Battles on 25 October
25 battles fought (or begun) on 25 October, from 1625 to 1950, 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 25 October?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Balaclava (1854), Charge of the Light Brigade (1854), Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (1942).
- Battle of Elmina (1625) 25 October 1625Ghana · Dutch–Portuguese War
- Battle of Kurukov Lake (1625) 25 October 1625 – 3 November 1625Ukraine · Zhmaylo Uprising
- Battle of Meelick Island 25 October 1650Ireland · Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
- Second Battle of Cape Finisterre 25 October 1747At sea · War of the Austrian Succession
- Battle of Tearcoat Swamp 25 October 1780United States · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Johnstown 25 October 1781United States · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Poona 25 October 1802India · Second Anglo-Maratha War
- Battle of Saguntum 25 October 1811Spain · Peninsular War
- Battle of Tordesillas (1812) 25 October 1812 – 29 October 1812Spain · Peninsular War
- First siege of Missolonghi 25 October 1822 – 31 December 1822Greece · Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Balaclava 25 October 1854Ukraine · Crimean War
- Charge of the Light Brigade 25 October 1854Ukraine · Battle of Balaclava
- Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) 25 October 1854Ukraine · Battle of Balaclava
- First Battle of Springfield 25 October 1861United States · Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War
- Battle of Pine Bluff 25 October 1863United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Marais des Cygnes 25 October 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Marmiton River 25 October 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Mine Creek 25 October 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of the Belly River 25 October 1870Canada
- Battle of Aleppo (1918) 25 October 1918Syria · Middle Eastern theater of World War I
- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands 25 October 1942 – 27 October 1942At sea · Pacific War
- Battle off Samar 25 October 1944At sea · Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Battle of Kujin 25 October 1950 – 26 October 1950North Korea · Korean War
- Battle of Onjong 25 October 1950 – 29 October 1950North Korea · Korean War
- Battle of Unsan 25 October 1950 – 4 November 1950North Korea · Korean War