Battles on 12 December

8 battles fought (or begun) on 12 December, from 1782 to 1994, 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 12 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Tolvajärvi (1939), Siege of Belgrade (1806) (1806), Action of 11–12 December 1917 (1917).

• Action of 12 December 1782 12 December 1782Spain · American Revolutionary War
• Siege of Belgrade (1806) 12 December 1806 – 26 December 1806Serbia · First Serbian Uprising
• Battle of Mendaza 12 December 1834Spain · First Carlist War
• Action of 11–12 December 1917 12 December 1917At sea · World War I
• Kharkiv Operation (December 1919) 12 December 1919Ukraine · Russian Civil War
• Battle of Tolvajärvi 12 December 1939Russia · Winter War
• Battle of Phước Long 12 December 1974 – 6 January 1975Vietnam · Vietnam War
• Battle of Dolinskoye 12 December 1994 – 22 December 1994Russia · First Chechen War