Battles on 8 October

15 battles fought (or begun) on 8 October, from 1652 to 2012, 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 8 October?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Loos (1915), Battle of Perryville (1862), Battle of Angamos (1879).

• Battle of the Kentish Knock 8 October 1652At sea · First Anglo-Dutch War
• Battle of Prostki 8 October 1656Poland · Second Northern War
• Battle of Borgo 8 October 1768 – 10 October 1768France · French conquest of Corsica
• Siege of Delhi (1804) 8 October 1804 – 19 October 1804India · Second Anglo-Maratha War
• Battle of Wertingen 8 October 1805Germany · War of the Third Coalition
• Battle of Dominguez Rancho 8 October 1846United States · Mexican-American War
• Battle of Perryville 8 October 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Angamos 8 October 1879At sea · War of the Pacific
• Battle of Tamsui 8 October 1884Taiwan · Sino-French War
• Battle of Loos 8 October 1915France · Western Front
• Battle of Crucifix Hill 8 October 1944Germany · World War II
• Battle of Tehumardi 8 October 1944Estonia · World War II
• First Battle of Maryang-san 8 October 1951South Korea · Korean War
• Second Battle of Mount Hermon 8 October 1973Syria · Yom Kippur War
• Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2012) 8 October 2012 – 13 October 2012Syria · Idlib Governorate clashes