Battles on 13 December

14 battles fought (or begun) on 13 December, from 1640 to 1964, 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 13 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the River Plate (1939), Battle of Cape Bon (1941) (1941), Battle of Le Mans (1793) (1793).

• Battle of Cambrils 13 December 1640 – 16 December 1640Spain · Reapers' War
• Battle of Alton 13 December 1643England · English Civil War
• Battle of Bramber Bridge 13 December 1643England
• Battle of Le Mans (1793) 13 December 1793France · War in the Vendée
• Battle of Sehested 13 December 1813Germany · War of the Sixth Coalition
• Battle of Rika 13 December 1848Romania · Hungarian Revolution of 1848
• Battle of La Ebonal 13 December 1859United States · Cortina Troubles
• Battle of Camp Allegheny 13 December 1861United States · American Civil War
• Second Battle of Fort McAllister 13 December 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Nooitgedacht 13 December 1900South Africa · Second Boer War
• Second Battle of the Corunna Road 13 December 1936 – 15 January 1937Spain · Spanish Civil War
• Battle of the River Plate 13 December 1939At sea · American Theater
• Battle of Cape Bon (1941) 13 December 1941Tunisia · Battle of the Mediterranean
• Action of 13 December 1964 13 December 1964At sea · Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation