Battles on 14 May

14 battles fought (or begun) on 14 May, from 1646 to 2021, 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 14 May?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) (1917), Battle of Gembloux (1940) (1940), Siege of Talkalakh (May 2011) (2011).

• Battle of Aberdeen (1646) 14 May 1646Scotland · Wars of the Three Kingdoms
• Battle off Fairhaven 14 May 1775At sea · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Pine's Bridge 14 May 1781United States
• Battle of Alcántara (1809) 14 May 1809Spain · Peninsular War
• Battle of Stillman's Run 14 May 1832United States · Black Hawk War
• Battle of Jackson 14 May 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Fort Tularosa 14 May 1880United States · Apache Wars
• Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) 14 May 1917 – 15 May 1917At sea · World War I
• Second Battle of Morlancourt 14 May 1918France · World War I
• Battle of Gembloux (1940) 14 May 1940 – 15 May 1940Belgium · World War II
• Battle of Gesher 14 May 1948 – 22 May 1948Jordan · 1948 Arab–Israeli War
• Siege of Talkalakh (May 2011) 14 May 2011 – 19 May 2011Syria · Syrian Civil War
• Siege of Northern Homs 14 May 2012 – 29 April 2018Syria · Syrian Civil War
• Battle of Sambisa Forest (2021) 14 May 2021 – 19 May 2021Nigeria