1862

1568-1918 · Year 295 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 254 of 316

American Indian Wars

1763-1864 · Year 100 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 100 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 84 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 69 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 49 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…

1820-1882 · Year 43 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 40 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 39 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 30 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…

1845-1872 · Year 18 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 16 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 14 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 12 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 9 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…

1859-1863 · Year 4 of 5

Banjarmasin War

The Banjarmasin War (1859–1863) was a war of succession in the Sultanate of Banjarmasin, as well as a colonial war for the restoration of Dutch authority in the eastern and…

1860-1862 · Closing year

Colombian Civil War of 1859–62

The Colombian Civil War began on 8 May 1860 and lasted until November 1862. It was an internal conflict between the newly formed conservative Granadine Confederation and a more…

1861–1865 · Year 2 of 5

American Civil War

The war determined whether the Union would survive and whether slavery would continue, reshaping federal power and citizenship.

1861-1862 · Closing year

Montenegrin–Ottoman War of 1861–62

The Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1861–1862) was a war between the Principality of Montenegro and the Ottoman Empire that took place between 1861 and 1862. The war ended and…

1861-1883 · Year 2 of 23

occupation of Araucanía

The Occupation of Araucanía or Pacification of Araucanía (1861–1883) was a series of military campaigns, agreements and penetrations by the Chilean military and settlers into…

1862 · Sole year

Dakota War of 1862

The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War,…