Battles on 5 December

13 battles fought (or begun) on 5 December, from 1746 to 2013, 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 5 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Leuthen (1757), Third Battle of Murfreesboro (1864), Battle of Sio (1943).

• Siege of Antibes 5 December 1746 – 1 February 1747France · War of the Austrian Succession
• Battle of Leuthen 5 December 1757Poland · Seven Years' War
• Battle of Araure 5 December 1813Venezuela · Venezuelan War of Independence
• Battle of Urica 5 December 1814Venezuela
• Second siege of Callao 5 December 1824 – 23 January 1826Peru · Spanish American wars of independence
• Battle of Cahuenga Pass 5 December 1831United States
• Battle of Coffeeville 5 December 1862United States · American Civil War
• Third Battle of Murfreesboro 5 December 1864 – 7 December 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Yrendagüé 5 December 1934 – 8 December 1934Paraguay
• Ual-Ual Incident 5 December 1934Ethiopia
• Battle of Sio 5 December 1943 – 1 March 1944Papua New Guinea · World War II
• Battle of Alegría de Pío 5 December 1956Cuba · Cuban Revolution
• Siege of PK5 district 5 December 2013 – 4 January 2020Central African Republic