Battles on 13 October

17 battles fought (or begun) on 13 October, from 1644 to 1981, 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 13 October?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Siege of Mafeking (1899), Battle of Queenston Heights (1812), Battle of Fehmarn (1644) (1644).

• Battle of Fehmarn (1644) 13 October 1644At sea · Torstenson War
• Recapture of Fort Zeelandia (1667) 13 October 1667Suriname · Second Anglo-Dutch War
• Battle of Gegodog 13 October 1676Indonesia · Trunajaya rebellion
• First Battle of Wissembourg 13 October 1793Germany · War of the First Coalition
• Battle of Queenston Heights 13 October 1812Canada · War of 1812
• Battle of Bulltown 13 October 1863United States · American Civil War
• First Battle of Auburn 13 October 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Darbytown Road 13 October 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Châtillon 13 October 1870France · Franco-Prussian War
• Battle of Kraaipan 13 October 1899South Africa · Second Boer War
• Siege of Mafeking 13 October 1899 – 17 May 1900South Africa · Second Boer War
• Battle of Armentières 13 October 1914 – 2 November 1914France · Race to the Sea
• Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt 13 October 1915 – 19 October 1915France · Battle of Loos
• Battle at Borodino Field 13 October 1941 – 18 January 1942Russia · Battle of Moscow
• Siege of Rogatica (1941) 13 October 1941 – 24 October 1941Bosnia and Herzegovina · World War II in Yugoslavia
• Battle of John's Knoll–Trevor's Ridge 13 October 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
• Battle of Guelta Zemmur (1981) 13 October 1981 – 29 October 1981Morocco · Western Sahara War