Battles on 3 September
25 battles fought (or begun) on 3 September, from 1632 to 2009, 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 3 September?
The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Worcester (1651), Battle of Dunbar (1650) (1650), Battle of Mărășești (1917).
- Battle of the Alte Veste 3 September 1632Germany · Thirty Years' War
- Battle of Cartagena (1643) 3 September 1643Spain · Franco-Spanish War
- Siege of Drogheda 3 September 1649 – 11 September 1649Ireland · Irish Confederate Wars
- Battle of Dunbar (1650) 3 September 1650Scotland · Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Battle of Worcester 3 September 1651England · English Civil War
- Battle of Ulan Butung 3 September 1690China · Dzungar–Qing Wars
- Battle at Chignecto 3 September 1750Canada · Father Le Loutre's War
- Battle of Petitcodiac 3 September 1755Canada · Seven Years' War
- Battle of Cooch's Bridge 3 September 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
- Battle of Würzburg 3 September 1796Germany · War of the First Coalition
- Battle of Hampden 3 September 1814United States · War of 1812
- Battle of Ash Hollow 3 September 1855United States · Sioux Wars
- Battle of Acton 3 September 1862United States · Dakota War of 1862
- Battle of Panasówka 3 September 1863Poland · January Uprising
- Battle of Whitestone Hill 3 September 1863 – 5 September 1863United States · Sioux Wars
- Siege of the British Residency in Kabul 3 September 1879Afghanistan · Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Battle of Sidi Moumen 3 September 1907Algeria · Chaouia campaign
- Battle of Delville Wood 3 September 1916France · World War I
- Battle of Guillemont 3 September 1916 – 6 September 1916France · Battle of the Somme
- Battle of Pozières 3 September 1916France · World War I
- Battle of Mărășești 3 September 1917Romania · Romania in World War I
- Battle of Talavera de la Reina (1936) 3 September 1936Spain · Spanish Civil War
- Battle of Bukowiec 3 September 1939Poland
- Defense of Katowice 3 September 1939 – 4 September 1939Poland · 1939 Invasion of Poland
- Battle of Sabzak 3 September 2009 – 4 September 2009Afghanistan · War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)