Battles on 16 May
19 battles fought (or begun) on 16 May, from 1643 to 2018, 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 16 May?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Albuera (1811), Battle of Champion Hill (1863), Battle of Listerdyb (1644).
- Battle of Stratton 16 May 1643England · First English Civil War
- Battle of Listerdyb 16 May 1644Denmark · Thirty Years' War
- Battle of the Dardanelles (1654) 16 May 1654At sea · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Battle of Zsarnóca 16 May 1664Slovakia
- Battle of Loup Hill 16 May 1689Scotland · Jacobite rising of 1689
- Battle of Pointe-aux-Trembles 16 May 1760Canada · Seven Years' War
- Battle of Alamance 16 May 1771United States · Regulator Movement
- First Battle of Tripoli Harbor 16 May 1802Libya · First Barbary War
- Battle of Alvøen 16 May 1808Norway · Gunboat War
- Battle of Albuera 16 May 1811Spain · Peninsular War
- Battle of Asseiceira 16 May 1834Portugal · Liberal Wars
- Battle of the Smala 16 May 1843Algeria · French conquest of Algeria
- Naval Battle of Campeche 16 May 1843At sea
- Battle of Champion Hill 16 May 1863United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Miropol 16 May 1863 – 17 May 1863Ukraine
- Battle of Mansura 16 May 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Konary 16 May 1915 – 23 June 1915Poland · World War I
- Battle of the Iron Triangle 16 May 1974 – 20 November 1974Vietnam · Vietnam War
- Battle of Farah 16 May 2018Afghanistan · War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)