List of battles 601–1400

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

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7th century

Year Battle Description
603 Battle of Degsastan Northumbrian king Æthelfrith defeats Scots under Áedán mac Gabráin
612 Battle of Yodong fortress Korean Goguryeo defeat the Chinese Sui Dynasty.
612 Battle of Salsu Goguryeo cavalry forces, although outnumbered, overwhelmed the Chinese troops in combat and eventually emerged victorious.
613 Battle of Antioch (613) An attack by Byzantine forces on the recently captured Antioch ends in a decisive Sassanid victory.
614 Siege of Jerusalem (614) After 21 days, Jerusalem falls to the Sassanid forces and their Jewish allies.
616 Battle of Chester Aethelfrith defeats the armies of Welsh kingdoms Powys and Rhôs.
619 Siege of Alexandria (619) The advancing Sassanid armies easily capture Alexandria in their campaign to conquer Roman Egypt.
622 Battle of Issus (622) Byzantine forces under Emperor Heraclius defeat the Sassanid army in Southern Turkey.
624 17 March Battle of Badr Muslim forces under Muhammad defeat a larger pagan Meccan force, killing their leaders.
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.
625 April Battle of Sarus Heraclius fights the Sassanid 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 Sassanids, besiege Constantinople unsuccessfully.
627 Battle of the Trench An army from the city of Mecca fails to capture Muslim held Medina, defended by Muhammad using an early form of trench warfare
627 Siege of Derbent Tong Yabgu of Western Turks capture the fortress during Perso-Turkic War.
627 12 December Battle of Nineveh Byzantines under Emperor Heraclius 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 Rashidun forces defeat a numerically superior rebel army under Musaylimah, killing him.
633 April Battle of Chains Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a Persian army in his first battle against the Persian Empire
633 May Battle of Walaja Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the larger forces of the Persian Empire using a double envelopment maneuver
633 May Battle of Ullais Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats a larger army from the Persian Empire
633 November Battle of Zumail Khalid ibn al-Walid decisively defeats the Persian forces, conquering most of Mesopotamia (Iraq) from the Persian Empire
633 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
634 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
634 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
634 Aug–Sept Conquest of Damascus Thomas surrenders after four week siege with no relief in sight and Muslim forces inside the city.
634 Sept Battle of Saniyyat-ul-Uqab 12,000 Byzantines are defeated in an attempt to break the siege of Damascus in a battle 20 miles north of the city
634 Sept Battle of Marj-ud-Deebaj Refugees from the surrender at Damascus are intercepted just short of Antioch and butchered by Muslim forces.
634 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
636 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
637 Battle of Hazir Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the garrison of Qinnasrin under Meenas at Hazim in Syria, wiping out the Byzantine force.
642 Battle of Nehaward Muslim Arabs gain a final victory over the Persian Empire, ending the Persian Sassanid dynasty
642 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 the Ummayad Caliphate's forces.
655 Battle of Winwaed Northumbrian King Oswiu defeats and kills pagan Mercian king Penda
656 Battle of Jamal Rashidun forces under Ali ibn Abi Talib defeat a rebel army at Basra, Iraq.
658 Battle of Siffin Forces of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib battle rebel forces of Muawiyah I, Governor of Syria, indecisively.
660 Battle of Hwangsanbeol A superior Silla army defeats Baekje decisively, killing General Gyebaek.
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 Ongal 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.
680 Battle of Kerbela 10 October – The Umayyad forces kill all supporters and relatives of Muhammad present at Karbala, including Husain ibn Ali, the Prophet's grandson.
685 Battle of Dun Nechtain Picts defeat Northumbrians in Scotland, killing their leader.
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 Umayyads defeat Byzantine forces after the defection of 20,000 slave soldiers.
698 Battle of Carthage After a surprise attack of Byzantine forces on Carthage, Umayyad forces take back the city under very heavy losses.
698 Battle of Tianmenling The Balhae and the Tang Dynasty of China collide in seeking supremacy of Manchuria.

8th century

Year Battle Description
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 Battle of Guadalete The invading Umayyad armies defeat the Visigoths in Iberia, killing King Roderic.
715 Battle of Compiègne In the first significant battle of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718, Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald.
716 Battle of Cologne Part of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718. Charles Martel suffers his only defeat.
716 Battle of Amblève Part of the Frankish Civil War of 715–718. Charles Martel defeats 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.
717 Second Arab siege of Constantinople 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.
718 Battle of Soissons The last significant battles of the Frankish civil war with Charles Martel victorious.
718 Battle of Covadonga 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 Battle of Hehil Britons defeat Anglo-Saxons of Wessex "among the Cornish"
723 Battle of Balanjar Umayyad forces successfully conquer Balanjar, looting and killing its population in the process.
727 Siege of Nicaea Umayyad forces unsuccessfully besiege Nicaea for 40 days.
729 Battle of Ravenna (729) Byzantine forces are defeated by Italians following an argument about icon veneration.
732 Battle of Tours 10 October – Umayyad forces, led by Abd er-Rahman, lose to Charles Martel near Poitiers.
734 Battle of the Boarn Charles Martel defeats the Frisians, killing King Poppo and ending the Frisian Kingdom.
740 Battle of Akroinon Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian wins an important victory over the Umayyads in modern Turkey.
740 Battle of the Nobles Berber forces defeat the Umayyads near Tangier, killing their leader and 10,000 Arabs.
746 Battle of Rupar Thutha Kufa and Mosul taken by Marwan II.
750 Battle of Bråvalla The Danish army is defeated by the Swedish.
750 Battle of Zab Decisive victory for the Abbasids resulting in the Umayyads' fall and rise of a new Caliphat.
751 Battle of Talas Abbasid forces defeat Tang forces at the banks of Talas River.
756 Battle of Yongqiu Tang forces deal a decisive blow to the Yan during the An Shi Rebellion.
756 Battle of the Long Walls 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 Bular khanate.
756 Battle of Marcellae 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 Battle of the Rishki Pass Bulgar Khan Vinekh defeats a Byzantine army in a mountain pass.
763 Battle of Anchialus The Bulgar Khan Telets is defeated by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V.
772 Battle of Janbi Rustamid state established in Morocco
774 Battle of Berzitia Superior Byzantine forces lead by Constantine V crush a Bulgar army led by Khan Telerig.
778 Battle of Roncesvalles Basques defeat an invading Frankish army. Roland, Paladin of Charlemagne, dies.
788 Battle of Kopidnados Abbasid forces defeat Byzantine forces.
790 Battle of Raab Charlemagne defeats the Avars and as a result subdues Pannonia in vassalage.
792 Battle of Marcellae The Bulgar Khan Kardam defeats a Byzantine army under Emperor Constantine VI.

9th century

Year Battle Description
800 Second siege of the Avar Hring The new Bulgar Khan Krum crushes the last surviving part of the Avar Khaganate under Khagan Abraham, a vassal of Charlemagne.
809 Siege of Serdica Bulgar Khan Krum or Krumessios seizes the fortified Byzantine town of Serdica, nowadays Sofia.
811 Battle of Pliska 20 of July, Sunday. Forces of Nicephorus I of the Byzantine Empire seizes the Bulgar fortified town and Khan's residence of Pliska.
811 Battle of the Varbitza pass 26 of July, Saturday. Khan Krum of the Bulgars crushes the Byzantine forces. Emperor Nicephorus I dies on the field of battle.
813 Battle of Versinikia The Bulgars of Krum defeat the Byzantines of Emperor Michael I Rangabe.
814 Battle of Burdizon 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.
823 Battle of Heraclaea The Bulgars of Khan Omurtag defeat the Byzantine rebel Thomas the Slav as a favour to Byzantine Emperor Michael II Balbas.
825 Battle of Ellandun Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia, ending Mercian supremacy.
838 Battle of Anzen Theophilus is defeated by the Abbasids in modern Turkey.
845 Battle of Ballon Charles the Bald of West Francia is defeated by the Bretons of Nominoe
849 Battle of Ostia An Italian alliance fleet defeats Saracen pirates.
863 Battle of Lalakaon Byzantines under Michael III defeat the Emirate of Melitene forces decisively.
870 Battle of Englefield Anglo-Saxons under Aethelwulf defeat the Danelaw Vikings.
871 Battle of Reading Ethelred of Wessex and Alfred the Great are defeated by a Danish army, suffering heavy losses.
872 Battle of Hafrsfjord Harald Hårfagre takes over great parts of Norway, The Country of Norway is regarded to be founded after the battle.
872 Battle of Bathys Ryax (possibly also in 878) – The Byzantine Empire defeats the Paulician heretics, killing their leader Chrysocheir.
878 Battle of Ethandun West Saxons under Alfred the Great defeat the Danelaw Vikings.
878 Battle of Cynwit West Saxons under Odda of Devon defeat the Vikings, killing their leader Ubbe Ragnarsson.
878 Vikings defeat forces of St Cuthbert in West Sussex
891 Battle of Leuven Arnulf of Carinthia of the Franks defeats a Viking army, ending their invasion.
896 Battle of Bulgarophygon During the summer the Bulgars led by Prince Simeon I defeat a Byzantine army decisively.
896 Siege of Dorostolon The Bulgars under their princes Boris-Michael and his son Symeon finally break a Magyar siege.

10th century

Year Battle Description
904 Sack of Thessalonica Saracens under Leo of Tripoli sack the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city
904 Battle of Germanikeia Major Byzantine victory, under Andronikos Doukas, against the Abbasids
907 Battle of Pozsony Hungarians completely defeat the combined European forces and expand their military control to river Enns.
910 Battle of Tettenhall Between Edward the Elder and the Yorkshire Danes. The Danish were defeated.
911–912 Failed Byzantine attempt under Himerios to conquer the Emirate of Crete. Upon its return, the Byzantine fleet is destroyed off Chios by Leo of Tripoli in April/May 912.
915 First Battle of Corbridge
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 Tzar Simeon I of Bulgaria.
918 Second Battle of Corbridge
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 Córdoba is defeated by a combined Hispanic-Christian force.
955 Battle of Lechfeld 10 August – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Magyars, ending their invasion of the West.
962 Battle of Bauds Indulf of Scotland is killed in battle with Danish pirates.
969 Sviatoslav I of Kiev captures Preslav, the Bulgarian capital.
970 Battle of Arcadiopolis Bardas Skleros defeats a Russo-Bulgarian army.
971 Battle of Dorostolon Byzantine emperor John Tzimiskes defeats the Rus'.
972 Battle of Cedynia Mieszko I of Poland defeated Hodon of Germany.
979 Battle of Pankalia The Byzantine commander Bardas Phokas the Younger 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.
994 Battle of the Orontes 15 September – Fatimid victory over the Byzantines under Michael Bourtzes.
999 Battle of Glenn Mama Brian Boru and Máel Sechnaill defeat the Leinstermen and Vikings of Dublin.

11th century

Year Battle Description
1000 Battle of Swold Semi-legendary battle. Norway is defeated by an alliance of the other Scandinavians.
1014 Battle of Clontarf 23 April – Irish King Brian Boru ends Norse rule of Ireland, but is killed in battle.
1014 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.
1016 Battle of Ashingdon 18 October – Danes led by Canute the Great defeat an English army led by King Edmund II ('Ironside').
1018 Battle of Carham Máel Coluim II, King of Scots, defeats the Northumbrians.
1018 Battle of Vlaardingen Count Dirk III of West Frisia defeats an army sent by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor at Vlaardingen.
1018 Battle of Heunghwajin Korean defeat the Khitan.
1018 Battle of Kwiju The major battle during the Third Goryeo-Khitan War, decisive victory for the Goryeo.
1021 Battle of Shirimni 11 September – Byzantine forces under Basil II defeats Georgian forces under George I.
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 is killed in battle, but Christianization of Norway is ensured.
1040 Battle of Dandanaqan Seljuk Turks defeat the Ghaznavid Empire and begin 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, killing Ramiro I.
1066 Battle of Fulford 20 September - Norwegian Vikings led by Harald III of Norway defeat the northern earls Edwin and Morcar
1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge 25 September – Harold Godwinson of England defeats his brother Tostig Godwinson and Harald III of Norway, both are killed.
1066 Battle of Hastings 14 October - Normans under William the Conqueror defeat the Anglo-Saxon army under Harold Godwinson, who is killed.
1071 Battle of Manzikert Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is defeated and captured by the Seljuk Turks.
1071 Byzantines lose Bari, their last possession in Italy, to the Norman Robert Guiscard.
1078 Battle of Kalavryai Imperial forces under Alexios Komnenos defeat the rebels under Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder.
1079 Battle of Cabra El Cid defeats the combined forces of the Emir of Granada and his Castilian allies.
1081 Battle of Dyrrhachium Robert Guiscard of Apulia and Calabria defeats the Byzantines under Emperor Alexius I Comnenus.
1086 Battle of az-Zallaqah 23 October – Almoravides defeat Castile and Aragon forces decisively.
1091 Battle of Levounion 29 April – Byzantines under Alexios I Komnenos defeat the Pechenegs.
1093 Battle of Alnwick Malcolm III of Scotland is killed by English Knights under Robert de Mowbray.
1093 Battle of the Stugna River The Kypchaks defeat Chernihiv and Kiev.
1097 Siege of Nicaea 14 May – 19 June, Byzantines and Crusaders defeat forces of the Sultanate of Rum at Nicaea.
1097 Battle of Dorylaeum 1 July - Crusaders defeat the Seljuk forces in Anatolia.
1097 Battle of Gvozd Mountain Hungarian forces under King Coloman defeat the Croatians, killing their last king, Petar Svačić.
1098 Siege of Antioch 3 June – Crusaders capture Antioch after more than eight months of siege.
1099 Siege of Jerusalem 15 July – Crusaders capture Jerusalem from the Fatimids after a month of siege and bloody street-fighting.
1099 Battle of Ascalon 12 August - Crusaders defeat the Fatimids at Ascalon, but the city is not taken.

12th century

Year Battle Description
1101 Battle of Ramla Jerusalem forces under Baldwin I defeat a superior Fatimid army.
1101 Battle of Mersivan August – Seljuk Turks defeat Crusaders.
1101 Battle of Heraclea (1101) September – Seljuks defeat Crusaders.
1102 Battle of Ramla A Fatimid army defeats 500 Crusader Knights.
1104 Battle of Harran Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by the Seljuk Turks.
1105 Battle of Artah Crusaders of Antioch defeat the Seljuk Turks of Aleppo.
1105 Battle of Ramla Crusaders under Baldwin I defeat the Fatimids
1106 Battle of Tinchebray 28 September – Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, in northwestern France.
1108 Battle of Uclés 29 May - Almoravids victory over Castile and León; Sancho, son and heir of Alfonso VI of Castile, is slain.
1109 Battle of Naklo Boleslaus III of Poland defeats the Pomeranians.
1109 Battle of Hundsfeld Boleslaus III of Poland defeats King Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire.
1109 Battle of Głogów 14 August – Boleslaus III successfully holds the town of Głogów against Henry V and Svatopluk of Bohemia.
1115 Battle of Sarmin Crusaders defeat the Seljuk Turks.
1115 Battle of Welfesholz Saxons under Lothair I of Supplinburg defeat the Holy Roman army.
1119 Battle of Ager Sanguinis 28 June – Turks under Ilghazi defeat Antioch troops, killing Roger of Salerno.
1121 Battle of Didgori 12 August – Georgian forces under David IV defeat Seljuk Turks.
1122 Battle of Beroia Byzantines under John II Komnenos defeat Pechenegs.
1125 Battle of Azaz 11 June – Crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeat Seljuks, Mosul and Aleppo forces.
1126 Battle of Marj es-Suffar Crusaders under Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeat the Burids of Damascus.
1132 Battle of Nocera Roger II of Sicily is defeated in his first major engagement by Ranulf II, Count of Alife.
1136 Battle of Crug Mawr Welsh under Owain Gwynedd defeat the South Wales Normans.
1137 Battle of Rignano Roger II of Sicily is defeated in a major engagement by Ranulf, Duke of Apulia, again.
1138 Battle of the Standard 22 August – English forces under William of Aumale defeat an army of David I of Scotland.
1140 Siege of Weinsberg Conrad III of Germany besieges the Welf city of Weinsberg unsuccessfully.
1144 Siege of Edessa 28 November-24 December – Zengi captures Edessa from the Crusaders.
1147 Siege of Lisbon Crusaders under Alfonso I of Portugal capture Lisbon from the Almoravids.
1147 Battle of Dorylaeum (1147) 25 October – Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III.
1148 Siege of Damascus French and German Crusaders, in alliance with Jerusalem, fail to conquer Damascus from the Saracens, ending the Second Crusade.
1149 Battle of Inab 29 June – Raymond of Antioch killed in battle against Nur ad-Din Zangi and Unur of Damascus.
1151 Battle of Móin Mhór Kingdom of Leinster defeats Kingdom of Thomond.
1153 Battle of Ascalon Jerusalem captures Ascalon from the Fatimid Egyptians.
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.
1157 Battle of Grathe Heath Valdemar I of Denmark defeats and kills Sweyn III.
1164 Battle of Harim 12 August – A Crusader alliance is defeated by the Zengids.
1167 Battle of Sirmium Byzantine Empire defeats Hungary.
1167 Battle of al-Babein Crusaders under Amalric I battle the Zengids of Syria, ending in a tactical draw.
1167 Battle of Monte 29 May – Imperialists under Christian of Mainz and Rainald of Dassel defeat large Roman army
1174 Battle of Alnwick William I of Scotland is defeated and captured by a small English force.
1176 Battle of Legnano 29 May – Lombard League defeats and wounds the Holy Roman Emperor 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 25 November – Ayyubids under Saladin are defeated by the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar.
1179 Battle of Jacob's Ford Saladin defeats the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1179 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.
1180 Siege of Nara The Taira clan destroys the city during the Genpei War.
1180 Battle of Ishibashiyama 14 September – Taira victory near Mount Fuji.
1180 Battle of Fujigawa 9 November – Taira forces flee after a fake surprise attack by the Minamoto and Takeda clans.
1181 Battle of Sunomatagawa 25 April – Minamoto sneak attack thwarted, Taira are victorious.
1181 Battle of Yahagigawa Minamoto clan forced to withdraw, but Taira clan unable to pursue.
1183 Siege of Hiuchi Taira clan captures the fortress, but Minamoto defenders escape.
1183 Battle of Kurikara 2 June – Decisive Minamoto victory, turning the tides.
1183 Battle of Shinohara Minamoto victory. Several single combats prior to main battle.
1183 Siege of Kerak (November) 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.
1183 Battle of Mizushima 17 November – Taira naval victory over the Minamoto.
1183 Siege of Fukuryūji Minamoto forces capture the fortress.
1183 Battle of Muroyama The Taira clan's five-wave assault defeats Minamoto forces.
1184 Siege of Hōjūjidono Minamoto no Yoshinaka's faction captures Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
1184 Second Battle of Uji 19 February – Minamoto no Yoshinaka defeated by the rest of the Minamoto, forced away from the capital at Kyoto.
1184 Battle of Awazu 21 February – Minamoto no Yoshinaka killed.
1184 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani 18 March – Minamoto victory, Taira no Tadanori killed.
1184 Battle of Kojima Minamoto victory over the Taira.
1185 Battle of Yashima Taira forces confounded and defeated.
1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura Decisive victory for the Minamoto. Last battle of Genpei War.
1187 Battle of Cresson 1 May – Al-Afdal (Saladin's eldest son) defeats the small crusader army at Nazareth.
1187 Battle of Hattin 4 July – Saladin destroys the Crusader army and takes several commanders prisoner.
1187 Siege of Jerusalem September 20 – October 2 – Saladin captures Jerusalem after 2 weeks of siege.
1189 Battle of Acre Crusaders defeat Saladin's Ayyubid army outside Acre.
1191 Battle of Arsuf 7 September – Richard Lionheart's forces repel Saladin's attack.
1192 Battle of Jaffa 5 August – Richard I's Crusader army 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 Alfonso VIII of Castile.
1198 Battle of Gisors Richard I defeats Philip II of France.

13th century

Year Battle Description
1202 Battle of Basian Georgians under David Soslan decisively defeat Seljuk Turks.
1204 The Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople.
1205 Battle of Adrianople The Bulgarian army defeats the Latin Empire and captures Baldwin I of Constantinople.
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 – Almohads 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.
1213 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 – 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
1214 Battle of Zhongdu Genghis Khan and the Mongols defeat the Jin Dynasty and capture Zhongdu (now 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.
1217 Battle of Otepää Estonian and Russian victory over the Livonian Order, during the Livonian crusade.
1217 Battle of St. Matthew's Day The Livonian Order and its allies defeat Estonians, during the Livonian crusade.
1218 Siege of Damietta The Crusaders successfully besiege and capture the city from the Ayyubids.
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 – The Mongols under Jebe and Subutai defeat an alliance of Kiev, Galicia-Volhynia, Chernigov and the Cumans decisively.
1230 Battle of Klokotnitsa 9 March - Victory for the Second Bulgarian Empire over the Despotate of Epirus.
1230 Siege of Dun Beal Gallimhe Week-long inconclusive battle between the Irish and Normans.
1230 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 Lombard League.
1236 Battle of Saule 22 September – Samogitians and Semigalians defeat Livonian Brothers of the Sword, whose remnants are incorporated into the Teutonic Knights.
1238 Battle of the Sit River 4 March - Mongols led by Batu Khan defeat Vladimir-Suzdal forces, Yuri II killed.
1238 Siege of Brescia Long unsuccessful siege during the war between Frederick II of Sicily and the Guelphs of Northern Italy.
1239 Siege of Faenza Long successful siege during the war between Frederick II of Sicily and the Guelphs of Northern Italy.
1240 Battle of the Neva 15 June – Alexander Nevsky of the Novgorod Republic stops the Swedish invasion of Russia.
1241 Battle of Liegnitz 9 April - Mongols of the Golden Horde defeat feudal nobility including Knights Templar in Silesia, killing King Henry II the Pious.
1241 Battle of Mohi 11 April - Mongol forces under Batu Khan and Subutai defeat the Hungarian army under king Bela IV of Hungary, but the victory was not complete, so the Mongols leave Hungary utterly destroyed.
1242 Battle on Lake Peipus 5 April – Alexander Nevsky defeats the alliance of Teutonic Knights, the Livonian Order, Denmark and Dorpat.
1242 Battle of Taillebourg Louis IX of France defeats Henry III of England.
1243 Siege of Viterbo Frederick II of Sicily unsuccessfully besieges Viterbo.
1243 Battle of Kösedağ Mogols defeat Seljuk Turks, making Anatolia and Trebizond vassal states of the Mongol Empire.
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 18 February – Frederick II of Sicily is defeated by the Lombard League.
1249 Battle of Fossalta 26 May – King Enzio of Sardinia is captured by Bolognese in a clash between Guelphs and Ghibellines
1250 The Seventh Crusade is defeated at Al-Mansurah.
1250 Battle of Fariskur 6 April – Ayyubid Egyptians defeat Seventh Crusade forces of Louis IX of France. taking him prisoner.
1250 Battle of Cingoli Papal and Guelph army is crushed by an Imperial and Italian army
1254 Battle of Adrianople Nicaean forces under Theodore II Lascaris defeat the Bulgarians.
1255 Battle of Montebruno 23 February – Astigiani defeats Thomas II of Savoy.
1255 Battle of Bryn Derwin June – Llywelyn ap Gruffudd defeats his brother Owain ap Gruffudd and assumes control of Gwynedd
1257 Battle of Cadfan Decisive victory for the Welsh against the English.
1257 Creadran-Cille Normans driven out of Lower Connacht by the Tír Chonaill Kingdom.
1258 Battle of Baghdad 29 January – 10 February – Hulagu Khan of the Mongols defeats the Abbasid, taking the Caliph prisoner.
1258 Battle of Karydi 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.
1259 Battle of Pelagonia September – The Empire of Nicaea defeats Achaea, Epirus and Sicily.
1259 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.
1260 Battle of Kressenbrunn July – Bohemian and Austrian forces under Premysl Ottokar II defeat Bela IV of Hungary.
1260 Battle of Ain Jalut 3 September – Egyptian Mamluk army defeats Mongols and Georgians north of Palestine.
1260 Battle of Montaperti 4 September – Sienese defeat Florentines (Guelphs and Ghibellines).
1260 Siege of Constantinople Unsuccessful attack on the Constantinopolitan suburb of Galata by forces of the Empire of Nicaea.
1261 Battle of Callann Finghin Mac Carthy of the Desmond Kingdom 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.
1263 Battle of Prinitza The forces of the Principality of Achaea defeat a far larger Byzantine army.
1263 Battle of Settepozzi A Venetian fleet of 38 ships defeates a joint Byzantine-Genoese fleet of 48 ships off the Peloponnese.
1264 Battle of Lewes 14 May – (Second Barons' War) English rebels under Simon de Montfort defeat Henry III of England.
1264 Battle of Makryplagi The forces of the Principality of Achaea defeat a Byzantine army, taking their commanders prisoner.
1265 Battle of Evesham 4 August – (Second Barons' War) English under Prince Edward defeat rebels under Simon de Montfort, who is killed.
1266 Battle of Benevento 26 February – Charles of Anjou defeats Manfred of Sicily and conquers his kingdom (Guelphs and Ghibellines)
1268 Battle of Rakvere Russian victory over the Livonian Order.
1268 Battle of Xiangyang Decisive Yuan Mongol victory over the Song Dynasty. First war ever involving the usage of firearms
1268 Battle of Tagliacozzo 23 August – Charles of Anjou defeats Conradin (Guelphs and Ghibellines)
1269 Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa 16 June – Guelph victory over Siena.
1270 Battle of Karuse Lithuanian victory over the Livonian Order.
1270 Ath an Chip Normans heavily defeated by the Irish.
1274 Battle of Bun'ei 20 November Mongols invade Kamakura Japan but are defeated and forced to retreat.
1275 Battle of Neopatras Byzantine army besieging Neopatras is defeated by far smaller force from the Duchy of Athens
1275 Battle of Demetrias Byzantine fleet defeats coalition of Lombard and Venetian lords of Euboea and Crete.
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 Przemyśl.
1279 Battle of Aizkraukle 5 March – Lithuanians defeat units of the Livonian Order.
1279 Battle of Yamen 19 March – Yuan Dynasty defeats Song Dynasty, young emperor Bing drowned.
1280–1281 Siege of Berat Defeat of besieging Angevin army after its commander is captured by the Byzantine relief force.
1281 Battle of Kōan 15 August – Typhoon wipes out the invading fleet of Kublai Khan in Japan.
1281 Battle of Homs 29 October – Mamluks defeat Mongols of the Ilkhanate.
1282 Battle of Orewin Bridge 11 December – Welsh troops decisively defeated by the English.
1288 Battle of Worringen 5 June – Battle for duchy of Limburg. Brabant defeats the forces of Cologne, Luxembourg and Nassau.
1289 Battle of Campaldino Florence and allies defeat Arezzo.
1291 Siege of Acre Mameluks capture the last Crusader city.
1294 Battle of Conwy 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.
1296 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, 6th Earl of Surrey.
1297 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 unsuccessfully.
1299 Battle of Falconaria 1 December – Sicilians under Frederick II of Sicily defeat Neapolitans under Philip I of Taranto.

Early 14th century

Year Battle Description
1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs 11 July – In Flanders, Flemish burghers led by William of Jülich and Pieter de Coninck defeat French knights
1302 Battle of Bapheus 27 July – The founder of the Ottoman Dynasty Osman I defeated a Byzantine force
1303 Battle of Dimbos Ottomans defeated Byzantine governors.
1304 Second Siege of Stirling Castle April – July – Edward I besieges the Scots successfully. The Warwolf siege engine is constructed and first used during this battle.
1304 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 while suffering the heavier losses.
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 defeat the greater English army.
1311 Battle of Halmyros 15 March – Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne of Athens 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 secures Scottish independence.
1315 Battle of Montecatini 29 August – Pisa defeats allied forces of Florence and the Kingdom of Naples.
1315 Battle of Morgarten 15 November – Swiss defeat Leopold I, Archduke of Austria decisively.
1316 Battle of Manolada 5 July – Louis of Burgundy defeats the Majorcans, Ferdinand of Majorca is slain.
1316 Second Battle of Athenry 10 August – English defeated the Irish under Felim O'Connor, King of Connacht.
1318 Battle of Dysert O'Dea Irish under Ó Deághaidh defeat the English Lordship.
1318 Battle of Faughart English defeated a Scots-Irish army under Edward Bruce, who is slain.
1322 Battle of Bliska A coalition of Croatian noblemen defeat Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, Ban of Croatia.
1322 Battle of Boroughbridge English Royal forces defeat a rebel English army fighting for the Scots.
1322 Battle of Mühldorf 28 September - Louis the Bavarian defeats and captures Frederick I of Austria.
1325 Battle of Zappolino Communal struggle between Bologna and Modena, which emerges victorious.
1325 Battle of Varey
1328 Battle of Cassel French under Philip VI defeat a revolting Flemish peasant army, killing their leaders.
1329 Battle of Pelekanon 10 June – The second ruler of the Ottoman Dynasty, Orhan I, defeats the Byzantine emperor Andronicus III.
1329 Battle of Ardnocher Irish force led by William MacGeoghegan defeats English army under Thomas Butler, who is killed.
1330 Battle of Posada 9 November – Basarab I of Wallachia defeats Charles I of Hungary.
1330 Battle of Fiodh an Atha Ualgarg O'Rourke is defeated by the English.
1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor English supporting Edward Balliol, Scottish pretender, defeated the Scots.
1332 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.
1337 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
1340 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
1340 Battle of Saint-Omer 26 July – Anglo-Flemish force driven back from the town by a French army.
1340 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.
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.
1344 Battle of Stephaniana May – Turks from the Emirate of Aydin defeat a Serbian army in northern Greece.
1345 Battle of Auberoche English relief army lifted a siege by the French.
1345 Battle of Gamenario Ghibelline Asti and John II of Montferrat defeat the Neapolitan Guelph League army
1345 Battle of Lough Neagh Naval battle between Hugh O'Neill and the Clann Hugh Buidhe.
1345 Battle of Peritheorion 7 July – A Byzantine-Turkish army under John VI Kantakouzenos and Umur Bey defeats and kills the renegade lord Momchil in the Rhodope.
1345 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.
1346 Battle of St-Pol-de-Leon English defeated the French.
1346 Battle of Caen English force captured and sacked the town
1346 Battle of Blanchetaque English under Edward III crossed the Somme
1346 Battle of Crécy 26 August – English longbowmen defeat French cavalry at Abbeville
1346 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.
1347 Battle of Porta San Lorenzo (Rome) – November – The people of Rome defeats the baronal troops of Stefano Colonna.
1347 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.
1349 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.

Late 14th century

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