Battles on 27 March
17 battles fought (or begun) on 27 March, from 1641 to 1943, 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 27 March?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Cape Matapan (1941), Battle of the Komandorski Islands (1943), Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814).
- Battle of Preßnitz 27 March 1641Czechia · Thirty Years' War
- Siege of São Filipe 27 March 1641 – 4 March 1642Portugal · Portuguese Restoration War
- Raid on Salmon Falls 27 March 1690United States · King William's War
- Siege of Wagingera 27 March 1704 – 28 March 1704India
- Battle of Fort Bull 27 March 1756United States · Seven Years' War
- Battle of Mallavelly 27 March 1799India · Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
- Battle of Ciudad Real 27 March 1809Spain · Peninsular War
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend 27 March 1814United States · Creek War
- Battle of San Buenaventura 27 March 1838 – 28 March 1838United States
- Battle of Spanish Fort 27 March 1865 – 8 April 1865United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Turret Peak 27 March 1873United States · Yavapai War
- Battle of Marilao River 27 March 1899Philippines · Philippine–American War
- First Battle of Amman 27 March 1918 – 31 March 1918Jordan · Sinai and Palestine Campaign
- Battle of Lleida (1938) 27 March 1938 – 3 April 1938Spain
- Battle of Cape Matapan 27 March 1941 – 29 March 1941At sea · Battle of the Mediterranean
- Action of 27 March 1942 27 March 1942At sea · World War II
- Battle of the Komandorski Islands 27 March 1943At sea · Pacific War