Battles on 3 January

13 battles fought (or begun) on 3 January, from 1777 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 3 January?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Princeton (1777), Siege of Sidney Street (1911), Battle of Bardia (1941).

• Battle of Princeton 3 January 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Cacabelos 3 January 1809Spain · Peninsular War
• Siege of Metz (1814) 3 January 1814 – 10 April 1814France · War of the Sixth Coalition
• Battle of Cockpit Point 3 January 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Bapaume (1871) 3 January 1871France · Franco-Prussian War
• Battle of Núi Bop 3 January 1885 – 4 January 1885Vietnam · Sino-French War
• Siege of Sidney Street 3 January 1911England
• Battle of Behobeho 3 January 1917 – 4 January 1917Tanzania · East African Campaign
• Battle of Bardia 3 January 1941 – 5 January 1941Libya · World War II
• Battle of Bure 3 January 1945 – 5 January 1945Belgium · Battle of the Bulge
• Battle of Rafah (1949) 3 January 1949 – 8 January 1949Egypt · 1948 Arab–Israeli War
• Camp Cawa-Cawa siege 3 January 1989 – 5 January 1989Philippines
• Battle of Baga (2015) 3 January 2015Nigeria