Battles on 4 May

12 battles fought (or begun) on 4 May, from 1746 to 1978, 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 4 May?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the Coral Sea (1942), Battle of Rhodes (1912) (1912), Siege of Buda (1849) (1849).

• Siege of Alorna 4 May 1746India · Novas Conquistas
• Battle of 4 May 4 May 1823At sea · Brazilian War of Independence
• Siege of Buda (1849) 4 May 1849 – 21 May 1849Hungary · Hungarian Revolution of 1848
• Battle of Atlixco (1862) 4 May 1862Mexico · Second French intervention in Mexico
• Battle of Mouzaki 4 May 1878Greece
• Battle of Rhodes (1912) 4 May 1912 – 16 May 1912At sea · Italo-Turkish War
• Action of 4 May 1917 4 May 1917At sea · World War I
• Battle of Amba Alagi (1941) 4 May 1941 – 19 May 1941Ethiopia · World War II
• Battle of the Coral Sea 4 May 1942 – 8 May 1942At sea · New Guinea campaign
• Battle of the Campobasso Convoy 4 May 1943Tunisia · Battle of the Mediterranean
• Battle of Tri Phap 4 May 1974Vietnam
• Battle of Cassinga 4 May 1978Angola · South African Border War