Battles on 16 January

11 battles fought (or begun) on 16 January, from 1741 to 2015, 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 16 January?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Debaltseve (2015), Battle of Corunna (1809), Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) (1780).

• Siege of Trichinopoly (1741) 16 January 1741 – 26 March 1741India · battles involving the Maratha Empire
• Invasion of Martinique (1759) 16 January 1759 – 19 January 1759France · Seven Years' War
• Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) 16 January 1780At sea · Anglo-Spanish War
• Battle of La Favorita 16 January 1797Italy · War of the First Coalition
• Battle of Montevideo (1807) 16 January 1807 – 3 February 1807Uruguay · British invasions of the River Plate
• Battle of Corunna 16 January 1809Spain · Peninsular War
• Battle of Arlabán 16 January 1836 – 18 January 1836Spain · First Carlist War
• Battle of Dandridge 16 January 1864 – 17 January 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Elandsfontein 16 January 1881South Africa · First Boer War
• Battle of Ko Chang 16 January 1941 – 17 January 1941Thailand · World War II
• Battle of Debaltseve 16 January 2015 – 20 February 2015Ukraine · War in Donbas