Battles on 3 August

17 battles fought (or begun) on 3 August, from 1601 to 1942, 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 3 August?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Operation Pedestal (1942), Siege of Fort William Henry (1757), Battle of Romani (1916).

• Battle of Guruslău 3 August 1601Romania · Long War
• Siege of Groenlo (1606) 3 August 1606 – 9 November 1606Netherlands · Spinola's campaign
• Siege of Malacca (1640–1641) 3 August 1640 – 14 January 1641Malaysia · Dutch–Portuguese War
• Battle of Freiburg 3 August 1644 – 9 August 1644Germany · Thirty Years' War
• Battle of Nördlingen (1645) 3 August 1645Germany · Thirty Years' War
• Battle of Steenkerque 3 August 1692Belgium · Nine Years' War
• Battle of Trencsén 3 August 1708Slovakia · Rákóczi’s War of Independence
• Battle of Ambur 3 August 1749India · Second Carnatic War
• Siege of Fort William Henry 3 August 1757 – 9 August 1757United States · Seven Years' War
• Battle of Negapatam (1758) 3 August 1758India · Seven Years' War
• Battle of Lonato 3 August 1796 – 4 August 1796Italy · French Revolutionary Wars
• Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor 3 August 1804 – 10 September 1804Libya · First Barbary War
• Battle of Conjocta Creek 3 August 1814United States · War of 1812
• Siege of the Acropolis (1826–1827) 3 August 1826 – 25 May 1827Greece · Greek War of Independence
• Battle of Romani 3 August 1916 – 5 August 1916Egypt · Middle Eastern theater of World War I
• Battle of Fismes and Fismette 3 August 1918 – 1 September 1918France
• Operation Pedestal 3 August 1942 – 15 August 1942Spain · Battle of the Mediterranean