Battles in Sri Lanka

16 battles and sieges whose recorded location lies within the modern borders of Sri Lanka (Asia), ordered by date.

Early modern · 19th century · Post-1945

Early modern (1500–1799) · 7

• Siege of Kotte (1557–1558) 1557Sri Lanka
• Battle of Mulleriyawa 1559Sri Lanka · Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts
• Battle of Gannoruwa 1638Sri Lanka · Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts
• Siege of Galle (1640) 1640Sri Lanka
• Dutch–Portuguese War 1654Sri Lanka · Dutch–Portuguese War
• Battle of Trincomalee 1782Sri Lanka · American Revolutionary War
• Capture of Trincomalee 1782Sri Lanka · Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

19th century (1800–1913) · 1

• Action of 9 July 1806 1806Sri Lanka · Napoleonic Wars

Post-1945 (1946 onwards) · 8

• Battle of Nelliady 1987Sri Lanka
• Battle of Mullaitivu (1996) 1996Sri Lanka · Eelam War III
• Battle of Kanakarayankulam (1997) 1997Sri Lanka · Sri Lankan civil war
• Battle of Kilinochchi (1998) 1998Sri Lanka · Sri Lankan civil war
• Second Battle of Elephant Pass 2000Sri Lanka · Sri Lankan civil war
• Battle of Kilinochchi (2008–2009) 2008Sri Lanka · Sri Lankan civil war
• Battle off the coast of Jaffna 2008Sri Lanka
• Battle of Aanandapuram 2009Sri Lanka · Sri Lankan civil war