Battles on 17 April

15 battles fought (or begun) on 17 April, from 1664 to 1975, 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 17 April?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Second Battle of Gaza (1917), Fall of Phnom Penh (1975), Warsaw Uprising (1794) (1794).

• Siege of Nitra (1664) 17 April 1664 – 3 May 1664Slovakia
• Battle of Martinique (1780) 17 April 1780At sea · American Revolutionary War
• Colbert raid 17 April 1783United States · American Revolutionary War
• Siege of Landrecies (1794) 17 April 1794 – 30 April 1794France · War of the First Coalition
• Warsaw Uprising (1794) 17 April 1794 – 19 April 1794Poland · Kościuszko Uprising
• Action of April 17, 1837 17 April 1837United States
• Battle of Ramales 17 April 1839 – 12 May 1839Spain · First Carlist War
• Battle of El Número 17 April 1849Dominican Republic · War of Dominican Independence
• Battle of Vermilion Bayou 17 April 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of the Hills 17 April 1917 – 20 April 1917France · Western Front
• Second Battle of Gaza 17 April 1917 – 19 April 1917Palestine · Middle Eastern theater of World War I
• Operation Ichi-Go 17 April 1944 – 25 May 1944China · Operation Ichi-Go
• Battle of Otterlo 17 April 1945Netherlands
• Battle of the Hongorai River 17 April 1945 – 22 May 1945Papua New Guinea · Pacific War
• Fall of Phnom Penh 17 April 1975Cambodia