Battles on 5 January

7 battles fought (or begun) on 5 January, from 1659 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 5 January?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Turckheim (1675), Battle of Daugavpils (1920), Invasion of Martinique (1762) (1762).

• Battle of Khajwa 5 January 1659India
• Sack of Surat 5 January 1664India · battles involving the Maratha Empire
• Battle of Turckheim 5 January 1675France · Franco-Dutch War
• Invasion of Martinique (1762) 5 January 1762 – 12 February 1762France · Seven Years' War
• Second Battle of Edea 5 January 1915Cameroon · Kamerun campaign
• Battle of Daugavpils 5 January 1920Latvia · Russian Civil War
• 2015 Nampala raid 5 January 2015Mali