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==Middle Ages== ===5th century=== * 456 β Romans under [[Flavius Ricimer]] defeat Vandals near Corsica * 461 [[Battle of Cartagena (461)|Cartagena]] β Vandals destroy a newly built West Roman fleet * 468 [[Battle of Cape Bon (468)|Cape Bon]] β Vandals defeat East and West Romans under [[Basiliscus]] ===6th century=== * 551 [[Battle of Sena Gallica (551)|Sena Gallica]] β The Byzantines defeat the [[Ostrogoths]] ===7th century=== * 655 [[Battle of the Masts]] β Arabs under [[Uthman]] defeat [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] under [[Constans II (Byzantine Empire)|Constans II]] * 663 August [[Battle of Baekgang]] β [[Tang China]] and [[Silla]] defeat [[Yamato Japan]] and [[Baekje]] * 676 [[Battle of Gibeolpo]] β [[Silla]] defeat [[Tang China]] * 677 or 678 [[First Arab siege of Constantinople]] β Byzantines defeat Arabs (first use of "[[Greek fire]]") * 697? β Greeks under John defeat Arabs * 698 [[Battle of Carthage (698)|Carthage]] β Arabs defeat Greeks under John at Carthage * 698 β Imperial Constantinopolitan fleet defeats [[Cibyrrhaeot]] rebels ===8th century=== * 717, 3 September [[Second Arab siege of Constantinople]] β Byzantines under [[Leo III the Isaurian]] defeat Arabs * 718, Spring [[Second Arab siege of Constantinople]] β Byzantines under Leo III defeat Arabs * 719, [[Dalriada]]n civil war resulted in a conflict between two opposing groups of [[curraghs]], mentioned in the ''Senchus Fer n-Alban'' * 727 β Byzantine central imperial fleet destroys provincial [[Hellas (theme)|Helladic]] and [[Cyclades]] fleets under [[Agallianos Kontoskeles]]. * 746 [[Battle of Keramaia]] β The [[Cibyrrhaeots]] annihilate the Egypt-based fleet of the [[Umayyad Caliphate]] ===9th century=== *806? β Moors defeat Franks under [[Hadumar]] near Corsica *807 β Franks under Burchard (a lieutenant of [[Charlemagne]]) defeat Moors at Sardinia{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} *813 β Byzantines defeat Arabs **813 β Franks under Irmingar defeat Moors near Majorca *820 β Arabs defeat Franks near Sardinia *822 β Constantinople: Byzantine central imperial fleet defeats rebel provincial fleets during the revolt of [[Thomas the Slav]] *829 β [[Battle of Thasos]]: [[Cretan Saracens]] defeat Byzantines *841 β Arabs defeat [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] squadron near Taranto *849 [[Battle of Ostia|Ostia]] β Italian city-states vs Muslims off southern Italy *851 [[Battle of Sandwich (851)|Sandwich]] β Athelstan defeats Viking fleet near Kent *{{circa|lk=no|872/3}} [[Battle of Kardia]] β [[Byzantine]] admiral [[Niketas Ooryphas]] defeats a fleet of [[Cretan Saracens]] under the renegade [[Photios (Emirate of Crete)|Photios]]. *{{circa|lk=no|873/9}} [[Battle of the Gulf of Corinth]] β [[Byzantine]] admiral [[Niketas Ooryphas]] defeats a fleet of [[Cretan Saracens]] and kills their commander, the renegade [[Photios (Emirate of Crete)|Photios]]. *880 [[Battle of Cephalonia]] β Byzantines under [[Nasar]] destroy [[Aghlabid]] fleet **[[Battle of Stelai]] (also Punto Stilo or Milazzo) β Byzantines under [[Nasar]] destroy [[Aghlabid]] fleet *885 β Frisians defeat Vikings *888 [[Battle of Milazzo (888)|Battle of Milazzo]] β [[Aghlabids]] defeat Byzantines ===10th century=== * 906 β Byzantines under [[Himerios (admiral)|Himerios]] defeat Arabs on St. Thomas' Day * 912 β [[Battle of Chios (912)]] β Syrian-Cilician fleet defeats Byzantine squadron under Himerios * 932 β [[Battle of Lang-shan Jiang]] * 941 β [[Rus'-Byzantine War (941)|Rus'-Byzantine War]] β Byzantine fleet under [[Theophanes (chamberlain)|Theophanes]] destroys [[Kievan Rus']] fleet under Igor near Bosporus Strait * 938 β [[Battle of Bach Dang River (938)|First Battle of Bach Dang River]] β Vietnamese defeat [[Southern Han]] fleet * 956 β Tunisian fleet destroyed by Christians near Mazara * 958 β Tunis vs Christians in Messina Strait * 965 β [[Battle of the Straits]] β [[Fatimid]] fleet destroys [[Byzantine]] fleet under [[Niketas Abalantes]] at the [[Straits of Messina]] * 975 β Song forces defeat Tang forces * 981 [[Battle of Bach Dang (981)|Second Battle of Bach Dang]] β Vietnam defeats Chinese Song forces * 998 β Venetians under Orseolo defeat [[Narentan]] pirates ===11th century=== * 1000 September 9 [[Battle of Swold|Swold]] β Swedes and Danes defeat Norwegians * 1004 β Venetians under [[Pietro Orseolo II]] defeat Arabs at Messina * 1005 β Pisans defeat Arabs at Messina * 1024 β [[Battle of Lemnos (1024)|Lemnos]] β Byzantines defeat Rus' fleet in the Lemnos Island * 1026 [[Battle of the HelgeΓ₯|The HelgeΓ₯]] β Danes under [[Ulf Jarl]] defeat Swedes and Norwegians under [[Anund Jacob]] and [[Olaf II Haraldsson]] (Olaf the Stout) in southern Sweden * 1032 β A joint Byzantine-[[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusa]]n squadron defeats a Muslim corsair fleet in the Adriatic * 1032 β According to one hypothesis, battle at ''Iron Gate'' mentioned in Russian chronicles was a naval battle, where [[Novgorod]] fleet tries to reach [[Tallinn Bay]], but is defeated by [[Ancient Estonia|Estonians]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=MΓ€esalu|first1=Ain|title=Could Kedipiv in East-Slavonic Chronicles be Keava hill fort?|journal=Estonian Journal of Archaeology|date=2012|volume=1|issue=16supplser|page=199|doi=10.3176/arch.2012.supv1.11|url=http://www.kirj.ee/public/Archaeology/2012/sup_vol_1/arhe-keava-2012-195-200.pdf|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014085144/http://www.kirj.ee/public/Archaeology/2012/sup_vol_1/arhe-keava-2012-195-200.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1035β1036 β Last Arab corsair raids against the [[Aegean islands]] are repulsed by the Byzantines * 1043 [[Rus'-Byzantine War (1043)|Rus'-Byzantine War]] β Byzantines defeat Rus' squadron in the Bosporus * 1062 [[Battle of NisΓ₯|NisΓ₯]] β Norwegians under Harald Hardrada defeat Danes in Kattegat * 1081 [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)|Dyrrhachium]] β Venetian-Byzantine fleet defeats Normans near Durazzo, Albania * 1084 β Normans under Robert Guiscard (20 vessels?) defeat Venetians or Byzantines in a series of battles off Albania/Corfu ===12th century=== * 1123 [//erenow.com/postclassical/crusades/465.html Ibelin] β Venetian fleet disperses Fatimid Egyptian fleet near Jaffa * 1137 Bigano β Venetians defeat Normans/Roger II of Sicily at Trani, Italy * 1149 [[Battle of Cape Malea|Cape Malea]] β Venetians and Byzantine Greeks defeat Normans * 1153 [[Siege of Ascalon]] β Venetians defeat Fatimid Arabs near Tel Aviv * 1156 January β Celtic ships defeat Viking squadron north of Scotland * 1161 Nov 16 [[Battle of Tangdao|Tangdao]] β Song forces defeat Jin forces during the [[Jurchen campaigns against the Song dynasty|JinβSong wars]] ** 26β27 Nov [[Battle of Caishi|Caishi]] β Song forces defeat [[Jin dynasty, 1115β1234|Jin]] forces * 1177 β Venetians and the Vatican defeat Genoese and Pisans * 1183 November 17 [[Battle of Mizushima|Mizushima]] β Battle off coast of [[Shikoku]] * 1184 June 15 [[Battle of Fimreite|Fimreite]] β King [[Sverre I of Norway|Sverre Sigurdsson]] of Norway defeats and kills rival King [[Magnus V of Norway|Magnus Erlingsson]] in the [[Sognefjord]] * 1185 March 22 [[Battle of Yashima|Yashima]] β Battle off coast of [[Shikoku]] ** 25 April [[Battle of Dan-no-ura|Dan-no-ura]] β Decisive victory for [[Minamoto]] clan off present-day [[Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi]], Japan, ends [[Genpei War]] ** 7 November β Byzantines under [[Alexios Branas]] defeat Normans at Demetrias ([[Volos]]), Greece ===13th century=== * 1213 May 30 and 31 [[Battle of Damme|Damme]] β English under [[William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury|William Longsword]] sink most of fleet of France's King [[Philip II of France|Philip II]] in the harbor of [[Damme]] * 1217 August 24 [[Battle of Dover (1217)|Dover (South Foreland)]] β The "Fight off Sandwich". Fleet of English Hubert and Burgh defeat French fleet of [[Eustace the Monk]] off [[Dover, England|Dover]]. There were actually 2 battles β this describes the 2nd * 1241 May 3 [[Battle of Meloria (1241)|(First) Meloria]] β Pisans under Ansaldo de Mari defeat Genoese * 1258 June 25 β [[Battle of Acre (1258)|Battle of Acre]] β Venetian fleet defeats Genoese fleet off [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] * 1263 β [[Battle of Settepozzi|Settepozzi]] β A Venetian fleet of 38 ships under [[Gilberto Dandolo]] defeats a joint Byzantine-Genoese fleet of 48 ships off the Peloponnese * 1264 β [[Battle of Saseno|Saseno]] β Genoese defeat Venetians * 1266 [[Battle of Trapani|Trapani]] β Venetians defeat Genoese * c. 1273/1275 β [[Battle of Demetrias|Demetrias]] β Byzantine fleet defeats coalition of Lombard and Venetian lords of Euboea and Crete * 1278 July 25 β [[Battle of Algeciras (1278)|Algeciras]] β Castilians vs Morocco and Granada * Before 1279 β [[Conrad Lancia]] defeats Muslim fleet near Tunisia * 1279 March 19 [[Battle of Yamen|Yamen]] β Yuan dynasty defeats Song dynasty * 1282 October 11 β Peter de Queralt defeats Angevin fleet near Reggio di Calabria ([[Action of 11 October 1282|details]]) ** 14 October β Peter de Queralt defeats Angevin fleet near Nicotera ([[Action of 14 October 1282|details]]) * 1283 July 8 [[Battle of Malta|Malta]] β Aragonese-Sicilians under [[Roger of Lauria]] defeat Angevins in Grand Harbour, Malta * 1284 June 5 [[Battle of the Gulf of Naples|Gulf of Naples]] β Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Neapolitans and capture Charles of Salerno (later [[Charles II of Naples]]) ** 6 August [[Battle of Meloria (1284)|(Second) Meloria]] β [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] utterly destroy the [[Pisa]]n fleet near Tuscany, Italy * 1285 August? (possibly mid-September) β 11 Catalan galleys defeat 25 French galleys under Guillaume de LodΓ¨ve at Rosas ** 4 September (probably) [[Battle of Les Formigues|Les Formigues (Las Hormigas)]] β Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat French under di Mari and de Orreo near Barcelona * 1287 June 23 [[Battle of the Counts|The Counts]] β Aragonese-Sicilians under Roger of Lauria defeat Angevins near Naples * 1288 [[Battle of Bach Dang (1288)|Third Battle of Bach Dang]] β Vietnamese defeat Mongols * 1294 [[Battle of Laiazzo|Laiazzo]] β Genoese defeat Venetians near [[Ayas (city)|Laiazzo]] * 1298 September 9 [[Battle of Curzola|Curzola]] β [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] fleet under [[Lamba Doria]] defeats [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] under Andrea Dandolo * 1299 July 4 [[Battle of Cape Orlando|Cape Orlando]] β Angevins under Roger of Lauria defeat Sicilians under d'Oria off northern Sicily * 1300 June 14 [[Battle of Ponza (1300)|Ponza]] β Angevins under Roger of Lauria defeat Sicilians under d'Oria near Naples ===14th century=== * 1304 August 18 (2 days) [[Battle of Zierikzee|Zierikzee]] β French fleet under [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] admiral [[Renier Grimaldi]] destroys Flemish fleet * 1319 July 23 [[Battle of Chios (1319)|Chios]] β [[Knights Hospitaller]] and Genoese of the [[Lordship of Chios]] score a crushing victory over an [[Aydinid]] fleet * 1338 September 23 [[Battle of Arnemuiden|Arnemuiden]] β [[Philip VI of France]] beats English fleet of [[Edward III of England]] off the coast of [[Zeeland]]. It was the first naval battle using artillery.<ref>Jean-Claude Castex, [https://books.google.com/books?id=U9tChhhw62AC&pg=PA18 ''Dictionnaire des batailles navales franco-anglaises''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023022742/https://books.google.com/books?id=U9tChhhw62AC&pg=PA18 |date=23 October 2022 }}, Presses de l'UniversitΓ© Laval, 2004, p.21</ref> * 1340 June 24 [[Battle of Sluys|Sluys]] β [[Edward III of England]] beats Franco-Genoese fleet of [[Philip VI of France]] off the coast of [[Flanders]] and gains control of the [[English Channel]] * 1342 [[Battle of Guernsey|Guernsey]] * 1350 August 29 (Old Style) [[Battle of L'Espagnols-sur-Mer|L'Espagnols-sur-Mer]] β 50 English ships under Edward III and the Black Prince defeat 40 Castilian ships * 1352 [[Battle of the Bosporus|Bosporus]] β Genoese under [[Paganino Doria]] vs Venetians, Byzantine Greeks and Aragonese in Bosporus Strait * 1353 August 29 [[Battle of La Loiera|La Loiera]] β Venetians and Aragonese defeat Genoese near Sardinia * 1354 [[Battle of Sapienza|Sapienza]] Genoese under [[Paganino Doria]] defeat Venetians under [[NiccolΓ² Pisani]] in the southern Peloponnese * 1363 August 30 β October 4 [[Battle of Lake Poyang|Lake Poyang]] β Mings under [[Zhu Yuanzhang]] defeat Hans under [[Chen Youliang]] * 1372 June 22 and 23 [[Battle of La Rochelle|La Rochelle]] β Castilian fleet defeats English fleet near La Rochelle * 1378 β Venetians under [[Vettor Pisani]] defeat Genoese near Cape d'Anzio * 1379 May 7 [[Battle of Pola|Pola]] β Genoese under [[Luciano Doria]] defeat Venetians under Vittore Pisani near Pula * 1380 June [[Battle of Chioggia|Chioggia]] β Venetians under [[Andrea Contarini]] defeat Genoese * 1387 March 24 and 25 [[Battle of Margate|Margate]] β [[Kingdom of England|English]] fleet under [[Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel|Richard, Earl of Arundel]] defeat [[Kingdom of France|Franco]]-[[Crown of Castile|Castilian]]-[[County of Flanders|Flemish]] wine fleet under Sir Jean de Bucq ===15th century=== * 1403 October 7 [[Battle of Modon (1403)|Modon]] β [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] fleet under the French [[Jean Le Maingre|Marshal Boucicaut]] is defeated by the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] under [[Carlo Zeno]] * 1416 May 29 [[Battle of Gallipoli (1416)|Gallipoli]] β Venetians defeat Ottoman Turks ** 15 August (OS?) [[Battle of Harfleur|Harfleur]] β English defeat French near Harfleur * 1417 β English defeat French and Genoese * 1419 β Castilians defeat English-Hanseatic fleet at La Rochelle * 1427 September Battle of Wieringen β Burgundian fleet defeats fleet of Jacqueline of Bavaria * 1427 β [[Battle of the Echinades (1427)|Battle of the Echinades]] β Byzantines defeat fleet of [[Carlo I Tocco]] * 1431 β Venetians and Florentines under [[Pietro Loredan (admiral)|Pietro Loredano]] and [[Paolodi Vanni Rucellai]] defeat Genoans under [[Francesco Spinola]] * 1448 [[Battle of San Vincenzo|San Vincenzo]] β Neapolitans defeat Florentines * 1453 April 12 β [[Fall of Constantinople]] β Turks attack Byzantine vessels defending Constantinople ** 20 April β [[Fall of Constantinople]] β Turks fail to prevent Genoese supply ships reaching Constantinople * 1457 August β 3 Polish ships defeat Danish-Livonian fleet *1463 September 15 [[Battle of Vistula Lagoon]] β Polish and Prussian Confederation victory over Teutonic Order fleet * 1476 August 13 β French defeat Genoese near Cape St. Vincent * 1478 β 11 Portuguese ships defeat and capture a Castilian fleet of 35 ships at the [[Battle of Guinea]] * 1495 May 2 β Battle of Rapallo β Genoese fleet under [[Francesco Spinola]] defeats French fleet under de Miolans, all French ships are captured. * 1499 August 12, 20, 22 and 25 [[Battle of Zonchio|Zonchio (Sapienza/Navarino/First Lepanto)]] β Turks under [[Daoud Pasha]] defeat Venetians under [[Antonio Grimani]] and are able to capture the fortress of Lepanto * 1500 August [[Battle of Lepanto (1500)|Modon (Second Lepanto)]] β Turks under [[Kemal Reis]] defeat Venetians
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