Battles on 2 January

10 battles fought (or begun) on 2 January, from 1777 to 1987, 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 2 January?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Ap Bac (1963), Battle of the Assunpink Creek (1777), Battle of Fada (1987).

• Battle of the Assunpink Creek 2 January 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
• Big Bottom massacre 2 January 1791United States · Northwest Indian War
• Childers Incident 2 January 1793France · War of the First Coalition
• Battle of Noirmoutier (1794) 2 January 1794 – 3 January 1794France · War in the Vendée
• Siege of Bharatpur (1805) 2 January 1805 – 22 February 1805India · Second Anglo-Maratha War
• Battle of Santa Clara (1847) 2 January 1847United States
• Battle of Pancsova 2 January 1849Serbia
• Battle of Ap Bac 2 January 1963Vietnam · Vietnam War
• New Year's Day battle of 1968 2 January 1968Vietnam · Vietnam War
• Battle of Fada 2 January 1987Chad · Toyota War