Battles on 2 March

18 battles fought (or begun) on 2 March, from 1657 to 2015, 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 March?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the Bismarck Sea (1943), Battle of Huế (1968), First Battle of Brega (2011).

• Siege of Bidar 2 March 1657 – 29 March 1657India
• Battle of Napue 2 March 1714Finland · Great Northern War
• Battle of La Guaira 2 March 1743Venezuela · War of Jenkins' Ear
• Siege of Sveaborg 2 March 1808 – 3 May 1808Finland · Finnish War
• Battle of San Nicolás 2 March 1811Argentina · Argentine War of Independence
• Siege of Salvador (1822–1823) 2 March 1822 – 2 July 1823Brazil · Brazilian War of Independence
• Battle of Agua Dulce 2 March 1836United States · Texas Revolution
• Battle of Whampoa 2 March 1841China · First Opium War
• Battle of Walkerton 2 March 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia 2 March 1865United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Hòa Mộc 2 March 1885Vietnam · Sino-French War
• Hohenzollern Redoubt action, 2–18 March 1916 2 March 1916 – 18 March 1916France · Western Front
• Battle of the Bismarck Sea 2 March 1943 – 4 March 1943At sea · Pacific War
• Battle of Huế 2 March 1968Vietnam · Vietnam War
• Battle of Rumaila 2 March 1991Iraq · Gulf War
• First Battle of Brega 2 March 2011Libya · Libyan Civil War
• Battle of Raqqa (2013) 2 March 2013 – 6 March 2013Syria · Syrian Civil War
• Second Battle of Dikwa 2 March 2015Nigeria · Boko Haram insurgency