Battles on 5 April
13 battles fought (or begun) on 5 April, from 1799 to 2009, 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 5 April?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Maipú (1818), Siege of Yorktown (1862) (1862), Battle of Magnano (1799).
- Battle of Magnano 5 April 1799Italy · War of the Second Coalition
- Siege of Huajuapan de León 5 April 1812 – 23 July 1812Mexico · Mexican War of Independence
- Battle of Möckern 5 April 1813Germany · German campaign of 1813
- Battle of Maipú 5 April 1818Chile · Chilean War of Independence
- Siege of Yorktown (1862) 5 April 1862 – 4 May 1862United States · Peninsula Campaign
- Battle of Amelia Springs 5 April 1865United States · American Civil War
- Siege of Alexandrovsky fort 5 April 1870 – 9 April 1870Kazakhstan
- Blockade of Iquique 5 April 1879Chile · War of the Pacific
- Battle of Les Éparges 5 April 1915France · World War I
- Battle of Rautu 5 April 1918Russia · Finnish Civil War
- Battle of the Avre 5 April 1918France · World War I
- Second Battle of Dernancourt 5 April 1918France
- Battle of Aanandapuram 5 April 2009Sri Lanka · Sri Lankan civil war