Battles on 18 April
19 battles fought (or begun) on 18 April, from 1702 to 2017, 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 18 April?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Ruhr pocket (1945), Battle of Dybbøl (1864), Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip (1862).
- Siege of Kaiserswerth 18 April 1702 – 15 June 1702Germany · War of the Spanish Succession
- Battle of Great Cacapon 18 April 1756United States · French and Indian War
- Battle of Neuwied (1797) 18 April 1797Germany · War of the First Coalition
- Battle of Siikajoki 18 April 1808Finland · Finnish War
- Battle of the Bridge of Amarante 18 April 1809 – 2 May 1809Portugal · Peninsular War
- Battle of Africa Point 18 April 1813United States · War of 1812
- Battle of Artaza 18 April 1835 – 22 April 1835Spain · First Carlist War
- Battle of Cerro Gordo 18 April 1847Mexico · Mexican-American War
- Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip 18 April 1862 – 28 April 1862United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Fayetteville (1863) 18 April 1863United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Dybbøl 18 April 1864Denmark · Second Schleswig War
- Battle of Poison Spring 18 April 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Boykin's Mill 18 April 1865United States
- Battle of Buenavista 18 April 1880Peru · War of the Pacific
- Battle of Rumbo 18 April 1917Tanzania · East African Campaign
- Battle of Tempe Gorge 18 April 1941Greece · World War II in the Balkans
- Battle of Nanos 18 April 1942Slovenia · World War II
- Ruhr pocket 18 April 1945Germany · Western Front
- Battle of Gourma-Rharous (2017) 18 April 2017Mali