Battles on 9 August
21 battles fought (or begun) on 9 August, from 1638 to 2022, 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 9 August?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Bakhmut (2022), Operation Olive Branch (2019), Battle of Doiran (1916) (1916).
- Battle of Wittenweiher 9 August 1638Germany · Thirty Years' War
- Battle of Poznań (1704) 9 August 1704Poland · Great Northern War
- Action of 9 August 1780 9 August 1780At sea · American Revolutionary War
- Siege of Lyon 9 August 1793 – 9 October 1793France · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of Maguaga 9 August 1812United States · War of 1812
- Battle of Langnes 9 August 1814Norway · Swedish-Norwegian War 1814
- Battle of Akhaltsikhe 9 August 1828Georgia · Ninth Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Temesvár 9 August 1849Romania · Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- Battle of Cedar Mountain 9 August 1862United States · American Civil War
- First Battle of Donaldsonville 9 August 1862United States · American Civil War
- Siege of Fort Morgan 9 August 1864 – 23 August 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of the Big Hole 9 August 1877United States · Nez Perce War
- Battle of Bir el Abd 9 August 1916Egypt · Middle Eastern theater of World War I
- Battle of Doiran (1916) 9 August 1916 – 18 August 1916Greece · Macedonian Front
- Battle for Hill 140 9 August 1944France · World War II
- Battle of Nanpeng Island 9 August 1950At sea · Chinese Civil War
- Battle of Ventersdorp 9 August 1991South Africa
- Battle of the Kodori Valley 9 August 2008 – 12 August 2008Georgia · Russo-Georgian War
- Battle off the coast of Abkhazia 9 August 2008 – 10 August 2008Georgia · Russo-Georgian War
- Operation Olive Branch 9 August 2019Syria · Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- Battle of Bakhmut 9 August 2022 – 7 January 2024Ukraine · Battle of Donbas