Battles on 31 August
17 battles fought (or begun) on 31 August, from 1638 to 1951, 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 31 August?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Trocadero (1823), Battle of Noisseville (1870), Battle of Bazeilles (1870).
- Battle of Cabañas 31 August 1638 – 3 September 1638Cuba · Eighty Years' War
- Siege of Zoutleeuw 31 August 1705 – 5 September 1705Belgium · War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Temeşvar (1716) 31 August 1716 – 12 October 1716Romania · Ottoman–Habsburg Wars
- Battle of San Marcial 31 August 1813France · Peninsular War
- Battle of Caulk's Field 31 August 1814United States · War of 1812
- Battle of Trocadero 31 August 1823Spain · Royalist War
- Battle of Punta Malpelo 31 August 1828Peru · Gran Colombia–Peru War
- Battle of Jonesborough 31 August 1864 – 1 September 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Bazeilles 31 August 1870 – 1 September 1870France · Franco-Prussian War
- Battle of Noisseville 31 August 1870France · Franco-Prussian War
- Battle of Lioma 31 August 1918Mozambique · East African Campaign
- Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin 31 August 1918 – 3 September 1918France · Hundred Days Offensive
- Battle of the Sierra Guadalupe 31 August 1936Spain · Extremadura campaign
- Battle of Isurava 31 August 1942Papua New Guinea · World War II
- Battle of Haman 31 August 1950 – 19 September 1950South Korea · Korean War
- Battle of Nam River 31 August 1950 – 19 September 1950South Korea · Korean War
- Battle of the Punchbowl 31 August 1951 – 21 September 1951South Korea · Korean War