1187 events
Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at the Battle of Durbe.
Mongol invasions of Anatolia: Mongols achieved a decisive victory over the Seljuq Turks, leading to the decline and disi
Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols entered and began looting Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty of China, after a 13-month
Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': Mongol forces defeated a Kievan Rus' army at the Battle of the Kalka River in present-da
First Barons' War: English forces under William Marshal defeated French troops at the Battle of Lincoln
A Mongol army under Genghis Khan captures Zhongdu (modern Beijing), the capital of the Jin dynasty
A Mongol army under Genghis Khan captured Zhongdu (modern Beijing), the capital of the Jin dynasty of China
Philip II of France decisively won the Battle of Bouvines, the conclusive battle of the 1213–1214 Anglo-French War.
A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of…
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Troops of the Lombard League defeated forces of the Holy Roman Empire near Legnano
Norman mercenaries landed at Bannow Bay in Leinster, beginning the Norman invasion of Ireland
Crusades: The siege of Damascus ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, leading to the disintegration of the…
The Crusades: The siege of Shaizar ended, and the Emir of Shaizar became a vassal of the Byzantine Empire
William Clito defeated Thierry of Alsace in a battle over the succession to the title of Count of Flanders
Baldwin I of Jerusalem captured Beirut from the Fatimid Caliphate with the help of a Genoese fleet
During his invasion of Scotland, Siward, Earl of Northumbria, defeated Macbeth, King of Scotland, in an engagement…
The Vikings were defeated by the Irish at the Battle of Clontarf
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Byzantine forces defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion in the…
Arab–Byzantine wars: After initial Byzantine gains at the Battle of Apamea, a lone Kurdish rider killed Byzantine…
Arab–Byzantine wars: Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, was sacked by Saracen raiders.