Battles on 6 October

13 battles fought (or begun) on 6 October, from 1609 to 2016, 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 6 October?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Vella Lavella (naval) (1943), Battle of Castricum (1799), Battle of Vella Lavella (land) (1943).

• Battle of Daugavgrīva (1609) 6 October 1609Latvia · Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11
• Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery 6 October 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Chestnut Neck 6 October 1778United States · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Castricum 6 October 1799Netherlands · Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
• Battle of Baxter Springs 6 October 1863United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Bonari Pass 6 October 1868Japan · Battle of Aizu
• Battle of Charasiab 6 October 1879Afghanistan · Second Anglo-Afghan War
• Battle of Vella Lavella (land) 6 October 1943Solomon Islands · World War II
• Battle of Vella Lavella (naval) 6 October 1943At sea · Pacific War
• Battle of Fort Lahtzanit 6 October 1973Egypt · Yom Kippur War
• Battles of Fort Budapest 6 October 1973Egypt · Yom Kippur War
• Aden unrest (2015–2019) 6 October 2015Yemen · Yemeni Civil War
• Tazalit attack 6 October 2016Niger · Insurgency in the Maghreb