Battles on 1 August

16 battles fought (or begun) on 1 August, from 1642 to 2018, 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 1 August?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the Nile (1798), Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) (1664), Siege of Port Arthur (1904).

• Siege of Plymouth 1 August 1642 – 1 January 1646England
• Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) 1 August 1664Austria · Austro-Turkish War of 1663–1664
• Battle of Altenheim 1 August 1675Germany
• Siege of Derry 1 August 1689Northern Ireland · Williamite War in Ireland
• Battle of Minden 1 August 1759Germany · Seven Years' War
• Battle of Kagul 1 August 1770Moldova
• Battle of Rocky Mount 1 August 1780United States · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Focșani 1 August 1789Romania · Seventh Russo-Turkish War
• Battle of the Nile 1 August 1798Egypt · French invasion of Egypt and Syria
• Action of 1 August 1801 1 August 1801Libya · First Barbary War
• Battle of Bad Axe 1 August 1832 – 2 August 1832United States · Black Hawk War
• Battle of Folck's Mill 1 August 1864United States · American Civil War
• Hayfield Fight 1 August 1867United States · Red Cloud's War
• Siege of Port Arthur 1 August 1904 – 2 January 1905China · Russo-Japanese War
• Battle of Zumar 1 August 2014 – 4 August 2014Iraq · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017
• Battle of Darzab (2018) 1 August 2018At sea · Islamic State–Taliban conflict