List of wars involving Spain
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts fought by the Kingdom of Spain, its predecessor states or in Spanish territory.
Ancient[]
- 237–218 BCE Barcid conquest of Hispania
- 218–17 BCE Roman conquest of Hispania
- 181–179 BCE First Celtiberian War
- 155–139 BCE Lusitanian War
- 154–152 BCE Second Celtiberian War
- 134–133 BCE Siege of Numantia
- 104–103 BCE
- 80–72 BCE Sertorian War
- 49–45 BCE Caesar's Civil War
- 29–19 BCE Cantabrian Wars
- 169–172 CE
- 177–180 CE
- 258–260 CE
- 409–411 CE
- 414–418 CE
- 419–420 CE
- 438–453 CE
- 456–457 CE
- 456–463 CE
- 456 CE
- 458–459 CE
Medieval[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Byzantine conquest of Visigothic Baetica (551–555) |
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Byzantine victory |
Visigothic conquest of Spania (570–624) |
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Visigothic victory |
(572) |
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Visigothic victory |
(573) |
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Sappi | Visigothic victory |
Visigothic conquest of Cantabria (574) |
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Cantabri | Visigothic victory |
(575–577) |
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Visigothic victory |
(581) |
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Vascones | Visigothic victory |
(585–586) |
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Visigothic victory |
Umayyad conquest of Hispania (711–718) ![]() Depiction of the Battle of Guadalete. |
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Umayyad victory |
Battle of Covadonga (722)
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Asturian victory |
Battle of Montecubeiro (774) |
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Galician rebels | Asturian victory |
Battle of the Burbia River (791)
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Defeat |
Battle of Lutos (794)
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Asturian victory |
Battle of Las Babias (795)
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Defeat |
Viking raid on Galicia (844) |
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Asturian victory |
Battle of Guadalacete (852)
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Defeat |
Battle of the Morcuera (865)
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Defeat |
Battle of Polvoraria (878)
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Asturian victory |
First Battle of Cellorigo (882)
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Asturian victory |
Second Battle of Cellorigo (883)
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Asturian victory |
Day of Zamora (901)
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Asturian victory |
Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz (917)
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Leonese victory |
Battle of Alhandic (939)
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Defeat |
Battle of Simancas (939)
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Leonese victory |
Battle of Rueda (981)
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Defeat |
Battle of Cervera (1000)
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Defeat |
Battle of Calatañazor (1002)
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Christian victory |
Battle of Graus (1063)
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Castilian–Zaragozan victory |
Crusade of Barbastro (1064)
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Christian victory |
Battle of Paterna (1065)
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Leonese victory |
War of the Three Sanchos (1065–67) |
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Castilian victory
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Battle of Llantada (1068)
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Castilian victory |
Battle of Golpejera (1072)
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Castilian victory |
Battle of Piedra Pisada (1084)
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Defeat |
[1] (1084–85)
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Castilian victory |
Battle of Sagrajas (1086)
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Almoravids
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Defeat |
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Castilian victory | |
[1] (1092–1094)
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Castilian victory |
Battle of Bairén (1097)
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Aragonese/Castilian/Valencian victory |
Battle of Consuegra (1097)
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Defeat |
Battle of Uclés (1108)
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Defeat |
1113–15 Balearic Islands expedition
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Christian victory |
Battle of Cutanda (1120)
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Christian victory |
Battle of São Mamede (1128)
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Defeat Secession of the County of Portugal which becomes a kingdom |
Siege of Oreja (1139)
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Christian victory | |
Second Crusade (1147–50) |
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Seljuq Sultanate Emirate of Zengids Abbasid Caliphate Fatimid Caliphate Almoravids |
Status quo ante bellum
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Battle of Alarcos (1195)
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Defeat |
Siege of Al-Dāmūs (1210)
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Christian victory |
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)
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Christian victory |
Battle of Muret (1213)
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French-Crusader victory |
Conquest of Majorca (1228–31)
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Aragonese victory |
Siege of Burriana (1233)
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Aragonese victory |
Siege of Córdoba (1236)
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Moors | Castilian victory |
Battle of the Puig (1237)
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Aragonese victory
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Siege of Jaén (1245–46)
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Castilian victory |
Siege of Seville (1247–48)
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Castilian victory |
Siege of Albarracín (1284)
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of Écija (1275)
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Defeat |
Battle of Algeciras (1278)
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Defeat |
Siege of Algeciras (1278–79)
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Defeat |
Battle of Moclín (1280)
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Defeat |
War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302) |
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of Malta (1283)
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of the Gulf of Naples (1284)
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Aragonese victory |
Aragonese Crusade (1284–85) |
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of Les Formigues (1285)
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of the Col de Panissars (1285)
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of the Counts (1287)
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of Iznalloz (1295)
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Defeat |
Battle of Cape Orlando (1299)
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of Ponza (1300)
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Aragonese victory |
Siege of Algeciras (1309–10)
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Defeat |
Second Siege of Gibraltar (1315)
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Castilian victory |
Battle of Picotin (1316) |
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Catalan victory |
Battle of Manolada (1316) |
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Defeat |
Aragonese conquest of Sardinia (1323–26) |
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Aragonese victory
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Siege of Villa di Chiesa (1323–24)
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of Lucocisterna (1324)
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Aragonese victory |
Battle of Teba (1330)
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Castilian victory |
(1330–36) |
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Status quo ante bellum |
(1336–37) |
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Castilian victory |
English Channel naval campaign (1338–39)
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Indecisive |
Battle of Río Salado (1340)
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Portuguese-Castilian victory |
Battle of Estepona (1342)
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Aragonese victory |
Siege of Algeciras (1342–44)
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Castilian victory |
Battle of Llucmajor (1349) |
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Aragonese victory
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Battle of Winchelsea (1350)
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Defeat |
(1354)
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Aragonese victory
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War of the Two Peters (1356–75) |
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Indecisive
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Battle of Linuesa (1361)
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Castilian victory |
Battle of Guadix (1362)
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Defeat |
Castilian Civil War (1366–69) ![]() Battle of Nájera, from a fifteenth-century manuscript, the English and Pedro are on the left. |
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Victory for Henry of Trastámara |
Siege of León (1368)
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Victory for Henry of Trastámara |
Battle of Montiel (1369)
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Franco-Castilian victory |
Siege of Algeciras (1369)
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Defeat |
Battle of La Rochelle (1372)
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Castilian victory |
Third Fernandine War (1381–82)
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Castilian victory
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1383–85 Crisis (1383–85) |
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Defeat
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Battle of Collejares (1406)
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Castilian victory |
Battle of Sanluri (1409) |
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Aragonese victory |
Conquest of the Canary Islands (1402–96) |
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Guanches | Castilian victory |
Battle of La Rochelle (1419)
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Castilian victory |
Castilian–Aragonese War (1429–30) |
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Castilian victory |
Battle of La Higueruela (1431)
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Castilian victory |
Navarrese Civil War (1451–55) |
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Victory for John II of Aragon |
Battle of Los Alporchones (1452)
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Castilian victory |
Enrique IV war of Granada (1455–58) |
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Inconclusive |
Catalan Civil War (1462–72) |
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Victory for John II of Aragon |
War of the Castilian Succession (1475–79) |
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Peace Treaty
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Battle of Guinea (1478)
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Defeat |
Granada War (1482–92)
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Victory
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Catholic Monarchy[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Italian War of 1494–98 (1494–98) |
League of Venice:
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Victory
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[6] (1494–1509) |
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Taínos | Victory |
Conquest of Melilla (1497) |
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Victory |
Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) |
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Defeat
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Second Italian War (1499–1501) |
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Victory,
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Third Italian War (1502–1504)
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Victory
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Spanish crusade[7] (1505–10)
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Victory |
War of the League of Cambrai (1508–16)
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Defeat |
Spanish conquest of Puerto Rico[6] (1508–1511) |
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Taínos | Victory |
[6] (1511–13) |
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Taínos | Victory |
Taíno rebellion of 1511 (1511–13) |
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Taínos of Boriken and allies from The Antilles | Victory |
Habsburg Spain[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Siege of Tlemcen (1518) |
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Victory |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–21)
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Victory
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Revolt of the Brotherhoods (1519–23) |
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Germanies | Royalist victory |
Revolt of the Comuneros (1520–21)
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Castilian rebels | Royalist victory |
Italian War of 1521–26 (1521–26)
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Victory |
Spanish conquest of Chiapas (1523–1695) |
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Zoque people Independent Maya, including:
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Victory
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Spanish conquest of Yucatán (1523–1547) |
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Mayan tribes | Victory |
Spanish conquest of El Salvador (1524–1539) |
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Indigenous peoples of El Salvador, including:
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Victory |
Spanish conquest of Guatemala (1524–1667) |
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Independent indigenous kingdoms and city-states | Victory |
War of the League of Cognac (1526–30)
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Victory |
Ottoman–Habsburg wars (1526–1791) ![]() Spanish galleons fighting off Ottoman galleys. Oil on canvas by Juan de la Corte (1597–1660), Naval Museum of Madrid.
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End of Ottoman expansion
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Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (1531–72) ![]() The Famous Thirteen by Juan Lepiani
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Victory
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Italian War of 1536–38 (1536–38) |
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Defeat
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Arauco War (16th century–17th or 18th century) ![]() Battle between Spaniards and Mapuches during the Arauco War, by Alonso de Ovalle, 1646.
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Mapuche, Huilliche and Pehuenche tribes | Defeat
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Third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–40) |
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Defeat |
Spanish conquest of the Muisca (1537–1540) |
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Guecha warriors | Victory
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Mixtón War (1540–42) |
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Caxcanes | Victory |
Tiguex War (1540–41) |
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Tiwa Indians | Victory |
Italian War of 1542–46 (1542–46)
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Inconclusive |
Schmalkaldic War (1546–47) |
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Schmalkaldic League:
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Victory
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Chichimeca War (1550–90) |
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Chichimeca (Zacateco, Guachichil, Guamare, Pame) | Defeat |
Italian War of 1551–59 (1551–59)
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Victory
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French Wars of Religion (1562–98)
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Inconclusive
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Philippine revolts against Spain (1567–1872) |
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Victory
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Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) ![]() The Battle of Gembloux by Johann Wilhelm Baur ![]() Spanish attack on the Staten army, 1 August 1578 The Siege of Grave in 1586 by Don Alejandro Farnesio. Engraving by Michelangelo Cerquozzi. ![]() Engraving of the Siege of Venlo of 1586 by Simon Frisius. Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. ![]() Siege of Axel 1586 Siege of Sluis by Parma, 1587 ![]() Relief of Knodsenburg, 1591 ![]() The battle of Turnhout in 1597 ![]() Surrender of Breda by Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger. ![]() 1645: The Siege of Hulst, the last major siege of the war Western Europe
European Waters
Americas
East Indies
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Defeat
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Morisco Revolt (1568–71) |
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Morisco rebels | Victory |
Spanish conquest of the Philippines (1565–75) ![]() Collection of Philippine lantaka gunpowder weapons in a European museum
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Rajahnate of Maynila Macabebe Rajahnate of Tondo Rahjanate of Cebu Wokou Chinese pirates |
Victory
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Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73) |
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Ottoman Empire | Defeat
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Second Desmond Rebellion (1579–83)
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Defeat
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War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–1583)
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Victory
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1582 Cagayan battles | ![]()
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Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates) | Victory |
Castilian War (1578) | ![]() ![]() |
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Status quo ante bellum |
Cologne War (1583–88) |
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Victory |
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
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Indecisive
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Cambodian–Spanish War (1593–97) |
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Defeat |
Spanish–Moro conflict (1500s–1900) |
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Failure to conquer the Moros |
Irish Nine Years' War (1594–1603)
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Defeat
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Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598)
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Defeat
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Acoma War (1598–99) |
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Acoma | Victory |
Navajo Wars (1600–1866) |
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Navajo | United States victory
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Acaxee Rebellion (1601–1603) |
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Acaxee Indians | Victory |
Dutch–Portuguese War (1602–63) |
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Victory
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War of the Jülich Succession (1609–1614)
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1610: Supporting Emperor Rudolf: ![]() Prince-Bishopric of Liège 1613–1614: |
1610: Opposed to Emperor Rudolph: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Protestant Union 1613–1614: |
Victory
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Victory |
Tepehuán Revolt (1616–1620) |
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Tepehuánes | Victory |
Thirty Years' War (1618–48) ![]() In 1633, a Spanish army under Gómez Suárez de Figueroa taking the Swiss city of Rheinfelden, in a plan to link the Spanish territories of Milan and the Spanish Netherlands. Painted by Vicente Carducho.
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Defeat |
Spanish conquest of Petén (1618–1697) |
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Independent Maya, including:
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Victory
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Valtellina War (1620–26) |
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Defeat
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First Genoese–Savoyard War (1625) |
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Victory
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Anglo-Spanish War (1625–30) | ![]() |
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Victory[13]
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Spanish expedition to Formosa (1626) |
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Kingdom of Middag | Victory
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War of the Mantuan Succession (1628–31)
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Defeat
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Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
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Defeat
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Piedmontese Civil War (1639–42)
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Stalemate |
Catalan Revolt (1640–59)
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Victory
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Portuguese Restoration War (1640–68)
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Defeat
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Neapolitan Revolt (1647–48) |
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Victory
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Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)
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Defeat
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War of Devolution (1667–68) |
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Defeat
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Franco-Dutch War (1672–78)
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Defeat
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Second Genoese–Savoyard War (1672–73) |
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Victory
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Pueblo Revolt (1680) |
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Puebloans | Defeat
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War of the Reunions (1683–1684) |
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Defeat
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Nine Years' War (1688–97)
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Indecisive
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Sieges of Ceuta (1694–1727) | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
Bourbon Spain[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Casualties |
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War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) |
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Political victory for Spain loyal to Philip Military victory for Spain loyal to Charles
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Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)
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Wabanaki Confederacy |
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Muscogee (Creek)
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Defeat
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Huilliche rebellion (1712) |
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Huilliches of Chiloé | Victory
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Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18) |
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Defeat
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War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–20)
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Defeat
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4,350 killed or wounded[19] |
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–29)
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Indecisive
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20,000 killed (both sides)[20] |
Spanish-Algerian War (1732) |
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Victory
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Minimum |
War of the Polish Succession (1733–38)
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Victory
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3,000 killed or wounded[21] |
Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–37) | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–48)
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Inconclusive/Other Outcome
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War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48)
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Victory
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3,000 killed or wounded[23] |
Pima Revolt (1751) |
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Pima Indians | Victory | |
Action of 28 November 1751 (1751) |
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Victory | |
Seven Years' War (1756–63) |
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Defeat
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3,000 killed or wounded[24] | |
Anglo-Spanish War (1762–63)
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Defeat
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Siege of Melilla (1774) | ![]() |
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Victory | 600 |
Spanish-Algerian war (1775-1785) | ![]() ![]()
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Defeat | High |
Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–77) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Anglo-Spanish War (1779–83)
Europe & Atlantic
Louisiana and the Gulf Coast
Central America
West Indies
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Victory
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5,000 killed or died of disease |
Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II | ![]() |
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Victory | 100,000 Indians and 10,000–40,000 non-Indians[25][26] |
Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) |
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1793–1798
1798–1801 |
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1798–1801
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French defeat | |
War of the First Coalition (1792–97) |
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First Coalition:
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Victory
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War of the Pyrenees (1793–95)
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Defeat
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Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808)
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Americas
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Inconclusive
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7,000 killed or wounded (1796–1802)[21] |
War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) |
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Second Coalition:
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Victory
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War of the Oranges (1801) |
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Victory
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War of the Third Coalition (1803–06) |
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Third Coalition:
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Victory
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War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–07) |
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Fourth Coalition:
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Victory
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Invasion of Portugal (1807) | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory | |
Peninsular War (1808–14)
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Victory
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300,000 military deaths 200,000 civilian deaths[27] |
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) |
Fifth Coalition:
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Defeat
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Bolivian War of Independence (1809–25)
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Defeat
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Mexican War of Independence (1810–21)
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Defeat
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Argentine War of Independence (1810–18)
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Patriots![]() Chilean exiles |
Defeat
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Chilean War of Independence (1810–26)
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Mapuche allies |
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Defeat
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Venezuelan War of Independence (1811–23) |
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Defeat
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Peruvian War of Independence (1811–24)
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United Liberating Army
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Defeat
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War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) |
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Victory | |
War of the Seventh Coalition (1815) |
Seventh Coalition:
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Victory
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Spanish reconquest of New Granada (1815–16) |
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Victory
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Ecuadorian War of Independence (1820–22) |
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Independentist Armies | Defeat
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Spanish reconquest attempts in Mexico (1821–29) |
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Defeat
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French invasion of Spain (1823) |
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Royalist victory | |
Portuguese Civil War (1828–34) |
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Liberal victory
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First Carlist War (1833–1839) |
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Carlists:
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Liberal victory
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Second Carlist War (1846–49) |
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Liberal victory | |
Spanish expedition to Balanguingui (1848) |
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Moro Pirates | Victory | |
Cochinchina Campaign (1858–62)
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Victory
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Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–60) | ![]() |
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Victory
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1,152 killed[28] 2,888 died of disease[28] |
Franco-Mexican War (1861–67) |
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Withdrawal
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Dominican Restoration War (1863–65) |
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Dominican victory
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10,888 killed or wounded 20,000–30,000 died of disease |
Chincha Islands War (1864–66)
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Indecisive, both sides claimed victory
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300[28] |
Restoration[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Ten Years' War (1868–78) |
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Victory |
Third Carlist War (1872–76) |
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Royal Victory |
Little War (1879–1880) |
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Victory |
First Melillan campaign (1893–1894) Detail of La Guerre au Maroc, Mort du Général Espagnol Margallo, from scan of Le Petit Journal, 18 November 1893. |
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Victory
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Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) ![]() Rear turret of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya destroyed in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. From Edison film catalog: A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture. (a re-enactment)
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Defeat
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Philippine Revolution (1896–1898)
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Peace Treaty (1897)
Defeat (1898)
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Puerto Rican Campaign (1898)
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Inconclusive
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Siege of the International Legations (1900) |
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Victory |
Second Melillan campaign (1909–1910) ![]() Melilla campaign |
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Rif tribes | Victory
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Rif War (1920–1926) |
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Victory
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Second Spanish Republic[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Spanish Civil War (1936–39)
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Nationalist faction victory
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Western Front (World War II) (1939–1945) |
Allies![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Axis powers![]() ![]() ![]() Axis puppet states
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US-allied victory
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Francoist Spain[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Eastern Front (World War II) (1941–1945)
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Axis powers
Axis puppet states
Co-belligerents
Volunteers
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Allies
Former Axis powers or co-belligerents
Aerial and naval only
Volunteers
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Soviet-allied victory |
Ifni War (1957–1958) |
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Victory |
Fight against ETA terrorist group (1959–1975) |
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Inconclusive
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Western Sahara Revolt (1973–75) |
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Polisario Front of National Liberation | Inconclusive
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Modern[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Fight against ETA terrorist group (1975–2011) |
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Victory
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Gulf War (1991) |
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Victory
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Somali Civil War (1992–1995) |
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Victory
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Bosnian intervention (1992–1996) |
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Victory
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Kosovo War (1998–99) |
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Victory
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War in Afghanistan (2001–) ![]() Spanish Light Infantry in Afghanistan, operating as part of Spain's military commitment to the NATO alliance. |
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Defeat
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Perejil Island crisis (2002) |
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Victory
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Iraq War (2003–04) |
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Coalition victory
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Boko Haram insurgency (2009–) |
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Ongoing |
Libyan intervention (2011) |
Many NATO ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Victory
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Military intervention against ISIL (2014–) |
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Ongoing |
See also[]
- Anglo-Spanish War (disambiguation)
- Franco-Spanish War (disambiguation)
- History of Spain
- Military history of Spain
- Spanish–Portuguese War (disambiguation)
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- ^ a b In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were unified as the Kingdom of Great Britain, sharing a single Parliament at Westminster under the Act of Union 1707. After this, Scottish troops joined their English counterparts in all colonial wars.
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