century, 169 engagements

Battles of the 9th century

169 engagements of the 9th century are placed in the atlas: 105 battles, 52 sieges and 12 naval actions across 28 present-day countries, most in Spain (32), Turkey (24), Italy (24). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Arab–Byzantine wars (25), Muslim conquest of Sicily (16), Unification of Norway (6), Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March (6).

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

Engagements by decade

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

Wars of the century 13 with pages

Most widely documented engagements

Date	Engagement	Place	War
26 July AD 811	Battle of Pliska	Pliska	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
25 November AD 885	Siege of Paris	Paris	viking expansion
April AD 878	Battle of Edington	Edington	Q1379246
18 June AD 860	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople	Rus'–Byzantine wars
1 August AD 838	Sack of Amorium	Amorium	Arab–Byzantine wars
18 July AD 872	Battle of Hafrsfjord	Hafrsfjord	Unification of Norway
AD 863	Battle of Lalakaon	Paphlagonia	Arab–Byzantine wars
28 March AD 845	Siege of Paris	Paris	viking expansion
22 June AD 813	Battle of Versinikia	Edirne	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
AD 896	Battle of Boulgarophygon	Babaeski	Byzantine–Bulgarian War of 894–896
25 June AD 841	Battle of Fontenoy	Fontenoy	Civil War between the sons of Louis the Pious
22 July AD 838	Battle of Anzen	Anatolia	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 849	Battle of Ostia	Ostia
23 May AD 844	Battle of Clavijo	Clavijo	Q35810458
8 January AD 871	Battle of Reading	Reading	Q1379246
AD 866	Siege of Ragusa	Dubrovnik	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 825	Battle of Ellandun	Ellendun
8 January AD 871	Battle of Ashdown	Berkshire	Q1379246
AD 813	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople
AD 827	Siege of Syracuse	Syracuse	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 816	Battle of Pancorbo	Pancorbo	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 804	Battle of Krasos		Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 852	Battle of Guadalacete	Toledo	Q35810458
AD 877	Siege of Syracuse	Syracuse	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 888	Battle of Milazzo	Milazzo	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 859	Battle of Monte Laturce	Q6022443	Q35810458
AD 896	Battle of Southern Buh		Byzantine–Bulgarian War of 894–896
31 December AD 870	Battle of Englefield	Englefield	Q1379246
2 July AD 866	Battle of Brissarthe	Brissarthe
AD 844	Battle of Mauropotamos	Anatolia	Arab–Byzantine wars
3 August AD 881	Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu	Abbeville
AD 871	Battle of Marton		Q1379246
AD 813	Siege of Adrianople (813)	Edirne	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
AD 851	Battle of Albelda	Albelda de Iregua	Q35810458
AD 824	Battle of Roncevaux Pass	Roncevaux Pass
AD 878	Battle of Cynwit	Countisbury	Q1379246
AD 809	Siege of Serdica (809)	Sofia	Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
22 January AD 871	Battle of Basing	Old Basing	Q1379246
22 November AD 845	Battle of Ballon	Bains-sur-Oust
8 April AD 876	Battle of Dayr al-Aqul	Tigris	Iranian Intermezzo
AD 891	Battle of Leuven	Leuven
AD 872	Battle of Bathys Ryax	Sivas	Arab–Byzantine wars
1 May AD 811	Battle of Ray	Ray	Fourth Fitna
July AD 812	Siege of Baghdad (812-813)	Baghdad	Fourth Fitna
8 October AD 876	Battle of Andernach	Andernach
AD 880	Battle of Cephalonia		Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 880	Battle of Stelai	Calabria	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 872	Battle of Kardia		Arab–Byzantine wars
22 August AD 851	Battle of Jengland	Grand-Fougeray
AD 899	Battle of Brenta		Hungarian invasions of Europe
AD 867	Battle of York	York	Q1379246
AD 887	Battle of Makarska		Croatian-Venetian Wars
AD 805	Siege of Patras	Patras
AD 868	Siege of Syracuse	Syracuse
AD 873	Battle of the Gulf of Corinth	Gulf of Corinth	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 900	Battle of Balkh	Balkh
AD 881	Battle of Caltavuturo	Caltavuturo	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 821	Siege of Constantinople	Constantinople	Rebellion of Thomas the Slav
AD 884	Battle of Norditi		viking expansion
AD 893	Battle of Buttington	Buttington	Q1379246
the AD 880s	Siege of Euripos	Chalkída	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 870	Siege of Melite	Melite	Muslim conquest of Sicily
24 May AD 843	Battle of Blain	Blain
AD 882	Siege of Asselt	Roermond
9 August AD 865	Battle of the Morcuera	Bugedo	Q35810458
AD 814	Battle of Mesembria		Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
AD 882	Battle of Remich	Remich	Q15414631
AD 878	Battle of Polvoraria
AD 838	Battle of Hingston Down	Hingston Down
AD 863	Battle of Karasounk
AD 882	Battle of Cellorigo	Cellorigo	Q35810458
AD 842	Battle of the Bridge of Cornellana	Cornellana
AD 862	Capture of Farurriyah	Faruriyyah Fort	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 808	Siege of Tortosa	Turtusha	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 888	Battle of Padura	Arrigorriaga
AD 846	Battle of Licosa	Licosa	Muslim conquests
AD 819	Battle of Kupa
AD 894	Battle of Benfleet	unparished part of Castle Point
AD 881	Battle of the Conwy	River Conwy
AD 845	Battle of Butera		Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 843	Battle of Messac	Messac	viking expansion
AD 856	Siege of Paris	Paris
AD 875	Battle of Dollar	Dollar	Q24526471
AD 860	Battle of Hakadal	Hakadal	Unification of Norway
AD 870	Battle of Orkdal	Orkdal Municipality	Unification of Norway
January AD 880	Battle of Thimeon	Sambre
AD 883	Battle of Mecca (883)	Mecca	Abbasid Caliphate
AD 870	First Battle of Solskjel	Solskjelsøya	Unification of Norway
AD 882	First Battle of Cellorigo	Cellorigo	Q35810458
AD 883	Second Battle of Cellorigo	Cellorigo	Q35810458
11 November AD 844	Battle of Tablada	Aljarafe	Q10967732
AD 894	Battle of Doghs
AD 900	Battle of Gorgan
December AD 877	Battle of Chippenham	Chippenham	Q1379246
AD 871	Siege of Salerno	Salerno	Muslim conquests
AD 874	Battle of al-Baida
AD 825	Battle of Anceo	Anceu, Ponte Caldelas	Q35810458
AD 854	Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 854	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatian–Bulgarian Wars
AD 896	Battle of Manu
AD 891	Battle of Bayyana	Pechina	Q35810458
AD 801	Battle of Conchas de Arganzón	La Puebla de Arganzón	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 813	Battle of Mallorca	Mallorca	Balearic Islands–Carolingian Empire relations
AD 812	Siege of Huesca	Washka
AD 812	Siege of Tripoli	Tripoli
AD 859	Siege of Enna		Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 829	Battle of Hashtadsar	Arran	Q133294500
AD 832	Capture of Loulon		Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 827	Battle of Mazara del Vallo		Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 835	Battle of Enna		Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 882	Battle of Polizzi	Polizzi Generosa	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 869	Battle of the Barges	Basra	Zanj Rebellion
AD 898	Siege of Kyiv	Kyiv	Hungarian invasions of Europe
AD 871	Battle of Basra	Basra	Zanj Rebellion
AD 827	Siege of Barcelona	Barcelona	Ayxun revolt
AD 870	Siege of Dumbarton	Dumbarton Castle	Q24526471
AD 894	Battle of Stamford (894)		Q1379246
AD 844	Battle of Toulouse
AD 883	Battle of Abaskun		Caspian expeditions of the Rus'
AD 878	Battle of the Cilician Gates	Cilician Gates	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 861	Siege of Paris	Paris
AD 870	Second Battle of Solskjel	Solskjelsøya	Unification of Norway
AD 880	Battle of Fjaler	Fjaler Municipality	Unification of Norway
May AD 812	Siege of Debeltos	Develtos
AD 809	Battle of Comacchio	Comacchio
AD 851	Battle of Sandwich (851)	Sandwich
AD 872	Battle of Vltava
AD 863	Siege of Songping
AD 843	Battle of Hamadan	Hamadan
AD 899	Battle of Medina Elvira	Medina Elvira
May AD 844	Battle of Angumois	Angoulême
AD 853	Battle of Jandula	Andújar
AD 826	Siege of Roda de Ter	Roda de Ter	Ayxun revolt
AD 844	Siege of Toulouse	Tolosa
AD 804	Siege of Tortosa	Turtusha	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 809	Siege of Tortosa	Turtusha	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 893	Siege of Taraz	Taraz
AD 812	Orreaga Riot	Roncevaux Pass
10 October AD 842	Siege of Messina	Messina	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 878	Siege of Tripoli	Tripoli
AD 846	Siege of Lentini		Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 803	Battle of Kanchi
AD 899	Siege of Venice	Venice	Hungarian invasions of Europe
AD 840	Battle of Taranto	Taranto	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 842	Battle of Sansego	Susak	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 860	Battle of Chonarion		Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 830	Siege of Palermo	Palermo	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 859	Battle of Syracuse	Syracuse	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 859	Siege of Samosata	Samosata	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 837	Siege of Arsamosata	Arsamosata	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 831	Battle of Charsianon	Charsianon	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 883	Battle of Chrysoboullon	Cilicia	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 807	Battle of the Cilician Gates	Cilician Gates	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 825	Battle of Ancyra		Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 878	Battle of Podandus	Padyandus	Arab–Byzantine wars
AD 829	Battles of Enna		Muslim conquest of Sicily
November AD 837	Siege of Cefalù	Cefalù	Muslim conquest of Sicily
AD 859	Siege of Algeciras	Algeciras	Norman expedition of 859
AD 884	Siege of Lérida	Medina Larida	Q35810458
AD 827	Siege of Girona	Girona	Ayxun revolt
AD 808	Siege of Tortosa	Turtusha	Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March
AD 856	Battle of Llandudno	Q996492
AD 882	Battle of Montfaucon	Montfaucon-d'Argonne
AD 891	Battle of the Geul River		viking expansion
AD 880	Siege of Vienne
August AD 844	Siege of al-Lixbûnâ	al-Lixbûnâ	Q10967732
AD 847	Siege of Bordeaux	Bordeaux
AD 878	Siege of Coimbra		Q35810458
AD 870	Battle of Llangollen	Llangollen	Anglo-Saxon invasion of Wales
AD 873	Rhiw Saeson Battle	Llantrisant

The 169 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.