Battles on 20 March

13 battles fought (or begun) on 20 March, from 1644 to 2013, 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 March?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (1814), Battle of Heliopolis (1800) (1800), Battle of Al Faw (2003) (2003).

• Attack on Saint Martin 20 March 1644 – 17 April 1644Sint Maarten · Eighty Years' War
• Siege of Cambrai (1677) 20 March 1677 – 19 April 1677France · Franco-Dutch War
• Siege of Fort William 20 March 1746 – 3 April 1746Scotland · Jacobite rising of 1745
• Battle of Heliopolis (1800) 20 March 1800Egypt · French invasion of Egypt and Syria
• Battle of Braga (1809) 20 March 1809Portugal · Peninsular War
• Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube 20 March 1814 – 21 March 1814France · War of the Sixth Coalition
• Battle of Limonest 20 March 1814France · War of the Sixth Coalition
• Battle of Santa Rosa 20 March 1856Costa Rica
• Battle of Vaught's Hill 20 March 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Oktwin 20 March 1942 – 23 March 1942Myanmar · Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
• Battle of Al Faw (2003) 20 March 2003 – 24 March 2003Iraq · 2003 invasion of Iraq
• Battle of Timbuktu 20 March 2013 – 21 March 2013Mali · Mali War
• Second Battle of Timbuktu 20 March 2013 – 1 April 2013Mali · Mali War