Battles on 23 December

12 battles fought (or begun) on 23 December, from 1708 to 2004, 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 23 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Second Battle of Fallujah (2004), Battle of Magdhaba (1916), Battle of Savenay (1793).

• Siege of Vepryk 23 December 1708Ukraine · Great Northern War
• Battle of Inverurie (1745) 23 December 1745Scotland · Jacobite rising of 1745
• Battle of Collioure 23 December 1793France · War of the Pyrenees
• Battle of Savenay 23 December 1793France · War in the Vendée
• Battle of Czarnowo 23 December 1806Poland · War of the Fourth Coalition
• Battle of Luchana 23 December 1836 – 24 December 1836Spain · First Carlist War
• Battle of Hallue 23 December 1870 – 24 December 1870France · Franco-Prussian War
• Battle of Magdhaba 23 December 1916Egypt · World War I
• Battle of Punapargi 23 December 1918Estonia · Estonian War of Independence
• Battle of Omorphita 23 December 1963 – 26 December 1963Northern Cyprus · Cypriot intercommunal violence
• Battle of Podujevo 23 December 1998 – 27 December 1998Kosovo · Kosovo War
• Second Battle of Fallujah 23 December 2004Iraq · Iraq War