century, 144 engagements

Battles of the 8th century

144 engagements of the 8th century are placed in the atlas: 99 battles, 43 sieges and 2 naval actions across 31 present-day countries, most in Spain (36), France (23), Turkey (19). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Arab–Byzantine wars (18), Muslim conquest of Transoxiana (8), Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March (8), Umayyad conquest of Hispania (7).

144 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by decade

144 dated engagements, one bar per decade, coloured by era.

Wars of the century 12 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
10 October AD 732	Battle of Tours	Poitiers	Umayyad invasion of Gaul
15 July AD 717	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople	Arab–Byzantine wars
April AD 751	Battle of Talas	Taraz	Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
19 July AD 711	Battle of Guadalete	Iberian Peninsula	Umayyad conquest of Hispania
AD 718	Battle of Covadonga	Covadonga	Q35810458
15 August AD 778	Battle of Roncevaux Pass	Roncevaux Pass	Expedition of Charlemagne of 778
9 June AD 721	Battle of Toulouse	Toulouse	Umayyad invasion of Gaul
25 January AD 750	Battle of the Zab	Great Zab	Abbasid Revolution
AD 740	Battle of Akroinon	Afyonkarahisar	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 708	Battle of Anchialus	Pomorie	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
AD 800	Battle of Brávellier	Bråviken
AD 794	Battle of Lutos	Grado	Q35810458
August AD 773	Siege of Pavia	Pavia	Franco–Lombard War of 773–774
AD 707	Siege of Tyana	Tyana	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 734	Battle of the Boarn	Boorne	Frisian–Frankish wars
AD 791	Battle of the Burbia River	Villafranca del Bierzo	Q35810458
July AD 731	Battle of the Defile		Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
30 June AD 763	Battle of Anchialus	Pomorie	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
AD 759	Battle of the Rishki Pass	Balkan Mountains	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
August AD 788	Battle of Kopidnadon	Padyandus	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 732	Battle of the River Garonne	Bordeaux	Umayyad invasion of Gaul
AD 756	Battle of Marcellae	Markeli	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
August AD 762	Alid revolt of 762–763	Lower Mesopotamia
AD 730	Battle of Marj Ardabil		Q3621718
AD 724	Day of Thirst	Khujand	Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 792	Battle of Marcellae	Markeli	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
AD 727	Siege of Nicaea	Nicaea	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 716	Battle of Cologne	Cologne	Frankish Civil War
11 June AD 786	Battle of Fakhkh	Wadi al-Zahir
AD 746	Battle of Keramaia	Cyprus	Arab–Byzantine wars
November AD 702	Battle of Vardanakert	Ayrarat
AD 718	Battle of Soissons	Soissons
26 September AD 715	Battle of Compiègne	Forest of Compiègne
18 September AD 795	Battle of las Babias	Astorga	Q35810458
September AD 800	Siege of Barcelona	Barcelona	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 737	Battle of the River Berre	Berre	Muslim conquests
AD 737	Battle of Avignon	Avignon	Muslim conquests
AD 737	Battle of Kharistan		Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 729	Battle of Baykand	Paikend	Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 774	Battle of Berzitia		Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
21 March AD 717	Battle of Vicy	Les Rues-des-Vignes
AD 716	Battle of Amblève	Amel
AD 737	Battle of Narbonne	Narbonne
AD 798	Battle of Bornhöved	Bornhöved	Saxon Wars
September AD 766	Siege of Kamacha	Kemah	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 793	Battle of Orbiel River	Villalier	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
14 May AD 758	Battle of Alameda	Córdoba
October AD 712	Conquest of Mérida	Mérida	Umayyad conquest of Hispania
AD 752	Siege of Narbonne	Narbonne	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 729	Siege of Kamarja	Kamarjara	Türgesh
AD 711	Battle of Bolchu
AD 701	Battle of Dayr al-Jamajim		Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath's revolt
AD 799	Siege of Trsat	Trsat
AD 741	Battle of Bagdoura	Fez	Berber (Amazigh) Revolt
AD 740	Battle of the Nobles		Berber (Amazigh) Revolt
20 June AD 712	Battle of Aror	Indus River	Umayyad conquest of Sindh
August AD 749	Siege of Wasit	Wasit	Abbasid Revolution
AD 776	Battle of Otford	Otford
AD 782	Battle of Süntel	Süntel	Saxon Wars
AD 736	Battle of Nîmes	Battle of Avignon
AD 737	Battle of the Baggage	Amu Darya	Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 712	Siege of Debal	Debal	Umayyad conquest of Sindh
AD 742	Battle of al-Asnam	Chelif River	Berber (Amazigh) Revolt
AD 729	Battle of Ravenna	Ravenna
AD 757	Battle of Suiyang		An Lushan Rebellion
AD 783	Battle of the Hase	Osnabrück	Saxon Wars
AD 711	Siege of Córdoba	Córdoba	Umayyad conquest of Hispania
AD 763	Siege of Carmona	Carmona
AD 709	Battle of Bukhara	Bukhara	Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 712	Battle of Samarkand	Samarkand	Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 795	Battle of Río Quirós	Asturias	Q35810458
AD 774	Battle of Montecubeiro	Montecubeiro, Castroverde
AD 755	Siege of Pavia	Pavia	Q122816043
March AD 745	Battle of Guadalete	Guadalete	Yemeni revolt in the Wilayah of al-Andalus
AD 778	Siege of Zaragoza	Sarakusta	Expedition of Charlemagne of 778
AD 795	Capture of Oviedo	Oviedo	Q35810458
AD 719	Siege of Narbonne	Narbonne	Umayyad invasion of Gaul
AD 747	Battle of Secunda	Saqunda	Yemeni revolt in the Wilayah of al-Andalus
AD 730	Battle of Bajarwan	Shirvan	Q3621718
June AD 718	Battle of Adrianópolis	Hadrianopolis	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 760	Battle of Hereford	Hereford
AD 743	Battle of Epfach
AD 722	Battle of Olalíes	Proaza	Q35810458
AD 785	Conquest of Girona	Girona	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 755	Siege of Zaragoza	Sarakusta	Yemeni revolt in the Wilayah of al-Andalus
AD 777	Siege of Zaragoza	Sarakusta	Yemeni revolt against the Emirate of Córdoba
7 July AD 753	Siege of Zaragoza	Sarakusta	Yemeni revolt in the Wilayah of al-Andalus
AD 781	Siege of Zaragoza	Sarakusta	Yemeni revolt against the Emirate of Córdoba
AD 720	Battle of Qandabil	Gandava
AD 711	Battle of Écija	Écija	Umayyad conquest of Hispania
AD 713	Battle of Orihuela	Orihuela	Umayyad conquest of Hispania
AD 756	Siege of Rome	Rome
AD 722	Battle of Derbent	Derbent	Q3621718
AD 704	Battle of Sis		Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 725	Siege of Carcassonne	Carcassonne	Muslim conquests
AD 736	Siege of Anakopia		Q28717501
AD 735	Siege to Pelayo	Picos de Europa	Q35810458
AD 778	Battle of Germanicia	Kahramanmaraş
AD 779	Battle of Bensington
AD 720	Battle of Pencon	Archenfield
AD 715	Battle of Woden's Burg	Adam's Grave
AD 795	Battle of the Nalón River		Q35810458
AD 773	Battle of Chiusa di San Michele	Chiusa di San Michele	Franco–Lombard War of 773–774
May AD 715	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople
AD 713	Capture of Málaga	Málaga	Umayyad conquest of Hispania
AD 789	Battle of Subushi
AD 780	First Viking attack on England	England	Q1379246
AD 748	Friday Battle		Abbasid Revolution
AD 742	Battle of Córdoba	Córdoba	Q118146585
AD 740	Battle of Sebou		Berber (Amazigh) Revolt
AD 741	Siege of Gafsa		Berber (Amazigh) Revolt
AD 792	Battle of Ad Pontes	Q15623	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 793	Siege of Girona	Girona	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 800	Siege of Lleida	Medina Larida	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 793	Siege of Narbonne	Narbonne	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 795	Battle of Campo da Matanza		Q35810458
AD 754	Battle of the Susa Valley	Susa Valley	Q122816043
AD 790	Battle of Tahert	Tiaret
AD 748	Battle of Jurjān		Abbasid Revolution
AD 737	Battle of Volga River	Volga	Q3621718
AD 776	Siege of Ancyra	Ancyra	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 781	Battle of Caesarea	Caesarea of Cappadocia	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 790	Battle of Gulf of Attaleia	Gulf of Antalya	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 793	Capture of Thebasa	Thebasa	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 759	Battle of Melas River	Caesarea of Cappadocia	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 771	Battle of Syca	Syca	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 795	Battle of Anusan		Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 732	Battle of Akroinon	Afyonkarahisar	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 742	Battle of Baja	Béja	Berber (Amazigh) Revolt
AD 731	Battle of Llívia	Llívia	Umayyad invasion of Gaul
AD 755	Siege of Pamplona	Pamplona	Yemeni revolt in the Wilayah of al-Andalus
AD 708	Battle of Amorium	Amorium	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 800	Battle of the Forest of Heroes	Saintes
AD 761	Siege of Bourbon	Bourbon-l'Archambault
AD 761	Siege of Clermont	Clermont-Ferrand
AD 762	Siege of Thouars	Thouars
AD 761	Siege of Chantelle	Chantelle
AD 762	Siege of Bourges	Bourges
AD 767	Siege of Toulouse	Tolosa
AD 741	Siege of Laon	Laon
AD 717	Battle of Cumae	Cumae	Byzantine–Lombard Wars
AD 774	Siege of Monou Castle	Monou Castle
AD 713	Capture of Seville by the Umayyad army	Ishbiliya	Umayyad conquest of Hispania
AD 738	Siege of Bilistan		Muslim conquests

The 144 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.