List of wars involving Austria
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This article is an incomplete list of wars and conflicts involving Austria.
- Austrian victory
- Austrian defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
Margraviate of Austria (976–1156)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a margraviate of the Duchy of Bavaria) | Outcome | |
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976 | 978 | War of the Three Henries (976–978) | ![]() |
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Bavarian defeat
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1015 | 1015 | ![]() |
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Victory
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1017 | 1017 | ![]() |
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Victory
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1030 | 1031 | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
1040 | 1041 | ![]() |
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Victory | |
1042 | 1044 | ![]() |
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Victory | |
29 June 1073 | 27 October 1075 | Saxon Rebellion | ![]() |
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Victory
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12 May 1082 | 12 May 1082 | Battle of Mailberg | ![]() |
Defeat | |
11 September 1146 | 11 September 1146 | Battle of the Fischa | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1147 | 1149 | Second Crusade | Crusaders:
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Seljuq Sultanate
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Defeat |
Duchy of Austria (1156–1453)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a state of the Holy Roman Empire) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1190 | 1191 | Third Crusade | Crusaders:
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Victory
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April 1197 | July 1198 | Crusade of 1197 | ![]() |
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Victory |
July 1209 | April 12, 1229 | Albigensian Crusade | *![]()
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Victory |
1217 | 1221 | Fifth Crusade | Crusaders:
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Egyptians:
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Defeat |
1241 | 1242 | Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire | ![]() |
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Victory |
15 June 1246 | 1 May 1254 | Austrian-Hungarian War (1246–1254) | ![]() |
Defeat | |
July 1260 | 31 March 1261 | War of Styria | ![]() |
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Victory
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1275 | 26 August 1278 | Habsburg–Přemyslid War | ![]() ![]() & mercenaries: Swabians, Styrians, Bavarians etc. |
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Victory |
2 July 1298 | 2 July 1298 | Battle of Göllheim | ![]() |
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Victory |
31 May 1307 | 31 May 1307 | Battle of Lucka | ![]() |
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Defeat |
9 November 1313 | 9 November 1313 | Battle of Gammelsdorf | ![]() |
Defeat | |
15 November 1315 | 15 November 1315 | Battle of Morgarten | ![]() |
Defeat | |
28 September 1322 | 28 September 1322 | Battle of Mühldorf | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
9 July 1386 | 9 July 1386 | Battle of Sempach | ![]() |
Defeat | |
9 April 1388 | 9 April 1388 | Battle of Näfels | ![]() |
Defeat | |
1419 | 1434 | Hussite Wars | ![]()
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Victory |
2 November 1440 | 12 June 1446 | Old Zürich War | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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Archduchy of Austria (1453–1804)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria, mentioned as a state of the Holy Roman Empire) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
1458 | 1465 | Inner Austrian War | Albert VI, Archduke of Austria![]() |
Victory | |
4 March 1459 | April 1462 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1459–62) | Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat | |
1 February 1469 | October 1469 | Supporters of | Victory | ||
1474 | 5 January 1477 | Burgundian Wars | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
19 August 1477 | 23 December 1482 | War of the Burgundian Succession | ![]() |
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Austrian military victory French diplomatic victory |
1477 | 1488 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1477–88) | ![]() |
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Defeat |
2 February 1478 | 1478 | Carinthian Peasant Revolt | Carinthian Peasants' League | Victory
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5 June 1483 | June 1485 | Flemish revolt of 1483–1485 | Flemish rebels | Victory
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June 1486 | 22 July 1489 | Mad War | Rebellious Nobles
Supported by:
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Defeat |
1487 | 1487 | Battle of Calliano (1487) | ![]() |
Victory | |
November 1487 | 1492 | Flemish revolt of 1487–1492 | Victory | ||
1490 | 7 November 1491 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1490–91) | ![]() |
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Victory |
1491 | 1492 | Bread and Cheese Revolt | Bread and Cheese Folk | Victory | |
31 March 1495 | 1498 | Italian War of 1494–98 | League of Venice:
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Victory |
20 January 1499 | 22 September 1499 | Swabian War | Swabian League![]() |
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Defeat |
1502 | 1543 | Guelders Wars | ![]() |
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Victory |
1505 | 19 July 1506 | Austrian–Hungarian War (1505–06) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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February 1508 | 4 December 1516 | War of the League of Cambrai | 1508–1510: League of Cambrai:
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1508–1510:
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Defeat |
1515 | 1515 | Slovene Peasant Revolt | Slovenian rebels | Victory | |
1515 | 1523 | Arumer Zwarte Hoop | ![]() |
Guelders rebels | Victory |
1521 | 14 January 1526 | Italian War of 1521–26 | ![]()
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Victory
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16 April 1520 | 25 October 1521 | Revolt of the Comuneros | ![]() |
Comuneros rebels | Victory |
1524 | 1525 | German Peasants' War | ![]() Swabian League |
Peasant army | Victory
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22 May 1526 | 10 August 1530 | War of the League of Cognac | 1526-1528:![]() ![]() ![]() 1528-1530: |
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Victory
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17 December 1526 | 22 July 1533 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1526–1533) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
June 1535 | June 1535 | Conquest of Tunis (1535) | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
March 1536 | 18 June 1538 | Italian War of 1536–38 | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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May 1536 | 19 June 1547 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1536–1547) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
October 1539 | November 1540 | Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540) | ![]() |
Ghent rebels | Victory |
October 1541 | November 1541 | Algiers expedition (1541) | ![]()
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Defeat |
12 July 1542 | 18 September 1544 | Italian War of 1542–46 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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10 July 1546 | 23 May 1547 | Schmalkaldic War | ![]()
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Schmalkaldic League | Victory |
January 1547 | July 1547 | The Estates Revolt in Bohemia in 1547 | ![]() |
Bohemian rebels | Victory |
1551 | 1559 | Italian War of 1551–1559 | ![]()
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Victory |
1551 | 27 November 1562 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1551–1562) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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1566 | 17 February 1568 | Ottoman-Habsburg War (1566–1568) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
1573 | 1573 | Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt | ![]() |
Croatian and Slovenian rebels | Victory |
22 August 1587 | 9 March 1589 | War of the Polish Succession (1587–88) | Supporters of Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria | Supporters of Sigismund III Vasa | Defeat |
29 July 1593 | 11 November 1606 | Long Turkish War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Serbian rebels ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bulgarian rebels ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
10 June 1609 | 24 October 1610 | War of the Jülich Succession | ![]() Prince-Bishopric of Liège Catholic League |
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Defeat |
July 1612 | September 1614 | Rappenkrieg | Peasant rebels | Victory
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January 1616 | 26 September 1617 | Uskok War | ![]()
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Defeat |
23 May 1618 | 24 October 1648 | Thirty Years' War
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27 May 1657 | 3 May 1660 | Second Northern War | ![]() (Poland–Lithuania) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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12 April 1663 | 10 August 1664 | Austro-Turkish War (1663-1664) | ![]() League of the Rhine |
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Austrian military victory Ottoman diplomatic and commercial victory |
1 July 1673 | 26 January 1679 | Franco-Dutch War | ![]() ![]()
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Defeat
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1680 | 1680 | Peasant Uprising | Czech Peasants | Victory
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1683 | 15 August 1684 | War of the Reunions | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
14 July 1683 | 26 January 1699 | Great Turkish War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Albanian rebels Serb rebels Greek rebels ![]() |
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Victory |
27 September 1688 | 20 September 1697 | Nine Years' War | Grand Alliance:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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9 July 1701 | 7 March 1714 | War of the Spanish Succession
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Phillip V confirmed as King of Spain Habsburg territorial gains Austria successfully crushes revolutions in Hungary and Bavaria |
13 April 1716 | 21 July 1718 | Austro-Turkish War of 1716–1718 | ![]() |
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Victory |
2 August 1718 | 17 February 1720 | War of the Quadruple Alliance | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
10 October 1733 | 3 October 1735 | War of the Polish Succession | ![]()
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Augustus III confirmed as King of Poland
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12 July 1737 | 18 September 1739 | Russo-Austrian-Turkish War (1735–1739) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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16 December 1740 | 18 October 1748 | War of the Austrian Succession
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Pragmatic Sanction recognized, Maria Theresia keeps the Austrian throne and a potential Austrian partition is avoided Habsburg territorial losses
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29 August 1756 | 15 February 1763 | Seven Years' War
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Military stalemate
Status quo ante bellum in Europe |
1774 | 1774 | Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan | Romanian peasants | Victory
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July 1778 | 13 May 1779 | War of the Bavarian Succession | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Inconclusive
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8 October 1784 | 8 October 1784 | Kettle War | ![]() |
Inconclusive | |
18 August 1789 | 12 January 1791 | Liège Revolution | ![]() |
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Victory
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24 October 1789 | 3 December 1790 | Brabant Revolution | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory
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February 1788 | 4 August 1791 | Austro-Turkish War (1788-1791) | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
20 April 1792 | 18 April 1797 | War of the First Coalition | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other Italian states ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat
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June 1794 | November 1794 | Kościuszko Uprising | ![]() ![]() |
Victory
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26 June 1797 | July 1797 | Denisko uprising | Polish rebels | Victory
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12 March 1799 | 9 February 1801 | War of the Second Coalition | ![]()
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Defeat |
Austrian Empire (1804–1867)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding the Austrian Empire) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
9 August 1805 | 26 December 1805 | War of the Third Coalition | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
3 April 1807 | 14 April 1807 | Tican's rebellion | Victory
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10 April 1809 | 14 October 1809 | War of the Fifth Coalition
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Defeat |
24 June 1812 | 30 January 1813 | French invasion of Russia | ![]() ![]() |
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Austria joins the Coalition |
15 August 1813 | 11 April 1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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20 March 1815 | 8 July 1815 | War of the Seventh Coalition
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Seventh Coalition:
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Victory
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1820 | 1821 | Carbonari uprisings of 1820–1821
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Victory | |
3 June 1829 | 2 February 1830 | ![]() |
Victory
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1831 | 1831 | ![]()
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Victory | ||
1839 | 1841 | Second Egyptian-Ottoman War | ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Victory |
20 February 1846 | 4 March 1846 | Kraków uprising | ![]() |
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15 March 1848 | 13 August 1849 | Hungarian Revolution of 1848 | ![]() |
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Victory |
23 March 1848 | 24 March 1849 | First Italian War of Independence | ![]() ![]() Briefly allied with: ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
29 April 1859 | 11 July 1859 | Second Italian War of Independence | ![]()
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Defeat
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1 February 1864 | 30 October 1864 | Second Schleswig War | ![]() |
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Victory
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14 June 1866 | 23 August 1866 | Austro-Prussian War
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Defeat |
Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding the Austro-Hungarian Empire) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
29 July 1878 | 20 October 1878 | Occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | ![]() |
Victory | |
2 November 1899 | 7 September 1901 | Boxer Rebellion | Eight-Nation Alliance:
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Victory |
28 July 1914 | 3 November 1918 | World War I | Central Powers
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Allies:
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Defeat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is dissolved.
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Republic of German-Austria (1918–1919)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding German-Austria) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
23 November 1918 | 31 July 1919 | Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia | ![]()
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Ceasefire
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First Austrian Republic (1919–1934)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | ||||
28 August 1921 | 13 October 1921 | Uprising in West Hungary | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory, Sopron and its area remained in Hungary. |
12 February 1934 | 16 February 1934 | Austrian Civil War | ![]()
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Government victory
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Federal State of Austria (1934–1938)[]
Start | Finish | Name of Conflict | Belligerents (excluding Austria) | Outcome | |
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25 July 1934 | 30 July 1934 | July Putsch | ![]()
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Government Victory
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See also[]
- History of Austria
- Austrian Armed Forces
- Military history of Austria
References[]
- Wars involving Austria
- Military history of Austria
- Austrian military-related lists
- Lists of wars by country
- Austria history-related lists