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1 A.D. |
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43 |
Battle of Medway (England) | |
83 |
Battle of Mons Graupius (Scotland) | |
486 |
The battle of Soissons (486 AD) was the first recorded victory won by Clovis I, king of the Franks, and saw him defeat Syagrius, the ruler of the last Roman enclave in northern Gaul. | |
496 |
The battle of Tolbiac or Zulpich (496 AD) might have been a victory won by Clovis and other Franks that prevented a westward movement of the Alemanni. | |
500 |
Battle of Mons Badonicus, c.500 | |
| The battle of the Ouche (500 AD) was a victory won by Clovis, king of the Franks, during an otherwise unsuccessful intervention in a Burgundian family dispute. | ||
| The siege of Avignon (500) saw the Burgundian king Gundobar hold off a besieging Frankish army led by Clovis I for long enough to convince Clovis to offer peace terms. | ||
500-501 |
The siege of Vienne (c.500-501 AD) was the final act in a Burgundian civil war that had briefly involved the Frankish king Clovis I, but that ended with the victory of Clovis's opponent Gundobar. | |
507 |
The battle of Vouille (507) was a significant victory for Clovis I, king of the Franks, and allowed him to conquer Aquitaine, taking it from the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse | |
507-8 |
The siege of Arles (507-508) saw the Visigothic defenders of the city fight off a Frankish and Burgundian army until the Ostrogoths of King Theodoric arrived and lifted the siege. | |
511 |
Death of Clovis I, king of the Franks | |
577 |
Battle of Deorham (England) | |
603 |
Battle of Degsastan | |
c.613-616 |
Battle of Chester | |
616 |
Battle of the Idle (Yorkshire) Death of AEthelfrith, king of Northumbria, killed at the battle of the Idle |
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624 |
17 March |
The battle of Badr was an early victory for the prophet Muhammad over the Quraysh tribe of Mecca |
625 |
23 March |
The battle of Mount Uhud was a minor Muslim defeat in the period after the battle of Badr |
627 |
The battle of the Ditch was the largest and last attempt by the Qurayesh tribe to defeat the Muslim forces of Muhammad |
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632 |
Battle of Hatfield Chase | |
633 |
Battle of Rowley Burn Death of Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd, at battle of Rowley Burn |
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641 |
5 August |
Battle of Maserfelth |
654 |
Battle of Winwaed (England) Death of Penda, king of Mercia, at battle of Winwæd |
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670 |
Death of Oswiu, king of Bernicia and Northumbria | |
685 |
20 May |
Battle of Nechtansmere (Scotland) |
838 |
Battle of Hingston Down | |
851 |
Battle of Aclea, 851 (England) | |
871 |
8 January |
Battle of Ashdown |
878 |
May | Battle of Edington |
902 |
Battle of the Holme | |
910 |
5 August |
Battle of Tettenhall (England) |
937 |
Battle of Brunanburgh | |
991 |
August |
Battle of Maldon |
1000 |
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1014 |
23 April |
Battle of Clontarf (Ireland) |
1016 |
18 October |
Battle of Ashingdon |
1029 |
Birth of Alp Arslam, Seljuk Sultan (to 1072) | |
1063 |
Start of reign of Alp Arslam, Seljuk Sultan (to 1072) | |
1066 |
20 September |
Battle of Fulford |
25 September |
Battle of Stamford Bridge | |
14 October |
Battle of Hastings, battle that brought William the Conqueror to the English throne | |
1068 |
Accession of Romanus IV Diogenes, Byzantine Emperor (to 1071) | |
1071 |
19 August |
Battle of Manzikert (Byzantine Empire), crushing defeat of Byzantine army led by the Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes inflicted by the Seljouks of Alp Arslan Deposition and murder of Romanus Diogenes |
1072 |
Death of Alp Arslam, Seljuk Sultan (from 1063) | |
1081 |
Battle of Mynydd Carn (Wales) | |
1093 |
13 November |
Battle of Alnwick (England) |
1096 |
First year of First Crusade (to 1099) | |
1097 |
14 May |
Start of Siege of Nicaea (to 19 June) (First Crusade) |
19 June |
Surrender of Nicaea to Byzantine troops, much to annoyance of crusaders |
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1 July |
Battle of Dorylaeum, Crusaders narrowly escape disaster at the hands of the Turks of Rum |
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21 October |
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31 December |
Battle of Harenc (First Crusade), defeat of Muslim force coming to relief of Antioch. |
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1098 |
9 February |
Battle of Harenc (First Crusade, defeat of second Muslim force coming to relief of Antioch |
3 June |
City of Antioch falls to the Crusaders (from 21 October 1097) |
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5 June |
Start of Kerboga's siege of Antioch |
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28 June |
Crusaders win battle of the Orontes, ending Kerboga's siege of Antioch |
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1099 |
Last year of First Crusade (from 1096) |
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9 June |
First day of Siege of Jerusalem (to 18 July), First Crusade |
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18 July |
Fall of Jerusalem (from 9 June), First Crusade |
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12 August |
Battle of Ascalon, final victory of the First Crusade |
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1106 |
28 September |
Battle of Tinchebrai (France) |
1128 |
21 June |
Battle of Thielt (or Hackespol), (Flanders), victory for William Clito in fight for county of Flanders |
1138 |
22 August |
Battle of the Standard |
1141 |
2 February |
Battle of Lincoln |
14 September |
Rout of Winchester | |
1147 |
Start of Second Crusade (to 1149) |
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1149 |
End of Second Crusade, 1147-1149 |
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1174 |
13 June |
Battle of Alnwick |
1176 |
29 May |
Battle of Legnano (Italy), victory for league of Italian cities led by Milan over the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. |
1177 |
25 November |
Battle of Ramleh, defeat that ended an early invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem by Saladin |
1178 |
The battle of Gujarat or Kayadara (1178) was a defeat suffered by Muhammad of Ghur during his first campaign against a Hindu ruler in India | |
1187 |
4 July |
Battle of Hattin, defeat that ended the existance of the Kingdom of Jerusalem |
1189 |
Start of Third Crusade (to 1189-1192) | |
August |
Start of Crusader Siege of Acre (to July 1191) | |
1190 |
Birth of Subatai Ba'adur (to 1242), Mongol general | |
1191 |
The first battle of Taraori (or Tarain) of 1191 was a rare defeat suffered by Muhammad of Ghur during the series of campaigns in Northern India that laid the foundations of the Delhi Sultanate |
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12 July |
Fall of Acre to Crusaders now led by Richard the Lion Heart (from August 1189) |
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7 September |
Battle of Arsuf | |
1192 |
The siege of Bhatinda of 1191-2 took place between the two battles of Taraoir (1191 and 1192) fought between Muhammad of Ghur and Prithviraja Chauhana III of Delhi, and saw Prithviraja recapture the fortress before suffering defeat and death during the second battle of Taraoir |
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The second battle of Taraori (or Tarain) of 1192 was a decisive victory won by Muhammad of Ghur one year after he had suffered a rare defeat on the same site and that left northern India vulnerable to conquest |
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End of Third Crusade (from 1189) |
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1193 or 1194 |
The battle of Chandwar (1193 or 1194) was the second major victory won by Muhammad of Ghor in northern India, after the second battle of Taraori. |
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1202 |
Start of Fourth Crusade (to 1204) | |
1204 |
End of Fourth Crusade (from 1202) | |
1213 |
13 October |
Battle of Steppes (Belgium), victory of bishop of Liege over raiding forces of Henry, duke of Brabant, during period of anarchy in the Holy Roman Empire |
1214 |
27 July |
Battle of Bouvines, defeat of King John's allies by Philip Augustus of France; key battle in establishing French kingdom |
1215 |
Start of First Barons War (to 1217) | |
1217 |
20 May |
Battle of Lincoln |
1218 |
Start of Fifth Crusade (to 1221) | |
1221 |
End of Fifth Crusade (from 1218) | |
| The battle of the Indus, 24 November 1221, marked the first appearance of the Mongols in India, but the battle was the final stage of Genghis Khan's war against Khwarazm, and after his victory Genghis left India alone. | ||
1223 |
Battle of the Kalka River, Mongol victory over much larger Russian army | |
1228 |
Start of Sixth Crusade (to 1229) | |
1229 |
End of Sixth Crusade, Sixth, (from 1228) | |
1241 |
March |
Battle of Chmielnik, Mongol destruction of the Polish royal army. |
5 April |
Battle of Liegnitz (Poland), Mongol defeat of a large Polish army raised by the Polish nobility | |
27 April |
Battle of Sajo, (Hungary), Mongol victory over a huge Hungarian army led by King Bela |
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22 December |
The siege of Lahore (to 22 December 1241) was an early Mongol success against the Delhi Sultanate, and took advantage of a state of political confusion in the Sultanate. | |
1242 |
Mongol army withdraws from Hungary and Poland, probably due to death of Oktai Khan Death of Subatai Ba'adur (from 1190), Mongol general |
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1248 |
Start of Seventh Crusade (to 1254) | |
1250 |
8 February |
Battle of Mansura (Egypt), bloody victory during Seventh Crusade that left the crusaders too weak to achieve their aims |
6 April |
Battle of Fariskur (Egypt), final defeat of the Seventh Crusade | |
1254 |
End of Seventh Crusade (from 1248) | |
1264 |
Start of Second Barons War (to 1267) | |
14 May 1264 |
Battle of Lewes | |
1265 |
4 August |
Battle of Evesham |
1266 |
June |
Start of the siege of Kenilworth |
December |
Surrender of Kenilworth castle | |
1270 |
Eighth Crusade bogs down in Tunisia | |
1277 |
Start of the Welsh Wars of Edward I (to 1282) | |
1282 |
11 December |
Battle of Orewin Bridge (Wales). Death of Llewellyn ap Gruffyd marks effective end of the Welsh Wars of Edward I, (from 1277) |
1289 |
Othman, founder of Ottoman power, inherits his fathers realm. | |
1295 |
22 January |
Battle near Conway |
1296 |
27 April |
Battle of Dunbar (Scotland) |
1297 |
11 September |
Battle of Stirling Bridge (Scotland) |
1298 |
22 July |
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5 February |
The battle of Jalandhar (modern Jullundu) of 5 February 1298 was the first of a series of four major battles that dramatically reduced the Mongol threat to the Delhi sultanate. |
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1299 |
The battle of Kili of 1299 ended a Mongol siege of Delhi, and was the second of four major battles that reduced the Mongol threat to the Delhi Sultanate. |
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1305 |
20 December |
The battle of Amroha (20 December 1305) was a major victory for the Delhi Sultanate over a Mongol army, and was the third of four Mongol defeats that greatly reduced the threat they posed to India. |
1306 |
The battle of Ravi (1306) was the fourth and last of a series of defeats suffered by Mongol armies in the Delhi Sultanate that greatly reduced the Mongol threat to northern India. |
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20 June |
Battle of Ruthven | |
1307 |
May |
Battle of Loudun Hill (Scotland) |
1314 |
24 June |
Battle of Bannockburn |
November |
Battle of Morgarten, (Switzerland), victory of Swiss infantry over invading Hapsburg army | |
1318 |
14 October 1318 |
Battle of Dundalk |
1319 |
20 September |
Battle of Myton (Yorkshire) |
1322 |
16 March |
Battle of Boroughbridge |
1326 |
Death of Othman, founder of Ottoman power, succeeded by his son Orkhan (to 1361), probable organiser of the Ottoman state. | |
1327 |
25 January |
Start of reign of Edward III, king of England, (to 1377) |
1331 |
The Genko War (1331-33) was a struggle between the supporters of the Emperor Go-Daigo and the Kamakura Shogunate which ended as an Imperial victory and led to the short-lived Kemmu restoration, the only period in which the Emperor held direct power between 1192 and the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the nineteenth century | |
October |
The battle of Karasaki Beach (October 1331) was the first battle of the Genko War (1331-33), and saw the Monastic supports of the Emperor Go-Daigo defeat a cavalry force sent to capture him. | |
3-31 October |
The siege of Kasagi (3-31 October 1331) saw the forces of the Kamakura Shogunate capture the Emperor Go-Daigo's refuge at Kasagi, a success that for a time appeared to have crushed the Imperial cause (Genko War, 1331-33). | |
c.31 October-20 November |
The siege of Akasaki (c.31 October-20 November 1331) saw the forces of the Shogunate attack and capture the castle of Kusunoki Masashige, a supporter of the Emperor Go-Daigo, although Kusunoki escaped and continued the fight from nearby mountains. | |
1332 |
28 April |
The capture of Akasaki Castle (28 April 1332) was achieved by a surprise attack and saw Kusunoki Masashige recapture his own castle at Akasaka, which had fallen to the forces of the Shogunate in the previous year (Seige of Akasaka, November 1331). |
14 June |
The battle of the Yodo River (14 June 1332) was a victory won by Kusunoki Masashige over the forces of the Shogunate at the Yodo River (modern Osaka). | |
11 August |
Battle of Dupplin Muir | |
1333 |
28 January |
The battle of Hoshigaoka (28 January 1333) saw the revolt against the Shogunate spread onto Shikoku Island (Genko War, 1331-33). |
February |
The siege of Yoshino Castle (February 1333) saw a large Bakufu army capture the castle after an eight day siege, forcing Prince Norinaga to flee to safety. | |
18 February-14 March |
The siege of Akasaka (18 February-c.14 March 1333) was one of the few successes won by a massive Bakufu army at the start of the last year of the Genko War (1331-33). | |
27 March |
The battle of Maya (27 March 1333) was the first of a series of victories won by Akamatsu Norimura, a supporter of the Emperor Go-Daigo, during an unsuccessful attempt to capture Kyoto. | |
March |
The siege of Chihaya (March-22 June 1333) was the turning point in the Genko War (1331-33). The Shogunate's failure to capture the castle meant that their main army was pinned down, encouraged pro-Imperial revolts around Japan and forced them to commit ever more troops to the fighting. | |
24 April |
The battle of Sakabe (24 April 1333) was a minor skirmish in which the Imperial loyalist Akamatsu Norimura was nearly captured by the forces of the Shogunate. | |
25 April |
The battle of Segawa (25 April 1333) was the last real success during the Imperial loyalist Akamatsu Norimura's attempt to capture Kyoto. | |
26 April |
The battle of the Twelfth Day of the Third Month (26 April 1333) was an unsuccessful attempt by the pro-Imperial Akamatsu Norimura to try and defeat the Shogunate's garrison in Kyoto | |
29 April |
The battle of Yamazaki (29 April 1333) saw a force from the Rokuhara garrison of Kyoto fail to drive away a pro-Imperial army under Akamatsu Norimura that was threatening to cut off supplies to the city. | |
13 May |
The battle of Funanoe (13 May 1333) was an unsuccessful attempt by the exiled emperor Go-Daigo's jailor to recapture the emperor after he had escaped from exile on Oki, an island to the north-west of Honshu. | |
17 May |
The battle of the Third Day of the Fourth Month (17 May 1333) was a second failed attempt to take Kyoto made by the pro-Imperial leader Akamatsu Norimura. | |
10 June |
The battle of Koganawate (10 June 1333) was notable for the death of Nagoya Takaie, one leader of a Shogunate army that had been sent to Kyoto to secure control of the area around the Imperial capital and attack the Emperor Go-Daigo's new court at Funanoe. | |
20 June |
The battle of Rokuhara (20 June 1333) was one of the decisive battles of the Genko War, and saw the Shogunate general Ashikaga Takauji turn on his former allies, side with the Emperor Go-Daigo and drive the forces of the Shogunate out of their headquarters in Rokuhara. | |
22 June |
End of the siege of Chihaya (from March) | |
23 June |
The battle of Kotesashi (23 June 1333) was the first battle in the campaign that led to the capture of Kamakura and the final fall of the Kamakura Shogunate (Genko War, 1331-33). It was an inconclusive battle, and the fighting resuming on the following day. | |
24 June |
The battle of Kumegawa (24 June 1333) was the second of two battles in two days in the campaign that led to the capture of Kamakura and the fall of the Kamakura Shogunate (Genko War, 1331-33), and was won by the pro-Imperial forces of Nitta Yoshisada. | |
27-28 June |
The two-day long battle of Bubaigawara (27-28 June 1333) saw the defenders of Kamakura miss an opportunity to defeat the pro-Imperial army of Nitta Yoshisada, thus ensuring that the fighting would move to the Shogunate's capital at Kamakura | |
30 June-4 July |
The siege of Kamakura (30 June-4 July 1333) was the final major battle of the Genko War (1331-33) and saw the army of Nitta Yoshisada capture the capital of the Kamakura Shogunate after a five-day long battle. | |
19 July |
The battle of Tsukushi (7 July 1333) was the final event in a complex plot against Hojo Hidetoki, the military governor of Kyushu, and saw him defeated by two of the three original plotters against him. | |
7 July |
Battle of Halidon Hill | |
1337 |
Outbreak of Hundred Years War (to 1453) | |
1339 |
21 June |
Battle of Laupen (Switzerland), victory of fledgling Swiss confederacy over league of local feudal lords. |
1340 |
24 July |
Battle of Sluys, great English navel victory in Hundred Years War. |
1346 |
26 August |
Battle of Crecy |
4 September |
Start of the siege of Calais by Edward III | |
17 October |
Battle of Neville's Cross (Northern England) | |
1347 |
27 June |
Battle of La Roche Derien (Brittany), English victory over Charles of Blois, French claimant to duchy of Brittany |
4 August |
Surrender of Calais to Edward III | |
1351 |
8 April |
Battle of Taillebourg (France) |
1352 |
14 August |
Battle of Mauron (Brittany) |
1356 |
19 September |
Battle of Poitiers, major English victory in Hundred Years War |
1361 |
Death of Orkhan, son of Othman, early Ottoman ruler (from 1326), succeeded by Murad, (to 1389), his second son | |
1364 |
Birth of Henry Percy, 'Hotspur' | |
1365 |
The battle of the Mire or Tashkent (1365) was a rare defeat for Tamerlane, and came during a struggle for power within the divided Chaghatay Khanate. | |
1367 |
3 April |
Battle of Najera (Castile) |
1370 |
The battle of Balkh (1370) was a key success in Tamerlane's rise to power, and established him as the ruler of the western Chaghatay in Transoxiana | |
1372 |
Death of Sir Walter de Mauny, one of Edward III's most important commanders during the Hundred Years War | |
| The siege of Kath (1372) was an early success during Tamerlane's first expedition into Khwarezm, and was followed by one of the first examples of the atrocities that so often followed when Tamerlane captured a city. | ||
1377 |
21 June |
Death of Edward III, king of England, (from 1327) |
1379 |
The siege of Urganch of 1379 was the key victory during Tamerlane's fourth war in Khwarezm, and saw the city fall after a siege of three months. |
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1380 |
13 July |
Death of Bertrand du Guesclin, constable of France, successful French commander during Hundred Years War. |
1381 |
The siege of Fushanj (1381) was Tamerlane's first military successes in Khorasan, and a precursor to his first short siege of Herat | |
| The siege of Herat of 1381 was an easy success that ended Tamerlane's first major campaign in Khorasan and saw his empire expand out of its original base in Transoxiana into the former empire of the Il-Khans in Persian for the first time | ||
1383 |
The revolt of Herat of 1383 was a short-lived rebellion against Tamerlane that ended with a massacre and the increasingly familiar site of towers of skulls outside the city | |
| The siege of Isfizar (1383) saw Tamerlane put down a revolt in a city south of Herat, and ended with yet another of his trademark atrocities | ||
1385 |
14 August |
Battle of Aljubarotta (Portugal), victory for John, master of Avis, establishing him as king of Portugal |
1386 |
9 July |
Battle of Sempach, (Switzerland), Swiss victory over Leopold, duke of Austria, who died in the battle |
1387 |
11 March |
Battle of Castagnaro (Italy), victory by Paduan army led by John Hawkwood, over a larger Veronese army |
19 December |
Battle of Radcot Bridge, victory by Richard II's enemies over a loyalist force. | |
1388 |
5 August |
Battle of Otterburn |
1389 |
20 June |
Death of Murad, Ottoman Sultan (since 1361) at Battle of Kosovo (Serbia), Ottoman victory over last Serbia resistance led by Prince Lazar |
1393 |
The battle of Shiraz (1393) was the final clash between Tamerlane and the Muzaffarid Dynasty of southern Persia, and was a victory for Tamerlane that was followed by the total destruction of the dynasty. | |
20 November-11 December |
The siege of Takrit (20 November-11 December 1393) was an example of Tamerlane's skills in siege warfare and saw his army capture a bandit stronghold said to be impregnable | |
1395 |
22 April |
The battle of the Terek River (22 April 1395) was the final clash between Tamerlane and Toktamish, leader of the Golden Horde, and ended in a decisive victory for Tamerlane. |
1396 |
25 September |
Battle of Nicopolis (modern Bulgaria), Turkish victory over a strong Hungarian and crusader army. |
| The siege of Yazd (1396) saw an army led by two of Tamerlane's grandsons defeat a rebellion centred on the city of Yazd and ended with a rare example of clemency on the part of Tamerlane. | ||
1401 |
May-9 July |
The siege of Baghdad (May-9 July 1401) was one of Tamerlane's most destructive victories, and saw the city virtually destroyed after it was taken by storm at the end of a forty day long siege |
1402 |
28 July |
The battle of Ankara or Angora (28 July 1402) was a major victory won by Tamerlane over the Ottoman Army of Sultan Bayezid that nearly destroyed the Ottoman Empire, and as a side-effect gave the Byzantine Empire another fifty years of life. |
14 September |
Battle of Homildon Hill | |
December |
The siege of Smyrna (December 1402) saw the armies of Tamerlane capture the last Christian stronghold on the mainland of Anatolia | |
1403 |
21 July |
Battle of Shrewsbury Death of Henry Percy, 'Hotspur', killed at the battle of Shrewsbury |
1408 |
19 February |
Battle of Bramham Moor |
1415 |
19 August |
Start of the siege of Harfleur |
22 September |
Capture of Harfleur by Henry V | |
25 October |
Battle of Agincourt | |
1420 |
Outbreak of Bohemian War (to 1434), Czech rebellion triggered by martyrdom of John Huss. | |
1421 |
21 March |
Battle of Bauge (France), rare French victory in open battle during Hundred Years War. |
1422 |
30 June |
Battle of Arbedo (Italy), defeat of an invading Swiss army by Milanese forces. |
1424 |
17 August |
Battle of Verneuil |
1428 |
September |
Start of siege of Orleans |
1429 |
12 February |
Battle of the Herrings (France) |
May |
Relief of Orleans by Joan of Arc | |
18 June |
Battle of Patay | |
1434 |
16 June |
Bohemian War ends (from 1420) with the victory of the moderate faction over the religious 'taborite' faction at the battle of Lipan |
1444 |
26 May |
Battle of St. Jacob, (Switzerland) Pyrrhic victory for the French over a much smaller Swiss army after which the French withdrew. |
1449 |
Battle of T'u-mu (China), Mongol victory over Chinese army that resulted in the capture of the Emperor. | |
1450 |
15 April |
Battle of Formigny |
1453 |
2 April |
Start of siege of Constantinople, by the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Mahomet II |
29 May |
Fall of Constantinople, to Ottoman forces led by Sultan Mahomet II, ending the Byzantine Empire | |
17 July |
Battle of Castillon, French victory that ended the Hundred Years War (from 1337) | |
1455 |
22 May |
Battle of St. Albans, first battle of the Wars of the Roses (to 1485) |
1459 |
12-13 October |
Rout of Ludford Bridge |
1460 |
10 July |
Battle of Northampton |
30 December |
Battle of Wakefield | |
1461 |
2 February |
Battle of Mortimer's Cross |
17 February |
Battle of St. Albans | |
29 March |
Battle of Towton | |
1464 |
25 April |
Battle of Hedgeley Moor |
15 May |
Battle of Hexham | |
1468 |
August |
Fall of Harlech Castle |
1471 |
14 April |
Battle of Barnet |
4 May |
Battle of Tewkesbury | |
1476 |
2 March |
Battle of Granson (Switzerland), Swiss victory over invading forces of Charles the Rash, duke of Burgundy |
22 June |
Battle of Morat (Switzerland), Swiss victory over second invading army led by Charles the Rash, duke of Burgundy | |
1485 |
22 August |
Battle of Bosworth, final battle of the War of the Roses (from 1455), victory for Henry Tudor, who became Henry VII |
1487 |
16 June |
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1495 |
The battle of Kan-Bai (1495) was an early battle in the series of struggles that followed the death of Sultan Mahmud Mirza of Samarkand in January 1495 | |
May-June |
The siege of Asfara (May-June 1495) was an early success for Babur, then the recently installed king of Fergana, and saw him defeat a rebellion raised in the name of Sultan Baisanghar Mirza of Samarkand | |
1496 |
Winter-Spring |
The siege of Hisor in the late winter and spring of 1496 was the main event in a brief war between the Timurid sultans of Samarkand and Khorasan, and the successful defence of the city effectively ended the war. |
July-October/ November |
The siege of Samarkand of July-October/ November 1496 was the first of a series of attempts made by Babur to seize the city | |
1496 |
May/ June-November |
The siege of Samarkand of (May/June to November 1497) saw Babur and Sultan Ali Mirza resume their unsuccessful siege of 1496, this time capturing the city after a siege that lasted for much of 1497. |
1498 |
The siege of Andijan (to February 1498) was the end result of a conspiracy in his original kingdom of Fergana that forced Babur to abandon Samarkand only 100 days after it fell into his hands after a siege that ended in November 1497. | |
1499 |
The battle of Marghinan of 1499 was a minor conflict that helped to secure Babur's come-back after his disastrous occupation of Samarkand in 1497 | |
| The Battle of the Ailaish River (1499) was a defeat suffered by Babur's supporters soon after he had regained control of his original kingdom of Fergana after a year spent in exile. | ||
| The siege of Andijan of 1499 was an unsuccessful attack on Babur's recently regained capital made his chief rival Tambal in the aftermath of a revolt amongst Babur's Mongol mercenaries. | ||
| The siege of Madu (1499) was a minor victory for Babur in the civil war that followed his return to power in Fergana in 1499. | ||
| The battle of Khuban (1499) was Babur's first battle as a commander, and was a victory that should have helped secure his position as ruler of Fergana. |
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