List of wars involving Portugal
The following is an incomplete list of Portugal wars and battles from the County to modern Portugal.
County of Portugal (868-1139)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of Aguioncha (966) |
County of Portugal | Kingdom of Galicia | Victory
|
Battle of Pedroso (1071) |
County of Portugal | Kingdom of Galicia | Defeat
|
Battle of São Mamede (1128) |
County of Portugal Supported by: Kingdom of Galicia |
Portuguese rebels | Victory
|
Battle of Cerneja (1139) |
County of Portugal | Kingdom of León | Victory
|
Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1910)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of Ourique (1139) |
County of Portugal | Andalusian Muslims of the Almoravids | Victory
|
Battle of Valdevez (1140) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Kingdom of León | Victory
|
Conquest of Santarém and Siege of Lisbon (1147) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Andalusian Muslims of the Almoravids | Victory
|
(1166-1169) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Kingdom of León | Defeat
|
Siege of Santarém (1184) |
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of León |
Almohad Caliphate | Victory
|
(1189) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Almohad Caliphate | Victory
|
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) |
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Castile Crown of Aragon |
Almohad Caliphate | Victory
|
(1249) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Almohad Caliphate | Victory
|
Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota (1336) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Crown of Castile | Defeat
|
Battle of Río Salado (1340) |
Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile |
Sultanate of Morocco Ottoman Empire Emirate of Granada |
Victory
|
Siege of Algeciras (1342–44) | Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile |
Sultanate of Morocco Emirate of Granada |
Victory |
War of the Two Peters (1356-1375) |
Crown of Castile Supported by: Kingdom of England Republic of Genoa Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Navarre Kingdom of Granada |
Crown of Aragon Supported by: Henry of Trastámara Kingdom of France |
Indecisive |
1383–85 Portuguese interregnum (1383-1385) |
Kingdom of Portugal Supported by: Kingdom of England |
Crown of Castile Supported by: Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon |
Victory
|
Conquest of Ceuta (1415) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Sultanate of Morocco | Victory |
Siege of Ceuta (1419) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Sultanate of Morocco Emirate of Granada |
Victory |
Battle of Tangier (1437) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Sultanate of Morocco | Defeat |
Conquest of Asilah (1471) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Wattasid Morocco | Victory |
War of the Castilian Succession (1475–1479) |
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of France |
Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon |
Indecisive
|
Battle of Cochin (1504) (1504) |
Portugal Kingdom of Cochin |
Calicut Vassal Malabari states (Edapalli, Cranganore, Kottakkal, Kingdom of Tanur, Beypore, Chaliyam, Pariyapuram etc.)[1] |
Victory |
Portuguese-Mamluk naval war (1505-1517) |
Portugal | Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of Calicut Bijapur Sultanate Gujarat Sultanate Ottoman Empire |
Victory |
Capture of Ormuz (1507) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Kingdom of Ormus Safavid Empire |
Victory |
Ajuran-Portuguese wars (1507-1542) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Ajuran Sultanate | Defeat
|
Portuguese conquest of Goa (1510) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Adil Shahi dynasty | Victory |
Battle of Azemmour (1513) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Wattasid Morocco | Victory
|
Abyssinian–Adal war (1529–1543) |
Ethiopian Empire Kingdom of Portugal (1542–43) |
Adal Sultanate Ottoman Empire (1542–43) |
Stalemate
|
Siege of Diu (1538) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Gujarat Sultanate Ottoman Empire |
Victory |
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–59) |
Ethiopian Empire Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Hormuz |
Adal Sultanate Ottoman Empire Gujarat Sultanate |
Defeat
|
Fall of Agadir (1541) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Saadi Morocco | Defeat
|
1548 capture of Aden (1548 ) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Ottoman Empire | Defeat
|
Ottoman campaign against Hormuz (1552-1554) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1558–66) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Ottoman Empire Ajuran Sultanate |
Defeat |
Battle of Aceh (1569) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Sultanate of Aceh | Victory
|
War of the League of the Indies (1570 – 1574) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Sultanate of Bijapur Sultanate of Ahmadnagar Zamorin of Calicut Sultanate of Aceh |
Victory |
Battle of Alcácer Quibir (1578) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Saadi Morocco Ottoman Empire |
Decisive Defeat
|
War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–1583) |
Portugal loyal to Prior of Crato France England United Provinces |
Crown of Spain Portugal loyal to Philip of Spain |
Decisive defeat for António, Prior of Crato |
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1580–89) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
Siege of Johor (1587) (1587) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Johor Sultanate | Victory |
Capture of Ormuz (1622) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Safavid Empire English East India Company |
Defeat
|
Kongo-Portuguese War (1622) Battle of Mbumbi |
Kingdom of Portugal | Kingdom of Kongo | Victory |
Battle of Duyon River (1629) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Sultanate of Aceh | Decisive Victory
|
Sinhalese–Portuguese War (1527-1658) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Kingdom of Sitawaka Kingdom of Kandy Dutch East India Company (After 1638) |
Defeat |
Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Dutch Republic | Indecisive
|
Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668) |
Kingdom of Portugal Supported by: France (1641–59)[4] Kingdom of England (after 1662) |
Crown of Spain | Victory
|
Battle of Mbwila (1665) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Kingdom of Kongo | Victory
|
Kongo-Portuguese War (1670) Battle of Kitombo |
Kingdom of Portugal | Kongo states of Soyo and Ngoyo | Indecisive |
Siege of Fort Jesus (1696-1698) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Omani Empire
Ajuran Empire |
Defeat
|
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) |
Spain loyal to Charles
Austria |
Spain loyal to Philip
|
Political victory for Philip Military victory for Charles Treaties of Utrecht, Rastatt, and Baden:
|
Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718) |
Republic of Venice Austria (from 1716) Kingdom of Portugal Order of Malta Papal States Spain |
Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
Naval Battle of Calicut (1752) (1752) |
Portugal | Maratha Empire | Victory |
Guaraní War (1756) |
Portugal Spain |
Guaraní | Victory |
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) |
Great Britain Prussia Portugal (from 1762) Hanover Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Iroquois Confederacy Hesse-Kassel Schaumburg-Lippe |
France Austria Russia (until 1762) Spain (from 1762) Sweden (1757–62) Abenaki nation Mughal Empire (from 1757) |
Victory
|
Spanish-Portuguese War (1776-1777) |
Kingdom of Portugal | Spanish Empire | Defeat
|
Bombardment of Algiers (1784) |
Spain Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Order of Saint John Portugal |
Regency of Algiers | Victory |
War of the Pyrenees (1793-1795) |
Spain Portugal French Émigrés |
France | Defeat |
War of the Oranges (1801) |
Portugal | Spain France |
Defeat in Europe Victory in South America
|
Peninsular War (1808-1814) |
Bourbon Spain United Kingdom Portugal |
France Bonapartist Spain Duchy of Warsaw |
Victory
|
Portuguese conquest of French Guiana (1809) |
Portugal
United Kingdom |
France | Victory |
Battle of the Tiger's Mouth (1809-1810) |
Portugal | Red Flag Fleet | Victory |
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-1814) |
Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sardinia |
First French Empire Napoleonic Italy Kingdom of Naples Duchy of Warsaw[a] |
Victory Treaty of Fontainebleau, First Treaty of Paris
|
War of the Seventh Coalition (1815) |
Russian Empire Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal Two Sicilies Kingdom of Sardinia Netherlands |
First French Empire Kingdom of Naples |
Victory Second Treaty of Paris
|
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental (1816 - 1820) |
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves | Banda Oriental Entre Ríos Misiones |
Victory
|
Brazilian War of Independence (1822-1824) |
Portugal | Empire of Brazil European mercenaries |
Defeat
|
Liberal Wars (1828-1834) |
Liberals | Miguelites | Liberal Victory |
First Carlist War (1833-1840) |
Carlists
Supported by: |
Liberals | Liberal Victory |
Revolt of the Faitiões (1846) |
Portugal | Chinese rebels | Victory |
Baishaling Incident (1849) |
Portugal | China | Victory |
Bailundo Revolt (1902-1904) |
Portugal | Ovimbundu Kingdoms | Victory |
Battle of Mufilo (1907) |
Portugal | Ovambo | Victory |
First Portuguese Republic (1910-1926)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
East Timorese rebellion of 1911–12 (1911–1912) |
Portugal | East Timorese rebels | Victory |
World War I (1914–1918) |
France United Kingdom Russia United States China Italy Japan Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Hejaz Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil |
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
Victory
|
Second Portuguese Republic (1933-1974)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) |
Spanish Nationalists Italy Nazi Germany Portugal |
Spanish Republicans International Brigades Soviet Union |
Victory
|
Integration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1954) |
Portugal | India | Defeat
|
1959 Viqueque rebellion (1959) |
Portugal | East Timorese rebels | Victory |
Angolan War of Independence (1961-1974) |
Portugal | MPLA FNLA UNITA FLEC |
Portuguese military victory MPLA-Coalition Political victory
|
Annexation of Portuguese India (1961) |
Portugal | India | Defeat
|
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence (1963-1974) |
Portugal | PAIGC Guinea (1970 only) Cuba[8] Non-combat support: China[9][10][11] Soviet Union[12] Senegal[13] Libya[14][15] Algeria[16][17] |
PAIGC Political victory[18] Military stalemate[18]
|
Mozambican War of Independence (1964-1974) |
Portugal | FRELIMO | Portuguese military victory FRELIMO Political victory[18]
|
Portugal (1974-present)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Bosnian War (1994-1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Herzeg-Bosnia United States |
Republika Srpska YPA Serbian Krajina Western Bosnia FR Yugoslavia |
Victory
|
Kosovo War (1998-1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars |
KLA AFRK Albania Croatia United States Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland Spain Turkey United Kingdom |
FR Yugoslavia | Victory
|
War in Afghanistan (2001-2014) Part of the War on Terror |
United States Afghanistan ISAF United Kingdom Azerbaijan |
Taliban
Allied groups Taliban splinter groups 2001 invasion:
al-Qaeda |
"Victory"
|
2006 East Timorese crisis (2006) |
Australia New Zealand Malaysia Portugal East Timor |
FTDL elements | Victory
|
Notes[]
- ^ Duchy of Warsaw as a state was in effect fully occupied by Russian and Prussian forces by May 1813, though most Poles remained loyal to Napoleon
References[]
- ^ Barros (p. 140)
- ^ Henze, Paul B. (2000). Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia. Hurst & Company. p. 89. ISBN 1850655227.
- ^ Historical dictionary of Ethiopia By David Hamilton Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky, Chris Prouty pg 171
- ^ Treaty of alliance between France and Portugal concluded at Paris, June 1, 1641. Davenport, Frances Gardiner: European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies to 1648. Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2012. ISBN 9781584774228, pp. 324-328
- ^ Birmingham, p.51
- ^ The Acts of Union of 1707 united the crowns of England and Scotland, forming the Kingdom of Great Britain. For much of the war, Scottish units were under Dutch pay and operated as part of the army of the Dutch Republic.
- ^ Crocker, Chester A.; Fen Osler Hampson; Pamela R. Aall (2005). Grasping The Nettle: Analyzing Cases Of Intractable Conflict. p. 213.
- ^ References:
- Cuba: Havana's Military Machine, the Atlantic, August 1988. "In Guinea-Bissau, Cuban combat units saw action, fighting with Amilcar Cabral's rebel army against Portuguese colonial rule."
- The Cuban Intervention in Angola, 1965-1991: From Che Guevara to Cuito Cuanavale, 2005. Page 354.
- ^ Guerrilla Warfare: A Historical and Critical Study, 1976. Page 362.
- ^ Revolution and Chinese Foreign Policy: Peking's Support for Wars of National Liberation Peter van Ness, 1971. Page 143.
- ^ Cuba in the World, 1979. Page 95-96.
- ^ Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary Leadership and People's War, 2002. Page 86.
- ^ Guerrilla Strategies: An Historical Anthology from the Long March to Afghanistan, 1982. Page 208.
- ^ Qaddafi: his ideology in theory and practice, 1986. Page 140.
- ^ Imagery and Ideology in U.S. Policy Toward Libya 1969–1982, 1988. Page 70.
- ^ Modern African Wars: Angola and Moçambique 1961-1974, 1988. Page 12.
- ^ Wars in the Third World since 1945, 1995. Page 35.
- ^ a b c A Guerra - Colonial - do Ultramar - da Libertação, 2nd Season (Portugal 2007, director Joaquim Furtado, RTP)
- ^ "Central Asian groups split over leadership of global jihad". The Long War Journal. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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