1808

1514-1823 · Year 295 of 310

Ottoman–Persian Wars

1568-1918 · Year 241 of 351

Russo-Turkish Wars

The Russo-Turkish wars or the Russo-Ottoman wars began in 1568 and continued intermittently until 1918. They consisted of twelve conflicts in total, making them one of the…

1609-1924 · Year 200 of 316

American Indian Wars

1651-1828 · Year 158 of 178

Russo-Persian Wars

1688-1815 · Year 121 of 128

Second Hundred Years' War

1763-1864 · Year 46 of 102

Caucasian War

The Caucasian War or the Caucasus War was a 19th-century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during…

1763-1864 · Year 46 of 102

Russian–Circassian War

The Russo-Circassian War, also known as the Russian invasion of Circassia, or termed by the Circassians as the Great War with the Tsar took place in the North Caucasus between…

1779-1879 · Year 30 of 101

Xhosa Wars

The Xhosa Wars were a series of nine wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire as well as Trekboers from the Dutch colonial empire in what is now the Eastern Cape in…

1792-1815 · Year 17 of 24

Coalition Wars

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts between the French and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French…

1794-1899 · Year 15 of 106

Australian frontier wars

The Australian frontier wars were the violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians and mostly British settlers from the colonial period of Australia to at least 1928.

1796-1808 · Closing year

Anglo-Spanish War (1796-1808)

The Anglo-Spanish War was fought between 1796 and 1802, and again from 1804 to 1808, as part of the First Coalition Wars. The war ended when an unexpected alliance was formed…

1800-1821 · Year 9 of 22

Mexican War of Independence

The Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but…

1801-1815 · Year 8 of 15

Barbary Wars

The Barbary Wars were a series of two wars fought by the United States, Sweden, and the Kingdom of Sicily against the Barbary states and Morocco of North Africa in the early 19th…

1801-1814 · Year 8 of 14

English Wars

The English Wars were a series of conflicts pitting the United Kingdom and Sweden against Denmark-Norway as part of the Napoleonic Wars. It is named after England, the common…

1803-1815 · Year 6 of 13

Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–1804) under the…

1803-1837 · Year 6 of 35

Padri War

The Padri Wars was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra, Indonesia between the Padri and the Adat. The Padri were Muslim clerics from Sumatra who wanted to impose Sharia…

1804-1813 · Year 5 of 10

Russo-Persian War of 1804–13

The Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 was one of the many wars between the Persian Empire and Imperial Russia, and, like many of their other conflicts, began as a territorial…

1805-1810 · Year 4 of 6

Franco-Swedish War

The Franco-Swedish War or Pomeranian War was the first involvement by Sweden in the Napoleonic Wars. The country joined the Third Coalition in an effort to defeat France under…

1806-1812 · Year 3 of 7

Eighth Russo-Turkish War

The Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. In 1812, both sides made peace just as Napoleon's invasion of Russia was about to…

1807-1812 · Year 2 of 6

Anglo-Russian War

The Anglo-Russian War was fought between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. It began after Russia signed the Treaty of Tilsit with the First…

1807-1809 · Year 2 of 3

Anglo-Turkish War

The Anglo-Turkish War of 1807–1809 was a part of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire.

1807-1814 · Year 2 of 8

Gunboat War

The Gunboat War was a naval conflict between Denmark–Norway and Great Britain supported by Sweden during the Napoleonic Wars. The war's name is derived from the Danish tactic of…

1807-1842 · Year 2 of 36

Musket Wars

The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids fought throughout New Zealand among Māori between 1806 and 1845, after Māori first obtained muskets and then…

1808-1809 · Opening year

Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809

The Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden due to Denmark–Norway's alliance with France and Sweden's alliance with the United Kingdom during…

1808-1809 · Opening year

Finnish War

The Finnish War was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic Wars. As a result of the war,…

1808-1814 · Opening year

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1808–1814) was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying…

1808-1833 · Opening year

Spanish American wars of independence

The Spanish American wars of independence were a series of conflicts that took place across the Spanish Empire during the early 19th century. The struggles in both hemispheres…