Wars in History Ancient Greek Wars 1200 BC Trojan War (believed by many historians to be a mythical event) 499 - 479 BC Persian Wars 431 - 404 BC Peloponnesian War 334 - 323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great 300s BC - Samnite Wars between Rome and Samnium Ancient Roman Wars 264 - 241 BC First Punic War 218 - 202 BC Second Punic War 149 - 146 BC Third Punic War 215 BC 197 BC 168 BC Macedonian Wars 91 - 88 BC - Social War 82 - 81 BC - Sulla's civil war 58 BC - 50 BC Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars 49 - 45 BC - Caesar's civil war 48 BC Battle of Pharsalus 31 BC Battle of Actium 291 - 306 War of the Eight Princes in China 533 - 534 Vandal Wars Medieval European wars 1096 - 1291 Crusades 1337 - 1453 Hundred Years' War 1420 - 1436 Hussite Wars 1455 - 1485 Wars of the Roses 1454 - 1466 Thirteen Years' War. Between Poland and Teutonic Knights, which finally broke the power of the latter. Pike and Shot 1568 - 1648 Eighty Years' War (war of Dutch independence) 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1618 - 1648 Thirty Years' War across Europe, ends with the Peace of Westphalia. 1639 - 1652 English Civil War 1648 - 1660 The Deluge/Northern War, A series of wars involving Poland, Sweden, Prussia, Russia and Transylvania and Denmark 1652 - 1654 First Anglo-Dutch War 1664 - 1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War including the capture of New Amsterdam, renamed New York City 1672 - 1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War 1672 - 1678 Franco-Dutch War 1680 - 1684 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War 1689 - 1698 War of the Grand Alliance 1700 - 1721 Great Northern War between a coalition of Denmark/Norway, Russia and Saxony/Poland on one side and Sweden on the other side 1710 - 1711 Russo-Turkish War, 1710-11, a part of the Great Northern War 1702 - 1713 Queen Anne's War The North American part of the War of Spanish Succession 1701 - 1714 War of Spanish Succession 1736 - 1739 Russo-Turkish War, 1736-39 1739 - 1742 War of Jenkins' Ear 1740 - 1742 1st Silesian War 1744 - 1748 King George's War The North American part of the War of Austrian Succession 1740 - 1748 War of the Austrian Succession 1744 - 1745 2nd Silesian War 1756 - 1763 Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War in the United States, and also 3rd Silesian War 1754 - 1763 French and Indian War or the Seven Years' War 1768 - 1774 Russo-Turkish War, 1768-74 1775 - 1781 American Revolutionary War 1787 - 1792 Russo-Turkish War, 1787-92 1792 War in defence of the constitution 1789 - 1815 French Revolutionary Wars / Napoleonic Wars Battle of Trafalgar 1805 Battle of Waterloo 1815 Age of Rifles 1806 - 1812 Russo-Turkish War, 1806-12 1808 - 1809 The Finnish War between Russia and Sweden wherein Sweden cedes Finland to Russia 1812 - 1814 War of 1812 fought between the United States and Great Britain, and part of the greater war between Great Britain and France 1821 - 1829 Greek War of Independence 1828 - 1829 Russo-Turkish War, 1828-29 1830 - 1831 Polish-Russian war following November Uprising 1835 Toledo War between US territory of Michigan and the US state of Ohio 1839 - 1842 First Anglo-Afghan War 1843 - 1872 Several Maori Land Wars in New Zealand 1846 - 1848 Mexican War between the United States and Mexico 1848 - 1849 Hungarian Revolt of 1848 waged by Hungary against Austria and later Russia 1848 - 1851 First war of Schleswig 1850 - 1865 Taiping Rebellion 1854 - 1856 Crimean War. 1857 - 1901 Caste War of Yucatán 1859 - 1860 Italian Independence War 1861 - 1865 American Civil War in the United States 1864 Second war of Schleswig 1866 Austro-Prussian War (aka Seven Weeks War) 1870 - 1871 Franco-Prussian War 1877 - 1878 Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78 1839 - 1842 Second Anglo-Afghan War 1887 - 1889 Italo-Abyssinian War 1895 - 1896 First Italo-Abyssinian War 1894 - 1895 First Sino-Japanese War 1898 Spanish-American War 1899 - 1902 Boer War in South Africa World War era 1905 Russo-Japanese War 1912 - 1913 Two Balkan Wars are fought for control of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire 1914 - 1918 World War I, initially in Europe, then worldwide 1917 - 1918 Russian Revolution 1918 Finnish Civil War, fought between "the reds" (rebellious Socialists) and "the whites" (anti-Socialists) in the aftermath of the Russian Revolutions of 1917. Germany intervened on the side of the Whites. 1918 - 1922 Russian Civil War, fought between "the reds" (Communists) and "the whites" (tsarists) directly after the Bolshevist Revolution. US, France and Great Britain also intervened to "kill communism in the crib." 1918 - 1920 Estonian Liberation War, Estonia against Soviet Russia and the Germans. 1918 Polish-Czech war in Teschen Silesia 1918 - 1919 Poland and Lwow against Westukrainian Republic 1918 - 1919 Great Poland Uprising, Provinz Posen against Germany 1919 Third Anglo-Afghan War 1919 First Silesian Uprising 1919 - 1921 Polish-Soviet war Poland and Ukrainian Peoples Republic against Soviets 1920 Second Silesian Uprising Silesian Poles against Germany 1921 Third Silesian Uprising Silesian Poles against Germany 1934 - 1936 Northern Expedition by Kuomintang 1935 - 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War 1936 - 1939 Spanish Civil War 1937 - 1945 Second Sino-Japanese War 1939 - 1941 World War II: Poland,British Empire, France against Germany, Italy, Soviet Union 1941 - 1945 World War II: (British Empire, United States, Soviet Union and others against fascist Germany, Italy, and Japan). Cold War era 1945 - 1949 Chinese Civil War 1946 - 1954 First Indochina War 1947 - 1949 First Kashmir War between India and Pakistan 1948 - 1949 First Arab-Israeli War 1950 - 1953 Korean War (UN-led coalition Vs. North Korea) 1956 Suez Crisis (Second Arab-Israeli War) 1962 - 1963 Sino-Indian War 1964 - 1973 Vietnam War between US-led coalition including government of South Vietnam and coalition including Viet Cong and North Vietnam 1965 Second Kashmir War (Second Indo-Pakistani War) 1967 Six-Day War (Third Arab-Israeli War) 1969 Football War between Honduras and El Salvador. 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence (Third Indo-Pakistani War) 1973 Yom Kippur War (Fourth Arab-Israeli War) 1974 - 1991 Ethiopian Civil War 1975 - 1991 Lebanese Civil War 1979 - 1989 Soviet-Afghan War 1980 - 1988 Iran-Iraq War 1982 Falklands War between United Kingdom and Argentina Post-Cold War era 1989 - 1990 Operation Just Cause, United States invades Panama 1991 Gulf War between Iraq and UN-led coalition 1991 Slovene War of Independence 1991 - 1995 Croatian War of Independence 1992 - 1995 Bosnian Civil War 1994 - 1996 First Chechen War 1998 - 1999 Kosovo War (NATO Vs. Yugoslavia) 1999 Second Chechen War 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan (campaign of War on Terrorism) 2003 Invasion of Iraq (campaign of War on Terrorism) See also Military History War Wars between England and France List of treaties List of battles List of Swedish wars
Ancient Greek Wars 1200 BC Trojan War (believed by many historians to be a mythical event) 499 - 479 BC Persian Wars 431 - 404 BC Peloponnesian War 334 - 323 BC Wars of Alexander the Great 300s BC - Samnite Wars between Rome and Samnium Ancient Roman Wars 264 - 241 BC First Punic War 218 - 202 BC Second Punic War 149 - 146 BC Third Punic War 215 BC 197 BC 168 BC Macedonian Wars 91 - 88 BC - Social War 82 - 81 BC - Sulla's civil war 58 BC - 50 BC Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars 49 - 45 BC - Caesar's civil war 48 BC Battle of Pharsalus 31 BC Battle of Actium 291 - 306 War of the Eight Princes in China 533 - 534 Vandal Wars Medieval European wars 1096 - 1291 Crusades 1337 - 1453 Hundred Years' War 1420 - 1436 Hussite Wars 1455 - 1485 Wars of the Roses 1454 - 1466 Thirteen Years' War. Between Poland and Teutonic Knights, which finally broke the power of the latter. Pike and Shot 1568 - 1648 Eighty Years' War (war of Dutch independence) 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1618 - 1648 Thirty Years' War across Europe, ends with the Peace of Westphalia. 1639 - 1652 English Civil War 1648 - 1660 The Deluge/Northern War, A series of wars involving Poland, Sweden, Prussia, Russia and Transylvania and Denmark 1652 - 1654 First Anglo-Dutch War 1664 - 1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War including the capture of New Amsterdam, renamed New York City 1672 - 1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War 1672 - 1678 Franco-Dutch War 1680 - 1684 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War 1689 - 1698 War of the Grand Alliance 1700 - 1721 Great Northern War between a coalition of Denmark/Norway, Russia and Saxony/Poland on one side and Sweden on the other side 1710 - 1711 Russo-Turkish War, 1710-11, a part of the Great Northern War 1702 - 1713 Queen Anne's War The North American part of the War of Spanish Succession 1701 - 1714 War of Spanish Succession 1736 - 1739 Russo-Turkish War, 1736-39 1739 - 1742 War of Jenkins' Ear 1740 - 1742 1st Silesian War 1744 - 1748 King George's War The North American part of the War of Austrian Succession 1740 - 1748 War of the Austrian Succession 1744 - 1745 2nd Silesian War 1756 - 1763 Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War in the United States, and also 3rd Silesian War 1754 - 1763 French and Indian War or the Seven Years' War 1768 - 1774 Russo-Turkish War, 1768-74 1775 - 1781 American Revolutionary War 1787 - 1792 Russo-Turkish War, 1787-92 1792 War in defence of the constitution 1789 - 1815 French Revolutionary Wars / Napoleonic Wars Battle of Trafalgar 1805