List of conflicts in South America

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This is a list of armed conflicts in South America.


Development of Spanish American Independence
  Government under traditional Spanish law
  Loyal to Supreme Centr r Cortes
  American junta or insurrection movement
  Independent state declared or established
  Height of French control of the Peninsula
Thousand Days War1891 Chilean Civil WarWar of the PacificConquest of the DesertParaguayan WarChincha Islands WarUruguayan WarOccupation of AraucaníaColombian Civil War (1860–1862)Federal WarPlatine WarRevolution of 1851Uruguayan Civil WarWar of the ConfederationWar of the RagamuffinsChilean Civil War of 1829Gran Colombia – Peru WarCisplatine WarBrazilian IndependenceVenezuelan War of IndependenceChilean War of IndependenceArgentine War of IndependencePeruvian War of Independence
Cenepa WarFalklands WarInternal conflict in PeruColombian Armed ConflictLa ViolenciaParaguayan Civil War (1947)Ecuadorian–Peruvian WarChaco WarColombia-Peru WarEcuadorian Civil War of 1912–1914War of the GeneralsContestado WarParaguayan Civil War (1911–1912)Thousand Days WarCold WarWWIIWWI

Argentina[]

Bolivia[]

Brazil[]

Chile[]

  • c. 500 — c. 1100 Wari Empire
  • c. 1472 — 1493 Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the realm northward along the Andes through modern Ecuador, and developed a special fondness for the city of Quito, which he rebuilt with architects from Cuzco. During this time his father Pachacuti reorganized the Kingdom of Cuzco into the Tahuantinsuyu, the "four provinces". He led extensive military conquests to extend the Inca Empire across much of South America, within the boundaries of the nations which are today called Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. He became Inca in his turn upon his father's death in 1471, ruling until his own death in 1493. He conquered Chimor, which occupied the northern coast of what is now Peru, the largest remaining rival to the Incas.
  • c. 1493 — 1527 Huayna Capac, the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the Inca Empire significantly to the south into present-day Chile and Argentina and tried to annex territories towards the north, in what is now Ecuador and southern Colombia, founding cities like Atuntaqui. Further north, Huayna Capac's forces reached the Chinchipe River Basin but were pushed back by the Shuar in 1527. The Inca Empire reached the height of its size and power under his rule, stretching over much of present-day Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and southwestern Colombia. The lands conquered in the south within Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile would form the province Qullasuyu of the Inca Empire.
  • 1535 — 1537 Expedition to Chile of the Spanish conqueror Diego de Almagro.

Colombia[]

Ecuador[]

French Guiana[]

  • 1809 Portuguese invasion of French Guiana.[citation needed]

Peru[]

The area of the Chavín culture, as well as areas the Chavín culture influenced.
A map of the extent of the Wari Empire
  • c. 1230 Sinchi Roca, the second Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, waged war against a nearby kingdom after the killing of the Inca diplomat Teuotihi
  • c. 1290 Mayta Cápac, the fourth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, put the regions of Arequipa and Moquegua under the control of the Inca empire
  • c. 1320 Cápac Yupanqui, the fifth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, was the first Inca to conquer territory outside the valley of Cuzco
  • c. 1350 — c. 1380 Inca Roca, the sixth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, is said to have conquered the Chancas
  • c. 1380 Yáhuar Huácac, the seventh Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, abandoned the capital in an attack by the Chancas
  • c. 1410 — c. 1438 Viracocha Inca, the eighth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, defended the capital against the attack by the Chancas
  • c. 1438 — c. 1472 Pachacuti, the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco, defeated the Chancas and the Chimú
A map of the extent of the Kingdom of Cuzco in 1438
A map of the extent of the Kingdom of Cuzco in 1463
  • c. 1472 — c. 1493 Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the realm northward along the Andes through modern Ecuador, and developed a special fondness for the city of Quito, which he rebuilt with architects from Cuzco. During this time his father Pachacuti reorganized the Kingdom of Cuzco into the Tahuantinsuyu, the "four provinces". He led extensive military conquests to extend the Inca Empire across much of South America, within the boundaries of the nations which are today called Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. He became Inca in his turn upon his father's death in 1471, ruling until his own death in 1493. He conquered Chimor, which occupied the northern coast of what is now Peru, the largest remaining rival to the Incas.
A map of the extent of the Kingdom of Cuzco in 1493
  • c. 1493 — c. 1527 Huayna Capac, the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the Inca Empire significantly to the south into present-day Chile and Argentina and tried to annex territories towards the north, in what is now Ecuador and southern Colombia, founding cities like Atuntaqui. Further north, Huayna Capac's forces reached the Chinchipe River Basin but were pushed back by the Shuar in 1527. The Inca Empire reached the height of its size and power under his rule, stretching over much of present-day Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and southwestern Colombia.
A map of the Inca Empire at its greatest extent
  • 1525 — 1572 Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire

Paraguay[]

Uruguay[]

Venezuela[]

Suriname[]

Guyana[]

See also[]

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