List of conflicts in North America

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Ongoing armed conflicts in 2018; updated August 2021.
  Major wars, 10,000 or more deaths in current or past year
  Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in current or past year
  Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in current or past year
  Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in current or past year

This is a list of conflicts in North America. This list includes all countries starting northward from Northern America (Canada, Greenland, and the United States of America), southward to Mesoamerica (Mexico) and the Caribbean (Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Martin, the Dominican Republic, and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) and further south to Central America (Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua). Conflicts are ordered by geographic regions of North America ranging from north to south, and then arranged chronologically from the Pre-Columbian era (specifically: the classic and postclassic periods of Mesoamerica) to the postcolonial period. This list includes (but is not limited to) the following: wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that was itself only part of an operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars. The list might also contain episodes of: human sacrifice, mass suicide, and genocides.

Northern America[]

Territorial evolution of North America of non-native nation states from 1750 to 2008.

Bermuda[]

As a British Colony Bermuda served as a staging point for Great Britain during the American Revolution and War of 1812. During the Battle of the Atlantic the island served as an allied airbase for . NATO also used Bermuda as a base during the Cold War.

Canada[]

Main articles: and Military history of Canada

11th century[]

16th century[]

  • 1534 Battle of Bae de Bic
  • 1540-1924 American Indian Wars
  • 1577 Skirmishes between English sailors under Martin Frobisher and Inuit on Baffin Island

17th century[]

18th century[]

  • 1722 Battle of Winnepang
  • 1723 Raid on Canso
  • 1724 Raid on Annapolis Royal
  • 1725 Raid on Canso
  • 1754–1763 Seven Years' War
  • 1755 Naval Action off Newfoundland
  • 1755 Battle of Fort Beauséjour
  • 1755 Bay of Fundy Campaign
  • 1755 Battle of Petitcodiac
  • 1756 Raid on Lunenburg
  • 1757 Battle on Snowshoes
  • 1757 Battle of Bloody Creek
  • 1758 Siege of Louisbourg
  • 1758 Battle of Fort Frontenac
  • 1758 Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign
  • 1758 Île Saint-Jean Campaign
  • 1758 Petitcodiac River Campaign
  • 1758 Battle on Snowshoes – occurred in the British Province of New York and New France.
  • 1759 St. John River Campaign
  • 1759 Battle of Beauport
  • 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham
  • 1759 St. Francis Raid
  • 1760 Battle of Sainte-Foy
  • 1760 Siege of Quebec
  • 1760 Battle of Restigouche
  • 1760 Montreal Campaign
  • 1760 Battle of the Thousand Islands
  • 1762 Battle of Signal Hill
  • 1775–1776 American Revolutionary War
    The Battle of Quebec where the early United States attempted to convince Quebec to join the American Revolution for independence from the British. The British victory assured that British Canada would not join the United States.
    The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 by John Trumbull
  • 1775 Invasion of Canada
  • 1775 Arnold's expedition to Quebec
  • 1775 Battle of Longue-Pointe
  • 1775 Siege of Fort St. Jean
  • 1775 Battle of Quebec
  • 1776 Battle of the Cedars
  • 1776 Battle of Saint-Pierre
  • 1776 Battle of Trois-Rivières
  • 1776 Battle of Fort Cumberland
  • 1777 Siege of Saint John
  • 1781 Naval battle off Cape Breton
  • 1782 Naval battle off Halifax
  • 1782 Raid on Lunenburg
  • 1782 Hudson Bay Expedition

19th century[]

  • 1800 United Irish Uprising
  • 1811 Tonquin incident
  • 1812 War of 1812
  • 1816 Pemmican War
  • 1816 Capture of Fort Gibraltar
  • 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks
  • 1816 Capture of Fort Douglas
  • 1816 Capture of Fort William
  • 1837–1838 Upper Canada Rebellion
  • 1867
  • 1869–1870 Red River Rebellion
  • 1870 Wolseley Expedition
  • 1870 Battle of the Belly River
  • 1873 Cypress Hills Massacre
  • 1885 North-West Rebellion

20th century[]

  • 1902 – June 22: Toronto Streetcar Strike riot [1]
  • 1907 – Anti-Oriental Riots (Vancouver)
  • 1913 – [2]
  • 1918 – Conscription Crisis of 1917
  • 1918 – Vancouver General Strike
  • 1919 – Winnipeg General Strike
  • 1925 – New Waterford Rebellion. See Davis Day.
  • 1926 – Regina Riots
  • 1933 – August 16: Christie Pits riot in Toronto.
  • 1935 – The On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot.
  • 1935 – The Battle of Ballantyne Pier
  • 1938 – Bloody Sunday
  • 1939–1945 – Second World War
  • 1939–1945 – Battle of the Atlantic
  • 1942–1944 – Battle of the St. Lawrence
  • 1942 – Bombardment of Estevan Point lighthouse
  • 1944 – Terrace Mutiny
  • 1945 – Halifax Riot on Victory in Europe Day.
  • 1955 – Richard Riot
  • 1967 – Yorkville, Toronto summer street sit-ins and "riots".
  • 1969 – Murray-Hill riot
  • 1970 – FLQ – October Crisis
  • 1971 – Gastown Riots
  • 1982 – October 14: The Squamish Five, bombs a Litton Industries factory.
  • 1983 – Solidarity Crisis
  • 1990 – July 11 to September 26: Oka Crisis
  • 1990–1992 – Strike, strike-breaking, and bombing at Royal Oak Mines in Yellowknife, NWT
  • 1993 – June 9: Montreal Stanley Cup Riot
  • 1994 – June 14: Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot
  • 1995 – Gustafsen Lake Standoff
  • 1995 – Ipperwash Crisis
  • 1997–2000 – Wiebo Ludwig and his followers bomb wellheads in Alberta's oil country

21st century[]

Greenland[]

  • Early 1400s Possible Thule-Norse Greenlander Conflict
  • 1939-1945 Greenland in World War II

United States[]

This includes all conflicts that have taken place within the modern territory of the United States.

See also

  • List of conflicts in the United States
  • List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
  • List of rampage killers in the Americas
  • List of wars involving the United States
  • United States military casualties of war

Puerto Rico[]

Puerto Rico is geographically located within the Caribbean; however, because Puerto Rico territory of the United States the island's conflicts are listed here.

Precolonial[]

This includes all known conflicts that occurred within the territory of the United States of America prior to European exploration.

  • 1140-1150 Collapse of Early Pueblo culture in Chaco Canyon
  • 1200–1650 Chiefly Warfare Cult
  • 1300 Fall of Cahokia
  • 1325 Crow Creek massacre

American Indian Wars[]

This list covers all wars regarding Native Americans and First Nations within the 49 contiental states of the United States (does not include territories) and the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada. This includes conflicts fought between American Indian and First Nation tribes and wars against encroachment from European Colonial Powers or the United States and Canada. Generally American Indian Wars classifies all conflicts for Native Americans and First Nations between 1540 and 1924 however this list also includes 20th century incidents on Indian Reservations.

Hernando De Soto's expedition through the Southeast United States was the first major conflict between Europeans and Native Americans in the U.S. Thousands of natives were killed by the expedition, and the majority of the expedition including De Soto did not survive the journey.
  • 1540-1542 Herando de Soto's Expedition
  • 1609–1701 Beaver Wars
  • 1610–1646 Anglo-Powhatan Wars
  • 1610–1614 First Anglo-Powhatan War
  • 1622–1632 Second Anglo-Powhatan War
  • 1644–1646 Third Anglo-Powhatan War
  • 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe
  • 1813–1814 Creek War
  • 1816–1858 Seminole Wars
  • 1820–1875 Texas–Indian wars
  • August 1823 Arikara War
  • 1832 Black Hawk War
  • 1835–1842 Second Seminole War
  • 1842 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation
  • 1846–1866 Navajo Wars
  • 1849–1924 Apache Wars
  • Geronimo's War 1881-1886
The Battle of Little Bighorn near the Little Bighorn river in the state a Montana. A confederation of Lakatoa and allied tribes defeated the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment. Part of the Great Sioux War which was an ultimately a victory of the U.S Government. Painting is The Custer Fight by Charles Marion Russell.
  • Sioux Wars 1854–1891
  • August 19, 1854 Grattan massacre
  • 1862 Dakota War
  • 1863–1865 Colorado War::*August 1 – September 24, 1865
  • Powder River Expedition
  • 1866–1868 Red Cloud's War
  • 1876-1877 Great Sioux War
  • December 29, 1890 – January 15, 1891 Ghost Dance War
  • December 29, 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
  • 1855–1856 Yakima War
  • February 1856 Tintic War
  • 1857–1858 Utah War
  • 1859–1860 Mendocino War
  • 1860 Paiute War
  • 1862 Dakota War
  • 1865–1872 Black Hawk War
  • 1872–1873 Modoc War
  • 1879 White River War
  • 1898 Battle of Sugar Point
  • March 1914 – March 11, 1915 Bluff War
  • March 20–23, 1923 Posey War
  • February 27 – May 8, 1973 Wounded Knee incident
  • June 26, 1975 Pine Ridge Shootout

17th century[]

The Burning of Jamestown, Virginia by Bacon's Rebellion. Common Indentured Servants and African Slaves fought together against the government of Colonial Virginia. The Rebellion's failure caused a hardening of racial lines in Colonial English America.

This covers all conflicts in the 1600s that occurred between rival European Colonial Powers, or between Colonists and their Colonial Administration. This section does not include conflicts regarding Native Americans.

  • August 27, 1664 The annexation of New Netherland by the English
    • English conquest of New Amsterdam (New York City)
  • 1665–1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War
    • June 1667, a Dutch warship attacked Old Point Comfort
  • 1672–1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War
    • August 1673 The Dutch recaptured New Netherland
    • November 1674 The Treaty of Westminster concluded the war and ceded New Netherland to the English
  • 1676 Bacon's Rebellion
  • September 1688 – September 1697 King William's War

18th century[]

This covers all conflicts in the 1700s that occurred between rival European Colonial Powers, or between the early United States against European Colonial Powers. Many of the wars in this period were extensions of wars from continental Europe. This section does not include conflicts regarding Native Americans.

  • October 7–18, 1702 Battle of Flint River
  • November 10 – December 30, 1702 Siege of St. Augustine
  • August 10 – October 6, 1703 Northeast Coast Campaign
  • February 29, 1704 Raid on Deerfield
  • January 25–26, 1704 Apalachee massacre
  • September 1706 Charles Town expedition
  • August 12 – November 30, 1707 Siege of Pensacola
  • August 29, 1708 Raid on Haverhill
  • Slave Revolts in Colonial English America
  • 1712 New York Slave Revolt of 1712
  • 1739 Stono Rebellion

*1754–1763 The French and Indian War

Battle of Fort Oswego fought in Oswego, New York part of the French an Indian War. An alliance of French and Native American tribes defeated a British assault. New France enjoyed strong relations with Natives in the Great Lakes Region. Despite early French victories British supremacy on the sea assured victory in the overall war. Drawing by J.Walker

Was fought within both Canada and the United States

  • May 28, 1754 Battle of Jumonville Glen
  • July 3, 1754 Battle of Fort Necessity
  • June 16, 1755 Battle of Fort Beauséjour
  • July 9, 1755 Braddock Expedition
  • 1755 Battle of Lake George
  • April 18, 1756 Battle of Great Cacapon
  • August, 1756 Battle of Fort Oswego
  • September 8, 1756 Kittanning Expedition
  • January 21, 1757 Battle on Snowshoes
  • July 26, 1757 Battle of Sabbath Day Point
  • August 9, 1757 Battle of Fort William Henry
  • March 23, 1758 Battle on Snowshoes
  • July 27, 1758 Battle of Louisburg
  • August, 1758 Battle of Fort Frontenac
  • July 8, 1758 Battle of Carillon
  • September 14, 1758 Battle of Fort Duquesne
  • October 12, 1758 Battle of Fort Ligonier
  • November 25, 1758 Forbes Expedition
  • 1759 Battle of Ticonderoga
  • 1759 Battle of Fort Niagara
  • July 31, 1759 Battle of Beauport
  • 1762 Battle of Signal Hill
  • 1764–1771 War of the Regulation
  • 1774–1776 Boston campaign
  • 1775–1776 Invasion of Canada
  • 1776 New York Campaign
  • 1777 Saratoga Campaign
  • 1779 Sullivan Expedition

1775–1783 American Revolutionary War

The first of four engravings of the Battle of Lexington and Concord by Amos Doolittle from 1775. Doolittle visited the battle sites and interviewed soldiers and witnesses. Contains controversial elements, possibly inaccuracies. Fire from the militia may have occurred but is not depicted.
  • April 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord
  • April 20, 1775 – March 17, 1776 Siege of Boston
  • May 10, 1775 Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
  • June 11–12, 1775 Battle of Machias
  • June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill
  • August 8, 1775 Battle of Gloucester
  • August 23 – November 3, 1775 Siege of Fort St. Jean
  • September 24, 1775 Battle of Longue-Pointe
  • November 14, 1775 Battle of Kemp's Landing
  • November 28 – December 9, 1775 Battle of Great Bridge
  • February 27, 1776 Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
  • March 2–4, 1776 Fortification of Dorchester Heights
  • March 2–3, 1776 Battle of the Rice Boats
  • May 15–26, 1776 Battle of the Cedars
  • June 8, 1776 Battle of Trois-Rivières
  • August 27, 1776 Battle of Long Island
  • September 15, 1776 Landing at Kip's Bay
  • September 16, 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights
  • October 11, 1776 Battle of Valcour Bay
  • October 28, 1776 Battle of White Plains
  • December 26, 1776 Battle of Trenton
  • January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton
  • July 5–6, 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
  • August 6, 1777 Battle of Oriskany
  • August 16, 1777 Battle of Bennington
  • September 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine
  • September 19, 1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm
  • October 2, 1777 Battle of Germantown
  • October 7, 1777 Battle of Bemis Heights
  • October 17, 1777 Battle of Saratoga
  • May 25, 1778 Battle of Freetown
  • June 28, 1778 Battle of Monmouth
  • June 30, 1778 Battle of Alligator Bridge
  • July 27, 1778 First Battle of Ushant
  • August 29, 1778 Battle of Rhode Island
  • February 23–25, 1779 Battle of Vincennes
  • July 16, 1779 Battle of Stony Point
  • July 24 – August 12, 1779 Penobscot Expedition
  • August 29, 1779 Battle of Newtown
  • October 9, 1779 Siege of Savannah
  • January 16, 1780 Battle of Cape St. Vincent
  • March 29, 1780 Siege of Charleston
  • August 8, 1780 Battle of Piqua
  • August 16, 1780 Battle of Camden
  • October 7, 1780 Battle of King's Mountain
  • January 17, 1781 Battle of Cowpens
  • March 15, 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House
Siege of Yorktown in Yorktown, Virginia was the deciding battle of the American Revolutionary War and among the largest North American Battles of the 18th century. America's independence was recognized in 1783. Painting by Eugene Lami
  • September 6, 1781 Battle of Groton Heights
  • September 8, 1781 Battle of Eutaw Springs
  • September 28 – October 19, 1781 Siege of Yorktown*
  • December 12, 1781 Second Battle of Ushant
  • February 17, 1782 Battle of Sadras
  • April 9–12, 1782 Battle of the Saintes
  • August 19, 1782 Battle of Blue Licks

19th century[]

This covers all conflicts in the 1800s that occurred between the governments of North America that took place within the modern territory of the United States of America and conflicts between North American and European states. This does not include conflicts regarding Native Americans.

*1812–1814 War of 1812

  • December 1812,Siege of Detroit
  • 1813 Battle of Lake Erie
  • 1813 – August 1814 Creek War
  • August 24, 1814 Battle of Bladensburg
    • August 24, 1814 Burning of Washington
  • November 7–9, 1814 Battle of Pensacola
  • December 13, 1814 Action of 13 December 1814 (Louisiana Campaign)
  • December 14, 1814 Battle of Lake Borgne
  • January 9–18, 1815 Siege of Fort St. Philip
  • January 13–14, 1815 Battle of Fort Peter
  • Battle of New Orleans - August, 1815
  • August 21–23, 1831 Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion

*1835–1836 Texas Revolution

  • 1838 Missouri Mormon War
  • 1844–1846 Illinois Mormon War

*1846–1848 Mexican–American War

*1861–1865 American Civil War

    • February 11–16, 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson
    • April 6–7, 1862 Battle of Shiloh
    • August 28–30, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run
    • September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam
    • December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863 Battle of Stones River
    • April 30 – May 6, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville
    • July 1–3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg
    • July 13–16, 1863 New York City draft riots
    • September 19–20, 1863 Battle of Chickamauga
    • May 5–7, 1864 Battle of the Wilderness
    • May 8–21, 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
    • April 7, 1864 Battle of Appomattox Court House
    • November 15, 1864 - December 21, 1865 Sherman's March to the Sea
    • June 9, 1864 - March 25, 1865 Siege of Petersburg
  • 1865–1866 Fenian Raids
  • 1878 Lincoln County War
  • 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  • 1887-1894 Hatfield-McCoy Feud
  • 1892 Homestead Strike

20th Century[]

This covers all conflicts and terrorist attacks in the 1900s that occurred within the modern territory of the United States of America. This also includes attacks upon the United States from Eurasian powers.

  • 1910–1919 Border War
  • April 20, 1914 Ludlow Massacre
  • 1914–1918 World War I
    • April 21, 1914 Ypiranga incident
    • July 30, 1916 2:08:00 AM (AST; GMT−4) Black Tom explosion
    • January 11, 1917 Kingsland Explosion
    • August 2–3, 1917 Green Corn Rebellion
    • July 21, 1918 Attack on Orleans
    • August 7, 1918 Battle of Ambos Nogales
  • May 31 – June 1, 1921Tulsa race riot
  • 1912–1921 West Virginia coal wars
    • September 10–21, 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain
  • 1939–1945 World War II
The Navy radio station at Dutch Harbor burning after the Japanese Attack, 4 June 1942 According to Japanese intelligence, the nearest field for land-based American aircraft was at Fort Morrow AAF on Kodiak, more than 600 miles (970 km) away, and Dutch Harbor was a sitting duck for the strong Japanese fleet, carrying out a coordinated operation with a fleet that was to capture Midway Island. The Dutch Harbor attack was part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
    • October 16, 1940 – May 21, 1941 Machita Incident
    • December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor (Not in North America)
    • February 23, 1942 Bombardment of Ellwood
    • February 24–25, 1942 Battle of Los Angeles
    • June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943 Battle of the Aleutian Islands
    • June 21, 1942 Bombardment of Fort Stevens
    • July 27, 1942 Lordsburg Killings
    • September 9–29, 1942 Lookout Air Raids
    • May 30, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots
    • August 14, 1944 Fort Lawton Riot
    • March 12, 1945 Santa Fe Riot
    • April 16, – September 17, 1945 Project Hula
    • July 8, 1945 Midnight Massacre
  • May 2–4, 1946 Battle of Alcatraz
  • August 1–3 Battle of Athens (1946)
  • August 11–17, 1965 Watts Rebellion
  • July 23–27, 1967 1967 Detroit riot
  • May 4, 1970 Kent State shootings
  • September 9, 1971 Attica Prison riot
  • May 13, 1985 MOVE Philadelphia bombing
  • April 29, 1992 Los Angeles riots
  • August 21–31, 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff
  • February 28 – April 19, 1993 Waco siege
  • April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
  • February 28, 1997 North Hollywood shootout
  • March 19 – 20, 1997 Heaven's Gate mass suicide

21st century[]

This includes domestic conflicts and terrorist attacks that took place within the United States. Note that actions of terrorism and domestic conflict are distinguished from one another.

  • 2001–present War on Terrorism
  • September 11, 2001 September 11 attacks
  • May 8, 2007 Fort Dix attack plot
  • November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shooting
  • April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
  • April 2, 2014 Fort Hood shooting
  • April 5, 2014 - May 2014 Bundy standoff
  • January, 1 - February 16, 2016 Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
  • June 8, 2020 - July 1, 2020 Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
  • January 6, 2021 Storming of the United States Capitol

Middle America[]

Mexico[]

Pre-Columbian[]

Map depicting the Maya area within the larger Mesoamerican region. View full size for details.
  • 537 – 838 Tikal-Calakmul wars
    • 537 – 572 First Tikal-Calakmul War
    • 650 – 695 Second Tikal-Calakmul War
    • 720 – 744 Third Tikal-Calakmul War
  • circa 1250–1325 Conflict between the city-states of Tizaapan and Culhuacán ending with the Mexica driven away from Tizaapan to form Tenochtitlan in Lake Texcoco in 1325
  • circa 1325–1426 Conflict between the alliance of Tenochtitlan and Azcapotzalco against the city-state of Texcoco, ending in victory for the Tepanec empire
    • 1376–1395 Acamapichtli, the first tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, sent expeditions to fight for Azcapotzalco against various city states, notably Chalco, Cuahnahuac, Xochimilco
    • 1396–1417 Huitzilihuitl, the second tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, assisted in the conquest and sacking of the cities of Tultitlan, Cuauhtitlan, Chalco, Tollantzingo, Xaltocan, Otompa and Acolman
    • 1418 Tezozomoc's war with Ixtlilxochitl I of Texcoco
  • 1426 Tepanec Civil War
    • 1427 Maxtla, ruler of Coyoacán incited a rebellion among the nobles of Azcapotzalco and usurped the throne
    • 1427–1440 Allying with Nezahualcoyotl of Texcoco, Itzcoatl went on to defeat Maxtla and end the Tepanec domination of central Mexico
  • 1480 – 1510 Saltpeter War
  • 1428–1521 Formation and expansion of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
    • 1430–1440 Successful campaigns against Xochimilco, Mixquic, Cuitlahuac, and Tezompa would secure agricultural resources for Tenochtitlan and, along with the conquest of Culhuacan and Coyoacán, would cement the Triple Alliance's control over the southern half of the Valley of Mexico.
    • 1454-1519 Flower war
    • 1440–1458 Reign of Moctezuma I
      • Subjugated the Huastec people and Totonac peoples
      • 1458 Moctezuma I led an expedition into Mixtec territory against the city-state of Coixtlahuaca
      • Campaigns conducted against Cosamaloapan, Ahuilizapan, and Cuetlachtlan
    • 1455 - 1516
    • 1473 Axayacatl subjugated Tlatelolco
    • 1481–1486 Tizoc, the seventh tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, put down a rebellion of the Matlatzincan peoples of the Toluca Valley
    • 1486–1502 Ahuizotl began his reign by suppressing a Huastec rebellion, and then conquered the Mixtec and the Zapotec

16th century[]

    • 1502–1520 Through warfare Moctezuma II expanded the territory of the Aztec Empire as far south as Xoconosco in Chiapas and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and incorporated the Zapotec and Yopi people into the empire
The maximal extent of the Aztec Empire, according to María del Carmen Solanes Carraro and Enrique Vela Ramírez.
  • 1516 Texcoco Civil War
  • 1519–1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
  • The Cholula Massacre of 1519
  • Siege of Tenochtitlan (May 26 – August 13, 1521)
  • 1533 Yaqui Wars
  • 1540 Conquest of Cíbola
  • 1540 Tiguex War
  • 1540–1542 Mixtón War
  • 1550–1590 Chichimeca War
  • 1599 Acoma Massacre

17th century[]

18th century[]

19th century[]

  • 1810–1821 Mexican War of Independence
  • 1835–1836 Texas Revolution

Development of Spanish American Independence
  Government under traditional Spanish law
  Loyal to Supreme Central Junta or Cortes
  American junta or insurrection movement
  Independent state declared or established
  Height of French control of the Peninsula
  • 1861–1867 French intervention in Mexico

20th century[]

21st century[]

  • 1992–present War on Drugs
  • December 11, 2006–present Mexican Drug War
  • November 5, 2010 Shootout at Matamoros, 50–100 killed
  • August 24, 2010 San Fernando massacre
  • April 6, 2011 – June 7, 2011 San Fernando massacre
  • August 25, 2011 Monterrey casino attack
  • June 25, 2010 Nuevo León mass graves
  • June 25, 2010 Nuevo León mass graves
  • August 24, 2010 San Fernando massacre
  • November 5, 2010 Shootout at Matamoros, 50–100 killed
  • April 6, 2011 – June 7, 2011 San Fernando massacre
  • June 3, 2011 Coahuila mass graves
  • August 25, 2011 Monterrey casino attack
  • June 25, 2010 Nuevo León mass graves
  • August 24, 2010 San Fernando massacre
  • November 5, 2010 Shootout at Matamoros, 50–100 killed
  • April 6, 2011 – June 7, 2011 San Fernando massacre
  • August 25, 2011 Monterrey casino attack
  • June 3, 2011 Coahuila mass graves

Central America[]

Guatemala[]

  • 378 A war of conquest: Tikal against Uaxactun
  • 1524–1697 Spanish conquest of Guatemala
hideDate Event Modern department
February – March 1524 Spanish defeat the K'iche' Retalhuleu, Suchitepéquez, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán and El Quiché
8 February 1524 Battle of Zapotitlán, Spanish victory over the K'iche' Suchitepéquez
12 February 1524 First battle of Quetzaltenango results in the death of the K'iche' lord Tecun Uman Quetzaltenango
18 February 1524 Second battle of Quetzaltenango Quetzaltenango
March 1524 Spanish under Pedro de Alvarado raze Q'umarkaj, capital of the K'iche' El Quiché
14 April 1524 Spanish enter Iximche and ally themselves with the Kaqchikel Chimaltenango
18 April 1524 Spanish defeat the Tz'utujil in battle on the shores of Lake Atitlán Sololá
9 May 1524 Pedro de Alvarado defeats the Pipil of Panacal or Panacaltepeque near Izcuintepeque Escuintla
26 May 1524 Pedro de Alvarado defeats the Xinca of Atiquipaque Santa Rosa
27 July 1524 Iximche declared first colonial capital of Guatemala Chimaltenango
28 August 1524 Kaqchikel abandon Iximche and break alliance Chimaltenango
7 September 1524 Spanish declare war on the Kaqchikel Chimaltenango
1525 The Poqomam capital falls to Pedro de Alvarado Guatemala
13 March 1525 Hernán Cortés arrives at Lake Petén Itzá Petén
October 1525 Zaculeu, capital of the Mam, surrenders to Gonzalo de Alvarado y Contreras after a lengthy siege Huehuetenango
1526 Chajoma rebel against the Spanish Guatemala
1526 Acasaguastlán given in encomienda to Diego Salvatierra El Progreso
1526 Spanish captains sent by Alvarado conquer Chiquimula Chiquimula
9 February 1526 Spanish deserters burn Iximche Chimaltenango
1527 Spanish abandon their capital at Tecpán Guatemala Chimaltenango
1529 San Mateo Ixtatán given in encomienda to Gonzalo de Ovalle Huehuetenango
September 1529 Spanish routed at Uspantán El Quiché
April 1530 Rebellion in Chiquimula put down Chiquimula
9 May 1530 Kaqchikel surrender to the Spanish Sacatepéquez
December 1530 Ixil and Uspantek surrender to the Spanish El Quiché
April 1533 Juan de León y Cardona founds San Marcos and San Pedro Sacatepéquez San Marcos
1543 Foundation of Cobán Alta Verapaz
1549 First reductions of the Chuj and Q'anjob'al Huehuetenango
1551 Corregimiento of San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán established El Progreso, Zacapa and Baja Verapaz
1555 Lowland Maya kill Francisco de Vico Alta Verapaz
1560 Reduction of Topiltepeque and Lakandon Ch'ol Alta Verapaz
1618 Franciscan missionaries arrive at Nojpetén, capital of the Itzá Petén
1619 Further missionary expeditions to Nojpetén Petén
1684 Reduction of San Mateo Ixtatán and Santa Eulalia Huehuetenango
29 January 1686 Melchor Rodríguez Mazariegos leaves Huehuetenango, leading an expedition against the Lacandón Huehuetenango
1695 Franciscan friar Andrés de Avendaño attempts to convert the Itzá Petén
28 February 1695 Spanish expeditions leave simultaneously from Cobán, San Mateo Ixtatán and Ocosingo against the Lacandón Alta Verapaz, Huehuetenango and Chiapas
1696 Andrés de Avendaño forced to flee Nojpetén Petén
13 March 1697 Nojpetén falls to the Spanish after a fierce battle Petén

Nicaragua[]

Costa Rica[]

El Salvador[]

Honduras[]

Panama[]

Belize[]

  • 1533–1933 Mexican Indian Wars
  • 1981 Heads of Agreement Crisis

Caribbean[]

All conflicts which occurred on the islands in the Caribbean Sea are listed here. US Territories such as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are exceptions to this rule as they included in the United States' Section.

Dominican Republic[]

Cuba[]

Saint Martin[]

Tobago[]

Haiti[]

Political evolution of Central America and the Caribbean
  • July 28, 1915 – August 1, 1934 United States occupation of Haiti

Jamaica[]

Grenada[]

  • 1973–1983 New Jewel Movement
    • 1983 Invasion of Grenada

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Working people By Desmond Morton, page 72
  2. ^ Knowledge "Vancouver Island War" (3 minute video summary)
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