Atlas of Battles

on this day, 14 engagements

Battles fought on 25 December

14 engagements in the atlas were fought on 25 December between 1429 and 1940: 12 battles and 2 sieges.

Siege of La CharitéSecond Battle of AcentejoAssault on GreifenhagenBattle of ChojniceThird Battle of TucsonBattle of Lake OkeechobeeBattle of LegarevilleBattle of Anthony's HillBattle of GroenkopBattle of KeljaBattle of TucapelBattle of PozzoloBattle of ArdahanSiege of GiarabubBattle of TucapelBattle of PozzoloBattle of ArdahanSiege of GiarabubChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaBengaluruMiamiMadridAtlantaHoustonMonterrey5000 km11.439N, 34.138W
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
25 December 1429Siege of La CharitéLa Charité-sur-LoireArmagnac–Burgundian Civil War
25 December 1494Second Battle of AcentejoLa Victoria de AcentejoConquest of Tenerife
25 December 1553Battle of TucapelArauco War
25 December 1630Assault on GreifenhagenThirty Years' War
25 December 1656Battle of ChojniceChojniceSecond Northern War
25 December 1782Third Battle of TucsonTucson, ArizonaApache–Mexico Wars
25 December 1800Battle of PozzoloMonzambanoWar of the Second Coalition
25 December 1837Battle of Lake OkeechobeeLake Okeechobee, FloridaSecond Seminole War
25 December 1863Battle of LegarevilleJohns Island, South CarolinaAmerican Civil War
25 December 1864Battle of Anthony's HillGiles County, TennesseeAmerican Civil War
25 December 1901Battle of GroenkopSecond Boer War
25 December 1914Battle of ArdahanArdahanMiddle Eastern theater of World War I
25 December 1939Battle of KeljaGromovoWinter War
25 December 1940Siege of GiarabubJaghbubMediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II

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