Battles on 7 October
17 battles fought (or begun) on 7 October, from 1642 to 2023, 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 7 October?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battles of Saratoga (1777), Battle of Latakia (1973), Battle of Kings Mountain (1780).
- Battle of Lleida (1642) 7 October 1642Spain · Reapers' War
- Siege of Hulst (1645) 7 October 1645 – 4 November 1645Netherlands · Eighty Years' War
- Battles of Saratoga 7 October 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Kings Mountain 7 October 1780United States · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Donauwörth 7 October 1805Germany
- Battle of the Bidassoa 7 October 1813France · Campaign in south-west France
- Bahia incident 7 October 1864At sea · American Civil War
- Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads 7 October 1864United States · American Civil War
- Battle of Jabassi 7 October 1914 – 14 October 1914Cameroon · Kamerun campaign
- Battle of Port-au-Prince (1919) 7 October 1919Haiti · United States occupation of Haiti
- Battle of Latakia 7 October 1973Syria · Yom Kippur War
- Battle of Marsa Talamat 7 October 1973Egypt · Yom Kippur War
- 1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok 7 October 1999Thailand
- Bombing of Kandahar (2001) 7 October 2001Afghanistan · War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Battle of Nir Am 7 October 2023Israel · October 7 attacks
- Battle of Ofakim 7 October 2023Israel · stand-off in Be'eri and Ofakim
- Nahal Oz attack 7 October 2023Israel · Gaza War