Battles on 16 December

12 battles fought (or begun) on 16 December, from 1637 to 2016, 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 16 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Blood River (1838), Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby (1914), Battle of Elli (1912).

• Battle of Kumeyki 16 December 1637Ukraine · Pawluk Uprising
• Battle of Cardedeu 16 December 1808Spain · Peninsular War
• Siege of Tortosa (1810–1811) 16 December 1810 – 2 January 1811Spain · Peninsular War
• Battle of Blood River 16 December 1838South Africa · Great Trek
• Battle of White Hall 16 December 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Pesmes 16 December 1870 – 18 December 1870France
• Battle of Elli 16 December 1912Turkey · First Balkan War
• Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby 16 December 1914At sea · World War I
• Battle of Nevel (1943) 16 December 1943Russia · Eastern Front
• Battle of Kesternich 16 December 1944Germany · World War II
• Nihm Offensive 16 December 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Nassoumbou attack 16 December 2016Burkina Faso · Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso