Atlas of Battles

on this day, 16 engagements

Battles fought on 2 April

16 engagements in the atlas were fought on 2 April between 1542 and 1976: 14 battles, 1 siege and 1 naval action. Among them: Battle of Copenhagen (1801).

Battle of TaiheijiSiege of RosesBattle of SpingesBattle of LüneburgBattle of Las Queseras del MedioBattle of LoriolBattle of HatvanSkirmish at Terre Noire CreekBattle of SelmaBattle of Sutherland's StationBattle of GingindlovuFirst Transjordan attack on AmmanBattle of Wadi al-LabanBattle of CopenhagenThird Battle of PetersburgBattle of the HotelsBattle of Wadi al-LabanBattle of CopenhagenThird Battle of PetersburgBattle of the HotelsBuenos AiresŌsakaManilaSeoulLimaKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMiami5000 km13.339N, 21.222E
16 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
2 April 1542Battle of TaiheijiChishiki-ji
2 April 1558Battle of Wadi al-LabanTissaAlgerian–Moroccan conflicts
2 April 1645Siege of RosesRosesFranco-Spanish War
2 April 1797Battle of SpingesSpingesNapoleonic Wars
2 April 1801Battle of CopenhagenCopenhagenWar of the Second Coalition
2 April 1813Battle of Lüneburg
2 April 1813Battle of Las Queseras del MedioVenezuelan War of Independence
2 April 1815Battle of LoriolLoriol-sur-DrômeNapoleonic Wars
2 April 1849Battle of HatvanHungarian Revolution of 1848
2 April 1864Skirmish at Terre Noire CreekClark County, ArkansasAmerican Civil War
2 April 1865Third Battle of PetersburgDinwiddie County, VirginiaAmerican Civil War
2 April 1865Battle of SelmaDallas County, AlabamaAmerican Civil War
2 April 1865Battle of Sutherland's StationDinwiddie County, VirginiaAmerican Civil War
2 April 1879Battle of GingindlovuAnglo-Zulu War
2 April 1918First Transjordan attack on AmmanMiddle Eastern theater of World War I
2 April 1976Battle of the HotelsBeirutLebanese Civil War

Only engagements recorded to the day are listed. Dates before 1582 are Julian, as recorded.