Battles on 22 December

8 battles fought (or begun) on 22 December, from 1642 to 1939, 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 22 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Sarikamish (1914), Battle of Tobruk (1911) (1911), Battle of Summa (1939).

• Siege of Chichester 22 December 1642 – 27 December 1642England · English Civil War
• Battle of Bysjön 22 December 1644Sweden · Torstenson War
• Battle of Great Cane Brake 22 December 1775United States · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Tobruk (1911) 22 December 1911Libya · Italo-Turkish War
• Battle of Sarikamish 22 December 1914 – 17 January 1915Turkey · World War I
• Battle of Łowczówek 22 December 1914 – 25 December 1914Poland · World War I
• Winter operations 1914–1915 22 December 1914France · World War I
• Battle of Summa 22 December 1939Russia · Winter War