Battles on 3 December
19 battles fought (or begun) on 3 December, from 1626 to 2023, 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 3 December?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Hohenlinden (1800), Battle of Meissen (1759), Battle of Qurna (1914).
- Battle of Wenden (1626) 3 December 1626Latvia · Polish–Swedish War of 1626–1629
- Battle of Jüterbog 3 December 1644Germany · Thirty Years' War
- Siege of Alicante 3 December 1708 – 20 April 1709Spain · War of the Spanish Succession in the Kingdom of Valencia
- Battle of Arnee 3 December 1751India · Second Carnatic War
- Battle of Meissen 3 December 1759Germany · Seven Years' War
- Siege of Angers 3 December 1793 – 4 December 1793France
- Battle of Wiesloch (1799) 3 December 1799Germany · War of the Second Coalition
- Battle of Hohenlinden 3 December 1800Germany · War of the Second Coalition
- Battle of the Habrah 3 December 1835Algeria · French conquest of Algeria
- Siege of Paysandú 3 December 1864 – 2 January 1865Uruguay · Uruguayan War
- Battle of Chateauneuf 3 December 1870France
- Battle of Qurna 3 December 1914 – 9 December 1914Iraq · Mesopotamian campaign
- Battle of Funchal 3 December 1916 – 16 December 1916Portugal · naval warfare of World War I
- Action on the Polderhoek Spur 3 December 1917Belgium · Third Battle of Ypres
- Battle of Monte la Difensa 3 December 1943 – 9 December 1943Italy · Italian Campaign
- Battle of Hat Dich 3 December 1968 – 19 February 1969Vietnam · Vietnam War
- Siege of Sur (2016) 3 December 2015 – 10 March 2016Turkey · timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Blockade of Soyapango 3 December 2022 – 6 December 2022El Salvador · Salvadoran gang crackdown (2022–present)
- Labbezanga attack 3 December 2023Mali · Mali War