Battles on 5 October

13 battles fought (or begun) on 5 October, from 1672 to 2025, 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 5 October?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Memel (1944), Battle of the Thames (1813), Battle of Shaho (1904).

• Battle of Krasnobród (1672) 5 October 1672 – 6 October 1672Poland · Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676
• Siege of Port Royal (1710) 5 October 1710 – 13 October 1710Canada · Queen Anne's War
• Battle of Vila Velha 5 October 1762Portugal · Seven Years' War
• Raid on Genoa 5 October 1793Italy · Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796
• Action of 5 October 1804 5 October 1804At sea · Napoleonic Wars
• Battle of the Thames 5 October 1813Canada · War of 1812
• Battle of Hatchie Bridge 5 October 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Allatoona 5 October 1864United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Shaho 5 October 1904 – 17 October 1904China · Russo-Japanese War
• Fall of Belgrade (1915) 5 October 1915 – 16 October 1915Serbia · Serbian campaign
• Battle of Memel 5 October 1944 – 28 January 1945Lithuania · Eastern Front
• Battle of Smara (1979) 5 October 1979 – 8 October 1979Morocco · Western Sahara War
• Aleppo clashes (2025–2026) 5 October 2025 – 7 October 2025Syria · Syrian Democratic Forces–Syrian transitional government clashes