Battles on 26 May
22 battles fought (or begun) on 26 May, from 1603 to 2015, 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 26 May?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Dunkirk (1940), Battle of Gazala (1942), Battle of Bir Hakeim (1942).
- Battle of Sluis (1603) 26 May 1603Netherlands · Eighty Years' War
- Battle of Kashii 26 May 1615Japan · Summer Siege of Osaka
- Battle of Honnecourt 26 May 1642France · Franco-Spanish War
- Battle of Montijo 26 May 1644Spain · Portuguese Restoration War
- Battle of Korsuń 26 May 1648Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Siege of Thorn (1703) 26 May 1703 – 14 October 1703Poland · Great Northern War
- Battle of St. Louis 26 May 1780United States · American Revolutionary War
- Barbary–Portuguese conflicts 26 May 1789Algeria · Barbary–Portuguese conflicts
- Battle of Tara Hill 26 May 1798Ireland · Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Battle of Ostrołęka (1831) 26 May 1831Poland · November Uprising
- Siege of Tampico 26 May 1839 – 4 June 1839Mexico
- Battle of Varese 26 May 1859Italy · Second Italian War of Independence
- Battle of Dallas 26 May 1864 – 1 June 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of North Anna 26 May 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Tacna 26 May 1880Peru · War of the Pacific
- Battle of the Overpass 26 May 1937United States
- Battle of Dunkirk 26 May 1940 – 4 June 1940France · World War II
- Battle of Bir Hakeim 26 May 1942 – 11 June 1942Libya · Battle of Gazala
- Battle of Gazala 26 May 1942 – 21 June 1942Libya · Western Desert campaign
- First Battle of Donetsk Airport 26 May 2014 – 27 May 2014Ukraine · Battle of Donetsk Airport
- Battle of Dhale 26 May 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
- Palmyra offensive (May 2015) 26 May 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War