Battles on 27 December

5 battles fought (or begun) on 27 December, from 1859 to 2018, 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 27 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (2015–2016) (2015), Battle of Jowhar (2006), Siege of Rustenburg (1880).

• Battle of Rio Grande City 27 December 1859United States · Cortina Troubles
• Siege of Rustenburg 27 December 1880 – 30 March 1881South Africa · First Boer War
• Battle of Jowhar 27 December 2006Somalia · War in Somalia
• Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (2015–2016) 27 December 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
• Loroni ambush 27 December 2018Burkina Faso · Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso