Battles on 20 July

11 battles fought (or begun) on 20 July, from 1627 to 1974, 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 20 July?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Lissa (1866) (1866), Siege of Plevna (1877), Siege of Groenlo (1627) (1627).

• Siege of Groenlo (1627) 20 July 1627 – 19 August 1627Netherlands · Eighty Years' War
• Battle of Inverkeithing 20 July 1651Scotland · Wars of the Three Kingdoms
• Siege of Oran (1693) 20 July 1693 – 24 July 1693Algeria · Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and the Sharifian dynasties
• Battle of Bull's Ferry 20 July 1780 – 21 July 1780United States · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Devil's River 20 July 1857United States · Comanche Wars
• Battle of Peachtree Creek 20 July 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Rutherford's Farm 20 July 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Lissa (1866) 20 July 1866At sea · Austro-Prussian War
• Siege of Plevna 20 July 1877 – 10 December 1877Bulgaria · Tenth Russo-Turkish War
• Battle of Bairoko 20 July 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
• Battle of Pentemili beachhead 20 July 1974 – 22 July 1974Northern Cyprus · Turkish invasion of Cyprus