Battles on 8 December

11 battles fought (or begun) on 8 December, from 1710 to 2016, 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 8 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the Falkland Islands (1914), Battle of Hong Kong (1941), Battle of Wake Island (1941).

• Battle of Brihuega 8 December 1710Spain · War of the Spanish Succession
• Battle of Bloody Creek (1757) 8 December 1757Canada · French and Indian War
• Battle of La Flèche 8 December 1793 – 11 December 1793France · War in the Vendée
• Battle of Guanajuato 8 December 1863Mexico · Second French intervention in Mexico
• Battle of Beaugency (1870) 8 December 1870 – 10 December 1870France · Franco-Prussian War
• Battle of the Falkland Islands 8 December 1914At sea · World War I
• Battle of Hong Kong 8 December 1941 – 25 December 1941Hong Kong · Pacific War
• Battle of Prachuap Khiri Khan 8 December 1941 – 9 December 1941Thailand · Japanese invasion of Thailand
• Battle of Wake Island 8 December 1941 – 23 December 1941United States Minor Outlying Islands · Pacific War
• Battle of San Pietro Infine 8 December 1943 – 17 December 1943Italy · World War II
• Palmyra offensive (December 2016) 8 December 2016 – 22 December 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War