Battles on 15 December

10 battles fought (or begun) on 15 December, from 1701 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 15 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Teruel (1937), Battle of Aladzha (1877), Second Battle of Colenso (1899).

• Battle of Tryškiai 15 December 1701 – 16 December 1701Lithuania
• Battle of St. Lucia 15 December 1778Saint Lucia · American Revolutionary War
• First Battle of Arquijas 15 December 1834Spain · First Carlist War
• Battle of Aladzha 15 December 1877Turkey · Tenth Russo-Turkish War
• Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment 15 December 1879 – 23 December 1879Afghanistan · Second Anglo-Afghan War
• Battle of Halai 15 December 1894 – 18 December 1894Eritrea · Scramble for Africa
• Second Battle of Colenso 15 December 1899South Africa · Second Boer War
• Battle of Teruel 15 December 1937 – 22 February 1938Spain · Spanish Civil War
• Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse 15 December 1942 – 23 January 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
• Siege of Wadi Deif (2014) 15 December 2014Syria · Syrian Civil War