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This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since 1560. During the first war after 1560, namely the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648), the set of united provinces that would later become the Dutch Republic proclaimed its independence in 1581.
- United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795)
- Batavian Republic (1795–1806)
- Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)
- Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)
- United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)
- Kingdom of the Netherlands (1839–present)
- For earlier wars, see List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560.
- For simultaneous wars in the south, see
- List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium and Luxembourg, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the Prince-Bishopric of Cambrésis and the Imperial City of Cambray, the Duchy of Bouillon and smaller states.
- List of wars involving Belgium (1830–present)
- List of wars involving Luxembourg (1890–present)
United Provinces (1581–1795)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Eighty Years' War (1566–1648) |
United Provinces England France |
Spanish Empire | Victory
|
Dutch–Portuguese War (1601–1661) |
Dutch Republic * Native allies |
Portugal * Native allies Spanish Empire |
* Dutch victory in Ghana, Malacca, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Indonesia * Portuguese victory in Brazil, Angola, East Africa and Macau * Both sides claim victory in India
|
Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands (1609–1621) |
Dutch Republic | Rebel forces of the Banda Islands | Victory
|
Siege of Batavia (1628–1629) |
Dutch Republic | Mataram Sultanate | Victory
|
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (1635–1636) |
Dutch Republic | Natives of Mattau, Bakloan, Soulang, Taccariang and Tevorang | Victory
|
Lamey Island Massacre (1636) |
Dutch Republic | Taiwanese militia | Victory |
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638) |
Tokugawa shogunate Dutch Republic |
Christian peasant and ronin rebels | Victory
|
Kieft's War (1643–1645) |
Dutch Republic | Lenape warriors and Algonquian allies | Dutch military victory Dutch political failure
|
Battle of Fehmarn (1644) | Sweden Dutch Republic |
Denmark-Norway | Victory |
Sinhalese–Portuguese War (1538-1640) |
Kingdom of Sitawaka Kingdom of Kandy Dutch East India Company (from 1638) |
Portuguese Empire | Victory
|
Guo Huaiyi Rebellion (1652) |
Dutch Republic Taiwanese aborigines |
Guo Huaiyi's peasant army | Victory |
First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654) |
Dutch Republic | Commonwealth of England | Defeat |
Peach Tree War (1655) |
Dutch Republic | Susquehannock and allied tribes | Defeat
|
Second Northern War (1655–1660) |
Poland (Poland-Lithuania) Denmark–Norway Habsburg Monarchy Russia (1656–58) Crimean Khanate Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–56, 1657–60) Dutch Republic |
Swedish Empire Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–57) Principality of Transylvania Ukrainian Cossacks (1657)[1] Grand Duchy of Lithuania Wallachia Moldavia |
Victory
|
First Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1659–1660) |
Dutch Republic | Khoikhoi militia | Victory |
Esopus Wars (1659–1663) |
Dutch settlers Iroquois Confederacy |
Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians Susquehannock and allied tribes |
Victory |
(1661–1664) |
Dutch Republic | Minahasan peoples | Victory |
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667) |
Dutch Republic Denmark France |
England Bishopric of Münster |
Victory
|
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674) |
Dutch Republic Denmark-Norway |
England France Bishopric of Münster Electorate of Cologne |
Victory
|
Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678) |
|
Defeat
| |
Second Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars (1673–1677) |
Dutch Republic | Khoikhoi militia | Victory |
Trunajaya rebellion (1674–1680) |
Mataram Sultanate Dutch East India Company (VOC)
|
Rebel forces Makassarese itinerant fighters Rival claimants to Mataram throne (after 1677) |
Victory |
Nine Years' War (1688–1697) |
Dutch Republic England Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Duchy of Savoy Swedish Empire (until 1691) Scotland |
France Jacobites |
|
Siamese revolution of 1688 (1688) |
Phetracha and various Siamese lords Dutch Republic
|
Prasat Thong dynasty Kingdom of France |
Victory
|
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) |
Dutch Republic Austrian monarchy Prussia England (until 1707) Great Britain (from 1707) Holy Roman Empire Piedmont-Savoy Habsburg Spain Portugal |
France Spanish monarchy Bavaria (~1704) Cologne Mantua (~1708) |
|
First Javanese War of Succession (1704–1707) |
Dutch Republic | Mataram Sultanate | Victory |
Second Javanese War of Succession (1719–1723) |
Dutch Republic Mataram Sultanate |
Rebel Princes | Victory |
1740 Batavia massacre (1740) |
Dutch Republic Native Indonesians allies |
Chinese Indonesian militia | Military victory Political failure
|
Travancore–Dutch War (1741–1757) |
Dutch Republic Kingdom of Cochin |
Kingdom of Travancore Maratha Empire Mysore |
Military Stalemate Dutch commercial victory |
Java War (1741–43) (1741–1743) |
Dutch Republic | Joint army of Chinese and Javanese | Victory |
Battle of Penfui (1749) |
Dutch Republic Timorese allies |
Topasses Timorese allies |
Victory |
Third Javanese War of Succession (1749–1757) |
Mataram Sultanate (until 1755) Dutch Republic Yogyakarta Sultanate (from 1755) Surakarta Sunanate (from 1755) |
Anti-Dutch rebels | Victory
|
Cirebon War (1753–1773) | Dutch Republic
|
Cirebon Sultanate | Victory |
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) |
United States France Spain Netherlands Mysore |
Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries Iroquois |
Victory
|
First Xhosa-Dutch War (1779–1781) |
Dutch Republic | Xhosa militia | Victory |
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784) |
Dutch Republic Kingdom of France |
Great Britain | Defeat
|
Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) |
Kingdom of Mysore Kingdom of France Dutch Republic |
East India Company Great Britain |
Stalemate
|
Prussian invasion of Holland (1787) |
Kingdom of Prussia Orangists |
States of Holland Patriots |
Prussian–Orangist victory
|
Second Xhosa-Dutch War (1789–1793) |
Dutch Republic | Xhosa militia | Victory |
War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) |
Holy Roman Empire Austria Prussia (until 1795) Great Britain French Royalists Spain (until 1795) Portugal Sardinia (until 1796) Naples and Sicily Other Italian states Dutch Republic |
Kingdom of the French (until 1792) French Republic (from 1792) Spain (from 1796) Batavian Republic (from 1795) French satellite states Polish Legions (from 1797) |
Regime change, Victory for the Batavian Republic
|
Batavian Republic (1795–1806)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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War of the Second Coalition (1799-1802) |
French Republic Spain Polish Legions Denmark–Norway French client republics:
|
Austria Russia Great Britain French Royalists Portugal Two Sicilies Ottoman Empire |
Victory
|
Third Xhosa-Dutch War (1799–1803) |
Dutch Republic | Xhosa militia Khoikhoi militia |
Stalemate
|
War of the Third Coalition (1803-1806) |
French Empire Batavia Italy Etruria Spain Bavaria Württemberg |
Austrian Empire Russian Empire Naples and Sicily Portugal Great Britain Sweden |
Victory
Treaty of Pressburg
|
Padri War (1803-1838) |
Adats Netherlands |
Padris | Victory |
Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810) |
France Spanish Empire Holland |
Sweden United Kingdom Prussia |
Victory |
Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807) |
Ashanti Empire Batavian Republic |
Fante Confederacy | Victory |
War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) |
French Empire French satellites:
|
Prussia Russia United Kingdom Saxony[2] Sweden Sicily |
Victory
|
(1808–1809) |
Holland
|
Minahasan militia | Victory |
War of the Fifth Coalition (1809) |
French Empire French satellites:
|
Austria Hungary Tyrol (in rebellion against Bavaria) United Kingdom Spain Sicily Sardinia Black Brunswickers |
Victory
|
Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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War of the Sixth Coalition (1813–1814) |
Sixth Coalition:
After Pläswitz (June–August 1813)
After Leipzig (October 1813)
After January 1814 Denmark |
France
Until January 1814
|
Victory
|
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Hundred Days (1815) War of the Seventh Coalition |
United Kingdom Prussia Hanover German Confederation Austria Russia Sweden Netherlands Spain Portugal Sardinia Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Tuscany |
French Empire Kingdom of Naples |
Victory
Treaty of Paris:
|
Bombardment of Algiers (1816) |
United Kingdom United Netherlands |
Regency of Algiers | Victory
|
First expedition to Palembang (1819) |
Dutch Empire | Palembang Sultanate |
Defeat |
Second expedition to Palembang (1821) |
Dutch Empire | Palembang Sultanate | Victory |
Expedition to the West Coast of Borneo (1823) |
Dutch Empire | Chinese Indonesian rebels | Victory |
First Bone War (1824–1825) |
Dutch Empire | Sulawesian militia | Victory |
Java War (1825-1830) |
Dutch Empire Pro-Dutch Javanese |
Rebel forces of Prince Diponegoro Chinese mercenaries |
Victory
|
Belgian Revolution (1830-1831) |
Dutch Empire | Belgian rebels Supported by: France |
Defeat
|
Dutch expedition on the west coast of Sumatra (1831) |
Dutch Empire | Aceh Sultanate | Victory |
First Sumatran expedition (1832) |
United States Dutch Empire |
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | Victory |
Dutch–Ahanta War (1837-1839) |
Dutch Empire | Ahanta Kingdom | Victory
|
Second Sumatran expedition (1838) |
United States Dutch Empire |
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee | Victory |
Netherlands (1839–present)[]
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846) |
Dutch Empire | Buleleng | Defeat |
Dutch intervention in Bali (1849-1850) |
Dutch Empire Lombok |
Buleleng Jembrana Klungkung |
Victory
|
Palembang Highlands Expeditions (1851–1859) |
Dutch Empire | Forces of the Sultan of Palembang | Victory |
Expedition against the Chinese in Montrado (1854-1855) |
Dutch Empire Pro-Dutch Indonesians |
Pro-Chinese Indonesian rebels China |
Victory |
Nias Expedition (1855-1864) |
Dutch Empire | Nias | Victory |
Dutch intervention in Bali (1858) |
Dutch Empire | Buleleng rebels | Victory |
Second Bone War (1859–1860) |
Dutch Empire | Sulawesian militia | Victory |
Banjarmasin War (1859–1863) |
Dutch Empire | Sultanate of Banjarmasin | Victory |
Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) |
Dutch Empire British Empire French Empire United States |
Chōshū Domain | Victory |
Pasoemah Expedition (1864–1868) |
Dutch Empire | South Sumatra | Victory |
Dutch Gold Coast expedition of 1869–70 (1869-1870) |
Dutch Empire | Local rulers | Victory
|
Aceh War (1873-1904) |
Dutch Empire | Aceh Sultanate Acehnese religious ulama Thai and Chinese mercenaries |
Victory
|
(1878-1907) |
Dutch Empire |
Batak Kingdom |
Victory |
Mandor rebellion (1884-1885) |
Dutch Empire | Lanfang Republic Dayak and Chinese Indonesian militia |
Victory
|
Jambi uprising (1885) |
Dutch Empire | Jambi | Victory |
Edi Expedition (1890) |
Dutch Empire | Aceh militia | Victory |
Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem (1894) |
Dutch Empire Eastern Sasak |
Lombok Mataram Western Sasak |
Victory
|
Pedir Expedition (1897-1898) |
Dutch Empire | Aceh militia | Victory |
Siege of the International Legations part of the Boxer Rebellion (1900) |
British Empire United States France Russia Germany Italy Austria-Hungary Japan Belgium Dutch Empire Spain |
Qing Dynasty Yìhéquán |
Victory |
[3] (1900-1907) |
Dutch Empire | Peasant rebels Lone-wolf robbers arsonists |
Victory |
[3] (1902) |
Dutch Empire | Marind rebels | Victory |
[3] (Location: Kalimantan) (1902-1907) |
Dutch Empire | Dayak rebels | Victory |
Kerinci Expedition (1903) |
Dutch Empire | Kerinci | Victory |
[3] (1903) |
Dutch Empire | Tribes of Yapen | Victory |
[3] (1904) |
Dutch Empire | Tidore | Victory |
South Sulawesi expedition (1904-1905) |
Dutch Empire | Bone Luwu Wajo |
Victory |
Dutch intervention in Bali (1906) |
Dutch Empire | Badung Tabanan Klungkung |
Victory
|
Dutch–Venezuelan crisis of 1908 (1908) |
Dutch Empire | Venezuela | Victory
|
Dutch intervention in Bali (1908) |
Dutch Empire | Balinese rebels | Victory |
World War II (1940–1945) |
Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia Italy (from 1943) |
Germany Japan Italy (until 1943) Italian Social Republic |
Victory
|
Indonesian National Revolution (1940–1949) |
Dutch Empire | Indonesia
Japanese volunteers (from 1946) |
Indonesian political victory Dutch military victory[6]
|
APRA coup d'état (1950) |
Indonesia Netherlands |
Legion of Ratu Adil (APRA) | Victory |
Korean War (1950–1953) |
South Korea United States United Kingdom Netherlands United Nations |
North Korea China Soviet Union |
Ceasefire
|
Operation Trikora (1961–1962) |
Dutch Empire | Indonesia Air and naval support by: Soviet Union |
Indonesian political victory[7][8] Military stalemate[9][7]
|
Gulf War (1990–1991) |
Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Egypt Syria Netherlands Other Allies |
Iraq | Victory
|
Operation Krivaja '95 (6–11 July 1995) |
Netherlands | Republika Srpska Serb Volunteer Guard Scorpions paramilitary unit UNA-UNSO |
Defeat
|
Operation Deliberate Force (30 August – 20 September 1995) |
NATO United States United Kingdom Netherlands France Germany Italy France Turkey |
Republika Srpska | Victory
|
Kosovo War (1998–1999) |
Kosovo Liberation Army United States United Kingdom Netherlands France Canada Denmark Germany Italy |
FR Yugoslavia | Victory
|
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[10] |
Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Canada Netherlands Germany Italy France Denmark Poland Romania Turkey Australia Spain ISAF |
Taliban al-Qaeda Haqqani network Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin United Tajik Opposition IMU Other groups |
Defeat
|
Iraq War (2003–2011) |
United States United Kingdom Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein Australia Poland Netherlands Denmark Iraqi Kurdistan |
Iraq under Saddam Hussein Sunni insurgents
Shia insurgents
|
Victory
|
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–December 15, 2016) [12] Operation Atalanta (2009–present) |
EU NATO Netherlands |
Somali Pirates | Victory
|
Libyan Civil War (2011) |
Anti-Gaddafi forces United States United Kingdom France Denmark Netherlands Italy Canada several Arab League states Sweden |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya:
|
Victory
|
Dutch military intervention against ISIL Dutch involvement in the Syrian Civil War (2014–2019) |
Netherlands | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Boko Haram al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham |
Victory
|
Mali War (2017–2019) |
Mali MINUSMA
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al-Qaeda | Ongoing
|
EMASOH (2020) |
France Netherlands Denmark Belgium Greece Italy Portugal Germany |
Ongoing
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- War of succession
- War of conquest (territorial control)
- Religious war (including the European wars of religion)
- Economic war (including colonial wars)
- Revolt or rebellion (political)
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff.
- ^ a b Joined the Confederation of the Rhine on 11 December 1806.
- ^ a b c d e Hagen, Piet (2018-05-10). "Opstanden, expedities en oorlogen". Koloniale oorlogen in Indonesië: Vijf eeuwen verzet tegen vreemde overheersing (in Dutch). Singel Uitgeverijen. ISBN 9789029524209.
- ^ Wies Platje, 297–299
- ^ J.D. Legge, 403
- ^ Friend, Theodore (2003). Indonesian Destinies. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 35.
- ^ a b Platje, Wies (2001). "Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 1950–62". Intelligence and National Security. 16 (1): 285–312. doi:10.1080/714002840. S2CID 153528325.
- ^ Soedjati Djiwandono, Konfrontasi Revisited, p. 135.
- ^ "Operation Trikora – Indonesia's Takeover of West New Guinea". Pathfinder: Air Power Development Centre Bulletin (150): 1–2. February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2018_09/20180903_2018-09-RSM-Placemat.pdf[bare URL]
- ^ President Barack Obama Speaks With VICE News
- ^ https://www.nato.int
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