Battles on 23 May

17 battles fought (or begun) on 23 May, from 1692 to 2013, 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 23 May?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battles of the Isonzo (1915), Battle of Ramillies (1706), Battle of the Lys (1940) (1940).

• Action at La Hogue (1692) 23 May 1692France · Nine Years' War
• Battle of Krottensee 23 May 1703Germany · War of the Spanish Succession
• Battle of Ramillies 23 May 1706Belgium · War of the Spanish Succession
• Battles of Lanckorona 23 May 1771Poland · Bar Confederation
• Battle of Famars 23 May 1793France · War of the First Coalition
• Siege of Bellegarde (1793) 23 May 1793 – 24 June 1793France · War of the Pyrenees
• Battle of Kaiserslautern (1794) 23 May 1794Germany · War of the First Coalition
• Battle of Alcañiz 23 May 1809Spain · Peninsular War
• Siege of Caxias 23 May 1823 – 31 July 1823Brazil · Brazilian War of Independence
• Battle of Front Royal 23 May 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Lewisburg 23 May 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battles of the Isonzo 23 May 1915 – 27 October 1917Slovenia · Italian Front
• Bombardment of Ancona 23 May 1915 – 24 May 1915At sea · World War I
• Battle of the Lys (1940) 23 May 1940 – 28 May 1940Belgium · German invasion of Belgium
• Siege of Changchun 23 May 1948 – 19 October 1948China · Chinese Civil War
• Battle of Seal Cove 23 May 1982Falkland Islands · Falklands War
• Agadez and Arlit attacks 23 May 2013Niger