Battles on 9 December

13 battles fought (or begun) on 9 December, from 1612 to 1940, 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 9 December?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Ayacucho (1824), Siege of Melilla (1774–1775) (1774), Battle of Swally (1612).

• Battle of Swally 9 December 1612 – 10 December 1612India · Dutch–Portuguese War
• Battle of Reading (1688) 9 December 1688England · Glorious Revolution
• Invasion of Cuba (1741) 9 December 1741US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay · War of Jenkins' Ear
• Battle of Condore 9 December 1758India · Seven Years' War
• Siege of Melilla (1774–1775) 9 December 1774 – 19 March 1775Spain · Spanish–Moroccan conflicts
• Battle of Great Bridge 9 December 1775United States · American Revolutionary War
• First Battle of Tucson 9 December 1779United States · Apache–Mexico Wars
• Battle of Ayacucho 9 December 1824Peru · Spanish American wars of independence
• Siege of Bharatpur (1825–1826) 9 December 1825 – 18 January 1826India
• Battle of Sierra Bullones 9 December 1859Spain · Hispano-Moroccan War
• Battle of Chusto-Talasah 9 December 1861United States · American Civil War
• Siege of Savannah (1864) 9 December 1864 – 21 December 1864United States · American Civil War
• Attack on Nibeiwa 9 December 1940Egypt · Operation Compass