Battles on 26 August

25 battles fought (or begun) on 26 August, from 1652 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 26 August?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Dresden (1813), Battle of Baku (1918), Battle of Mulhouse (1914).

• Battle of Plymouth (1652) 26 August 1652At sea · First Anglo-Dutch War
• Battle of Olasch 26 August 1696Romania · Great Turkish War
• Battle of Fort Frontenac 26 August 1758 – 28 August 1758Canada · Seven Years' War
• Battle of Batin 26 August 1810Bulgaria · Eighth Russo-Turkish War
• Battle of Dresden 26 August 1813 – 27 August 1813Germany · German campaign of 1813
• Battle of the Katzbach 26 August 1813Poland · German campaign of 1813
• Second Battle of St. Michaels 26 August 1813United States · War of 1812
• Battle of Las Tres Acequias 26 August 1814Chile · Chilean War of Independence
• Siege of Cartagena (1815) 26 August 1815 – 6 December 1815Colombia · Colombian War of Independence
• Battle of Amoy 26 August 1841China · First Opium War
• Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes 26 August 1861United States
• Battle of Sędziejowice 26 August 1863Poland · January Uprising
• Battle of White Sulphur Springs 26 August 1863 – 27 August 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Komarów (1914) 26 August 1914 – 2 September 1914Poland · WWI Eastern Front
• Battle of Le Cateau 26 August 1914France · Great Retreat
• Battle of Mulhouse 26 August 1914France · World War I
• Battle of the Trouée de Charmes 26 August 1914France · World War I
• Rearguard Affair of Le Grand Fayt 26 August 1914France · Western Front
• Siege of Mora 26 August 1914 – 18 February 1916Cameroon · Kamerun campaign
• Battle of Vilnius (1915) 26 August 1915 – 2 October 1915Lithuania · WWI Eastern Front
• Battle of Baku 26 August 1918 – 14 September 1918Azerbaijan · World War I
• Battle of the Scarpe 26 August 1918 – 30 August 1918France · Western Front
• Battle of Pookkottur 26 August 1921India
• Battle of Ongulumbashe 26 August 1966Angola
• Battle of the Jabara Valley 26 August 2019 – 29 August 2019Saudi Arabia · Yemeni Civil War