Battles on 6 January

7 battles fought (or begun) on 6 January, from 1781 to 2013, 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 6 January?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Jersey (1781), Battle of Slim River (1942), Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad (1916).

• Battle of Jersey 6 January 1781Jersey · Anglo-French War of 1778–1783
• Battle of Hancock 6 January 1862United States · American Civil War
• Siege of Lydenburg 6 January 1881 – 30 March 1881South Africa · First Boer War
• Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad 6 January 1916 – 8 January 1916Iraq · Mesopotamian campaign
• Battle of Slim River 6 January 1942 – 8 January 1942Malaysia · Malayan campaign
• Borota raid 6 January 2006Chad
• 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes 6 January 2013India · Kashmir conflict