1857

1568-1918 · Year 290 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 249 of 316

American Indian Wars

1763-1864 · Year 95 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 95 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 79 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…

1794-1899 · Year 64 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.

1814-1880 · Year 44 of 67

Argentine Civil Wars

The Argentine Civil Wars were a series of civil conflicts of varying intensity that took place from 1814 to 1853 in the territories of Argentina. Beginning concurrently with the…

1816-1858 · Year 42 of 43

Seminole Wars

The Seminole Wars were a series of three military conflicts between the United States and the Seminoles that took place in Florida between about 1816 and 1858. The Seminoles are…

1820-1882 · Year 38 of 63

Texas–Indian Wars

The Texas–Indian wars were a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and the Southern Plains Indians during the 19th century. Conflict between the Plains Indians and the…

1823-1900 · Year 35 of 78

Anglo-Ashanti wars

The Anglo-Ashanti wars were a series of five conflicts that took place between 1824 and 1900 between the Ashanti Empire—in the Akan interior of the Gold Coast—and the British…

1824-1886 · Year 34 of 63

Anglo-Burmese Wars

The Anglo-Burmese Wars, also known as the Indo-Burmese Wars, were an armed conflict between two expanding empires, the British Empire and the Konbaung dynasty, that became…

1833-1876 · Year 25 of 44

Carlist Wars

The Carlist Wars were a series of civil wars that took place in Spain during the 19th century. The contenders fought over claims to the throne, although some political…

1839-1860 · Year 19 of 22

Opium Wars

The Opium Wars were two conflicts waged between the Qing dynasty and the Western powers during the mid 19th century.

1845-1872 · Year 13 of 28

New Zealand Wars

The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other.

1847-1901 · Year 11 of 55

Caste War of Yucatán

The Caste War of Yucatán or ba'atabil kichkelem Yúum (1847–1915) began with the revolt of Indigenous Maya people of the Yucatán Peninsula against Hispanic populations, called…

1849-1924 · Year 9 of 76

Apache Wars

The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache tribal confederations fought in the southwest between 1849 and 1886, though…

1851-1864 · Year 7 of 14

Taiping Rebellion

The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War, Revolution, or Movement, was a civil war in China between the Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The…

1854-1891 · Year 4 of 38

Sioux Wars

The Sioux Wars were a series of conflicts between the United States and various subgroups of the Sioux people which occurred in the later half of the 19th century. The earliest…

1855-1858 · Year 3 of 4

Yakima War

The Yakima War (1855–1858), also referred to as the Plateau War or Yakima Indian War, was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking people of the…

1856-1857 · Closing year

Anglo-Persian War

The Anglo-Persian War, also known as the Anglo-Iranian War, was a war fought between the United Kingdom and Iran, which was ruled by the Qajar dynasty. In the war, the British…

1856-1860 · Year 2 of 5

Second Opium War

The Second Opium War, also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or Arrow War, was fought between the United Kingdom and France against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and…

1857-1858 · Opening year

Indian Mutiny of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power, including…

1857-1861 · Opening year

Reform War

The Reform War or War of Reform, also known as the Three Years' War and the Mexican Civil War, was a complex civil conflict in Mexico that was fought between Mexican liberals and…