Battles on 24 May
17 battles fought (or begun) on 24 May, from 1638 to 1948, 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 24 May?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the Denmark Strait (1941), Battle of Pichincha (1822), Battle of Nanshan (1904).
- Siege of Saint-Omer 24 May 1638 – 16 July 1638France · Thirty Years' War
- Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss 24 May 1647Scotland · Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Battle of Sahay 24 May 1742Czechia · War of the Austrian Succession
- Meigs Raid 24 May 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Prosperous 24 May 1798Ireland · Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Battle of the Sink Hole 24 May 1815United States · American Indian Wars
- Battle of Pichincha 24 May 1822Ecuador · Ecuadorian War of Independence
- Battle of Huesca 24 May 1837Spain · Royal Expedition
- Battle of Village Creek 24 May 1841United States · American Indian Wars
- Battle of Congella 24 May 1842South Africa
- Battle of Wilson's Wharf 24 May 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Tuyutí 24 May 1866Paraguay · Paraguayan War
- Battle of Nanshan 24 May 1904 – 26 May 1904China · Russo-Japanese War
- Battle of Monte Piana 24 May 1915 – 22 October 1917Italy · Italian Front
- Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang 24 May 1939China · Second Sino-Japanese War
- Battle of the Denmark Strait 24 May 1941At sea · Battle of the Atlantic
- Battles of Latrun (1948) 24 May 1948 – 18 July 1948Palestine · 1948 Arab–Israeli War