century, 158 engagements
Battles of the 8th century
158 engagements of the 8th century are placed in the atlas: 111 battles, 43 sieges, 2 naval actions and 2 campaigns across 31 present-day countries, most in Spain (39), Turkey (26), France (23). The century's largest wars by placed engagements: Arab–Byzantine wars (25), Muslim conquests (13), Reconquista (11), Muslim conquest of Transoxiana (8).
Engagements by decade
Wars of the century 14 with pages
- Arab–Byzantine wars 25
- Muslim conquests 13
- Reconquista 11
- Muslim conquest of Transoxiana 8
- Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March 8
- Umayyad conquest of Hispania 7
- Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars 7
- Berber (Amazigh) Revolt 7
- Arab–Khazar Wars 5
- Yemeni revolt in the Wilayah of al-Andalus 5
- Abbasid Revolution 4
- Saxon Wars 3
- human history 1
- Byzantine–Lombard Wars 1
Most widely documented engagements
| Date | Engagement | Place | War |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October AD 732 | Battle of Tours | Poitiers | Muslim conquests |
| AD 711 | Umayyad conquest of Hispania | Iberian Peninsula | Muslim conquests |
| 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 | Reconquista |
| 15 August AD 778 | Battle of Roncevaux Pass | Roncevaux Pass | Expedition of Charlemagne of 778 |
| 9 June AD 721 | Battle of Toulouse | Toulouse | Muslim conquests |
| 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 719 | Umayyad invasion of Gaul | France | Muslim conquests |
| AD 800 | Battle of Brávellier | Bråviken | |
| AD 794 | Battle of Lutos | Grado | Reconquista |
| 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 | Reconquista |
| AD 782 | Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor | Asia Minor | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| 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 | Muslim conquests |
| 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 | Ardabil | Arab–Khazar Wars |
| 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 | Reconquista |
| 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 | Maymana | Muslim conquest of Transoxiana |
| AD 729 | Battle of Baykand | Paikend | Muslim conquest of Transoxiana |
| AD 774 | Battle of Berzitia | Macedonia | 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 | Ulungur River | |
| 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 | Tangier | 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 735 | Umayyad invasion of Georgia | Caucasus | Muslim conquests |
| 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 | Reconquista |
| AD 774 | Battle of Montecubeiro | Montecubeiro, Castroverde | |
| AD 755 | Siege of Pavia | Pavia | Franco-Lombard Wars |
| 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 | Reconquista |
| AD 719 | Siege of Narbonne | Narbonne | Muslim conquests |
| AD 747 | Battle of Secunda | Saqunda | Yemeni revolt in the Wilayah of al-Andalus |
| AD 730 | Battle of Bajarwan | Shirvan | Arab–Khazar Wars |
| June AD 718 | Battle of Adrianópolis | Hadrianopolis | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 760 | Battle of Hereford | Hereford | |
| AD 743 | Battle of Epfach | Epfach | |
| AD 722 | Battle of Olalíes | Proaza | Reconquista |
| 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 | Arab–Khazar Wars |
| AD 704 | Battle of Sis | Sis | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 720 | Umayyad invasions of Asia Minor | Asia Minor | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 707 | Muslim attacks in the Balearic Islands | Balearic Islands | Muslim conquests |
| AD 725 | Siege of Carcassonne | Carcassonne | Muslim conquests |
| AD 736 | Siege of Anakopia | Anacopia Fortress | Arab–Khazar Wars |
| AD 735 | Siege to Pelayo | Picos de Europa | Reconquista |
| AD 778 | Battle of Germanicia | Kahramanmaraş | |
| AD 779 | Battle of Bensington | Benson | |
| AD 720 | Battle of Pencon | Archenfield | |
| AD 715 | Battle of Woden's Burg | Adam's Grave | |
| AD 795 | Battle of the Nalón River | Nalón | Reconquista |
| 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 | Isawa district | |
| AD 780 | First Viking attack on England | England | human history |
| AD 748 | Friday Battle | Khorasan | Abbasid Revolution |
| AD 742 | Battle of Córdoba | Córdoba | Berber revolt in the Wilayah of al-Andalus |
| AD 741 | Kairouan Offensive | Ifriqiya | Berber (Amazigh) Revolt |
| AD 740 | Battle of Sebou | Sebou River | Berber (Amazigh) Revolt |
| AD 741 | Siege of Gafsa | Gabès | Berber (Amazigh) Revolt |
| AD 792 | Battle of Ad Pontes | Martorell | Carolingian conquest of the Spanish March |
| AD 794 | Raid of 794 | Kingdom of Asturias | Reconquista |
| 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 | O Cádavo | Reconquista |
| AD 754 | Battle of the Susa Valley | Susa Valley | Franco-Lombard Wars |
| AD 790 | Battle of Tahert | Tiaret | |
| AD 748 | Battle of Jurjān | Gorgan | Abbasid Revolution |
| AD 737 | Battle of Volga River | Volga | Arab–Khazar Wars |
| AD 776 | Siege of Ancyra | Ancyra | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 781 | Battle of Caesarea | Caesarea of Cappadocia | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 778 | Germanikeia Campaign | Germanicia | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 779 | Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor | Asia Minor | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 790 | Battle of Gulf of Attaleia | Gulf of Antalya | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 798 | Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor | Asia Minor | 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 741 | Umayyad invasion of Asia Minor | Melitene | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 795 | Battle of Anusan | Limonlu Çayı | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 780 | Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor | Asia Minor | Arab–Byzantine wars |
| AD 756 | Bulgarian campaigns of Constantine V | Thrace | Byzantine–Bulgarian 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 | Muslim conquests |
| 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 | Samur | Muslim conquests |
The 158 most widely documented engagements of the century are listed; the war pages list every placed engagement by date.