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1568-1918 · Year 298 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 257 of 316

American Indian Wars

1779-1879 · Year 87 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 72 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 52 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 46 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 43 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 42 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 33 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 21 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 19 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 17 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…

1854-1891 · Year 12 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…

1861–1865 · Closing year

American Civil War

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

1861-1883 · Year 5 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…

1863-1865 · Closing year

Colorado War

The Colorado War was an Indian War fought in 1864 and 1865 between the Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho, and allied Brulé and Oglala Lakota peoples versus the U.S. Army, Colorado…

1863-1865 · Closing year

Dominican Restoration War

The Dominican Restoration War or the Dominican War of Restoration, called War of Santo Domingo in Spain, was a guerrilla war between 1863 and 1865 in the Dominican Republic…

1864-1866 · Year 2 of 3

Chincha Islands War

The Chincha Islands War, also known as Spanish–South American War, was a series of coastal and naval battles between Spain and its former colonies of Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and…

1864-1870 · Year 2 of 7

Paraguayan War

The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance…

1864-1865 · Closing year

Uruguayan War

The Uruguayan War was fought between Uruguay's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party, covertly supported by…