Battles on 5 March

12 battles fought (or begun) on 5 March, from 1603 to 1938, 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 5 March?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Cape Palos (1938) (1938), Battle of Grauholz (1798), Battle of Barrosa (1811).

• Battle of Rakvere (1603) 5 March 1603Estonia · Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11
• Battle of Grauholz 5 March 1798Switzerland · French invasion of Switzerland
• Battle of Plaisance (1802) 5 March 1802Haiti · Saint-Domingue expedition
• Battle of Barrosa 5 March 1811Spain · Peninsular War
• Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1814) 5 March 1814 – 8 March 1814Netherlands
• Capture of the sloop Anne 5 March 1825Puerto Rico · West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States
• Second Battle of Szolnok 5 March 1849Hungary · Hungarian Revolution of 1848
• Battle of Skała 5 March 1863Poland · January Uprising
• Battle of Thompson's Station 5 March 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Yazoo City 5 March 1864United States
• Battle of Cape Machichaco 5 March 1937At sea · Spanish Civil War
• Battle of Cape Palos (1938) 5 March 1938 – 6 March 1938At sea · Spanish Civil War at sea