Battles on 2 July
23 battles fought (or begun) on 2 July, from 1600 to 2024, 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 July?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Marston Moor (1644), Battle of Schellenberg (1704), Battle of Nieuwpoort (1600).
- Battle of Nieuwpoort 2 July 1600Belgium · Eighty Years' War
- Battle of Marston Moor 2 July 1644England · English Civil War
- Battle of Alford 2 July 1645Scotland · Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Siege of Toruń (1658) 2 July 1658 – 30 December 1658Poland · Second Northern War
- Battle of Landguard Fort 2 July 1667England · Second Anglo-Dutch War
- Battle of Schellenberg 2 July 1704Germany · War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Ochakov (1737) 2 July 1737Ukraine · Fifth Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Lauffeld 2 July 1747Belgium · War of the Austrian Succession
- Capture of Grenada (1779) 2 July 1779 – 4 July 1779Grenada · American Revolutionary War
- Capture of Alexandria (1798) 2 July 1798Egypt · French invasion of Egypt and Syria
- Battle of Miserere 2 July 1807Argentina
- Second Battle of Komárom (1849) 2 July 1849Hungary · Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- Siege of Ak-Mechet 2 July 1853 – 28 July 1853Kazakhstan · Russian-Kokand War
- Battle of Hoke's Run 2 July 1861United States · American Civil War
- Battle of East Cemetery Hill 2 July 1863United States
- Battle of Gettysburg, second day 2 July 1863United States
- Battle of Hunterstown 2 July 1863United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Gotland 2 July 1915At sea · World War I
- Battle of Erzincan (1916) 2 July 1916 – 25 July 1916Turkey · World War I
- Battle of Noemfoor 2 July 1944 – 31 August 1944Indonesia · World War II
- Battle of Sidon (1991) 2 July 1991 – 6 July 1991Lebanon · Lebanese Civil War
- Battle of Checkpoint Pasta 2 July 1993Somalia · Somali Civil War
- Battle of Lashio 2 July 2024 – 3 August 2024Myanmar · Operation 1027