on this day, 17 engagements

Battles fought on 8 February

17 engagements in the atlas were fought on 8 February between 1150 and 1971: 11 battles, 2 sieges and 4 naval actions. Among them: Battle of Iwo Jima (1945), Battle of Singapore (1942), Battle of Port Arthur (1904), Battle of Mansurah (1250).

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

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
8 February 1150	Battle of Flochberg	Bopfingen
8 February 1250	Battle of Mansurah	Mansoura	Seventh Crusade
8 February 1568	Siege of Ranthambore	Ranthambore Fort	Mughal-Rajput Wars
8 February 1637	Battle of Savigny	Savigny-en-Revermont	Ten Years’ War
8 February 1659	Battle of Myadel	Miadziel	Russo-Polish War
8 February 1743	Battle of Campo Santo	Camposanto	War of the Austrian Succession
8 February 1809	Action of 10 February 1809	Leeward Islands	Napoleonic Wars
8 February 1813	Paranacito combat
8 February 1827	Batalha de Aquila/Arbolito	Juncal Island	Cisplatine War
8 February 1860	Second Siege of Veracruz	Veracruz	Reform War
8 February 1863	Battle of Słupcza		January Uprising
8 February 1881	Battle of Schuinshoogte	Ingogo	First Boer War
8 February 1904	Battle of Port Arthur	Lüshunkou District	Russo-Japanese War
8 February 1918	Battles of Joutseno	Lesogorsky	Finnish Civil War
8 February 1942	Battle of Singapore	Singapore in the Straits Settlements	Pacific War
8 February 1945	Battle of Iwo Jima	Iwo Jima	Pacific War
8 February 1971	Battle of Ban Dong

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