Famous Medieval Battles

Name these important battles between the years 500 and 1500.
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Year
War
Leaders
Modern day Country
Answer
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Vandal Invasion of Rome
Genseric / Petronius Maximus
Italy
Sack of Rome
496
Campaigns of Clovis I
Clovis I / Gibuld
Germany
Battle of Tolbiac
624
Muslim-Quraysh War
Muhammad / Amr ibn Hisham
Saudi Arabia
Battle of Badr
630
Muslim-Quraysh War
Muhammad / Abu Sufyan
Saudi Arabia
Conquest of Mecca
718
Arab-Byzantine Wars
Leo III / Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik
Turkey
Siege of Constantinople
732
Umayyad invasion of Gaul
Charles Martel / Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi
France
Battle of Tours
778
Charlemagne's campaign in Iberia
Charlemagne / Luco II of Gascony
Spain
Battle of Roncevaux Pass
838
Arab-Byzantine Wars
al-Mutasim / Emperor Theophilos
Turkey
Sack of Amorium
841
Carolingian civil war
Lothar I / Charles the Bald, Louis the German
France
Battle of Fontenoy
886
Viking raids on West Francia
Rollo / Odo
France
Siege of Paris
955
Hungarian invasion of East Francia
Otto I / Bulcsu
Germany
Battle of Lechfeld
1066
Viking invasion of England
Harald Hardrada / Harold II Godwinson
United Kingdom
Battle of Stamford Bridge
1066
Norman Conquest of England
William the Conqueror / Harold II Godwinson
United Kingdom
Battle of Hastings
1071
Byzantine-Seljuk War
Alp Arslan / Romanos IV
Turkey
Battle of Manzikert
1098
First Crusade
Godfrey of Bouillon / Yaghi-Siyan
Turkey
Siege of Antioch
1099
First Crusade
Godfrey of Bouillon / Iftikhar al-Dawla
Israel
Siege of Jerusalem
1147
Reconquista
Afonso I / Muhammad Ibn Hakam
Portugal
Siege of Lisbon
1148
Second Crusade
Baldwin III of Jerusalem / Muin ad-Din Unur
Syria
Siege of Damascus
1176
Guelphs and Ghibellines War
Frederick I Barbarossa / Pope Alexander III
Italy
Battle of Legnano
1187
Wars of the Crusader States
Guy of Lusignan / Saladin
Israel
Battle of Hattin
1191
Third Crusade
Richard the Lionheart / Saladin
Israel
Siege of Acre
1204
Fourth Crusade
Boniface I / Alexios V Ducas
Turkey
Sack of Constantinople
1214
Holy Roman-Anglo-French War
Otto IV / Philipp II
France
Battle of Bouvines
1242
Livonian Campaign against Rus
Hermann von Dorpat / Alexander Nevsky
Estonia, Russia
Battle on the Ice
1258
Mongol invasion of the Middle East
Hulagu Khan / Al-Mustasim
Iraq
Siege of Baghdad
1278
Great Interregnum War
Rudolf I of Habsburg / Ottokar II of Bohemia
Austria
Battle on the Marchfeld
1291
Wars of the Crusader States
Al-Ashraf Khalil / Henry II of Jerusalem
Israel
Siege of Acre
1297
First War of Scottish Independence
William Wallace / John Warren
United Kingdom
Battle of Stirling Bridge
1314
First War of Scottish Independence
Robert the Bruce / Edward II
United Kingdom
Battle of Bannockburn
1346
Hundred Years War
Edward III / Philip VI
France
Battle of Crecy
1356
Hundred Years War
Edward the Black Prince / John II
France
Battle of Poitiers
1389
Serbian-Ottoman Wars
Murad I / Lazar
Kosovo
Battle of Kosovo
1396
Ottoman Wars in Europe
Bayezid I / Sigismund of Luxembourg
Bulgaria
Battle of Nicopolis
1410
Polish-Lithuanian Teutonic War
Wladyslaw II / Ulrich von Jungingen
Poland
Battle of Tannenberg (Battle of Grunwald)
1415
Hundred Years War
Henry V / Charles d'Albret
France
Battle of Agincourt
1416
Ottoman-Venetian Wars
Pietro Loredan / Cali Bey
Turkey
Battle of Gallipoli
1429
Hundred Years War
Earl of Salisbury / Jean de Dunois
France
Siege of Orleans
1453
Hundred Years War
Jean Bureau / John Talbot
France
Battle of Castillon
1453
Ottoman-Byzantine Wars
Mehmed II / Constantine XI
Turkey
Fall of Constantinople
1456
Ottoman-Hungarian Wars
Mehmed II / John Hunyadi
Serbia
Siege of Belgrade
1471
Wars of the Roses
Edward IV / Prince Edward of Westminster
United Kingdom
Battle of Tewkesbury
1485
Wars of the Roses
Richard III / Henry VII
United Kingdom
Battle of Bosworth Field
1492
Reconquista
Ferdinand II of Aragon / Muhammad XII
Spain
Fall of Granada
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