Battles on 7 August
21 battles fought (or begun) on 7 August, from 1604 to 2014, 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 7 August?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Boyacá (1819), Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo (1942), Battle for Brest (1944).
- Battle of the Gulf of Cádiz 7 August 1604At sea · Anglo-Spanish War
- Battle of Portlester 7 August 1643Ireland · Irish Confederate Wars
- Battle of Grengam 7 August 1720Aland · Great Northern War
- Cherbourg raid 7 August 1758 – 16 August 1758France · Seven Years' War
- Battle of Caesar's Camp 7 August 1793France · War of the First Coalition
- Battle of Boyacá 7 August 1819Colombia · Colombian War of Independence
- Katamanso War 7 August 1826At sea
- Bombardment of Sveaborg 7 August 1855 – 9 August 1855Finland · Crimean War
- Battle of Tres Forcas 7 August 1856Morocco
- Battle of Moorefield 7 August 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of the Badlands 7 August 1864 – 9 August 1864United States · Sioux Wars
- Battle of Jajce (1878) 7 August 1878Bosnia and Herzegovina · Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878
- Battle of Chunuk Bair 7 August 1915 – 19 August 1915Turkey · World War I
- Battle of the Nek 7 August 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle of Almendralejo 7 August 1936 – 15 August 1936Spain · Extremadura campaign
- Battle of Sigüenza 7 August 1936Spain · Spanish Civil War
- Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo 7 August 1942 – 9 August 1942Solomon Islands · World War II
- Battle for Brest 7 August 1944 – 19 September 1944France · Operation Overlord
- Battle of the Sittang Bend 7 August 1945Myanmar · Burma Campaign
- Siege of Surakarta 7 August 1949Indonesia · Indonesian National Revolution
- Battle of Arsal (2014) 7 August 2014Lebanon