Battle of Roncevaux Pass

When

19 Aug 778

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

42.99° N, 1.33° W

Description

778 battle between Charlemagne and Basques

8th-century battle in France

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's army in Roncevaux Pass, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present border between France and Spain, after his invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Roncevaux Pass (Pyrenees): Charlemagne is defeated by the Basques”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nachdem die Franken die Pyrenäen überschritten, Pamplona zerstört und Saragossa (vergeblich) belagert haben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite des armées franques à la bataille de Roncevaux”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Вторжение Карла Великого в Испанию”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Vascos aniquilan a la retaguardia de los francos de Carlomagno en el paso de Roncesvalles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد گذرگاه رونسوو (پیرنه): شارلمانی توسط باسک‌ها شکست خورد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月15日，巴斯克人与穆斯林结盟，伏击查理曼的后卫部队于庇里牛斯山的隆塞斯瓦耶斯隘口，击毙查理曼之侄罗兰，是為隆塞斯瓦耶斯隘口戰役，史诗《罗兰之歌》即取材于此”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ロンスヴォーの戦いが起きる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page