Battles on 12 April

16 battles fought (or begun) on 12 April, from 1753 to 1974, in date order. Dates are from Wikidata and are shown only for battles from 1600 onwards with a single exact date. Dates recorded in the Julian (Old Style) calendar are listed under their Julian day and marked.

Which battles happened on 12 April?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Montenotte (1796), Battle of Fort Pillow (1864), Battle of Providien (1782).

• Battle of Seringham 12 April 1753 – 8 June 1753India · Second Carnatic War
• Battle of Providien 12 April 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
• Siege of Port-au-Prince (1793) 12 April 1793 – 14 April 1793Haiti · Haitian Revolution
• Battle of Montenotte 12 April 1796Italy · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797
• Siege of Acapulco (1813) 12 April 1813Mexico · Mexican War of Independence
• Battle of Casaglia 12 April 1815Italy · Neapolitan War
• Siege of Medina Fort 12 April 1857 – 18 July 1857Mali
• Capture of Mỹ Tho 12 April 1861Vietnam · Cochinchina campaign
• Battle of Fort Bisland 12 April 1863 – 13 April 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Blair's Landing 12 April 1864 – 13 April 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Fort Pillow 12 April 1864United States · American Civil War
• Siege of Mexico City 12 April 1867 – 21 June 1867Mexico · Second French intervention in Mexico
• Hornkranz massacre 12 April 1893Namibia
• Battle of Shaiba 12 April 1915 – 14 April 1915Iraq · Mesopotamian campaign
• Liberation of Arnhem 12 April 1945 – 16 April 1945Netherlands · liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation
• Battle of Tong Le Chon 12 April 1974Vietnam