Battles on 16 March

15 battles fought (or begun) on 16 March, from 1781 to 2004, 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 March?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Siege of Badajoz (1812) (1812), Battle of the Mareth Line (1943), Battle of Cape Henry (1781).

• Battle of Cape Henry 16 March 1781At sea · American Revolutionary War
• Action of 16 March 1782 16 March 1782At sea · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Roatán 16 March 1782Honduras · Anglo-Spanish War
• Battle of Valvasone 16 March 1797Italy · War of the First Coalition
• Battle of Grimstad Bay 16 March 1811Norway
• Siege of Badajoz (1812) 16 March 1812 – 6 April 1812Spain · Peninsular War
• Battle of Oriamendi 16 March 1837Spain · First Carlist War
• Siege of Puebla (1863) 16 March 1863 – 17 May 1863Mexico · Second French intervention in Mexico
• Battle of Averasborough 16 March 1865United States · American Civil War
• Action of 16 March 1917 16 March 1917At sea · World War I
• Battle of Länkipohja 16 March 1918Finland · Finnish Civil War
• Battle of Wuyuan 16 March 1940 – 3 April 1940China · Second Sino-Japanese War
• Battle of the Mareth Line 16 March 1943 – 31 March 1943Tunisia · Tunisia campaign
• Battle of Tetovo 16 March 2001 – 13 August 2001North Macedonia · 2001 insurgency in Macedonia
• Battle of Wana 16 March 2004 – 23 March 2004Pakistan · insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa