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Arab–Byzantine wars: Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, was sacked by Saracen raiders.
Arab–Byzantine wars: Led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid forces captured the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina,…
Arab–Byzantine wars: The city of Syracuse was captured by the Aghlabids (pictured) as part of the Muslim conquest of Sic
Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine Empire decisively defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon,…
Rus' forces sailed into the Bosporus in a fleet of about 200 vessels and started pillaging the suburbs of Constantinople
Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine navy began a raid on the Nile Delta port city of Damietta, whose garrison was absent
Viking expansion: A Viking fleet arrived near Seville, then part of the Emirate of Córdoba, and began a raid of the…
Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the…
Byzantine emperor Michael I Rangabe (depicted), under threat by conspiracies, abdicated in favor of his general Leo…
Arab–Byzantine wars: The Abbasid army departed Raqqa in northern Syria to begin an invasion of Byzantine-controlled Asia
Pope Leo III was attacked by partisans of his predecessor Adrian I, but was rescued and taken to Charlemagne, as describ
The Abbasid army won a decisive victory over the forces of rebelling Armenian princes at the Battle of Bagrevand
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana: Türgesh tribesmen attacked and captured the exposed baggage train of the Umayyad army,…
Forces of the Umayyad Caliphate abandoned a year-long siege of Constantinople, ending their goal of conquering the…
Gregory II began his pontificate; his conflict with Byzantine emperor Leo III eventually led to the establishment of the
Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of…
The Picts defeated the Northumbrians at the Battle of Dun Nechtain, severely weakening the latter's power in northern Gr
Second Fitna: The Battle of al-Harra was fought between Umayyad forces and the rebel defenders of Medina at a lava…
Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of Muhammad, was killed at the Battle of Karbala (depicted) by the forces of Yazid I, whom…
Unable to penetrate the city's defences, the Sclaveni gave up their siege of the Byzantine city of Thessalonica.