Battles on 31 December

13 battles fought (or begun) on 31 December, from 1775 to 1994, 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 31 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) (1994), Battle of Quebec (1775) (1775), Battle of the Barents Sea (1942).

• Battle of Quebec (1775) 31 December 1775Canada · American Revolutionary War
• Affair of Fielding and Bylandt 31 December 1779At sea
• Battle of Cerrito 31 December 1812Uruguay · Second Banda Oriental campaign
• Battle of Withlacoochee 31 December 1835United States · Second Seminole War
• Battle of Cetate 31 December 1853 – 6 January 1854Romania · Crimean War
• Battle of Parker's Cross Roads 31 December 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Stones River 31 December 1862 – 2 January 1863United States · American Civil War
• Siege of Ngatapa 31 December 1868 – 5 January 1869New Zealand · Te Kooti's War
• Battle of Tashkessen 31 December 1877Bulgaria · Ottoman Wars in Europe
• Battle of the Barents Sea 31 December 1942At sea · World War II
• First and second battles of Wonju 31 December 1950 – 20 January 1951South Korea · Korean War
• Third Battle of Seoul 31 December 1950 – 7 January 1951South Korea · Korean War
• Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) 31 December 1994 – 8 February 1995Russia · First Chechen War