Battles on 12 November

10 battles fought (or begun) on 12 November, from 1642 to 1965, 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 12 November?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the Treasury Islands (1943), Action in the Strait of Otranto (1940), Battle of Brentford (1642) (1642).

• Battle of Brentford (1642) 12 November 1642England · First English Civil War
• Battle of Caldiero (1796) 12 November 1796Italy · French Revolutionary Wars
• Action of 15 November 1810 12 November 1810 – 16 November 1810France · Napoleonic Wars
• Canoe Fight (Creek War) 12 November 1813United States · Creek War
• Battle of the Windmill 12 November 1838 – 16 November 1838United States · Upper Canada Rebellion
• Battle of Jalalabad (1842) 12 November 1841 – 13 April 1842Afghanistan · First Anglo-Afghan War
• Battle of the Bogue (1856) 12 November 1856 – 13 November 1856China · Second Opium War
• Action in the Strait of Otranto 12 November 1940At sea · World War II
• Battle of the Treasury Islands 12 November 1943Solomon Islands · Pacific War
• Battle of Ap Bau Bang 12 November 1965Vietnam · Vietnam War