Battles on 26 December

16 battles fought (or begun) on 26 December, from 1600 to 1948, 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 26 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Trenton (1776), Battle of the North Cape (1943), Battle of Pułtusk (1806) (1806).

• Battle of Imafuku 26 December 1600Japan · Winter Siege of Osaka
• Battle of Shigino 26 December 1614Japan · Winter Siege of Osaka
• Second Battle of Middlewich 26 December 1643England · First English Civil War
• Battle of Trenton 26 December 1776United States · American Revolutionary War
• Second Battle of Wissembourg 26 December 1793 – 29 December 1793Germany · War of the First Coalition
• Battle of Golymin 26 December 1806Poland · Napoleonic Wars
• Battle of Pułtusk (1806) 26 December 1806Poland · War of the Fourth Coalition
• Siege of Valencia (1812) 26 December 1811 – 9 January 1812Spain · Peninsular War
• Battle of Chustenahlah 26 December 1861United States · American Civil War
• Siege of Péronne 26 December 1870 – 9 January 1871France · Franco-Prussian War
• Battle of the Kerch Peninsula 26 December 1941 – 19 May 1942Ukraine
• Battle of Cape Gloucester 26 December 1943 – 22 April 1944Papua New Guinea · World War II
• Battle of the North Cape 26 December 1943At sea · World War II
• Battle of Elsenborn Ridge 26 December 1944Belgium · World War II
• Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads 26 December 1944Germany · World War II
• Battle of 'Auja 26 December 1948 – 27 December 1948Israel · 1948 Arab–Israeli War