Battles on 5 August
20 battles fought (or begun) on 5 August, from 1619 to 2020, 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 5 August?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Petrovaradin (1716), Battle of Castiglione (1796), Battle of Dogger Bank (1781) (1781).
- Battle of Wisternitz 5 August 1619Czechia · Thirty Years' War
- Battle of Jakobstadt 5 August 1704Latvia · Great Northern War
- Siege of Bouchain (1711) 5 August 1711 – 12 September 1711France · War of the Spanish Succession
- Battle of Petrovaradin 5 August 1716Serbia · Ottoman Wars in Europe
- Battle of Dogger Bank (1781) 5 August 1781At sea · Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of Castiglione 5 August 1796Italy · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of Brownstown 5 August 1812United States · War of 1812
- Battle of Matrand 5 August 1814Norway · Swedish-Norwegian War 1814
- Battle of Szőreg 5 August 1849Hungary · Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- Battle of Athens (1861) 5 August 1861United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) 5 August 1862United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Utoy Creek 5 August 1864 – 7 August 1864United States · American Civil War
- Massacre Canyon 5 August 1873United States
- Battle of Kafr El Dawwar 5 August 1882Egypt · Anglo-Egyptian War
- Convoy de la Victoria 5 August 1936Spain · Spanish Civil War
- Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp 5 August 1944Poland · Warsaw Uprising
- Battle of Masan 5 August 1950 – 19 September 1950South Korea · Korean War
- Battle of P'ohang-dong 5 August 1950 – 20 August 1950South Korea · Korean War
- Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2015) 5 August 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Mocímboa da Praia offensive 5 August 2020 – 21 August 2020Mozambique