Battles on 26 July

17 battles fought (or begun) on 26 July, from 1705 to 2017, 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 26 July?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Gangut (1714), Battle of Hastenbeck (1757), Battle of Gemauerthof (1705).

• Battle of Gemauerthof 26 July 1705Latvia · Campaign of Grodno
• Battle of Gangut 26 July 1714 (Julian calendar)Finland · Great Northern War
• Battle of Hastenbeck 26 July 1757Germany · Seven Years' War
• Battle for Río San Juan de Nicaragua 26 July 1762 – 3 August 1762Nicaragua · Anglo-Spanish War
• Battle of Öland (1789) 26 July 1789At sea · Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790
• Battle of Vitebsk (1812) 26 July 1812 – 27 July 1812Belarus · French invasion of Russia
• Battle of Mackinac Island (1814) 26 July 1814 – 4 August 1814United States · War of 1812
• Battle of Volta Mantovana (1848) 26 July 1848 – 27 July 1848Italy
• Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake 26 July 1863United States · Sioux Wars
• Battle of Salineville 26 July 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Platte Bridge 26 July 1865United States · Colorado War
• Battle of Roßbrunn 26 July 1866Germany · Austro-Prussian War
• Siege of Malakand 26 July 1897 – 2 August 1897Pakistan · Anglo-Afghan War
• Battle of Ilomantsi (1944) 26 July 1944 – 13 August 1944Russia · Continuation War
• Attack on the Moncada Barracks 26 July 1953Cuba · Cuban Revolution
• Battle of the Samichon River 26 July 1953South Korea · Korean War
• Battle of Takellote 26 July 2017Mali