Battles on 16 July

16 battles fought (or begun) on 16 July, from 1683 to 2014, 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 July?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Bailén (1808), Battle of Nikopol (1877), Battle of Penghu (1683).

• Battle of Penghu 16 July 1683At sea
• Battle of Stony Point 16 July 1779United States · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Bailén 16 July 1808 – 19 July 1808Spain · Peninsular War
• Battle of River Canard 16 July 1812Canada · War of 1812
• Battle of Mendigorría 16 July 1835Spain · First Carlist War
• Battle of Zaatcha 16 July 1849 – 26 November 1849Algeria
• Battle of Apache Pass 16 July 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Grimball's Landing 16 July 1863United States · American Civil War
• Heaton's Crossroads 16 July 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of la Loma 16 July 1865Mexico · Second French intervention in Mexico
• Battle of Nikopol 16 July 1877Bulgaria · Tenth Russo-Turkish War
• Capture of Ovillers 16 July 1916France · Battle of the Somme
• Battle of Ocotal 16 July 1927Nicaragua · United States occupation of Nicaragua
• Battle of Mount Tambu 16 July 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
• Defense of Huta Stepańska and Wyrka 16 July 1943 – 19 July 1943Ukraine · Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
• Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion 16 July 2014 – 26 August 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas