Battles on 16 April

16 battles fought (or begun) on 16 April, from 1781 to 2015, 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 16 April?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Berlin (1945), Battle of the Seelow Heights (1945), Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) (1799).

• Battle of Porto Praya 16 April 1781Cabo Verde · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Ceva 16 April 1796Italy
• Battle of Mount Tabor (1799) 16 April 1799Israel · French invasion of Egypt and Syria
• Battle of Pyhäjoki 16 April 1808Finland · Finnish War
• Battle of Columbus (1865) 16 April 1865United States · American Civil War
• Battle of West Point 16 April 1865United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Lida (1919) 16 April 1919 – 17 April 1919Belarus · Polish–Soviet War
• Battle of the Tarigo Convoy 16 April 1941At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
• Battle of the Cigno Convoy 16 April 1943At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
• Battle of Berlin 16 April 1945 – 2 May 1945Germany · Eastern Front
• Battle of Nuremberg (1945) 16 April 1945 – 20 April 1945Germany · Western Allied invasion of Germany
• Battle of the Seelow Heights 16 April 1945 – 19 April 1945Germany · World War II
• 2013 Baga massacre 16 April 2013 – 17 April 2013Nigeria
• Battle of Jdaidet al-Fadl 16 April 2013 – 21 April 2013Syria · Syrian Civil War
• Operation Serval 16 April 2014 – 17 April 2014Mali · Mali War
• Battle of Mukalla (2015) 16 April 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War