Battles on 5 September

19 battles fought (or begun) on 5 September, from 1621 to 1999, 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 September?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of the Chesapeake (1781), Battle of Nördlingen (1634) (1634), Battle of Bazargic (1916).

• Siege of Jülich (1621–1622) 5 September 1621 – 3 February 1622Germany · Eighty Years' War
• Battle of Nördlingen (1634) 5 September 1634 – 6 September 1634Germany · Thirty Years' War
• Siege of Gloucester 5 September 1643 (Julian calendar)England · First English Civil War
• Battle of Hudson's Bay 5 September 1697Canada · Nine Years' War
• Battle of the Chesapeake 5 September 1781At sea · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Chantonnay (September 1793) 5 September 1793France · War in the Vendée
• Battle of Collooney 5 September 1798Ireland · Irish Rebellion of 1798
• Siege of Fort Wayne 5 September 1812 – 12 September 1812United States · War of 1812
• Capture of HMS Boxer 5 September 1813At sea · War of 1812
• Battle of Hetény 5 September 1849Slovakia
• Battle of Spokane Plains 5 September 1858United States · Coeur d'Alene War
• Battle of Groenkloof 5 September 1901South Africa · Second Boer War
• Battle of Bazargic 5 September 1916 – 7 September 1916Bulgaria · Romania in World War I
• Battle of Cerro Muriano 5 September 1936 – 6 September 1936Spain · Córdoba offensive
• Battle of Tuchola Forest 5 September 1939Poland · Battle of the Border
• Landing at Nadzab 5 September 1943Papua New Guinea · World War II
• Battle of Nancy (1944) 5 September 1944 – 15 September 1944France · World War II
• Battle of Maaten al-Sarra 5 September 1987Libya · Toyota War
• Tukhchar massacre 5 September 1999Russia · War of Dagestan