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This category includes historical naval battles in which Vikings (8th century–11th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information.
As they had little to fear from other European countries invading the inhospitable regions of Scandinavia, most naval battles were fought amongst Vikings themselves, "Dane against Norwegian, Swede against Norwegian, Swede against Dane." [45] Most Viking-on-Viking naval battles were little more than infantry battles on a floating platform ...
unnamed battle [1] 1745 (three days) modern Ft. Thomas, Kentucky: Shawnee vs Miami & Cherokee: Siege of Logan's Fort [2] [3] May 23-June 1, 1777 modern Stanford, Kentucky: American Revolutionary War: Western theater: 1 Kentucky settlers vs Shawnees & allies Siege of Boonesborough: September 7–18, 1778 modern Boonesborough, Kentucky: American ...
This category includes historical battles in which Vikings (8th century–11th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles involving the Vikings .
The Battle of Svolder (Svold or Swold) [1] was a large naval battle during the Viking age, fought in September 1000 in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf of Norway and an alliance of the Kings of Denmark and Sweden and Olaf's enemies in Norway.
The Battle of Sandwich in 851 was the first known naval battle in English history. It was a Kentish victory against a Danish Viking fleet. [1]In 851 King Æthelwulf of Wessex scored a major victory at the battle of Aclea over an army drawn from 350 Danish ships.
This battle occurred in 1794, during the height of the Age of Sail. This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval warfare with the Hittites in the 12th century BC to piracy off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. If a battle has no ...
The Battle of Hjǫrungavágr (Norwegian: Slaget ved Hjørungavåg) is a semi-legendary naval battle that took place in the late 10th century between the Jarls of Lade and a Danish invasion fleet led by the fabled Jomsvikings. This battle played an important role in the struggle by Haakon Sigurdsson (c. 937 – 995) to unite his rule over Norway ...