# List of battles involving Frisia

This is a list of battles and wars of Frisia or Friesland.
The historical context is as follows:
* 600-734 Frisian Dukes
* 734-1156 Frankish rule
* 1156-1498 time of Frisian freedom
* 1498-1744 rule by dukes and Stadtholders.

## List
### Early battles

* 28 - Battle of Baduhenna Wood, against the Romans
* ca 450 - Battle of Finnburg, legendary battle of king Finn against the Danes
* ca 525 - Battle on the Rhine, against the Danes

### The Age of the Kings

* Frisian–Frankish wars
* 689 - Battle of Dorestad
* 716 - Battle of Cologne
* 716 - Battle of Amblève
* 734 - Battle of the Boarn

### The Age of the Franks

* 873 - Battle of Dokkum / Battle of Oostergo against the Vikings.
* 884 - Battle of Norditi, against the Vikings.
* 993 - Battle of Winkel, rebellion against Arnulf, Count of Holland
* 1018 - Battle of Vlaardingen, Dirk III, Count of Holland against the Holy Roman Emperor

### Frisian freedom

* 1076 - Battle of Iselmonde
* 1151 - Battle of Mildeburch, Nordfrisian against the Danes
* 1252 - Battle of Oldenswort, against the king of Danmark
* 1254 - Battle of Sieverner Specken, against the knights of Bederkesa and Holsel
* 1256 - Battle of Heechwâld, against the count of Holland
* 1282 - Battle of Schellinkhout, against the count of Holland
* 1297 - Battle of Froanen, against the count of Holland
* 1340 - Conquest of the Sibetsburg by the Wursten Frisians
* 1344 - Battle of Langsundtoft, against the Danes
* 1345 - Battle of Warns, against the count of Holland
* 1380 - Battle of Arum, muontsen fan it kleaster Ludingatsjerke tsjin dy fan it Aldekleaster
* 1380 - Battle of Loppersum, House Abdena vs. House Tom Brok
* 1392 - Conquest of Ritzebüttel-Cuxhaven castle by the Wursten Frisians
* 1396 - Battle of Schoterzijl, against the count of Holland

#### Crusades

* 1218 - Fifth Crusade, Frisian crusaders against Damietta
* 1270 - Eighth Crusade, Frisian crusaders against the Moors

#### Vetkopers and Schieringers

* 1397 - Battle op de Menamer-mieden
* 1429 - Battle of Sondel
* 1457 - Battle of Westerstede, against Oldenburg
* 1463 - Battle of Mounesyl, battle during the Donia war
* 1492 - Battle of Barrahuis

#### The Great Frisian War

* 1417 - Battle of Okswerderzijl, Sikke Sjaarda against Keno II tom Brok
* 1418 - Battle of Dokkum, Skieringers against Fokko Ukena
* 1419 - Battle of Miedum, Vetkoppers against Sikke Sjaarda
* 1420 - Battle near the Paelesleat, Sikke Sjaarda against Fokko Ukena
* 1420 - Battle of Sloten, Schieringers against Fokko Ukena

#### East Frisia liberty wars

* 1426 - Battle of Detern, Fokko Ukena against Okko tom Brok
* 1427 - Battle of the Wild Fields, Fokko Ukena against Okko tom Brok
* 1433 - Battle of Bargebur, Fokko Ukena against Ulrich Cirksena

### Division of Friesland

* 1496 - Battle of Sleat,
* 1498 - Battle of Laaxum, against Albert III, Duke of Saxony
* 1500 - Battle of Bomstersyl, against Albert III, Duke of Saxony
* 1514 - Battle of Hartwarden, against the count of Bremen (Christopher the Spendthrift of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Wolfenbüttel))

#### Saxon feud

* 1514 - Battle of Appingedam, Edzard the Great against the Holy Roman Empire
* 1515-1517 - rebellion of Grutte Pier, against the Dutch and Saxony
* 1517 - Battle of the Wremer Djip, resulting in the death of Tjede Peckes
* 1524 - Battle of Mulsum, last battle of the Land of Wursten against the archbishop of Bremen at Mulsum

### Eighty Years' War

* 1568 - Battle of Heiligerlee, against the Spanish
* 1568 - Battle of Jemgum, against the Spanish
* 1586 - Battle of Boksum, against the Spanish