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ERA // 1500 – 1762

Early Modern

130 wars · 260 battles

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Pike-and-shot and the military revolution — the Italian Wars, the Thirty Years' War, and the early colonial conflicts.

Timeline

1500 – 1924

War of the Succession of LandshutCrimean-Russian WarsWar of the League of CambraiOttoman–Persian WarsOttoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17Revolt of the ComunerosItalian War of 1521–1526Swedish War of LiberationKnights' WarEuropean Wars of ReligionHabsburg–Ottoman wars in HungaryOttoman–Habsburg WarsWar of the League of CognacHungarian campaign of 1527–1528Ethiopian–Adal WarInca Civil WarOttoman-Safavid WarCount's FeudItalian War of 1536–1538Third Ottoman–Venetian WarOttoman–Portuguese confrontationsItalian War of 1542–46 Un penesoteSchmalkaldic WarItalian War of 1551–1559Russo-Swedish War of 1554–1557Livonian WarFrench Wars of ReligionNorthern Seven Years' WarDutch RevoltEighty Years' WarFirst Russo-Turkish WarRusso-Turkish WarsOttoman–Venetian War of 1570–1573Ottoman–Safavid WarColonization of SiberiaCologne WarAnglo-Spanish WarWar of the Three HenrysRusso-Swedish War of 1590–1595Japanese invasions of KoreaLong WarNine Years' WarPolish–Swedish War of 1600-1629Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11Dutch–Portuguese WarOttoman–Safavid WarPolish–Muscovite WarAmerican Indian WarsBeaver WarsInvasion of RyukyuWar of the Jülich SuccessionIngrian WarKalmar WarUskok Wartransition from Ming to QingThirty Years' WarPolish–Ottoman War of 1620–1621Ottoman–Safavid WarAnglo-Spanish War of 1625–1630Polish–Swedish War of 1626–1629War of the Mantuan SuccessionSmolensk WarPolish–Ottoman War of 1633–34Franco-Spanish WarPequot WarWars of the Three KingdomsBishops' WarsPortuguese Restoration WarIrish Confederate WarsEnglish Civil WarFirst English Civil WarTorstenson WarCretan War of 1645-1669FrondeThird English Civil WarRusso-Persian War of 1651–53Russo-Persian WarsAnglo-Dutch WarsFirst Anglo-Dutch WarAnglo-Spanish WarRusso-Polish WarDelugeSecond Northern WarRusso-Swedish War of 1656–58Dano-Swedish WarAustro-Turkish War of 1663–1664Second Anglo-Dutch WarPolish–Cossack–Tatar WarWar of DevolutionFranco-Dutch WarPolish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676Third Anglo-Dutch WarKing Philip's WarScanian WarSecond Russo-Turkish WarGreat Turkish WarPolish–Ottoman War of 1683–99War of the ReunionsMorean WarThird Russo-Turkish WarDzungar–Qing WarFrench and Indian WarsKing William's WarNine Years' WarSecond Hundred Years' WarWilliamite War in IrelandGreat Northern WarWar of the Spanish SuccessionQueen Anne's WarSeventh Ottoman–Venetian WarAustro-Turkish War of 1716–1718War of the Quadruple AllianceFather Rale's WarRusso-Persian War of 1722–23Anglo-Spanish War of 1727–1729Ottoman–Persian War of 1730–1735War of the Polish SuccessionFifth Russo-Turkish WarWar of Jenkins' EarFirst Silesian WarSilesian WarsWar of the Austrian SuccessionRusso-Swedish War of 1741-1743King George's WarSecond Silesian WarJacobite rising of 1745Carnatic WarsFrench and Indian WarGuaraní WarSeven Years' War

130 wars · span 424 years

Wars

130 catalogued

Famous commanders of the Early Modern era

12 shown

Ranked by Σ battle intensity across battles led in scope. Strategic leaders (chiefs of state / supreme commanders) pinned to the top.

Last verified July 2026
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