Battles on 31 October

14 battles fought (or begun) on 31 October, from 1720 to 2010, 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 31 October?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Beersheba (1917) (1917), Battle of Hanau (1813), Ninth Battle of the Isonzo (1916).

• Capture of John Rackham 31 October 1720Jamaica · Golden Age of Piracy
• Battle of Lambach 31 October 1805 – 1 November 1805Austria · War of the Third Coalition
• Battle of Zornoza 31 October 1808Spain · Peninsular War
• Battle of Aslanduz 31 October 1812 – 1 November 1812Iran · Russo-Persian War of 1804–13
• Battle of Chashniki 31 October 1812Belarus · French invasion of Russia
• Battle of Hanau 31 October 1813Germany · German campaign of 1813
• Battle of Nalapani 31 October 1814 – 30 November 1814India · Anglo-Nepalese War
• Battle of Unison 31 October 1862 – 2 November 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Kraków (1914) 31 October 1914 – 15 November 1914Poland · World War I
• Ninth Battle of the Isonzo 31 October 1916 – 4 November 1916Slovenia · Battles of the Isonzo
• Battle of Beersheba (1917) 31 October 1917Israel · Sinai and Palestine Campaign
• Battle of Walcheren Causeway 31 October 1944 – 2 November 1944Netherlands · Battle of the Scheldt
• Operation Swath-10 31 October 1991 – 4 November 1991Croatia · Croatian War of Independence
• Operation Halmazag 31 October 2010 – 4 November 2010Afghanistan · War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)