Battles on 21 March
22 battles fought (or begun) on 21 March, from 1646 to 2014, 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 21 March?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Karameh (1968), Operation Michael (1918), Battle of Basra (2003) (2003).
- Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold 21 March 1646England · English Civil War
- Battle of Grünberg 21 March 1761Germany · Seven Years' War
- Battle of the Catalina River 21 March 1784United States · Apache–Mexico Wars
- Fourth Battle of Tucson 21 March 1784United States · Apache–Mexico Wars
- Battle of Tarvis (1797) 21 March 1797 – 23 March 1797Italy · French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of Ostrach 21 March 1799Germany · War of the Second Coalition
- Battle of Alexandria (1801) 21 March 1801Egypt · French invasion of Egypt and Syria
- Battle of Miajadas 21 March 1809Spain · Peninsular War
- Battle of Manresa (1810) 21 March 1810 – 5 April 1810Spain · Peninsular War
- Siege of Astorga 21 March 1810 – 22 April 1810Spain · Peninsular War
- Battle of Mortara 21 March 1849 – 22 March 1849Italy · First Italian War of Independence
- Battle of Igołomia 21 March 1863Poland
- Second Battle of Torreón 21 March 1914 – 2 April 1914Mexico
- Battle of Hijla 21 March 1918Jordan · Sinai and Palestine Campaign
- Operation Michael 21 March 1918 – 5 April 1918France · Spring Offensive
- Battle of Hill Eerie 21 March 1952 – 18 July 1952South Korea · Korean War
- Battle of Suoi Tre 21 March 1967Vietnam · Operation Junction City
- Battle of Karameh 21 March 1968Jordan · War of Attrition
- Battle of Basra (2003) 21 March 2003 – 6 April 2003Iraq · 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Battle of Umm Qasr 21 March 2003 – 25 March 2003Iraq · 2003 invasion of Iraq
- 2014 Latakia offensive 21 March 2014 – 15 June 2014Turkey · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Markada 21 March 2014 – 31 March 2014Syria · inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War