on this day, 20 engagements

Battles fought on 16 November

20 engagements in the atlas were fought on 16 November between AD 636 and 1962: 18 battles and 2 sieges. Among them: Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (AD 636), Battle of Lützen (1632), Battle of Kolubara (1914), Battle of Cajamarca (1532).

20 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
16 November AD 636	Battle of al-Qadisiyyah	Al-Qādisiyyah	Muslim conquest of Persia
16 November 1161	Battle of Tangdao	Qingdao	Jurchen campaigns against the Song dynasty
16 November 1326	Siege of Cardiff	Cardiff	Despenser War
16 November 1351	Battle of Zámostí	Zámostí
16 November 1387	Siege of Isfahan	Isfahan	Timurid conquests and invasions
16 November 1532	Battle of Cajamarca	Cajamarca	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
16 November 1569	Battle of Mimasetōge	Q11354817
16 November 1632	Battle of Lützen	Leipzig	Thirty Years' War
16 November 1715	Battle of Stresow	Putbus	Great Northern War
16 November 1776	Battle of Fort Washington	New York City, New York	American Revolutionary War
16 November 1805	Battle of Schöngrabern	Hollabrunn	War of the Third Coalition
16 November 1809	Battle of Meran	Merano	Tyrolean Rebellion
16 November 1835	Battle of Montejurra	Montejurra	First Carlist War
16 November 1846	Battle of Natividad	Salinas Valley, California	Mexican-American War
16 November 1856	Battle of the Pearl River Forts	Pearl River	Second Opium War
16 November 1863	Battle of Campbell's Station	Knox County, Tennessee	American Civil War
16 November 1912	Battle of Monastir	Monastir vilayet	First Balkan War
16 November 1914	Battle of Kolubara	Kolubara	World War I
16 November 1942	Battle of Buna–Gona	Buna	South West Pacific theater of World War II
16 November 1962	Battle of Se La Pass	Sela Pass	Sino-Indian War

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