Battles on 13 March

16 battles fought (or begun) on 13 March, from 1643 to 2016, 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 13 March?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954), Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741), Battle of Lissa (1811) (1811).

• First Battle of Middlewich 13 March 1643England · English Civil War
• Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698) 13 March 1696 – 13 December 1698Kenya · Omani–Portuguese conflicts
• Battle of Cartagena de Indias 13 March 1741 – 20 May 1741Colombia · War of Jenkins' Ear
• Battle of Genoa (1795) 13 March 1795 – 14 March 1795Italy · French Revolutionary Wars
• Battle of Mandora 13 March 1801Egypt · French Revolutionary Wars
• Action of 13 March 1806 13 March 1806At sea · Napoleonic Wars
• Battle of Lissa (1811) 13 March 1811Croatia · Napoleonic Wars
• Battle of Reims (1814) 13 March 1814France · German campaign of 1813
• Battle of Jenipapo 13 March 1823Brazil · Brazilian War of Independence
• Battle of Fort Anderson 13 March 1863 – 15 March 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Tamai 13 March 1884Sudan · Mahdist War
• Siege of Khartoum 13 March 1884 – 26 January 1885Sudan · Mahdist War
• Battle of Nambanje 13 March 1917Tanzania · East African Campaign
• Battle of Dien Bien Phu 13 March 1954 – 7 May 1954Vietnam · First Indochina War
• Battle of Kisangani (1997) 13 March 1997 – 15 March 1997Democratic Republic of the Congo · First Congo War
• Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2016) 13 March 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War