda
• 656 Battle of Jamal or Battle of Camel
• 658 Battle of Siffin
• 660 Battle of Hwangsanbeol - Took place between forces of Silla and Baekje
• 674 First Arab siege of Constantinople - The Byzantines defeat the Arabs after 4 years of siege through the use of Greek fire
• 680 Battle of Kerbela - 10 October - Husain killed, becomes Shiite martyr
• 685 Battle of Dunnichen - Picts 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 - Umayyad conquest of North Africa
  • Battle of Tianmenling - The battle which Collision the supremacy of the Manchuria between Balhae and Tang Dynasty.

[edit] 8th century

• 709 Battle of Kabul - Islamic conquest of Afghanistan
• 711 Battle of Guadalete - Visigoth army is defeated by Muslim Army.
• 715 Battle of Compiègne - The first significant battle of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718.
• 716 -
  • Battle of Cologne Part of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718. Charles Martel suffers his only defeat.
  • Battle of Amblève - Part of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718. Charles Martel defeated his Neustrian and Frisian rivals.
• 717
  • Battle of Vincy - Part of the Frankish Civil War. Charles Martel and the Austrasians defeat the Frankish king, Chilperic II, and his mayor of the palace, Ragenfrid.
  • Second Arab siege of Constantinople - Arabs lay siege to the Byzantine Capital once more, but are defeated after a year by Leo III with the Bulgarian army's help.
• 718 -
  • Battle of Soissons The last significant battles of the Frankish civil war with Charles Martel victorious.
  • Battle of Covadonga - Spanish Christians defeat Moors for the first time (date uncertain 718 - 725)
• 721 Battle of Toulouse 9 June - Moors lose to Odo of Aquitaine
• 723 Battle of Balanjar Ummayad Caliphate defeats Khazar Turks
• 729 Battle of Ravenna (729)
• 732 Battle of Tours - 10 October - Moors lose to Charles Martel near Poitiers
• 734 Battle of the Boarn - Charles Martel conquers West Frisia.
• 746 Battle of Rupar Thutha - Kufa and Mosul taken by Marwan II.
• 750 -
  • Battle of Bråvalla - The Danish army is defeated by the Swedish.
  • Battle of Zab - Fall of the Umayyads and rise of the Abbasids
• 751 Battle of Talas - Arabs defeat Chinese
• 756 Battle of Yongqiu
• 757 Battle of Suiyang
• 772 Battle of Janbi - Rustamid state established in Morocco
• 778 Battle of Roncesvalles - Charlemagne's rear guard Roland devastated by Basques

[edit] 9th 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
• 825 Battle of Ellandun - Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia
• 838 Battle of Anzen - Theophilus surrenders to the Arab
• 845 Battle of Ballon - Charles the Bald is defeated by the Bretons of Nominoe
• 849 Battle of Ostia - Christian fleet defeats Saracens
• 863 Battle of Lalakaon - Byzantines defeat the Arabs
• 870 Battle of Englefield - Anglo-Saxons under Aethelwulf defeat the Danes
• 871 Battle of Reading - Ethelred of Wessex and Alfred the Great defeated by a Danish army
• 872 Battle of Hafrsfjord Harald Hårfagre takes over great parts of Norway, The Country of Norway is regarded to be founded after the battle.
• 878 -
  • Battle of Bathys Ryax - Basil I of the Byzantine Empire defeats the Paulician heretics.
  • Battle of Ethandun - West Saxons defeat Danes
  • Battle of Cynwit - West Saxons and Danes
  • Vikings defeat forces of St Cuthbert in West Sussex
• 891 Battle of Leuven - Arnulf of Carinthia defeats Vikings

[edit] 10th century

• 910 Battle of Tettenhall - between Edward the Elder and the Yorkshire Danes. The Danish were defeated.
• 915 Battle of Corbridge I
• 915 Battle of Garigliano - Christian League defeats the Saracen bands in southern Lazio
• 917 Battle of Acheloos - 20 August - A large-scale Byzantine expedition against Bulgaria is routed by Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria.
• 918 Battle of Corbridge II
• 923 Battle of Soissons - 15 June - Rollo of Normandy killed by Charles III, but Charles is defeated and imprisoned by Rudolf duke of Burgundy who succeeded Robert
• 927 Battle of the Bosnian Highlands 27 May Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia
• 933 Battle of Merseburg - Fowler Henry Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars.
• 937 Battle of Brunanburh - Athelstan of England defeats a combined Norse-Celtic force
• 939 Battle of Simancas - Caliph Abd-ar-Rahman III of Cordoba is defeated by a combined hispanic-cristian force
• 955 Battle of Lechfeld - 10 August - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ends invasion of West
• 962 Battle of Bands - Indulf of Scotland is killed in battle with Danish pirates
• 969 Sviatoslav I of Kiev captures Preslav, the Bulgarian capital
• 971 Battle of Dorostolon - Byzantine emperor John Tzimisces defeats the Rus'
• 972 Battle of Cedynia - Mieszko I of Poland defeated Hodon of Germany
• 979 Battle of Pankalia - The Byzantine commander Bardas Phocas defeated the rebel general Bardas Skleros.
• 982 Battle of Crotone - 13 July or 14 - Emperor Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated by a Kalbid army
• 991 Battle of Maldon - 10 August - Olaf Tryggvason's Vikings defeat English of Ealdorman Brihtnoth of Essex
• 999 Battle of Glenn Mama - Brian Boru and Máel Sechnaill defeat the Leinstermen and Vikings of Dublin

[edit] 11th century

• 1000 Battle of Swold semi-legendary battle between Norway and the other Scandinavians
• 1014 -
  • Battle of Clontarf - 23 April - Irish King Brian Boru ends Norse rule of Ireland
  • Battle of Kleidion Byzantine Emperor Basil II conquers the Bulgarians, ending Bulgarian independence for 171 years
• 1016 -
  • Battle of Nesjar Future Norwegian king Saint Olav Haraldsson laid foundation for his reign in this victory.
  • Battle of Ashingdon - 18 October - Danes led by Canute the Great defeat an English army led by King Edmund II ('Ironside'). The battle was the conclusion to the Danish reconquest of England.
• 1018 -
  • Battle of Carham - Máel Coluim II King of Scots Defeats Northumbrians
  • Battle of Vlaardingen Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor at Vlaardingen
  • Battle of Heunghwajin Korean defeat the Khitan.
  • Battle of Kwiju The major battle during the Third Goryeo-Khitan War
• 1021 Battle of Shirimni - 11 September - Byzantine Empire defeats Georgia
• 1022 Battle of Svindax Byzantine Emperor Basil II defeats Giorgi I of Georgia, forcing him to accept a treaty.
• 1030 Battle of Stiklestad Norwegian King Saint Olaf Haraldsson killed in the battle but it ensured Christianization of Norway
• 1040 Battle of Dandanaqan Seljuk Turks defeated the Ghaznavid Turks and began occupying Khorasan.
• 1042 Battle of Sasireti Byzantine Empire intervenes in a civil war in Georgia in favor of the rebels. Royal army of Georgia crushed.
• 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 MacBeth is killed in battle against Malcolm's forces
• 1063 Battle of Graus Castile and Zaragoza defeat Aragon
• 1066 -
  • Battle of Stamford Bridge - 25 September - Harold Godwinson of England defeated his brother Tostig Godwinson and Harald III of Norway
  • Battle of Hastings - 14 October, William the Conqueror defeats Harold Godwinson
• 1071 -
  • Battle of Manzikert Byzantines lose Asia Minor, Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes leads Christians against Seljuk Turks
  • Byzantines lose Bari, their last possession in Italy, to the Norman Robert Guiscard
• 1078 Battle of Kalavryai Alexius Comnenus defeats Nicephorus Bryennius
• 1079 Battle of Cabra
• 1081 Battle of Dyrrhachium Robert Guiscard defeats the Byzantines
• 1086 Battle of az-Zallaqah - 23 October - Almoravides victory over Castile
• 1091 Battle of Levounion 29 April - Byzantines defeat the Pechenegs
• 1093 Battle of Alnwick - Malcolm III of Scotland was killed by English Knights
• 1093 Battle of the Stugna River The Kypchaks defeat Chernihiv and Kiev
• 1097 -
  • Siege of Nicaea - 14 May - 19 June, Byzantines and Crusaders defeat Muslims at Nicaea
  • Battle of Dorylaeum 1 July, first Christian victory of the First Crusade
  • Battle of Gvozd Mountain, Croatian-Hungarian War of 1097
• 1098 Siege of Antioch - 3 June - Crusaders capture Antioch after a lengthy siege
• 1099 -
  • Siege of Jerusalem - 15 July - Crusaders capture Jerusalem after a lengthy siege and bloody street-fighting
  • Battle of Ascalon 12 August Crusaders defeat the Egyptians at Ascalon

[edit] 12th century

• 1101 -
  • Battle of Ramla Crusaders defeat the Egyptians
  • Battle of Mersivan - August - Seljuk Turks defeat Crusaders
  • Battle of Heraclea (1101) - September - Seljuks defeat Crusaders
• 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 Uclés 29 May Almoravides victory over Castilians; Sancho, son and heir of Alfonso VI of Castile, is slain
• 1109
  • Battle of Naklo Boleslaus III of Poland defeats Pomeranians
  • Battle of Hundsfeld Boleslaus III of Poland defeats German king Henry V
  • Battle of Głogów - 14 August - Boleslaus III successfully holds the town of Głogów against Henry V.
• 1115 -
  • Battle of Sarmin Crusaders defeat Turks
  • Battle of Welfesholz Lothair I of Supplinburg defeats Henry V.
• 1119 Battle of Ager Sanguinis (the Field of Blood) - 28 June - Ilghazi defeats Crusaders
• 1121 Battle of Didgori - 12 August - Georgia defeats Seljuk Turks.
• 1122 Battle of Beroia - Byzantines defeat Pechenegs
• 1125 Battle of Azaz - 11 June - Crusaders defeat Seljuks
• 1126 Battle of Marj es-Suffar Crusaders defeat Seljuks
• 1132 Battle of Nocera Roger II of Sicily defeated in his first major engagement by Ranulf II, Count of Alife
• 1136 Battle of Crug Mawr Welsh under Owain Gwynedd defeat the Normans
• 1137 Battle of Rignano Roger II of Sicily is defeated in a major engagement by Ranulf, Duke of Apulia, again. Sergius VII of Naples dies.
• 1138 Battle of the Standard - 22 August - English defeat army of David I of Scotland
• 1140 Siege of Weinsberg
• 1144 Siege of Edessa - 28 November-24 December - Zengi captures Edessa
• 1147 -
  • Siege of Lisbon Crusaders capture Lisbon
  • Battle of Dorylaeum (1147) - 25 October - Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III
• 1148 Siege of Damascus Defeat of the Second Crusade
• 1149 Battle of Inab - 29 June - Raymond of Antioch killed in battle against Nur ad-Din
• 1151 Battle of Móin Mhór Kingdom of Leinster defeats Kingdom of Thomond
• 1153 Battle of Ascalon Jerusalem captures Ascalon from Egypt
• 1157 -
  • Battle of Coed Eulo - 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
• 1164 Battle of Harim - 12 August - Crusader defeat
• 1167 -
  • Battle of Sirmium Byzantine Empire defeats Hungary
  • Battle of al-Babein Crusader invasion of Egypt is defeated
  • Battle of Monte Porzio - 29 May - Imperialists under Christian of Mainz and Rainald of Dassel defeat large Roman army
• 1174 Battle of Alnwick William I of Scotland was defeated by a small English Force
• 1176 -
  • Battle of Legnano - 29 May - Lombard League defeats and wounds the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
  • Battle of Myriokephalon Seljuk Turks defeat army of Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of the Byzantine Empire in Phrygia
• 1177 Battle of Montgisard - 25 November - Saladin is defeated by the Kingdom of Jerusalem
• 1179 Battle of Jacob's Ford Saladin defeats the Kingdom of Jerusalem
  • Siege of Taillebourg A young Richard the Lionheart takes a rebel castle in Aquitaine which was previously considered impregnable.
• 1180 -
  • First Battle of Uji Taira clan defeats Minamoto clan, killing Prince Mochihito
  • Siege of Nara Taira clan destroys city during Genpei War.
  • Battle of Ishibashiyama - 14 September - Minamoto victory near Mount Fuji.
  • Battle of Fujigawa - 9 November - Taira forces flee after fake surprise attack.
• 1181 -
  • Battle of Sunomatagawa - 25 April - Minamoto sneak attack thwarted.
  • Battle of Yahagigawa - Minamoto clan forced to withdraw, but Taira clan unable to pursue.
• 1183 -
  • Siege of Hiuchi - Taira clan captures fortress, but Minamoto defenders escape.
  • Battle of Kurikara - 2 June - Decisive Minamoto victory.
  • Battle of Shinohara - Minamoto victory. Several single combats prior to main battle.
  • Siege of Kerak (November) - Saladin lays siege to Raynald of Chatillon's stronghold during marriage of Humphrey IV of Toron and Isabella of Jerusalem. King Baldwin IV's arrival forces Saladin to withdraw.
  • Battle of Mizushima - 17 November - Taira naval victory.
  • Siege of Fukuryūji - Minamoto forces capture fortress.
  • Battle of Muroyama - Taira clan five-wave assault defeats Minamoto forces.
• 1184 -
  • Siege of Hōjūjidono - Minamoto no Yoshinaka's faction captures Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
  • Second Battle of Uji - 19 February - Minamoto no Yoshinaka defeated by the rest of the Minamoto, forced away from the capital at Kyoto.
  • Battle of Awazu - 21 February - Minamoto no Yoshinaka killed.
  • Battle of Ichi-no-Tani - 18 March - Minamoto victory, Taira no Tadanori killed.
  • Battle of Kojima - Minamoto victory during Genpei War
• 1185 -
  • Battle of Yashima - Taira forces confounded and defeated.
  • Battle of Dan-no-ura in Japan - Last battle of Genpei War
• 1187 -
  • Battle of Cresson - 1 May - Al-Afdal (Saladin's eldest son) defeats the small crusader army at Nazareth
  • Battle of Hattin - 4 July - Saladin destroys Crusader army
  • Siege of Jerusalem - September 20 - October 2 - Saladin captures Jerusalem
• 1189 Battle of Acre Crusaders defeat Saladin outside Acre
• 1191 Battle of Arsuf 7 September - Richard Lionheart's forces repel Saladin's attack
• 1192 Battle of Jaffa - 5 August - Richard I defeats Saladin
• 1194 Battle of Aberconwy - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth defeats his brother and assumes control of Gwynedd
• 1195 Battle of Alarcos - 18 July - Almohad victory over Castile
• 1198 Battle of Gisors Richard I versus Philip II of France

[edit] 13th century

• 1202 Battle of Basian Kingdom of Georgia defeats Seljuk Turks.
• 1204 the Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople
• 1205 Battle of Adrianople - Fourth Crusade
• 1210 - Battle of Ümera - Estonian forces defeat the Livonian Order, during the Livonian crusade.
• 1211 - Battle of Viljandi - Estonian victory over the Livonian Order, during the Livonian crusade.
• 1212 - Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa - 16 July - 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 - 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.
  • Battle of Muret - 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.
• 1214 -
  • Battle of Bouvines - 27 July - French defeat England and Otto IV of Germany and conquer Flanders and Angevin territories in France
  • Battle of Tournai France defeats Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King John of England
  • Battle of Beijing - Genghis Khan and the Mongols capture Beijing
• 1216 Battle of Lipitsa Konstantin of Rostov defeats his younger brothers, Yuri and Yaroslav
• 1217 -
  • Battle of South Foreland - Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of Eustace the Monk off Dover
  • Battle of Otepää - Estonian and Russian victory over the Livonian Order, during the Livonian crusade.
  • Battle of St. Matthew's Day - The Livonian Order and its allies defeat Estonians, during the Livonian crusade.
• 1218 - Siege of Damietta during Fifth Crusade
• 1219 - Battle of Lyndanisse - Danish forces under Valdemar II defeat the Estonians, during the Livonian crusade.
• 1220 - Battle of Lihula - Invading Swedish forces are defeated by Estonians, during the Livonian Crusade.
• 1223 - Battle of Kalka River - 31 May - Jebe and Subutai leads Mongols as they show force in Ukraine
• 1230 -
  • 9 March - Battle of Klokotnitsa - Victory for the Second Bulgarian Empire over the Despotate of Epirus.
  • Siege of Dun Beal Gallimhe week-long inconclusive battle between the Irish and Normans.
  • Battle of Yassı chemen Seljuk Turks defeated forces of Jalal ad-Din of Khwarazm
• 1231 - Battle of Jerez - Castile defeats Moorish forces of Ibn Hud
• 1234 - Battle of Cortenuova - Emperor Frederick II defeats the Northern Italy Communes
• 1236 - Battle of Saule - 22 September - Samogitians and Semigalians defeat Livonian Brothers of the Sword, which remnants are incorporated into the Teutonic Knights
• 1238 -
  • 4 March Battle of the Sit River Mongols led by Batu Khan defeat Vladimir-Suzdal forces, Yuri II killed
  • Siege of Brescia Long siege during the war between Frederick II of Sicily and the Guelphs of Northern Italy
• 1239 Siege of Faenza Long siege during the war between Frederick II of Sicily and the Guelphs of Northern Italy
• 1240 Battle of the Neva - 15 June - Alexander Nevsky stops the Swedish invasion of Russia
• 1241 9 April Battle of Liegnitz - Mongols of the Golden Horde defeat feudal nobility including Knights Templar in Silesia and then go to Hungary
• 1241 11 April Battle of Mohi - Mongol forces under Batu Khan and Subutai defeats the Hungarian army under the king Bela IV of Hungary.
• 1242 -
  • Battle on Lake Peipus - 5 April - Alexander Nevsky defeats Teutonic Knights
  • Battle of Taillebourg - Louis IX of France defeats Henry III of England.
• 1243 -
  • Siege of Viterbo Frederick II of Sicily sieges in vain Viterbo
  • Battle of Kösedağ Mogols defeat Seljuk Turks
• 1244 Battle of La Forbie - 17 October - Crusaders defeated by Ayyubids
• 1246 Battle of Haugsnes - 19 April - The largest and bloodiest battle in Icelandic history where the forces of Thordur Kakali defeat Gissur Thorvaldsson
• 1247 Sack of Dun Gallimhe, Normans defeated by the Irish.
• 1248 Battle of Parma or Vittoria - 18 February - Frederick II of Sicily is defeated by the Guelphs
• 1249 Battle of Fossalta - 26 May - King Enzio of Sardinia is captured by Bolognese in a clash between Guelphs and Ghibellines
• 1250 -
  • Seventh Crusade is defeated at Al-Mansurah
  • Battle of Fariskur - 6 April - Egyptians defeat Seventh Crusade forces of Louis IX of France
  • Battle of Cingoli Papal and Guelph army is crushed by an Imperial and Italian army
• 1254 Battle of Adrianople - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
• 1255 -
  • Battle of Montebruno - 23 February - Astigiani defeats Thomas II of Savoy
  • Battle of Bryn Derwin - June - Llywelyn ap Gruffudd defeats his brother Owain ap Gruffudd and assumes control of Gwynedd
• 1257 -
  • Battle of Cadfan - The Welsh rout the English at Cadfan
  • Creadran-Cille; Normans driven out of Lower Connacht
• 1258 Battle of Baghdad - 29 January-13 February - Hulagu Khan defeats the Abbasid caliphate
• 1259
  • Battle of Pelagonia - September - Byzantines defeat the Principality of Achaea
  • Battle of Cassano - 27 September - Ezzelino III da Romano is defeated by the crusade army of the Guelphs.
• 1260 -
  • Battle of Durbe - 13 July - Teutonic Knights and its branch Livonian Order are defeated by Samogitians, what triggers the Great Prussian Insurrection
  • Battle of Kressenbrunn - July - Premysl Ottokar II defeats Bela IV
  • Battle of Ain Jalut - 3 September - Egyptian Mamluk army defeats Mongols north of Palestine
  • Battle of Montaperti - 4 September - Sienese defeat Florentines (Guelphs and Ghibellines)
• 1261 Battle of Callann - Finghin Mac Carthy defeats Normans
• 1262 Battle of Terek river - Nogai Khan of Golden Horde defeats Hulagu. First open conflit in Mongol Empire
• 1263 Battle of Largs - Scots versus Norwegians, no definitive victory for either
• 1264 Battle of Lewes - 14 May - (Second Barons' War) English rebels under Simon de Montfort defeat Henry III of England.
• 1265 Battle of Evesham - 4 August - (Second Barons' War) English under Prince Edward defeat rebels under Simon de Montfort
• 1266 Battle of Benevento - 26 February - Charles of Anjou defeats Manfred of Sicily and conquers his kingdom (Guelphs and Ghibellines)
• 1268 -
  • Battle of Rakovor - Russian victory over the Livonian Order.
  • Battle of Xiangyang - First war ever involving the usage of firearms
  • Battle of Tagliacozzo - 23 August - Charles of Anjou defeats Conradin (Guelphs and Ghibellines)
• 1269 - 15 June - Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa
• 1270 -
  • Battle of Karuse - Lithuanian victory over the Livonian Order.
  • Ath an Chip - Normans heavily defeated by the Irish.
• 1274 Battle of Bun'ei - 20 November Mongols invade Japan, are forced to retreat
• 1275 Battle of Roccavione - 12 December Charles I of Anjou's Neapolitan army is defeated by the Piedmontese league led by Asti
• 1277 Battle of Desio - A Visconti army under Ottone Visconti defeats the della Torre family troops.
• 1278 Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen (also known as Battle on the Marchfeld) 26 August Rudolf of Habsburg defeats Ottakar II Przemysl.
• 1279 -
  • Battle of Aizkraukle - 5 March - Lithuanians defeat units of the Livonian Order
  • Battle of Yamen - 19 March - Yuan Dynasty defeats Song Dynasty, young emperor Bing drowned
• 1281 -
  • Battle of Kōan - 15 August - Typhoon wipes out the invading fleet of Kublai Khan in Japan
  • Battle of Homs - 29 October - Mamluks defeat Mongols
• 1282
• Battle of Orewin Bridge - 11 December - Welsh decisively defeated by the English
• 1288 Battle of Worringen - 5 June - Battle for duchy of Limburg
• 1289 Battle of Campaldino Florence defeats Arezzo
• 1291 Siege of Acre - Mameluks capture the last Crusader city
• 1294 Unnamed - 11 November - English army routed at Denbigh by Welsh rebels during the revolt of Madog ap Llywelyn
• 1295 Battle of Maes Moydog - 5 March - one of Edward I's armies defeats Welsh rebels, hastening the end of Madog ap Llywelyn's revolt
• 1296 -
  • Battle of Dunbar - 27 April English defeat Scots and occupy much of Scotland; first battle of the Wars of Scottish Independence
  • Battle of Curzota Genoa defeats Venetian fleet including Marco Polo
• 1297 -
  • Battle of Stirling Bridge - 11 September - Scots under William Wallace defeat English of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey
  • Battle of Furnes - 20 August - French under Robert II of Artois defeat the Flemish at Bulskamp, near Furnes (Veurne)
• 1298 Battle of Falkirk (1298) - 22 July - in Stirlingshire - English archers defeat Scots led by William Wallace, English longbow's first great victory
• 1299 First Siege of Stirling Castle - Scottish forces besiege constable John Sampson.
  • Battle of Falconaria - 1 December - Sicilians under Frederick II of Sicily defeat Neapolitans under Philip I of Taranto

[edit] Early 14th century

• 1302 -
  • Battle of the Golden Spurs - 11 July - In Flanders, Flemish burghers led by William of Jülich and Pieter de Coninck defeat French knights
  • Battle of Bapheus - 27 July - The founder of the Ottoman Dynasty Osman I defeated a Byzantine force
• 1304 -
  • Second Siege of Stirling Castle - April - July - Edward I besieges the Scots. The Warwolf siege engine is constructed and first used during this battle.
  • Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle - 17 August - 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 the Earl of Pembroke defeat newly-crowned Robert the Bruce and his small Scottish army
• 1307 Battle of Loudon Hill Scots under Robert Bruce defeated the English.
• 1311 Battle of Halmyros - 15 March - Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne and goes on to capture Athens and Thebes
• 1313 Battle of Gamelsdorf - 9 November - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria.
• 1314 Battle of Bannockburn Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II, takes Stirling Castle and frees Scotland
• 1315 -
  • Battle of Montecatini - 29 August - Pisa defeats allied forces of Florence and the Kingdom of Naples
  • Battle of Morgarten - 15 November - Swiss defeat Leopold I of Austria
• 1316 -
  • Battle of Manolada - 5 July - Louis of Burgundy defeats Ferdinand of Majorca
  • Second Battle of Athenry - 10 August - English defeated the Irish under Felim O'Connor, King of Connacht.
• 1318 -
  • Battle of Dysert O'Dea Irish defeated the English.
  • Battle of Faughart English defeated a Scots-Irish army under Edward Bruce.
• 1322 -
  • Battle of Boroughbridge English defeated a rebel English army fighting for the Scots.
  • Battle of Mühldorf 28 September Louis the Bavarian defeats Frederick I of Austria
• 1325 -
  • Battle of Zappolino Communal struggle between Bologna and Modena
  • Battle of Varey
• 1328 -
  • Battle of Cassel French under Philip VI defeated by the Flemish.
• 1329 -
  • Battle of Pelekanon - 10 June - The second ruler of the Ottoman Dynasty Orhan I defeated the Byzantine emperor Andronicus III
  • Battle of Ardnocher Irish force led by William MacGeoghegan defeats English army under Thomas Butler.
• 1330 -
  • Battle of Posada - 9 November - Basarab I defeats Charles I of Hungary
  • Battle of Fiodh an Atha Ualgarg O'Rourke defeated by the English.
• 1332 -
  • Battle of Dupplin Moor English supporting Edward Balliol, Scottish pretender, defeated the Scots.
  • Battle of Płowce - 27 September- Poland's Ladislas IV Lokietek defeats Teutonic Knights
• 1333 Battle of Halidon Hill - 19 July - Edward III of England avenges Bannockburn
• 1336 Battle of Minatogawa - Kusunoki Masashige, obeying Emperor Go-Daigo's orders, leads an imperial army into a disastrous defeat by the Ashikaga. Kusunoki commits suicide.
• 1337 -
  • Battle of Cadsand English defeated pro-French garrison of Cadsand in Flanders.
  • Siege of Kanagasaki Ashikaga victory during Nanboku-cho Wars.
• 1338 naval battle of Arnemuiden - French victory over the English fleet.
• 1340 -
  • Battle of Parabiago - Rebel Lodrisio Visconti is defeated by the Visconti of Milan army
  • Battle of Sluys - 24 June - Edward III beats Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders and gains control of English Channel
  • Battle of Saint-Omer - 26 July - Anglo-Flemish force driven back from the town by a French army.
  • Battle of Rio Salado - 30 October - Alfonso XI of Castile and Alfonso IV of Portugal defeat the Marinid under Sultan Abul-Hassan and the Granadine under King Yusuf I.
• 1341 -
  • Battle of Champtoceaux - 13 October -16 October - Begins Breton War of Succession
• 1342 -
  • Battle of Brest - 18 August - English fleets defeats Genoese mercenaries.
  • 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.
  • Battle of Gamenario Ghibelline Asti and John II of Montferrat defeat the Neapolitan Guelph League army
  • Battle of Lough Neagh naval battle between Hugh O'Neill and the Clann Hugh Buidhe
  • Battle of Warns Frisians defeat Dutch invasion force led by William IV, Count of Holland
• 1346 -
  • Battle of Calry Lough Gill O Rourke soundly defeated by the O Connors.
  • Battle of St-Pol-de-Leon English defeated the French.
  • Battle of Caen English force captured and sacked the town
  • Battle of Blanchetaque English under Edward III crossed the Somme
  • Battle of Crécy - 26 August - English longbowmen defeat French cavalry at Abbeville
  • Battle of Neville's Cross English defeated the Scots under King David Bruce
• 1347 -
  • Siege of Calais - 4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347 - English forces capture the city.
  • Battle of Porta San Lorenzo (Rome) - November - The people of Rome defeats the baronal troops of Stefano Colonna.
  • Battle of La Roche-Derrien English relief army lifted a French siege.
• 1349 -
  • Battle of Lunalonge Anglo-Gascons held the upper hand during the day over the French but the Anglo-Gascons had to withdraw during the night.
  • Battle of Llucmajor - 25 October - James IV of Majorca defeated and killed by troops of Aragon.
• 1350 Les Espagnols sur Mer English fleet defeats Castilian fleet.

[edit] Mid 14th century

• 1351 -
  • Combat of the Thirty Thirty French knights from Chateau Josselin under Beaumanoir call out and defeat thirty English knights under Robert Bemborough.
  • Battle of Saintes English relief army lifted a French siege.
  • 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 -
  • Baile Loch Deacair in south Connacht.
  • Battle of Poitiers - 25 October - Edward the Black Prince captures King John II of France, France plunges into chaos
• 1358 Battle of Mello Army of French nobles crushes the Peasant Jacquerie.
• 1361 Battle of Wisby Danish defeated the Swedish
• 1362 -
  • Battle of Helsingborg - Danish-German War
  • Battle of Brignais - 6 April - Free Companies defeat the French.
• 1364 -
  • Battle of Cocherel - 16 May - French defeat Gascon-Navarrese-english.
  • Battle of Cascina - 28 July - Battle between Republics of Pisa and Florence.
  • Battle of Auray - 29 September - End of Breton War of Succession English defeat Franco-Bretons.
• 1365 Battle of Adrianople Capture by Ottoman Turks
• 1367 Battle of Nájera English under the Black Prince and Don Pedro of Castile defeated the Franco-Castilians.
• 1369 -
  • English of Munster and Desmond soundly defeated by O Brian, at or near Limerick.
  • Battle of Montiel Franco-Castilians under King Henry II of Castile defeated Portuguese-Marinids-Grenadines-Jews under Don Pedro of Castile.
• 1371 -
  • Battle of Baesweiler Edward, Count of Guelders and William II, Duke of Jülich defeat Wenceslaus, Duke of Brabant.
  • Battle of Maritsa - 26 September - Serbs under their ruler Vukashin were defeated by an Ottoman force.
• 1370 Bataille de Pontvallain French victory against English.
• 1372 Battle of La Rochelle Naval battle. Castilian-Franco fleet defeats the English fleet. English sea dominance destroyed.
• 1373 Battle of Chiset (Chizai) French defeated an English relief army trying to lift the siege of Chiset.
• 1377 - Cesena Bloodbath - February - 2,500/5,000 inhabitants of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal troops led by John Hawkwood during the War of the Eight Saints.
• 1380 - Battle of the Snipes' Field Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow halts the Mongols
• 1382 - Battle of Roosebeke French & Castilian forces under King Charles VI of France defeated Flemish and English forces.
• 1383 - Trian Chongail; Hugh O Neill and Robin savage kill each other in a cavalry charge.
• 1384 - Battle of Atoleiros - 6 April - Nuno Alvares Pereira (Portuguese general) defeats Castile
• 1385 -
  • Tochar Cruachain-Bri-Ele; O Conchobhair, King of Ui Falighe, soundly defeats the English of Meath.
  • Battle of Trancoso - May - An army sent by John I of Castile is defeated by Portuguese.
  • Battle of Aljubarrota - 14 August - Portugal gains independence from Castile, John I establishes Avis dynasty
  • Battle of Savra at which the Serbian forces under Balša II and Ivaniš Mrnjavčević were defeated by Ottoman commander Hayreddin Pasha near Berat
• 1386 - Battle of Sempach - 9 July Swiss defeat Leopold III of Austria
• 1387 - Battle of Castagnaro - 11 March - Giovanni Ordelaffi and Ostasio da Polenta, for Verona, defeated by John Hawkwood and Francesco Novello Carraresi, for Padua.
• 1388 -
  • Battle of Otterburn 19 August English defeated in Scottish/English border dispute
  • Battle of Bileća 27 August Bosnians and Serbians defeat the Ottomans
• 1389 - Battle of Kosovo Polje Turkish army gathered by Murad I and Serbian army under Knez Lazar beat each other into the ground. Definite Turkish victory. But after the war, Murat I was assassinated.
• 1391 - Battle of Alessandria Paduan army under John Hawkwood defeats Veronese under Giovanni Ordelaffi
• 1394 -
  • Ros-mic-Triuin; King of Leinster attacks and defeats the English
  • Battle of Rovine - 10 October - Mircea cel Batrin the voievod of Wallachia defeated Beyazid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• 1395 - Battle of Portomaggiore - 16 April - Astorre I Manfredi for the Republic of Venice and Niccolò III d'Este beat Ferrarese rebel Azzo X d'Este
• 1396 -
  • Battle of the North Inch Scottish clan battle
  • Battle of Nicopolis - 25 September - French-Hungarian crusade defeated by Ottoman Empire

• 1399 -
  • Battle of Tragh-Bhaile; the Anglo-Irish defeat the sons of Henry O Neill.
  • Battle of the Vorskla River Vytautas the Great of Lithuania is defeated by generals of Tamerlane

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