Battles on 25 August

18 battles fought (or begun) on 25 August, from 1644 to 1991, 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 25 August?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Vukovar (1991), Battle of Zorndorf (1758), Battle of Liaoyang (1904).

• Siege of Philippsburg (1644) 25 August 1644 – 12 September 1644Germany · Thirty Years' War
• Battle of Wigan Lane 25 August 1651England · Third English Civil War
• Battle of Łowicz 25 August 1656Poland · Second Northern War
• Battle of Walcourt 25 August 1689Belgium · Nine Years' War
• Battle of Zorndorf 25 August 1758 (Julian calendar)Poland · Seven Years' War
• Battle of Trincomalee 25 August 1782 – 3 September 1782Sri Lanka · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Piteå 25 August 1809Sweden · Finnish War
• Battle of Vasilika 25 August 1821 (Julian calendar)Greece · Greek War of Independence
• Passaleão incident 25 August 1849Macau
• Manassas Station Operations 25 August 1862 – 27 August 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Brownsville, Arkansas 25 August 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Smithfield Crossing 25 August 1864 – 29 August 1864United States · American Civil War
• Second Battle of Ream's Station 25 August 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Liaoyang 25 August 1904 – 5 September 1904China · Russo-Japanese War
• Battle of Tepe 25 August 1914Nigeria · Kamerun campaign
• Battle of Blair Mountain 25 August 1921 – 2 September 1921United States · West Virginia coal wars
• Battle of Milne Bay 25 August 1942 – 7 September 1942Papua New Guinea · New Guinea campaign
• Battle of Vukovar 25 August 1991 – 18 November 1991Croatia · Croatian War of Independence