Battles on 16 October

17 battles fought (or begun) on 16 October, from 1689 to 2018, 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 16 October?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Leipzig (1813), Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) (2016), Battle of the Yser (1914).

• Battle of the Lake of Two Mountains 16 October 1689Canada · Beaver Wars
• Battle of Quebec (1690) 16 October 1690Canada · King William's War
• 1757 raid on Berlin 16 October 1757Germany · Third Silesian War
• Battle of San Fernando de Omoa 16 October 1779 – 29 November 1779Honduras · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Wattignies 16 October 1793France · French Revolutionary Wars
• Action of 16 October 1799 16 October 1799 – 17 October 1799At sea · Anglo-Spanish War
• Battle of Nerenstetten 16 October 1805Germany
• Capitulation of Erfurt 16 October 1806Germany · War of the Fourth Coalition
• Battle of Leipzig 16 October 1813 – 19 October 1813Germany · German campaign of 1813
• Battle of Vegkop 16 October 1836South Africa · Great Trek
• Battle of Bolivar Heights 16 October 1861United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Fort Brooke 16 October 1863 – 18 October 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of the Yser 16 October 1914 – 31 October 1914Belgium · Race to the Sea
• Battle of Transylvania 16 October 1916Romania · World War I
• Battle of Aidabasalala 16 October 1999East Timor · 1999 East Timorese crisis
• Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) 16 October 2016 – 20 July 2017Iraq · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017
• Battle of Ndaki 16 October 2018 – 17 October 2018Mali