Battles on 19 August
22 battles fought (or begun) on 19 August, from 1642 to 2019, 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 19 August?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Liberation of Paris (1944), Dieppe Raid (1942), Battle of Slankamen (1691).
- Battle of San Salvador (1642) 19 August 1642 – 26 August 1642Taiwan · Eighty Years' War
- Battle of Winwick 19 August 1648England · Second English Civil War
- Battle of Slankamen 19 August 1691Serbia · Great Turkish War
- Siege of Fort Massachusetts 19 August 1746 – 20 August 1746United States · King George's War
- Battle of Paulus Hook 19 August 1779United States · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Blue Licks 19 August 1782United States · American Indian Wars
- USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere 19 August 1812At sea · War of 1812
- Battle of Yaguachi 19 August 1821Ecuador
- Battle of the Barrier 19 August 1840Macau · First Opium War
- Second siege of Szenttamás 19 August 1848Serbia
- Grattan massacre 19 August 1854United States · Sioux Wars
- Battles of New Ulm 19 August 1862United States · Dakota War of 1862
- Siege of Masbate 19 August 1898Philippines · Philippine Revolution
- Battle of Marrakesh 19 August 1908Morocco · Hafidiya
- Battle of Dornach (1914) 19 August 1914France · World War I
- Battle of Morhange 19 August 1914 – 20 August 1914France · World War I
- Action of 19 August 1916 19 August 1916At sea · World War I
- Battle of Irún 19 August 1936 – 5 September 1936Spain · Spanish Civil War
- Dieppe Raid 19 August 1942France · North West Europe Campaign
- Liberation of Paris 19 August 1944 – 25 August 1944France · Operation Overlord
- Siege of Lawdar (2010) 19 August 2010 – 25 August 2010Yemen · Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- 2019 Koutougou attack 19 August 2019Burkina Faso · Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso